On one side lay the risk of exposing his foundational cultivation art and letting others glimpse his secrets; on the other lay the benefit of studying someone else's art, which would be immensely helpful even if it had been abridged and adapted.
Benefits and drawbacks stood divided, like the principles of yin and yang, making it difficult to choose.
Beyond that, there were many questions of detail.
For instance, was what Yin Wuji had said true or false? Did Yin Shanhe actually possess such a thing?
Fang Qianyuan had never heard about Yin Shanhe's involvement before. If Yin Wuji spoke the truth, then besides Tian Heng, Yin Yuanzheng, and Yin Luo, there was a fourth Heaven Tier expert who possessed the Flying Immortal Records.
Furthermore, even if both sides were sincere and ultimately agreed to the exchange, how would they carry it out?
When it came to the details, there was ample room for manipulation. Exchanging cultivation arts was unlike exchanging other treasures. Other treasures, at least, were things one could see and touch, making their authenticity and value relatively easy to judge.
Fang Qianyuan knew that although his strength already rivaled that of a Heaven Tier expert, his cultivation realm, discernment, knowledge, and even experience of life still fell far short of the other party's. Rushing into a transaction would be decidedly unwise.
From Elder Tianheng's and Yin Yuanzheng's experiences, he knew that Heaven Tier experts who obtained these records liked to abridge and revise them into accessible versions suitable for teaching their disciples, while treasuring the originals as core secrets they seldom showed anyone.
For the moment, Fang Qianyuan had no way of knowing whether the other party would fob him off with a carefully revised, abridged version, how he should distinguish it and see through the deception,