Chapter 343

Chapter 343

Forced Transaction

“What happened?” A level four alchemist stepped in.

“Senior brother Ji, our customer disagrees with my appraisal. According to my examination, it is only a thousand years old,” expounded the twenty-year old or so youth.

“That’s nonsense. The herb is already slightly red, which is a sign that it’s two thousand years old. I may not be an alchemist, but I am a retailer by trade. I’m not clueless!” argued the youth with many scars on his face.

“Please give me a moment to double check.”

Ji Liangcai was an alchemist roughly thirty years old. As a qualified alchemist stationed at the store, his appraisal was given more weight.

“While you’re at it, teach him how to tell apart one thousand and two thousand year old indifferent night lotuses. That’s an authentic indifferent night lotus herb!” The youth shot the appraiser a glare.

An indifferent night lotus two thousand years old was called “indifferent sacred lotus” and worth over ten times its value at one thousand years old. Accordingly, the contexts in which they were applicable also changed. It wasn’t the type of herb one would find sitting on the side of the road. It took someone willing to risk their time and dedication to find and obtain, hence its value.

Conniving scumbags, the youth inwardly remarked. Though he puffed his chest out, his voice was still meek. “What if I refuse to sell?”

“Haha, Our store prides itself on fair trade. We do not force customers to buy or sell. If you do not wish to sell it, I will not force you. Since Elder He Xing needs it and you refuse to sell it, I will purchase it from somebody else.”

Although level four alchemists were respected in the outside world, Pill Cauldron Sect was home to plenty of them. Alchemists they dispatched to Hundreds Herbs Hall were those the sect deemed undeserving of further investment and only good for clerk work. Ji Liangcai was one of such abandoned disciples.

Ji Liangcai didn’t lie about Elder He Xing requiring the herb. Ji Liangcai, as a disciple, couldn’t pretend he didn’t hear that from the elder. The search for the herb would be a difficult one. Therefore, the easiest and quickest way to obtain it was to con the youth, declaring it an indifferent night lotus instead of a sacred lotus.

Cognisant of the fact that Primordial Infant Realm cultivators would likely assault him before he could leave Twenty-Five Kilometres South Garden, the youth surrendered. “All right, I’ll sell.”

“Allow me to extend my gratitude on behalf of Elder He Xing,” voiced Ji Liangcai, wearing his fake smile.

Some of the Primordial Infant Realm cultivators were disappointed. They were hoping the youth would refuse so that they could jump him and make twenty thousand. The remainder deemed his decision wise, except for one person at the rear, who explicated, “From what I can tell, though, it’s more than two thousand years old.”

“Who was the one spread false information?” Ji Liangcai wrathfully questioned.

Mu Yu wore a harmless and idiotic smile to greet those who turned to him.