Chapter 1961: Ancient God Battlefield

“Why?” Ye Yuan was taken aback, puzzled.

It was clear that the relationship between Jian Sutao and Jian Hongxiao was not ordinary.

Logically, Jian Sutao should have wanted Jian Hongxiao to recover.

Yet Jian Sutao directly refused him, which left him utterly perplexed.

Jian Sutao said indifferently, “The formula for the Six-Pattern Star Pill is exclusive to the Jian family. How can it be casually shown to others?”

Ye Yuan frowned slightly and said, “But this pill is of little use to others; it only works for the Jian family, doesn’t it? Even if I see the formula, it’s to save a member of the Jian family. What’s wrong with that?”

Jian Sutao’s gaze sharpened, and a surge of anger radiated from him, instantly putting immense pressure on Ye Yuan.

Jian Hongxiao was startled and quickly said, “Please calm down, sir. Ye Yuan… he was only trying to save me.”

“Hmph! How dare you talk back to me? What audacity!” Jian Sutao snorted coldly.

Ye Yuan stood his ground and said, “I’m just stating a fact! This formula, in your hands, no one can refine it, leaving the Jian family to sigh in vain. In my hands, it could save many Jian family members. Why not?”

Hearing this, Jian Sutao grew even angrier and said coldly, “Heh, what an arrogant junior! How dare you criticize the rules of my Jian family? Besides, with you just entering the sixth rank, do you think you can refine the Six-Pattern Star Pill? You underestimate this pill too much!”

Ye Yuan looked at Jian Sutao and said calmly, “Give me five years, and I will definitely refine the Six-Pattern Star Pill!”

Jian Sutao sneered, “A toad trying to swallow a swan—what big talk! Do you think refining a sixth-rank divine pill is as easy as drinking water or eating? Or do you think that with the Emperor’s Aura, you’re invincible? If I kill you now, even if you could cultivate to the Dao Ancestor realm, it would be in vain!”

With that, Jian Sutao’s aura truly turned cold, clearly enraged and ready to kill.

A suffocating pressure descended upon Ye Yuan from all directions.

Ye Yuan felt as if the entire starry sky had collapsed, an utterly terrifying sensation.

Back when Ye Yuan was at the Divine Pattern Realm, he had faced Lin Changqing, who was at the Heavenly Sovereign Realm, and had felt utterly powerless.

But that feeling now seemed trivial in comparison.

This Heavenly Sovereign before him was nothing like the novice Lin Changqing.

However, no matter how strong Jian Sutao was, Ye Yuan didn’t even flinch, his face showing no sign of alarm.

That was just how stubborn Ye Yuan was.

Cold sweat beaded on Jian Hongxiao’s forehead; he hadn’t expected things to escalate to this point.

“Sir Sutao, please calm down! If you want to kill Ye Yuan, then kill me first.”

Jian Sutao said coldly, “Hmph! Do you think I won’t kill you out of consideration for Feng Qi?”

Jian Hongxiao’s face changed, and he shook his head, “I wouldn’t dare! But Ye Yuan came here to save me; I can’t just watch him die!”

Ye Yuan sneered and said to Jian Hongxiao, “Heh, if they won’t give the formula, so be it! If others can create this pill, I, Ye Yuan, can create it too—it’ll just take some effort! Senior, let’s go!”

Ye Yuan had even created the Soul-Fusion Dao Pill, an incredible pill; he didn’t believe he couldn’t create the Six-Pattern Star Pill.

It was just that Ye Yuan had just broken through to the Yuan Dan Realm and was still in the stage of deducing and familiarizing himself with sixth-rank divine pills.

Otherwise, he wouldn’t have said it would take five years to refine the Six-Pattern Star Pill.

Not many people could use pills to threaten Ye Yuan.

Jian Sutao hadn’t expected Ye Yuan to say such a thing and was taken aback.

Although his deduction skills were extraordinary, he couldn’t deduce Ye Yuan’s situation and naturally didn’t understand him.

So he had no idea how powerful Ye Yuan was in the way of alchemy.

But wasn’t this boast a bit too much?

After all, this pill was jointly developed by the Profound Mechanism Heavenly Emperor and the Medicine Ancestor. Was there really someone in this world who claimed they could independently create the Six-Pattern Star Pill?

Yet when Ye Yuan said it with such conviction, it somehow seemed credible.

Jian Sutao was bewildered.

More importantly, Ye Yuan was really about to leave, showing no intention of staying.

Jian Sutao’s face darkened, and he said coldly, “I can give you the formula, but… you must agree to one condition!”

Ye Yuan paused, turned around, and looked at Jian Sutao with a half-smile.

So this was what he was waiting for?

Ye Yuan was also puzzled. Saving Jian Hongxiao was a good thing, so why was Jian Sutao making excuses?

He hadn’t expected this guy to have designs on him.

“Senior, to the Jian family, I’m just an outsider. Threatening an outsider with a Jian family member’s life—isn’t that a bit underhanded?” Ye Yuan said with a wry smile.

Jian Sutao, old and cunning, had a face as thick as a city wall and showed no embarrassment, merely saying calmly, “You will agree.”

Ye Yuan retorted, “Why should I?”

Jian Sutao said, “Because of my deduction skills.”

Ye Yuan’s pupils contracted, and he said helplessly, “Fine, you win. What’s the condition?”

Ye Yuan understood that Jian Sutao couldn’t deduce him, but he could deduce Jian Hongxiao.

Thus, he knew that Jian Hongxiao would soon recover.

And that was tied to Ye Yuan himself.

Ye Yuan felt a wave of helplessness; he didn’t like being manipulated like this.

But he owed Jian Hongxiao.

For Jian Hongxiao’s sake, he would indeed agree.

After all, developing a new pill was extremely time-consuming and mentally taxing.

Moreover, this pill was the combined effort of two supreme heavenly emperors; developing it would be incredibly difficult.

The difficulty was probably not much less than that of researching the Soul-Fusion Dao Pill.

And since it was a sixth-rank divine pill, the difficulty would be even greater.

So, even though he knew Jian Sutao’s behavior was utterly shameless, Ye Yuan had no choice but to accept.

“You will enter the Ancient God Battlefield for me and retrieve something!” Jian Sutao said.

Jian Hongxiao’s face changed, “Sir, do you mean to retrieve that thing?”

Jian Sutao nodded slightly, effectively confirming it.

“No! I’d rather never recover than let Ye Yuan take that risk!” Jian Hongxiao said firmly.

Jian Sutao said calmly, “I’m not asking you; I’m asking him. And he will definitely agree.”

Jian Hongxiao’s face changed, and he said to Ye Yuan, “Ye Yuan, you can’t enter the Ancient God Battlefield. It’s too dangerous; you’ll get yourself killed!”

But Ye Yuan looked at Jian Sutao and said, “Fine, I agree! Now, can you give me the formula?”

Jian Sutao looked at Ye Yuan with some surprise and said, “Aren’t you going to ask what I want you to retrieve? Or what the Ancient God Battlefield is?”