For an ordinary cultivator, the plan Xing Shuang had proposed would undoubtedly have been the best possible one.
It offered a chance to enter the Secret Realm, seize its treasures, and claim an opportunity to advance along the Great Dao.
It also offered a chance to shake off Magui—or rather, the Bone Nightmare Sect—and its pursuit. It killed two birds with one stone.
Xing Shuang had brought this up despite knowing Ji Yuan had offended Magui. There might have been an element of self-interest,
but the gesture still meant a great deal.
Otherwise, given Xing Shuang's standing, finding another Formation Master in Winterfrost City to explore the Secret Realm with would have been child's play.
She could even have auctioned off the place on the expedition. She would have found a powerful Formation Master and made a fortune in Spirit Stones besides. Instead, she had brought the opportunity to Ji Yuan. Seeing that he was thinking, Xing Shuang did not interrupt. She simply waited for his answer.
Should I go?
It would have been impossible for Ji Yuan to feel no temptation at all. He had been cultivating for so long,
yet he had never once joined an expedition into a Secret Realm to seize treasure.
He generally had no need for such resources, but he was still curious about the whole business.
He wanted to see what it was actually like.
Going would be dangerous, though. As Xing Shuang had just said, one of her "companions" had been trapped and was still stuck inside that Illusion Formation, unable to get out.
And that was only a Formation. There were likely other dangers in the Secret Realm.
If he encountered them, could he really handle them?
Ji Yuan was still thinking
when Xing Shuang took a fresh sheet of parchment