Three Lives Conjoined
Unlike the Nine-Tailed Fox, it's much more difficult for the Eight-Tailed Ice Fox to reach the Dou Sheng. For the Nine-Tailed Fox Saint before us, to break through to Dou Sheng and reach the Three-star Dou Sheng level, bloodline alone certainly wouldn't be enough; it would undoubtedly require considerable trials and tribulations.
However, Xiao Ming had no intention of investigating, after all, everyone has their own destiny.
After some conversation, the Nine-Tailed Fox Saint gained a better understanding of Xiao Ming's personality and realized the purpose of his visit.
Instead of answering first, he asked a question.
"May I ask which faction in Central Plains Mr. Xiao Ming comes from?"
Which faction?
Xiao Ming frowned upon hearing this question.
The Fallen God Ice Plain Ice Attribute Heaven and Earth Energy, making it an excellent training ground for Ice Attribute Magical Beasts. As a result, the Magical Beast Family in this area are quite powerful.
However, the Fallen God Ice Plain isolated from the outside world, and the outside world knows very little about it.
Similarly, the Fallen God Ice Plain doesn't know much about the outside world. At most, they know the nearest power, the Ice Glass Mansion, and then the powerful forces in the Central Plains.
Now they're asking him about his power? Could it be that they see he's after Snow Leaf White Lotus and Lianzi, and want to see how strong his backing is? If it's not strong, they're going to silence him?
Seemingly noticing Xiao Ming's confusion, the Nine-Tailed Fox Saint smiled and said.
"When I was young, I went out to train in the Fallen God Ice Plain, so I have some understanding of the forces in the Central Plains. I'm just asking out of curiosity."
"I see." Xiao Ming nodded and then explained his background.
"I am an elder of the Central Plains Pill Tower."
"No, it should be called the Heavenly Court Alliance Leader."
"Heavenly Court?"
The Nine-Tailed Fox Saint showed a hint of doubt on her face. What kind of force was this? She had never heard of it before.
"The Heavenly Court is an Alliance formed by more than a dozen forces, large and small, including the Pill Tower, Flower Sect, Sound Valley, and Burning Flame Valley."
The Nine-Tailed Fox Saint's face showed a look of surprise. He had heard of all the forces that Xiao Ming mentioned.
These are all top-tier forces in Central Plains. Within the Wind Snow Holy Hall, apart from their Nine-Tailed Ice Fox Lineage, no other race can compare to these forces.
These forces have now been integrated, and with the addition of the Pill Tower, they are far more powerful than the Wind Snow Holy Hall!
Xiao Ming is so young yet he is able to become the Alliance Leader of this Alliance and his strength has reached the Saint Level. He is truly a force to be reckoned with!
Indeed, the Nine-Tailed Fox Saint knew that Xiao Ming was very young. Without even touching his bones, judging from the faint Aura emanating from Xiao Ming, he did not possess the decaying Aura that they, as ancient beings, had.
He had initially thought Xiao Ming was from some Ancient Race, but it turned out he had a completely different background.
Standing behind the Nine-Tailed Fox Saint, Hu Yu also opened her red lips in surprise. As the Saintess of the Nine-Tailed Ice Fox Tribe, she had also seen information about some external forces.
Judging by power and influence, Xiao Ming, standing before us, could be considered one of the most powerful figures on the Dou Qi Continent.
"So it's Alliance Leader Xiao in person. I was truly disrespectful before." The Nine-Tailed Fox Saint bowed again. From the previous information, it could be seen that Xiao Ming was the Heavenly Court Alliance Leader and a member of the Pill Tower, a previously neutral force.
In addition to bringing back the Hu Yu, he also directly asked about the twelfth-grade lotus seeds, demonstrating his upright and honest conduct, making him worthy of the Wind Snow Holy Hall's friendship.
Xiao Ming waved his hand, telling him not to worry about it, and then brought up the matter of the Twelfth Grade Snow Leaf White Lotus Seed again.
The Nine-Tailed Fox Saint has finally given a direct response.
"These Twelfth Grade Snow Leaf White Lotus Seed are neither possessed by my Nine-Tailed Ice Fox Tribe nor by the Wind Snow Holy Hall."
What a joke! If he had that stuff, he would have taken it long ago. Keeping it won't help him have children, so he might as well use it to increase his strength. Why would he keep it until now?
