Invincible Over the World
Chapter 394 - 394 394 Is the Fairest

394: Chapter 394 Is the Fairest 394: Chapter 394 Is the Fairest “Gufeng Appraisal.” Huang Xiaolong read aloud.

Supervisor Lin smiled and said, “That’s right, Gufeng Appraisal is the best and largest appraisal establishment in South State City.

All of the alchemy materials in our Mysterious Item Shop have been appraised by a Level 1 Appraiser from Gufeng Appraisal.

Therefore, the age and quality are absolutely correct.”

Huang Xiaolong sneered inwardly and said, “Is that so.”

Clearly, the Wind Bull Flower was no more than one hundred and fifty years old, but this so-called Gufeng Appraisal had judged it to be over three hundred years old.

There was only one explanation for this.

Gufeng Appraisal was no good either.

In the Alchemy Material Market, some shops collude with appraisal establishments to sell at higher prices by falsifying the age of their materials.

This was not uncommon.

However, for a shop like Mysterious Item Shop to dare to have a Wind Bull Flower, clearly no more than one hundred and fifty years old, appraised by Gufeng Appraisal as being over three hundred years old was rare.

Alchemy materials of one hundred and fifty years and those over three hundred years differ in price by about ten times.

Ten times!

This showed just how greedy the Mysterious Item Shop was!

Huang Xiaolong handed the Wind Bull Flower back to the other party and said nonchalantly, “It seems that your Mysterious Item Shop and Gufeng Appraisal have a very good relationship.”

Supervisor Lin took back the Wind Bull Flower, paused at Huang Xiaolong’s remark, then chuckled and said, “Brother is right.

Our Mysterious Item Shop and Gufeng Appraisal do have a very good relationship.

It’s normal to have such a relationship due to business dealings.”

Huang Xiaolong nodded and did not continue on the subject.

Zhao Shu and Zhang Fu, who were following behind Huang Xiaolong, also remained silent.

Naturally, they too could see the inconsistency in the age of the materials and the significant shortage in quantity.

At that moment, Huang Xiaolong walked over to a pile that looked like black gravel and said, “Supervisor Lin, I want a hundred portions of this Black Water Sand, which is to say, a hundred catties.

Do you have a hundred catties here?”

With Huang Xiaolong’s discerning eye, he could see that there were at most eighty catties of the Black Water Sand.

The Black Water Sand was an ingredient for refining a kind of Ten-grade Spirit Pills, and the price was not low.

The market price was five thousand Gold Coins per catty.

A discrepancy of twenty catties meant a hundred thousand Gold Coins!

Supervisor Lin walked over, laughing, “Brother, please be at ease.

Our Mysterious Item Shop is the most honest, and there definitely is a hundred catties of Black Water Sand.

If brother doesn’t believe it, I will have someone weigh it for you right now.” After speaking, he signaled with his eyes, instructing Iron Dog to bring the scale over.

Grasping the hint, Iron Dog fetched the scale from the corner and placed the pile of Black Water Sand on it.

After the Black Water Sand was put on the scale, the displayed number was one hundred and two, that is, one hundred and two catties.

Then Supervisor Lin smiled at Huang Xiaolong and said, “Brother, see, I told you so.

Our Mysterious Item Shop is the most honest.

Not only do we have a hundred catties of Black Water Sand, but there are also two extra catties.

However, since you are a major customer, these extra two catties are a gift from our Mysterious Item Shop.”

Huang Xiaolong saw that Supervisor Lin spoke righteously, and he sneered inwardly.

The other party had certainly tampered with the scale, but he did not expose it.

Afterward, Huang Xiaolong moved on to a pile of red flowers that resembled roses and casually picked one, saying, “This doesn’t seem to be a Red Blood Flower, does it?”

The Red Blood Flower was an ingredient for refining a kind of Ninth-grade Spirit Pills, with a bright red color.

Although the pile in front of him was nearly identical in color and shape to the Red Blood Flower, Huang Xiaolong could tell that they were not Red Blood Flowers.

