There was naturally no one inside the palace. Xiao Hua understood this in his heart. It was not merely because Chang Yu and the others lacked tokens to enter the palace; more importantly, he had offended True Lord Huode! He might be stronger than True Lord Huode, but in terms of connections and influence, he was absolutely no match. Perhaps... the moment he left the Yaotai Gathering would mark the beginning of being hunted down by Confucian cultivators. How could Chang Yu and the others possibly come back?
Xiao Hua did not return to the quiet chamber. He simply sat in the main hall, waved his hand, and activated the cave abode's restrictions. After cautiously sweeping the area once more with his divine sense, he set down the Duotian Star Array. Only then did he take out the Small Qiankun Bag he had traded for from Ying Bo. Suppressing his slight excitement, Xiao Hua reached in and pulled out a thick white bone. It was over a zhang long and crystalline as jade. Neither divine sense nor Buddhist consciousness could detect anything unusual about it. Yet when Xiao Hua sent the white bone into his space—
"Crack..." A bolt of lightning sprang from the incomplete white skeletal frame and struck the bone. Carried by the lightning, the bone drifted down onto the frame's left leg. It was precisely the missing shinbone. As the bone fell into place, Thunder Water flowed from where it connected to the other bones.
"Excellent!" Xiao Hua clapped his hands and laughed. With this shinbone alone, his trip had already been worthwhile. He then took out the other items he had traded from Ying Bo. Ying Bo's things were miscellaneous and strange; many of them were likely objects from the Sacred Realm of a Thousand Demons,