Li Cunxu looked at the Golden King with the eyes of someone seeing a fool, sighed, and explained to this unlearned King.

"Artifacts of this level are no longer afraid of contamination from demon prison energy, let alone the fragments of an Imperial artifact."

Even the Four Gods have to pay a price to refine an Imperial artifact; thinking that a little demon prison energy could pollute an Imperial artifact fragment is absurd. It would take at least a Divine Son to pay a certain price to be able to pollute it.

Thus, the Golden Jade Bottle is very resilient.

Li Cunxu was very confident in using the Golden Jade Bottle to refine demon-contaminated gold, without any worry that the Golden Jade Bottle would be damaged.

The Golden King further inquired: "And how do you know that the demon prison energy in the Demonized Golden Jade Liquid can be brought out of the secret realm?"

With the persistent questioning and the Golden King's lack of joy in resolving the matter, Li Cunxu began to sense something was off.

This Golden King wasn't an ally after all; he was suspecting me.

Li Cunxu answered in detail: "After refining the Demonized Golden Jade Liquid, I tested its use and found it has strong side effects…"

The demon prison energy in the Demonized Golden Jade Liquid prevented the Golden Jade Bottle from understanding its usage and also blocked Li Cunxu from probing it further.

Since Li Cunxu wanted to understand the usage of the Demonized Golden Jade Liquid, he got a Curse Crow to test it. The crow resets over time and can rid itself of contamination through death if anything goes wrong.

Thus, he discovered the effects of the Demonized Golden Jade Liquid.

"…Demonized Golden Jade Liquid would permanently turn the body into jade and gold. Taking it in large amounts and absorbing demon prison energy will also result in contamination. Originally, I gave up on the Demonized Golden Jade Liquid, but your bounty notice made me realize that the demon prison energy from the Golden Secret Realm couldn't be taken out, so I picked it up again and brought it out of the secret realm."

The Golden King asked: "Without the demon prison energy, does the Demonized Golden Jade Liquid still have the side effect of permanently turning the body into jade and gold?"

Li Cunxu replied, "It still does."

"So if it still permanently transforms the body into jade and gold, why pick up the Demonized Golden Jade Liquid again?"

"The Demonized Golden Jade Liquid has more severe side effects than regular Golden Jade Liquid, but it also has stronger effects; its enhancement of defenses is seven to eight times that of regular Golden Jade Liquid."

"Defense over life?"

"Of course not. We humans can't consume it, but certain pet beasts can, such as the Jade-Horned Golden Bull, which is made of jade and gold itself."

Li Cunxu paused then said, "However, that was just my thought. The final effect still needs to be tested, so I bought a Jade-Horned Golden Bull to test the Demonized Golden Jade Liquid, and it turned out my thought was correct; the permanent jade-gold transformation had no effect on the Jade-Horned Golden Bull."

The Jade-Horned Golden Bull is a type of bred pet beast. Its jade-gold horn at the top of its head resembles antlers and can regenerate. However, antlers are for eating, while jade-gold horns are used to make tools, such as the one-time rescue tool "Call Bull Horn," which is made from it, and most horn tools with various uses can be replaced with jade-gold horns.

The quality of the jade-gold horn is determined by its hardness, and the better the jade-gold horn, the better the quality.

Li Cunxu's idea was to use the Demonized Golden Jade Liquid to enhance the quality of the Jade-Horned Golden Bull's jade-gold horns to make a profit.

After all, jade-gold horns are raw materials for tools, and high-quality jade-gold horns are not cheap.

In the end, the idea was lovely, but reality was cruel.

The Demonized Golden Jade Liquid actually brought the demon prison energy out of the Golden Secret Realm, causing the Jade-Horned Golden Bull to become demonized.

This Jade-Horned Golden Bull was bought by Li Cunxu in the school's breeding garden for twenty-one Purple Gold Dragon Coins. The demonization meant the twenty-one Purple Gold Dragon Coins went to waste, which made Li Cunxu feel a bit distressed.

You should know, this year Bengma Island sold only four hundred Grass Healing Horse foals, priced at one Purple Gold Dragon Coin for twenty foals, making only twenty Purple Gold Dragon Coins.

Of course, the Grass Healing Horse herd didn't produce just that many foals; the herd was previously reduced in number by a Blue Lightning Dragon attack and needed to replenish its numbers, leaving the rest in the herd.

The more horses there are, the more foals are born.

However, with the demonized Jade-Horned Golden Bull, Li Cunxu did not dispose of it immediately but instead knocked it out and poured in a liter of sedative strong enough to put it to sleep.

Because there was still a chance to save it.

Being contaminated by the Deceitful Prison Demon God, Li Anle's demon persona had the ability to absorb the contamination.

"…In this way, the demonized Jade-Horned Golden Bull made me realize that the demon prison energy from the Golden Secret Realm was brought out by the Demonized Golden Jade Liquid," said Li Cunxu.

The Golden King glanced at the truth gem on his gold ring.

The truth gem kept glowing, indicating that everything Li Cunxu said was true.

"It seems it was indeed a coincidence."

It was then that the Golden King finally showed a smile.

The secretary pondered, "Golden King, the Golden Jade Bottle can indeed solve the problems of the Golden Secret Realm, but there's another issue, it needs the Golden Jade Bottle to remain in the secret realm."

Li Cunxu said, "I can leave the Golden Jade Bottle here."

The Golden King smiled broadly.

Li Cunxu said, "However, before that, I have a question."

The secretary said, "What? Please ask."

"How do you deal with the Demonized Golden Jade Liquid you refine?"

The secretary replied, "Naturally, it will be destroyed."

The method of destruction was not mentioned by the secretary, as it is a secret within the alliance.

The things contaminated by the Four Gods are very troublesome to destroy, but the alliance has a more economical way, which is to throw the trash into the Divine Kingdoms of the Four Gods.

Of course, it's not returning it to the owner but adding troubles for each other.

Things from the Deceitful Prison Demon God are thrown to the Divine Kingdom of the Crimson Blood God, and things from the Crimson Blood God are thrown to the Divine Kingdom of the Ten Thousand Tribulations Evil God…

Although they are all Evil Gods, there are differences among them, and they can contaminate each other. For the Crimson Blood God, the things contaminated by the Deceitful Prison Demon God are like stinky garbage, with some waste residues needing processing, and the same applies for the Deceitful Prison Demon God with respect to the Crimson Blood God's contaminated items.

Destroying so much Demonized Golden Jade Liquid is too wasteful, it's like throwing silver into the molten lava instead of using it yourself, which seems too wasteful.

The frugal Li Cunxu couldn't stand such waste.

"Since it is to be destroyed, why not let me handle it?"

"The demon prison energy in the Demonized Golden Jade Liquid is too dangerous; we can't give it to you."

The Golden King rejected it without even thinking.

"What if Shen University Principal guarantees it?" Li Cunxu said slowly.

The secretary and the Golden King were taken aback, their eyes simultaneously turning to Li Cunxu.

Shen University Principal, that was a living legend.

The secretary said incredulously, "You can have Shen University Principal vouch for you?"

Seeing their shocked reactions, Li Cunxu felt a bit uncertain.

"I should... be able to."

The Golden King said, "If Shen University Principal can vouch for you, the Demonized Golden Jade Liquid can be given to you."

Li Cunxu proposed having Shen University Principal as a guarantor, not just for obtaining the Demonized Golden Jade Liquid, but he also wanted to leverage the title of Shen University Principal to make a business deal with the Golden King.

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