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Bing He's pupils constricted slightly, but his face showed a perfectly timed look of confusion: "Calamity Poison Body? What does Grandmaster Shen mean by this?"

"This Venerable has only heard a little about such a Physique."

Bing He looked at Shen Wen, a look of confusion appropriately surfacing on his face, but his heart tightened.

His research on the Calamity Poison Body was a top secret; how did this Shen Wen know?

Shen Wen's lips curled into a faint smile as he directly exposed him: "Ice Venerable, why pretend to be ignorant? Since I have come, I naturally have my sources of information."

He stopped beating around the bush and got straight to the point: "Two 'zong ji pills' in exchange for all the research data on the Calamity Poison Body in your hands."

"zong ji pill?" Bing He frowned slightly. Having lived in the Northern Region for a long time, he was indeed unfamiliar with the name of this pill.

Several Elders in the hall also showed looks of confusion.

"A type of Medicinal Pill that can help a Dou Zong increase their cultivation by one star."

Shen Wen said concisely.

As soon as he said this, several suppressed gasps of breath sounded in the hall. The eyes of several Dou Zong Elders instantly became burning hot.

To be able to steadily increase one star? For a Dou Zong trapped at a Bottleneck, the temptation was too great!

A ripple also passed through the depths of Bing He's eyes, but his expression remained steady: "Oh? There is such a miraculous pill in the world? Is Grandmaster Shen perhaps joking?"

After all, he was also a Dou Zun and had seen many Medicinal Pills. For pills that improved one's Realm, most after reaching the Dou Zong level only enhanced a Dou Practitioner's comprehension, letting them achieve a Breakthrough on their own.

They weren't like the Huangji Pill, which directly increased cultivation.

"I guarantee it with my status as a Grade 8 Alchemist." Shen Wen's voice wasn't loud, but it carried an unquestionable weight. "The pills are already in hand; it only depends on whether the Venerable is willing to trade."

Hearing Shen Wen guarantee it with his status as a Grade 8 Alchemist, Bing He had no more doubts; this was the weight of a Grade 8 Alchemist.

Several Elders who knew the Valley Master's secret looked at each other, their eyes flashing with interest.

Trading research data for two pills that could directly increase strength—this deal sounded far too profitable.

Bing He's gaze fell on Xiao Yi Xian again, lingering for a moment before he suddenly smiled slightly. The ice and snow on his cold face seemed to melt a little: "Grandmaster Shen is a straightforward person."

"However, that information is indeed voluminous and fragmented, and the place where it is stored needs to be organized."

"Why don't you two enter the valley to rest for a while? I will have someone fetch it as quickly as possible."

Shen Wen glanced at him and nodded: "Very well."

Without hesitation, he took Xiao Yi Xian's hand and followed the guiding Elder into the valley. His expression was calm, as if he were not entering the core stronghold of a regional hegemon, but rather an ordinary courtyard.

Passing through the massive glacier gate, the interior was actually a world of its own.

Although the chill was heavy, it was not dead silent.

The interior of the iceberg had been hollowed out, forming a vast space within which rows of ice-crystal buildings were constructed, like an ice town built inside a mountain.

Light refracted down through the ice layers above, which had been treated in some unknown way, making everything look bizarre and colorful.

Xiao Yi Xian leaned slightly closer to Shen Wen and whispered: "Big Brother Shen Wen, he agreed too readily."

"It's fine." Shen Wen patted her hand. "Let's see what tricks he's playing."

In just the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, the two were led into an elegantly decorated ice room.

Not long after they sat down, Bing He came in person, holding a pale blue Jade Slip in his hand.

"I've kept Grandmaster Shen waiting. All the research insights and experimental records are within this Jade Slip." Bing He handed the Jade Slip over.

Shen Wen took it, and his Soul power instantly swept inside.

