The Destruction Giant Ape's words made Sage Laozi roll his eyes.
For even Laozi, with all his composure, to be rendered somewhat speechless by the impudent monkey before him was a rare sight indeed.
However, the Destruction Giant Ape had not come here merely because he was bored enough to beg for alms.
After rising from the meditation cushion, he scratched at the Grade-12 Black Lotus of Destruction beneath his feet and eventually dug out three lotus seeds.
"Old man, help me refine a few Destruction Divine Pills."
"I don't care how many you end up making. I only want five!"
"Three Destruction Lotus Seeds to refine five Destruction Divine Pills—given your abilities, old man, that should be no trouble at all, right?" The Destruction Giant Ape displayed three plump Destruction Lotus Seeds in his furry palm as he spoke.
Sage Laozi no longer wished to say anything to the Destruction Giant Ape. He beckoned and took the Destruction Lotus Seeds, then asked, "What about the other materials?"
"Do you expect me to conjure five pills out of thin air with just three Destruction Lotus Seeds?" Laozi asked, blowing at his beard.
The Destruction Giant Ape continued to look at him with an innocent expression.
Laozi waved his hand. "Go on!"
"Come back in three hundred... no, five hundred years, to the Eight Sceneries Palace."
"When the time comes, don't look for me. Go directly to the Pill Refining Room. I'll leave the refined pills there," Laozi said.
As soon as he finished speaking, Laozi flicked his daoist robe, and the Destruction Giant Ape's body began to retreat uncontrollably out of Laozi's meditation chamber.
Even though the Grade-12 Black Lotus of Destruction beneath his feet spun without stop, it still could not neutralize Laozi's force of hardness and softness.
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