The Two Great Sages Weren't the Masterminds? Arrival at the Central Continent Immortal Treasury!

Lesser Thunderclap Temple.

Inside a cave in the rear mountain.

Xu Qingxiao sat cross-legged, looking at the withered old monk before him.

"What does this have to do with Pingqiu Prefecture?"

Xu Qingxiao still remembered Pingqiu Prefecture. Prince Huaiping had died because of it.

Back then, Pingqiu Prefecture had suffered years of drought. The court had allocated thirty million taels of silver, but Prince Huaiping had withheld the disaster relief funds, causing three million commoners to die unnatural deaths.

That was precisely why Xu Qingxiao had been forced to kill Prince Huaiping and summon Sage Intent.

But that incident had brought him one trouble after another.

He had never expected that, after all those twists and turns, he would return to this very point.

"World-Honored One."

"This humble monk has a few questions to ask you in return."

The old monk spoke without answering directly.

"Please go ahead, Master."

Xu Qingxiao listened attentively.

"First, drought in Pingqiu Prefecture was nothing unusual for Great Wei. Rain-Seeking Talismans may be rare, but Great Wei was not entirely without them. Yet thirty-six Rain-Seeking Talismans failed to bring down a single drop. Did you ever find that strange, World-Honored One?"

The old monk posed his question.

At those words, realization began to dawn on Xu Qingxiao.

Indeed, he had overlooked that detail when investigating the Pingqiu Prefecture case.

In theory, using a Rain-Seeking Talisman would bring rain. Making it rain was hardly some monumental feat.

Yet thirty-six Rain-Seeking Talismans had failed to produce a single drop.

There was clearly something wrong.

But back then, he had been too confined by conventional thinking, assuming Prince Huaiping had merely embezzled thirty million taels of silver.

Thinking about it now, he had been rather foolish.

"Second, do you think someone of Prince Huaiping's standing would care about