Ling Jing did not beat around the bush with Xue Ye, either. He immediately said:
"It's nothing major, really. I only came here to borrow something from the Heaven Dou Imperial Family."
Borrow something?
Spirit Hall was arguably the wealthiest power on the entire continent. Calling its wealth equal to a nation's was no exaggeration. What rare treasures had it not seen? Yet its exalted Holy Son had actually come to the Heaven Dou Imperial Family to borrow something?
Xue Ye's pupils contracted slightly, and several guesses immediately surfaced in his mind. "What do you want to borrow?"
"The Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud."
As those words fell, the entire Imperial Study sank into deathly silence.
Xue Ye's expression changed abruptly.
The Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud was a supreme treasure passed down through the Heaven Dou Imperial Family for a thousand years! Although the Heaven Dou Empire had never discovered its true method of use and, at most, regarded it as a rare soul tool, it was still the imperial family's supreme treasure!
How could a treasure like that be lent out just because Ling Jing wanted it!?
Even if Ling Jing was Spirit Hall's Holy Son, he should not push them this far!
He called it borrowing, but how was this any different from robbery!?
Shocked and furious, Xue Ye almost instinctively pointed at Ling Jing and snapped, "The Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud is the treasure that safeguards our Heaven Dou Imperial Family's realm! How could we lend it to an outsider? You-"
His words cut off before he could finish.
The figures behind Ling Jing had silently stirred.
The first to act was none other than the Snow Empress. Dressed in a long white gown, her bearing cool and aloof, she merely swept her beautiful eyes casually over Xue