Xing Nan's trip was not in vain. After waiting for an hour and a half, the material he wanted finally appeared.
Standing on the ceremonial stage was an old man who looked over fifty years old. There was a jade box floating in front of his eyes, and there was a medicinal herb in the box.
The herb is half a foot long, has few stems and leaves, and is lavender in color. There is a flower bone that has not yet bloomed, emitting a faint glow.
This is one of the main ingredients for refining the Taoist Soul Shaping Pill...Purple Spirit Soul Containing Grass.
"This purple spirit soul-accumulating grass is over a thousand years old. In terms of grade, it is almost a metamorphic grade medicinal material. Please make an offer!" the old man said with a calm expression.
"Twenty thousand pieces of Xuanjing!"
"Thirty thousand!"
"fifty thousand!"
"One hundred thousand!"
As soon as the old man finished speaking, the sound of quotations rang out in the hall.
In just a few breaths, the price of this Purple Spirit Soul-retaining Grass rose to 300,000 Xuan Crystals, which made Xing Nan frown.
In the past ten days, although Xing Nan and the others collected most of the materials for refining Taoist Soul Pills, they also spent nearly 800,000 Xuan Crystals.
The three main materials, including the Purple Spirit Soul-encrypting Grass, are each worth more than 200,000 Xuan Crystals. The 1.2 million Xuan Crystals left by Xing Nan and the others are not necessarily enough.
In fact, the value of the thousand-year-old Purple Spirit Soul-enriching Grass is only about 300,000 Xuan Crystals.
But in this kind of transaction that is similar to an auction, God knows how high the price will eventually rise.
Fortunately, the people present were all people with good eyesight. They were not taken advantage of, and they also knew the value of Purple Spirit Soul-accumulating Grass. Therefore, when the price reached 300,000 Xuan Crystals, the number of people bidding was obviously reduced by more than half.
, and the price increase has been reduced a lot.
"Three hundred and sixty thousand!"
After a monk sitting in the middle shouted out the high price, no one said anything.
"Four hundred thousand yuan!" Xing Nan finally spoke out.
This price is almost the highest price he can afford.
The other party obviously hesitated, but finally gave up and did not continue to increase the price.
In fact, if you spend 400,000 Xuanjing to buy this Purple Spirit Soul-retaining Grass, you will definitely lose money if you try to sell it again.
As for buying it for your own use, it is not practical. After all, not everyone can find an alchemy master who can refine the Taoist soul-shaping elixir.
"Four hundred and fifty thousand dollars!"
What Xing Nan never expected was that Yu Wenhe, who was sitting in the same row as him, would then raise a price.
Xing Nan frowned and turned his head, and found Yu Wenhe looking at him with a smirk on his face.
"If you increase the price, I will also increase the price." Yu Wenhe looked threatening, "If you don't increase the price, I will sell it to you after I buy it."
Xing Nan couldn't tell whether Yu Wenhe was serious, but thinking about Yuwen's family's rich background and Yu Wenhe's unusual personality, he gave up decisively.
What can I do if I don't give up? If I continue to increase the price, I won't be able to afford it with my own financial resources.
No one continued to increase the price, so the old man naturally completed the transaction with Yu Wenhe.
Yu Wenhe didn't carry so many mysterious crystals with him, but the old woman behind her did.
This old woman was obviously Yu Wenhe's expert guard. Her cultivation level was definitely not low, and she presumably had some status in the Yuwen family. However, she actually allowed Yu Wenhe to "act recklessly", which really puzzled Xing Nan.
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"Hello!"
After the old man took the Xuan Jing and left, Yu Wenhe shook the sealed jade box in his hand and said proudly: "Do you want it?"
"Of course I want it," Xing Nan replied.
"You have also seen that I bought it for 450,000 yuan of Xuanjing. How much do you think I should sell it to you for?" Yu Wenhe said in a weird and authentic tone.
Xing Nan's mind raced, and after thinking about it, he replied: "Forty-six thousand yuan, just enough to make back the 10,000 yuan Xuanjing you lost before."
"Haha, you are so smart!"
Yu Wenhe looked happy, but turned around and said: "But in this case, I will neither make any profit nor lose. How boring is this?"
"Then let's take 470,000 yuan of mysterious crystals so that Miss He'er can make some money." Xing Nan said generously.
Yu Wenhe pretended to hesitate for a moment, then nodded and said: "Okay, then it will be easier for you!"
Although he was obviously cheated and spent tens of thousands of Xuan Crystals, Xing Nan did not get angry. He still smiled and took out 470,000 Xuan Crystals from his storage belt into a storage bag, and then put it into a storage bag.
The storage bag was delivered to Yu Wenhe.
Yu Wenhe didn't count the number of Xuan Jing, he just threw the storage bag to the old woman behind him, and then neatly pushed the jade box in front of Xing Nan.
Xing Nan carefully opened the jade box and looked at it before putting it away.
"Why don't you say thank you? I've helped you a lot!" Yu Wenhe fanned his eyes.
If not for Yu Wenhe's troubles, Xing Nan only needed 400,000 Xuan Crystals to take over this Purple Spirit Soul-retaining Grass. However, Yu Wenhe got the advantage and still behaved, which really made Xing Nan very angry, but no matter what
At least the goal was achieved, and he was not in the mood to care too much.
Even if he wanted to argue, he had to first consider the unfathomable old woman standing behind Yu Wenhe.
"Thank you!" Xing Nan clasped his fists and said calmly.
"Ha ha!"
Yu Wenhe laughed again, pointed at Xing Nan and said: "Look at this guy, he is still a king-level master who is on par with my fifth brother. I obviously cheated him of a few Wanxuan Crystals, and he still wants to thank me! Haha
……Killing me!"
