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At those words, Liu Yu, who had been about to leave, frowned and instinctively stopped.

Those few words sent his vigilance soaring to its peak!

That was because people in the Cultivation World often had those words on their lips, and they usually heralded something ominous.

In most cases, once they were spoken, it meant great trouble was about to come knocking.

Otherwise, something bad was about to happen.

For instance, evil cultivators who intended to take both the goods and the payment after a transaction often used those words as a catchphrase.

Cultivators burdened with trouble who wanted to drag someone else into the water also frequently had those words on their lips.

Secretly circulating his power, Liu Yu placed a thread of divine sense on the One-Qi Heaven and Earth Talisman in his Storage Ring. His expression betrayed nothing, but he was already prepared to fight or flee.

He slowly turned, his expression unchanged, and said:

"Oh?"

"What other important business do you have, Fellow Daoist Zhang Tao?"

Although the transaction had gone smoothly so far, leaving both parties satisfied,

accidents always arrived when one was unprepared. Who could guarantee that the Zhang Household did not simply want something for nothing?

They might want a cultivator to risk his life for them without paying anything in return.

"Please do not misunderstand, Fellow Daoist Ancient City."

"I have no other intentions. I stopped you only because I have a presumptuous request."

Reading his expression and knowing what those earlier words implied, Zhang Tao cupped his hands and explained with a smile.

Seeing him explain, with no apparent intention of attacking, Liu Yu relaxed slightly inwardly. He did not lower his guard, however, and instead said:

"I am merely at the golden core middle stage, unknown in the Central Region.