In the great hall, Hundred Refinements True Lord's voice was not loud, yet it sent a chill down Ye Jingcheng's spine. Inwardly, he thought, Just as I suspected.
Crimson Blood True Lord had harbored ill intentions when he handed over the Azure Blood Mirror.
Otherwise, why would he let an ancient treasure be taken into the secret realm? Other fifth-stage Talisman Treasures or powerful Spirit Talismans could have achieved the same effect.
The loss would have been far smaller, too. The value of an ancient treasure capable of indirectly searching souls hardly needed explaining.
Ye Jingcheng even felt that, should the Ye Family keep this ancient treasure, Crimson Blood True Lord would come knocking to demand it back.
When that happened, he would simply claim that he had given the treasure to a junior, who had then disappeared.
If he shamelessly demanded its return, could the Ye Family really refuse?
That was also why Ye Jingcheng had brought the Azure Blood Mirror to Medicine King Valley.
Better for Crimson Blood True Lord to demand it from Medicine King Valley than from Soaring Cloud Peak.
Ye Jingcheng could not help looking forward to it a little.
One of Crimson Blood True Lord's soul fragments had been slain. Ye Jingcheng wanted to see whether a Penglai Sect cultivator could recover fully from such a loss after fifty years, or only partially.
"No."
"Good, then. Crimson Blood True Lord will most likely demand this mirror back. You can pick out a few treasures first. Now that it's reached Medicine King Valley, we won't let him take it back so easily!" Hundred Refinements True Lord said.
Hearing this, Ye Jingcheng understood that, even now, Medicine King Valley still did not dare tear away all pretense of cordiality with the Penglai Sect.
For them, maintaining