If Xiang Haoqian agreed, he would have a pretext to attack the Giant Spirit Sect.
If Qin Shujian demanded an explanation afterward, the Traceless Sect would have one ready.
But clearly.
Xiang Haoqian had plans of his own and refused to follow the script he had envisioned.
There was nothing Yin Bancheng could do about that.
Jing Bianyun said, "Our sect's feud with the Giant Spirit Sect has lasted over a thousand years. Sect Master Qin is surely a reasonable man. There should be no problem."
"Probably."
Xiang Haoqian chuckled.
Whatever Yin Bancheng and Jing Bianyun said now, his answers remained ambiguous.
He offered neither a definite affirmation nor an outright refusal.
In short, he was sitting on the fence.
There was no helping it.
Anyone with eyes could see that the Traceless Sect wanted to destroy the Giant Spirit Sect.
But what Qin Shujian thought of that was another matter entirely.
Liangshan Spirit Domain.
Inside the Forbidden Grounds, Qin Shujian emerged from cultivation. The spirit stones laid out around him had dimmed, their spiritual energy almost completely drained.
"Four hundred and sixty-three star acupoints!"
A smile curled Qin Shujian's lips as he examined the star acupoints opened within his body.
He had exhausted all his reserves to achieve this result.
Before entering seclusion.
He had possessed only three hundred and ninety-six star acupoints.
Now he had four hundred and sixty-three.
During this period of seclusion, he had opened sixty-seven star acupoints.
Feeling the surging power within him, Qin Shujian's smile deepened. "I opened sixty-seven acupoints, but my strength increased by at least fifty percent over what it was before.
"Just as I suspected, the further I advance in cultivation, the greater the increase in strength from opening star acupoints."
He had yet to reach heavenly human second level.
But