"Please, go ahead." Deng Changsheng did as he was told and immediately sat down.
"That friend of yours-why hasn't he sold any demon beast essence blood these past two years?"
In truth, Lin Changheng was probing indirectly because Deng Changsheng had not brought him any of that blood.
If Deng Changsheng answered that his friend had been selling it, Lin Changheng would have to reassess his value and how useful he could be.
Deng Changsheng gave a bitter laugh. "That friend of mine-two years ago, a musical healer bewitched him body and soul. Short of spirit stones, he acted too hastily, exposed himself, and was caught on the spot. He was originally going to receive a severe punishment, but his False Core elder intervened and took him home to confinement. I doubt he'll be coming out anytime soon."
Hearing this, Lin Changheng's lips twitched. The cultivation world truly had every sort of person. Give any rogue cultivator a hand as good as that background,
And they would probably play it ten or a hundred times better than he had. The two exchanged a few more words. When Lin Changheng closed his eyes as though dozing, Deng Changsheng took the hint and promptly bid farewell.
Three months later.
Two rogue cultivators arrived one after the other, bearing courtesy gifts and requesting an audience. They described the medicinal ingredients they possessed and asked whether those could fill the gaps and allow a batch to be refined.
Both actually had [celestial crystal spirit lotus root].
Even Lin Changheng could not help muttering to himself. Was this lotus root really so plentiful? After he had last refined Foundation Establishment Pills, other cultivators had also come to say they possessed this main ingredient and ask to pool their resources for a batch.
Shaking his head,