"Something you needed help with?" Jiang Tian's eyes suddenly narrowed.
The dignified City Lord of Celestial Immortal City, a great cultivator at the peak of mid-stage Golden Core, actually needed help from a mere Purple Mansion cultivator like him?
"Have you heard of the secret realm that is about to open, Fellow Daoist?" The woman did not beat around the bush and asked directly.
"I have." Jiang Tian slowly nodded.
"There is an item within that secret realm which would greatly benefit the cultivation of my sister and me." The woman's tone was calm.
Jiang Tian narrowed his eyes and asked in a deep voice, "So you want me... to bring it out for you?"
"Yes!"
The woman smiled faintly, her smile like a snow lotus blooming atop an iceberg—cold and pure, yet carrying a trace of appreciation. "Communicating with smart people is simply easy."
"Why did you come to me?" Jiang Tian frowned deeply, his eyes filled with wariness and confusion.
Although the woman's gaze was candid and there was nothing to fault in her attitude, he truly could not understand it.
Celestial Immortal City was the largest gathering place for Rogue Cultivators in the Eastern Region. Its foundations ran deep, and experts gathered like clouds. Could it really not find a powerful False Core cultivator to handle this matter for her?
He simply stopped circling around the issue and threw out all the doubts in his heart. "Your Celestial Immortal City has such vast wealth and resources. Could you not find a highly accomplished False Core cultivator to bring the item out for you?"
"Even if the item ultimately fell into another sect's hands, with Celestial Immortal City's immense wealth, you could simply spend some spirit stones to buy it. Why go to such lengths?"
The woman's smile