Dao Yu felt that no matter what terms he offered in exchange, Shanggong Changge showed no mercy at all and had not the slightest intention of agreeing. The more he thought about it, the more dissatisfied he became.
This opportunity had clearly been provided by him. Shanggong Changge had gotten a chance for nothing, and he was not asking for that jade box for free; he had offered several precious treasures in exchange. Yet she had flatly refused, leaving no room for negotiation whatsoever.
Under such circumstances, he increasingly felt that Shanggong Changge was insatiably greedy. As the two traveled homeward, Dao Yu came to feel more and more that the jade box was important—and far more precious than he had expected.
Not long after Shanggong Changge left the ruins, she actually proposed going to "Zilin Manor." Of course Dao Yu knew what kind of place that was!
It was a place that sold intelligence. Since he had repeatedly proposed exchanging for the jade box, Shanggong Changge had eventually, seemingly helplessly, casually remarked that she needed to see what was inside the jade box before discussing it further!
When those words were linked with "Zilin Manor," Dao Yu had already guessed that Shanggong Changge could not open the jade box. He had scanned the runes on the box with his divine sense at the time, yet he had not understood them at all.
That meant Shanggong Changge's current proposal to visit "Zilin Manor" was intended to gather information on the jade box there.
Either she would describe the jade box's appearance or material to investigate its origins, or she would use the shape of its sealing runes to find a way to open it. That only further proved how precious the jade box was.
Making an inquiry at "Zilin Manor"