"This item requires the approval of the Heavenly Palace's Eighteen Elders."
"I imagine all Eighteen Elders know what it is."
Blood Leech Divine Lord's expression darkened. "The Ancestor isn't one of the Heavenly Palace's Eighteen Elders, but with his strength, he could certainly ask about this if he wanted to know."
"However..."
"I'm afraid the Ancestor wouldn't care about something like this, and it wouldn't be appropriate for me to ask him."
The Ancestor Blood Leech Divine Lord referred to was naturally Golden Palace Venerable Emperor.
As a Dao-Origin Divine Lord from the Origin World Era, Golden Palace Venerable Emperor possessed immensely formidable strength and was more than qualified to serve as an Elder of the Heavenly Palace.
However, Golden Palace Venerable Emperor had no interest in becoming an Elder of the Heavenly Palace, so he had never taken the position. But if he wanted to inquire...
He could still learn what had happened today.
"No matter what treasure the Heavenly Palace grants Qin Hao, he is certain to die. And..."
The killing intent in Blood Leech Divine Lord's heart had not diminished in the slightest. "Once I kill Qin Hao, the treasure the Heavenly Palace granted him will belong to me."
Blood Leech Divine Lord could easily imagine the value of a treasure that required the unanimous approval of eighteen Dao-Origin Divine Lords before it could be handed over.
And once he killed Qin Hao...
That treasure would naturally become his as well.
Blood Leech Divine Lord was quite curious, and the other Divine Lords were equally astonished. They wanted to know exactly what treasure Azure Dragon Dao Venerable had granted Qin Hao.
But...
Since Azure Dragon Dao Venerable did not tell them, they could hardly ask. They could only suppress their curiosity.
In fact, they were not