Ma Rulong looked with great satisfaction at Qin Shiyue's astonishment and said unhurriedly, "Never expected it, did you, Lord Qin? The Righteous Path Alliance actually coveted something from my insignificant Ma family. Even though they brought so many precious medicinal herbs today as birthday gifts, they merely wanted to further cultivate our relationship, hoping I would return a peach for their plum. Guess what the Righteous Path Alliance wants?"
Qin Shiyue shook his head.
Ma Rulong raised his head to look at the shifting white clouds overhead and said, "White clouds turn to gray dogs, the Dipper shifts and stars move; how brief a human life is, yet the affairs of this world are so ever-changing. By the way, Lord Qin, what did you think of the Three Talents Flag Gate Formation used by the Auspicious Three Treasures in the inner hall just now? I heard you call out its name, so you must know its origins. You also made a trip through that formation. How did it feel?"
"It was formidable. If a flaw had not suddenly appeared, I probably would not have made it out of that inner hall today."
"Though the Three Talents Flag Gate Formation is formidable, people alone are not enough to set it up. It also requires formation stones."
"Formation stones? You mean those jade stones in the hands of the Auspicious Three Treasures?"
"Correct, Lord Qin. Those jade stones are precisely the foundation of the Three Talents Flag Gate Formation. Without the formation stones, as you saw, those three little flags are nothing but useless junk. Had the energy in the formation stone held by Second Treasure not been exhausted, you would not have been able to break out either."
"I understand. What you gave the Righteous Path Alliance was this formation stone,