Devour

Chapter 252: Profiteers and Experts

Guo Xieke looked up, turned around and walked away in another direction, hesitatingly saying, "The shop owner looks unfriendly, so let's not go over there."

Chang Yufeng grabbed him and said bluntly: "Master, isn't the boss of that 'Jiuyouzhai' Senior Chu? You were cheated by him last year."

Guo Xieke said somewhat embarrassedly: "Really? How could I have forgotten?"

Cheng Bai saw that the two parties seemed to be having an affair, so he asked, "Is he someone you know?"

Chang Yufeng whispered, "The head of the Dragon Vessel Sect, Saint Chu Liangxing, is also Chu Kangtian's great grandfather. He ranks ninth among the seventy-two sages and calls himself 'The Ninth in the World.'"

Chu Kangtian claimed that Longmaimen had stores all over the world and also had a place in Shanhui City. Could it be this store?

Chang Yufeng continued, "Chu Liangxing and Jiang Jie, the leader of the Danding Society who is known as the 'Sixth Old Man in the World', are the two biggest profiteers in Shanhui City."

Cheng Bai thought about it and felt that there seemed to be nothing wrong with the goods Jiang Jie was selling, so he couldn't help but ask, "Where are they cheating?"

Chang Yufeng whispered, "You may not be able to tell once or twice, but after a long time, you will know that there are different levels of unscrupulous businessmen. There is no unscrupulous businessman, and there is no wolf without greed. The two of them are the top grade ones."

As they were talking, everyone came to Chu Liangxing's store.

Jiuyouzhai has a large storefront, which is obviously brighter and more imposing than the surrounding areas. The warm lighting and comfortable tables and chairs create a sense of being at home. In one corner of the store, there is a cute mascot with a broad back and a hippopotamus head, which is particularly attractive to look at.

The shop owner, who was lying on the reclining chair, was only four feet tall. He was an old man from the Zhourao tribe. He looked relaxed and contented. When he saw the customers coming, he could see them clearly with his sharp eyes and quickly stood up to greet them.

"Isn't this the Great Saint Master Guo of the Prison Sword Sect? What a rare guest. The piece of Zhenwu rock you said you didn't want last time was bought by someone else at three times the price. What a pity. It's been many years since I've seen such a huge piece of stuff. It's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. I'm giving it to you at a special price and I'd rather keep it!"

Guo Xieke whispered, "I took an expert friend to look at it. It was severely cracked. The cracks were filled with snake bottle grass juice and glued together with super glue. Whoever bought it would lose money. Fortunately, I didn't buy it."

Chu Liangxing smiled widely and said, "How is it possible?! It's absolutely natural. Are there any Zhenwu rocks stuck together? That's impossible. Your friend is mistaken. He really doesn't know the value of the goods. The customer who took it away made a huge Zhenwu stone bed. I can't thank you enough! Forget about missing it. Come and have a look at the others. Each one is better than the other. If you like any of them, just bid for them. Everything is on sale. You'll make a profit if you buy them."

Chang Yufeng asked directly: "Is there any inner elixir of a demon beast in the Wuwei realm?"

Chu Liangxing said: "The pills in Wuwei are rare. If you have them, they are not cheap."

After saying that, he opened the display case beside him, picked out an inner elixir that was almost as big as a fist from among the many items, and gently placed it on the table. There were five runes on the red multi-faceted sphere that were glowing faintly.

Guo Xieke leaned over to take a closer look and said, "A fire-type inner elixir, could it be... could it be..."

Chu Liangxing said: "The lava fire dragon king's ten thousand year old inner elixir is worth eight hundred thousand taels of gold. It is genuine and worth the price. I will not cheat you."

Chang Yufeng said happily: "It is of the same grade as Long Bo's inner elixir, very well matched. Brother Dabai, what do you think of it?"

A water system nourishes all things, flexible and gentle; a fire system destroys all things, hot and violent.

The power of water and fire can complement and restrain each other, and they can also complement each other. A skilled weapon refiner can use them to refine weapons, which can just double the power of the magic weapon. It is a very good choice.

Cheng Bai glanced at them and said with a smile, "Anything else?"

Chu Liangxing was shocked and said, "This is a perfect product that no other company has. Are you not satisfied?"

Cheng Bai said: "It is indeed the inner elixir of the lava fire dragon, but unfortunately it is less than ten thousand years old, at most five thousand years old, and it is not the king of the clan."

Chu Liangxing picked up the inner pill and shouted, "Little brother, you are seeing things wrong. How can it be so big without ten thousand years of cultivation? The five great runes are so rare. Look carefully. Apart from the Lava Fire Dragon King, could it be anything else?"

Cheng Bai said truthfully, "It takes a fire dragon a thousand years to obtain the inner elixir, and it takes three thousand years for the inner elixir to form runes. A five thousand year old inner elixir has forty-five sides, and a ten thousand year old inner elixir has ninety sides. It's not about size. The number of runes a dragon or sub-dragon has depends on aptitude. For the same amount of time, the higher the aptitude, the more runes a person has. A lava fire dragon king usually has more than five runes. Hei Long, am I right?"

