Great Demon King

The instant that the space edict barrier shattered, Han Shuo’s consciousness detected Baum clearly and locked onto him. However, as the Cauldron of Myriad Demon was outside his body, Han Shuo could not borrow Cauldron Spirit’s energy and therefore he did not immediately strike Baum.

It was at this time that Han Shuo heard the last dying shriek of Verón’s. He stared blankly for a moment and started to consider if he should continue to fight Baum.

Han Shuo felt no grudges or grievances towards Baum and there was no reason to fight him to death. Besides, Han Shuo felt some apprehension towards this expert. Even though the space edict barrier had been destroyed, Han Shuo still did not have full certainty of killing Baum.

It was at this moment that the Cauldron had whooshed back into Han Shuo’s body. Cauldron Spirit then transmitted, “Master, the spacetime barrier has been removed. This guy possessed a decent strength. He might have other tricks up his sleeves. Do you still want to attack him?”

After killing Verón, Rose returned to stand beside Han Shuo and stared cautiously at Baum. If Han Shuo gave her the command, she would instantly charge forward and attack Baum.

“Verón is dead. I think there is no longer a cause for us to keep on fighting each other, don’t we?” Out of Han Shuo’s expectation, while he was still on the fence, Baum took initiative in throwing an olive branch. His attitude was much more polite than before. There was even a forced, awkward smile on Baum’s face.

It was apparent that this person called Baum was poor at feigning civility. It looked as though someone was pulling on his face muscles to make that awkward fake smile.

Han Shuo continued to stare a Baum without speaking for a moment. His eyes were glittering with indecision.

Baum’s heart jolted. He thought, <i>Don’t tell me that this guy is going to fight me to the death?</i>

“Bryan… Bryan… “ Baum mumbled to himself while scratching his head as though trying to recall something. After a long while, Baum let out a cry in surprise and asked, “Are you the master of the Celestial Pearl Pharmacy?”

This time it was Han Shuo’s turn to be shocked. The City of Shadows was very far away from Ethereal City. Han Shuo did not expect that the City Lord of Ethereal City would know him.

“Erm… Yes, I’m the master of Celestial Pearl Pharmacy,” admitted Han Shuo. He saw no point in concealing that fact.

The Ethereal City divine guards around him were all astonished to hear Han Shuo’s admission. It seemed that they had all heard of Han Shuo’s name. Their gaze towards Han Shuo became much more different. It was as though they were excited about something.

“I really did not expect the rumors to be true. Youth indeed breeds heroism!” Baum was greatly astonished. He had never believed the rumors that came from the City of Shadows of the Darkness Dominion. He thought that the hearsays had exaggerated Han Shuo’s strength. But after the battle, Baum realized that the rumors were definitely erroneous – they had not exaggerated Han Shuo’s strength, but underrated his strength!

The startled Baum quickly racked his brain before he suddenly proposed, “Bryan, will you be interested in opening a branch of your Celestial Pearl Pharmacy in Ethereal City? If you are willing, we can discuss this in detail. There have been a lot of people from the Darkness Dominion that highly praised your expertise in refining medicine. I believe that no matter in which city, as long as there are gods, your medicines would be sold out in no time!”

The Ethereal City divine guards who glared ferociously at Han Shuo just a moment ago started looking at Han Shuo with eyes glinting with fervent lights while wearing expressions of astonishment.

They had heard too much about the miraculousness of Han Shuo’s medicines from gods that came from the Darkness Dominion. But unfortunately for them, the City of Shadows was millions of miles from Ethereal City. Even if they wanted to purchase Han Shuo’s medicines, it was not feasible for most of them to spend so much time traversing multiple Dominions just to get to the City of Shadows.

In addition, it was impossible for gods that cultivated in the energy of life, light, and water to step into the Death, Darkness, and Destruction Dominions. No matter how many crystal coins they may have, there was no way they could purchase Han Shuo’s medicines. Meanwhile, those who got their hands on Han Shuo’s medicine would treat it like treasures and would never resell it. Therefore, although many had heard of the miraculousness of his medicines, only a very small portion of those people could obtain them.

How could the divine guards not be excited after learning that the person standing in front of them was the master of Celestial Pearl Pharmacy?

Han Shuo stared blankly for a moment. He did not expect that Baum who had a fight with him just a moment ago would take initiative and invite him to set up a Celestial Pearl branch in Ethereal City. The proposal caught him by surprise.

After he carefully thought about it for a while, Han Shuo felt that Baum’s proposal was all but harmful to him. If he were to open a branch of Celestial Pearl Pharmacy in Ethereal City, not only that he could make even more crystal coins, but he could possibly utilize the unique situation of Ethereal City to spread the influence of Celestial Pearl to every Dominion there was on Elysium!

The temptation was too much to be refused. Han Shuo hesitated for only a short moment before he nodded and agreed, “Sure, definitely. I thank City Lord in advance!”

“You’re welcome. My Ethereal City is greatly honored to have the privilege!” Baum promptly replied with polite words. He seemed rather pleasantly surprised. “If you have nothing at hand, shall we head somewhere else to discuss this? I will make sure to select a suitable location for your pharmacy. And if you need it, I can also help you with the hiring of manpower. The Space Dominion is very different from the Death, Destruction, and Darkness Dominions. We are much freer in economy and movement. The environment we have is much more suitable for doing business.”

“Very well, let’s discuss it!” Han Shuo gladly agreed. He did not expect that picking up a fight would land him with such a great profit.