"So, I ought to thank you for your generosity, then," Huo Lian said in a low voice, staring at Pang Ji.
"No need. Consider this a reward for Huang Xiao," Pang Ji said with a faint smile. "After all, without Huang Xiao, we would never have discovered where the First Hall Master secluded himself. Nor would the Demon Hall have obtained such a treasure."
"You haven't even fathomed its secrets, yet you dare call it an extraordinary treasure? Aren't you afraid you'll discover in the end that it's actually just an ordinary treasure?" Huo Lian said.
"Huo Lian, you're jealous," Pang Ji said. How could Huo Lian's words sway him now?
"From a certain perspective, you're taking something from a junior. What remarkable ability you have," Huo Lian said.
"Huo Lian, say whatever you like. My mind is made up," Pang Ji said coldly.
There was a tacit understanding among everyone in the Jianghu: elders who bullied juniors would be ridiculed, so most people exercised some restraint when dealing with the younger generation.
Unless they encountered something that demanded their intervention, these elders would avoid taking action whenever possible.
Pang Ji would never let go of a treasure like the Stone Gate Relief.
Even if Huo Lian accused him of taking something from a junior, he did not care.
"Huang Xiao, let's go." Huo Lian said no more.
"Oh, there's something I nearly forgot to remind you of." Seeing that Huo Lian was about to leave, Pang Ji called out.
Huo Lian stopped.
"There are quite a few people carved into that relief. I imagine the First Hall Master must be one of them." Pang Ji paused here, then continued, "The moves he demonstrates in the relief might contain some of the mysteries of the Imperishability Chapter. That's probably what