Chapter 43 Trading
The Earth Core Tempering Milk is an extremely rare treasure that can only be found by chance. Its effect in strengthening the body and tempering the essence is unmatched by other spiritual objects. It is very useful to Xiao Yan now.

As an eighth-rank alchemy master, Yao Lao could sense that Lin Yuan possessed a strong soul power and a strange fire. He could basically conclude that Lin Yuan was an alchemist of a high rank, so Yao Lao was prepared to conduct a deal openly and honestly.

"Let me be frank with you. What does it cost to exchange your Earth-Tempering Body Milk?" Yao Lao looked at Lin Yuan and asked seriously.

"Senior is indeed straightforward. I won't be polite then." Lin Yuan chuckled and began to put forward his request.

"Heavenly-grade martial arts, heavenly-grade fighting skills, and the inheritance of a ninth-grade alchemist are all acceptable." Lin Yuan began to ask for a sky-high price.

"I don't even have these things, how can you ask for this?" Yao Lao understood that the other party was starting to ask for a sky-high price. He was not angry but happy. This kind of bargaining conversation would inadvertently reveal a lot of information. Yao Lao himself also wanted to test it, so he was very patient.

“Then high-level earth-level skills, high-level earth-level fighting skills, and the inheritance of an eighth-grade alchemist are also acceptable.” Lin Yuan lowered his requirements.

"Hehe, are you daydreaming? Although the Earth Core Tempering Milk is a rare item, the value of any one of these items you mentioned is much higher than it. It would be more appropriate to exchange it with the strange fire in your body." There was a hint of tentativeness in Yao Lao's words.

"Strange Fire?" Xiao Yan looked towards Lin Yuan as if by reflex when he heard the word "Strange Fire". The boy in front of him had Strange Fire? He quickly turned his head to look at the lake in the distance, so that Lin Yuan would not see the fiery look in his eyes.

He was too eager for the strange fire, which was necessary for him to become a strong man. Without the strange fire, how could the technique evolve? If the technique did not evolve, no matter how strange the Burning Technique was, it would only be a low-level yellow-grade technique. A low-level yellow-grade technique could not support long-term cultivation. In this way, how could he make progress?

"Finally the topic has been brought up to this point. I knew you would test me. After all, the Strange Fire is so crucial to Xiao Yan's progress." Lin Yuan thought to himself.

However, he frowned slightly, "Senior, you are joking. I am also an alchemist. I know the importance of exotic fire to alchemists. I will never trade these. Exotic fire is so rare in the world. Although the high-level earth-level skills, high-level earth-level fighting skills, and the inheritance of the eighth-grade alchemist are valuable, they can be reused. After all, they are much worse than a single exotic fire."

After hearing Lin Yuan's words, Yao Lao knew that there was probably no hope for the strange fire on Lin Yuan. If Lin Yuan was willing to trade the strange fire, then the earth-level skills, earth-level fighting skills, and alchemist inheritance in his hands could all be used for trading. What a pity.

As for directly snatching Lin Yuan's strange fire, Yao Lao had never thought about it. In Yao Lao's opinion, such a young man with such outstanding strength and alchemy skills must be cultivated by a powerful force. Such a person must have a backup plan left by his teacher when traveling abroad. Moreover, the boy in front of him is not easy to deal with. He has the strength of an eight-star Dou Wang and has also practiced high-level body refining fighting skills. He is definitely not easy to deal with.

"That's a pity. In that case, forget about the Earth-level advanced skills, Earth-level advanced fighting skills, and the eighth-grade alchemist inheritance. You should just propose some normal trading conditions that are commensurate with the value of the Earth Core Body Tempering Milk." Yao Lao waved his hand and said.

"From what Senior Yao said, he does have high-level earth-grade skills, high-level earth-grade fighting skills, and the inheritance of an eighth-grade alchemist, and he needs strange fire. Then I think there are still some things we can discuss in our deal, such as information about strange fire. What do you think?" Lin Yuan looked at Yao Lao with a smile.

"Oh? Tell me about it." Yao Lao became interested.

Lin Yuan stood up straight and said seriously, "I once accidentally found something when I was exploring a cave. It is something that the seniors will definitely be interested in. It is something related to the strange fire."

Seeing Lin Yuan being so serious, Yao Lao knew that he might have something extraordinary, so he also became serious and asked in a deep voice, "What is it?"

"The remaining picture of the Pure Lotus Demonic Fire!"

"What?" The atmosphere between the two of them suddenly became heavy. Xiao Yan also felt the seriousness of the matter from the atmosphere and shifted his gaze over.

After a while, Yao Lao's deep voice sounded: "Is this true?"

"It's absolutely true." Lin Yuan's voice was also very serious.

“How do you guarantee the map is authentic?”

"No need to say more, senior will know it at a glance." As he said that, Lin Yuan took out the map, but did not hand it to Yao Lao, but spread it out in his own hands.

Yao Lao did not touch it with his hands. Since the other party was so sincere, he should know how to handle it properly. So Yao Lao released his soul power to explore the map.

More than ten minutes later, Yao Lao had confirmed that although this incomplete map was only a quarter of the complete map, it was undoubtedly the real thing. The huge soul power in the map even frightened him. It must have been left behind by someone far superior to himself and it couldn't be a fake.

Yao Lao was determined to get this map. Although the hope of collecting all of it was slim, this was a related item of the Pure Lotus Demon Fire, which ranked third on the Different Fire List. He must not miss it. It was related to the height that Xiao Yan could reach in the future when practicing the Burning Art. Compared with such things that were hard to come by, the earth-level skills, earth-level fighting skills, and the inheritance of the eighth-grade alchemist were precious, but for him, an eighth-grade peak alchemist, they were nothing, because as Lin Yuan said, they were all reusable.

“My friend, since you know that this is the incomplete map of the Pure Lotus Demonic Fire, why did you choose to trade it with me? Don’t you want to subdue the third strange fire on the Strange Fire List? This is an unparalleled temptation for alchemists.” Yao Lao asked with some confusion.

"Still testing." Lin Yuan understood that Yao Lao was trying to get at his true identity, and said half-truthfully, "I am used to grabbing what I can get first. Besides, I already have a strange fire, so this map is much less attractive to me. After all, everyone can only have one strange fire at a time. I am not Senior Yao Zun, who is the best alchemist on the continent. For me, the possibility of collecting the remaining maps is too small. If I don't collect them, they will be useless. It is better to exchange them for something useful at the moment."

"If I hadn't met you, senior, I would have traded with an ancient family through my clan connections. But since I happened to meet you who can eat this thing here, it is fate. It is more cost-effective to trade directly with you than to pass it through the hands of several people. I hope you won't let me down." Lin Yuan's words were suggestive.

Yao Lao understood what Lin Yuan meant. The young man in front of him had more than one choice of trading partner. He traded with him only because of fate and he didn't want others to participate in the transaction process and share the profits, so he shouldn't try.

Thinking of this, Yao Lao became frank and said bluntly: "In this case, I will trade with you. I will exchange a high-level earth-level technique, a high-level earth-level fighting skill, and an inheritance of an eighth-grade alchemist for this map."

Lin Yuan shook his head and said seriously: "We all know the value of this deal, so let's be honest with each other. I don't intend to ask for too much. If I add one more high-level earth-level technique, the deal can be done."

Lin Yuan himself needs to switch to practicing high-level skills, and Qing Lin, who has become a fighter, also needs high-level skills.

Yao Lao was silent for a moment, and finally nodded, "Okay, I can add a high-level earth-level technique."

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