Unscrupulous Medicine Sovereign's brows knotted together.
He was highly skilled in the healing arts and recognized every medicinal ingredient listed in the pill recipe. Most of them would be easy enough to obtain, but one particular ingredient was exceedingly rare—no amount of money could guarantee its purchase.
That ingredient was scarce to begin with, and its place of origin lay in another distant divine kingdom, making it all the more precious.
The universe was vast, containing thousands of divine kingdoms large and small, each encompassing countless stars.
Reaching the place where that ingredient originated would take who knew how many years and encounter who knew how many obstacles.
The pill recipe had come from Fan Lang. The moment he saw Unscrupulous Medicine Sovereign's expression, he guessed what the other man was thinking and smiled faintly. "If you can't gather all the ingredients on that list, come find me later. I might have a way to help you get it."
"Did you deliberately include such a rare ingredient to make things difficult for me, so I couldn't verify whether this pill recipe is genuine?" Unscrupulous Medicine Sovereign asked, narrowing his eyes.
"First, if I wanted to do that, I could have used an even rarer ingredient, one you could never find. Second, if I wanted to go back on my word, I have plenty of other options. There's no need to tamper with the pill recipe. I'm a man who does great things; I disdain such petty tricks."
"Hmph."
Unscrupulous Medicine Sovereign snorted coldly and reluctantly accepted the explanation before putting away the pill recipe.
Their cooperation had come to an end. It was time for them to part ways.
Fan Lang raised his hand and snapped his fingers, controlling the Land of Sky to create a Space Channel before Unscrupulous