204 Kongming (1/2)
”This is...”
The plump person at the counter broke the seal of the bottle and poured out a glowing pill. On the surface of the pill, there were spiritual inscriptions, and he froze. ”Spiritual pill?”
His face twitched, and he swiftly kept the pill, acting all suspicious like a thief. After looking around, he bowed towards Fang Yuan. ”You have spiritual pills? Please take a seat, and we'll serve you tea!”
”Mm!”
Fang Yuan looked down and acted mysteriously.
In fact, the value of these spiritual pills was beyond his expectations.
'That's true... After all, Descending Star City is on its own, and I don't see any alchemy masters passing down their skills. They are also scarce in resources...'
Looking at the attentive person at the counter, Fang Yuan came to a conclusion. ”The value of these spiritual pills are more than what I've guessed.”
”Keke...”
The person led Fang Yuan to a beautiful room and personally served him tea. Afterwards, he began to introduce himself. ”My name is Hai Fu. I am the representative of array master Zhang Kongfan, who has learnt from Kongming the Godly Monk. Master Zhang is extraordinary and his Immovable Array is indeed remarkable...”
Hai Fu had a glib tongue and could almost describe the elementary version of the Immovable Array into a gigantic array cast by a spiritual array master.
”Keke...”
Fang Yuan smiled and did not say a single word. He sipped his tea gracefully and looked at Hai Fu.
As he stared at Hai Fu, Hai Fu started to sweat profusely. He clenched his teeth. ”If you have 4 bottles of this spiritual pill, I'll make the decision to sell you this array, and let's take this as an opportunity to make friends!”
Looking at Hai Fu's face muscles twitch, it was as though Fang Yuan was taking advantage of him.
However, Fang Yuan knew that if the deal would go through, Hai Fu would be able to profit a lot from it.
After all, no one should trust anything a businessman would say.
Amidst the silence, Hai Fu started to sweat even more and started to bargain. ”3 Bottles. That's the minimum I can go. Just the array plate of this Immovable Array would already require rubies, Hepu Stones and Mysterious Ice Essences...”
”I am alright with 3 bottles of spiritual pills!”
Under Hai Fu's worrying eyes, Fang Yuan finally opened his mouth. ”But I have a condition!”
In reality, these spiritual pills were made by Lanruo and himself and were far more inferior than the ones Lu Renjia made. However, it would already be considered a treasure here in Descending Star City.
”Please state your condition!”
Spiritual pills were in high demand, and there was always a price for it on the market, but no one would sell it.
The moment he heard that there was a chance that the deal might go through, Hai Fu's eyes glittered.
”I want to meet the maker of this array plate, Zhang Kongfan, Master Zhang! Of course, it would be even better if I could see Kongming the Godly Monk!”
Fang Yuan asked in a deep voice.
”You are a big customer. Of course, there's no problem in letting you see Master Kongfan... But as for Kongming the Godly Monk...”
Hai Fu let out an uneasy look and pushed the bottles back. ”If you insist, then we have to break the deal.”
”Forget about it!”
Fang Yuan smiled. He knew that he had crossed the line. ”Zhang Kongfan would be alright. Send him here!”
'What an attitude...'
Hai Fu kept the spiritual pills, passed him the array plates and felt a little suspicious about the whole thing.
However, seeing how Fang Yuan could easily take out so many bottles of spiritual pills made him wonder if he was an alchemy master. In that instant, all his unhappiness and suspicions were gone.
”Please wait out here!”
He took a bow and walked out of the room swiftly.
”Eh?”
Fang Yuan sat down for a while. Suddenly, he frowned and looked at a certain corner of the room.
Just a few moments ago, he realised that an array with the properties of hypnotisation was activated. Hai Fu was testing his skills.
'How dare he!'
Fang Yuan was infuriated and gave a cold look.
”I'm sorry for the wait, Master Zhang is here!”
Indeed, not long after, Hai Fu pushed the door open and appeared extremely humble.
Following which, a man in his thirties walked in with a proud look on his face.
”You have requested to look for me?”
He had an impatient look on his face. ”What's the matter? If you are requesting for me to cast an array, we'll have to settle the payment separately. If you are looking at rectifying the protective array over the villages, I'll need the city master's approval...”
”It's not about all these...”
Fang Yuan scoffed. ”It's just that I have never seen an array master before, which was why I called you out... What a pity... You're such a disappointment, hehe...”
”What?”
Zhang Kongfan was enraged.
As a prestigious array master - albeit just a disciple for now, they were proud people wherever they went. Never had they experienced such humiliation!
”You... what audacity!”
His body shook, and he stared fiercely at Hai Fu.
”Forgive me, master!”
Hai Fu was scared to his wits and started to kneel down.
Never would he have known that the normal -looking Fang Yuan would be a fraud!
”I was initially intending to talk over some terms with you. It's a pity you have an evil mind. By using your array to spy on me, you have violated my rules...”
Fang Yuan calmly spoke.
”You...”