I get stronger every day I live.

Chapter 103: Alliance of Interests
"Wait, it's wrong of us to use the formation to test Daoyou's strength. What do you want us to do to make you stop?"

After the fight just now, Fang Dongming knew very well how terrifying Lai Yang's physical body was, and it would be unwise to continue to fight with him.

Furthermore, since he had provoked such a powerful enemy in the True Dragon Secret Realm, he would not be able to look for opportunities with peace of mind in the future. He would have to be on guard against being stabbed in the back at all times.

Hearing this, Lai Yang did not rush to take action, but instead stared at everyone's actions.

Although these people's realms were not as high as his, they all carried powerful magic weapons without exception, and Lai Yang found it difficult to deal with them.

If we continue to fight, we won't gain anything and we might even let them escape.

"I was looking for opportunities in the mountains. I don't know you and we have no grudges against each other. You designed a killing formation to kill me. If it weren't for my strong body that could withstand the spells in the formation, I would have become a corpse in the formation by now. How are you going to compensate me for this?" Lai Yang said lightly.

Fang Dongming's heart sank slightly, worried that the other party would ask for too much. He frowned and asked, "How do you want to compensate me, fellow Daoist?"

Hearing this, Lai Yang said nothing and looked at the tortoise shell in Fang Dongming's hand.

"This item was given to you by my master. I can't give it to you. Please change the conditions." Fang Dongming said with a firm look.

"Three fifth-grade natural treasures, or a top-grade spiritual weapon." Lai Yang didn't think he could take the tortoise shell, so he said lightly.

Hearing this, Fang Dongming widened his eyes and said in disbelief: "Why don't you go and rob it?"

"Guess what I'm doing now?" Lai Yang didn't mean to hide anything.

Fang Dongming was suddenly speechless. He had already expected Lai Yang to ask for a huge amount of money.

"I don't have any treasures on me right now, but I know where there might be some powerful treasures. I can take you there." Fang Dongming
"Stop talking nonsense. Since you can't offer compensation, let's keep fighting. Maybe I can't keep all of you, but it should be okay to keep one or two of you." Lai Yang said in a deep voice, with the energy and blood surging throughout his body.

Seeing this, Fang Dongming had no choice but to take out seven nails emitting ghostly energy. A look of pain flashed across his face as he explained, "This is a mid-grade spiritual weapon: the Soul-Chasing Nail. Once successfully used, it can nail a person's three souls and seven spirits, tormenting the opponent's spirit. If all seven Soul-Chasing Nails are driven into a person's spirit, the opponent's spirit will be shattered and their body will disappear in an instant."

"I only have this mid-grade spiritual weapon on me. I can give it to you and let everything go smoothly."

Lai Yang looked at the seven soul-chasing nails in Fang Dongming's hand, feeling the power contained in the seven nails. He didn't say anything, obviously not very satisfied.

Fang Dongming's mind was made up, and he immediately took out a stick of incense and said, "This is called the Awakening Incense. It can refresh the mind, help break through realms, and reduce the probability of going astray during practice. This stick is worth 100,000 spirit stones. Are these two items satisfactory to you, fellow Daoist?"

Hearing this, Lai Yang smiled and nodded, saying, "Since you are so sincere, why should I refuse?"

Fang Dongming was speechless. He waved his hand to wipe off the spiritual imprint on the Soul-Chasing Nail, and casually pushed the two things in front of Lai Yang.

Lai Yang was not polite and put the two items into his pocket, and would find an opportunity to refine the Soul-Chasing Nail later.

The Soul-Chasing Nail is a mid-grade spiritual weapon, but Lai Yang's spiritual cultivation level is only the seventh level of the Core Formation Realm, and he is not able to grab it and refine it in an instant.

"Now we can have a good talk, right?" Fang Dongming said with a hypocritical smile on his face.

Lai Yang was too lazy to care about it. He looked at the three men and two women in front of him and said, "What else do you want to say?"

