Seeing Chen Lin agree, Liu Rumian's hand paused.
She hesitated, but ultimately decided she had to get the Treasure Vault Exchange Voucher.
Then she said reluctantly, "I'm only giving you this Golden Nightmare Coin as collateral. Once you receive the goods, you must return it to me. If you lose it along the way, you'll have to compensate me twice over. That must be written into the contract."
"No problem."
Chen Lin readily agreed.
This greatly surprised Liu Rumian. Earlier, he had hemmed and hawed, looking as though he both wanted to trade and didn't. Now he was suddenly so agreeable that she couldn't help wondering whether he was up to something.
But after seeing the Treasure Vault Exchange Voucher in Chen Lin's hand, she cast her suspicions aside.
She immediately took out a contract and said, "In that case, let's sign the contract and make the trade!"
Hearing this, Chen Lin also took out a contract.
The two negotiated the terms, left their imprints, and exchanged their items.
The moment he received the coin, Chen Lin said, "I'll await your good news in the Five Elements Realm. See you in six months!"
With that, he expelled himself from the realm.
Liu Rumian found this increasingly strange, but she didn't delay either. She crushed the Treasure Vault Exchange Voucher in her hand and vanished on the spot.
In the mountains outside Qianyan City.
Underground.
Chen Lin slowly opened his eyes. Only after seeing the Scholar standing quietly beside him did his heart ease.
Without saying anything, he put everything away, activated the Peerage Token, and entered his fiefdom.
He appeared atop the Small Mound.
He looked around and, seeing nothing unusual in his fiefdom, reached inside his collar and took out the Talisman woven from straw.
There was nothing unusual