"This."
Qian Wanyu took a gleaming green formation stone out of her storage space. It was the very one Ninth Sister had used to impersonate the Elf Heart that day. "Pig Immortal Grass hid it so carefully and treasured it so much that I guessed it must be important. When I was setting up the formation that day, I happened to see you holding it, and the idea struck me."
Using it in place of the usual formation materials had not only captured a cunning spirit herb, but also revealed the purpose of its treasured possession. She had killed two birds with one stone.
"But-"
Dongfang Minghui was a little confused. She had deliberately placed one beneath her pillow, yet Pig Immortal Grass hadn't come for it, had it?
Qian Wanyu traced a circle over the gleaming green formation stone with her fingertip, toying with it. "That's probably where Pig Immortal Grass's cunning lies. If it had taken it, it would have exposed its presence. If it didn't, you might decide your guess was wrong and stop investigating what happened before. Then it could keep making more and more trouble for you, and even find a scapegoat to take the blame. Why wouldn't it?"
Dongfang Minghui pressed a hand to her forehead. When she had seen the formation stone still beneath her pillow, she really had doubted her own guess, just as Seventh Sister said. She hadn't expected Pig Immortal Grass to be so intelligent. It was leagues above the ordinary little cuties that had awakened their intelligence.
"Heavens, no wonder so many people want to catch it." Catching it and giving it a sound beating would be good, too.
"Seventh Sister, since you said these are formation stones used to set up formations, leaving them with me would be