The shadowy figure did not respond, because as soon as it received the stone, it couldn’t wait to extend several tendrils, deeply piercing into the stone.
The tendrils sucked forcefully, and streams of grayish light surged out from the stone, then flowed along the tendrils into the shadow.
The shadow let out a sound of extreme pleasure, but this state did not last long.
As the tendrils continued to suck, the gray on the stone rapidly faded, eventually turning it into a ghastly white stone.
Crack!
The stone hit the ground, crumbling into powder.
The shadow leaned back in the chair, silent for a long time, seemingly savoring the aftertaste of the extreme pleasure.
After a while, it sighed softly, "It still has to be the wish power from these young literati! Not only is it refined, but it also has a certain chewiness, just one bite can make one forget all troubles! Unfortunately, there’s just too little of it!"
Speaking, it looked somewhat discontentedly at Yun Lingxuan across from it, "Can’t you store a bit more wish power?"
Yun Lingxuan shrugged, "It’s just equivalent exchange. What you give me is so little, naturally, I can only give you this much!"
With that, Yun Lingxuan stood up, intending to leave.
At that moment, the shadow suddenly said, "Miss Yun, actually I’ve always been a bit curious, why you go to such lengths to collect so much information about him?"
Yun Lingxuan’s body trembled slightly, then she said faintly, "That seems to be none of your concern! We are merely trading partners meeting each other’s needs."
"Hehe, no need to be so tense. You know, beings like us don’t have your humans’ shallow and laughable sense of righteousness and morality, so providing you this information means nothing to me."
"Besides, even if you don’t tell me, I know. Collecting information with such painstaking effort, you must be looking for a chance for revenge, right? No, no, no, no need to get tense, nor need to draw out your Fang Ancient Mirror, it’s all just my reasonable speculation!"
"After all, with his ways, who knows how many enemies and foes he has provoked over the endless years. Even as his chief steward, I cannot count them all! So if my guess is right, you must also be one of those many foes of his!"
Yun Lingxuan’s previously menacing eyebrows gradually relaxed, and she said in a cold tone, "So what if I am?"
"Hehehe, I knew it. Miss Yun, though all this has nothing to do with me, given the joy you’ve brought me, I’d still like to offer you a piece of advice!"
"What?"
"Don’t indulge in impractical dreams. Your painstaking collection of information all these years was just to kill him with your own hands, wasn’t it? But that’s impossible, because you can’t even begin to imagine how powerful he is!"
"Everything you’ve done so far is nothing but a laughable joke in front of him! I am even certain he knows that I’ve been selling his information, but what does it matter?"
"He doesn’t even bother to care about it, because he doesn’t care!"
As the shadow spoke, Yun Lingxuan’s face grew increasingly pale, yet the determination in her eyes did not wane in the slightest.
"That he doesn’t care is his business, but I must do it, and I’m confident that I will personally bring him down!"
The shadow chuckled, "Human foolish and blind courage, eh? Fine, let’s just say I didn’t say anything. Good luck, I hope the next offering satisfies me!"
With that, the shadow dispersed and vanished.
Yun Lingxuan stood in place momentarily, then resolutely turned around and pushed open the door, leaving the private room.
"Miss!"
Tuan’er hurriedly came up, looking concerned.
"Let’s go!"
Yun Lingxuan and Tuan’er donned their hats again and left the tavern.
At the same moment, Xue An, accompanied by Ren Ning, Sheng Hongqian, and others, had already appeared on the streets of Xihua City.

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