"It wasn't entirely wasted effort," Leng Tieya said. "At least you spent several days studying it. You must have gained something, right?"
His gaze fell on Elder Lu and the other Elder, both looking as though storm clouds were about to burst from their faces.
Elder Lu exhaled sharply.
That breath was like a sharp arrow, shooting toward the forest below.
Leaves shattered one after another.
He calmed his surging emotions and said slowly, "These past few days, we were only able to erase the Spiritual Power on the bones. We had no time to study anything else."
The other old man said in a deep voice, "If we didn't erase the Spiritual Power on them, we couldn't study them. It had been obstructing us all along."
Leng Tieya nodded.
Hu Yunni looked at Miao Qingjie. "Senior Brother Miao, have you given up now?"
Miao Qingjie smiled bitterly.
Hu Yunni said, "Even if we found it, it would be useless. We can't study it, and we can't gain any benefit from it."
Miao Qingjie smiled bitterly. "Mr. Sun, I've let you down."
Leng Tieya waved a hand. "We can only blame our luck for not being good enough."
Miao Qingjie sighed. "Yes, our luck still wasn't enough."
What he trusted most was fortune.
He sighed inwardly. It seemed that taking shortcuts was useless after all.
He had originally wanted to borrow Sun Changyue's fortune to find the bones for himself.
But now he realized that if his own fortune was insufficient, it still would not work. Borrowing another's fortune would ultimately amount to nothing.
Was this the heavenly secret?
He raised his head to look at the sky, as if trying to see whether some higher ruler existed in the unseen depths.
"Let's go back," Elder Lu said deeply.
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