Lin Changheng calmly returned to his seat.
It was only natural that the elderly steward felt the pinch.
Of the six medicinal ingredients Lin Changheng had requested, four were legitimate results of his deductions, while the other two were additions he had made on the spot.
Both were second-tier supplementary ingredients for the [Youth-Preserving Pill], and quite rare.
But their medicinal properties were not entirely unrelated to the lost ancient ingredients of the [Spirit-Communing Pill].
A connection could be drawn, with a reasonable basis behind it.
Even if each was brought out into the open and weighed on its own merits, no definitive rejection could be reached.
Lin Changheng was confident his request would receive support.
As for why he did not buy them with spirit stones, it was not that he refused to pay, but that the other party refused to sell.
He had come several times, and whenever he asked, they claimed to have none in stock.
Even the Immortal City had to schedule and publicize sales of spiritual materials and medicinal resources like these, or put them up at an auction to bolster its offerings.
They would not sell them casually.
But things were different now-
Lin Changheng was collecting medicinal ingredients to work for the Immortal City, with personal approval from a True Disciple. This concerned the interests of the city's inner circle and gave him astonishing authority, so naturally he intended to take advantage of the opportunity.
As for the elderly steward's mention of two other Pill Masters having visited several times, Lin Changheng reckoned they had not truly come to collect ingredients either.
Most likely, they had the same idea: fleece the Immortal City.
It was precisely that reminder that had prompted Lin Changheng to put the idea into practice.
The elderly steward's resistance