After weighing it over and over, Dongguan judged that even if "laying his cards on the table" turned out badly, he could bear the consequences.
Some of the low-tier Hunyuan lifeforms he had encountered on his two previous outings had seemed to have "regular partners." Clearly, they had disclosed their identities as well.
Perhaps their "cultivator partners" would even use various means to keep those "regular trading partners" alive, including but not limited to passing along news, providing lifesaving treasures, and sharing information about cultivators.
After all, if Dongguan could see that the biggest problem with this sort of "Black Market" was low-tier Hunyuan lifeforms being hunted down, other cultivators could see it too.
Of course, this was still the Nine Rivers Sacred Realm within Cultivator Territory. Cultivators held the initiative, and visitors from Source Worlds who had avatars faced no danger of truly perishing.
His so-called "laying his cards on the table" only required him to express his intentions and have the other party disclose their identity and show some sincerity in terms of "information." That would be enough. He would not even need to expose his own true identity.
Dongguan's eyes shifted slightly.
He was somewhat tempted to use the "Dongguan Dao" to peer into the other party's identity. That way, he could also seize the initiative completely.
But he gave up on the idea.
His "Dongguan Dao" had not reached the ultimate level and lacked a certain "completeness," while the "Colorful Radiance" opposite him leaned toward the soul. They might be able to sense it.
If the other party simply dispersed their avatar then, all his efforts would come to nothing.
"What do you want?"
When Dongguan arrived in front of the shop opposite, "Colorful Radiance" asked.
This was their first success at "opening a Black Market