"Senior Brother, don't tell me you—"
Dan Yangzi stared at Dan Xuzi beside him, his face full of shock.
Dan Xuzi sighed, jade bottle in hand. "That's right. I have to guard this place for thirty years and provide spiritual energy for the divine tree's cultivation."
"Master, they're so fake! They're making a trade and still want you to owe them a favor!"
Inside Ji Yuan's Sea of Consciousness, Tu Yue fumed.
"It's fine."
It's just an act. Who's afraid of that? Ji Yuan put on an even more grief-stricken expression and took the bottle of Nether Ageless Spring from his Storage Bag.
"This has been passed down through my family for nearly ten thousand years. Generation after generation of ancestors chose not to use this Ageless Spring even as they lay dying, yet now it's going to be lost through my hands—"
"Ah."
Ji Yuan shook his head and made as if to put the Ageless Spring away. "Brother Dan, perhaps—"
Before he could finish, Dan Xuzi abandoned the act and hurriedly caught his arm.
Dan Xuzi said earnestly, "Resources our ancestors left us are meant for our cultivation. Brother Xu, you mustn't put the cart before the horse."
"Now that you have this Heavenly Origin Resin, your cultivation will advance faster. Why worry that you won't find other treasures to extend your life in the future?"
"Well... Brother Dan has a point."
Ji Yuan looked at the Ageless Spring in his hand, his face full of reluctance. "In that case, let's make the trade."
"Yes, let's."
Afraid Ji Yuan might change his mind, Dan Xuzi hurried to complete the exchange.
With the Heavenly Origin Resin in hand, Ji Yuan had gathered another material for upgrading the Heavenly Craft Workshop.
That left only Lapis Lazuli and Spirit-Candle Fruit.
Dan