"If it really is as you said, Pang Ji might indeed fail to discover it," Huo Lian said after some thought. "How would he ever think that Supreme Demonic Qi was the key? Often, it takes a chance encounter to find the key to unraveling certain secrets. Besides, Pang Ji is now more or less convinced that the relief is the supreme treasure Kui Yong left behind. His mind will certainly be focused on it. I know Pang Ji's temperament fairly well. Especially for someone as proud and haughty as him, he won't allow anything to stump him."
"Senior Hall Master, I don't quite understand what you mean," Huang Xiao said.
"You just said that the relief isn't where the real secret lies, so Pang Ji can only gain a little benefit in terms of techniques from it. After that, he'll probably gain nothing at all. But Pang Ji doesn't know that further study is essentially useless. He'll only feel that he hasn't managed to glean any deeper insights, and he won't be able to tolerate that. He'll most likely believe he hasn't truly unraveled its secrets yet. The more that happens, the less willing he'll be to give up studying it. This old man doesn't know how far he'll have to go before he realizes it and gives up. But this old man knows for certain that he'll waste a great deal of thought on it, at the very least," Huo Lian explained.
"Yes. All too often, we overthink things ourselves, burrow into a dead end, and find ourselves unable to retreat. If the direction was wrong from the beginning, we can only stray farther and farther," Shi Hen said with a sigh. "Pang Ji will probably claim the relief for himself now and study it alone. Would that