Of course, Xiao Hua was only thinking it. Even if Feng Buping had some connection to the Empress, he could not possibly reveal anything about her, nor would he spare Feng Buping from execution. Besides, the Empress was an expert even more formidable than a Nascent Soul cultivator—how could she possibly have been refined by Feng Buping?
"What a pity that bastard Feng Buping didn't leave behind anything useful! What use is this damned Inner Core bead?" Xiao Hua had already put the bead into his space, but Little Yellow, who had always loved inner cores, merely opened his bleary eyes, sniffed it once, and ignored it thereafter. This gave Xiao Hua the immediate sense that the bead was nothing good.
"Perhaps it can control the wind?" With a flick of his hand, Xiao Hua held the fist-sized bead in his palm. Yet the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi around him did not change in the slightest, nor did any hurricane arise! Even the faint blue radiance on the bead failed to appear! Xiao Hua hesitated for a moment, but in the end, he did not dare immerse his divine sense into the bead. A faint sense of vigilance lingered in his heart. Feng Buping could not possibly have abandoned his fleshly body so easily, and there were simply too many strange and bizarre things on Xiaoyu Continent. Without proper preparation, Xiao Hua would not act rashly as he had in the past!
After carefully putting away the Wind Bead, Xiao Hua took out Feng Buping's demonic staff and weighed it in his hand, smiling. "This thing isn't bad. When I have time, I can melt it into the As-You-Wish Staff and add a bit more weight!"
These two items were probably the only spoils Xiao Hua had gained from