At those words, Zhang Yuan's thoughts stirred. Rather than hurry to thank him and accept, he asked:
"What do you seek in return, Senior?"
He had earned the earlier Calamity-Transforming Pill by defending Mount Junya and rendering great service, exchanging his battle merit for it. But the Eastern Ya Cui Clan's Supreme Treasure was clearly something belonging to a Celestial Person, hardly something battle merit could buy.
Although he had a good impression of Cui Qiezhe, there was no such thing as a free bargain in this world. Every opportunity and treasure already had its price marked, whether openly or in secret.
Cui Qiezhe's gaze remained calm and gentle. Unsurprised by Zhang Yuan's question, he said slowly, "The [Nine-Vault Golden Li Furnace], and the [Heavenly Well Radiance] method in your possession. Those are the terms our True Lord has named."
Zhang Yuan's expression shifted slightly, astonishment rising in his heart.
Aside from himself, only Xiao Yuanjun and Chen Xinqiao, far away in Dragon Creek City in the Ao Kingdom, knew about the "Heavenly Radiance Illuminating the World True Scripture." Even fewer people knew about the [Nine-Vault Golden Li Furnace]. To this day, he had never shown it to anyone. How had the Eastern Ya Cui Clan learned of it?
Moreover, although the [Nine-Vault Golden Li Furnace] possessed an extraordinary conceptual image and showed signs of evolving into one of the Heavenly Gang and Earthly Sha, it was ultimately only an Outer Dao Dharma Treasure. Its quality was, at most, comparable to Light-Splitting, the Ritual Sword Lu Zhiyu had given him.
An Outer Dao Dharma Treasure might hold some value for Outer Dao practitioners and rogue cultivators, but to the Five Surnames and Seven Great Clans, it truly differed little from mortal iron.
Back then, the [Blood Miasma Celestial], Wang Chengtian,