"Cheng Yunzheng did the first day of the lunar month; I can do the fifteenth."
"No one would believe that!"
"Heh, then who would believe that eating my wife's flesh and blood could grant one the Phoenix Bloodline?"
Cheng Yunqi snorted. "Everyone knows that spiritual treasures belong to the virtuous and cannot be forcibly sought... The unvirtuous would turn a blind eye even if a spiritual treasure lay before them, while a virtuous person would have one travel thousands of miles to seek him out."
Chu Zhiyuan laughed. "Leaving aside how many people in the world even know of spiritual treasures, that claim may not be right either. Is Cheng Yunzheng a virtuous man? Utterly laughable!"
"Fifth Brother's aptitude is peerless."
"Peerless aptitude makes one virtuous?... That amounts to saying that aptitude, not virtue, determines who obtains a spiritual treasure."
"In any case, there must be some mystery to it. It cannot be forcibly sought."
"Even if it cannot be forcibly sought, one must still try, so as not to betray one's heart or oneself."
"...Chu Liezhao, what are you planning to do?"
"Return unto him in his own way." Chu Zhiyuan said calmly, "Isn't that only natural and right?"
Cheng Yunqi racked his brains, trying to figure out how to stop him from doing such a thing.
At that moment, he felt unprecedentedly clever and sharp, and immediately found the crux of the matter.
He said in a deep voice, "Chu Liezhao, if you dare do this, you'll make enemies of everyone who possesses spiritual treasures!"
Chu Zhiyuan smiled. "Then I'd like to see how these people with spiritual treasures will take revenge on me."
Cheng Yunqi desperately worked his mind.
Chu Zhiyuan said, "Cheng Yunzheng used the hands of the Devil Race and the Demon Race to harm