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第三千二百九十二章 圈套

After a moment's thought, Lin Xuan had already made up his mind.

With a wave of his sleeve robe, an jade bottle flew out.

"Primordial Spirit Treasure. I cannot use such items for exchange. Fairy, how about these pills?"

"Pills?"

Tianyin Fairy was taken aback but still took the jade bottle as expected. However, her expression showed some dissatisfaction, as if to say that a mere handful of pills could not settle such a great grudge.

But despite her dissatisfaction, she had to take a look.

With this thought in mind, she waved her sleeve robe and "plop" it sounded in her ears.

The bottle cap opened, releasing an invigorating fragrance into the air.

"What is this..."

She turned the jade bottle around, pouring out several snow-white immortal pills from inside.

They were roughly the size of dragon eyes, with faint talisman inscriptions drifting on their surfaces like grains of rice.

"Clear Heart Condensing Snow Pill!"

Her face showed signs of surprise.

As a cultivator at the late Transcending Tribulation stage, any treasure that could catch her attention must be good.

The Clear Heart Condensing Snow Pill before her was just such an item; it greatly enhanced the magical power of tribulation-stage existences, making meditation and cultivation twice as effective.

It sounded unremarkable on the surface.

But one should not forget its target: a tribulation-stage cultivator.

At this level of cultivation, every increase in magical power was extremely difficult. Some unlucky old monsters had closed themselves off for thousands of years without seeing any growth in their magical power.

This made it clear that the Clear Heart Condensing Snow Pill was of high quality and something even great existences would be willing to trade for.

Lin Xuan produced such a treasure, naturally showing considerable sincerity.

However, Tianyin Fairy was not satisfied. A mere handful of pills were far from enough to make up for her losses.

"Though the pills are good, this sect lost a mid-stage tribulation cultivator. Do you think such a price can settle our grievances?"

"Well..."

Lin Xuan's brows tightened: "What else do you want? Must it be a Primordial Spirit Treasure? I have said that no matter what, I will never hand over such an item."

"You brat, don't talk so confidently. You managed to kill the sect's Supreme Elder and still keep your life; you should be secretly laughing. Even if you give us your Primordial Spirit Treasure as compensation, what harm is there in that?" The old man in black robes could no longer hold back his anger.

"Oh?"

Lin Xuan did not back down, staring coldly at him: "I may be in a tiger's den, but I don't have to submit. If you think so, you're mistaken; I'm not a fish on the chopping block, and you can't guarantee that I'll stay."

"Want to try it?" The old man in black robes was furious; this kid was too arrogant.

"Enough. We agreed to shake hands and make peace. Why must the two of you quarrel again?" Dailong True Man's lazy voice echoed.

"Right, why don't both parties take a step back? What harm is there in that?"百花仙子 also said slowly from the side.

With these powerful figures speaking up, the old man in black robes could not refute them.

Though he was an impulsive cultivator, he dared not offend two top-tier great existences at once. As for Lin Xuan, he had no intention of turning hostile; now, he simply wanted to back down. He raised his head and looked at Tianyin Sect's leader: "According to Fairy, what kind of treasure should I present to settle our grievances?"

"Primordial Spirit Treasures are out of the question."

"Alright."

Tianyin Fairy nodded, not insisting on a Primordial Spirit Treasure. She knew such an exchange was too unreasonable: "Since you say so, this sect will be straightforward. We don't need any Primordial Spirit Treasures but one Clear Heart Condensing Snow Pill is still insufficient to show our sincerity. How about if you can provide us with another pill that greatly benefits tribulation-stage cultivators? Then your grievances with this sect will be settled."

"Really..."

Lin Xuan's expression was extremely difficult.

To be fair, the other party had already shown some sincerity, but upon careful consideration, it was still a bit too demanding.

For a tribulation-stage cultivator to advance, that was an incredibly difficult task. Even just enhancing magical power could take thousands of years without any results. Let alone breaking through bottlenecks; such opportunities were rare and hard to come by.

At their level, ordinary spirit pills had no use. The things that could help break through bottlenecks were all divine treasures.

Though not as valuable as Primordial Spirit Treasures, they wouldn't differ much in value either.

Lin Xuan hadn't seen such items before, but even if he had, he would have already consumed them long ago.

Now, the other party's demand left him in a difficult position.

He frowned and thought hard when another cold voice echoed: "How about just one pill? Are you not agreeing to that too? Do you really think this sect is easy to bully, that our Supreme Elder can be killed?"

The old man in black robes spoke with obvious挑衅, his hostility towards Lin Xuan clear.

But Lin Xuan did not get angry; he didn't even turn his head but treated him as if he was invisible.

Ignoring someone could also be a choice. The old man in black robes was furious but dared not act out in front of Dailong and the Hundred Flowers Fairy. He could show disrespect with words, but here, he had to think about the consequences before confronting Lin Xuan; thus, he sulked silently.

Lin Xuan raised his head and directly addressed Tianyin Fairy: "A single pill, I wouldn't be so stingy, but a clever woman can't cook without rice. I have no such treasure..."

"Alas," Tianyin Fairy sighed, "if you say that, it's hard for me."

She continued in a soft voice, "Originally, I wanted two Primordial Spirit Treasures as compensation, and both sides could settle their grievances. You refused because you thought my price was too high. Alright, now I only need one pill; if you can't provide it, how do you plan to resolve this matter? Can we just leave things as they are?"

Lin Xuan's face turned red, unable to argue back. He scratched his head and showed a bit of embarrassment.

"Alright, this is fair. This fairy isn't unreasonable. With Dailong and the Hundred Flowers Fairy mediating, let's follow their advice: you can't provide us with pills, so give us one Primordial Spirit Treasure in exchange. From now on, we'll shake hands and make peace; such a result would be satisfactory for both sides."

"Unacceptable!"

Lin Xuan heard this and realized the situation was dire.

He always considered himself highly intelligent but had underestimated the wisdom of heroes. Tianyin Fairy was cunning and had set up a trap step by step. He had fallen into it without realizing it.

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