Seven Star Island Grand Gathering Begins

"Could you tell me, Madam?"

"Of course. But the trade fair is about to begin, and we have no time to delay. We can discuss this later. Once the Mang Mountain Assembly is over, I will naturally come to visit you." Madam Black Python raised her head to look at the sky as she spoke.

"Very well." Lin Xuan pondered briefly, a resolute look flashing across his face, and at last nodded in agreement.

"You have made a wise choice, fellow Daoist. Once we find the treasure, I will certainly not treat you unfairly."

The two of them had reached a preliminary agreement, so naturally both were pleased. Afterward, Lin Xuan cupped his hands in farewell and stepped down from the ornate flower carriage.

"Young Master, are you really planning to cooperate with that old demon hag?" Yue'er's voice entered his ears. A Nascent Soul Realm cultivator's divine sense was no small matter, so just now she had not dared speak with her young master either.

"Why not?"

"But she's definitely plotting something else."

"I know." Lin Xuan still wore an expression as if everything were already within his grasp. "Madam Black Python is notorious. How could she possibly have such a kind heart? Instead of swallowing the treasure whole, she's willing to share it with me. I don't know what twists and turns are hidden inside this, but the final outcome will surely be 'when the hares are dead, the hounds are boiled.' But so what? With my abilities, do you think I would let myself be butchered?"

"I know Young Master's cultivation is only stronger than that old demon hag's, not weaker. I'm afraid she has other helpers."

"This..." Lin Xuan fell silent. What Yue'er said was indeed not impossible. A single Madam Black Python amounted to nothing,