While the leading late Spirit Severing elder was still hesitating, the formidable peak Spirit Severing elder had already steeled his resolve and agreed.
Qin Fengming nodded. With a wave of his hand, the peak Spirit Severing elder's head lolled to one side, and he collapsed limply onto the ground.
"You killed Brother Hu!" Seeing the elder sprawled on the ground, the late-stage cultivator could not help crying out in alarm.
"Rest assured, fellow cultivator. Since this Qin said he would let the Nascent Souls of you two leave, he will not break his word. Mere Spirit Severing cultivators like you are not worth this Qin's concern. You only need to tell me everything you know about that Mahayana inheritance." Qin Fengming spoke indifferently.
Sensing that his companion, collapsed on the ground, was still breathing, he knew the young cultivator had spoken the truth.
In a flash, the elder also understood the other's intention: he wanted both of them to recount what they knew about that Mahayana matter, then verify their accounts against each other. That would naturally reveal whether either had lied.
If their accounts differed, the two of them would surely be killed on the spot.
The elder nodded and, without any further hesitation, began recounting everything he knew.
It turned out that the so-called Mahayana inheritance was not, as Qin Fengming had imagined, an ancient cultivator's Mahayana cave abode that they had found somewhere. Instead, their Qinghong Merchant Alliance had obtained a map jade slip by chance.
The jade slip contained no unnecessary words, only a single line of writing: "Place where Master Guangzhao left his teachings, left for disciples of later generations."
Even if the material used for such a jade slip was extremely precious, those who saw it might be curious, but not many would truly