Chapter 165: The Art Of Negotiation
Han Xuhan finally got back his footing in the conversation with Sect Master Xuan Zi. Scheming and backstabbing? This was familiar territory for him! He was like a fish in water in these matters.
Quickly reorganizing his thoughts, he started spilling what took place in that artificial macrocosm.
"The person who summoned me claimed to be Qian Yun, the friend I made in the initial stage of the Holy Land. I’ve already told you about how he ended up being possessed by the ghostly cultivator within the depths of the Holy Land, who called himself Zhao Weiqing.
"I was not so sure who I was really talking to, because Qian Yun’s explanations as to how he had gotten rid of Zhao Weiqing’s puppetization technique did not satisfy me. He was too vague about it. So I took the exchange as Zhao Weiqing himself trying to coax me into something dangerous.
"He wanted me to supply him with cultivation resources for a few people. In return, he’d supply me with various types of cultivation techniques related to law manipulation, training methods for disciples of the Holy Land, some secrets closely guarded in the Holy Land’s libraries, whatever is left of it..."
Xuan Zi started laughing loudly, startling Xuhan. For quite a while Xuan Zi’s laughter continued, his head thrown back, long hair shaking wildly.
But looking at his face, Han Xuhan couldn’t detect any signs of mirth. The laugh looked more like an outburst of malice.
"So he’s that desperate?" Xuan Zi growled softly.
"Did he tell you how to supply the resources to him, or how he is going to transfer anything valuable to you? Does he want you to travel back to the Holy Land again? And how much resources does he need?"