Lie Yan Yang furrowed his brow. "Knowing too much will do you no good."
Xu Yi said, "I only like to follow the rules. I really don't have the courage to keep working with people who lack integrity."
"You really don't seem like someone from Xing Tian Sect. I can't help wondering whether you're the real deal or a fake." Lie Yan Yang gave Xu Yi a sidelong glance.
Xu Yi said, "It's your actions that leave me no choice. Enough talk. If we can't work together, then our cooperation ends."
Lie Yan Yang sighed. "Brother Jin Cheng, what did I tell you? This fellow sticks to his principles to the bitter end."
As soon as he finished speaking, Xi Jin City appeared before them. "All right, I won't insist on my own opinion any longer. We can become formal partners."
Xu Yi waved a hand. "Forgive my frankness, Senior, but I have no other demands of your side. I have no intention of telling anyone about your major plans, and apart from Incense Spirit Essence, I have no interest in getting anything else from you. We aren't partners; we're simply helping each other out. I want to know the real purpose of your operation only so I can use my own judgment to assess its risks."
Xi Jin City smiled. "It's the same principle. Brother Yan Yang and I need you to obtain all the Subordinate Star Patterns for Furnace Four. We intend to test it."
Xu Yi's heart skipped a beat. He had long suspected that the left arm might have obtained the Main Star Pattern for Furnace Four. If so, that would be perfect.
All his hopes for the near future rested on rapidly improving his cultivation before the Imperial Decree Platform opened.
He already had Incense