Nine Evolutions of the True Spirit Chapter 279 – Bet of Cauldron

Enlightened Master Kun Shan, who had just been disciplined by Great Ancestor Hong Ye, became pale faced again upon seeing Ning Shi-Ze take out a Golden Core.

"A monster Golden Core? Hehe."

The anger brewing in Yan Wu-Jiu's words was clear.

Enlightened Master Kun Shan quickly smiled, and explained slowly, "Yes, it is. Nephew Ning traded it from some overseas adventurers."

Yan Wu-Jiu sneered coldly and didn't answer, while Enlightened Master Kun Shan heaved a long sigh of relief. He thought in his heart, Nephew Ning is too careless to bring that out. Fortunately, this is the human's territory, so Yan Wu-Jiu held back his anger. After all, Crystal Palace's fame isn’t really effective for the monster race, nor is Yan Wu-Jiu someone we can easily provoke.

While Yan Wu-Jiu was clearly unhappy, Great Ancestor Hong Ye and the other Master Alchemists watched from the sidelines and didn't help Enlightened Master Kun Shan out of his awkward situation.

Great Ancestor Hong Ye smiled, and asked, "Looks like the youngsters are showing all their cards now. Old friend, what have you prepared for Nephew Luan Yu?"

"I'm not wealthy enough to prepare a spirit fire for my disciple like you have, neither will I give him a human Golden Core."

Yan Wu-Jiu paused for a moment and gazed deeply at the embarrassed Enlightened Master Kun Shan, before continuing, "But Great Ancestor, don't forget about his origin."

Great Ancestor Hong Ye replied, "The Wood Luan's naturally inherited divine ability, [Fire in Wood]?"

The Great Ancestor continued, this time with some incredulity, "Could it be that Nephew Luan has collected three top-grade fires and achieved that divine ability?"

Yan Wu-Jiu shook his head, and laughed, "How can it be so easy. He has high expectations so he didn't want ordinary fires, insisting on only having Grade 2 fires. At this rate, I guess he won't even achieve the ability before the Core Forging Realm

Although Yan Wu-Jiu spoke as such, he was rather happy that his disciple was aiming high.

Just as Yan Wu-Jiu finished speaking,

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