"I believe that if Pang Ji keeps studying the carvings on the relief, he might gain something early on, but that would be all," Huang Xiao said. "There are no deeper secrets in them at all. Senior Shi, did you also feel there was something hidden in the relief, and that by carefully pondering the scenes, you might discover more? You might not grasp anything in the short term, but if you persisted over the long term, you would surely gain something."
"Exactly, just as you said. The first time I saw the relief, I was drawn to it. The figures carved there-their moves were absolutely real. If one could learn them, every set would be a divine skill or exceptional technique in the real world. Pang Ji also said that this one treasure was worth all the others combined. In my view, those figures contained countless cultivation methods and exceptional techniques. Only that would befit the First Hall Master's stature," Shi Hen said. "That was what I thought, and Pang Ji most likely thought the same."
Huang Xiao nodded. "That was a false impression. You were mistaken. You were looking in the wrong direction."
"Oh? Huang Xiao, are you that certain?" Huo Lian asked, somewhat surprised. "Do you think your eye is keener than Pang Ji's?"
"I experienced this personally, so I should not be mistaken," Huang Xiao said.
"What exactly happened? I am curious how we were looking in the wrong direction. You said the opportunity lay elsewhere, but where? Pang Ji and we all investigated, yet we found nothing else unusual. Did we overlook something? Did you conceal it from Pang Ji?" Shi Hen asked.
"It was actually inside the secret chamber," Huang Xiao said.
"So there really was treasure there after all. We simply failed to