Feng Qi straightened, his narrow eyes squinting slightly. "You mean all the fortune in this Fortune Blessing Land was gathered into a single object?"
Su Jiu nodded. "That's clearly what happened."
"Have you considered what kind of magic treasure could hold so much fortune...?"
"The Fortune-Transferring Pearl."
Feng Qi frowned. "The Fortune-Transferring Pearl!? The one in Zheng Qilong's possession?"
"If there isn't a second Fortune-Transferring Pearl in this world, then yes, obviously."
"But we've had people watching Zheng Qilong all along. He's never been to the Windforest Star River..."
Su Jiu continued calmly, "What if it happened before Zheng Qilong obtained the Fortune-Transferring Pearl? After all, the dust here must have been accumulating for quite some time."
A spark of inspiration seemed to flicker through Feng Qi's mind. Some questions that had once baffled him suddenly found their answers.
Why had Zheng Qilong behaved so strangely after obtaining the Fortune-Transferring Pearl? It had clearly been a spirit treasure, yet somehow it had ultimately degenerated into an evil artifact.
Thinking it through carefully now, had Zheng Qilong truly caused that single-handedly? Probably not. Evil as Zheng Qilong was, he had not reached the point where he could turn a spirit treasure into an evil artifact on his own in less than a hundred years.
At most, he had served as a catalyst, accelerating the Fortune-Transferring Pearl's transformation. The pearl itself had actually been tainted long before.
From the moment it began stealing fortune in this Ancient Tomb, it had absorbed not only the fortune here, but also the sinister energies of resentment and malice. This was not merely a tomb, after all. Many innocent disciples from secluded clans had also lost their lives here.
It was like an immense scheme, silently plotting something behind the scenes.
Naturally, Su Jiu had thought