Returning to the Yuelai Inn, Feng Xue and Old Li did not continue their exchange. After all, apart from the Ke family's young miss, who had been forcibly dragged into the 121 Challenge, the rest harbored at least some inclination of "becoming the ultimate winner."
With such a goal, when the situation was unclear, they could share what they had; when trouble arose, they could exchange information, or even betray some interests to have the other party step on a landmine.
However, once the finish line came into view, even the most intimate of partners could become untrustworthy.
Old Li's generous offhand mention of the "Ritual" as a crucial clue probably had more to do with wanting to push Feng Xue out to trial and error.
Even more so, Feng Xue did not doubt that Old Li was still concealing certain key information.
In the end, he did not believe that an old-timer who had once suppressed contemporaneous Kaidans would willingly concede the means to the summit.
