Chapter 132 Leaving the Xiao Family
"Why! Why is this happening! Could it be that my guess was wrong? This is just an ordinary imitation of the Tuoshe Ancient Emperor Jade, without any other hidden information."
"But what were the thoughts of the person who created this Tuoshe Ancient Emperor Jade? Was it merely to deceive other ancient races? If so, why didn't they tell me?"
"That's right, how could I be so stupid? The real Tuoshe Ancient Emperor Jade is right in my hands. I could have taken it out and compared it with this fake 'Tuoshe Ancient Emperor Jade' to see what's different about it. Maybe I could have found something out from it."
Thinking about this, he was both amused and exasperated. He hadn't even noticed something so obvious before, which left him speechless.
After taking out the real Tuoshe Ancient Emperor Jade from his storage ring, Xiao Feng first placed the imitation "Tuoshe Ancient Emperor Jade" he was holding in his other hand on the ground before carefully examining the Tuoshe Ancient Emperor Jade in his hand.
It wasn't that he was being overly cautious, but rather that the two pieces of Tuoshe Ancient Emperor Jade were simply too similar. Even he couldn't tell the difference between them immediately. If he accidentally mixed them up, it would be a real problem.
As for the genuine Tuoshe Ancient Emperor Jade in his hand, Xiao Feng didn't really examine it properly even once, because he already knew in his heart that this Tuoshe Ancient Emperor Jade had been studied countless times by Xiao Xuan and the others, and if they had made any discoveries, they would have already taken action.
That's why he didn't care too much about the Tuoshe Ancient Emperor Jade in his hand. Just as he said before, it was only when all eight pieces of Tuoshe Ancient Emperor Jade were gathered together that it became the real "Tuoshe Ancient Emperor Jade"!
His soul power surged forth once more, probing into the ancient jade of Tuoshe in his hand. "Bang!" Another silent sound rang out, and Xiao Feng's soul power was once again blocked, preventing him from probing further.
He had actually anticipated this outcome, after all, this was the genuine Tuoshe Ancient Emperor Jade! A supreme treasure concerning the inheritance of the Dou Di! How could such a treasure be easily probed by soul power? Moreover, even if it were probed, it wouldn't be possible to find anything, otherwise, why didn't the Xiao Clan, the Gu Clan, and other ancient races discover anything? Why did all the major ancient races want to compete for the Tuoshe Ancient Emperor Jade in the hands of other races in order to collect them all?
"Soul power is useless, so what about battle qi?" Xiao Feng continued to pour battle qi into the Tuoshe Ancient Emperor Jade, but the same thing happened before. No matter how much battle qi he poured in, the Tuoshe Ancient Emperor Jade in his hand did not react at all.
Seeing this, Xiao Feng couldn't help but think: "Could it be that there are no secrets in this replica of the 'Tuoshe Ancient Emperor Jade'? Is the purpose of doing this to create a highly similar replica of the 'Tuoshe Ancient Emperor Jade' in order to deceive the other ancient races?"
"That must be it, and that's the only way," Xiao Feng thought to himself.
The secret of the Xiao family's "Tuoshe Ancient Emperor Jade" has been solved, but Xiao Feng's heart is full of complicated feelings. Logically speaking, he should be happy at this moment, after all, this means that all his guesses were false, Xiao Xuan and others did not distrust him, and there was no secret hidden in the Xiao family's Tuoshe Ancient Emperor Jade.
But he couldn't be happy. The "Tuoshe Ancient Emperor Jade" from the Xiao family held no secrets, meaning his guess was wrong. The Xiao clan had no other backup plans to help him, and a voice in his heart suggested this wasn't the right answer. This was precisely why he couldn't be happy.
Of course, things had already progressed to this point, so even if Xiao Feng didn't believe it, he had no choice but to accept it, because it was the truth! The voice in his heart was just a guess, a premonition, and had no basis whatsoever!
"Oh well, I never wanted any help anyway, so this outcome doesn't really matter."
With the matter concluded, Xiao Feng no longer needed to examine the Xiao family's "Tuoshe Ancient Emperor Jade." He put away the genuine Tuoshe Ancient Emperor Jade in his hand, then picked up the imitation "Tuoshe Ancient Emperor Jade" that was on the ground, placed it in the wooden tablet, picked up the piece of wood that had bounced up earlier, and gently pressed it down on that spot to conceal the "Tuoshe Ancient Emperor Jade" on his back.
Once the wooden block is closed, it becomes one with the entire wooden plaque, fitting together perfectly. From the back, there is no visible gap, and no one would imagine that such a mechanism exists behind this wooden plaque in the Xiao family's ancestral hall.
After doing all this, he looked at the wooden plaques displayed in the ancestral hall, his gaze distant, lost in thought.
The next day, Xiao Feng arrived at Xiao Zhan's house early in the morning to say goodbye.
Upon hearing that Xiao Feng wanted to leave, Xiao Zhan tried repeatedly to persuade him to stay, but Xiao Feng was determined to go, and in the end, he still left.
Watching Xiao Feng's departing figure, Xiao Zhan breathed a sigh of relief. He was very uneasy about Xiao Feng, this mysterious and powerful figure who had suddenly arrived. On the one hand, he wanted Xiao Feng to stay in the Xiao family so that the Xiao family could have something to rely on and could use Xiao Feng's power to promote the development of the Xiao family.
On the other hand, the presence of a powerful stranger in the Xiao family is a situation that would make it impossible for anyone to remain completely calm, even if he knew very well that Xiao Feng could easily destroy the Xiao family.
Moreover, because of what happened yesterday, he still had some doubts in his heart, doubts about Xiao Feng.
If we were to say who in the Xiao family, or even the entire Wutan City, had the ability to accomplish all that, it would probably only be Xiao Feng. However, he also knew that his suspicions were almost certainly unfounded. After all, Xiao Feng had no grudge against the Xiao family, and even owed them a debt of gratitude. Why would he need to harm Xiao Yan? And why choose such a method?
If Xiao Feng truly harbored ill will towards the Xiao family, he wouldn't need to resort to such methods; he could have simply used his power to annihilate the entire Xiao family!
That's why Xiao Zhan didn't place his suspicions on Xiao Feng. Or rather, he only had a slight guess in his heart, but it couldn't be confirmed, and he couldn't even convince himself.
He was unaware that Xiao Feng had actually done it; he never imagined that the thing he least expected was true!
End of this chapter...