I am eight years old again, and I will never serve as a cauldron for the empress again.

"As I just said, there are only three ways to obtain extraordinary power: seal yourself, sacrifice your lifespan, or become a villager!"

"Look at the sculptures in front of every house in this village. They represent people who chose to seal themselves away in order to gain supernatural power! We are the kind of people who chose to become villagers in order to gain power! As for those who chose to sacrifice their lifespan, they have already returned to dust. The amount of lifespan sacrificed to gain supernatural power is unimaginable to ordinary people and is not much different from suicide!"

The old village chief said quietly.

"If we want to obtain the rare item, do we also need to go through these three methods? Can't we find a different way? For example, we can have someone else seal it, and I'll benefit from that, or we can sacrifice someone else's lifespan, and then you can give me the rare item!"

Zhuang Zhou looked at the old village chief with a deep gaze.

There's no reason to leave empty-handed when you venture into a treasure trove.

But the old village chief had no chance of getting anything out of him.

The old village chief nearly fainted from anger upon hearing Zhuang Zhou's words.

He had seen plenty of shameless people, but he had never seen anyone as shameless as Zhuang Zhou.

That bastard only wants to take advantage without paying any price.

"Zhuang Zhou, don't even think about it. These rules are set in stone, and no one can break them, not even me!"

The old village chief roared at Zhuang Zhou, his words a blustering but ultimately cowardly rant.

"Ouch, that hurts so much! You little brat, go easy on me!"

Whether it was out of revenge or not, Zhuang Zhou suddenly used much more force when healing the old village chief.

The old village chief felt like Zhuang Zhou was about to scrape his arm raw.

"Old village chief, I didn't do this on purpose! That's the rule, I can't do anything about it! You get what you pay for! The few immortal stones you promised me aren't even enough for me to give you VIP treatment!"

Zhuang Zhou said with a wronged look on his face, his eyes filled with a straightforward expression.

The old village chief was stunned when he heard Zhuang Zhou's words.

"What? You get VIP treatment while healing?" Zhuang Zhou's words stunned the old village chief.

"Of course! My healing is professional. You get what you pay for! If you're willing to give me some special item, I guarantee you can have painless healing and enjoy the best treatment!"

Zhuang Zhou spoke confidently to the old village chief, who was so angry he gritted his teeth.

This bastard is blatantly trying to undermine me and extort money from me.

"Zhuang Zhou, aren't you afraid of divine retribution for doing this?"

The old village chief angrily cursed Zhuang Zhou.

"Cash on delivery. You give me a certain amount of money, and I'll provide the corresponding level of medical treatment. What's wrong with that?"

Zhuang Zhou looked at the old village chief with a wronged expression, his big eyes sparkling with innocence.

Speak the softest words.

Heal the most severe wounds.

Zhuang Zhou spoke with feigned grievance, but the blows he struck with his knife grew increasingly vicious!

The old village chief felt as if Zhuang Zhou was about to scrape his bones off.

"Ouch, you little rascal, be gentle, be gentle, I'll give you more money, okay? I'll give you ten more low-grade immortal stones to upgrade me to VIP treatment and give me a painless healing treatment."

At this point, the old village chief could no longer be defiant towards Zhuang Zhou.

The pain of healing Zhuang Zhou's wounds was truly unbearable for him.

"Hehe, you should have said so earlier! Even if we can't get rare treasures, some immortal stones would be good too!"

Zhuang Zhou, his face full of sullenness, tucked the immortal stone into his robes.

His movements instantly became much gentler, and soon the rotten flesh on the old village chief's body was cleaned away, along with the neutralization of the deadly poison inside.

Drops of pure life force were injected into the old village chief's wound, which healed at a visible speed. Soon, his cultivation level recovered from the peak of the Heavenly Gang Realm to the early stage of the Yin-Yang Realm. The old village chief also became much more energetic, with a straight back and a vigorous appearance. He was no longer the lifeless man who had one foot in the grave.

The old village chief felt his body regain its vitality. He both loved and hated Zhuang Zhou. If Zhuang Zhou hadn't healed him, he would still be half-dead. But this guy didn't know how to respect the elderly and care for the young. He clearly had a way to heal him without pain, but he insisted on using the most ruthless method of scraping the bone to remove poison.

"Grandpa, are we really unable to obtain these rare items?"

Nalan Hansheng looked at the old village chief, his eyes filled with despair.

"If I had a rare treasure, I might be able to avenge my family elders, but without one, with my current strength, even if I cultivate for another thousand years, I would still find it difficult to even touch those people!"

Nalan Hansheng's gaze truly made the old village chief feel uneasy.

If it were that scoundrel Zhuang Zhou, no matter how much you begged him, he would not feel the slightest sympathy. But the person in front of him was his long-lost grandson, and he had also failed the Nalan family.

The old village chief took a deep breath.

"Actually, there are two other ways to obtain rare items, but I don't usually tell people about these two methods!"

"There are actually nine grades of rare items, and each grade is further divided into three levels! If you only want to obtain or temporarily rent rare items below the fifth grade, you can exchange them using the merits you have earned in this world, or the merits you have made to protect the village!"

"The Thirty-Three Villages Beyond the Heavens were originally created to protect countless worlds! As long as you can make contributions to protecting countless worlds, you can naturally exchange for low-level rare items. In addition, you can also obtain rare items by protecting the village. This is also a way for the Thirty-Three Villages Beyond the Heavens to protect itself!"

"For example, this Invisible Bead is a rare item of the ninth grade, low quality. With your previous merit in defeating the extraterrestrial demon, you can exchange it for an Invisible Bead!"

The old village chief eventually felt a pang of mercy towards his grandson.

Upon hearing this, Nalan Hansheng's eyes lit up instantly: "I once risked my life to protect this world and made great contributions. Can these contributions be exchanged for artifacts?"

"You have indeed slain countless calamity-bringing creatures and visitors from beyond the realm. If these merits were to be converted into monetary value, you should be able to exchange them for a sixth-grade low-rank rare item!"

The old village chief nodded slightly, and then took out a blood-red cassock from his storage bag.

"This is a rare item I carefully selected for you. Under normal circumstances, it can temporarily grant you three times your usual combat power! And if you choose to sacrifice your essence and soul, you can gain transcendent power, surpassing fate, and temporarily gain ten times your combat power and the Blood Demon Body!"

"The significance of a tenfold increase in combat power to you is self-evident! Now that you have ten times the combat power, even a newly ascended Emperor Realm expert might not be your match! And the Blood Demon Body is also heaven-defying! Once you transform into the Blood Demon Body, as long as there is blood, you will be immortal and indestructible, and you can continuously replenish your consumed energy and life force by absorbing the blood of others! The Blood Demon Body is also immortal and indestructible. I know you are a military general, and this physique is even more suitable for large-scale warfare! The white bones and endless blood of both sides will become your resources for recovery and progress!"