Bu Hu had no intention of deceiving Immortal Venerable Bai Qiao. Her little secrets simply could not withstand a Great Venerable's investigation.
The only difference was whether the Immortal Venerable had any interest in looking into them.
"It's like this. He has a secret art of accelerated time that lets people recover and rest quickly..."
"Hm?" True Venerable Bai Qiao raised a brow, unable to stop his thoughts from stirring—this was indeed worth investigating.
Then he shook his head with a wry smile. "Artifacts with accelerated time aren't anything rare... Wait, delivery later?"
"Oh, this little fellow made it himself. That is somewhat rare, but the Book Pavilion lineage has already obtained it."
"Book Pavilion?" True Immortal Bu Hu froze. She thought of the refined and gentle True Immortal San He. "I got played again?"
Who would have thought that the Third Pavilion Lord, so kindly and elegant like an elder, would also...
"The two sides have other karmic ties," True Venerable Bai Qiao said lightly. "Still, this treasure is somewhat interesting."
"No wonder he dared to say he'd earn money to buy a Spirit Vein. He really is... Right, what reward do you want?"
At that moment, True Immortal Jin Ge was criticizing Qu Jianlei in the passageway. "Those were resources left behind by Master of the Pot. You agreed far too readily!"
His avatar did not react at all—this sort of matter could be left to the main body.
True Immortal Jin Ge found that boring. After arriving at Red Leaf Ridge and seeing Ridge Lord Qu's main body, he could not help launching into another tirade.
"What's the point of telling me this now?" Qu Jianlei answered irritably. "What were you doing just now?"
"Wasn't it because they found the shortfall?" True Immortal Jin Ge replied righteously.