"You want to help me move these Bone Seeds?"
The Double Pupils Daoist frowned slightly, but he showed none of the delight Wang Ba had expected.
Seeing this, Wang Ba inwardly wondered whether he had guessed wrong.
Still, he nodded and said:
"Exactly. When all is said and done, we have no enmity with you, Senior Man. Now that we're trapped here, cooperation benefits us both, while going our separate ways harms us both. After all your years here, I imagine you must rarely have encountered outside cultivators passing through this Immortal Severance Land?"
"If I were you, Senior, and finally met someone who could rescue me from my cage, I certainly wouldn't let them go easily. So I knew all along that you wouldn't let us leave just like that. Since that's the case, why not throw open the skylight and speak plainly? We'll help you escape your cage, and you'll give us a way to survive. What do you think, Senior?"
The Double Pupils Daoist's brow furrowed even more deeply at this, and he explained in a low voice:
"I have no intention of harming you. However..."
He hesitantly turned to look at the surrounding Bone Seeds, a trace of temptation, struggle, and hesitation flashing through his Double Pupils.
Just then, the Six-Fingered Gods and Devils beside him suddenly spoke:
"Don't forget what you promised me."
The Double Pupils Daoist's brow eased slightly. He shook his head and said solemnly:
"Rest assured. Since I gave you my word, I won't break it."
Wang Ba narrowed his eyes slightly, his gaze sweeping over the Six-Fingered Gods and Devils and the Double Pupils Daoist.
Though he did not know what deal the two had struck, he could roughly guess some of it.
But he said nothing about it, continuing to