Another Trade, with a Bonus

Even the changes in expression she and Jiufeng had revealed earlier, though seemingly genuine, had been half true and half false. While part of it had been an instinctive reaction upon hearing the news, more of it had been a deliberate disguise.

They wanted Yuan Yan to sense their doubts and give them a reasonable explanation and answer.

Otherwise, given their cultivation realms, unless it concerned their own paths or the life-and-death survival of those close to them, it would be difficult to make them lose composure. They would never have shown such obvious changes in expression.

However, although Houtu believed Yuan Yan had no malicious intent to scheme against or make things difficult for them, she had also seen through the deeper implications behind this matter.

The reason Yuan Yan had performed the deduction and found a method that could allow the Witch Clan to break through to the Primordial Golden Immortal realm was certainly not because he wanted to give it to them for free and befriend them.

If he had truly wished to befriend them and help them selflessly, there would have been no need for all that talk earlier.

He most likely wanted to trade with them again and obtain more High-Grade Innate Spiritual Treasures.

Although High-Grade Innate Spiritual Treasures should not be of much use to him, as far as they knew, there were quite a few Great Firmament Golden Immortals in the Yingzhou Immortal Island Lineage. No matter how many Innate Spiritual Treasures they had, it would never be enough.

If they could acquire more Innate Spiritual Treasures, especially High-Grade Innate Spiritual Treasures, the more the better.

Having figured out all these connections, Houtu's gaze narrowed slightly. After a brief moment of contemplation, she had no intention of creating further complications or seizing the