Chapter 996: Meteorite
Xuanyuan Yiyi frowned since she understood the pearl’s significance and why the princess insisted on getting it back. Her red lips parted: “Return the sacred pearl to her, I will give you an equivalent treasure instead.”
“Have you gone mad? She, your enemy, schemed for your death yet you still want to help her. I know that you are kind but sparing her right now is already benevolent enough. If you give back the pearl, then she would lose nothing and become bolder in the future. Your cultivation alone isn’t enough to guarantee your safety each time.” He was furious and fortunately, he didn’t actually like her. Otherwise, he would be driven crazy.
He found their values to be conflicting. Or maybe, her values were different than everyone else’s.
She calmly took the scabbard and sword off her back and handed them to him: “This sword once belonged to a saint during her youth. Though it is not a saint artifact, the saint’s dao has permeated into it so it’s very beneficial for cultivation. Its value can’t be inferior to the pearl.”
Feiyun didn’t know what to do. Was this saintess just different from everyone else?
The truth was that he had saint energies not inferior to saint souls inside him. He didn’t need the pearl but still preferred not to give it back to an enemy.
Only a fool would do something like that but occasionally, a benevolent and compassionate cultivator was no different from a fool, only that the former had more justifications despite the similar outcome.
He took out the pearl and gave it to Yiyi: “I would give you my life if you ask me to, let alone this pearl.”
She glanced briefly at his face before taking the pearl and said: “It is not difficult to swing the blade and kill the enemy, but is that the right thing to do? Take this sword. It has accompanied me for twenty years and it is enough to make up for your loss.”