Even incomplete, this pill formula was worth as much as the Azure Cloud Sect's entire reserves!
And with a single sentence, it was confiscated?!
Chun Xiaobai's heart jolted. He whipped his head sideways and glared at Mu Qinglan. "What? They still have stolen goods?!"
Mu Qinglan froze. "Did... did I say that?!"
"No, you didn't!"
Chun Xiaobai's expression darkened. He turned back to the Sacred Lord and the elders of the sacred land, whose gazes had all settled on Mu Qinglan, and abruptly lowered his aura.
"Don't take this great... Investigation Commander for a fool. Hand over all your stolen goods!"
Yet before he had finished, the Sacred Lord and his entire group of elders dropped to their knees in a rush.
"Please investigate carefully, my lord!"
"We... we have absolutely no connection to demon cultivators!"
"Yes, yes! Please investigate carefully, my lord!"
The elders were so terrified that those were the only words they could say. They dared not make a single unnecessary movement, their heads hanging so low they nearly touched the ground. They did not even dare look up again.
Off to the side, Li Qingfeng and the others finally breathed easy.
At the thirty-odd sects they had visited before this, the moment these people knelt, it meant they had been frightened out of their wits.
Which also meant... it was time to name whatever astronomical price they pleased.
Chun Xiaobai curled his lip. Are these old fellows really this clueless?
He continued speaking.
"You're a sacred land! A mighty sacred land, and just for a pill formula like this, someone broke the rules and casually sheltered a person of unknown origins?"
"Well..." The Sacred Lord's eyes lit up at those words, and he finally recovered from his terror.
*All I feared was that you wouldn't believe