"Yes."
Shang Jiu nodded, making no attempt to conceal it.
Hearing this, the cultivators were horrified, but they also developed a keen interest in that treasure.
Nie Chen was among them.
A treasure capable of suppressing the cultivation realm of a great cultivator like Shang Jiu-if word of it reached the outside world, it would likely cause an even greater stir than the emergence of the Bodhi Fruit.
"Elder Shang, do you have any way to counter it?"
Nie Chen asked with a smile.
Before Shang Jiu, he adopted a very humble attitude.
"This treasure of his can only suppress others' cultivation realms. It does nothing to improve its wielder's own cultivation. So we need only gather more cultivators and attack him together. A lone tree cannot hold up the sky; he will surely be overwhelmed."
Shang Jiu answered.
The very reason he had announced his name was to use his former reputation to gather cultivators to deal with Xu Taiping together.
"If that is the case, it should be easy enough."
Hearing this, Nie Chen nodded repeatedly.
Then he turned to the group of cultivators behind him and said:
"Go and gather all your fellow disciples cultivating in the Thousand Buddha Kingdom. If we succeed, I will reward you handsomely."
At these words, excitement filled the cultivators' faces.
This was a promise from a Spirit Refining Realm cultivator.
The cultivators swiftly dispersed, each going to gather their fellow disciples in the Thousand Buddha Kingdom.
"Elder Shang, could you have come for this treasure?"
Once the cultivators had left, Nie Chen suddenly asked Shang Jiu in a quiet, probing voice.
Shang Jiu sneered.
How could he fail to see through Nie Chen's little schemes?
"I have no interest in that treasure. As for the Bodhi Fruit, you need only give