Son-in-law Heaven Emperor Xiao Yi-Chapter 1763 - 1716: Netherworld Water Lily

Capítulo 1763: Chapter 1716: Netherworld Water Lily

The same question posed to anyone in the Blissful Heaven Realm would likely result in them not choosing Xiao Yi either.

Xiao Yi remained expressionless and did not rush Chen Yiding to make a choice, patiently waiting for him to finish thinking. After a moment, Chen Yiding sighed with resignation and said, “I hope you can understand, my benefactor. While I sincerely wish to be your disciple, I have many concerns, I…” 𝐟𝐫𝕖𝗲𝘄𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝕧𝐞𝚕.𝕔𝕠𝐦

Xiao Yi waved his hand, indicating he didn’t mind.

In fact, Chen Yiding’s choice was within his expectations.

Xiao Yi said, “No worries, it’s only natural.” He paused and then looked at Gou Butong, “Gou, remember our agreement. Now that the Gestation Elixir is ready, the things you promised me…”

Chen Yiding urged, “Butong, quickly bring the items our benefactor requested!”

“I will head to the warehouse to fetch them right away!”

Gou Butong quickly said, “Master, benefactor, this secret room is already so dilapidated. Would you both like to wait in the VIP room?”

Chen Yiding was taken aback, glancing at the jade bottle in his hand and then at Xiao Yi, feeling a bit hesitant.

Xiao Yi noticed that he was eager to consume the Gestation Elixir and chuckled, “You go ahead and take the elixir, I’ll walk around the front and see if there are any herbs I need!”

“This…”

Chen Yiding opened his mouth but said nothing more, nodding, “Benefactor, I’m going to refine the Gestation Elixir now. Please make sure to leave a way to contact you so I can repay your great kindness in the future!”

“Alright, I’ll tell Gou.”

Xiao Yi smiled.

Once Chen Yiding went to another secret room, he left the damaged secret room with Gou Butong.

“Benefactor, feel free to look around the shop. Take whatever you fancy; I’ll go to the warehouse to fetch the treasures!” Gou Butong led Xiao Yi into the Rejuvenation Pavilion and said.

The herbs Xiao Yi required for refining the Emperor Extreme Elixir were extremely precious.

Especially since the quantity he required was exceptionally large.

Even with the resources of the Rejuvenation Pavilion, it would take a hundred years of profit to afford such precious herbs. However, compared to Chen Yiding successfully reaching the Saint Emperor Realm in the future and then striving towards the realm of Emperor Alchemist.

These losses were but a drop in the ocean.

Of course.

Since the herbs were particularly precious, the Rejuvenation Pavilion did not have them in stock; Gou Butong needed to go to the treasury to fetch them.

And the treasury was not located within the Rejuvenation Pavilion.

Xiao Yi naturally did not care where the treasury was. After Gou Butong left, he wandered around the Rejuvenation Pavilion by himself.

Aside from having its own merchandise,

the top floor also had a public trading area for other individual vendors to sell herbs.

Many herb seekers and herbal traders could trade in the public area.

However.

They needed to pay a certain stall fee, and upon completing each transaction, they also had to submit a portion to the Rejuvenation Pavilion as a handling fee.

This was far more profitable than the Rejuvenation Pavilion buying herbs and selling them itself.

After all.

Many herb seekers might find extremely precious herbs but are unwilling to sell them cheaply to the Rejuvenation Pavilion or other herb shops, so they’d bring their items to the pavilion’s public trading area.

Xiao Yi was walking through the public trading area.

Although rare herbs often appeared here, and even some meticulously appraised herbs turned out to be rare treasures that people managed to acquire unexpectedly,

which led to the emergence of people specifically looking for bargain opportunities in the public trading area.

As a consequence.

Some gangs specialized in producing and selling fake goods began to show up in the public trading area.

Lin Sancheng was among the most notorious of these fake goods gangs.

However.

Lin Sancheng had been counterfeiting and selling fake goods for decades without ever being caught.

Besides.

There were times when their gang did produce some good items.

As their stall frequently had good things on display,

though people often got fooled,

the crowd had a love-hate relationship with Lin Sancheng’s gang!

