Hongku and Venerable Lei's Source of Confidence

In the secret grounds of the Kunlun Ruins, Hongku had swallowed a large amount of Nine Treasures Wine base, while Venerable Lei had not drunk a drop.

But Venerable Lei did not intend to make the trip for nothing. Great medicines capable of helping Hongku enter the Sole Self Realm were rare, so he would lose nothing by taking some.

While Hongku lay gasping on the ground, Venerable Lei grabbed several jade bottles meant for pills and used them to scoop medicinal liquid from the brewing pool.

"This precious jade bottle is actually a higher grade than my storage pouch!"

Hongku and Venerable Lei each had their own concerns, and Zhang Xuezhou's hands were not clean either. As he tiptoed away, hoping to make a run for it with two jade bottles of Nine Treasures Wine, he found that he could not easily fit them into his storage pouch.

He was thoroughly frustrated, feeling that events kept outpacing his plans.

He wanted to drink the Nine Treasures Wine once it finished maturing in seven days, and he also wanted to leave the secret grounds, but Zhang Xuezhou now realized he could not have it both ways.

If he wanted to drink the Nine Treasures Wine, he would have to stay and wait seven days, then face whatever the secret grounds' owner, whose thoughts were impossible to predict, chose to do with him.

If he wanted to leave, he could not take the Nine Treasures Wine with him.

If he could not hide the precious jade bottles in his storage pouch, carrying them in his hands would inevitably draw Venerable Lei and Hongku's attention.

Zhang Xuezhou did not need to guess to know that Venerable Lei and Hongku would eventually split it between themselves, leaving him with nothing.

Zhang Xuezhou touched