The situation was clear now. Although the man who had come demanding the Contrary Thunder Spirit Artifact was not the practitioner of Slay the Thief he had imagined, he was certainly connected to the man hiding inside the Great Pivot's secret seal.
Otherwise, there was no explaining such a coincidence.
The jade-green light in Quan Yong's eyes darkened. He now had three choices.
First, he could wait for the Clear-Sight Subtlety Mirror to recover, then continue investigating hidden secrets everywhere, including the man who had come demanding the Contrary Thunder Spirit Artifact today.
Second, he could wait for Wei Qingcheng and the others who had entered the Great Wax Pivot's secret seal to discover the fellow who had dared sneak inside without permission, then kill him.
Third, he could go meet the fellow who dared demand the Contrary Thunder Spirit Artifact from him.
But the Clear-Sight Subtlety Mirror could easily take three to five months or more to recover. By then, whether this Magical Treasure would still be in his possession was uncertain.
The alternative was to sacrifice a cultivator who practiced the Upper Pool Fishing Azure Art.
Unfortunately, he was the only person in the entire Peaceful Way Abbey who practiced it.
The second choice was far too passive. Besides, since the other party had the ability to sneak into the Great Pivot's secret seal, he might well have a way to hide there. Perhaps the Pivot Court even had some connection to him.
Quan Yong could not allow himself to fall into such a passive position.
That left only the third choice.
Although that man was connected to the practitioner of Slay the Thief, he had no direct conflict with Quan Yong.
Not only was there no conflict, but he also wanted something from him.
The Contrary Thunder