Ninth In the World

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.

“Screw off…” Di Jiu took a step forward and swept up a saber ripple towards the Immortal King.

Before his saber ripple could reach the dead-faced Immortal King’s domain, his domain started breaking apart. Then, the saber ripple turned into a rippling curve.

Bang! The dead-faced fellow threw a punch, and his fist aura collided against the saber ripple. Di Jiu, who seemed to have been struck by the fist aura, was thrown backward by over 100 feet.

Instead of continuing the fight, Di Jiu put away his saber and left. He hadn’t even exerted 10% of his strength during that saber swing. He just wanted to show that guy that he couldn’t stop him from leaving.

The dead-faced fellow didn’t chase after Di Jiu this time. Instead, he cupped his fists and said, “Friend, I was being rude just now. I am sincerely asking you to refine the Seven-Patterned Foundation Elixir. You are an Alchemy King, so you must know how difficult it is to refine this elixir. It would only be effective with seven patterns. Otherwise, it would be as good as trash.”

“The core immortal spirit herbs for refining the Seven-Patterned Foundation Elixir, Spiritual Fruit of Dao and Hundred Vein Flower, are both extremely rare. I only have enough of them to refine a single cauldron of elixir, so I cannot bear the risk of failure. Therefore, I have to make sure that you are capable of refining this elixir.”

He had used less than half of his strength in his punch earlier. However, the point was that Di Jiu could break through his domain, which meant that he might not actually be able to stop Di Jiu from leaving. Therefore, he had no choice but to speak to Di Jiu in a nicer tone.

Di Jiu, who was about to leave, suddenly stopped. The Seven-Patterned Foundation Elixir was a grade-seven immortal pill. If he helped him refine it, he could keep three elixir pills for himself. Furthermore, he would obtain its elixir formula.

At this point, Di Jiu said unhurriedly, “That’s right, I can refine the Seven-Patterned Foundation Elixir. If you need it, I will refine it for you as soon as we agree on a price. If not, I will take my leave.”

Di Jiu knew very well why that guy had looked for him. Even the average grade-eight Alchemy Supremacy might not be capable of refining the Seven-Patterned Foundation Elixir, not to mention a grade-seven Alchemy King, who would already be extremely difficult to hire.

“Can you really refine the Seven-Patterned Foundation Elixir?” The dead-faced fellow stared at Di Jiu with an unconvinced expression as he repeated his question.

Di Jiu was too lazy to even answer his question this time. He simply took out a seven-patterned grade-seven immortal pill and threw it towards the dead-faced fellow. Depending on the fellow’s reaction, he would either refine the elixir or leave right away.

“Is this a grade-seven immortal pill with seven patterns?” The dead-faced fellow’s expression changed instantly when he saw that elixir pill. He had never actually seen a seven-patterned grade-seven immortal pill before. Something that he had only ever heard of had appeared in his hand.

Although he had previously said that he would provide large amounts of grade-seven immortal spirit herbs for Di Jiu to practice, he had never actually believed that Di Jiu would be capable of refining seven-patterned grade-seven immortal pills in three years.

Now that he was actually holding a seven-patterned grade-seven immortal pill that Di Jiu had passed him, he was instantly overwhelmed with excitement. Soon, he realized what he needed to say. “Okay, I will let you refine them. However, before you do that, you have to pass me something of equivalent value as a deposit.”

Meeting an Alchemy King who was capable of refining seven-patterned grade-seven immortal pills was probably a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. If he let this opportunity slip, he might never get another one.

The immortal spirit herbs needed to refine the Seven-Patterned Foundation Elixir were actually incredibly hard to obtain. He had enough for two cauldrons of elixirs, but he hadn’t mentioned that earlier. If he’d only had enough for one cauldron, he would never have dared to let Di Jiu try, even if he could fabricate the best story in the world. However, now that Di Jiu had taken out a seven-patterned grade-seven immortal pill, he felt that he could give him half of his herbs and let him try.

Di Jiu responded sarcastically, “Firstly, I am not the one begging for your help to refine this elixir. You are begging me. Whether you want to refine this elixir or not has nothing to do with me. Secondly, I shouldn’t be the one paying a deposit. You should be giving me compensation for refining it. If I am happy with it, I’ll help you. If not, I’ll take my leave.”

The dead-faced fellow remembered that Di Jiu had taken only a single step to break through his domain and began suspecting that Di Jiu was actually at the Immortal King Realm. However, regardless of Di Jiu’s cultivation realm, he wasn’t sure that he was capable of stopping him from leaving.

After sorting out his priorities, the dead-faced fellow cupped his fists at Di Jiu once again and said, “Friend, if you could help me refine the Seven-Patterned Foundation Elixir, I’d give you 50 level-eight immortal spirit herbs…”

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.

…

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.