Hun Changqing paused slightly at Gu Xun'er's words. It was not because of her domineering tone. She had thrown her weight around in front of him more than once, and he really had no way to deal with her, so he had gradually grown used to it. It was just...
Hun Changqing gave Gu Xun'er a strange look, then took an exquisite Spirit-Receiving Stone out of his Storage Ring. The instant it appeared, it blossomed with an azure glow, and a faint rushing sound, like the roar of a surging sea, echoed through the hall.
"What... are you offering in exchange for the Sea Heart Flame?"
Holding the ring containing the Sea Heart Flame, Hun Changqing wore an odd expression. He hesitated for a moment before asking Gu Xun'er.
He had genuinely forgotten about this. He had never expected the spectacle Gu Xun'er had put on today to be for the Sea Heart Flame in his possession.
By now, he had reduced the Sea Heart Flame to an extremely feeble state. Like a guttering candle in the wind, it might go out at the slightest mishap. One of his reasons for coming to the Pill Tower was to sell this Sea Heart Flame to them and see whether he could swindle a tidy sum out of them. Yet before he could even put that plan into motion, Gu Xun'er had come knocking.
Since Hun Changqing had already planned to sell the Sea Heart Flame to the Pill Tower, he had naturally repackaged it. Now that it rested inside the Spirit-Receiving Stone, the aura spilling out was almost as powerful and vast as when he had first dug it out of Han Feng's body.
Ultimately, however, this was nothing more than a sleight of hand. It looked strong on the outside