Thinking of the Spirit-Draining Stones being moved, Zheng Li could not help worrying about how things were going over there.
Clinging to a slim hope, Zheng Li bantered with Xia Jue and played dumb. "I'm not sure what you mean, Hall Master Xia?"
Just then, Yang Guo stepped forward and produced another Recording Stone of the same kind.
The footage within the Recording Stone was none other than what Su Jiu had recorded in the secret chamber containing the Spirit-Draining Stones.
Zheng Li finally began to panic, but his formidable composure kept his outward expression steady. "What are these?"
Yang Guo gave him an ambiguous smile. "You don't recognize them?"
Zheng Li waved his hands repeatedly. "I've never seen them before."
"Then have you seen this place before?"
Considering that Su Jiu could already enter and leave those secret chambers freely, Zheng Li did not dare lie about that. "It's our Zheng Household's secret chamber."
Yang Guo raised an eyebrow, drawing out an "Oh" that seemed to wind through several twists and turns. Then she smiled, writing in the booklet in her hand as she said, "The Zheng Household has a vast stockpile of Spirit-Draining Stones, yet its head knows nothing about them?"
Zheng Li could not quite work out what the Azure Tide Sect intended to do.
The elder standing behind him gritted his teeth, then whispered into his ear, "You may not know this, Household Head, but the Eighth Master secretly stored these Spirit-Draining Stones inside." Though his voice was low, every cultivator present could hear him perfectly clearly. Those words were hardly meant for Zheng Li; they were plainly meant for everyone else.
The elder must have been desperate, however. They had never once mentioned Spirit-Draining Stones, yet he had now brought them up himself.
Just then,