Jiang Han and Du Lingxuan came to an agreement, then nailed down quite a few details while they continued fishing. She had to admit that Xuan Bao was exceptionally reliable at certain times. Although their relationship was at best-friends level and they often discussed all kinds of confidential matters, Du Lingxuan had only revealed the truth to her and had not exposed anything concerning the coordinates. Her sense of secrecy was simply incredibly strong.
Once Du Lingxuan wrapped up the subject and carried her fishing rod off to a more comfortable spot nearby, Lu Jieshan came over with fish held in water bubbles.
"You two really can talk." She began probing, "Nothing happened, right?"
A witch's social distance was generally made up of rules born from experience, passed down through word and mouth. For instance, when witches were discussing something, even if another witch nearby desperately wanted to join in, she would politely wait until the topic had ended before entering the conversation. Rules were what they loved most. Perhaps witches' beastly nature was even stronger than imagined, and that was precisely what drove them to be so orderly.
"Were you talking about an expedition?" Lu Jieshan asked curiously.
Flatly refusing to tell her might make her uncomfortable, but matters concerning the Cat Lamp Expedition Team were fairly sensitive. So Jiang Han dealt with it cunningly. "We were discussing an expedition, but one into the Astral Realm. Xuan Cat seems to be organizing a small-scale private exploration, but since it doesn't have official support, she wanted me to help negotiate."
Every word Jiang Han said was true, but that was not what it meant.
The official authority of the Cat Lamp Expedition Team? Ha, wasn't that just Ovi?
Negotiations? Naturally, there would be negotiations.
The Astral Realm? Why couldn't the