Zhao Yi's voice grew increasingly chilling: "According to sect rules, borrowing precious Dharma Artifacts requires counting and returning them in person. Now the Star-Patterned Brush is missing from the treasury, and you were the last one to use it. Either you hand it over right now, or, in accordance with Market Town rules, you pay for it in full!"
The moment those four words—"pay for it in full"—dropped, the surrounding Qingxuan Sect disciples all drew in a sharp breath.
That Star-Patterned Brush was a specialized Dharma Artifact used for inscribing foundation array patterns, and it was extraordinarily expensive. Forget about Wang Le, a mere Qi Condensation Stage disciple—even an ordinary Golden Core Elder would lose a layer of skin trying to pay for such a thing.
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