Elder Withered Wood was genuinely startled when he saw the list of treasures Yi Jue had produced. However, remarks like "You might as well kill me" were merely jokes. With his wealth, he really could afford these treasures.
The only concern was that many of these treasures were priceless and unavailable. Although his assets still far exceeded Yi Jue's, the items in his collection were relatively low-end resources, unlike Yi Jue, who had many good things on hand.
This was related to his business acumen, but it also had much to do with his dim prospects of reaching Soul Emergence.
Yi Jue had always aimed for Soul Emergence. After obtaining good things, she generally would not trade them away. Withered Wood, however, did not care as much. If fellow sect members or friends needed rare resources, he did not reject trading with them.
The most troublesome part was that the treasures Feng Jun had divined were highly specific yet varied in every conceivable way. Ordinary people would never imagine that they might help with Soul Emergence. Withered Wood still harbored a faint hope of reaching Soul Emergence and had kept some resources for himself, though they were not entirely useful to him.
Yi Jue knew the situation behind this list. Since Withered Wood dared mock her for not having enough Spirit Stones, acquiring these resources would not be a problem for him. Still, she could guess what he was considering. "If there are resources you cannot exchange for, I can help think of a solution."
"That would be wonderful," Withered Wood replied with a smile, without the slightest hint of politeness. He knew that although she was young, her connections were stronger than those of an old True Immortal like him. He knew many people, but even more people were