"Help Peerless City deal with the A-Rank Abyss Rift in Northern Province?!"
Wei Xing immediately frowned upon hearing this.
"Lord Zhao, so that whole performance earlier was just you putting on airs for me?"
Zhao Xuan snorted. "What's on the trading table is no different from what's on the negotiating table. It's all about fighting for one's own interests. Peerless City may lack food, but it's not as though we absolutely have to rely on Longwind City's supplies."
"Besides, your demands far exceed the actual price. Two Life Fruits plus one-third of Northern Province's mutated resources? Do you take me for a fool?"
"Wei Xing, we've known each other for a long time. I know Longwind City has changed dramatically lately. I may not understand how Lincon managed it, but I'm sure he paid an enormous price. Otherwise, why would he be trying to take advantage of Peerless City?"
As he spoke, Zhao Xuan gave him a look that said he had already seen through everything.
The others from Peerless City promptly followed his lead and echoed his words.
Exactly. He must have paid a tremendous price! Perhaps he had even damaged his body somehow. Otherwise, why would he open his mouth and demand two Life Fruits from Peerless City?
"A price?"
Wei Xing's eyes shifted. In truth, that was what he had assumed at first as well.
But before leaving, he had seen how relaxed and at ease Lincon looked. There had clearly been no sign whatsoever of him having paid any price.
"Could the Lord have been pretending?"
Wei Xing considered it for a moment, then dismissed the thought.
Whether Lincon had changed or not was not his concern.
His task was to establish trade relations between Longwind City and Peerless City on Longwind City's behalf. He only