Xing Zhan understood that if he helped Su Chen open the stone statue, all the power contained within it would fall into Su Chen's hands. If that happened, he would have no recourse whatsoever if Su Chen went back on his word.
He had to guard against this.
This was a gamble.
Should he gamble?
If he lost the gamble, he would truly suffer a double loss.
Su Chen could see what the other man was thinking, but remained silent. Whether or not Xing Zhan was willing to take the gamble was entirely his own affair; no amount of words from Su Chen would change that.
Trust was not something that could be established upon a first meeting.
Everything now depended on whether Xing Zhan was willing to trust him and take a chance.
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