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Di Jiu understood what he meant. This guy was angry because he was sure that Di Jiu couldn’t refine the Seven-Patterned Foundation Elixir and wasn’t taking the requirements of refining the elixir seriously.

Just as he expected, the dead-faced fellow said in a chilling tone, “I am giving you a chance to familiarize yourself with the refinement of grade-seven immortal pills because I can tell that you are talented in alchemy and you may be capable of refining the Seven-Patterned Foundation Elixir in the future. If you think that you can fool me, believe it or not, I’ll kill you right now.”

Di Jiu raised his hand and put away his storage before continuing in an unhurried manner. “I don’t believe it. Doing business is all about reaching a consensus. I don’t have to help you refine the Seven-Patterned Foundation Elixir, so why do you have to be angry? Bye.”

After Di Jiu said that, he turned around and left, not bothering to say even another word.

If that guy had taken out a Spatial Extremity Sprout, Di Jiu would have softened his stance and explained himself or even refined a cauldron of elixir to show that guy his capabilities. However, a mere Glazed Heaven Immortal Fruit wasn’t enough for him to do that. Moreover, that guy was just going to tell him where he could find the Glazed Heaven Immortal Fruit instead of giving the fruit to him.

“Could you really refine the Seven-Patterned Foundation Elixir?” The dead-faced fellow stopped Di Jiu once again when he heard him and blocked Di Jiu’s way with his aura domain.

Di Jiu’s face turned black. A normal saber appeared in his hand as he said, “Are you trying to stop me by force?”

“If you don’t answer my question, I wouldn’t mind doing that. If you’re willing to listen and come with me, I guarantee that you’ll become a top-notch grade-seven Alchemy King in three years.” The dead-faced fellow didn’t seem to care about the saber in Di Jiu’s hand. As an expert at the mid-stage Immortal King Realm, how could he be concerned about a weakling who wasn’t even an Immortal King?

Di Jiu finally realized at this moment that this guy was trying to take him away.

Di Jiu was shocked inwardly by how rich this dead-faced fellow was. He was just an Immortal King, yet he could afford 50 level-eight immortal spirit herbs. Even Di Jiu found this unbelievable and wondered if this fellow’s family business was growing immortal spirit herbs. He deduced that 50 level-eight immortal spirit herbs weren’t the guy’s limit.

“Apart from that, I can also tell you where to find the Glazed Heaven Immortal Fruit.” The dead-faced fellow looked at Di Jiu calmly after he said that. However, only he knew how uneasy he was deep down.

“100 level-eight immortal spirit herbs, in addition to the whereabouts of the Glazed Heaven Immortal Fruit.” Di Jiu raised the price to a ridiculous level without hesitation. He could sense that the Seven-Patterned Foundation Elixir was extremely useful to this fellow. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have made such an insane offer. Although these level-eight immortal spirit herbs couldn’t buy him the Seven-Patterned Foundation Elixir, they were definitely worth more in monetary value.

However, any item’s value depended on the demand. A person who was about to die in a desert after several days of dehydration wouldn’t consider billions of tons of gold as valuable as a cup of clean water. Based on the dead-faced fellow’s words, Di Jiu could tell that the Seven-Patterned Foundation Elixir was something that he desperately needed.

“Okay.” The fellow agreed without even waiting for Di Jiu to state his price again. There was no hesitation in his tone.

“Alright, deal. Give me the herbs needed and I will refine it now.” Di Jiu raised his hand and set up his elixir store once again.

Instead of arguing about the price this time, the dead-faced fellow took out a storage bag and passed it to Di Jiu carefully while saying, “The medicinal herbs and elixir formula are in this bag.”

Di Jiu’s Spiritual Force scanned the bag and discovered that it did contain the herbs and elixir formula for refining the Seven-Patterned Foundation Elixir. The formula was the complete version this time.

Di Jiu put away the storage bag and got ready to head into the store when he suddenly turned around and asked, “Do you have a high-grade immortal weapon cauldron?”

The dead-faced fellow’s face turned gloomy once again, more so than his normal expression, when he heard that Di Jiu didn’t even have a cauldron. He started suspecting that Di Jiu had deceived him by earning his trust with a single seven-patterned grade-seven immortal pill.

Di Jiu read his thoughts just by looking at his expression and said flatly, “I could refine it without a high-grade immortal weapon cauldron, but the results would be better if I had one. Of course, if you don’t believe me, I’ll return you the herbs and we can go our separate ways.”

The dead-faced fellow didn’t reply. Instead, he took the grade-seven immortal pill that Di Jiu had passed him. After a dozen breaths, he took out a cauldron and gave it to him before saying, “Alright, I’ll believe you this once.”

Di Jiu held him in contempt in his mind. This fellow had tried his pill in front of him and found out that he had refined the pill not too long ago, which was why he lent him the cauldron. However, he had phrased it poetically by saying ‘I’ll believe you this once’.

Di Jiu didn’t bother arguing with him. Instead, he took the cauldron and walked into his store. Although the dead-faced fellow wasn’t pleasant to deal with, the things he had taken out were actually of great quality.

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The number one immortal continent amongst the Four Major Immortal Continents was undoubtedly the Illusionary Rainbow Immortal Continent.

The most powerful sect in the Illusionary Rainbow Immortal Continent was the Brilliant Lake Palace.

The Brilliant Lake Palace hadn’t been built in a lake, but at the peak of a stretch of mountains that stood amidst the clouds. There was a vast lake around the stretch of mountains that was called Brilliant Lake.

The Palatial Lord of the Brilliant Lake Palace, Ye Xi, wasn’t just officially the strongest expert in the Illusionary Rainbow Immortal Continent. He was also known as the strongest person in the Four Major Immortal Continents.

Ye Xi had an average build and fair skin. Wherever he went, he always wore a tall crown.

Ye Xi was walking out of his cave abode for cultivation at the moment, feeling pretty good. It was naturally extremely difficult to go one step further when one was already at the top. Since he had improved after this reclusive cultivation, he was obviously happy.

“Did anything happen while I was in seclusion?” Ye Xi asked.

A cute maid standing beside the cave abode quickly bowed and replied, “Palatial Lord, Di Jiu destroyed New Moon Commercial Building in the Lunar Forsaken Tomb and escaped into the tomb. Then, he ran into the Chaotic Law Zone because Immortal Emperor Yuanyi of the Demonic Clothing Immortal Continent was chasing after him…”

The Palatial Lord had ordered them to collect information about Di Jiu’s whereabouts. Now that he had gone out of seclusion, she obviously had to report this immediately.

“What? Di Jiu escaped into the Chaotic Law Zone?” Ye Xi asked excitedly. Then, with a flash, he exited the Brilliant Lake Palace.