"Brother Ximen, to preserve Xuanwei's jade-like beauty, I spared no expense in using the rare Ice Essence. How is that for sincerity?" Yu Cang asked with a smile. He pressed down with his palm, and the Ice Essence returned to Xuanwei's mouth. With a grasp of his five fingers through the air, Xuanwei's mouth slowly closed again.
Those were purely pretty words. It was not that they had gone to such lengths for Xuanwei's sake, but that they did not know when Ximen Qingkong would arrive. Afraid that Xuanwei's corpse would decay, they had found a way to preserve it.
After withdrawing his hand, he held it out. "Where is it? As long as you hand it over, I guarantee that I'll return the person to you and let you leave!"
Yu Cang stood on the slope, while Ximen Qingkong sat upon his mount. Their gazes met.
One would not release the hostage even after obtaining the item. Since the man had delivered himself to their door, they would not give Ximen Qingkong a chance for revenge. Had he been an ordinary man, they could have let him go. But Ximen Qingkong's cultivation posed far too great a threat. The foremost expert on the Pill Ranking could be scorned, but never ignored!
The other also knew clearly that even if he handed over the item, they would not spare him. Besides, he did not have what they wanted in the first place.
Of the two items, he remembered that one was inside Xuanwei's dressing mirror, while the other was in Xuanwei's bracelet.
He did not know whether the item in the bracelet had been hidden too well or what, but Xuanwei had already fallen into their hands, and they still had not found it.
Yet today, even if he knew