Everything Fang Qianyuan said, both openly and between the lines, confirmed that they had beaten the others to the prize and wiped out Qunyao.
But for various reasons, they had not obtained all the secrets, only a small portion.
If the Flying Immortal Sect wanted them, they were willing to hand them over, but only for a suitable price.
Upon hearing this, Yang Fan gave it some quick thought and decided there was a good chance Fang Qianyuan was telling the truth.
He had no idea that Wu Lianyi and Qunyao had been so "generous" as to hand the fruits of their painstaking research to their enemy before dying, or that they had preserved everything intact beforehand, as though afraid someone might miss something.
Judging by the usual outcome of a battle, even the partial results Fang Qianyuan admitted to possessing were more than could normally be expected.
Considering that Wu Lianyi and the others had come from the Azure Cloud Sect, it was perfectly reasonable that the sect might possess secrets unknown to outsiders.
And so, led astray by his initial assumptions, Yang Fan became thoroughly confused.
He felt Fang Qianyuan's attitude was fairly sincere, so he agreed.
However, Yang Fan could not make the decision on his own. He was only responsible for reporting the matter to his sect and offering his recommendations. What they actually did would depend on the Elders' Council's decision.
Fang Qianyuan expressed his understanding, then asked Feng Tianyun and Zou Yong about their positions.
As it turned out, they chose to advance and retreat alongside the Flying Immortal Sect rather than bypass it to negotiate with the Azure Cloud Sect.
They had an alliance agreement in private, and these matters had to be handled by the Flying Immortal Sect.
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