Diling conceded with a confession, "Yes, I admit I wanna go there. The force contained in the nine dragon-vein wonderlands boosted my martial competence. I only went off a handful of treasures incidentally out of sheer curiosity. They are still on me you know. You can, by all means, take over as long as you see fit."
Then it took out several pieces of stones of various colors out of nowhere.
The appearance of the stones brightened up Lin Xiao's eyes — they were actually spiritual stones.
They were an integral part of the materials for spiritual weapon production. They could be used as a booster for martial cultivation as well, by virtue of the ample containment of spiritual energy.
Therefore, the spiritual stones were the all-time favorite of the warriors with unusual physique types. They could be strikingly helpful as long as they went with the practice corresponding cultivation methods or martial techniques.
To Lin Xiao's surprise, the spiritual stones offered by Diling were actually premium ones. They were known as valuable spiritual stones of elements.
However, they soon aroused suspicions in Lin Xiao.
It seemed that the element spiritual stones were useless to Diling. Otherwise, they couldn't have stayed as pigmented as they used to be.
Lin Xiao went on questioning, "Stop playing games with me! How come you fooled me with the element spiritual stones?"
Diling hastened to justify itself in a sobbing voice, "No, I swear I didn't. The treasures in the wonderland were of no use to me. I took to their tempting colors, so I pocketed them."
It was telling the truth. The reason why it stayed here was that he needed the mysterious force in the nine dragon-vein wonderlands to build itself up. It dared not dupe Lin Xiao anymore, as it feared he would tell on it. In that case, its plan would go down the drain.
"Are you sure you were honest with me?"
Diling nodded in a haste, "Yes. I swear."
"Okay, then I'm buying it this time. However, you'll have to face a grave consequence if I find you cheating again."
Diling nodded with fervent assurance, "No, I won't. I won't"
Then Lin Xiao waved at Diling.
Diling soon handed in the spiritual stones of the element to him. Although it hadn't enjoyed them to its heart's content yet.
Lin Xiao took them into his storage ring, with one piece left in his hand for entertainment.
"What did the patriarch find during the last field trip to the wonderland?"
Diling made a prompt response, "Books of martial secrets. I procured quite a few for him."
"That was all?"
"Yup. You know the martial capacities of the Taixuan disciples were hardly presentable back then. Hence, I got a few books of martial secrets for the patriarch to address that issue."
"Didn't you tell him anything about the spiritual stones of the element?" Lin Xiao added.
Given that Diling fetched quite a few spiritual stones with multiple elements contained, there would be more of this kind down there. If Li Taixuan had been informed about that, he would have made the most of the stones push forward the Taixuan Sect. In that case, the sect wouldn't have been on a downslope.
Diling responded in a hesitant tone under its breath, "Well...Well, I was actually waiting for the right time to tell him this year."