The Legendary Master’s Wife - Chap 106

Chapter 106: One Huge Sum

“It’s not important who refined them. Is the Magic Pill Central Workshop going to accept them or not?” You XiaoMo was just about to answer when Ling Xiao stretched his hand out in front of him and stopped him. He looked up to see him calmly looking at the old man with narrowed eyes, his expression rather sharp, as if wanting to look through the old man’s skin.

The old man tried to cover up his slip up with a soft cough, and said seriously, “These magic pills, even though they are level two magic pills, they are definitely not ordinary. The quality is also a little better than normal top grade magic pills. How about this, three of the bottles are common magic pills, with small markets. I will give you the price of five hundred gold pieces for each pill. The other two bottles are comparatively special for level two magic pills. So I will give you six hundred for each pill. Do the two of you have any objections?”

“That will do.” Ling Xiao nodded as he spoke.

You XiaoMo felt extremely pleased as he calculated, three bottles of five hundred gold pieces was seventy five thousand, two bottles of six hundred gold pieces was sixty thousand. Altogether he got one hundred and thirty five thousand gold pieces. Deducting the cost of the magic herb seeds, he earned a lot.

Seeing that they didn’t object, the old man just counted out a heavy pouch of gold coins and gave it to them.

You XiaoMo took the pouch of gold coins, his arms feeling the weight, almost failing to hold on to it. He quickly put it into his magic bag gleefully. Level two magic pills were clearly much better than level one magic pills. Two hundred and fifty pills selling for one hundred over thousand. The depression he felt downstairs from the price of one stalk of level four magic herb immediately disappeared.

Only now did he have the sense of becoming a truly rich person.

Holding his nice and warm magic bag, You XiaoMo remembered another matter. Coincidentally this was a medicine workshop, so they should have what he wanted, so he asked, “Old sir, do you sell level four to level six magic herb seeds here?”

The old man was momentarily stunned, looking him up and down in surprise, saying, “You want to buy magic herb seeds?”

You XiaoMo nodded, looking at him full of hope, “Yes, does this workshop have those for sale?”

It was such a large medicine workshop that even if they didn’t have it, the chance that the other magic herb shops having it was even smaller.

The old man stroked his beard, pondering for a moment. A strange gleam flashed across his eyes. He hesitated for a bit before saying, “Yes we do have them, but definitely not many. I suppose the two of you also know the higher the level of the magic herb seeds, the less buyers there are. So, even a big medicine workshop like Magic Pill Central Workshop won’t have too much stock.”

You XiaoMo was already very excited the moment he heard the word yes. As for whether there was a lot or little, that was not a problem for now, “How much stock does old sir have? What is the price?”

“Currently, Magic Pill Central Workshop has sixty five types of level four magic herb seeds. One hundred seeds per type. The price is fifteen thousand. Eighty nine types of level five magic herb seeds. Fifty seeds per type. The price is thirty thousand. One hundred and twenty one level six magic herb seeds. Twenty seeds per type. The price is two hundred.” The old man drummed his fingers lightly on top of the table, laughing softly.

With every level he described, You XiaoMo dripped a drop of cold sweat. Hearing the last of it, the sweat just gushed out.

He never expected that mid-level magic herb seeds would be so expensive. One level four magic herb seed was already sixty five thousand. The money he had in his pocket was not even enough to buy half. Don’t even talk about all the seeds altogether adding up to over eight million. Clearly the number of seeds was getting less and less but the price was getting higher and higher. He’d be better off committing robbery.

You XiaoMo raised his head and looked at Ling Xiao, “Shixiong… ”

Ling Xiao rubbed his head calmly, and spoke to the old man, “Can we trouble old sir to help us set these seeds aside? We will come get them tomorrow. Is that alright?”

“Of course.” The old man laughed as he nodded.

“Then we’ll take our leave.” Ling Xiao nodded towards the old man and took You XiaoMo with him, leaving Magic Pill Central Workshop.

Seeing them leave with his own eyes and listening to their gradually fading footsteps, the old man seemed to be in deep thought, stroking his beard. His gaze again fell on the five bottles of top grade magic pills on the table. The strange look in his eyes became even more apparent. The things these two people brought out really exceeded his expectation.

“Selling off five bottles of top grade level two magic pills in one go. That was not ordinary low or mid grade magic pills. The number of high quality magic herbs needed was more than seven hundred stalks. This sum was simply one that has never been seen before. However that young man seemed to be not more than seventeen to eighteen years old. At most, barely a level two mage. Could it be that these magic pills were not refined by him? But looking at that young man’s expression, it seemed that he is the one… ” The old man muttered to himself. Suddenly a shocked look appeared in his eyes. Then he shook his head seeming to be pleased with himself.