If it weren't for urgent need, Xing Nan would not have paid such a high price to buy this Purple Spirit Soul-accumulating Grass, so even if he knew he was being cheated, he could only be willing to be cheated.
But Yu Wenhe got a cheap deal and behaved well, which was a bit unkind.
"Miss He'er thinks Bingxue is smart?" Xing Nan asked with a smile.
"Of course." Yu Wenhe said with great confidence.
Yu Wenhe is indeed smart, and this is recognized in the aristocratic circle of Shenglong Imperial City.
"I have an arithmetic problem. If Miss He'er can solve it, I would like to donate another ten thousand Xuan Jing." Xing Nan said.
"Arithmetic? Haha, you may not know that in terms of calculation, even the old masters in our family are willing to give me the upper hand!" Yu Wenhe said proudly, "Ten thousand Xuanjing is too few, let's bet 100,000 Xuanjing.
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"Okay! Listen to the question!"
Xing Nan agreed wholeheartedly, and then said: "Three people went to the inn to ask for a guest room. The room fee required thirty yuan of Xuanjing. Each of the three people paid ten yuan of Xuanjing to collect the thirty yuan of Xuanjing and handed it to the innkeeper.
But the shopkeeper said that today's inn discount was only twenty-five Xuan Crystals, and he took out five Xuan Crystals and ordered the waiter to return them to the three guests. The waiter hid two Xuan Crystals secretly, but only used the remaining ones.
The three mysterious crystals that I bought were distributed to the three guests. In this way, each guest received one mysterious crystal."
Xing Nan paused for a moment, then continued: "Let's do the math... At the beginning, each customer paid ten pieces of Xuanjing, and now the waiter returned one piece. In other words, they only paid nine pieces of Xuanjing, but
right?"
Yu Wenhe nodded and said: "That's it, it's very simple!"
Xing Nan smiled mysteriously and said: "Each guest only spent nine pieces of Xuanjing, so how much did the three of them spend in total?"
Yu Wenhe laughed and said: "Isn't this too simple? They spent a total of twenty-seven pieces of Xuanjing. A three-year-old child can calculate it!"
Everyone looked at Xing Nan with puzzled faces, wondering what Xing Nan meant by these words.
Xing Nan then said: "The three guests spent twenty-seven yuan of Xuanjing, and the waiter hid two yuan secretly. How many yuan is the total?"
Yu Wenhe said: "Of course it's twenty-nine yuan!"
Xing Nan tapped his fingers on the table and said, "But clearly, each of the three guests paid ten yuan before, which means they gave out a total of thirty Xuan Jing. Miss He'er, where is the other Xuan Jing?"
"Huh?"
Yu Wenhe immediately frowned and began to make calculations in his mind.
The other young masters, including Yu Shaojie, also bowed their heads and made plans silently.
The more they calculated, the weirder they felt. Even though they racked their brains, they couldn't figure out the reason.
It was obviously thirty pieces of mysterious crystal, why did it suddenly become twenty-nine pieces?
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Just as everyone was making plans, tonight's black market transaction had ended, but many guests still stayed and continued to have fun.
"Miss He'er, please take your time and calculate. It's getting late now, so I'll take my leave first."
Xing Nan stood up to leave. He didn't want to gain Yu Wenhe's Xuan Jing, he just wanted to embarrass Yu Wenhe and counter Yu Wenhe's ridicule just now.
As for this weird arithmetic problem, Xing Nan also spent a lot of brains on it in his previous life.
"Wait!" Yu Wenhe called urgently, "Do you know the answer?"
"Why, Miss He'er is so smart, do you still need to give me the answer?" Xing Nan asked with a smile.
"Uh..." Yu Wenhe was stunned for a moment, then waved his hand, "Just go away, I can figure out the answer myself!"
"You guys just have fun first, I'll send Brother Xing off to you."
Yu Shaojie also stood up. He took Xing Nan and Lehua all the way out of the underground black market, climbed up the stairs, walked through the corridor, and arrived at the first floor lobby of Yuji Casino.
As soon as they arrived at the lobby on the first floor, the Zhike maid named Hong Ling came up to her. She first saluted Yu Shaojie, then tenderly took Lehua's arm and asked softly: "Are you free now?
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"Uh..." Lehua looked at Xing Nan with a troubled expression.
"Let's go, you can't afford to play here." Xing Nan said calmly.
"Yeah." Lehua nodded.
Hong Ling looked resentful.
"Brother Xing, with a friend like you taking care of you, how can Lehua not be able to afford it here?" Yu Shaojie interjected.
Xing Nan shook his fist at Yu Shaojie and said, "There are still guests below, so Master Yu doesn't have to go far to see them off."
Yu Shaojie still insisted on sending him to the entrance of the casino. When he said goodbye again, he asked Xing Nan in a low voice: "What's the answer to that question?"
Xing Nan smiled perfunctorily and said, "I believe Miss He'er, she can figure it out."
Then, Xing Nan pulled Lehua, who was still a little reluctant to leave, stopped a carriage and drove all the way to Shenglong Academy.
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In the carriage.
"Xing Nan, what's the answer to that question?" Lehua also asked very curiously.
"No solution!" Xing Nan replied.
"How can there be no solution? There is no problem in the middle. Why don't the numbers of Xuan Jing match up?" Lehua was puzzled.
"You'd better think about the future." Xing Nan reminded.
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Don't worry about that arithmetic problem, it's very taxing on your brain cells.
Thank you "charleszhaochi" for the big red envelope and gift you sent yesterday and the gold medal you sent today!
