Pretending to Be a Pig to Eat a Tiger?

"Back then, when Senior spoke up and said he could offer 150,000 mid-grade Spirit Stones."

"Ghost-Faced True Monarch became extremely agitated, as though he had been utterly shocked by the offer of 150,000 mid-grade Spirit Stones."

"Later, when Senior handed him the 150,000 mid-grade Spirit Stones, Ghost-Faced True Monarch's behavior was also highly suspicious."

"Even this junior noticed something was wrong from the changes in his expression on those two occasions."

"That was not the reaction a Golden Core True Lord should have upon seeing 150,000 mid-grade Spirit Stones."

"Even if this junior is merely a Foundation Establishment cultivator."

"Having remained in the Treasure Gathering Pavilion all this time, I have seen quite a great deal."

"Even upon seeing 150,000 mid-grade Spirit Stones, I would not possibly be as shocked as he was."

"From this, it can be seen that this person's identity certainly was not as he claimed—that of a Golden Core True Lord."

"Perhaps he was a Foundation Establishment cultivator, and moreover, one without much worldly experience."

"A Foundation Establishment cultivator like that."

"How could he possibly obtain a cultivator's Golden Core?"

"Unless he was extraordinarily lucky, found a Golden Core cave dwelling, and took away all the treasures within."

"Only then could it explain why he truly possessed a cultivator's Golden Core."

During their idle conversation, Xiao Qing's sudden words made He Song recall everything he had seen earlier in Ghost-Faced True Monarch's residence.

According to Xiao Qing.

He Song had indeed noticed Ghost-Faced True Monarch's abnormalities.

Whether it was the change in Ghost-Faced True Monarch's expression after he named the price of 150,000 mid-grade Spirit Stones.

Or how, after that change in expression, he immediately agreed to sell the cultivator's Golden Core to He Song for 150,000 mid-grade Spirit Stones.

Or even the splendid expression on