"What do you mean, a great treasure?"
Hearing the shout from outside the hall, Zhang Qiuren frowned slightly and turned to his third maternal uncle beside him with a hint of confusion.
But he was not the only one.
The old man seated beside him was also rather surprised.
After discussing for so long, not only had the other side failed to haggle over the Annual Tribute, but the moment they opened their mouths, they were offering them a great treasure?
Could there truly be such fools in this world, rushing headlong to suffer losses?
Or was it that...
These country bumpkins from Azure Firmament Grotto had hidden away to deliberate for three whole days, only to conclude that they wanted to seize this chance to firmly clasp the thighs of two immortal officials?
Of course.
With all his years of scheming and struggling in the Heavenly Court, he naturally considered another possibility.
These wild cultivators from the Outer Lands might still harbor wicked intentions, planning to use the pretext of presenting a treasure to set up an ambush and kill the two of them.
But that thought had only surfaced in his mind for an instant.
Before he dismissed it without hesitation.
Anyone who had heard of the Heavenly Court and knew what sort of existence it was in the Nine Provinces would never dare entertain such rebellious thoughts.
Besides, if they did not wish to pay the Annual Tribute, they could simply work hard and build themselves up. Why would they take the initiative to submit a memorial, practically begging to accept the Heavenly Court's recruitment?
Surely they had not gone to such lengths, exhausting every effort to lure two Heavenly Court immortal officials down to the lower realm.
Just so they could provoke two Heavenly Court immortal