Wei Tu neither confirmed nor denied this.
Chi Fengtai was no fool. In the Spirit Zombie Secret Palace, she had first watched Qi Yaoxian repeatedly send her disciples to their deaths for no value at all, then seen her lie in ambush at the underground palace entrance, preparing to launch a surprise attack on herself and Lion King Lou. How could she be tempted by the trifling benefits Qi Yaoxian offered?
Compared with Lion King Lou, Qi Yaoxian's character was clearly far worse.
Had circumstances not forced her hand back then, or had there been a second choice, she would not have chosen to ally with Qi Yaoxian.
A person ought to know their own worth.
This was not something he could easily spell out to Qi Yaoxian, either.
After giving a few vague, agreeable replies, he let the matter pass.
Then, he took the initiative to propose exchanging spiritual treasures with Qi Yaoxian, each taking what they needed.
At the Spirit Transformation stage, most resources and spiritual treasures one required were incomparably precious. No matter how influential a merchant association was, it would be difficult for it to organize an auction for such items. Thus, transactions between Spirit Transformation Venerables were more often a rather primitive form of "bartering goods for goods" among friends.
The Spirit Transformation resource on Qi Yaoxian that Wei Tu had his eye on was the Buddha bone produced by Sacred Buddha Temple.
—Sacred Buddha Temple's Buddha bones were famed throughout the world. A Great Yan Spirit Transformation cultivator like Qi Yaoxian stood a good chance of having some in her collection.
Although he had already reserved a portion of "Buddha bone" from Fu Linglong, one could never have too much of such a precious body-refining resource.
Moreover, after killing Ghost Granny in the Returning