A good alchemist was surely skilled at divination; Elder Bian Ji was not boasting.
But when Feng Jun heard the words "benefiting the world," he instinctively felt repulsed. He always felt that such rhetoric smacked of moral coercion, so he smiled and asked in return, "There are so many things that could benefit the world. How could anyone possibly finish them all?"
Elder Bian Ji was somewhat curious at that. He blinked and asked, "Are there... many things that benefit the world?"
If you donated your entire fortune, wouldn't that benefit the world? Feng Jun very much wanted to snap that at him, but... there was ultimately no need. He did not want to turn himself into a hedgehog.
So he asked in a deep voice, "Elder Bian Ji, you developed this Feign Death Pill because your own foundation was damaged and you wanted to feign death, didn't you?"
He did not believe the other man had developed such a pill out of pure public spirit. After all, most people would find such behavior far too strange. It made much more sense if it was research intended to solve his own problem.
"That was definitely one factor," Elder Bian Ji answered without hesitation, looking somewhat stunned as well. His expression practically said, Was something this obvious even worth asking?
Then he explained, "But if it were only for myself, there would have been no need to invest so much effort. The main thing is that it benefits everyone."
Since the other party admitted it so readily, Feng Jun could not keep pressing the point. Still, he said, "The old-fashioned Feign Death-By-Deception Pills were already so expensive. This Feign Death Pill cannot be cheap either, can it?"
Elder Bian Ji instantly understood what "Feign Death-By-Deception Pill" referred to. In fact, he