All of this was a judgment based on reliable evidence. Whether such a thing actually existed was still uncertain, and as for knowing how to use it, that was even further from the truth. She was simply bluffing the two men before her.
Shi Chun and Wu Jinliang really were a little bewildered. If something that useful existed, what had they risked their lives for earlier?
But these two were not so easily bluffed.
Besides, they had killed her people. How could they possibly admit it so readily?
Shi Chun said, "Xiang Lan'er, why can't I make sense of what you're saying? You mean Sun Shigang from Falling Moon Valley, right? Didn't he molest you back then? Didn't you have a grudge against him? How has it suddenly become something of his that you know how to use? What exactly are you talking about?"
Wu Jinliang said, "Exactly. You've talked both of us in circles."
Xiang Lan'er countered, "You were gone for so long, and you never answered when we contacted you. Where did you go?"
Shi Chun said, "I was about to break through, so I went into seclusion to cultivate. You wanted to search for insect core crystals, and I needed seclusion. I didn't want you calling me over to work, so naturally I didn't answer."
Wu Jinliang said as if it were perfectly obvious, "I had to guard him. I couldn't go work with you."
Xiang Lan'er froze. "You broke through?"
Shi Chun nodded, then suddenly sprang high into the air before drifting lightly back down. The height of his leap proved his current cultivation level. Now that was a claim backed by evidence.
Xiang Lan'er frowned. If that really was the case, taking the talismans and leaving made sense. Could Sun Shigang's disappearance really have nothing