Lin Xiao's possession of such a grade of spirit stones in this mortal world was clearly obtained from the Artifact Sect.
Otherwise, there would likely be very few such spirit stones in the Northern Frontier or the Dragon Kingdom's treasury.
"That's not for you to worry about."
Lin Xiao narrowed his eyes, waiting for an answer.
If he wasn't given one, he would naturally find his own way to resolve everything.
Having come this far, he couldn't just let it go.
"It was an Shadow Assassin, number thirty-seven among the Seventy-two Earthly Fiends," the Shadow replied.
"Number thirty-seven of the Seventy-two Earthly Fiends?"
"Once one becomes an Shadow Assassin, all previous names and worldly possessions must be abandoned, so I only know him as Earthly Fiend Thirty-Seven. I know nothing else," the Shadow said. "Besides that, I have no more news about your Lin family. As for his mission... the higher-ups said that the relationship between Shadow Assassins and mortals must be severed, so we erased all of Zheng Aijia's memories related to the Shadow Assassin."
"A fine way to erase."
Lin Xiao's hand tightly gripped the spirit stone. If the stone's quality wasn't excellent, with his force, ordinary jade would have already turned into countless fragments.
The next second, he relaxed and said, "My apologies, I momentarily lost control of my emotions."
"I've told you what you wanted to know, so you should tell me how you found me," the Shadow asked the question that concerned him most. Those who hid in the darkness were most afraid of their whereabouts being discovered and naturally most concerned about how Lin Xiao managed to find him.
"A trace of my killing intent remains on you and him," Lin Xiao said, half-truthfully.
There was indeed a trace of his killing intent left, but it wasn't enough for him to find this place. The most crucial factor was the True Dragon Qi.
Even if the True Dragon Qi was separated from his body, he could clearly sense its location, which was why he was able to reach this point.
As for the killing intent, it was an aura he could only detect once he was close.
The Shadow frowned, clearly unable to accept this answer. He had indeed noticed this trace of killing intent, like a persistent maggot, and no matter what, he couldn't get rid of it. But it was obvious that under his hidden aura, this killing intent couldn't have led Lin Xiao to him.
There must have been another way.
"This is not an equitable transaction."
The Shadow said unhappily.
"The equitable transaction is the spirit stone in my hand, not me telling you how I found you," Lin Xiao said, handing over the spirit stone. He didn't take advantage and believed in fairness.
Seeing the spirit stone, the shadowy figure snorted coldly, "If my boss hadn't said not to conflict with you, I'd really like to see if I could make you perish here."
Any genius is an object that can easily be extinguished before they grow up.
He was confident that even if Lin Xiao had Killing Intent Manifestation Armor, it wouldn't be difficult for him to kill Lin Xiao with his skills.
He had killed double-digit Divine Realm cultivators.
"Oh?"
Lin Xiao smiled faintly and said dismissively, "Do you know the biggest difference between you and your boss?"
"Where?"
"Your boss knows how to build a good relationship with me, while you want to kill me."