Chen Lin knew Xiao Wujin could never agree.
If leaving were that easy, the Seven-Star Realm could not have trapped so many powerful cultivators, nor would anyone willingly accept a Slave Seal in exchange for a chance to ascend to Dominator.
A second-rank Dominator might not sound particularly powerful, but anyone who entered the ranks of Dominators was a terrifying existence capable of suppressing an entire realm.
They could only be defeated and sealed; killing them was difficult.
So he had merely been probing.
He thought for a moment.
Then Chen Lin said, "Since that condition is unacceptable, we can change it. I won't make things difficult for you, Sect Leader Xiao. How about this: give me just thirty pieces of variegated crystal, and I'll act on your behalf once."
This was his true objective.
Right now, variegated crystal was the most useful thing to him.
Its applications were simply too extensive. He could use it in every aspect of his cultivation. If he could spend it freely, his combat strength would rise considerably.
It was especially important for using the Crystal Needle.
The corner of Xiao Wujin's mouth twitched.
"You really are opening your lion's maw wide, Fellow Daoist Chen. Thirty pieces of variegated crystal? I haven't used that many in all my years of cultivation."
"Besides."
Xiao Wujin's tone remained indifferent. "You need to understand something."
"You aren't helping me. You're helping yourself."
"You're the one who wants to save your companion. If you don't want to save her, that's fine. I'll simply remain as I am now. It won't affect me much."
Chen Lin did not respond.
If the man truly did not care, he would never have approached a stranger like him. He had probably been pushed into such a corner that, like a desperately ill