Inside Hundred Zhang Peak, in a cave near the summit, Xiao Hua followed Li Zongbao and Cai Zhuoxia in. The pale green jade artifact had fallen onto the cave floor, utterly devoid of radiance!
"Eh?" Seeing Cai Zhuoxia pick up the strangely shaped jade beast, Xiao Hua asked in surprise, "Why did this thing only lead us to the cave before falling down? This junior had thought... that following it would lead us straight to Hundred Zhang Old Man's legacy! If it is like this... anyone could simply find a cave and enter!"
"Hehe, Fellow Daoist Xiao has made it too simple!" Cai Zhuoxia put the jade beast into her storage pouch and smiled. "To be honest with Fellow Daoist Xiao, I obtained this jade beast in the Chifang Mountain Range, and it was precisely because of it that the Pilan Twin Bears and the others pursued me. I did not tell Fellow Daoist Xiao the truth that day. I hope you will forgive me!"
Xiao Hua smiled bitterly. "Fellow Daoist Cai worries too much. You told me both the time and place, and even brought me into Hundred Zhang Peak. Was that not the same as telling me the truth? How could I fail to understand the weight of the matter?"
"Fellow Daoist Xiao is quite right. That day, I did not know your identity, and I feared that this matter might create some estrangement between us. Inviting you here was also to repay a favor!" Cai Zhuoxia nodded and explained further. "Fellow Daoist Xiao surely knows that Hundred Zhang Old Man was skilled in alchemy and artifact forging. Before he passed away, he hid his legacy within Hundred Zhang Peak and refined several strange jade beasts. Among these jade beasts, some are real and some false. Only one