Sure enough.
Xu Junyu spoke, bringing up the Primordial Chaos Art and that rare precious vine.
"I'm merging three strands of jin force. I already have the Primordial Chaos Art. All I lack is Qianji Vine-"
Xu Junyu spoke with his eyes fixed on Wei Sheng.
Wei Sheng remained expressionless. "What does that have to do with me?"
"Brother Wei Sheng, stop pretending. Would you have exchanged for the Primordial Chaos Art if you didn't have Qianji Vine?"
"Exactly. That secret art is extremely expensive. Who would exchange for it just for fun?"
The two men standing beside Xu Junyu chimed in, one after the other.
One of them was the fair-skinned young man who had once stood beside Yan Liang's friend. He said blandly, "With your First Organ cultivation, you have no use for Qianji Vine at all. You might as well give it to Deputy Commandant Xu to aid his cultivation. When Deputy Commandant Xu becomes a Commandant in the future, you'll have contributed too!"
Xu Junyu raised a hand to interrupt them and offered a promise. "If you help me, I'll owe you a favor."
His bearing was haughty, as though offering a promise was already an enormous concession.
"I don't have Qianji Vine."
Wei Sheng remained expressionless, but inwardly, he sneered.
Xu Junyu really has some nerve.
He wants Qianji Vine without offering anything decent in return. He actually fucking wants it for free.
Do I need your favor?
A favor from a mere Third Organ cultivator, something no better than weeds by the roadside, is supposed to be worth Qianji Vine?!
"Brother Wei Sheng, why be so stubborn?"
"Exactly. We all belong to the same organization. We're bound to run into each other, and you might even end up working under Deputy Commandant Xu someday-"