“The pile in front of us, being a bit deeper in color, is an alchemy material called the Giant Red Flower.”

However, the Giant Red Flower is merely a Third Grade alchemy material, and its price differs by fifty to sixty times compared with the Red Blood Flower.”

Of course, if Huang Xiaolong were to use this Giant Red Flower to concoct the Ninth-grade Spirit Pills, there would only be one result—alchemy failure!”

Yet, Supervisor Lin said with a smile, “Brother, you might not be aware of this, but the Red Blood Flowers are planted by our shop in a valley where the Spiritual Energy is extremely dense.

They’re nurtured with a special method, which results in a deeper color.

However, Elixir Pills concocted using the Red Blood Flowers that we nurtured with this special method have significantly better effects.”

“Is that so,” Huang Xiaolong listened to the other’s explanation and did not question further about the Blood Red Flower.”

Thereafter, Huang Xiaolong raised questions about several other alchemy materials, but no matter what he asked, Supervisor Lin could answer every one of them thoroughly.

He was watertight in his explanations.

Supervisor Lin maintained a smile throughout, patiently explaining no matter the inquiry from Huang Xiaolong.”

After a while, Huang Xiaolong and his companions returned to their seats.

“Supervisor Lin, please tally up the total for me.

How much is it?” Huang Xiaolong asked after sitting down.

Upon hearing this, Supervisor Lin’s face lit up with joy.

Wasn’t this the moment he’d been waiting for Huang Xiaolong to say?

At that moment, he gestured with both hands, and a middle-aged man in his fifties, dressed as if a housekeeper, approached.

“Tally up the total for these alchemy materials for this brother.

How much is it?

Remember, be precise, be correct, and let this brother know that our Mysterious Item Shop is the fairest,” Supervisor Lin said while signaling with his eyes.

The middle-aged man, resembling a housekeeper, replied respectfully, “Yes, Supervisor Lin.” Then, moving towards the Wind Bull Flowers, he said, “Ten stalks of the three hundred-year Wind Bull Flowers, each at thirty-five thousand three hundred Gold Coins, and for the one hundred-year ones, sixty stalks at five thousand one hundred sixty Gold Coins each.”

The middle-aged man tallied everything promptly, quickly calculating the price for all one hundred stalks of Wind Bull Flowers, which came out to eight hundred ninety-nine thousand six hundred Gold Coins.

Huang Xiaolong heard the total and snickered.

The market price for the three hundred-year Wind Bull Flowers was around Thirty Thousand Gold Coins, yet the Mysterious Item Shop was overcharging by five thousand three hundred Gold Coins, and the markup for the other years was also one to two thousand Gold Coins above the market price.

Of course, if it were just that, it could be overlooked, but the so-called three hundred-year Wind Bull Flowers were actually only a bit over a hundred years old, and those over a hundred were at most fifty to sixty years old.

These one hundred Wind Bull Flowers, if priced according to the market value, were truly worth only a bit over three hundred thousand Gold Coins.

Yet, the Mysterious Item Shop was billing them at eight hundred ninety-nine thousand six hundred!

They were making more than double in profit!

However, Huang Xiaolong didn’t interrupt the other party and allowed him to continue tallying.

As Supervisor Lin’s subordinates continued to tally the total, he kept a close eye on the expressions of Huang Xiaolong and his companions.

Seeing that their faces remained calm, he let out a sigh of relief.

Some time later, the total price for the hundreds of alchemy materials that Huang Xiaolong bought was calculated to be thirty-one million six hundred fifty-six thousand and three hundred Gold Coins.

Supervisor Lin said with a smile, “Brother, since you’re such a big customer for purchasing so many materials at once, I will take the liberty to round down the fraction for you—thirty-one million six hundred fifty thousand!

Subtracting the ten thousand Gold Coins you’ve already paid as a deposit, just pay three million one hundred fifty-five thousand now.” He spoke with an air of generosity.

In his view, by waiving the final six thousand three hundred Gold Coins, Huang Xiaolong would surely be grateful to him.

(To be continued.

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