Path of the Immortals (part 1)

"This deal sounds to be too good to be true, don't you think?"

With how this man managed to see through not only all my plans and needs but also all my deepest secrets, I didn't dare to doubt that he perfectly knew how much did I value the opportunity to use those vials. And if that was the case, I was pretty sure that he was just running his mouth, offering whatever I would be eager to take to get back this treasure of his!

"Well, I'm not going to lie. The method to obtain this liquid is not as easy as you might want. I figured that after meeting with the divine goose mate, you can at least formulate the guess how strong those divine beasts are, am I right?"

Once again picking up the cup with his tea, the elder smiled at me, perfectly conscious of the fact that he didn't really need any confirmation on this topic from me. Thinking about this, I couldn't help but get curious, just how the heck did he know all of that?!