"Senior, if we cooperate, how should I help you?"
Chen Beiwu suppressed the urge to retreat and asked thoughtfully.
The Wu River Dragon King was not surprised to hear this.
Not one cultivator who reached the rank of Spirit Transformation Venerable was easy to deal with. Such cultivators needed only a stir of their Primordial Spirit to activate their Spirit Transformation Profound Abilities and see through cause and effect.
Even though the Wu River Dragon King's cultivation and Dao attainment were superior, allowing him to muddle and obscure heavenly secrets, he did not expect Chen Zi'ang to readily believe his words. On the contrary, he would instinctively remain suspicious.
However, the Purple Palace Cave Abode was now sealed. It was life or death, and Chen Zi'ang was merely a Spirit Transformation late-stage True Venerable with very little room to choose.
He could either choose to cooperate despite his doubts and risk everything on a gamble, or remain trapped deep within the Purple Palace Cave Abode, quietly awaiting death.
The Wu River Dragon King did not believe that a Great Shang cultivator capable of becoming a Spirit Transformation Venerable would sit and wait for death, choosing the most spineless way to die.
Thus, the Wu River Dragon King had laid everything out clearly from the start, unafraid that Chen Zi'ang would refuse to cooperate.
"Very simple. Do you see that tall tower behind me?"
The Wu River Dragon King tilted his head slightly, a trace of apprehension flashing through his eyes.
"Could the Zique Pearl you mentioned be hidden inside that tower, Senior?"
Chen Beiwu probed.
"Of course not. If it were you, would you casually leave such a precious treasure outside rather than keep it on your person?"
At this, the Wu River Dragon King gave Chen Beiwu a long