Lei Wanche took the initiative to break the strange atmosphere, making the Ox-Head God realize that he had been taking things too much for granted.
Those four youngsters from Imperial Capital City showed no sign of being tempted. Instead, they had become wary of him.
So he did not continue to pester or provoke them. A wooden smile appeared on his face, so fake that it was frightening.
"Yes, that would be best. Why don't we study this giant tree? Perhaps we might gain something. What does Marquis Lei think?"
This proposal quickly won the agreement of Liu An and the other three, as well as Meng Zhao—especially Meng Zhao.
When he used the Emperor's Qi Gazing Technique, he had experienced an exceedingly vague, fleeting resonance with the towering tree before him. For his Primordial Spirit senses to be stirred in such a way, it could not be ordinary. He was therefore immensely interested in investigating it.
Of course, constrained by the identity he was currently disguising himself as, he could not reveal anything. He merely looked toward Liu An and the others while secretly signaling Shi Jiawen through his supreme Mind Martial Dao.
Shi Jiawen had already been interested in the giant tree. After receiving Meng Zhao's hint from who knew where, he also transmitted his voice to Liu An and the other two, and they quickly reached a consensus.
As the eldest among the four, Liu An stepped forward and said to Lei Wanche, "Marquis Lei, if this giant tree is truly extraordinary, a rare and exotic treasure, it may contain some hidden mystery that could aid our exploration of the Grotto-Heaven Secret Realm. What Grandmaster Ox-Head said is not without reason."
From the bottom of his heart, Lei Wanche certainly did not wish for these people to