Once the pit was dug, Qian Wanyu took the objects out herself. There were three in all, each a glittering bead. One was deep blue and refracted dazzling colors in the sunlight, making it especially beautiful. She played with it in her hand, reluctant to put it down.
Another was diamond-shaped and a brilliant orange-yellow. Made into a pendant and worn on the chest, it would have been a striking, elegant ornament. The last was a black bead, noticeably larger than the other two, bulky and heavy.
"Seventh Sister, what are all these things Toothless hid?"
Dongfang Minghui now believed her Toothless was a treasure. Wherever Toothless went, something could always be dug up. The place where Pig Immortal Grass had hidden its treasures had been extremely well concealed. Had Toothless not unearthed them, they would never have discovered them. She weighed the three beads in her hand but could see nothing special about them.
Qian Wanyu did not know what these three objects were either. Perhaps Toothless and Pig Immortal Grass shared the same hobby?
"Seventh Sister, this is getting a little hot."
She had been wondering why the bead was faintly warm to the touch when it suddenly became scalding. By the time she tried to let go, it was too late. As though alive, the black bead clung tightly to her palm. No matter how she shook her hand, she could not shake it off.
Qian Wanyu seized her wrist and forcibly pulled the three beads from Ninth Sister's hand one by one, stripping away skin and flesh with them. A deep wound had been burned into her palm, and the flesh around it had been cooked. Little blood flowed, probably evaporated by the black bead's heat. Red and black, the wound looked rather severe. "Were all