Su Mu looked at Wei with some surprise.
Is this praising a fool? Where is your moral integrity?
Wei saw his expression and guessed what he was thinking. He sighed quietly, explaining and mocking himself at the same time: "If you were tortured by maggots every day, and suddenly something came along that could relieve your pain, you would be generous with your praise."
"I understand the reason." Su Mu nodded, half jokingly, half seriously said: "But won't you praise me? Although this ointment was invented by a fool, it was made by me and I gave it to you."
Wei stared at Su Mu, the soul fire in his eyes shaking constantly, as if he had heard a very funny joke.
As his jaws opened and closed, a strange gurgling sound came out: "You? A mortal, you also want to receive my praise?"
Su Mu's answer was concise and clear: "Okay, then there will be no more of this ointment in the future!"
"you?!"
Wei's laughter stopped abruptly.
Seeing that Su Mu didn't seem to be joking, he opened his mouth, but finally chose to follow his heart: "Okay, I was wrong, and I praise you too!"
"It is a great virtue to admit one's mistakes and correct them." Su Mu said with a smile. What he wanted was certainly not a compliment, but he wanted to use this incident to determine the weight of the ointment in Wei's mind, so that he could better serve Wei... ahem, serve Wei better.
Wei didn't know Su Mu's intention, but he just felt a chill for no reason.
This made him a little confused, and he couldn't help but wonder: Could it be that the maggots had fallen into a deep sleep and were not gnawing on my bones, so they were no longer generating heat through friction, which is why I felt the coolness?
Shaking his head, Wei put this guess behind him and asked what he cared about most: "Do you have the formula for this ointment? Can you give it to me?"
"Of course...it's impossible." Su Mu shook his head without hesitation.
What good thing are you thinking of? Give you the formula? How can I make money from you?
"I cannot give the formula to anyone without the Great Fool's permission. If you want the formula, talk to the Great Fool."
Wei hesitated for a moment, then nodded and said, “Okay, I will find the Fool as soon as possible and talk to him about this matter.”
"I wish you good luck." Su Mu said this, but what he was thinking in his heart was: If you can find the Fool, I will take your surname!
Wei said again: "Before I find the Fool, can you provide me with this ointment?"
“That’s no problem.”
Su Mu gave a mysterious smile.
"But this ointment requires a lot of precious materials and is very expensive, so I can't give it to you for free. You have to exchange it for something, such as your research results, or some other treasure..."
Su Mu was clearly smiling, but for some reason, when Wei saw his smile, he couldn't help but shiver, and an inexplicable sense of panic arose in his heart.
This reaction made Wei feel a little absurd: How could an ancient god like me panic at a mortal? Was this a distortion of human nature or a loss of morality?
Then he made up an excuse: I must have been hallucinating because of the sudden reduction in pain! Yes, that must be it!
That is to say, the drum is not here, otherwise it will definitely tell Wei: This is not an illusion, but your keen insight into danger. Although this brat is just a mortal, he has reached the pinnacle of defrauding krypton. Even if he is a god, he will not let him go! Once he smiles at you, your wallet, treasures, knowledge, and even flesh and blood... will run into his hands unknowingly!
After Wei found the reason, he regained some composure, and then thought of a key question, and asked hurriedly: "How long can this ointment keep the maggots dormant?"
"one day."
"It's only been one day..."
Wei was a little disappointed. He had originally thought that even if the ointment could not make the maggots hibernate for several months, it could at least make them sleep for ten days or half a month. Unexpectedly, it only lasted for one day.
In fact, if Su Mu wanted to, he could make the maggots sleep longer, but if he did that, how could he use this ointment to cheat people into spending money?
Maybe in the future, the sumac will make the ointment last longer, but definitely not now.
It was in fact that Wei didn't know about these circumstances, otherwise, he would have wanted to strangle Su Mu to death.
"One day is already difficult enough. During the tens of thousands of years you have been imprisoned, is there anything else that can relieve your pain like this ointment?"
"No." Wei shook his head. He sighed and figured it out. Just one day at a time. As long as there are enough ointments, the pain can be relieved every day.
So he stretched out his hand and showed three finger bones: "My research this time found that I need to exchange for thirty..." At this point, he changed his mind and stretched out his other hand and showed three more finger bones: "Exchange for sixty portions of ointment!"
No matter what, just be comfortable for two months first!
I believe there will be new research findings in two months that can be used to replace the ointment.
Su Mu looked disgusted and said, "You want sixty servings right away? Why don't you just ask for a year's package of three hundred and sixty-five servings?"
