"Fellow Daoist Chen, I failed to think things through this time."
Ying Congyun lowered his hands and clasped them in salute, expressing his apology.
No matter what, this introduction could not be considered pleasant.
"Fellow Daoist Ying, there is no need for this. This was not something anyone could have foreseen."
Chen Ping'an lightly raised a hand, unconcerned.
A mere Master Gu was not worthy of such treatment from him.
"No matter what, it was still my fault." Ying Congyun wore an apologetic expression as he spoke softly.
Chen Ping'an naturally offered a few gentle words.
Whatever Ying Congyun truly thought, this attitude was undoubtedly comforting.
Ying Congyun had been at Northern Mountain Pass for many years. Though his combat power was inferior to Hou Xibai's, the fact that he had contended on equal terms with him for so long meant he had more than a few tricks up his sleeve.
As they spoke, Chen Ping'an occasionally caught snippets of the surrounding conversations and heard someone mention Ice Soul Cold Water.
"Ice Soul Cold Water?"
Chen Ping'an's heart stirred. This was the second time he had heard of Ice Soul Cold Water.
The first had been with Master Gu. Among the priority trading chips he had offered for Tier 4 Treasure Pills and Breakthrough Spirit Pills was Ice Soul Cold Water.
As an alchemist, Master Gu needed medicinal catalysts while refining pills, substances that could harmonize conflicting medicinal properties.
Some spirit waters were often required, such as Heavenly Spring Water and Clear Spring Water. Ice Soul Cold Water was one of them, and among the rarer kinds at that.
What Chen Ping'an cared about was naturally not its efficacy as a medicinal catalyst, but rather—
Ice Soul Cold Water was frozen to the bone, its chill piercing deep into the