Sikong Xuanyin froze on the spot.
The icy, razor-sharp Sword Qi at her throat, and the warm blood slowly trickling from the cut in her skin, both told her clearly that Jiang Tian wasn't joking.
He was serious.
"Wh-what are you doing?" Sikong Xuanyin's voice trembled. Her body stiffened, and she didn't dare move a muscle.
"Heh." Jiang Tian sneered, his gaze indifferent. "Don't think I didn't know what you were trying to do just now. You were trying to use that trick again to mess with my mind, weren't you?"
"I..." Sikong Xuanyin choked on her words, unable to get them past her throat.
Just now... she really had considered it, but she'd only had the thought for a moment.
"Remember what I said." Jiang Tian glared at her coldly.
Seeing that he'd made his point, he put away the Sword Pellet, turned, and walked over to the corpse with its chest hollowed out and its heart ripped away. He crouched down and began searching it.
Sure enough, the man's Storage Bag contained two kinds of True Qi: Earth Attribute and Wood Attribute. Both were top-grade.
The top-grade Earth Attribute True Qi was a perfectly round stone orb. Its surface was rough, yet it felt heavy in his hand, with a remarkably solid texture.
The top-grade Wood Attribute True Qi was a tender leaf the size of a fingernail, fresh and dewy, its veins clear and its whole body brimming with life.
"Did Foundation Establishment cultivators from the Heavenly Fire Sect come to reinforce you?" Sikong Xuanyin looked around, but there wasn't another soul in sight.
She remembered clearly that the White Lotus Sect's Foundation Establishment cultivator had gone after Jiang Tian and the others.
But now Jiang Tian was standing before her, safe and sound. Didn't that mean...