Chapter 1036 - Transaction (2/2)

Tang Xiu gave him an OK sign and lightly smiled. “Rather than slaying those two half-ghouls yourself and then selling them in the black market, I think it’s better to sell them to us, no? Certainly, we can still help you to find those two half-ghouls and you can even join us in killing them.”

The old man narrowed his eyes. The proposal from the other party made him interested. Moreover, he was the least afraid that the Special Abilities Bureau wouldn’t keep their promise. At this moment, however, he was much more interested in learning Tang Xiu’s identity. “What’s your name, young man?”

“Tang Xiu,” answered Tang Xiu with a smile.

“You’re good, kid. This old man likes a young talent like you,” said the old man with a nod. “Alright. I agree with the deal, but I need you to wait for me to heal up.”

Tang Xiu flipped his hand and a jade bottle appeared on his hand. Looking at him, he said, “Senior Zhong, Bounty Hunters like you do business with blade and blood, right? Injuries, more so the serious ones, should affect you greatly, right? I have some medicinal pills here and I want you to see whether they’re useful to you. We can discuss the price!”

“Medicinal pill? As in the likes of healing pills?” said the old man with a strange face. “Aren’t you an ability user, or are you an oriental cultivator—one that can concoct medicinal pills?”

Tang Xiu didn’t try to hide it and smilingly said, “That’s right. I’m a cultivator who can refine medicinal pills. So, are you interested in this transaction?”

“I need to inspect it first,” said the old man. “If the efficacy of the medicinal pill you refined is really great, I’ll buy it. But if the effect is negligible, forget mentioning it ever again.”

Tang Xiu opened the jade bottle and sucked out a Holy Healing pill from the inside. He immediately flicked it and it instantly floated in front of the old man’s face. Then, he said with a smile, “This Holy Healing pill is priced at 20 million USD. If you want to try it and the efficacy is good, you must pay me 20 million dollars. But I won’t take a dime if the effect isn’t good.”

“Isn’t your asking price just extorting me?” yelled the old man. “20 million dollars? Why don’t just rob me straight?”

The smile on Tang Xiu’s face receded and was replaced by a bit of indifference. “If you are to get seriously injured during a fight and it affects your combat effectiveness, you can expect to meet your demise. But taking the Holy Healing pill I refined will heal you quickly and is equal to having half a life. Tell me which is more important, 20 million dollars or half a life?”

“This…”

The old man was unable to retort. No matter how much money one had, it was useless if one died! However, a 20-million-dollar pill was too expensive! He may be rich, but buying a dozen Holy Healing pills and got fleeced like that would still make him distressed.

“Well, the call is yours,” said Tang Xiu. “You decide whether you’ll take the deal.”

The old man sensed his internal injury and looked at the pill floating in front of his eyes. After weighing the pros and cons, he finally compromised and grabbed the pill, tore off the wax paper and directly swallowed it.

“Be careful of poison, Master!” The blonde man hurriedly called out with a change in his complexion.

“I’ll be wary and worrying about that if it was someone else.” The old man shook his head and said, “But I can feel at ease if he’s Duanmu Lin’s man.”

A smile outlined on the corner of Duanmu Lin’s mouth. With a pale smile, he cupped his fists and said, “I never thought a sharp-tongued man like you could speak such warm words, Old Zhong. That’s so rare coming from you! Well, I know Tang Xiu’s character. He won’t harm you.”

Tang Xiu didn’t speak, but Duanmu Lin was correct. After learning the existence of Bounty Hunters, he wouldn’t harm such a professional old man. Bounty Hunters may rely on killings to make a living, yet all their targets were irregularities and divergent races. But they also never easily killed the divergent races that didn’t do evil deeds when they encountered them either.

In other words, the vast majority of bounty hunters could be considered as good people.

After the old man took the Holy Healing pill, he felt a heat rushing out of the pill. It flowed into his chest through his throat and then poured into his abdomen. Ultimately, the huge medicinal efficacy dispersed and spread out into his limbs and five internal organs.

“Huh?”

The old man’s complexion shifted and he immediately sat cross-legged.

Duanmu Lin turned to glance at Tang Xiu and smilingly said, “I never knew that you’re able to refine medicinal pills prior to this. I think 20 million dollars is a cost-effective price for your Holy Healing pill, Tang Xiu. How many of them you have? I want to buy them too.”

Tang Xiu thought for a while and transmitted his reply, “I can sell 100 pills for 10 million dollars each annually. That’s… the limit of Holy Healing pill I can produce.”

Duanmu Lin raised his thumbs up and praised. “You truly deserve being one of our people. That’s a good preferential offer. The deal will be as you said. The Special Abilities Bureau will buy 100 Holy Healing pills from you annually.”