Jin Bowen shook his head. "Over the years, I haven't had many refining materials left. After making two crossbows, they're almost all gone. If I want to make more, I need to get more materials. Besides, this crossbow is too delicate and takes a long time to make. Also, I've had some ideas recently that might improve the crossbow, but I need some time to experiment."
Ling Xiang understood Lian Cailiang's thoughts. The old members of the Ling Family Army were now old and young. The younger generation, due to the limitations of their upbringing, did not have many outstanding ones. Their strength could not be greatly improved in a short period of time. If they could be equipped with better weapons, such as crossbows, they could make up for the lack of combat power.
"Don't worry, Uncle Lian. I already have an idea for making a crossbow. If I succeed, I'll tell you in detail."
On the other side, Xiaoyu and Mu Heng went out on a mission.
The two men wore masks and were dressed in luxurious clothes. They chose a busy teahouse. As soon as they entered, they could hear people inside talking about the clan school of the Marquis of Zhenguo Mansion. Their words were very vulgar and they were all slandering Ling Xiang.
Xiaoyu was indignant, but thinking of the young lady's instructions, she suppressed her anger and ordered tea in the same way as Mu Heng, especially the most expensive one.
There were a lot of unpleasant things coming out of the teahouse, and Xiaoyu was upset. She swallowed her anger and drank all the tea. She didn't even feel like eating the snacks. "Waiter, check out!"
Mu Heng felt around his waist, but it was empty. He asked in surprise, "Where's my storage bag?"
"Brother?" Xiaoyu was puzzled. "When I went out today, I saw your storage bag on your waist."
Mu Heng searched carefully several times and shook all his clothes, but he couldn't find the storage bag.
He seemed to have thought of something: "Oh no, it must have been stolen when someone bumped into it just now!"
The waiter didn't care whether they lost their storage bags or didn't bring them with them: "Sir, you don't have a storage bag on you, but your sister should have one, right?"
Xiaoyu quickly reached for her waist and said, "It's over, brother, my storage bag is gone too!"
The waiter wasn't snobbish at all. "We don't take credit. If you two are truly in need, you can pay with valuables you have on you."
"Damn it! The thief actually stole from us!" Xiaoyu stomped her feet, indignant.
"If I find him, I will definitely skin him alive!" Mu Heng was also very angry. He fumbled around his waist for a while, took out a jade bottle, opened it and took a look.
In an instant, a strong medicinal fragrance wafted into my nose.
Mu Heng quickly closed the lid and reluctantly took out the jade bottle: "It contains the best longevity pills, which are very valuable. I'm afraid you can't handle this. Call your shopkeeper over."
Pills are rare things, and high-quality pills like the Longevity Pill are hard to buy even if you have money. Just from the rich fragrance of the pill just now, even the most ignorant person could guess that it was a good thing. The waiter immediately went to ask the shopkeeper.
Before the shopkeeper could speak, a customer in the shop spoke first: "Hey, young master, you have such a good elixir in your hand, why are you worried about not being able to pay for a few dollars? Sell me the longevity elixir and I will give you 10,000 taels!"
"I'll give you 11,000 taels!"
"I'll give you twelve thousand taels!"
"Look at your lack of talent. I'll give you 20,000 taels!"
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Mu Heng and Xiaoyu didn't do anything, but the customers in the teahouse had already spontaneously bid for the longevity pill in Mu Heng's hand.
This longevity pill can be used not only by cultivators to increase their lifespan, but also by ordinary people to prolong their lives. The reason these people haven't fought over it yet is that they are concerned about the rule of not provoking trouble in the teahouse. Otherwise, they would have probably fought over who would get the longevity pill.
"Everyone, there's no need to bid. This longevity pill was originally exchanged by this young master for tea money, so it's naturally going to be sold to the teahouse." The shopkeeper rushed over and immediately stopped the guests from bidding.
"The young master didn't say he would give the longevity pill to your teahouse. Boss, we are all competing fairly. If you want to have it all to yourself, you have to see if we are willing to do so."
"That's right, good things always go to the highest bidder. We've already started bidding, but the shopkeeper insists on stopping us. I'm afraid your teahouse doesn't want to stay open anymore!"
"That's right, if a big store bullies customers, who will dare to come here in the future?"
The guests naturally did not hesitate to take the initiative to get good things.
The shopkeeper didn't expect that even though he arrived so quickly, something unexpected would still happen.
At the moment, he could only discuss with the young master holding the longevity pill: "Young master, you don't have money to pay the bill, so you took out the longevity pill. What do you say?"
Mu Heng pondered for a moment. "I don't want to disappoint the shopkeeper, nor do I want to disappoint everyone here. So, although I only have one longevity pill here, I'm going to get the pills I ordered today. If the shopkeeper trusts me, I'll auction this one to the guests here first. No matter what the transaction price is, I'll get another one and sell it to your store at the same price. Of course, if your store doesn't want to buy it, I won't force you."
The shopkeeper looked at the guests present. Once the auction started, the longevity pill, which was hard to come by, would probably be sold at a sky-high price.
However, if you miss this opportunity, it may not be easy to see the longevity elixir again.
"Okay!" the shopkeeper agreed immediately.
Mu Heng bowed and said to the other guests, "I have a top-grade longevity pill in my hand, which can extend your life by fifty years. If you want it, a mere few tens of thousands of taels is definitely out of the question. The starting price is one thousand spirit stones."
Previously, they all thought it was a low-grade longevity elixir, but now the young master says it's a top-grade one that can extend one's life by fifty years! The starting price of one thousand spirit stones is really not expensive!
But the prerequisite is that the longevity pill in the young master's hand is really top grade!
Someone immediately stepped forward to ask, "Young Master, is that really a top-grade longevity elixir? I'm not very talented, but I know a little bit about alchemy. Could you please take a look at the longevity elixir you have?"
"Then you'd better look carefully." Mu Heng poured out the longevity pill generously. The rich fragrance of the pill instantly filled the teahouse and soon drifted outside, immediately attracting people outside to come in and find out what was going on.
Seeing more and more people coming in, they didn't want to have more competitors, so they immediately urged, "Put it away quickly!"
Mu Heng was not in a hurry. He took the longevity pill and asked the alchemist who had just spoken: "How is it?"
"It is indeed a top-grade longevity elixir!" The alchemist was very excited.
Only then did Mu Heng put the longevity pill back into the jade bottle.
The sounds of bidding in the teahouse continued one after another, and soon the price of the top-grade longevity pill reached over ten thousand spirit stones.
The fragrance of the elixir lingered for a long time, the teahouse was packed, and people kept coming in.
Finally, for safety reasons, the teahouse was temporarily closed.
Even so, the longevity pill was finally auctioned off at a high price of 280,000 spirit stones, and the bidder was the alchemist who requested inspection of the goods.
Although he got the longevity pill and could live another fifty years, if he had not asked for inspection, he would not have attracted so many competitors, and he would not have spent almost all the spirit stones he had.
He regretted it so much that his intestines turned green.
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