"We have discovered a monster's lair and are looking for teammates who are capable of exploring it together. I have a method that can reveal that there are great opportunities inside the monster's lair. Fellow Daoist, you are very powerful and would you be willing to join us? If we find the opportunity, we will each obtain it based on our own abilities."

Fang Dongming valued Lai Yang's strength, so he was willing to make concessions again and again and immediately extended an invitation to him.

"Just now you and I were fighting each other. Do you think I can trust you?" Lai Yang said calmly.

"Everyone came to the True Dragon Secret Realm for nothing more than opportunity. Now that opportunity is right before us, we all share the same interests. Wouldn't it be a shame to miss such a great opportunity over a minor disagreement?" Fang Dongming chuckled nonchalantly. "The True Dragon Secret Realm is teeming with Spiritual Transformation Realm experts. If he disagrees, we can just find two more people. Why bother?" the burly martial artist who had previously clashed with Lai Yang interjected in a muffled voice.

"With the means we have, we can go deep into the monster's lair and protect ourselves without any problem. If Brother Fang wasn't so cautious, why would he look for others to share the opportunity?" A blue-robed man said elegantly.

"My fellow Daoist, we do sincerely invite you to join our team and explore opportunities together. There were some misunderstandings before. Since Fellow Daoist Fang has already apologized, please don't take it to heart. I am Lu Shi, the elder of Piaoyun Sect. I don't know which immortal sect you are from." The female cultivator in white clothes embroidered with clouds followed up.

Lai Yang hesitated for a moment, then said, "My name is Chen Tao."

When you go out, your identity is given by yourself.

"Chen Tao? Could it be that fellow Daoist is Chen Tao, the inner sect disciple of Wandao Sect? That's not right. Isn't Chen Tao at the Nascent Soul stage?"

Lai Yang mentioned this name intentionally to test whether everyone knew Chen Tao's background. He was indeed an inner disciple of Wandao Sect.

"My name is Chen Tao, Tao means keeping a low profile. As for the immortal sect, I'm not in a position to tell you." Lai Yang added.

Hearing this, the person who spoke suddenly realized, "So it's Fellow Daoist Chen Tao. My apologies."

"My name is Wen Wenlu, from the Wen family."

"This is Fang Dongming, the elder of the Sifang Pavilion, and Lü Shi, the elder of the Piaoyun Sect. They have already introduced themselves."

"As for the other two."

The blue-robed man Wen Wenlu turned to look at the burly man and the last female cultivator.

"Shenwu Sect, Wei Li."

"Wanbaolou, Cai Mingchun."

Wen Wenlu then stepped forward and continued, "Haha, we can be considered to have known each other through fighting. Let's make friends. As the saying goes, more friends mean more paths, right? We've all paid a great price to come to the True Dragon Secret Realm to seek opportunities. We don't have to fight to the death. A fight that gets too tense won't benefit anyone."

Lai Yang nodded and said calmly, "You're right. We're all here to seek opportunities. We don't necessarily have to fight to the death. If you hadn't attacked me first, I wouldn't have had to provoke you."

"Oh, that's right. I think you are a reasonable person. Now that the matter has passed, why not discuss cooperation?"

"Well, since it's all about chance, I'll listen to you."

It was impossible for Lai Yang to believe them just because of two or three sentences, but he believed in his own strength.

Even if there is any danger in the monster's lair, he is confident that he can escape safely.

Before that, he didn't mind taking advantage of each other.

Among the five people, the ones who need to be most vigilant at the moment are Wen Wenlu and Fang Dongming.

The latter is flexible, while the former seems to be a good person, but in fact he is very concise and ruthless in his actions. He is definitely a smiling tiger.

As for Wei Li, a martial artist from the Shenwu Sect, he was not as noteworthy to Lai Yang as the previous two, but he could not be guaranteed to be a pig in disguise.

The two female cultivators from Piaoyun Sect and Wanbao Tower still need to be observed, but since they can hang out with these people, they must not be simple people.

(End of this chapter)