Inside the Grotto-Heaven, Ye Jingcheng sat in the seat of honor within the palace, with Ye Jingli and Ye Tengchuan standing nearby.
Zhou Qishui had entered with them as well.
Yet compared with Ye Jingli and Ye Tengchuan's composure, Zhou Qishui was suffering terribly at this moment. He had actually wanted to come clean.
After all, at the very beginning, he had merely probed with a few words over life-extending treasures. It had not been a major matter.
But a few days ago, that mysterious expert had contacted him again.
The jade token had once more kept emitting spiritual light.
Forcing him to make contact again.
And once he did, the man threatened him, demanding that he auction off a treasure for him and take a Grotto-Heaven away from the entrance to the night market.
He had not intended to agree, but that expert had not only sworn a Primordial Spirit oath not to make things difficult for him, he had also promised him a Three-Jade Divine Essence Pill if he succeeded.
With that spirit pill, he could one hundred percent break through to the middle Spirit Transformation stage. Combined with the additional lifespan, he would certainly play a greater role in Qixuan Valley in the future and better serve Venerable Ziji.
Thus, he had ultimately agreed. But now, watching Venerable Ziji bring him into the Grotto-Heaven, he naturally feared that he had been exposed.
With his early Spirit Transformation cultivation, let alone facing a Void Refinement cultivator, he did not have much confidence even against Qixuan Valley's other two Spirit Transformation cultivators.
Naturally, he had also inquired about Qixuan Valley's several Spirit Transformation cultivators over the past few days.
Among them, Chi Li was an artifact refiner and surely possessed no small number of sixth-stage magic treasures and spirit