"Wu Qinghan's talent was limited, and her daily cultivation required several times the spiritual resources an ordinary person needed. Whenever she broke through a bottleneck, the various spiritual materials she needed were even more costly. But with Ancestor Wu Bo's wholehearted support, none of that mattered. However, although Wu Qinghan appeared to live in seclusion, she was actually obsessed with men. Not only did she keep dozens of male favorites, she often disguised herself and went out to pick up handsome men. But her looks were unremarkable, and men whose cultivation surpassed hers never showed her any warmth. To get them to spend a night of pleasure with her, she was willing to tempt them with lavish payments. As a result, no matter how many resources Ancestor Wu Bo provided, they were never enough to fund her extravagance."
Before Wu Qinghan could speak, Wu Lingzhu beat her to it, revealing why Wu Qinghan was perpetually short of spirit stones.
After listening, Song Wen cast Wu Qinghan a peculiar look.
Neither the Jade Spirit Palace's intelligence nor Mo Yexue's had mentioned any of this. It seemed Wu Qinghan usually kept her activities quite secret.
Had he known, why would he have needed to take such a roundabout approach through Wu Lingzhu? Wouldn't it have been easier to disguise himself as a handsome man and approach Wu Qinghan directly?
But Wu Lingzhu's words also confirmed something else.
Wu Hao cared deeply about Wu Qinghan, his sole blood descendant.
Mo Yexue's intelligence had mentioned this.
That was precisely why Song Wen had laid this scheme: to use Wu Qinghan as bait and lure Wu Bo into his trap.
As for why Song Wen had posed as a robber rather than directly using Wu Qinghan to draw out Wu Hao, he was worried that,