The information inside the Jade Slip was indeed vast, ranging from the characteristics and outbreak patterns of the Calamity Poison Body to various conjectures on suppression and utilization, and even some cruel experimental records... It was quite detailed, clearly the accumulation of many years.

He quickly browsed the key sections and confirmed there were no errors.

"It is indeed valuable." Shen Wen withdrew his Soul power, flipped his hand, and took out two white jade medicine bottles, placing them on the table.

Bing He picked one up and uncorked it.

A pure and surging medicinal power, accompanied by a faint and strange spatial fluctuation, wafted out. Just a single sniff made him feel the Dou Qi in his body become faintly active.

A sharp light flashed in his eyes, and he quickly replaced the cap.

"The pill possesses a spiritual rhythm and contains Space Power for harmony... It is truly profound. For Grandmaster Shen to create such a pill, you are truly a natural genius. I am impressed!"

There was a hint of genuine emotion in Bing He's words.

To be able to create such a Medicinal Pill, his Alchemy and ideas were indeed astonishing.

"It's just a trade." Shen Wen put away the Jade Slip and stood up. "Since we are even, we will take our leave."

"I'll see Grandmaster Shen out." Bing He also stood up to see them off, his attitude polite.

It wasn't until the figures of Shen Wen and Xiao Yi Xian disappeared into the horizon outside the valley that the smile on Bing He's face slowly faded, returning to a state of icy coldness.

The trusted Elder Bing Fu, who had been following by his side, lowered his voice and said: "Valley Master, we're just letting them leave like that? That woman is a living Calamity Poison Body. If we could..."

Bing He gave him a cold sidelong glance: "That is Shen Wen!"

"The Pill Tower's youngest Grade 8 Alchemist. If he loses a single hair in the territory of the Ice River Valley, do you want the Pill Tower to come knocking on our door directly?"

Bing Fu shrank his neck, not daring to say more.

Bing He looked in the direction where Shen Wen had left, his gaze deep. He suddenly said: "On the Grand Elder's side, the 'seclusion' will continue for a while. The valley will not see any outside guests recently, do you understand?"

Bing Fu was startled at first, then realized, a look of ruthlessness and excitement flashing in his eyes: "Yes, this subordinate understands! The Grand Elder is 'in seclusion to break through the Bottleneck,' and no one shall disturb him!"

Bing He turned and walked back into the valley, his voice drifting in the cold wind:

"There are some things the Ice River Valley cannot do... but if a 'mysterious powerhouse' takes action and intercepts a passing Alchemist couple, then it has nothing to do with the Ice River Valley."

He paused slightly and added:

"Do it cleanly. I want that zong ji pill; and I want that Calamity Poison Body as well."

...On the flying boat.

Xiao Yi Xian held that pale blue Jade Slip and said softly: "Big Brother Shen Wen, that Bing He agreed too readily."

She had thought that obtaining this information would involve many twists and turns, or at least that Bing He would take action once they entered the Ice River Valley.

From the information in the Jade Slip, she could see just how much Bing He craved an Innate Calamity Poison Body.

Shen Wen stood before the porthole, looking at the continuous glaciers below:

"He doesn't dare to act openly. However..."

As long as one isn't a fool, if a Grade 8 Alchemist were to die in the territory of the Ice River Valley, the Pill Tower would turn the entire valley upside down.

He wasn't like Yao Chen, who had no Foundation in the Pill Tower.

Bing He wasn't crazy enough for that.

He turned around and looked at Xiao Yi Xian: "The road back will probably not be peaceful."

Xiao Yi Xian's eyes sharpened: "He's going to send people to intercept and kill us?"

Shen Wen smiled, his tone flat: "That would be even better. I was just worried about not having a reason to settle old scores with him."

An Acquired Calamity Poison Body Dou Zun is a very useful weapon.

The flying boat broke through the clouds, speeding towards the Pill Domain.

Behind them, from the depths of the glaciers, several obscure and powerful auras quietly rose into the air, following them like shadows.