Soon, Ye Feng approached the stall selling Xuan Gu Pills, where a crowd had already gathered.
"Hey, boss, are these Xuan Gu Pills defective? One hundred Arcane Yuan Coins each, that's too much..."
Ye Feng's words made the stall owner's tone shift, filled with disbelief.
"Hmm?"
Ye Feng nodded and then said, "If you're not selling, then forget it!"
With that, Ye Feng turned to leave, but the stall owner leaned forward and blocked him.
"Selling, of course I'm selling! Twenty Xuan Gu Pills, one hundred Arcane Yuan Coins each. I'll give you a 9.5% discount, for a total of 1900!" the stall owner said quickly to Ye Feng.
"Uh..."
Ye Feng didn't rush to pay, seeming to hesitate. "It still seems too expensive..."
"Hey, friend, this price for Xuan Gu Pills is truly not expensive. This stuff can save your life at a critical moment, and you can't even buy it with money outside!"
Hearing this, the stall owner spoke again, his tone somewhat anxious now that he'd encountered such a big customer. "How about this, I'll knock off another 100 for you!"
"This... alright... I still feel like I'm losing out a bit..."
Ye Feng still didn't agree. He scanned the stall owner's wares and then said, "Boss, I'm buying so much, can you give me some freebies... This gem bowl is an antique, very beautiful, looks great... I'll take this one!"
"No problem!"
The stall owner had initially worried Ye Feng might eye the expensive G36 assault rifle and was struggling to figure out how to refuse, but to his surprise, Ye Feng was only interested in the antique gem bowl. He readily agreed. After all, in the past, that antique gem bowl would have been priceless, but now, besides its beauty, it was just a container. He had even placed the Xuan Gu Pills in the gem-encrusted bowl to attract customers' attention.
As soon as the stall owner finished speaking, he quickly crouched down, picked up the twenty Xuan Gu Pills along with the gem bowl, and handed them to Ye Feng, as if afraid Ye Feng would change his mind.
Ye Feng's hand glowed, and more than ten Arcane Yuan Coins appeared. After a quick count, it was exactly 1800.
"Perfect, perfect!"
"Here are your Xuan Gu Pills and the gem bowl, please keep them safe!"
The stall owner quickly took the more than ten Arcane Yuan Coins. Even through their masks, everyone present could sense the stall owner's beaming smile from his voice.
After receiving the Xuan Gu Pills and the gem bowl, Ye Feng didn't linger and turned to leave.
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"Ye Feng, you're really rich, almost two thousand Arcane Yuan Coins. I don't even have that much money on me..."
"And even if I had the money, that's not how you spend it! Those Xuan Gu Pills are defective... and that antique gem bowl is just for show, useless..."
Walking to a less crowded area, Jiang Shishan lowered his voice and said to Ye Feng with distress.
Ye Feng didn't respond immediately. He scanned the surroundings, faced a wall, and directly poured the Xuan Gu Pills from the gem bowl onto the ground. Then, he took out a small steel knife and began to pry at the bottom of the gem bowl.
"Ye Feng, what are you doing? Why are you pouring out the Xuan Gu Pills?"
Jiang Shishan was very confused by Ye Feng's peculiar behavior. He was about to bend down to pick up the Xuan Gu Pills, but Ye Feng stopped him.
"This is for you!"
With that, Ye Feng's right hand emerged from the gem bowl, holding a small, rectangular stone of mottled gray and green.
As Jiang Shishan watched in confusion, Ye Feng rubbed the stone with his finger, and the green color disappeared, leaving it entirely gray.
"For... for me?"
Jiang Shishan looked quite puzzled. He finally understood that Ye Feng hadn't spent so many Arcane Yuan Coins for the Xuan Gu Pills or the gem bowl, but for the gray stone in Ye Feng's hand.
"This thing... if I'm not mistaken... it should be the Concealment Stone you mentioned before!"
Saying this, Ye Feng handed the gray stone to Jiang Shishan again.
"This... now that you mention it... this stone does seem a bit different... you were poking the Xuan Gu Pills with chopsticks earlier, was it to look for the gray stone at the bottom of the bowl..."
With Ye Feng's reminder, Jiang Shishan also sensed something.
"Ye... Ye Feng, thank... thank you!"
Jiang Shishan's voice was a little choked as he realized. He didn't ask Ye Feng how he could so accurately identify the Concealment Stone that he had only mentioned once, nor did he want to. All he felt now was gratitude.
"Big brother, look quickly!"
At this moment, Xiao Xiao's cheerful voice came from behind Ye Feng.
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