Chapter 3742 — Never Meant for You
The Blossom Guardian · Page 1 of 3
As far as he knew, across the whole of the five great islands of the Heavenly Tier, the alchemists who had ever refined a top-grade Foundation-Breaking Barrier Pill over the course of history could be counted on one hand. After all, a figure like Zhang Lifeng was a peerless prodigy the likes of which appeared only once in several hundred years; no one else could even come close to matching him.
Generally speaking, being able to refine a high-quality Foundation-Breaking Barrier Pill already counted as exceedingly rare in the world of alchemy. Across the whole of Middle Island on the Cloud Tier, alchemists capable of reaching that level were few and far between, and North Island's own Pill Hall could not produce one at all. As for the legendary top-grade Foundation-Breaking Barrier Pill, that was nothing but a pipe dream!
Besides, even if they made the most generous allowance, even if this penniless wandering cultivator had truly been lucky enough to obtain two top-grade Foundation-Breaking Barrier Pills, he would surely be too busy hiding them to do anything else. How could he possibly bring them out to trade at random?
Yet the shopkeeper's next words left the confident Yu Jiang dumbfounded: "My apologies. The top-grade Foundation-Breaking Barrier Pill may be the stuff of legend, but these two before us are genuine legend made real! Sir, you truly are one who hides his depths—this old man was remiss earlier!"
With that, the shopkeeper bowed deeply to Wei Zhao. A patron who could casually produce two top-grade Foundation-Breaking Barrier Pills was, in their eyes, a veritable living god of wealth!
"You needn't bow!" Wei Zhao hurried to help him up. The shopkeeper had indeed been somewhat cool toward him earlier, but there was nothing truly reproachable in that; the man had been fairly impartial on the whole.
Yu Jiang, however, stood frozen solid at these words.
"Good heavens! How can this be! Shopkeeper, you must have misjudged! This penniless wretch produce top-grade Foundation-Breaking Barrier Pills? Two of them? Who the hell would believe that!" After standing there dumbstruck for a long while, Yu Jiang finally blurted out in shock.
Yet before his words had even faded, the shopkeeper's previously genial expression turned dark as a thundercloud. To say a shopkeeper had misjudged was like cursing a monk to his face as a bald donkey—it was a slap in the face, plain and simple!
Moreover, the top-grade Foundation-Breaking Barrier Pill was such an important and rare treasure—how could he possibly have misjudged it?
"Sir, whether you choose to trust my judgment is your freedom, but if you speak disrespectfully, I may regard it as a provocation against our Hong Clan Merchant Guild. Mind your words!" the shopkeeper said coldly and sternly.
As though a basin of cold water had been poured over his head, Yu Jiang snapped awake. The Hong Clan Merchant Guild was a colossus before which even the higher-ups of the Threefold Pavilion treated with courtesy. As an inner disciple of the Soaring Heaven Pavilion, he might have found some sense of superiority elsewhere, but before the Hong Clan Merchant Guild he was less than nothing!
Never mind how grave the consequences of offending the Hong Clan Merchant Guild might be—just look at the immediate situation: the Star Ink Stone he had set his heart on was still in their hands!
Yu Jiang hastily put on an obsequious smile to make amends: "Shopkeeper, please don't take it to heart. I spoke in the heat of the moment—a slip of the tongue, a slip of the tongue!"