Chapter 96: Borrowing a Flower to Offer to Buddha, Han Li is Moved

"My apologies. If I have been too forward, Brother Zhou, please let me know and I will leave immediately."

Han Li did not beat around the bush and directly stated his reason and need. However, accustomed to deception and intrigue, he did not hold much hope.

If it were anyone else, Zhou Chen would certainly be unwilling, but who was the other party? The fourth owner of the palm sky bottle!

Furthermore, it was the kind of Opportunity that could not be intercepted.

This was Han Li, the Child of Destiny with infinite potential!

Thinking of this, Zhou Chen instantly made a decision.

"Haha, Brother Han, why be so polite? I haven't even thanked you for speaking up for me during the previous competition! Since it is so important to you, Brother Han, just take it!"

Zhou Chen laughed heartily and tossed the Jade Slip to Han Li without hesitation, as if he weren't throwing a Saint Rank Peak Grade Cultivation Technique, but some common trinket.

He had already read it anyway, and a backup was already stored in his mind.

Besides, no matter how good the Nine Firmament Spirit Refining Art was, it was obtained by intercepting Chu Cangming.

Moreover, Zhou Chen also had the ten-thousand-fold returned Divine Firmament Spirit Refining Art.

As the old saying goes, a man doesn't feel the sting when selling his father's fields.

This Opportunity hadn't belonged to Zhou Chen in the first place; the one who should be heartbroken was Chu Cangming.

Han Li caught the Jade Slip and felt the power of the Nine Firmament Spirit Refining Art. Even with his Heart-Nature as steady as a mountain, his hand couldn't help but tremble slightly as he held the Jade Slip.

It was actually a Saint Rank Peak Grade Cultivation Technique!

And it was a specialized technique specifically for training Divine Sense!

In a sense, this type of technique was extremely rare; the rarity of the Nine Firmament Spirit Refining Art was not inferior to an Imperial Rank Cultivation Technique at all!

Han Li had originally thought he would need to pay a great price or perhaps go through many twists and turns before getting what he wanted.

He never expected Zhou Chen to be so straightforward. This level of trust and magnanimity—how could it not move him?

"Brother Zhou's righteousness is great; I, Han Li, will keep it in my heart. From now on, Brother Zhou, you are my sworn brother. If you call, I will surely come!"

Han Li bowed deeply with utmost solemnity.

Without wasting words, he flipped his hand and took out two dark green small bottles.

"These are two Saint Rank High Grade Soul Source Barrier-Breaking Pills. Though not as precious as that technique, this pill has miraculous effects on breaking through Realms. Brother Zhou, your current cultivation looks like it is about to break through to the Nascent Soul, and this pill can increase the success rate by thirty percent."

"In that case, I shall accept them!"

Zhou Chen did not decline and accepted them readily.

"Check Opportunity."

Although he couldn't intercept the palm sky bottle, Zhou Chen subconsciously checked Han Li's opportunity panel.

[Recent Opportunity: Taking advantage of the Soul Devouring Black Python's absence, obtain an ancient soul devouring grass—extinct in the outside world—from the Soul Devouring Black Python's nest at the bottom of Black Mountain Peak. After obtaining it, spend several months ripening it into a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Devouring Grass to refine a Saint Rank Peak Grade Nine Transformation Nascent Soul Pill. After consumption, break through to the Nascent Soul Realm and forge an Innate Dao Soul.]

"Good heavens, his Luck is too strong. He's actually silently preparing to secretly form an Innate Dao Soul. Take me with you! I want in too!"

Zhou Chen's eyes flickered as he plotted secretly.

Han Li owed him a huge favor just now; perhaps he could strike while the iron was hot.

"Brother Han, wait a moment. I've discovered another Opportunity nearby calling to me."

Before Han Li could react, Zhou Chen quickly dived into the water, fully operating the Divine Concealment Art to restrain his aura, and swam silently toward the bottom of Black Mountain Peak.

He found the cave while the giant snake was away.

With a flash, Zhou Chen quickly plucked the pitch-black, shiny soul devouring grass.

[Congratulations to the Host for intercepting the Child of Destiny Han Li's Opportunity: soul devouring grass. Received Ten-Thousand-Fold Return: Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Devouring Grass. Claim now?]

It worked!

