167 Take Responsibility for Everything!

"I can't believe this! He's still playing with that cube!"

Chang Miao thought that when they returned, at least Fei Bao Xing would be worried and looking around for them. Yet, he had not moved from his last position, not even a single inch.

His eyes were focused on the ancient treasure in the shape of a cube. He spun and turned it around and around while muttering to himself, "This does not make any sense..."

"When are you going to stop playing around and start working? We have an emergency, right now!"

Chang Miao could not help but scolded him with a slightly raised voice.

"What is it?"

"What is it, you say? Do you have any idea how long you've been playing with that thing?!"

"Hmm..." Fei Bao Xing rubbed his chin with his finger while his eyes were looking to the side. He's actually trying to guess, "It should not be that long, right? Perhaps less than an hour."

"An hour..."

"Don't worry, we still have plenty of time. Let me look at the treasure for at least another fifteen minutes, okay."

Chang Miao's eyes twitched, and vein appeared on her forehead. Never, she had been this angry before. To think the man in front of him has replaced five hours with one hour. Then, he was talking as if the girls have not left yet. It was definitely intentional.

As angry as she was, Chang Miao could not even complain. This was Fei Bao Xing's way of showing dominance. First of all, he was the strongest one in the group. And, to look for the keys, they need his intelligence.

"Chang Miao, please calm down..."

"Yes, Fei Bao Xing is just joking..."

The Guan Sisters tried to calm down their young lady after seeing her became so red.

"How about we help Fei Bao Xing first?" Guan Ru Na suddenly suggested. "Once we help him discover the way to use the ancient treasure, he won't have any more reason not to help us. Besides, it must be important to him that he spent a lot of time on it."

Guan Ru Na's words made Chang Miao quickly calmed down. She nodded as a sign she agreed to the suggestion.

"Let me take a look." Chang Miao snatched the cube from Fei Bao Xing's hand.

As she looked over it, Fei Bao Xing could not help but gasp as he realised that Chang Miao sat so close to him. Her face flickered under the fire was so captivating. The way she touched and analysing the cube was enchanting.

Meanwhile, Guan Ru Na sat on the other side with her head leaned on his shoulder, her charm was irresistible. And her hair smelled so pleasing, that Fei Bao Xing could not resist.

Guan Ru Yi has no space left beside Fei Bao Xing. Feeling jealous, she sat in front of him. It almost like he was hugging her. The way she seated was so cute that he has to look away.

"You... You have a nosebleed... Are you alright?" Guan Ru Yi noticed it first and was worried.

"Here, use this." Guan Ru Na said as she offered him her handkerchief.

However, Fei Bao Xing did not take it. Instead, he stood up and leaned on the nearest tree away from the girls.

Guan Sister worriedly followed him to tend to his injuries. But Fei Bao Xing waved his hand and stopped them from getting close.

"Sister, it's because you're too close to him. Too clingy is not good." Guan Ru Yi said.

"It's you who sits in the wrong place. No woman in the right mind would sit in that position." Guan Ru Na said.

In the end, Guan Ru Yi and Guan Ru Na could only look at each other and sighed.

Suddenly, the ancient treasure in Chang Miao's hands lighted up. A blue light shined brightly.

"Is it working?!" Fei Bao Xing could not help but get excited. He has tried so long to find out how it's working to no avail. But, it gets lighted up in Chang Miao's hand within five minutes. He regretted not giving it to her in the first place.

"Just to ask, but you did pour your Qi to the treasure, right?" asked Chang Miao to Fei Bao Xing.

"Huh... Pour my Qi?"

"Ehhhh... So, you did not? No wonder it takes so long. In the first place, did you really think you can use the treasure without using any Qi?"

What an irony. To use the ancient treasure that makes the Qi disappear, you have to use Qi first. No matter how much time he spent, there's no way he could figure it out since he has no Qi.

However, Fei Bao Xing could not be blamed. During his time in the Upper Realm. He also discovered an ancient treasure, but it does not require you to pour Qi in it. Alas, it's gone now as the power has already been used to the limit.

But, something's still weird. Although the treasure has been activated, nothing happened. And, if one looks closely, only nine of the characters lighted up, and they were all the same letter.

"So, what now?" Feng Ao Xiu could not help but ask.

"Perhaps, we should put the lighted letters on the same side..." Chang Miao said.

"I tried it before, but it did not do anything. Now, that it has Qi, perhaps it will work."

It was quite hard at first, but as time passed the puzzle became easy. A few minutes later, Chang Miao successfully put the lighted characters on one side. Yet, the other five sides were still jumbled up.

Then, the letters from blue-coloured light turned to red. As it does the middle square stick out like a button. Curiously, Chang Miao pushed the button.

"Ah! The Qi is gone!"

Just like the previous incident with Guo Jin, they could not feel the Qi in the air anymore.

"Chang Miao, you did it!" Guan Ru Na said.

"As expected of Young Lady Min." Guan Ru Yi said.

However, the happiest was Fei Bao Xing. At last, he could use the treasure and make his enemy equal to him. With this, he will have the chance of winning.

Although to activate it, Qi was needed, he could just ask someone to pour it for him. Then, use it when he met an enemy. With the thoughts of winning on his mind, Fei Bao Xing gets excited.

"Try to push the button again!"

Chang Miao nodded. Right after, she pushed the button, the Qi suddenly returned to normal.

"The Qi has returned. So, the effect can be cancelled anytime."

At the same time, the light in the ancient treasure goes out. And, just like magic, the letters that have been lined up, suddenly disappeared and replaced with another one. It looked like a mechanism that requires to solve the puzzle after each use.

Looking satisfied, Fei Bao Xing started thinking his next move. "Chang Miao, please pour your Qi again."

Chang Miao carefully stretches her hand into the cube again.

"Ehhh... It's not accepting my Qi."

"Looks, we cannot use it until a certain amount of time passed."

"Let me try..." Looking curiously Guan Ru Yi wanted to try. This time, she was the one that transferred her Qi to the cube.

Suddenly, nine of the same letter shined just like previously. And, once again Fei Bao Xing was thrilled. It turns out that it does not restrict if a different person tried to use it.

This ancient treasure has become a source of turbulent of emotions for Fei Bao Xing. Nevertheless, the experiment for ancient treasure has come to a close.

As Fei Bao Xing received the treasure back, he could not stop smiling. He stared at it like it's his lover. He even already decided on a nickname, "I'm going to name you Precious Qi Cube."

"Okay, it's finished, right? Please help us now." Chang Miao said.

"Ah... Yes, it's finished. What's the matter?"

"We have to find more keys worth around 90 points." Guan Ru Yi said.

"Huh... What?"

"It turns out to pass we need 180 points." Guan Ru Na said.

"Ehhh... Why?"

"Why? Come to think of it... It's because of you! You're the one who brought those people here. Take responsibility for everything!" Chang Miao said.