Beside him, Jiang Yue's expression changed drastically. "Old Mo, what are you doing? He's been nothing but kind. How could we do something like this?"
"I didn't want to either, but a treasure that precious... I can't resist. Xiao Jiang, you probably don't recognize that stone, do you? Otherwise, you'd be just like me, unable to control your greed!"
"What is that treasure?"
"The Nuwa Stone!"
"What's that?"
"With the Nuwa Stone, you can possess any living person's body, seize it and be reborn, then slowly cultivate. Given time, you can become an immortal. This stone lets you avoid heavenly tribulations."
"!!!"
It had been recognized after all.
The old man looked so kindly, yet he had such an ugly side.
He hadn't harbored this intention earlier; he had come up with it on the spot after seeing the treasure.
All one could say was... greed truly was the original sin.
Still, Xiao Yu wasn't panicked in the slightest.
Nor did he rush to strike first.
As long as they didn't attack, Xiao Yu wasn't willing to act.
The reason was simple: these two were the first true cultivators Xiao Yu had ever met.
Even if they were only ghost cultivators.
But they still had secrets, and rather than kill them, Xiao Yu wanted to find out where they came from.
However.
Mo Yi had revealed the Nuwa Stone's secret because he wasn't confident he could handle Xiao Yu alone and wanted to join forces to seize the treasure.
Now it was Jiang Yue's turn to struggle.
On one side was the temptation to commit evil and fall into corruption, be reborn as a human, and survive tribulations to become an immortal.
On the other was his conscience and moral bottom line.
"I'm a teacher. How could I do something