"My Lord is wise, and what you said is correct."

Heilong probed the dragon's head and flicked its tail. Anyone could see that he was a dragon. How could the dragon clan come forward to prove it? He had cultivated seven runes in his three thousand years of inner alchemy, but he did not call himself the Dragon King.

Chu Liangxing was speechless. He put down the lava fire dragon inner core in dismay and said stubbornly, "We are all experts. We can't bargain in various ways. Since you are a connoisseur of goods, I will give you a discount. How about 40 taels of gold?"

The price was cut in half.

Guo Xieke snorted and said, "Chu Laojiu, you want to cheat me out of money again."

Chu Liangxing said confidently: "Money is something outside of our body, how can it be as good as treasures? If you don't want it, I will sell it to someone else. Don't regret it."

Chang Yufeng offered a price: "Ordinary lava fire dragon inner pills cannot be sold too expensively. How about 20 taels of gold?"

Chu Liangxing put the lava fire dragon inner pill back into the display case, replaced it with another smaller one and introduced it, "20 taels is very suitable for buying this. The black tortoise inner pill is the bloodline of the immortal beast and is also very rare."

Guo Xieke shook his head and said, "The black turtle is not the Black Tortoise, it is far from being a fairy beast. Is there nothing else?"

Chu Liangxing blinked and said, "Master Guo, you are an old customer. Why don't you temporarily deposit one million taels of gold in my Longmaimen account and become an internal member. Once there is good goods, I will notify you first to pick them up and deduct the money from your account. It is easy and convenient."

Guo Xieke curled his lips and said, "I finally quit last year. What membership? It's obvious that I gave money for nothing to let Longmaimen spend as much as they want. It's extremely difficult to come back. You deduct a lot of money and cheat people to death without paying for their lives. The word 'convenience' is for you. Don't ever let me do such a thing of getting something for nothing again."

Cheng Bai looked up and down at the mascot next to him that seemed to be motionless.

Some merchants like to place a huge one in front of their storefronts. It is eye-catching and ingenious, and always attracts passers-by to take a few more glances and come into the store to find out what it is.

"Would you like to sell the inner elixir of this Behemoth bear?" Cheng Bai suddenly suggested.

Chu Liangxing waved his hands repeatedly and said, "This is not for sale. I can't sell it."

The cute mascot was actually alive. He opened his eyes when he heard the conversation. His round black eyes stared at Cheng Bai and others, and his hippo-like mouth opened as if about to spit.

Chu Liangxing quickly stood on tiptoe, raised his hand to hold him down and said, "There are guests everywhere in the store, don't be violent."

Seeing that he had angered the spirit beast, Guo Xieke hurriedly pulled Chang Yufeng away, and Cheng Bai followed quickly with Hei Long and Chi Zhongming.

Chang Yufeng said softly, "There is only one Behemoth Bear in the Wuzhou Continent. It is a rare beast in the Dragon Realm. Its body is nearly a thousand meters long when it is unfolded. It is the guardian beast of the Dragon Vein Sect. I didn't expect it to be following us all the time."

Cheng Bai pondered and said, "It seems that it is difficult to buy a satisfactory inner elixir."

Chang Yufeng sighed and said, "It's easier to buy crystal cores, but it's much harder to buy inner cores, especially good ones. One core can at least create a high-quality spiritual weapon, or even a soul weapon! Who would be willing to give it up easily? Looking at the entire Shanhui City, Chu Liangxing's goods are already the best choice. Just like he said, if we don't buy them, there will be others who will."

Cheng Bai suggested: "Before the Long Bo Inner Pills sold by Xianhua Pavilion were put on the shelves for the Elite Gathering, I bought most of them and refined them into similar armors as the ones you wear. If Brother Chang needs it, how about removing the Pill Spirit from one of them and transferring it to you at the original price of 800,000 taels of gold?"

"That's the best." Chang Yufeng was overjoyed when he heard that, but he couldn't help but feel a little strange, "But why do you want to dismantle the armor? This will cost us a magic weapon, which is not worth it."

Cheng Bai took out the damaged Biling armor from the last battle with the two-faced giant and showed it to the audience, "This armor was scratched by the sword energy when fighting with a powerful enemy, but the elixir is intact and still functions. Instead of considering repairing it, it is better to disassemble the intact parts and refine them into other treasures. This is the only chance."

Guo Xieke took the armor and looked at it carefully, then nodded and said, "It's a very good armor, but it's a pity that it's damaged. The elixir is indeed intact, and it's also Long Bo's inner elixir. You can buy it. Now that you have two Long Bo's inner elixirs, I wonder how much it will cost for you to refine the soul weapon?"

Cheng Bai roughly estimated, "The price of a soul weapon sword is 240 million taels, and Long Bo's inner elixir is 80, a total of 320 million taels of gold. What do you think, Senior Guo?"

Guo Xieke was satisfied with the price, which was better than Changshenghui, but he handed the armor to Chang Yufeng and said hesitantly: "Yufeng, you decide."