Chapter 1246: Qi Jiaoyao’s Schemes
Qi Jiaoyao truly had some skill. She was roughly between the Wuliang stage and the Zaohua stage. Compared to Qi Xuansu, she was admittedly a notch inferior, yet compared to figures like Zhang Yuelu and the others, she was in no way lacking.
Since this ancient witch had not yet completed a pseudo-ascension ritual, she could not defeat both Qi Xuansu and Qi Jiaoyao simultaneously. She was dead beyond all doubt. In its skeletal chest cavity lay a blood-red stone heart.
Qi Xuansu sheathed his blade and sword before going to examine the stone heart. Its blood-red glow flickered on and off steadily, as though it were a real, beating heart.
At this moment, Qi Jiaoyao snatched the stone heart into her own hand. Just as Qi Xuansu was about to warn her to be careful, the stone heart crumbled upon contact, turning into drifting ash.
Qi Jiaoyao stared at the small amount of ash in her palm and remained silent for a long while.
Qi Xuansu remarked, “It seems these are all imitations or defective Longevity Stones.”
Qi Jiaoyao suddenly clenched her fist, ash slipping down between her fingers as she spoke with grief and indignation. “Ugh, I’ve really taken a massive loss this time. Forget the wasted time, I spent so much money just to bribe the right people. But I still didn’t get to see the real Longevity Stone. Now, I can’t even grab some rare item to recoup my losses?!”
Qi Xuansu had not intended to comment, but considering that the two of them were comrades who had fought together, he said, “Were you really here to do business?”
“One must take risks to acquire wealth,” Qi Jiaoyao replied righteously. “If not for wealth, do you think I came here to temper my state of mind?”
Qi Xuansu shook his head, feeling that Qi Jiaoyao’s mouth was every bit as sharp as Madam Qi. Could it be that the Quanzhen Sect only nurtured women like this?
At that moment, the shadows outside seemed to have been stirred as well. They then began to surge toward the shrine.
Fortunately, these shadows were not comparable to the ancient witch from before. After all, only witches of high standing could remain within the shrine. Those outside were merely ordinary witches.