In a secluded courtyard near Black Water Pier.
Elder Yu He of the Earth Element Sect was grim-faced, the fury in his chest about to erupt.
He snapped his head up, his gaze fixed deadly on Miao Zhicheng's face.
The atmosphere in the courtyard was so oppressive it felt frozen.
Miao Zhicheng's scalp tingled under the stare, and his back was instantly soaked in a cold sweat. He quickly bowed. "Elder Yu, I… I really didn't know! When I got this pearl from Junior Martial Uncle Yu, it was already like this. If I'm lying in the slightest, may I be struck down by lightning!"
After they had narrowly escaped the Ghost Guard that day, the fake Treasure Pearl that Yu Jiayao had "seized," along with the incomplete manual, were naturally handed over to Yu He upon his arrival.
Who would have thought that the experienced Elder Yu would see through the clumsy disguise with just a brief inspection?
