Once Pi Lingzi said this, Ming Chengzi could not help nodding in deep agreement.
In this day and age, internal strife was rampant and external calamities loomed. The laws of the court and the order of every nation were all built upon force. What belonged to whom ultimately depended on who had the greater martial strength. If one could not claim it, it was simply because one's strength was insufficient.
Besides, in his view, although these three Hidden Treasures were said to belong to the Chang Dynasty, after several centuries they had long since become ownerless.
The Ding Dynasty had claimed it was borrowing them, but it had never intended to return them. They had merely treated this place as a site to conceal their Hidden Treasures. The difference between money being taken out and put back without interest was enormous. On top of that, they had gotten a Profound Cave Observation to guard the Hidden Treasures for them. It had to be said that this was quite a shrewd calculation.
When Emperor Wenguang said that descendants of the Chang Dynasty could come retrieve them, it was merely another tactic to keep people in check. In truth, he had simply wanted Pi Lingzi to guard these valuables for him.
He felt that Pi Lingzi might not have failed to see this, but it likely involved the Cultivation Methods of the Duan Chen Faction, so he could not free himself from it for the time being and had thus agreed.
But now, Emperor Wenguang was dead, the old dynasty had fallen, and Great Shun was the legitimate regime! Therefore, these valuables rightfully belonged to Great Shun. Now that Xuanji had taken them on its behalf, it was only natural and right!
Pi Lingzi smiled again. "What our honored guest has said