Clatter!
Fang Qing opened his storage bag and tipped it gently. Spiritual treasures spilled out, piling up into a small hill.
The most eye-catching were the Five-Elements Spirit Fruits in the two jade boxes!
Once he brought them out, Zhong Lingxiu would return them to him anyway. He might as well set an example for Zhan Hongxiu first.
Still, he knew the risks. He kept his gains from the Void-Step Hall hidden, including the Ancient Ge and the Nine Abyss Stone.
As for the supposed inspection?
Zhong Lingxiu's Spiritual Sense would only go through the motions. Would he really dare turn heaven and earth upside down?
"Five-Elements Spirit Fruits? Two of them?"
Zhan Hongxiu cried out. Her eyes seemed to hold nothing but the two multicolored fruits.
After all, they represented a Foundation Establishment cultivator's path to Core Formation!
In truth, Fang Qing was not completely confident he could refine Golden Core Pills successfully on his first attempt. He had kept two fruits in case something went wrong.
If the first attempt failed, he certainly would not refine the second Five-Elements Spirit Fruit. He would eat it raw!
A furnace might yield several Golden Core Pills, and eating a whole Five-Elements Spirit Fruit raw offered a lower chance of Core Formation than even one pill. But that was not how Fang Qing reckoned the cost.
If it guaranteed successful Core Formation, then so be it if one went to waste.
"True Person, do you intend to use these two Five-Elements Spirit Fruits to refine Golden Core Pills?"
Zhan Hongxiu took out her storage bag but did not open it. She merely asked the question.
"What business is it of yours how I use them?"
Zhong Lingxiu clasped his hands behind his back. His gaze bore down on her as he