The Arrogant Immortal
Chapter 198 - 197: The Deal with Mo Chuan

Chapter 198: Chapter 197: The Deal with Mo Chuan

Xie Jiuniang’s gaze lingered on the sprig of Cleansing Spiritual Grass, which had only just sprouted two or three tender buds. How long would it take for it to fully grow?

"This is a seedling, but isn’t it a bit too young?"

"Ahem—"

Mo Chuan almost let out a laugh, "Then do you still want to trade for it?"

"Trade! Of course, I want to trade. This is just an addition, right?" Xie Jiuniang took out a Mysterious Ice Fig, "One nine-turn life-renewing elixir, plus this little seedling, in exchange for one fig."

"Then I would be at a loss."

"Actually, there is a second method."

"Speak."

"This little seedling, plus the Creation Pill Recipe."

"Yuanxi, you’re making me feel like you’re quite insincere." Mo Chuan now truly felt she was overstepping.

Xie Jiuniang’s face remained calmly detached, "I can give you another one, how about that for sincerity?"

"Do you have any other demands? Just list them all at once?"

Mo Chuan always felt she would be never-ending.

Xie Jiuniang’s eyes lit up with demands, of course, she had them, "I am interested in your—"

Face-changing Technique!

In the end, she suppressed the thought with reason.

Heritage such as this was usually not shared externally; if she made such a demand, it would seem a bit ungrateful.

Xie Jiuniang’s face was shameless enough, only hesitating for a moment before speaking again: "Your Disguise Technique is very powerful, is it transmitted externally?"

"Ha—"

This time Mo Chuan was truly amused to the point of laughter, "One request after another, isn’t that excessive?"

"Not at all; to you, it’s as simple as lifting a finger."

Xie Jiuniang was very patient, letting him think it over slowly.

If she had to say what she was interested in regarding Mo Chuan, it was these things. As for asking the Mo Family for the Creation Pill Recipe, it was unnecessary. Keep in mind that in her previous life, Mo Chuan reached the rank of a seventh-grade pill master at a young age. He likely had the family’s heritage.

Mo Chuan’s eyes deepened as he gazed at her intently.

As if he was pondering something.

Xie Jiuniang shamelessly proposed: "To Brother Mo, this little seedling isn’t very valuable, and the nine-turn life-renewing elixir isn’t rare either. As for the apparently most precious Creation Pill Recipe, it is actually of little use."

Pausing for a moment, she then lifted her smiling face and continued: "I’ve heard from my master that it’s very difficult to gather the Spiritual Medicine for the Creation Pill in the current Cultivation World. That recipe is just collecting dust. Instead of letting it idle away in lofty storage, why not make me a copy? It’s a small matter, isn’t it? The only somewhat precious thing is the Face-changing Technique, and that, I can only leave to fate, leave it to fate, huh."

"Ha!"

Mo Chuan laughed, truly laughed this time.

The reasons she found, he actually thought they made some sense. Was this crazy?

Xie Jiuniang made her great opening offer to give Mo Chuan room for bargaining.

Mo Chuan’s smile faded, and he spoke calmly, "I also want a Pure World Lotus. You give me one, and you can have everything you want."

"Pure World Lotus?" Xie Jiuniang’s eyes widened, "You’re being a bit too greedy."

"We’re two of a kind in that regard."

Mo Chuan was not willing to budge on this.

This was turning into a big deal, getting bigger as they spoke.

Both parties were inflexible, wrangling for quite some time, with no agreement reached.

Everyone had their needs, all of which were very important.

Mo Chuan’s eyes smiled softly, his sharpness thoroughly veiled, "I believe that two Mysterious Ice Figs and one Pure World Lotus are not precious items for you. I heard you got thirteen figs from the Secret Realm this time, and you have at least four or five on you. As for the Pure World Lotus, although it’s precious to others, it might not be the case for you."

Truly precious things would not be foolishly given away by someone.

Especially not in plain sight.

If it were not for True Lord Chaoyan’s quick reaction during the ceremony, it would have been revealed then and there.

Continuing this haggling was pointless.

As for Xie Jiuniang, she still had several Pure World Lotuses and had not gone to pick any since she became an apprentice.

The two people finally struck a deal.

