167 The weather is getting cold, let the Qiao family go bankrupt!
Zhao Shi couldn't remember his former name, but the words "Qiao Xu" did give him a sense of familiarity.
His past memories were still vague, and he couldn't even feel the pain from the blue diamond in his palm. He stared at Qiao Ye and repeated, "How did she die?"
The boy's voice was still hoarse and low, as if he was trying hard to suppress the emotions that were about to explode in his body.
But the more this happened, the more afraid Qiao Ye became. He trembled and said, "He died of illness."
Zhao Shi frowned, as if he didn't believe it.
The puppet beside him strode towards Qiao Ye, wanting to help him "recall his memories".
Qiao Ye shouted in fear, "She really died of illness! She was already insane, and after you disappeared, her madness got worse, her old injuries relapsed, and she died. It has nothing to do with us! Her grandparents are still alive, how dare we touch her?"
"Then how dare you take her ashes..." Lin Yan was angry, but halfway through his words he realized something was wrong and looked at Jiang Xin.
Jiang Xin didn't notice anything unusual, she was just a little surprised.
[Wow, Second Brother has a very good eye. He could tell the origin of the blue diamond at a glance. 】
Qiao Ye stole a glance at Zhao Shi and said tentatively: "We just want to retrieve the family treasure..."
This statement clearly implied that the secret treasure was in Zhao Shi's possession, and everyone's eyes turned to Zhao Shi.
Zhao Shi was even more confused than them: "What secret treasure?"
Qiao Ye thought he was playing dumb and was annoyed for a moment.
But thinking that this was in the territory of Tianshui Sect, he held back again: "Qiao family secret treasure, the thing you took away from the forbidden area that year."
After Jiang Xin’s reminder last time, Zhao Shi vaguely remembered some memories about the forbidden area.
He only knew that there was a great danger inside, but he didn't know what the danger was. However, he was sure that he didn't take anything away.
"I don't have the secret treasure you mentioned." Zhao Shi said.
Qiao Ye was angry that he dared to do it but not to take responsibility: "Impossible! If you didn't get the secret treasure, how did you escape from the forbidden area back then?"
The memory of that time was too vague and Zhao Shi really couldn't remember it.
Seeing that Qiao Ye was so angry that it didn't seem like he was faking it, Jiang Xiao thought for a moment and asked Zhao Shi like a little adult, "Fourth Senior Brother, can you recall if there is anything on you that could have come out of that forbidden area?"
When he first joined the Tianshui Sect, he had nothing but tattered clothes and didn't even have any shoes, let alone any secret treasures.
Zhao Shi was very sure that he did not take anything out of the secret treasure. He was about to say it, but when the words reached his lips, he was suddenly stunned.
If we have to say that there is something in his body that came from the forbidden area, it is only the toxins in his body.
But his master and his grandmaster had examined him and confirmed that it was just a poison, not a secret treasure.
If the Qiao family's secret treasure could be hidden from Daoist Master Zhuyue, a great man in the Tribulation Crossing Stage, it means that its grade is at least in the Mahayana Stage.
But if there was a Mahayana secret treasure, the Qiao family would be the largest family in the world of cultivation, instead of hiding in Xizhou.
But Qiao Ye spoke too confidently. If this was not true, there would be no need for him to lead people across mountains and rivers from Xizhou to the Eastern Continent.
As brothers for many years, Lin Yan knew that Zhao Shi would not lie. He suspected that there was something behind this and asked Qiao Ye, "What is the secret treasure you are talking about?"
Qiao Ye didn't want to say it, but there were two clones of Qiongqi in the fusion stage here. He knew that if he dared not to answer, the other party would search his soul.
Once the soul is searched, the best outcome is that the consciousness collapses and the person becomes a fool, or the worst outcome is that the soul disappears and the person dies instantly.
It's better to answer the question honestly than doing this.
