Raise the Stakes, Think Like the User

"Mu En, you want to use the pill to help Elder Zhuang break through and advance further."

Huang Jinxu immediately understood Mu En's intention.

Mu En merely nodded, saying nothing more.

His meaning could not have been clearer.

Huang Jinxu fell silent, however, and did not answer at once.

Were the ingredients for the Primordial Bone-Shaping Pill hard to find?

Not particularly.

At least, not for Huang Jinxu. Its essential ingredients were a branch from the Life Ancient Tree and Gold of Life.

He could ask the Life Ancient Tree for the former; he already had the latter.

Of course, "not particularly" applied only to him.

Never mind the exceedingly rare Gold of Life—even Shrek Academy's own people could not obtain a branch from the Life Ancient Tree.

What he needed was not a fallen, withered branch, but one still imbued with Life Force.

Huang Jinxu could quietly snap off a branch without a second thought, but Shrek Academy's own people truly did not dare do such a thing lightly.

If anything went wrong, none of them could bear the responsibility.

"Mu En, the pill's main purpose is to increase vitality and strengthen one's foundation. It won't necessarily help a Super Douluo advance further. Elder Zhuang thinks a single pill might let him do so because of his Martial Soul."

"Besides, the pill comes at a steep cost. Refining one for you last time used up the final set of ingredients I had on hand."

"Knowing that, Mu En, do you still want me to refine it?"

Huang Jinxu had been considering what else he could gain from Shrek Academy.

There was little left at Shrek Academy that interested him.

Apart from the one remaining Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone in the Treasure Pavilion, there were only the Titled Douluos'