Concerns Laid Bare

Moreover, even if Houtu and Jiufeng reluctantly compromised, they would certainly become dissatisfied with him. He would offend them and the Witch Clan.

Besides, they were not fools. They could not possibly let him make exorbitant demands and empty their coffers. At most, they would offer one or two Supreme-Grade Innate Spiritual Treasures.

While one or two Supreme-Grade Innate Spiritual Treasures were indeed more precious than three High-Grade Innate Spiritual Treasures, offending the Witch Clan over them was not worth it.

Still, although he had no intention of using this to posture and seek greater benefits, Yuan Yan still had some concerns about trading with Houtu and Jiufeng.

His concern was not that, after trading with Houtu and Jiufeng, the Twelve Ancestral Witches would obtain a method to break through to the Primordial Golden Immortal realm, achieve that breakthrough before the Second Lecture at Purple Firmament Palace, vastly increase their strength, and trigger unpredictable changes.

In Yuan Yan's view, even if he refused to trade with Houtu, given the Witch Clan's Merit and Fortune, the Twelve Ancestral Witches would never remain stuck below the Primordial Golden Immortal realm for long. Around the time of the Second Lecture at Purple Firmament Palace, they would surely encounter an opportunity or suddenly gain enlightenment and break through to the Primordial Golden Immortal realm.

Even if he traded with Houtu and the Twelve Ancestral Witches broke through to the Primordial Golden Immortal realm one or two hundred yuanhui earlier, before the Second Lecture at Purple Firmament Palace, they would merely break through a little earlier than in their fated trajectories. It would not increase their strength by much at all, nor was it a major matter with any great impact.

And even if it did have an impact, compared to the variable caused by