“Frost Sword Sect is one thousand nine hundred li from White Jade City. That’s a bit close, but still acceptable... Due to the chaos caused by the human-demon war, there’s no living being within a thousand li... uh, monsters don’t count... Very good.”

Henry Carter looked over these documents, and gradually, a bold idea formed in his mind.

That hydrogen bomb would not be safe no matter where it was hidden.

The safest way was to use it directly.

Once and for all.

At present, the Frost Sword Sect’s young sect master...

Was clearly the best candidate to use it.

She hated the demons to the core. If she learned that this item could flatten the mountain where the demons were entrenched, she would definitely smash it down on Yunling without hesitation.

“It’s decided, then.”

Henry Carter stood up.

Considering the weight of what he was about to sell...

He went to the Demon-Slaying Institute’s notary office and booked the top-tier business suite.

The room was on the second floor, accessible from different directions, divided into inner and outer chambers, with formations inscribed to isolate outside sound and aura, making it convenient for participants to conceal their identities.

The price...

Without activating the formation, it was only ten taels of silver per hour. With the formation activated, the price soared to a thousand taels of silver—equivalent to one spirit stone, which was also a year’s income for a Qi Refining stage cultivator.

Given the transaction involved over a thousand spirit stones, plus the weight of that hydrogen bomb, Henry Carter did not skimp.

After activating the formation, he had someone notify Grace Foster for a detailed discussion and waited quietly.

Because Henry Carter had chosen the top suite and spent a spirit stone to activate the formation, in less than ten minutes, Grace Foster and Benjamin Foster both arrived.

One spirit stone per hour.

If it wasn’t a sincere negotiation, who would be willing to spend so much?

“How should I address you, fellow cultivator?”

Grace Foster cupped her hands in greeting from the outer chamber.

“I...”

Henry Carter pondered for a moment, then decided to choose a more low-key name: “You may call me David Reed.”

“Fellow cultivator David Reed, I just heard from the staff that you have a way to help my Frost Sword Sect take revenge?”

“That’s right. I have a treasure, containing Great Sun True Fire. It’s similar to a one-time-use artifact, Crimson Flame True Fire, but its power is a bit greater. If you purchase this treasure, you only need to lure the demons out, then activate and detonate it. When the Great Sun True Fire is unleashed, its power will scorch the heavens and boil the seas, enough to turn all the demons entrenched in the Frost Sword Sect into ashes.”

Henry Carter said.

“More powerful than Crimson Flame True Fire?”

Grace Foster was shocked.

Crimson Flame True Fire was a one-time-use treasure refined by a peak Foundation Establishment cultivator, using their own true fire, compressed and forged with artifact-crafting techniques. Once activated, it could release blazing true fire covering a radius of one li, enough to severely injure even a caught-off-guard Core Formation cultivator.

The treasure in Henry Carter’s hand was even more powerful than Crimson Flame True Fire...

“Could it be Violet Flame True Fire!?”

This kind of true fire could only be refined by a Core Formation cultivator who had formed a Violet Palace and was about to give birth to a Nascent Soul. Its power was enough to incinerate a Core Formation cultivator—not just wishful thinking.

Of course, the premise was that it hit the target.

“Its power... should be a bit greater than Violet Flame True Fire.”

“Even more powerful than Violet Flame True Fire!?”

Upon hearing this, Grace Foster’s excitement actually calmed her down: “Fellow cultivator, you must be joking. If it’s such a treasure, its value is probably no less than a mid-to-high grade spirit artifact. How could we possibly afford it?”

“Would I waste a spirit stone just to play a joke on you?”

Grace Foster hurriedly apologized: “Forgive me, senior, I misspoke. Please...”

Henry Carter tapped the table: “Enough. How many spirit stones and artifacts do you have on you?”

“We left in a hurry. Six hundred spirit stones and a high-grade artifact—that’s all we have.”

Grace Foster said somewhat bitterly.

“I have a flying sword worth five hundred spirit stones.”

Benjamin Foster said.

However...

This amount was still far short of the price for a single Violet Flame True Fire, let alone the even more powerful Great Sun True Fire.

“Six hundred spirit stones and a high-grade artifact...”

That was indeed a bit meager.

“Senior!”

At this moment, Grace Foster solemnly said, “Senior, knowing that our Frost Sword Sect has been destroyed, you are still willing to offer such a treasure to help us. I believe your true intention is to slay more demons and restore order to the world. This shows your great righteousness. If you are willing to grant us this item, allowing Lily to avenge her mother and sect, Grace is willing to serve as your slave or servant in the future, to repay your kindness.”

“Grace!?”

Benjamin Foster was shocked.

“Uncle Foster, don’t try to persuade me. My mind is made up.”

As she spoke, Grace Foster stood up, straightened her dress, and solemnly bowed toward the inner chamber shrouded by the formation: “Grace is willing to swear an oath at the Heavenly Secrets Office of the Sky-Patrolling Institute, and earnestly begs senior to grant this request.”

“That won’t be necessary.”

Henry Carter quickly and tactfully declined.

He was no senior—just a newbie at the second level of Qi Refining. Having a ninth-level Qi Refining expert as a maid...

That would draw way too much hatred.

“Six hundred spirit stones and the high-grade artifact will do.”

Henry Carter said.

“Wait a moment.”

At this point, Benjamin Foster suddenly spoke: “Senior, this Great Sun True Fire—I’ve never heard of it before. May I ask which master of artifact-crafting refined it?”

“What, do you suspect I’m trying to deceive you? You can have a cultivator from the Sky-Patrolling Institute’s Heavenly Secrets Office verify it when the time comes.”