Chen Jiu did not think Feng Jun's asking price was excessive at all. The effects and influence of Life Potion were indeed extraordinary, but that depended on who was seeking treatment—if even Life Potion could no longer help, yet someone else could continue extending your lifespan, shouldn't you be more sincere?
As for the claim that Life Potion becoming widespread would shake the Federation's rule, he acknowledged it. But what if the other party did not belong to the Federation's forces?
Chen Jiu had no doubt whatsoever that Feng Jun did not belong to the Federation's forces, because the Federation's people simply could not accomplish what he had done.
Moreover, Feng Jun had never settled accounts using Federation Credits. He used Energy Stones. Chen Jiu had initially thought the other party might be part of the Resistance Army or something similar, but clearly, there was no one in the Resistance Army who could live to be five hundred.
The Human Federation believed that once someone passed one hundred and fifty, every extra day they lived was profit.
Of course, individual differences objectively existed. Some people really could live a little longer, but throughout the Federation's history, no one had ever lived past one hundred and eighty.
While extending lifespans, Life Potion also weakened individual differences. What it raised was humanity's overall lifespan, so the advantages some people possessed in terms of longevity were offset—there was no helping it. Life Potion had been developed for the population as a whole, not for individuals.
Simply put, Life Potion could indeed prolong life, but its upper limit was fixed at one hundred and eighty years.
Anything beyond that was no longer science, but mysticism.
Chen Jiu knew Robert wielded considerable influence, and he roughly knew who stood behind him—a man in his late