"I'm sure you understand that if I can casually offer a sixth-grade pill as payment, I wouldn't fear you even if you were once a Dou Emperor, right?"
Xiao Yan's meaning was perfectly clear-
If they negotiated properly, she could even trade him a sixth-grade pill for this fragmentary map, because she was in a good mood, and the map was worth that price;
Of course, if he refused to negotiate, he wouldn't be able to keep the map anyway.
As for her last remark, that was a threat, pure and simple.
After all, even Pill King Gu He wouldn't casually promise someone a sixth-grade pill, especially one whose refining difficulty was unknown.
With that kind of "backing," making a little Dou Ling living in seclusion disappear really wouldn't be difficult.
The old man fell silent for a moment, then withdrew his oppressive aura. "I never expected my name to survive the passage of time. To think you've actually heard of me..."
Xiao Yan smiled without answering, although she figured Hai Bodong had refrained from attacking not because she knew his name, but because he feared her "background"...
"Girl, who's this old man? The Ice Emperor?"
"Yes, he's..." Xiao Yan explained to the Apothecary in her mind.
"I need a sixth-grade pill refined with a heavenly flame. Can you get that, too?" Hai Bodong looked at Xiao Yan.
"One that needs a heavenly flame..." Xiao Yan paused.
After all, there were plenty of alchemists on the Dou Qi Continent who could refine sixth-grade pills, so it was plausible that she had such a teacher;
But add the condition of "possessing a heavenly flame," and that was another matter entirely.
"What do you say, Teacher? Show him what you can do?" Xiao Yan asked inwardly.
"Why go to all that trouble?