He said reluctantly: "I don't know what the secret treasure is. You are a member of the Qiao family, so you should remember the Qiao family's ancestral teachings."
Zhaoshi didn’t even remember the Qiao family, let alone the ancestral teachings.
Fortunately, Qiao Ye was not testing him with this, and continued, "According to the ancestral precepts, the descendants of the Qiao family are not allowed to touch the secret treasure and must seal it. Otherwise, Dad and the others wouldn't have to ask you to do it..."
He was afraid of angering Zhao Shi and others, so he didn't dare to say any more.
But Jiang Xin helped him to speak out: "You used my fourth brother as a guinea pig and asked him to go to the forbidden area to get the secret treasure. Because the secret treasure is dangerous, you saw that he escaped alive, so you suspected that he got the secret treasure?"
Qiao Ye nodded hesitantly, certain that the secret treasure was on Zhao Shi.
As a descendant of a cultivation family, even though Qiao Xu had not practiced cultivation when he entered the forbidden area, he should have understood the importance of the secret treasure and would not have thrown it away.
Could it be that after he joined the Tianshui Sect, the secret treasure was swallowed up by the Tianshui Sect?
Qiao Ye looked at everyone present with suspicion, focusing his attention on the two clones of Qiongqi.
Lin Yan and his companions are all of Zhao Shi’s peers. Only these two Qiongqi clones have such high cultivation levels. They might be the elders of Tianshui Sect.
Being glanced at with suspicion by him, Da Mi and Xiao Mi were very unhappy: "What are you looking at? Do you believe that I can eat you in one bite?"
Qiao Ye was forced to lower his head and dared not look again.
Unexpectedly, when he lowered his head, he saw the slightly taller Jiang Xin standing in front of him, staring at him curiously.
As soon as he saw her, Qiao Ye recalled the whole process of how he was fooled by her and was tricked into going to Tianshui Sect, and he regretted it so much that his intestines turned green.
But at this moment he didn't dare to lose his temper, and he suppressed his temper and asked Jiang Xin with gritted teeth: "What's the matter?"
"How do you know that my fourth senior brother is still alive?" Jiang Xin asked.
Qiao Ye glanced at Zhao Shi, then his eyes fell on the blue diamond gourd buckle that he was holding tightly. "Aunt has never wanted to believe that you are dead. Before she died, she had a moment of clarity of mind. She used a forbidden technique and used the blood connection between mother and son to calculate that you are still alive."
Lin Yan frowned because of the way he addressed Zhao Shi's mother and looked at Zhao Shi worriedly.
The fox mask given by Jiang Xin covered Zhao Shi's face. Everyone could not see his expression, but they could feel his low mood from the way Zhao Shi lowered his head.
Jiang Xiao raised his head and comforted Zhao Shi: "Fourth Senior Brother, don't be sad. Fifth Senior Brother taught me the Law on the Protection of Minors. If they treat you like that, we can go to the government and sue them. The weather is cold now, let the Qiao family go bankrupt!"
When he said the last sentence, there was indeed some arrogance in his voice, like someone in a higher position.
Your Majesty the Demon Lord is really a good child who abides by the law.
Zhao Shi felt less awe towards Jiang Xiao, as if the distance between him and this Demon Lord had shortened.
He gently touched Jiang Xiao's head and told him: "The Qiao family is in Xizhou, where the laws are loose, unlike the Qiuye Dynasty or the Great Zhou, which are governed by law."
Da Zhou is the imperial court bordering the Tianshui Sect, and is also the largest dynasty in the human territory of the Tiancheng Spirit Realm.
Zhaoshi had found out about the Qiao family in Xizhou in the library these past two days.
Such a family is not considered a large family in front of a behemoth like the Tianshui Sect.
There are not many records about the Qiao family in the entire book, they are just mentioned briefly.
Most of the content focuses on describing how the laws and disciplines in Xizhou are loose, making it a good place for disciples of the Tianshui Sect to show off their skills and break the law.
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