"You..."
In that moment, Selena seemed to understand a great deal.
"What's wrong?"
Fu Qian glanced at her, puzzled.
"This is... an extremely important Supernatural Item of mine..."
It was clear she was struggling to find the right words.
"And?"
"So... could you give it back to me?"
Huh?
After hearing her request, Fu Qian stared at her in disbelief.
"Didn't you investigate me thoroughly and make sure you understood me? How could you still have such an unrealistic idea?"
"You've got over five hundred years of experience, but you're no different from Taylor!"
For a moment, Selena nearly felt like picking a fight with him.
Losing a Supernatural Item was one thing. But this guy had actually said she was about as dumb as Taylor. That was downright insulting.
The worst part was, she couldn't even argue.
After all, when she thought about it, the process had been different, but the essence really hadn't changed much.
She'd known all along what a scoundrel he was, yet she'd still put her family's Secret Treasure in front of him, thinking she had the situation under control—and ended up taking a heavy loss all the same.
No wonder he'd asked so many detailed questions about how to activate and deactivate it.
The more Selena thought about it, the more her blood pressure soared.
Calm down!
Ancient Recollection was important, but staying alive came first.
She was injured now, and even if she were in perfect condition, there was no telling how things would go against someone with such unpredictable methods.
And he was clearly trying to provoke her into attacking. This was his territory, after all. If she came here and got killed, with her item stolen, the Night Watchers would have no grounds to demand it back.
She couldn't let