As Daoist Changhe was speaking, Han Li noticed another pair of eyes being trained on him, and it was none other than Shu Tiansheng.

With Han Li looking his way, Shu Tiansheng immediately put on a fawning smile.

Han Li withdrew his gaze, then shook his head with a decisive expression. "My apologies, but I'm only going to exchange this Blush Cloud Fire Crystal for one of the nine aforementioned materials."

Daoist Changhe was quite disappointed to hear this, but he was still unwilling to give up. "Is there no room for negotiation at all, Fellow Daoist Li?"

After a brief moment of contemplation, Han Li said, "I won't exchange this piece of Blush Cloud Fire Crystal for anything else, but I do have some smaller pieces of the same material that I'm willing to exchange for any leads on where I can obtain one or more of the nine materials I mentioned earlier."

He swept a sleeve over the table once again as he spoke, and a pair of fist-sized Blush Cloud Fire Crystals appeared.

Daoist Changhe took a longing glance at the two pieces of Blush Cloud Fire Crystal, but ultimately sat back down with a defeated expression.

Shu Tiansheng...