"Hehe, I heard that Fellow Daoist Xiao collected strange and obscure things of unknown origin. I already came by twice before and failed to catch you both times! If I missed you again this time, I would have left Star Palace!" Fu Zhiwen said with a smile.
Xiao Hua clapped his hands. "Isn't that exactly right? We Daoists value fate. Didn't we meet on this final try? What strange and obscure things does Young Master Fu have?"
"They would naturally be strange and obscure to others, but perhaps not to Fellow Daoist Xiao!" As Fu Zhiwen spoke, he took a spoon-like object from his robes and handed it to Xiao Hua. "Take a look first, Fellow Daoist."
Xiao Hua swept it with his divine sense but did not take it. Shaking his head, he said, "This is a magical treasure of our Daoist school. It truly cannot be considered anything strange or obscure. Does Young Master Fu have anything else?"
Fu Zhiwen then took out several more items—jade slips and old yellow talismans among them. To Xiao Hua, these things were utterly commonplace and held not the slightest attraction.
"Forget it~" Xiao Hua waved a hand and smiled. "These things of Young Master Fu's are all items of our Daoist school. I imagine you obtained them when you received a Daoist inheritance, correct? None of these is what this Xiao wants. What this Xiao wants... is something whose origin and purpose even you yourself do not know!"
"Alas, that will be difficult!" Fu Zhiwen scratched his head somewhat. "I only have these things here..."
"Actually, anything strange and obscure will do. It need not have any splendid appearance..." Xiao Hua was naturally disappointed as well.
Fu Zhiwen suddenly recalled something. Stretching out his hand, he took a white bone joint