"I can confirm that Yue Qianchou picked up this Returning Origin Sword Art in the Divine Ruins Realm," Wu Xiong replied respectfully. He feared there might be something wrong with the jade tablet in Jin Tai's hand, so he only confirmed that the sword art had come from the Divine Ruins Realm, without mentioning that the jade tablet had come from there as well.
"From the Divine Ruins Realm?" Jin Tai muttered softly as he looked at the jade tablet in his hand, seemingly lost in thought and somewhat puzzled. The others waited with bated breath. After a while, Jin Tai came back to himself and fixed Wu Xiong with a cold gaze. "A mere immortal herb worth sixty billion divine-grade Spirit Stones was enough to bribe the two of you into coming here to plead his case? It seems that even if this Yue Qianchou has nothing to do with Myriad Sword Demon Lord, he is no small fish!"
Though his tone remained unhurried, Da Minglun and Wu Xiong's expressions changed drastically. They knew Jin Tai was already deeply displeased over this matter. No one would likely be able to dissuade him now, and Yue Qianchou's life was surely beyond saving. What remained was to see whether Jin Tai intended to widen the matter further. The two had already prepared to retreat. At the critical moment, whether Yue Qianchou could be saved was no longer important. After all, he had little to do with them. What mattered was protecting their own people.
Ji Wu, standing to one side, pursed her lips. After hesitating for a while, she finally asked, "Yue Qianchou? Is that the Yue Qianchou who left words on the waterfall?"
At those words, everyone turned to look at her. A flicker of surprise passed through Jin Tai's