Lu Ye understood upon hearing this; no wonder everything was so coincidental and went so smoothly. As soon as Cao Xiang gathered intelligence about the Jade Conch, he went to Zhaolai Island and happened to see the cultivators from the Tianyan Star System recruiting manpower. Negotiations with Zhu Yuan on the compensation went smoothly, and then he accepted the recruitment.
This explained why Zhu Yuan was unwilling to even take a trip to Zhongzheng Island before leaving. In his view, among the three people recruited, the other two, regardless of their nature, weren't going to survive. Whether he went to Zhongzheng Island or not made no real difference.
All of this was just a setup, a trap aimed at him, with the ultimate goal of luring him here to meet Ma Bin.
He even got Tang Jun to lend him two thousand spirit jades for travel expenses...
"Senior went to such great lengths to bring me here; is there any instruction?" Lu Ye collected himself and asked.