Zhou Chen clicked claim without hesitation.

A Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Devouring Grass suffused with a seven-colored glow appeared in Zhou Chen's hand, and he quickly stored it in his storage ring.

"Brother Han, look at what good treasure I found down there. I feel it's somewhat extraordinary; help me take a look."

Zhou Chen flew to Han Li's side, pulled out the Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Devouring Grass, and handed it to him, pretending not to recognize it.

"Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Devouring Grass?!"

When he saw the soul devouring grass swirling with a seven-colored glow, Han Li was shocked once again and cried out in surprise.

Ordinary soul devouring grass had long been extinct, and the value of a ten-thousand-year-old one, containing pure soul source power, was simply immeasurable!

This was the main ingredient for refining the legendary Nine Transformation Nascent Soul Pill!

It could help a Cultivator condense an Innate Dao Soul that far surpassed an ordinary Nascent Soul, laying down a supreme Foundation!

This was also the material Han Li had been bitterly searching for for years, to the point where he had suppressed his Core Formation cultivation for a long time without breaking through.

Han Li had already collected the other supplementary medicines for the Nine Transformation Nascent Soul Pill; he was only missing this main ingredient, the soul devouring grass.

If he could find a soul devouring grass, Han Li could also ripen it to ten thousand years, but that would require some effort. He didn't expect there to be a ready-made one.

"Brother Zhou, this grass…"

Han Li's voice carried a hint of trembling.

"Brother Han seems to need this item very much? If you have a method to refine it into a pill, why not tell me about it?"

Zhou Chen looked at the urgency in his eyes, a slight curve appearing at the corner of his mouth.

"To tell you the truth, with this Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Devouring Grass and some supplementary Materials, I have an eighty percent chance of refining the Nine Transformation Nascent Soul Pill!"

Han Li took a deep breath, suppressing his churning emotions.

"This pill can help a Core Formation Cultivator condense a perfect Innate Dao Soul, establishing a supreme Foundation! If Brother Zhou trusts me, you can hand this grass to me for refining. Once the pill is completed in seven days, fifty percent will go to you!"

The conditions Han Li offered were actually very generous.

Ordinary Alchemists not only required the client to provide all Materials but would also take seventy percent of the resulting pills for themselves!

Fifty percent meant Han Li would take on the risk himself while letting Zhou Chen profit for free.

This was exactly the sentence Zhou Chen was waiting for!

"Then I'll trouble you, Brother Han! We are brothers, so there's no need to be polite. I trust you."

He handed the Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Devouring Grass to Han Li without hesitation, making Han Li even more moved.

At least since he was a child, he had never seen anyone as sincere as Zhou Chen.

If Zhou Chen knew Han Li was thinking this, he would probably have been unable to stop himself from laughing out loud.

If Han Li's Opportunities weren't bound to him, Zhou Chen would have long since turned into a backstabber!

Han Li solemnly took the soul devouring grass as if receiving a priceless treasure.

A few days later.

Chu Cangming passed by the Black Mountain Peak and felt as if something was calling to him, so he stopped to investigate, but ultimately left empty-handed.

Han Li and Zhou Chen found a relatively hidden cave.

Zhou Chen was responsible for guarding the outside, while Han Li was responsible for refining the pills inside.

Several small flags quickly flew from Han Li's hand. After opening a concealment Formation, he sat down cross-legged.

To maximize the medicinal effect, Han Li flipped his right hand, and a simple dark green small bottle, neither metal nor jade, appeared out of thin air.

Han Li carefully uncorked the bottle and cautiously poured out a drop of emerald green liquid radiating a thick aura of life, dripping it onto the Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Devouring Grass.

The color of the Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Devouring Grass instantly became deeper.

Without hesitation, a uniquely shaped three-legged ancient cauldron flew from Han Li's hand, its mouth spitting out pure green alchemical fire.

Han Li's expression was focused, his hands moving as fast as lightning.

He quickly threw the dozens of precious supplementary medicines he had already prepared into the cauldron one by one, and finally, he carefully threw in the Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Devouring Grass.

Time passed bit by bit. Within the cauldron, rosy light swirled and a strange fragrance wafted out. There were even faint sounds of dragons roaring and phoenixes crying, as if a peerless Medicinal Pill was being nurtured within the furnace.