Unfortunately, he was short of money; the silver he had was only enough to buy the Zhao family's low-grade Meridian Opening Pill.

It's important to know that the effects of a low-grade Meridian Opening Pill are worlds apart from those of a high-grade one.

High-level martial artists who consume superior-grade Meridian Opening Pills have a breakthrough probability of over 90%, while those who consume inferior-grade Meridian Opening Pills have a breakthrough probability of only 30%.

Nowadays, the Fang family's top-grade Meridian Opening Pill is priced at only 30,000 taels of silver per pill, which is even cheaper than the Zhao family's low-grade Meridian Opening Pill.

Therefore, if given a choice, everyone would naturally prefer the Fang family's elixirs.

However, those present who were buying the pills still had doubts about whether the Fang family could really produce such a large quantity of top-grade Meridian Opening Pills.

"Since Master Huang happens to be here, then we will trouble Master Huang to check everyone one by one."

Fang Han clasped his hands in a respectful bow to Master Huang, displaying a humble and courteous demeanor.

In reality, it was all just a pre-arranged act between the two of them.

Master Huang is now fully aware of Fang Han's formidable abilities.

At the Fang family, every time he saw Fang Han, he was always respectful and addressed Fang Han as Master.

If it weren't for this performance, he wouldn't have dared to accept Fang Han's fist-and-palm salute.

"Master Huang, please take a look. I know very well the Fang family's alchemy skills. I would never believe they could produce so many high-grade Meridian Opening Pills."

Zhao Mengde looked doubtful, his wrinkles furrowing into a knot, and his tone was full of disdain and stubbornness.

He still harbored a sliver of hope, thinking that Fang Han was merely bluffing and that things were definitely not that simple.

Zhao Mengde pondered to himself that Fang Han's logic seemed impeccable. If all of these hundreds of bottles of pills were top-grade Meridian Opening Pills, it would be difficult for the Fang family to fake them, based on common sense.

The art of alchemy is incredibly difficult. The gap between the lowest grade, low-level Body Tempering Pill, and this precious high-level Meridian Opening Pill is like an insurmountable chasm; improving the quality of pills is not something that can be achieved overnight.

How could a family achieve such an amazing leap in such a short period of time?

He simply couldn't accept this fact, so he pinned all his hopes on Master Huang's appraisal.

"I am also curious about the grade of these pills."

Master Huang nodded slightly, without the slightest hesitation.

He slowly walked to the display case full of pills, stretched out his calloused but incredibly steady hands, gently picked up a bottle of pills, first examined the appearance of the bottle, and then carefully opened the stopper. A rich and unique medicinal fragrance instantly filled the air.

Master Huang closed his eyes slightly, gently sniffing the aroma of the medicine and sensing its medicinal power. Then he poured out a pill, placed it in his palm, and carefully observed its color and texture under the soft light of the medicine shop.

"This bottle contains top-grade Meridian Opening Pills, and this bottle also contains..."

Master Huang's voice was unhurried, and with each bottle he appraised, the breathing of the surrounding crowd became increasingly rapid.

"These are all over a hundred bottles!"

Not long after, Master Huang finished appraising all the pills.

Just when everyone thought the appraisal was about to end, Master Huang's voice rang out again. This time, his tone was full of shock: "No, these last three are actually top-grade Meridian Opening Pills! High-level martial artists who take these pills will be able to step into the realm of Martial Master with 100% certainty."

These words were like a bombshell dropped on the crowd, instantly causing a huge uproar.

Everyone stared wide-eyed, their faces filled with disbelief.

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Zhao Mengde and his men turned deathly pale instantly, as if all their energy had been drained away.

They were initially convinced that Ye Qianqiu, Ye Qianqian, and Fang Han had conspired to cause trouble at the Zhao family's medicine shop, but now it seems that things are far more complicated than they imagined. The strength shown by the Fang family has exceeded their understanding.

"Zhao Mengde, your Zhao family's pill shop deliberately inflated prices, now you have no excuse for losing. You lost one million taels of silver to me, now it's time to pay it back."

Ye Qianqiu's lips curled up into a smug smile as he unceremoniously demanded silver notes from Zhao Mengde.

"Give me the money!"

"Give me the money!"

The surrounding crowd joined in the commotion, their voices converging to form a powerful force.

"The Zhao family is really ruthless. I'll go to the Fang family to buy some pills later."

Someone shouted, and the crowd immediately responded.

"Young Master Fang, I... I'm just the manager of this medicine shop. I really can't come up with a million taels of silver in a short time."

Zhao Mengde's voice trembled slightly. He had lost completely, but he still clung to a sliver of hope and tried to find an excuse to shirk this huge gambling debt.

He knew in his heart that once he took out this million taels of silver, it would be a heavy blow to Zhao's medicine shop.

Moreover, this is probably just the beginning of the Zhao family's true decline.

"You don't want to pay, huh?"

Ye Qianqiu sneered: "Zhao Mengde, you should know my reputation. If you don't pay, I'll smash up ten of your Zhao family's pill shops."

After saying that, the devil was about to make a move.