Xiao Ming was speechless. If you don't have it, just say so. Why beat around the bush and ask all these questions? It makes me think this is some top secret and they're trying to find out my identity.
Someone with a worse temper would probably have started cursing!
The Nine-Tailed Fox Saint smiled as she looked at Xiao Ming's expression.
"Our Nine-Tailed Ice Fox Tribe, with its Twelfth Grade Snow Leaf White Lotus, naturally cannot possess lotus seeds of the Twelfth Grade Snow Leaf White Lotus."
"We only have the eleventh-grade Snow Leaf White Lotus."
"I know that, but the Eleventh Grade Snow Leaf White Lotus Seed aren't very useful to me." Xiao Ming shook his head.
"What if I said this thing is Three Lives Conjoined Lotus, and it only recently reached the eleventh grade?"
"What!"
This time, Xiao Ming was shocked. Three Lives Conjoined Lotus?
As Alchemy Grandmaster, he knew that Twin-Life Conjoined Snow Leaf White Lotus were extremely rare, with only one out of every 100,000 blooms appearing.
The Three Lives Conjoined Lotus is even rarer to appear, and the probability of it becoming an eleventh-grade Three Lives Conjoined Lotus is much lower than that of Twelfth Grade Snow Leaf White Lotus!
Of course, the efficacy of the Eleventh Grade Three Lives Conjoined Lotus is still inferior to that of the twelfth-grade lotus; only the three lotus seeds in the center can barely compare to those of the twelfth-grade lotus.
But for Xiao Ming, that was enough!
Therefore, Xiao Ming immediately stood up, clasped his hands in greeting, and said...
"Lord Nine-Tailed Fox Saint, I wish to exchange the three most vital lotus seeds of this Three Lives Conjoined Lotus. I am now capable of refining Ninth Grade Treasure Pill. You may make any request you may have; as long as I can fulfill it, I will do my best to do so."
"Treasure Pill Grandmaster!"
The Nine-Tailed Fox Saint never expected that Xiao Ming, in his excitement, would reveal another identity: the number of Treasure Pill Grandmaster on the entire continent is no more than ten.
How did this young man manage to achieve such a high Dou Qi Realm and such formidable alchemy skills at such a young age?
Could it be that he misjudged Xiao Ming, and that the man before him was some unknown old monster?
That doesn't make sense either.
Actually, Xiao Ming was a little unsure about calling himself Treasure Pill Grandmaster, since he had never refined any precious pills before.
I just feel like I could refine it, but the probability is a bit low.
However, in order to increase his leverage, he still revealed it.
After all, what he wanted wasn't just one lotus seed, but the three most crucial ones; he'd add as much as he could to the stakes.
"Ahem, Nine-Tailed Fox Saint, what are your thoughts?"
"Alliance Leader Xiao, you've just mentioned the three most important lotus seeds; even I, an old man, cannot make that decision."
The Nine-Tailed Fox Saint looked troubled. He could only offer a lotus seed as payment, which was his original plan.
After all, the Wind Snow Holy Hall was not part of his Nine-Tailed Ice Fox Tribe's territory.
Although his Nine-Tailed Ice Fox Tribe was the most powerful, nothing can be accomplished without rules.
The other races in the Wind Snow Holy Hall are all closely connected, and even if they are not as strong as the other races, he would not arbitrarily take out all the treasures of the Wind Snow Holy Hall at once.
"At most, I will offer a core lotus seed as a token of my gratitude for saving Little Girl Yu," said the Nine-Tailed Fox Saint.
Xiao Ming's expression softened slightly upon hearing that there might be one, and then he tried asking again.
"Can't the others be traded? I'm confident I have plenty of money to spare, and if possible, I'd like to ask the Nine-Tailed Fox Saint to grant my request."
"This... I'm afraid it won't work."
The Nine-Tailed Fox Saint shook his head, but then, as if he had thought of something, he hesitated for a moment before speaking.
"However, if you really want to make a trade, you can take advantage of this Sacrifice of Wind and Snow to talk to other races. If you can persuade them, then it's possible."
Upon hearing this, Xiao Ming was delighted and was about to express his gratitude when a deafening sound rang in his ears, and the entire palace began to shake.
Boom!
"Hehehe! Wind Snow Holy Hall, hand over the Eleventh Grade Snow Leaf White Lotus to me! I might spare your Undying!"