Yun Youzi sank into thought.
From this "Zhurong's" words, he had made a judgment: this Zhurong probably was not Great Emperor Changsheng doubling back to test him. Otherwise, there would have been no need to propose exchanging that ancient scripture.
Of course, it could not be ruled out that this was Great Emperor Changsheng, deliberately laying a maze of suspicions, nominally checking the ancient scripture for him, while in truth trying to make him lower his guard and practice a flawed scripture.
Though with Great Emperor Changsheng's magic power, killing him would be no different from pinching an ant to death, what if this one did not want to dirty his own hands and wanted to use a more effortless method, right?
"What are you still considering?"
Zhurong was somewhat speechless. His condition sounded quite fair, did it not?
Yun Youzi glanced at the locked-up Zhurong and said with a beaming smile, "Exchanging like this... I keep feeling I'd be taking advantage of a great deity. How about this: once I've cultivated it successfully, I'll help the great deity escape. What do you think?"
Although it was their first meeting, for some reason, he always felt this one was very trustworthy. Of course, he still retained reason in his heart, so he would not believe him completely either.
"Good. Then it's settled—a word once spoken is a promise."
Lu Chuan said with a smile, only that smile carried a somewhat profound meaning.
This kid clearly thought he did not have good intentions toward him, so he wanted to use the empty promise of helping him escape to make him not harm him. He was not stupid, at least.
Yun Youzi smiled and said, "Then this junior will transmit that scripture to senior right now. But to be safe, I think