Chapter 1896: A Belly That Can Hold Much

“You, do you dare?”

Heaven and earth fell silent, with only Ye Yuan’s words echoing.

Wasn’t such a declaration no different from suicide?

“Hahaha…” Suddenly, Lin Changqing burst into wild laughter.

After a long while, the laughter gradually subsided, and Lin Changqing declared, “Do I dare? You ask if I dare? If I, the Venerable One, dare not accept a challenge from an ant, what Great Dao am I seeking?”

Ye Yuan nodded, and a strand of soul power spread out.

“In that case, let us establish a soul contract!”

Lin Changqing sneered, “What, are you afraid I’ll go back on my word?”

Ye Yuan looked at him and said calmly, “Aren’t you afraid I’ll go back on mine?”

Lin Changqing frowned and snorted, “Do you think I fear you?”

On Lin Changqing’s side, a strand of soul power also spread out.

The two strands of soul power converged in the air, and an aura of the Heavenly Dao merged into their souls.

This two-thousand-year bet was officially in effect.

If anyone violated the soul contract, they would suffer backlash from the Heavenly Dao, with extremely severe consequences.

“Heh, what a foolish ant! If you want to challenge me, you should at least first take the Sun-Moon Azure Heaven Pill. That way, you’d have at least a sliver of hope. But now… haha…”

Lin Changqing was quite pleased, because he knew all too well what could be achieved in two thousand years.

In the Tongtian Realm, with so many Heavenly Emperor Dao Fields, he had never heard of anyone breaking through from a Heavenly God to a Heavenly Venerate in two thousand years.

Moreover, during these two thousand years, would he, Lin Changqing, stand still?

With his talent, two thousand years was enough to make great progress!

In this battle, he had no possibility of losing.

“The Sun-Moon Azure Heaven Pill, are you talking about this?”

A small bottle had appeared in Ye Yuan’s hand at some point. As he opened the bottle, a suffocating fragrance of medicine instantly spread between heaven and earth.

Just the faint scent that escaped was enough to intoxicate.

Lin Changqing’s pupils contracted sharply, and he looked at the small bottle in Ye Yuan’s hand in disbelief, exclaiming, “You… how do you have a Hao Ling Sun-Moon Azure Heaven Pill?”

Having come from a Heavenly Emperor Dao Field, Lin Changqing naturally knew how difficult it was to refine a Hao Ling Sun-Moon Azure Heaven Pill.

Even in the Imperial Capital, the probability of a Xu Ling Sun-Moon Azure Heaven Pill appearing was negligible.

Although a fifth-grade divine pill was of no use to Lin Changqing, that didn’t mean the pill Ye Yuan had taken out was worthless.

On the contrary, this pill was priceless, its value incalculable!

If Ye Yuan put this Sun-Moon Azure Heaven Pill up for sale in the Imperial Capital, it would absolutely drive all Heavenly God and even True God powerhouses crazy.

As for the capital city, that went without saying.

A Hao Ling divine pill could only appear in places like a Heavenly Emperor Dao Field.

And a ninth-grade pill like the Sun-Moon Azure Heaven Pill—let alone a five-star Divine Pill Master, even a seven-star Divine Pill Master, few could refine it.

Above Divine grade, Purple Ling, Xu Ling, Hao Ling, Xiu Ling, Tong Ling—each grade was more difficult than the last.

The higher the grade, the more terrifying the difficulty.

At this level, the difficulty of refinement was no longer related to the alchemist’s effort.

Some alchemists of average talent could, through hard work, reach four-star, five-star, or even six-star Divine Pill Master.

But in terms of pill quality, no matter how hard they tried, they could never reach the Hao Ling Divine grade.

Refining pills of this level required a very profound understanding of the Dao of Alchemy.

If Purple Ling Divine grade were taken as a unit, between Xu Ling and Hao Ling lay a gap of a million Purple Ling!

For the vast majority of alchemists, they could never refine a single Hao Ling divine pill in their entire lives!

Things like Hao Ling divine pills belonged only to those Divine Pill Masters of extremely high talent.

Lin Changqing was stunned speechless. He had used a Purple Ling Sun-Moon Azure Heaven Pill to humiliate Ye Yuan?

How ridiculous!

Regardless of pride, would Ye Yuan, who possessed a Hao Ling Sun-Moon Azure Heaven Pill, care about a mere Purple Ling Sun-Moon Azure Heaven Pill?

Tong’er said with a mocking expression, “How could he have it? Of course, he refined it himself.”

Lin Changqing finally lost his composure, his face full of disbelief. “Refined it himself? Do you think I, the Venerable One, would believe that? A Heavenly God refining a Hao Ling Sun-Moon Azure Heaven Pill? Do you take me for a fool?”

Tong’er shrugged and said calmly, “Believe it or not, that’s your business. I don’t need to prove anything to you, and Ye Yuan certainly doesn’t either.”

Lin Changqing suddenly laughed loudly, “I understand now. You must have obtained this pill in a secret realm! But so what if you have a Hao Ling Sun-Moon Azure Heaven Pill? Before me, you still have no chance!”

Whoosh!

Ye Yuan casually tossed the small bottle in his hand toward Lin Changqing.

Instinctively, Lin Changqing reached out and caught the bottle.

“This pill is of no use to me. If you have any juniors who need it, I’ll give it to you,” Ye Yuan said calmly.

Everyone stared in astonishment at this scene, their eyes nearly popping out.

Wasn’t this too bold?

That was a Hao Ling Sun-Moon Azure Heaven Pill, and he was giving it to his life-and-death opponent?

Those Heavenly God powerhouses were exclaiming in frenzy—what a waste of a heavenly treasure!

“Pfft!”

Leng Qiuling, Tong’er, and the others couldn’t help but laugh out loud.

Earlier, Lin Changqing had used a pill to humiliate Ye Yuan, and now Ye Yuan was repaying in kind with a Hao Ling divine pill, which was far more powerful than a mere Purple Ling pill.

Lin Changqing’s expression was extremely ugly. Logically, he should have destroyed the pill immediately.

But he hesitated!

The Hao Ling Sun-Moon Azure Heaven Pill was too precious!

Subconsciously, he couldn’t bear to destroy it.

He naturally didn’t need the pill, but as Ye Yuan had said, someone in his family did!

One Hao Ling Sun-Moon Azure Heaven Pill equaled one True God powerhouse.

Moreover, that True God’s potential would be greatly developed, and they might even become a Heavenly Venerate in the future.

When a pill reached the Hao Ling level, its significance was far more than just a simple pill.

Otherwise, with Lin Changqing’s experience and insight, how could he care about a mere fifth-grade divine pill?

“Don’t feel embarrassed. Although you almost killed me today, I still want to thank you. You brought me news of Li’er, which is excellent news for me. If you ever need any pills in the future, feel free to come to me for refinement. Hmm… but you’ll need to provide the ingredients yourself.”

As if reading Lin Changqing’s thoughts, Ye Yuan added another heavy dose.

But these words came from the bottom of his heart.

Although he had almost been killed today, he was actually very happy to get news of Li’er.

At least he knew that Li’er was doing well now.

Bang!

Lin Changqing trembled with rage, and with a squeeze, the small bottle shattered into powder.

The Hao Ling divine pill naturally vanished as well.

Lin Changqing stared fixedly at Ye Yuan, trying to see a trace of pain in his eyes.

But he was disappointed.

Ye Yuan’s expression was utterly calm, showing no reaction at all to the destruction of the Sun-Moon Azure Heaven Pill.

This showed that he truly didn’t care!

Lin Changqing was almost driven mad. He hadn’t expected that today would end up like this.