Even though her master needed the Jade Cicada rumored to cure all poisons to save his life,
Murong Qingqing knew clearly from just witnessing the terrifying strength and Heartless Blade Intent displayed by the Black Wind Village Chief.
With her skills, obtaining the Golden Butterfly Jade Cicada was simply wishful thinking.
Even if she had inherited half of her master’s power, the gap between her and the Black Wind Village Chief was too vast.
Had the Black Wind Village Chief not mastered the Heartless Blade Intent, she would have dared to approach and ask if he could part with it.
However, facing a cold man with great power and Heartless Blade Intent, Murong Qingqing was very aware of what the consequences would be if she rashly angered him.
No sooner had she shifted her feet and turned to walk a few steps,
than a crushing momentum akin to a mountain bore down on her from the front.
Murong Qingqing suddenly took a step back in alarm, her eyes staring intently at the person who had appeared before her.
The moment she recognized the face, she nearly cried out in shock.
"Members of the Sky Zither Sect seldom walk the Martial World, let alone intervene in its affairs. I wonder why this lady of the Sky Zither Sect would come out into the world for the Golden Butterfly Jade Cicada?"
Jiang Dali, with his arms crossed, calmly observed Murong Qingqing, who seemed like a frightened little animal retreating before him, and ventured,
"Your power doesn’t seem to be purely cultivated. Could it be that you have received power transmission from one of your sect’s elders?"
Murong Qingqing, shocked, rounded her eyes, her large expressive eyes filled with astonishment.
But after a brief moment, she suppressed the shock in her heart and deeply inhaled, giving Jiang Dali a bow.
"Junior Murong Qingqing, the seventh generation true inheritor of the Sky Zither Sect, greets the Black Wind Village Chief! Indeed, as you have stated, I have received the power transmission from an elder in my sect, which accounts for the power I possess now."
As she spoke, her eyes filled with hope as she looked at Jiang Dali, "I ventured out into the Martial World for the Golden Butterfly Jade Cicada because my master is afflicted with a strange poison, and I learned that the Jade Cicada can cure all poisons, hence I came in search of it.
Now that the Jade Cicada is in your hands, Chief, I wonder if... if you might lend the Jade Cicada to Qingqing for use?"
"So, it’s to save your master."
Jiang Dali had a sudden realization and nodded at Murong Qingqing.
Murong Qingqing smiled, about to speak.
Jiang Dali, however, shook his head and said, "However, the Jade Cicada is extremely precious, and I have not even used it myself, so naturally, I will not readily lend it to others. Moreover, with your power, you cannot safely keep the Jade Cicada; even if I lent it to you, you wouldn’t get far with it."
Murong Qingqing’s expression stiffened.
Thinking of the Demon Sect Leader who had come earlier to snatch the treasure, she immediately looked dismayed, but indeed, it was true.
"Chief, saving a life is more meritorious than building a seven-story pagoda. This Miss Qingqing is so filial, truly a respectable person. Why don’t you accompany her to the Sky Zither Sect to save someone?"
Just then, Wang Yuyan walked over from one side, giving Murong Qingqing a sympathetic look and advised.
Jiang Dali flatly refused, "What seven-story pagoda, don’t use that monk’s spiel on me. I’m not in the habit of lending things to others without reason."
He looked at Murong Qingqing with a smile, "Actually, the Jade Cicada is of no use to me, but I always believe in an equivalent exchange. I wonder, Miss Qingqing, what can you offer in exchange?"
Murong Qingqing was stunned, then her face turned embarrassedly red, "I don’t have any treasures to exchange."
"No." Jiang Dali’s eyes were keen, "If you are the inheritor of the Six-fingered Demon, you do have a treasure that you could exchange with me."
"What!?" Murong Qingqing was taken aback.
(Sleep! Seeking monthly and recommendation tickets! Will update more in the day!)