Ren finished his hot tea, rose directly to his feet, and stretched his body. His bones crackled all over—a reaction to his strengthened physique!
Ruthless studied Ren carefully. Her expression had already returned to calmness, with not a trace of the faint tenderness she had shown a few days ago!
Chapter 2013: Devouring Great Dao
Inside Ziwei Palace, the groggy Ren sipped the hot tea specially prepared by Ruthless!
After drinking the tea, the splitting headache finally subsided!
Ren turned around and looked at Ruthless, who was cultivating cross-legged. The moment he saw her, he instantly forgot about asking the Ancestral Shaman about brewing wine. Instead, his gaze fixed on the Jade Butterfly Fragment above her head, and he cried out, "Th-this... isn't this a Creation Jade Butterfly Fragment? Ruthless... how do you have something like this? And it's as large as an adult's palm! My Creation Jade Butterfly Fragment is only the size of a baby's fist. The difference is far too great!"
Ren was very familiar with Creation Jade Butterfly Fragments! After all, he had one himself! Yet the Creation Jade Butterfly Fragment he had obtained from Kirin Cliff was only the size of a baby's fist. The one Ruthless had obtained, however, was as large as a young man's palm!
Seeing Ren's surprise, Ruthless's expression did not change much. She merely tapped lightly with a fingertip, and the Jade Butterfly flowed slowly like a playing child. "This was a gift of thanks from Xuanming. It was also payment in exchange for the army formation!"
"Gasp..." Ren sucked in a cold breath, unsure what to say. He could only marvel, "As expected of the Wu Clan. They really are extravagantly wealthy! A single army formation was exchanged for such a Creation Jade Butterfly Fragment! But what Great