Lin Sancheng rented a quite prominent stall in the public trading area. From his storage ring, he took out a dark red wooden chair, sitting cross-legged on it, leisurely sipping a cup of tea.

At that moment,

a figure walked through the crowd, pausing briefly as they passed Lin Sancheng, casting him a glance.

Lin Sancheng squinted towards the newcomer.

Their lips did not move,

but they transmitted a few words telepathically.

Lin Sancheng nodded slightly, his gaze sweeping over the crowd, inconspicuously glancing at Xiao Yi, who had just entered from the entrance, his lips subtly curling upwards. In a wave of his hand, a black lotus flower, as dark as black jade, quietly fell onto the stall.

A rich herbal fragrance dispersed.

Around the black lotus, the dense herbal aroma swirled upwards, coalescing into graceful figures that danced ethereally.

The crowd let out exclamations: “Whoa, isn’t this the legendary Netherworld Water Lily?”

“It’s said that it can only grow from the Shariputra of an Extinction Meditation Saint Emperor. Nourished by the River of Yellow Springs and millions of years of Yin Ming energy, forming a Netherworld Water Lily?”

Exclamations drew an ever-growing crowd.

Netherworld Water Lily.

A million-year-old Immortal Medicine Sovereign.

Extremely precious and unparalleled.

Allegedly…

This Netherworld Water Lily could be eaten raw, granting a special Netherworld physique upon consumption, allowing one to traverse Between Yin and Yang. As known, to achieve the Holy Emperor Domain, one must absorb the power of death.

In this world,

the most abundant source of the power of death is indeed the Netherworld.

For this reason,

the appearance of a Netherworld Water Lily would tempt even a Saint Emperor, possibly igniting bloody conflicts.

However.

Despite the shock, people also doubted the authenticity of the Netherworld Water Lily presented by Lin Sancheng: “Lin Sancheng, aren’t you trying to trick us again with fake items this time?”

“The Netherworld Water Lily can only be harvested in the Netherworld. How could you possibly obtain it? This has to be fake, right?”

Lin Sancheng’s expression was stoic, sneering disdainfully, “Can’t you assess whether it’s real yourselves? Have you all forgotten the rules of the public trading area? If you want to buy it, buy it. If you’re scared of being deceived, then get lost instead of embarrassing yourselves here…”

“You…”

Lin Sancheng’s attitude left many people seething with anger.

Yet they were eager to know whether the Netherworld Water Lily was genuine and wondered if anyone would truly buy this exorbitantly priced treasure.

Within the crowd.

Xiao Yi happened to pass by and was also captivated by the talk of the Netherworld Water Lily, feeling surprised and curious: “Can someone really harvest a Netherworld Water Lily in this world?”

He squeezed his way out of the crowd, standing in front of Lin Sancheng’s stall.

The black lotus before him, whether in its quality, appearance, or the black shadowy figures ethereally dancing upon it, was identical to the legendary Netherworld Water Lily.

If judged purely on appearance and phenomena, this was undoubtedly a genuine Netherworld Water Lily.

However.

Xiao Yi could discern at a glance that this Netherworld Water Lily was fake. Moreover, as he approached Lin Sancheng’s stall, although Lin Sancheng attempted to maintain a calm and indifferent posture, he could not evade Xiao Yi’s acute spiritual perception.

Lin Sancheng’s attention had been fixed on him.

When he stopped at the stall staring at the Netherworld Water Lily, Lin Sancheng finally breathed a sigh of relief.

This meant…

Lin Sancheng was waiting for him!

Yet Xiao Yi had never met Lin Sancheng!

Recalling being tracked after leaving the Four Seasons Pavilion earlier, Xiao Yi surreptitiously scanned the public trading area with his spiritual sense.

With his current power,

even a Saint Emperor could not detect his spiritual probe.

Sure enough.

After a thorough scan,

he identified the person who had been following him amongst the crowd, and connecting it with Lin Sancheng’s behavior, he realized they must be waiting for him.

“I’d like to see what trick you’re trying to pull!”

Xiao Yi inwardly smirked coldly and then asked aloud, “How much for this Netherworld Water Lily?”