Hearing that laughter, Chen Fan raised his head, his expression somewhat strange.
A grotesque monster with a blue face and fangs slowly emerged from the mist in the depths of the cavern.
"Junior Brother Chen Fan, you finally came..."
Seeing him, Chen Fan raised his brows slightly. "Ya Liao..."
He raised his brows. "So that's it. This was a trap you set specifically for me. But... I don't understand. Qian Xing clearly swore a Heavenly Dao oath with me. She shouldn't have lied to me..."
Ya Liao was at the fourth level of the Demon Emperor realm, equivalent to the fourth level of Chang Sheng. He had surely already begun comprehending the Great Dao.
Such an existence was greatly constrained by the Heavenly Dao.
There was simply no way to evade it!
Yet Ya Liao smiled. "Who said Qian Xing lied to you? There really is that Star Silver Ore you mentioned here. Qian Xing knows nothing of what I've done, so naturally she has not violated her Heavenly Dao oath."
Chen Fan came to a realization, then shook his head. "So that's how it is."
Ya Liao had deliberately avoided dealing with Chen Fan himself, instead having Qian Xing trade with him, precisely to remove the influence of a middleman.
Since Chen Fan and Qian Xing had sworn a Heavenly Dao oath, it was naturally impossible to make Ya Liao, the uninvolved intermediary, swear one as well.
"I was careless."
Chen Fan reminded himself that if he encountered similar matters in the future, he had to consider them more thoroughly.
Rather than saying Chen Fan had been careless, it was more accurate to say that Ya Liao was too cunning. He had even kept Qian Xing, one of his own people, in the dark.
Chen Fan shook his head,