Forced Transaction
“What happened?” A level four alchemist stepped in.
“Senior brother Ji, our custor 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 a mont 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 tis 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 soone willing to risk their ti and dedication to find and obtain, hence its value.
Ji Liangcai carefully picked up the herb and shook it. He spawned a white light on his finger tips and made a small slit to sll it. After the ticulous inspection, he elucidated, “It is clean, and its spiritual qi is potent. As such, it gives the impression it is two thousand years old. However, judging from the root’s colour and the lines on the leaves, you can see that it, in actual fact, is only between 1500 to 1550 years old. Therefore, it is not a real sacred lotus and only fetches a price of approximately ten thousand spirit stones.”
“Impossible. I had soone appraise it before coming here, and he told it was a genuine indifferent sacred lotus.”
“Are you questioning ?” Ji Liangcai asked in a threatening tone.
It wasn’t worth affronting an alchemist for it. Thus, the youth replied, “Sorry, it is a misunderstanding. I am not questioning your evaluation. Since you have said it is an indifferent night lotus herb, I will not sell. Please excuse .”
“Please wait. It may not be a sacred lotus. Nevertheless, our level six alchemist, Elder He Xing, needs it. Would you be interested in selling it to us for twenty thousand spirit stones?”
Ji Liangcai asked out of formality as, by all ans, they could’ve taken it by force with a level six alchemist backing them. Ji Liangcai’s smirk made a statent itself. Having an indifferent night lotus in one’s possession was no big deal. Having a level six alchemist coveting it after it when one possessed it was called carrying a ti bomb. It was an enticing offer to get in the good books of a level six alchemist. Even so, the youth was certain his lotus was a sacred lotus. That being the case, he would be selling himself short if he sold it for twenty thousand.
Vexed, the youth requested, “I accept. With that said, can I personally pass it on to Elder He Xing?”
Ji Liangcai sneered. “Elder He Xing is a busy man. Nobody is permitted to disturb him when he is working in seclusion. Moreover, not everyone can enter Pill Cauldron Sect. As such, I shall personally hand it to him. Thank you for the thought.”
The youth gnashed his teeth. He was only hoping to make a profitable and reasonable sale, and he was sure he was being duped. Worst of all, he had to submit to the threat.
Conniving scumbags, the youth inwardly remarked. Though he puffed his chest out, his voice was still ek. “What if I refuse to sell?”
“Haha, Our store prides itself on fair trade. We do not force custors 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 sobody else.”
Although level four alchemists were respected in the outside world, Pill Cauldron Sect was ho to plenty of them. Alchemists they dispatched to Hundreds Herbs Hall were those the sect deed undeserving of further investnt 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 Kilotres South Garden, the youth surrendered. “All right, I’ll sell.”
“Allow to extend my gratitude on behalf of Elder He Xing,” voiced Ji Liangcai, wearing his fake smile.
So 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 deed 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.
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