As the Flameflow Imperial Heir spoke, the ancient bamboo scroll began to glow, and part of its seal came undone.
Jiang Ding swept his divine sense over it and found that he could now study the middle section of the Daoheart Demon-Seeding Slave Scripture. It proposed a more concrete method for breaking through to Void Refining. It overlapped with the Immortal Sect's research in some respects, yet differed greatly in others.
It held immense value as a reference for research!
If he could send this material back to the Immortal Sect, its path to Void Refining would surely advance by leaps and bounds. It would mark a breakthrough from zero to one, from nothing to something, and finally give them a definite direction.
Excitement surged through Jiang Ding, then slowly subsided.
"Not enough."
"Imperial Heir, this isn't enough."
Jiang Ding stared at the Flameflow Imperial Heir and said slowly, "Sinking Mountain King was far too disrespectful. Time and again, he acted on his own initiative and went against your wishes. I want his head."
"As it happens, Sinking Mountain King misses King Sand Overflow terribly. It would be good for them to reunite."
"Blood River King, you have some nerve..."
Sinking Mountain King was beside himself with fury.
Even as anger raged inside him, he glanced instinctively at the Flameflow Imperial Heir. To his own surprise, fear rose in his heart: he was afraid the heir would hand him over.
The heir's many actions in the past had left him instinctively distrustful.
If it had been the Azure Sky Imperial Son, he would never have had such a worry.
"No!"
"Absolutely not!"
To his surprise, the Flameflow Imperial Heir refused outright. "Sinking Mountain King is my own uncle. Even if he has erred, his crime does not warrant death. Blood