"Though it is an ancient formula, it is still a fourth-tier pill formula, after all. It remains highly valuable as a reference."
"Fellow Daoist Qing Yang, you have achieved so much at such a young age. Perhaps you can work a 'miracle' and open the eyes of old fellows like us!"
"How about this? I will not be too greedy."
"For this ancient formula, I ask only for the violet nether fruit and profound yin herb. Consider it the start of a friendly connection."
Seeing the troubled expression on Liu Yu's face, as though he could not make up his mind, True Lord Huangmei immediately tried to persuade him.
He offered to take a step back and accept just two three-thousand-year spirit herbs.
Having said this, his eyes filled with admiration, as though he held great expectations for Liu Yu's "bright future" in alchemy.
The Spirit-Merging Pill formula was valuable only to cultivators who needed it. To ordinary cultivators, this ancient formula was nothing more than a sheet of wastepaper.
In the current environment of the Cultivation World, there were simply too few high-level resources to squander. Even an accomplished Alchemy Grandmaster was almost certain to fail at improving a fourth-tier pill formula, despite devoting an entire lifetime to the task.
Having finally encountered a cultivator interested in ancient formulas, True Lord Huangmei naturally did not want to let this opportunity slip away.
It was difficult to put the formula to use himself, but trading it away would at least yield some resources. He still aspired to reach the Nascent Soul late stage, so the choice was hardly difficult.
"Well... all right."
Liu Yu looked troubled and remained silent for a full four or five breaths before speaking again:
"But this is an ancient formula, after all. Its value falls