The Chapter Where I Felt Like a Kept Man
Bi Fan laughed helplessly and moved his foot away. Curious, he asked, "What is it?"
Ling Xiaoxiao crouched down and carefully lifted the crushed white bone with her spiritual energy. A faint gray-white glow could be seen circulating within it.
After examining it for a while, she said, "It looks like a Cultivation Method."
Bi Fan straightened up, then crouched beside her. "What kind of method? Why would it be hidden in a bone?"
She gave a snort. "You really don't know, do you? If someone doesn't want the things stored in their body's domain to disappear after they die, they can use spiritual energy to turn them into sacrificial light and store them in their bones."
"If they're discovered by someone fated to find them one day, there's still a chance they can be restored, so they won't be lost forever. It's a very ancient method of passing things down."
"I see!" Bi Fan was delighted. "So what is this thing? Can we restore it now?"
"We can, but it'll take a lot of time." She gave him a knowing smile. "Are you sure you want to restore this first, instead of going inside to see what kind of treasures the Tianyan Sect left behind?"
"Then forget it." Bi Fan abandoned the idea without hesitation.
Ling Xiaoxiao smiled to herself, carefully put away the gray-white glow, and stood up to leave. But then she caught Bi Fan's meaningful smile.
She frowned. "What are you planning?"
Bi Fan grinned. "I just had a slightly unscrupulous idea."
She shot him a glance, already guessing what he had in mind. "You're thinking of crushing all these bones one by one to see how many hidden methods they contain, aren't you?"
Bi Fan scratched