Xie Jiuniang traded two Mysterious Ice Figs and one Pure World Lotus for Mo Chuan’s Cleansing Spiritual Grass, one Nine Revolutions Life Essence Pill, the Creation Pill Recipe, and the Jade Slip for the Disguise Technique.

What followed was a discussion of the details.

At the beginning of the conversation, Mo Chuan had set up a Spiritual Force Shield to prevent eavesdropping.

Xie Jiuniang asked Mo Chuan to wait outside for a moment.

Then, she returned to her cave dwelling, ran to the Fusang Secret Realm, and picked the smallest Pure World Lotus from the small pond.

After coming out, she completed the trade with Mo Chuan.

Mo Chuan handed over two Jade Slips to Xie Jiuniang, "One is the pill recipe, and the other is the Face-changing Technique. I should warn you in advance, the Face-changing Technique isn’t something everyone can master. If your talent and comprehension are lacking, and you fail to grasp it, you can’t blame me."

"The way you’re talking makes me suspect you’ve tampered with it?" Xie Jiuniang scrutinized him suspiciously.

This made Mo Chuan laugh in frustration, "How suspicious."

"Ha, as if you’re some kind of gentleman," Xie Jiuniang retorted with a mockingly insincere smile.

The transaction was complete, and there were no goodbyes.

Mo Chuan didn’t linger and turned to leave.

A malicious thought flashed through Xie Jiuniang’s mind.

It was just a fleeting thought that she forced back down.

For a moment, she had thought about exposing his possession of the Pure World Lotus, but then she reconsidered, realizing that the disadvantages of doing so would outweigh the benefits, and she had to repress the idea deep within her heart.

Because if the existence of the Pure World Lotus were revealed, the first person outsiders might think of wouldn’t necessarily be Mo Chuan.

It would be her, who had previously produced a Pure World Lotus.

This visit from Mo Chuan to her wasn’t untraceable either.

If she kept producing one lotus after another, people would inevitably start to think that she must still have Pure World Lotuses with her.

Wouldn’t that mean, in trying to plot against Mo Chuan, she might actually end up harming herself instead?

Xie Jiuniang quickly returned to her cave dwelling and reactivated the grand formation.

She found a place for the young plant of Cleansing Spiritual Grass and placed it at the spiritual eye of the cave dwelling, an area abundant with Spiritual Energy, so she wasn’t worried that it would die from poor care.

Then she sat down on her meditation mat.

First, she examined the Jade Slip for the Face-changing Technique, only to find herself utterly confused by the content. She understood each character when taken individually, but when strung together, she couldn’t comprehend a single sentence.

Thinking of what Mo Chuan said about talent and comprehension...

Xie Jiuniang’s lips twitched, and she silently put it in a corner.

Then she took out the Jade Slip for the ancient Creation Pill Recipe.

The content inside the Jade Slip was very detailed, including the formula for the Creation Pill, explanations of the elixir’s effects, the technique for its refinement, and thorough explanations. Indeed, the pill recipe belonged to ancient formulas, but it wasn’t guaranteed to improve one’s natural endowments as the legends claimed.

It could only be said to have a certain chance.

After taking it, it all depended on the individual’s fate.

The long list of Spiritual Medicine names included over a hundred kinds, and Xie Jiuniang barely recognized two-thirds of them, with the remainder being completely unfamiliar to her.

She studied it for several days.

She even developed dark circles under her eyes from her efforts.

Xie Jiuniang put away the Jade Slip with a dark expression, "No wonder that Mo fellow handed it over so readily."

"Hahaha, didn’t you say it before, Master? The other party also regarded it as nothing more than an idle possession."

"I was psychologically prepared, but..."

Sometimes, without witnessing it for yourself, you can’t help but hold onto a sliver of hope, thinking that perhaps with your status as a Child of Destiny, you could gather all the ingredients in the recipe. But reality proves that sometimes being a Child of Destiny doesn’t help.

This is a pill recipe that is simply impossible to complete!

Because if you do not even recognize the names of the medicines, how can you expect to possibly find them?

Indeed, the Child of Destiny is not omnipotent.

While a Child of Destiny might receive favor from the Heavenly Dao, not everything will go smoothly. Many things still depend on one’s personal abilities. Otherwise, the history of Children of Destiny wouldn’t be so full of woe.

And in her past life, she wouldn’t have died without leaving behind a whisper...