Chapter 277 (1/2)

Chapter 277

“Absolutely not!”

Elder Sun’s expression was ugly as he looked at that page . “There’s not even some of these in the entire monastery! You’re clearly just trying to rip me off . How am I supposed to get this many medicinal ingredients?!”

Long Chen’s page had hundreds of precious medicinal ingredients listed on them . Some of them were ones that Elder Sun had never even heard of .

And if it was just these medicinal ingredients, then that would be one thing . The main point was that the amounts Long Chen wanted of each one was too shocking . Most of the time, medicinal ingredients were measured in terms of grams .

But Long Chen required pounds of them! He wanted a hundred pounds for each medicinal ingredient . In total, he was asking for tens of thousands of pounds of precious medicinal ingredients .

“Aren’t you just wasting words? If I could find them, why would I ask for an idiot like you to do it for me? Don’t bother wasting your time . Will you do it or not?” snorted Long Chen .

This list contained ingredients for the Alioth Pill as well as another couple medicinal ingredients he needed for various pills . There were also various ingredients that were common secondary ingredients for a large number of pills .

This time Long Chen really had been ruthless . He asked for a hundred pounds of each of those . You want my life? You want my technique? Then let me help you out .

“But then you also don’t need this much! A hundred pounds of each of them? Do you think these medicinal ingredients are just cabbages?” raged Elder Sun .

“What do you care? Even if I wanted to use these medicinal ingredients to use as firewood, it wouldn’t have anything to do with you . If you want to accept this trade, then accept . If you don’t, then that’s fine too,” sneered Long Chen .

“You…! No, it’s too much! With my merit points, there’s no way I could buy this much . You have to cut it down . At most, I can only get you half of this amount . ” Elder Sun shook his head .

Long Chen icily snorted and ignored him, going to leave .

“Hey, what are you doing?” Elder Sun hastily called out .

“I’m going to go have a talk with Elder Tu Fang . I wonder whether I can obtain the things I want by offering my cultivation technique to the monastery?” Long Chen wondered as he walked .

“Hey, hey, wait a minute! Let’s keep discussing!”

“There’s nothing to discuss,” said Long Chen decisively .

Elder Sun grit his teeth . “Fine, I’ll accept!”

Long Chen smiled and directly handed that black zirconium to Elder Sun .

“Stop dreaming . This cultivation technique of mine is split into upper and lower portions . This is just my advance payment so that you know it’s not a fake . If you want the lower portion, you better gather up everything and give it to me .

“Of course, if you want to try and be smart you can try and experiment to figure out the lower portion . But let me say this one more time: it’s not that I want to look down on you, but I really look down on you . ”

After he finished speaking, Long Chen left, leaving behind a furious Elder Sun holding that black zirconium .

When Long Chen finally disappeared, Elder Sun’s fury was replaced with absolute delight .

“f.u.c.k, if I had known it would be this easy, why would I have bothered with targeting him?”

Elder Sun was delighted by how easy this had been . Although Long Chen’s requirements were very high, it was still within the limit that Elder Sun could accept .

He carefully examined this black zirconium . It was the size of an egg, and here was a diagram carved on top of it . However, that diagram wasn’t complete .

But even though it was just a portion, he could see that it was a diagram of a person’s meridians . There were lines showing how to circulate energy .

Elder Sun stared at it for half a day, becoming more and more delighted . He found that this way of circulating energy was extremely profound and complicated . Although this was still just a portion of it, it was enough to awe him .

“What a powerful cultivation technique! This time I’ve really struck gold!” Elder Sun couldn’t hold back a laugh . He confidently said to himself, “For such a powerful cultivation technique to be obtained by a little Blood Condensation amateur really is a waste . Once I obtain the full technique, I’ll definitely be able to advance to Meridian Opening . Hehe, then I’ll easily kill Long Chen . Who cares if I have to betray the Xuantian Monastery? The heavens are so large . As long as I don’t run into any Xiantian experts, who would dare block me?”

Elder Sun seemed to envision a scene of him advancing into Meridian Opening, travelling freely throughout the heavens, arrogantly looking down on all .

Only after a long time did he come back to his senses . He continued examining that black zirconium . On the front side was that partial diagram, but there was also an ancient character on the back .

Elder Sun examined it for a while before recognizing it to be the character for Rebel . But the character was written in an extremely odd archaic manner, and not the standard ancient form . [1]

“Looks like this cultivation technique is extremely ancient . That brat Long Chen must definitely have some heaven-defying luck,” sighed Elder Sun .

He continued examining the diagram for a while, but he found that this technique was extremely profound, and there was no way that he could figure out the whole thing just by relying on this portion . Of course, that was also why Long Chen had given it to him so easily .

However, obtaining this black zirconium did fill Elder Sun with greater confidence . It seemed Long Chen really did want to go through with this trade .

As for why Long Chen had chosen him to trade for those things, that did make him suspicious . However, given how much Long Chen had asked for, his worries were lessened a great deal .

Let alone Long Chen, even Elders who had worked decades in the monastery wouldn’t be able to buy all the medicinal ingredients Long Chen had requested .

However, Elder Sun had worked in the monastery for a very long time, and he had also had the lucrative position in charge of the Xuantian pavilion for decades, so he had a great deal of savings .

Long Chen’s request would be extremely painful for him to fulfill, but he could still do it . However, half of all his savings would be gone .