But what shocked him the most was that a mage would, with no rhyme or reason, buy so many magic herb seeds, and adding to that the five bottles of top grade magic pills, the old man felt that he had discovered something unimaginable. If it was really as he thought, that was really too much, “No, the master of the city must be notified. If that young man really has a secret way to cultivate high quality magic herbs, we definitely couldn’t just sit by and watch. If I can get a hold of that secret technique, wouldn’t that mean that from then on, getting high level magic herbs and magic pills would be as easy as pie?”

The old man got more and more excited thinking about it. The seemingly muddy eyes shooting out rays of excitement, as if he could already see that glorious future. But the man by the young man’s side was a problem …

Thinking of that, the excitement in the old man’s eyes suddenly calmed down. It looked like he had to find a way to get rid of that man.

At that moment, You XiaoMo was crestfallen with his head lowered as he left the Magic Pill Central Workshop.

When he entered the Magic, he was full of interest and in high spirits. When he left the place, those feelings had been flung all the way to Java island. He made a rough calculation. Deducting the money needed to buy the magic herb seeds, the rest was not enough for him to buy a good cauldron. This trip down the mountain, he actually had two main goals. That was to buy mid-level magic herb seeds and a cauldron.

If the gold coins from the auction were not enough, he could only buy a little less magic herb seeds.

Just as he was deep in thought, his head was rapped by a large hand, almost causing him to fall down the stairs of the Magic Pill Central Workshop. There was no need to think of who it is. You XiaoMo immediately glowered at Ling Xiao, “Ling-shixiong, why did you hit my head this time?”

The corners of Ling Xiao’s lips lifted as he smiled. He pinched both of his cheeks, “Xiao Shidi, you are really cute. Do you actually think that eighty eight drops of spiritual liquid will not exceed eight million eight hundred thousand? If you really think so, then why bother putting them up for auction?”

You XiaoMo’s cheeks felt somewhat painful from being pinched. He quickly pulled his hands away and covered his reddened cheeks and took a few steps to the side. He put on a fierce look and glared at him saying, “A gentleman used his mouth, and not his fists. But … is what you just said really true?”

Right after his first sentence, the later words exposed his real thoughts, with the two black eyes opened widely, they clearly were full of hope. Ling Xiao couldn’t help but smile, again stretching his evil claws towards him.

In order to get away from the evil claws, You XiaoMo took a few more steps backwards, making him bump accidentally into someone who was behind him that was just about to enter into the Magic Pill Central Workshop. That person unconsciously pushed back at him, pushing him back into Ling Xiao’s arms.

Catching the You XiaoMo that flew on his own accord into his arms, Ling Xiao couldn’t help but feel amused. How could this person be so lovable!

“Ok, ok, I won’t tease you anymore. Let’s talk seriously.” Ling Xiao held down the You XiaoMo that was trying to struggle out of his embrace. “As for the auction price of the spiritual liquid, the price that the old man gave you is only the base price. What is important is the final price. Valuable things like spiritual liquid, the final price can only be double. There is no need to doubt that the powerful forces won’t take the bait.”

“Really, it can double?”

You XiaoMo raised his head and looked doubtfully at him. It was not that he liked to doubt him but Ling Xiao always liked to make fun of him and tease him, so he had to be a little cautious.

“If you don’t believe it, you just have to wait for the start of tomorrow’s auction and you will see.” Ling Xiao also didn’t explain much.

Even if one had not seen a pig run, they would still have eaten one before.

You XiaoMo felt that there was some truth to what Ling Xiao said. In his previous life, he seemed to have vaguely seen auctions and the like on TV. Those rich people, when they saw something they liked, each one of them would bid vigorously, so the price could double very easily.

After finally throwing off the burden of poverty, the single-celled organism that was You XiaoMo finally regained the ability to move again.

This time it was finally You XiaoMo’s turn to pull Ling Xiao to the other shops. There were still a lot of things he wanted to buy. For now, he didn’t have enough money to buy a good cauldron. So he decided to go to the wooden furnishings shop first to buy some wooden racks.

The wooden furnishing shops of HunJi City were more luxurious than those of HePing town. The wood that was used to manufacture the furnishings were of the best quality, all made of twenty to thirty year old wood. The workmanship was both fine and had beautiful aesthetics. Especially the outer contours which were carved into exquisite patterns and very visually attractive. But one of the very best wooden racks cost fifteen gold pieces. Although it was several times more expensive than those sold in HePing town, You XiaoMo still bought a hundred or so.

On top of that, he also asked the manager for materials to build a wooden hut. He also bought two hundred barrels to use when diluting spiritual water. In one go, he spent several tens of thousands of gold coins, making his heart ache unbearably.

After coming out of the wooden furnishings shop, the two of them made one round in every direction, only looking for a place to spend the night when the sun was just about to set.

Seven Stars Tower was the largest hotel in HunJi City. Since the auction would be held tomorrow, a lot of people that were here to take part in the auction would choose to stay at the Seven Stars tower, especially those with the distinguished guest status card. They only had to show this card to stay free of charge in the Seven Stars Tower.