"What do you mean?" The dragon king asked. Hearing the old man's words, he felt confused. He had never seen the old man in his life.
'How could someone like him help someone like me?' He asked himself. After all, he was still the second most powerful being in the Zhou Solar system, as far as he knew.
"You've been searching for a way to reproduce, right? What if I told you I have a way to help you." The old man said with a smile.
"???!" The dragon king was shocked hearing the old man's words. How could he possibly help?
Despite his confusion and wariness, the dragon king was desperate enough to listen.
"And how would you do that?" He asked.
"Not me, I won't personally help you. Instead, I have an item that will help you. More accurately, a drink." The old man said.
"And you're willing to give it to me?" The dragon king asked, suspicious of the old man's intentions.
"No, not give. I am willing to make a trade." The old man said. Naturally, Zhou Fan wouldn't give him it for free. If he wanted it, he would have to earn it.
"Regardless of what you want from me, how do I know that the drink will actually help me?" The dragon king asked.
As he finished speaking, the old man put his hand behind his back, before bringing it back out. Now, a golden droplet was floating above his hand. It gave off waves of light and an intense amount of life energy.
As soon as the dragon king saw it, he felt that it was special.
"This drop is free. It won't give you the ability to reproduce from just this drop, but I'm sure you will be able to feel something change inside of you." The old man said.
Then, the floating golden droplet flew towards the dragon king.
"It's up to you if you want to drink it. I'm sure you can feel that it will not harm you, but if you don't want it, I won't force you." He continued.
Hearing him, the dragon king hesitated and struggled in his mind. He didn't want to risk it being poison since the old man in front of him was clearly powerful, but he felt that this would be his only chance to have an heir.
After just a few moments, the dragon king finally decided and swallowed the droplet. As soon as he did, he felt his body changing rapidly.
Specifically, he felt his genetics changing. As the transformation continued, it suddenly stopped.
"That's all you'll get from a single drop. Are you interested in hearing my proposition?" The old man asked.
The drop was something that Zhou Fan had created while the dragon king was traveling towards the stairs. Although it was simple to him, it required an immense understanding of life and a high cultivation level to be able to create the drop.
If he drank the entire thing, the dragon king would not only be able to have an heir, but be able to permanently reproduce.
"I am willing." The dragon king said after he felt the effect. Naturally, he was unable to resist the temptation of the drop. "What do you want?"
Hearing his question, the old man smiled.
"I want your cultivation." The old man said.
As the dragon king comprehended his words, his face turned unsightly.
"What do you mean!? How dare you ask such a thing!" The dragon king yelled.
Still, the old man didn't react and stood there smiling.
"Fear not, I do not want all of your cultivation. I just want to take enough to bring you back to void traversing. With my special powers, I will be able to do it cleanly so that you will be able to reach the space shattering realm once again. Still, I simply want to see how determined you are." The old man explained
Zhou Fan was doing the dragon king a favor. If he wasn't willing to sacrifice some of his strength for the ability to reproduce, he wasn't deserving of Zhou Fans help.
After hearing the old man's explanation, the dragon king calmed down. From his words, the dragon king felt that the deal was actually quite reasonable.
It's not like he had much room to improve anyways. It might actually be fun breaking through again. However, he had just one question.
"What are you going to do with my cultivation?" The dragon king asked.
"Nothing really. Your cultivation is too little to affect me in any way whatsoever. I will most likely just let it disperse in the air and increase the quality of the Qi in the Zhou World, although I doubt it will have even a .001% effect." The old man said.
Although many of his words were hurtful, the dragon king didn't ask any more questions like how powerful he was or how he knew so much, and agreed to the deal.
Both the old man and the dragon kin reached out to shake hands. As soon as they did, the dragon king felt something leave him, then he felt himself weakened to the tenth level of void traversing.
Although the dragon king felt sad at the loss, the feeling was replaced by excitement and hope when a bottle of golden liquid appeared in his hand.
He looked at it with happiness, but as soon as he looked up, the old man had disappeared.
"Thank you." The dragon king said before bowing his head and walking off with the potion.
As he left, Zhou Fan appeared inside the floating palace. Since he had helped the dragon king with a major problem of his, he felt quite happy with himself.
Also, he didn't reveal too much about a higher strength being present in the Zhou World. After all, he didn't want Anna and the rulers, including the dragon king, to start getting too suspicious.
At most, the dragon king would keep the event to himself and have some slight suspicions. Luckily, he hardly cared about cultivating anymore and wouldn't feel any pressure regardless.