I Have Medicine

n an invincible position.

Gu Zuo aggrievedly thought: In other words, Qi Tianyou was bullied by people who relied on power.
Now I can rely on my patron's influence to bully Qi Feng? It was really cool to think about.

After being pacified by his patron, Gu Zuo's attention no longer remained on Qi Feng.
Rather, it was shifted to the auction's newly revealed valuables.

From now on, the auction's goods would be even more precious.
Gradually, Gu Zuo discovered some things worth taking — Certainly, those things were very rare.
Even if the Gongyi Clan went to search for the medicinal herbs, it'd be a waste of time.

Gongyi Tianheng completely abided by his promise.
As for everything that Gu Zuo fancied, it didn't require Gu Zuo explaining it to him.
The auctioned items were all taken one after another.

While Gu Zuo wasn't fundamentally spending any money, it still inevitably pained him deep in his heart.
Yet, spending without limits was actually…really cool.

As round after round of the auction pa.s.sed, the people in every private room would place several bids.
The excitement rose many times in the seating below, so much so that the intensity of the fights would frequently burn white-hot.
The atmosphere was on fire.

As more goods were revealed, the guests would become even more frantic.

Eventually, it was the last batch of auctioned goods — That is, it was time for the finale [3].

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The first item was a stalk of medicinal herbs whose medicinal effects had ripened for a thousand years.

This kind of medicinal herb that could attain that particular age was very rare.
Reportedly, no matter if one were refining pills or potions, it would have great benefits for martial artists.

It was only just that its base price was twenty thousand gold.

That kind of millennium herb was something one could encounter but not find.
Gu Zuo looked towards his patron, his eyes gleaming meaningfully.

If he had this kind of medicinal herb, he could give his patron some great medicine to refine his qi and blood as well as his internal organs! Medicinal decoctions, cuisine, and pills — He could choose to refine as much as he wanted!

Gongyi Tianheng smiled: “Then I'll buy it at once.”

Dragon One accepted his order, and started partic.i.p.ating in the bidding.

The millennium herb's price continuously rose.
As Dragon One got an order, he wasn't careless in the least as he ceaselessly bid higher.
The price would often rise by a thousand gold each time, and the other compet.i.tors were all suppressed.

Soon, the price level reached sixty thousand.
There were only a very few people who were bidding.

Dragon One instantly shouted: “Eighty thousand gold!”

With a disparity of twenty thousand gold and an unyielding demeanor, it made the other people give up in the end.

— Also, they still wanted the good stuff.
As far as they were concerned, this millennium herb was something one required supreme effort to compete for.
However, they were unlikely to go all-out today.

Gu Zuo saw the successful purchase and was very happy.

Tianheng said: “If it was in the past, I'm afraid we'd need a hundred thousand or more to get it.
It could be considered convenient to pick it up today.”

Speaking up to here, he smirked: “I'd also like to say thanks to Ah Zuo for refining the high grade qi generating pills, which the Azure Dragon Trading Company cares so much about.
Even this millennium herb, which was formerly the last item among the finale, was brought out as an exciting object for boosting the atmosphere.”

Gu Zuo listened to this, and blushed with a smile.

This was actually his patron's strategy…

Soon after, the second item of the finale was brought out.
It was a human-level mid rank cultivation method.
The base price was fifty thousand gold.
Hearing that it was something with great power, the large Families all thought about competing.
While the smaller Families practically wanted to hang their heads in defeat.

In the end, this cultivation method was sold for a hundred eighty thousand gold.

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The third auctioned item was a very horrifying weapon.
The resolute thousand stone bow [4]: made with special materials and holding immense power, the base price was twenty thousand gold.
It was finally sold for ninety thousand gold.

Besides two other items, all were rare and valuable objects that could have been used as the last item in the finale in previous years.

At last, a remarkably beautiful lady walked onto the stone platform carrying a tray.

That emcee revealed an excited smile: “Ladies and gentlemen, many thanks to the guests who've supported us, the Azure Dragon Trading Company.
At this time, I humbly present the last item of the auction.
It's what everyone's been antic.i.p.ating for a long time.
Qi generating pills with ten-fold medicinal effects—”

His voice was loud and clear, “As everyone knows, refining medicinal pills is difficult.
Although the qi generating pill is the pill most commonly used by us martial artists, it can only support martial artists up to the Meridian Condensing realm for cultivation.
And this qi generating pill with ten-fold effects can provide a Meridian Condensing martial artist the greatest benefits!”

Discussing up to here, the emcee's expression turned solemn: “Certainly, the production of these qi generating pills definitely isn't merely about the medicinal effects — Ladies and gentlemen, whomever purchases these medicinal pills will be able to get a pharmacist to intensely research.
Whether or not they can obtain the refining secrets from within, who knows? Once this secret is unraveled, the entire continent's pill refinement will undergo a huge revolution!”

He never mentioned how these medicinal pills were obtained.
And he also didn't mention that mysterious pharmacist who knew this “secret.” He only needed to orate and incite the will of the people so that it'd make the minds of these guys feverish.
Thinking about the profits and ignoring everything else!

The emcee said in a loud voice: “Six bottles of ten-fold qi generating pills, and each bottle contains two hundred pills.
Every bottle will be auctioned off separately with a base price of — Ten thousand gold!”

Gu Zuo was immediately stunned.

This black hearted [5] auction was selling at a figure that was five times greater than his patron's price!

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[1] 小爷 – Xiao ye.
Referring to oneself as father or grandfather is a way of showing your superiority over the other person.

[2] 装什么大瓣儿蒜 – Zhuang (shen me da ban er) suan, pretending to be garlic, an expression for someone who feigns ignorance.

[3] 压轴物 – Ya zhou wu, similar to 压轴戏, which is a theatrical climax.

[4] 千石强弓 – Qian shi jiang gong, direct translation.

[5] 黑心 – Hei xin, ruthless and lacking in conscience.

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