So determined?
Faced with Selena's readiness to disregard her own life, Fu Qian gave a noncommittal "oh."
"Not afraid to die?"
The words carried a clear threat. The unspoken implication was: You're in a weakened state and coming in with me. Aren't you afraid I'll kill you on a whim?
"If you don't want to get out again."
Selena only snorted, completely unafraid.
"I see."
Fu Qian looked as if he'd suddenly understood.
"The method you taught me last time was fake... You weren't hoping I'd get myself trapped in there one day, so you could use the chance to deal with me, were you?"
"It was just incomplete. I was never obligated to tell you absolutely everything, was I?"
Selena glanced at Fu Qian with a cold smile.
"Too bad you never used it."
That was clearly an admission. One had to say, she was pretty bold.
In fact, the reason Fu Qian hadn't used Ancient Recollection, and the reason he'd accepted it back then, were quite similar—he'd never intended to use the thing as a trap. What interested him was the moon in the sky.
That kind of suppression, clearly coming from a higher level, had left a deep impression on him.
And over the course of his travels, he'd dealt with far too many different moons, so he'd paid particular attention to this one.
Besides, Selena had insisted so warmly that he'd simply accepted it.
Fu Qian's original plan had been to put it away for now, then come back and compare notes if he ever stumbled on any interesting clues.
He hadn't expected Selena to bring the clue straight to him.
But he certainly wasn't going to tell Selena that.
"You think that little scheme of yours could fool this consultant?"
Fu Qian sneered a moment