Chapter 57 Packing in sacks
Thinking of this, the elders of the Shan family panicked: "Eldest niece, we don't want anything else, we just want the pills, as long as we have the Youth Preservation Pills, from today onwards, you will be the rightful head of the Shan family!"
"That's right! You should have been the head of the family. We've all seen your abilities. Who says a good-for-nothing can't be the head of the family?"
In an attempt to curry favor with Shanxi, someone pointed at Shan Mingyuan and said, "The patriarch is right. If you're so capable, you can also use money to bribe those three and make them cooperate with your act."
As they talked, everyone unconsciously distanced themselves from Shan Mingyuan, wanting to get as far away from him as possible...
Shan Mingyuan was subjected to a barrage of insults from the crowd, and he was so angry that he trembled all over. He pointed at the crowd, his lips quivering, but he couldn't utter a single word.
He couldn't understand why those elders who had once despised and looked down on Shanxi would now so heartlessly and ruthlessly criticize and scorn him for the sake of that so-called elixir.
They were the ones who disliked Sun Hee and insisted on bringing him here to teach him a lesson, so why are they now blaming him for all the mistakes, as if he were the most heinous sinner?
Old Master Shan looked disdainful, his eyes practically rolling to the sky.
Everyone's faces instantly turned bright red, like ripe apples.
They looked at each other, their eyes filled with panic and embarrassment. In the end, they all unanimously pushed all the blame onto Shan Mingyuan: "It's all Shan Mingyuan's fault! If Shan Mingyuan hadn't been stirring things up behind the scenes and saying all sorts of bad things about Shanxi, how could we have followed him and blindly made such a foolish move?"
"Exactly! It's all your fault! You're a useless jerk who only brings trouble, a real troublemaker!"
"Shan Mingyuan is always vying for power and profit. He will stop at nothing for such a small gain. He has absolutely no bottom line!"
Everyone pointed at Shan Mingyuan, as if they wanted to vent all their anger on him and push all the responsibility onto him.
Shan Mingyuan was stunned for a moment, as if struck by a bolt from the blue, and stood there dumbfounded.
He never dreamed that these people could say such things against their conscience when faced with profit.
In order to distance herself from Sun Hee and gain his favor, she even went so far as to pin all the blame on him, as if he were a scapegoat that could be discarded at will.
yes!
Among this group of people, he was the youngest, and strictly speaking, he was not even a member of the Shan family, but merely a son-in-law whom the Shan family had brought in.
Here, everyone else is of a higher status than him.
Anyone can stand on the side of an elder and reprimand or blame him.
He was completely powerless to resist and had no room to refute the attack from this group.
Shan Mingyuan lowered his head, his hands clenched into fists, his knuckles turned white from the force, and his nails almost dug into his palms.
He hates it!
He hated the kind family that made him a son-in-law!
I hate these hypocritical elders even more; they've abandoned all sense of shame in their attempt to shirk responsibility.
Should we appoint a useless person as the head of the household?
How dare they even say that!
Shan Mingyuan's face turned red with anger. He was furious, his eyes blazing with fire, and he strode away from the Shan residence like a shooting star.
The elders of the Shan family who remained behind looked at Shanxi with expectant and ingratiating expressions, hoping that Shanxi would be merciful and bestow upon them a few pills.
There's no reason why they couldn't have something that even an outsider like Old Master Wu could obtain.
Shanxi observed everyone's reactions but did not point them out. Instead, she smiled and looked at Xiao Qi and the other two: "Continue refining. I need some pills to maintain appearances. Also, transfer three hundred Rank 4 pills to me from the guild."
"Just three hundred? Do you need to get three thousand?" Little Eleven asked innocently, as if three thousand pills were nothing more than a trivial matter to him.
Those kinds of useless pills are so bad that they're practically sold in sacks in the Alchemist Guild; they don't even deserve to be in bottles.
"Three hundred is enough; we can't disrupt the market," Shanxi said in a nonchalant tone.
Upon hearing this, Xiao Shi nodded hurriedly, not daring to be negligent in the slightest, and quickly went to do as instructed.
Upon hearing this, Old Master Shan smiled broadly, his wrinkles seeming to smooth out. He chuckled and said, "That's enough, that's enough. Now everyone coming to the auction house will have one."
Three hundred pills would be enough for them to buy.
Those who had previously questioned Sunhee now all looked enlightened and had a sudden realization.
With these three in charge, how can we worry about not having high-grade pills to attract customers?
With the identity of the Alchemist Guild, getting some low-grade pills would be as easy as getting candy.
The scene before them unconsciously reminded them of their great-grandmother, and one of the kind elders even suddenly wiped away tears: "Waaah... I suddenly miss my great-grandmother."
The Third Master also lowered his head with emotion: "Yes, back when Great-Grandma was still alive, those pills were like candy, and we could eat them as much as we wanted."
"A child who is loved by his great-grandmother is a treasure. Alas, I feel like a wretched old man who is unloved and uncared for by anyone." The Sixth Master spoke in a self-pitying and pitiful tone, as if the whole world had abandoned him.
Listening to a group of old men mourning him, Sunhee twitched his lips in annoyance.
Isn't it just a pill?
If they weren't too weak and couldn't digest the pills, would she have refused to give them to them?
"Master, please keep this batch of pills for now, I'll continue refining." Xiao Shi handed the pills he had just refined to Shanxi.
Seeing this, Xiao Qi and Xiao Ba quickly handed over their pills to Shanxi. Then, as if vying for favor with Xiao Shi, they rushed to refine their own pills without stopping.
After accepting the pills from the three men, Shan Xi thoughtfully stroked his chin.
However, the gazes of those around them were too intense, even Old Master Shan and Fourth Master looked like they were drooling with envy.
Seeing this, Shanxi pushed the pill forward impatiently: "Little Yellow Flower, you can do whatever you want with this pill."
Upon hearing this, Old Master Shan hurriedly accepted the pill as if it were a rare treasure, and quickly replied, "Yes."
Seeing the extremely envious looks on everyone's faces, Old Master Shan snorted coldly, "This is for sale. If you want it, you can pay for it yourselves!"
It's not like we don't have money!
What are you pretending to be poor for!
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