"Oh?" When Xiao Hua heard there were other demonic jade slips, his heart stirred. He halted and asked, "Fellow Daoist Ruo, don't you dare deceive this Xiao!"
"No, no!" Upon hearing that Xiao Hua was not Ruo Taohong's pretty boy, Xi Wuming immediately forced a smile. "Didn't you see Xi's demonic artifacts in Jingbo City last time? There are even more this time, and they require fewer spirit stones!"
"Huh?" Ruo Taohong was greatly startled. Pointing at Xiao Hua, she said, "Xi Wuming! Could this Fellow Daoist Xiao be the one who bought your demonic artifacts in Jingbo City last time?"
"Hehe, precisely, precisely!" Xi Wuming rubbed his hands together and blinked repeatedly at Xiao Hua with a smile, seemingly trying to curry favor with him. But Xiao Hua sneered. He understood that Xi Wuming was certainly not trying to ingratiate himself because of his high cultivation; there had to be some other reason.
Sure enough, before Xiao Hua could think further, Ruo Taohong revealed the answer.
"That's not right!" Ruo Taohong came to her senses and asked curiously, "Didn't you say the person who bought your demonic artifact back then was a mid Foundation Establishment stage cultivator? But just now, you said Xiao Hua was only at the Qi Cultivation second layer. How... how could he possibly have dozens of top-grade spirit stones?"
"This..." Xi Wuming's expression changed, and he said with a placating smile, "If Fellow Daoist Xiao had been at the Qi Cultivation second layer back then, how could he possibly be at the mid Foundation Establishment... late Foundation Establishment stage now?"
Then he blinked fiercely at Xiao Hua again!
Naturally, Xiao Hua would not cover for his lie. Instead, he asked curiously, "Old Ghost Xi, first tell me what exactly is going on here."
"Hehe, this