Chapter 168: Return
Near Blackwater Dock, in a secluded courtyard.
Earth Origin Sect's Elder Yu He's face was grave as water, the fury in his chest almost ready to explode.
He suddenly raised his head, his gaze fixed deadly on Miao Zhiheng's face before him.
The atmosphere in the courtyard was so oppressive it seemed frozen.
Under his stare, Miao Zhiheng felt his scalp tingle, his back instantly soaked with cold sweat. He hastily bowed, "Elder Yu, I... I truly didn't know! When this junior received this pearl from Master Uncle Yu that day, it was already like this. If this junior speaks even half a lie, may heaven strike me down!"
After they had fortunately escaped with their lives from the Specter Guard that day, the fake treasure pearl and incomplete manual that Yu Jiayao had "obtained" naturally were handed over after Yu He arrived.
Who could have imagined that this experienced Elder Yu would discover the crude forgery after only a brief examination?
The fake pearl only resembled the real thing in appearance. Inside it was completely hollow, clearly refined from some special metal mixed with stone powder. It had sufficient weight but no spiritual resonance whatsoever.
And that so-called incomplete manual was even more full of holes. The qi circulation methods were riddled with errors. If one actually cultivated according to it, not going mad from qi deviation would already be fortunate. It had absolutely no value.