A Deal

"You wish me to lend you my Spirit stones, Your Majesty?" Lady Zhan asked from the other side.

"Yes, if you wouldn't mind it," Alex said.

"I don't mind," she said. "But… instead of lending you the spirit stones, would you mind if I buy something from you instead?"

"Buy from me?" Alex asked. "What… do you wish to buy?"

"The Spiritual Root Improving pills recipe and Soul Trancing pill recipe," the woman said.

Alex was a little taken back at the audacity of this woman to ask for something that was so obviously not something she should be asking for.

He didn't particularly mind the attempt though.

"Lady Zhan, you must understand that these pill recipes are quite important to me and they are my secret," Alex said. "I cannot just hand them over. I can hand over normal ones, but not these specific ones."