CHAPTER 343: TRICKERY 2

The female cultivator didn’t answer.

Instead, she walked around the table and sat across from the couple.

A moment later, she removed a wooden box from her storage ring and slid it across the table.

Seeing this, Shen Xu raised an eyebrow in question.

"Have a look." The woman said, but Shen Xu didn’t do as asked.

After all, they didn’t know the woman and were not obligated to follow her instructions.

"Senior, who are you and what do you want from us?" The double asked instead, but the woman shook her head.

"Who I am isn’t important."

"If your identity isn’t important, what is?" Yang Shi asked, and the female cultivator smiled.

This time, she reached for the box and opened it.

Seeing what was inside, Shen Xu gasped, and Zhen Yuan clenched his hands.

"A space core." The double muttered, and the female cultivator nodded.

"I will trade my space core for your immortal shield." She said.

Shen Xu was shocked when he heard this.

The mentioned immortal shield was one of the weapons they found after dredging the Black Lake.

However, excluding the five of them, no one knew of their connection to the Black Lake, let alone about the immortal shield.

"Why does the senior think we own an immortal shield? Also, we are all cultivators and need powerful weapons to cross the tribulation..."

Although Shen Xu didn’t finish his words, everyone understood.

Long story short, even if they had an immortal shield, why would they give it to someone else instead of keeping it for themselves?

[She is a loose immortal.] Zhen Yuan transmitted, and Shen Xu subconsciously narrowed his eyes.

He didn’t expect a loose immortal to suddenly target them.

At the same time, he recalled everything that had happened since they dredged the Black Lake, but couldn’t figure out where they slipped up.

Most importantly, after dredging the lake and collecting the loot, they checked everything inside the space and never outside.

Thinking of this, Shen Xu couldn’t help but feel a little panicked.

[Can she somehow see into our space?] He asked in an anxious voice.

[Something is not right.] Zhen Yuan said with a thoughtful expression.

[She knows about the immortal shield but doesn’t know about my guan and your ten thousand faces mask. Both are superior to the shield and are several times more durable.]

[Now that you mention it...] Shen Xu muttered, simultaneously feeling relieved and confused.

"Daoist friend, a trade is not impossible, but we need answers." Zhen Yuan suddenly said.

Since the person already knew about the shield, he didn’t see any point in beating around the bush, so he asked a direct question.

Hearing the question, the female cultivator smiled and nodded.

"A divination master led me to you." She revealed in a nonchalant voice, but the five felt like they were struck by lightning.

They suspected many things, but didn’t expect that a divination master had led the woman to them.

"Divination master? Who?" Feng Xue asked, but the female cultivator shook her head.

"I don’t know his name."

"What did he say?" Shen Xu continued to question.

Hearing this, the woman smiled and her eyes filled with mischief.

"He read my fortune and gave me a list of food names. He said that whoever orders those foods and later complains about an incorrect order is the person I am looking for." She said, but that was not all that the divination master said.

As a loose immortal, she was always looking for treasures to help her cross her tribulation.

This time, she ventured to a dangerous area in the Tianxuan continent and encountered an immortal’s soul.

The immortal soul was a divination master, and after getting along for some time, the person read her fortune.

At first, the divination master thought he would see a clear answer.

However, all he foresaw were clues.

From the clues, the two inferred a likely scenario.

First, the opportunity was in the Martial Tower City of the Tianqi continent.

Two, the opportunity would only be available for a short window. If she missed this window, the opportunity would disappear forever.

Three, the opportunity could only be willingly traded and never robbed. Any attempt to rob would lead to a disastrous situation.

After figuring it out, the female cultivator and the immortal’s soul rushed to the Tianqi continent.

Soon after, they established Yanyan’s Exotic Dishes and waited for the destined person to come to the restaurant.

Unexpectedly, this wait didn’t even last five years before the destined person appeared.

’It’s a good thing we didn’t delay coming to the Tianqi continent.’ She thought, forcibly suppressing the anxiety in her heart.

She was a level eight loose immortal.

Unfortunately, she barely survived her eighth tribulation and could already feel an instinctive trepidation about her ninth.

Without an immortal weapon, she would surely fall, and her soul would be scattered.

Thinking of this, she sighed and schooled her features into a solemn expression.

"Do the juniors have other questions?" She asked.

[Ayuan, what do you think?] Shen Xu asked.

[She is not lying, but she is also not telling us everything.] Zhen Yuan said and quickly continued.

[We don’t necessarily need the immortal shield, but a space core is a rare treasure that can upgrade the space. We can make this trade.]

[I think so too.] Shen Xu agreed.

Although he felt uncomfortable that a divination master had found their trace and used trickery to meet them, he didn’t hold too much of a grudge.

After all, every cultivator went against the heavens to source resources and prove their Tao.

This time, they willingly fell into the trap, but the results were better than expected.

"Senior, can we meet the divination master?" Shen Xu asked, but the female cultivator shook her head.

"He fell into a deep sleep after reading my fortune." She said.

This was true.

After reading the fortune, the divination master felt lethargic and only held on long enough to help her figure out the clues.

"Is that so?!" Shen Xu said, but didn’t insist.

Their past would be gone in a few years.

Considering that, neither the double nor the others were particularly insistent on meeting the divination master. If there was fate, they would meet them when the time was right.