Shen Bing's mouth fell slightly open. "Immortal Friend, isn't that price... a little steep? A Golden Core only costs twenty or thirty thousand Immortal Jade. Besides, its main purpose isn't to extend life, but to improve cultivation. This formula of yours only extends life by a hundred years..."
Shen Bing left the rest unsaid, but his meaning was clear enough: this stuff was pretty low-end, so was it really appropriate to charge so much?
Sun Simiao's aged face flushed, though whether from embarrassment or anger was unclear. Still, he was a god, and a cultured one at that. "You are mistaken, Reverend. Giving a man a fish is not as good as teaching him to fish. This humble god is teaching you an alchemy method. The two cannot be compared."
Shen Bing remained unconvinced. "That may be true, but alchemy still requires ingredients, doesn't it? Besides, Immortal Friend, you said yourself that life-extending pill formulas aren't exactly rare in the Immortal Realm. As for this price..."
Sun Simiao looked somewhat embarrassed. Had he known Shen Bing intended to pay with Immortal Jade, he never would have said that.
Unfortunately, the words were already out. He still hoped to obtain more qi of seven emotions and six desires from Shen Bing in the future, and that stuff was very important to him.
"This humble god's Azure Jade Pill Formula differs from other formulas. It uses very ordinary ingredients, yet its effects are far better than those of other comparable immortal pills," Sun Simiao said. "However, Reverend, you have indeed helped this humble god a great deal. I shall therefore let you have the Azure Jade Pill Formula for one thousand Immortal Jade. I only hope you will devote more effort to collecting qi of seven emotions and six desires in the