Wei nodded again and again: "That's fine."
Can you not hear that I am speaking in a sarcastic way? Do you want me to sing you a song of blessings?
Su Mu spread his hands and pretended to be helpless and said, "Do you know how difficult it is to make this ointment and how expensive it is? You asked for sixty portions... Forget it, let me see the value of your research and discovery first, and then I can decide how many portions to give you."
"Alright."
Now the demand relationship is reversed, Wei is begging Su Mu, and he can only agree to this arrangement.
I never thought that even a great ancient god like me would be controlled by others...
Wei sighed in his heart, and then said: "We... ahem, it's me..."
Su Mu sneered but did not expose Wei.
He had already expected that Wei could make a discovery in such a short time. In addition to himself, he must have involved his followers and believers in the research.
Su Mu didn't care about this. All he wanted was the research results.
Wei glanced at Su Mu, and seeing that he did not raise any questions, he felt a little relieved, and continued: "My research found that the reason why current cultivators and monsters cannot become immortals is because the key to breaking through to a higher level of life in your genes is locked by a seal curse transformed from a mysterious energy!"
"Gene lock?" Su Mu raised his eyebrows.
"Gene lock?"
Wei muttered the name for a while, and then said: "This name is good. Although it is not accurate enough, it is simple and clear. The name we gave it before was: located in the brain stem and pons, an unknown seal curse that destroyed the evolutionary gene..."
Su Mu was stunned: Are you sure you didn't choose this name just to increase the word count?
Shaking his head, he motioned for Wei to continue.
Unexpectedly, Wei asked him blankly, "Continue what?"
"Of course, continue to talk about your discoveries." Su Mu said.
Wei spread his hands and said, "I've finished talking."
Su Mu was shocked: "That's it? Is that all? As for how this gene lock locked our evolutionary genes, how to unlock it... and other similar questions, haven't you done any research?"
Wei was a little embarrassed: "I am researching, but I haven't achieved any results yet."
After a pause, he continued, "Now, can you give me three hundred and sixty-five... uh, sixty doses of ointment?"
Wei originally wanted to ask for an annual package, but seeing that Su Mu looked wrong, he quickly changed his mind. Even so, Su Mu was still speechless.
With just this little discovery, you dare to ask me for 60 doses of ointment? And even 365 blessings?
I wish you a happy face!
However, Wei's discovery is not completely useless.
At least it illustrates one thing, that is, the path to becoming a god that was cut off by demons and ghosts is indeed related to genes.
No wonder the School of Life has developed rapidly in recent years. Even many powerful and talented people in the world of cultivation and magic have been deceived by them.
Because although the path they took was a bit biased and a bit too eager for quick success, the general direction of their research was correct.
In addition, Su Mu still suspected that the matter of gene locks had actually been studied and discovered by major cultivation schools and magic academies. Otherwise, Wei and his followers and believers would not have been able to make a "discovery" so quickly.
"Sixty copies is impossible." Su Mu shook his head.
"Then how much can you give?" Wei asked anxiously.
Su Mu raised three fingers: "I can only give you three!"
"What? Only three servings?" Wei was very dissatisfied. He bent down his huge body and stared at Su Mu.
Because he was too excited, his bones made a rustling sound, which gave people a great sense of shock.
Unfortunately, Su Mu was not scared by him.
It's not like I haven't killed gods before, why are you so arrogant? Jiuying's snake meat and snake gall are still in my storage magic tool. Do you believe that I can make a pot of snake soup to scare you to death?
Su Mu raised his head and looked directly at Wei.
"Giving you three copies is already very good, don't be ungrateful. To be honest, your discovery is not even worth one copy of the ointment! Don't think I don't know that the discovery you gave is the result of research that major cultivation schools and magic academies have already had!"
Wei's expression froze for a moment, and the aura he exuded suddenly diminished. He said awkwardly, "Our research findings are still somewhat different..."
Su Mu's words just now were just to trick people into thinking he was in danger, but he didn't expect that he would actually predict it.
This Wei is quite cunning, but unfortunately he met an even more cunning opponent.
Su Mu snorted coldly and said, "So I still gave you three doses of ointment. This is not only to affirm your discovery this time, but also to encourage you to keep working hard and make more useful discoveries."
"But three servings...are not enough." Wei said with a sad face.
After enjoying the feeling of pain relief, he really didn't want to go back and endure 100% of the torture.
"hehe."
Su Mu once again gave Wei a creepy smile.
"Then you can exchange it with something else. For example, the treasures or materials you have... or even knowledge."
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