"..."
Xiao Jiutian opened his mouth, but no words came out. He truly had no idea how to answer. Instead, his expression darkened, and he asked bluntly, "What exactly do you want?"
Tianxin Yunlan smiled, utterly unbothered. "Nothing in particular. Your luck has always been excellent. We simply want to explore and hunt for treasure with you!"
"That works too?" Xiao Jiutian froze. He really had not expected that answer.
"Rest assured! We'll divide the spoils according to our contributions. We won't take advantage of you, and anything you can obtain will go to you first!"
Tianxin Yunlan promptly reassured him. After a pause, her tone shifted as she reminded him, "If you go alone, you won't even be able to enter the inner region. The major factions have already sealed it off. I imagine the things in the middle and outer regions don't interest you, either?"
Xiao Jiutian replied with a cold smile, "That sounds pretty good. I'm getting quite the bargain!"
Tianxin Yunlan raised a delicate eyebrow and gave a slight, solemn nod.
"Sister Yunlan! It's been so long. I never imagined you would have the leisure and inclination to hunt for treasure, too. Why didn't you invite your big sister?"
Just then, a voice so seductive it sank into the bones and set hearts aflutter rang out. Over a dozen blood-colored figures flew from Blood Venerating Island's White Bone Demonship and arrived before the vortex passage.
Leading them was a breathtaking woman with picturesque features, dressed in blood-red silk, her long black hair extending past her knees. In the space of a breath, she reached Tianxin Yunlan's side. Her bright black eyes kept studying Xiao Jiutian, faint traces of bloody light flickering within them. Then she curtsied demurely and respectfully to Nuwa and the Three Pure Ones.