Chapter 2098 — Take It or Leave It
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
"In a few days?" Old Master Zhao sucked in a sharp breath of cold air. He could not tell whether Wei Zhao was bragging or truly about to break through to the Heaven rank so soon. But hearing him say it only made Old Master Zhao more anxious—his own Heaven-rank cultivation was still unstable, forced through with spiritual medicine, after all, and so not as solid as a natural breakthrough. He had to shore up his foundation, and this five-hundred-year mint flower was exactly what would do it.
"That's right. I level up very fast. Didn't you know?" Wei Zhao asked in return.
"Well... ha, of course I knew," said Old Master Zhao. "But a prodigy like you, Mr. Lin, surely has no need of such a thing. After all, it only steadies one's cultivation, and your strength advances a thousand li a day—you don't need steadying at all. Before you could steady yourself, you'd likely have leveled up again!"
"Oh, you're right about that!" Wei Zhao nodded.
"Right? So, shall we trade?" Old Master Zhao asked, a note of urgency creeping into his voice.
"No trade!" Wei Zhao refused flatly.
"Gah!" Old Master Zhao was beside himself with fury. It's useless to you, so why won't you trade? Though rage burned inside him, he dared not be careless in his manner; he could only swallow his anger and ask, "And why is that?"
"The Minor Qi-Gathering Pill isn't much use. Precious as it is, I can refine it myself, and the cost of those ingredients isn't worth this five-hundred-year mint flower!" Wei Zhao shook his head.
"This..." Old Master You reflected that Wei Zhao had earlier swindled two medicinal cauldrons; if that was so, Wei Zhao must be an alchemist. The Minor Qi-Gathering Pill was a second-grade pill—perhaps Wei Zhao really could refine it himself, and it was only natural he'd turn up his nose at it. With that thought, Old Master You said, "Then what would it take for you to agree?"
"Two Minor Qi-Gathering Pills. If you can produce them, I'll reluctantly make the trade," Wei Zhao said blandly.
"Two?" Old Master You let out a cold laugh at his words. "You've got a lion's appetite! The ingredients for one Minor Qi-Gathering Pill are indeed not worth the value of this five-hundred-year mint flower, but the ingredients for two already exceed it! And even if you had the materials for two Minor Qi-Gathering Pills, you'd be lucky to successfully refine two of them!"
"Take it or leave it!" Wei Zhao sneered back. "I'm first place, so I call the shots! You have the right to trade, and I have the right to refuse."
"Trade—we'll trade!" Old Master Zhao shot a look at Old Master You. Their hidden Zhao family had one more Minor Qi-Gathering Pill, originally meant for Zhao Qibing's future use, but right now the five-hundred-year mint flower was more important, so Old Master Zhao would rather make the exchange now and buy from the hidden You family later when the chance arose.
"Payment on one hand, goods on the other!" Wei Zhao said.
"Agreed!" Since Old Master Zhao had said to trade, Old Master You naturally had nothing more to say. The hidden Zhao family would surely compensate the hidden You family for their loss later!
Han Xiaohu was filled with boundless admiration for Wei Zhao. Too formidable, too brilliant—trading a single five-hundred-year mint flower for two Minor Qi-Gathering Pills? Why, the hidden Han family's treasury still held several of those five-hundred-year mint flowers, worth nowhere near as much as a Minor Qi-Gathering Pill!