Seeing Through the Possession, Each Harboring Hidden Schemes

The Demon Market.

After seven years away, Lin Chang'an returned to this place.

"They eagerly begged Master to introduce a fifth-rank alchemist, never realizing Master himself was desperate for more connections with Spirit Transformation cultivators—"

Jin Feng laughed gleefully along the way. In particular, remembering how Wild Crane Wanderer and the other two had asked her master for an introduction made her want to laugh all over again.

Lin Chang'an rolled his eyes at the girl. She was becoming increasingly impossible to rein in.

"A fifth-rank artisan is someone worth befriending wherever they go. Some people want such a connection but have no way to make one."

Lin Chang'an felt perfectly justified in having Wild Crane Wanderer ask him for help and still owe him a few favors. He considered it entirely normal.

He did not lack those resources. Rather, Wild Crane Wanderer and the other two were Spirit Transformation cultivators, and he intended to cultivate those relationships like a stream that flowed steadily over time.

For those three, however, expanding their connections and befriending a fifth-rank alchemist was vitally important.

"Let's go. It's time to visit the place Fellow Daoist Wild Crane arranged and sound out this Spirit Transformation mouse demon."

Lin Chang'an walked calmly through the Demon Market, heading straight toward the agreed location.

Jin Feng's eyes darted about as she lowered her voice. "Master, if I go with you, that old Daoist Wild Crane might easily think we're plotting something in secret. I won't come along."

Lin Chang'an did not object. After all, Jin Feng's public identity was that of a Spirit Transformation demon king whose interests overlapped with White Bone Old Devil's. She supposedly was not particularly close to him.

Still, seeing the cunning look in Jin Feng's eyes, Lin Chang'an could largely guess what she