Song Wen withdrew the surrounding Blood Tide and gathered up the formation flags of the Nether Corpse Purgatory Formation, explaining matters to Ye Bing as he did so.
"Yun Xinghai's lifespan is nearly exhausted. What wouldn't he do to stay alive? Jin Xun held the Devouring Essence Array, which could extend his life by three sixty-year cycles. That alone would have been enough to trade for Yun Xinghai's purple spirit ginseng and heavenly star grass, and ask him to attack us and recover the storage ring."
Ye Bing suddenly sighed and shook her head gently, a complicated look flickering through her eyes.
"Gou Jun, your speculation does make sense. But now that Jin Xun is dead, how are we supposed to trade with Yun Xinghai?"
Song Wen countered, "Without Jin Xun, can't the two of us trade with Yun Xinghai ourselves?"
"We're merely rogue cultivators with no backing. If Yun Xinghai really does attack us to kill us and steal our treasures, as Jin Xun said he would, what are we to do?" Ye Bing's brows knitted slightly, a trace of worry in her voice.
After hearing this, Song Wen fell silent.
Ye Bing's concerns were not unfounded.
During a trade, it was hardly uncommon for the stronger party to seize the treasures by force. Moreover, with little of his lifespan remaining, Yun Xinghai might act with even fewer restraints.
"Even if it's inconvenient for us to conduct the trade ourselves, we don't necessarily need Jin Xun. Have you forgotten Jin Xiuqi, Fairy? His standing and status in the Jin Clan are no lower than Jin Xun's, and his father, Jin Fengyu, is a Void Refinement cultivator. Surely Yun Xinghai would have some reservations and wouldn't attack him lightly," Song Wen said.
Ye Bing said, "Jin Xiuqi is different from