"I came to Yanming City with the intention of taking a leisurely stroll and relaxing, but I never expected to encounter such an interesting thing. Now that things have developed to this point, well then, I will do a good deed today and appraise the quality of these pills for you all free of charge. You should know that normally, you wouldn't be able to hire me without 100,000 taels of silver."

Master Huang hesitated for a moment before steadily taking the medicine bottle from Fang Han's hand.

Seeing this, everyone around held their breath and followed Master Huang's every move closely. The entire medicine shop became so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.

As the medicine bottle was opened, a rich and unique medicinal fragrance instantly filled the air, like blooming flowers in spring, fragrant and refreshing.

A fragrant aroma wafted freely in the air, permeating everyone's nostrils.

"The smell of this pill is exactly the same as the one that Young Master Ye took out earlier!"

A burly man in the crowd couldn't help but widen his eyes and exclaim in astonishment, his voice filled with undisguised surprise and doubt.

"So, this Meridian Opening Pill, could it really have been refined by the Fang family?"

A woman dressed in plain clothes, her delicate brows slightly furrowed, murmured softly, her eyes filled with disbelief.

"If the Fang family can really refine a high-grade Meridian Opening Pill, wouldn't the Fang family be destined for great success and rapid advancement?"

An old man stroked his beard, his gaze deep and thoughtful.

"Fang Han's appearance at this exact moment suggests that the long-simmering conflict between the Fang and Zhao families is about to erupt completely."

A young nobleman, waving a folding fan, had a slight upturn at the corners of his mouth and his eyes sparkling with excitement, as if he were looking forward to the start of a good show.

The people in the medicine shop started whispering among themselves, their voices rising and falling.

Fang Han's timely appearance was like a boulder thrown into a calm lake, making them keenly aware that today's events were anything but simple. Perhaps this small episode would completely change the future landscape of Yanming City.

Master Huang carefully examined the pill in his hand, sometimes gently turning it, sometimes holding it under his nose to sniff it.

He quickly said, "Everyone, you should all have seen that these pills, in terms of color, smell, and texture, are exactly the same as the high-grade Meridian Opening Pill that Young Master Ye took out earlier. Moreover, their refining methods are exactly the same, so they must have been made by the same alchemist."

For a moment, everyone was stunned, and then an uproar broke out.

The facts are so clear and obvious that they have no choice but to believe them.

Many people now believe that the Fang family does indeed possess the superb skill to refine high-grade Meridian Opening Pills; otherwise, the Fang family would not have gone to such great lengths to suddenly open eighteen pill shops.

"Master Huang, are you saying that all of these pills were made by the Fang family?"

Zhao Mengde's face instantly turned extremely ugly, and he asked in a sharp voice, his tone full of resentment and doubt.

"Zhao Mengde, faced with these irrefutable facts, you old scoundrel, are still so stubborn and refuse to admit it?"

Ye Qianqiu could no longer contain his anger.

"Hmph, if Fang Han bought a few high-grade Meridian Opening Pills from somewhere else and then shamelessly claimed that they were made by the Fang family, who would know?"

Zhao Mengde completely ignored Ye Qianqiu's anger. He shifted his gaze from Master Huang to Fang Han and sneered, "Boy, don't think you can easily deceive everyone here with such clumsy methods. I think your idiocy hasn't completely healed yet. I advise you to find a place to get treatment first! My Zhao family has monopolized the pill business in Yanming City for many years. You, a useless fool, want to ruin our business? No way!"

"Zhao Mengde, you think I bought pills, colluded with Young Master Ye, and even secretly conspired with Master Huang? That's baseless speculation!"

A contemptuous sneer appeared on Fang Han's lips. He then walked to a large, conspicuous display case of pills in the pill shop and said loudly, "Then you all might as well take a look at what this is!"

As soon as he finished speaking, countless bottles of pills appeared on the display case as if by magic.

Upon closer inspection, the style and material of these pill bottles were exactly the same as the pill bottles that Fang Han had taken out earlier, as well as the porcelain pill bottles that Ye Qianqiu and Ye Qianqian had displayed.

"Please look, everyone. There are hundreds of bottles of pills here, all of which are top-grade Meridian Opening Pills."

Fang Han's voice echoed in the medicine shop, clear and powerful, "Everyone might as well calculate how much money it would cost if I bought it from elsewhere? Furthermore, if needed, I can easily produce hundreds of bottles of the same medicine."

He paused slightly, his gaze sweeping over the surrounding crowd, before continuing, "My Fang family is fortunate enough to have comprehended the supreme art of alchemy. Take this bottle of superior-grade Meridian Opening Pill, for example. My Fang family sells it for at least 50,000 taels of silver cheaper than other pill shops. You might as well calculate how much loss my Fang family would suffer if I intentionally counterfeited it. Moreover, as you can see, our Fang family's pill shop has a large quantity of this type of pill. How could such a large-scale operation be easily counterfeited?"

"Fang Han, you...you're telling the truth, are these really all top-grade Meridian Opening Pills?"

Among the crowd, a middle-aged man couldn't help but ask.

As a high-level martial artist, his desire to break through to the Martial Master realm burned like a raging fire.

At this moment, his eyes were filled with fervor and anticipation, because he knew that if he could obtain a high-grade Meridian Opening Pill, his chances of breaking through would greatly increase.

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