An Unremarkable Treasure?

Bei Chen Zhenren saw Ning Wangshu smiling and frowned. "What are you laughing at?" he asked in a low voice.

Ning Wangshu stopped smiling, the corners of his mouth still slightly raised. "Nothing in particular. It just so happens that I also have a rather extraordinary treasure in my hands. I wonder whether that Dragon-Phoenix Seal of yours can withstand a single strike from it!"

Seeing Ning Wangshu so contemptuous of his Dragon-Phoenix Seal, Bei Chen Zhenren grew somewhat angry. He sneered at once. "What an arrogant boast. Your strength is indeed impressive, especially that Dao technique you just used. It was certainly beyond my expectations."

"But strictly speaking, you're nothing more than a frog at the bottom of a well. How could you possibly know what level of treasure this seal in my hands is, or how powerful it is?"

"And you're asking whether it can withstand a single strike from your treasure? Heh, what a joke. Aren't you afraid the wind will make your tongue slip, spouting such nonsense here?"

"A frog at the bottom of a well? Heh. It seems Your Excellency is quite confident in that seal of yours. Too bad you don't realize that the real frog at the bottom of a well, the one making a fool of himself and spouting nonsense, might just be you."

Ning Wangshu spoke with a bright smile.

Bei Chen Zhenren laughed instead of getting angry. "Good, good! Let's see which of us is really the frog at the bottom of a well!"

With that, Bei Chen Zhenren wasted no time and immediately summoned the Dragon-Phoenix Seal in his hands...

"Weng!"

At Bei Chen Zhenren's urging, the Dragon-Phoenix Seal suddenly shuddered and swelled with the wind. In the blink of an eye, it had become as immense as a