Chapter 138 Ignorant Ape!

"Heh, what big talk! A mere Qi Realm brat dares to speak of my limits!" the Ape King sneered.

Ye Yuan paid no heed to the Ape King's attitude; he knew the Ape King was already tempted.

Otherwise, with him putting on such airs before the Ape King, the latter would have long since slapped him to death.

Ye Yuan just smiled and said, "Senior Ape King, you know your limits far better than I do. Whether I'm right or wrong, Senior Ape King will judge for yourself. If you think I'm blowing hot air, you can kill me right now—it's no trouble for you, after all."

When Ye Yuan said this, the Ape King fell silent.

As Ye Yuan had said, the Ape King knew its own limits best.

Without a stroke of immense luck, it would be extremely difficult for it to break through to the mid third-tier in this lifetime.

Beastial demons were stronger than humans of the same tier and had longer lifespans—these were their advantages.

However, compared to humans, beastial demons also had great limitations.

Their intelligence was low, and they mostly cultivated by instinct, so their progress was slow.

Moreover, breaking through realms was far more difficult for them than for humans.

For human Crystal Condensation Realm martial artists, breaking through even a minor realm was extremely difficult; for beastial demons, breaking through a stage was even harder!

The Ape King's current strength was roughly equivalent to a human's Crystal Condensation third layer.

For a human martial artist, crossing this small step was already very difficult. For the Ape King, it was naturally even harder.

Thus, Ye Yuan's words sounded arrogant but were not alarmist.

The Ape King knew this well in its heart.

And the Beast Crystal Pill was precisely a pill that could help third-tier beastial demons break through minor realms!

The Ape King had awakened part of its inherited memories, and among those memories was a description of the Beast Crystal Pill.

However, even if the Ape King knew of the Beast Crystal Pill, it could not refine it.

Alchemy was not exclusive to humans, but human alchemists were far more powerful than those of the beastial race.

Moreover, low-tier beastial demons like the Ape King could never refine pills. All they could do was ask human alchemists to refine for them.

But how many human grand alchemists could refine the Beast Crystal Pill? Even if they could, how many could communicate with the Ape King?

It would be good enough if they didn't fight to the death upon meeting.

After all, the Ape King's inner core was also a decent alchemy material!

"Kid, if your elder can't refine it, yet you bring up the Beast Crystal Pill to me, aren't you just playing me for a fool? If you don't give me a reasonable explanation, don't think you'll leave alive!"

Though the Ape King's words were harsh, it still held a sliver of hope; otherwise, why would it bother speaking politely to Ye Yuan?

Ye Yuan laughed and said, "I said earlier that Senior Ape King underestimated me. I only said my elder couldn't refine it, but I never said I couldn't!"

The Ape King wondered if it had misheard: "You? A Qi Realm brat refining a third-tier pill? I may not know much about alchemy, but I'm not so naive as to fall for this trick! You've been going around in circles, hoping I'll let you both go. But since you have the nerve to toy with me, you don't need to leave either."

The Ape King's patience had clearly reached its limit; it waved a claw, ready to order the second-tier Stone Apes to surround Ye Yuan.

Feng Zhirou was startled, realizing that Ye Yuan and the Ape King had fallen out, and immediately raised her sword to prepare for battle.

But Ye Yuan pressed down her sword and said calmly to the Ape King, "Senior Ape King, you don't understand alchemy, but do you know the ranking of human alchemists?"

"Of course I do! But don't tell me that you, a Qi Realm martial artist, are a grand alchemist."

Ye Yuan took off the alchemist badge on his chest and tossed it to the Ape King, saying, "This badge is issued by the Alchemist Association to alchemists and contains my personal information. Senior Ape King need only infuse it with primal force, and you will know."

Though the Ape King didn't believe Ye Yuan had the ability to refine the Beast Crystal Pill, it figured he couldn't pull any tricks, so it infused a wisp of primal force into the badge, and Ye Yuan's information immediately appeared in its mind.

"Junior Alchemist? A Qi Realm junior alchemist?" The Ape King looked at Ye Yuan with some surprise.

The Ape King was also an old demon who had lived for centuries and knew something about the ranking of human alchemists.

Generally, an alchemist's level corresponded to a martial artist's strength; it was extremely rare to see a Qi Realm alchemist or a Liquid Realm grand alchemist.

This showed that this youth's alchemy skill was quite high—no wonder he dared to be so arrogant!

But... so what?

"You're just an alchemist, and a junior one at that, having just passed the Alchemist Association's exam not long ago. Don't tell me you can refine the Beast Crystal Pill now!" The Ape King tossed the badge back to Ye Yuan.

Ye Yuan caught the badge and put it on, then looked at the Ape King and raised a finger, saying, "One year! Within one year, I will definitely deliver a Beast Crystal Pill to Senior Ape King!"

"One year? How is that possible? Kid, don't think you can fool me. No matter how glib you are, you won't leave alive today!" The Ape King sneered.

A junior alchemist refining a third-tier pill within a year?

I may not have read much, but don't try to fool me!

Ye Yuan, however, sneered, "You've awakened your inherited memories, yet you're still just an ignorant ape."

"What did you say? Do you believe I'll kill you right now?" The Ape King flew into a rage upon hearing Ye Yuan's words.

"Isn't that so? Just because you can't do something doesn't mean others can't! Just because you can't understand something doesn't mean it doesn't exist! Back then, Senior Qitian Shengyuan went from first-tier to third-tier in just two years! How do you know I can't refine a third-tier pill within a year? I never expected that Senior Qitian Shengyuan, who once dominated the Divine Domain, would have descendants so ignorant. How pathetic!" Ye Yuan shook his head and sighed.

"Kid, you dare compare yourself to Patriarch Qitian? You really don't know your place! Patriarch Qitian was a Divine Realm expert—how could an ant like you compare?" The Ape King roared in anger.

Ye Yuan sneered, "Is every man born to a station? Senior Qitian Shengyuan did not grow up in the Divine Domain; he rose from the lower realms. Back then, didn't someone also say he didn't know his place? To tell you the truth, refining the Beast Crystal Pill is no trouble for me at all—it's just that my current realm is insufficient. Breaking through to the Crystal Condensation Realm within a year is a piece of cake for me. I've said all I need to say. If Senior Ape King doesn't believe me, then make your move now."

With that, Ye Yuan turned around and truly ignored the Ape King.

The Ape King looked at Ye Yuan, momentarily unsure of what to do...