Chapter 278 - Method Of Scolding (1/2)

[ Laboratory Room ]

Opening the large metal door to his lab room, Xiao Fang immediately noticed all the different kinds of herbs, plants, and equipment all over the place. In the middle of that mess, he saw Yuan Fei working on creating a new kind of perfume.

”L-Long Wang. If I had known you'd be coming, I would've cleaned up a bit,” she said after bowing to him.

”Just call me Fang from now on,” he replied kindly.

”G-Guild Leader Fang,” she said after slowly looking up at him.

Unexpectedly, Xiao Fang liked the sound of that, so he didn't correct her.

”Are these the herbs you bought today?” Xiao Fang asked before smelling a few of them.

”Yeah, I was able to buy a bunch of new ones I never tried before for a really good price!” she replied excitedly. ”I only started experimenting with them now, so I don't have any completed products yet. I'll be sure to present it to you as soon as it's done,” she added.

She was given a 15% discount for being in a guild, and another 5% discount for buying them in bulk. She never would've been able to get such a good deal on her own, so of course she was extremely happy about it.

”How much did you spend on all of this?” Jiang Mei suddenly asked with a concerned look on her face.

”Umm... I think it was around 500 merit points,” Yuan Fei answered.

”500...” Jiang Mei suddenly looked at Xiao Fang with a disturbed look on her face.

”Yuan Fei, will you leave us for a moment,” Xiao Fang said.

”S-sure,” Yuan Fei replied before leaving the room. She didn't know what was happening, but it was clear that the mood had suddenly changed.

Once Yuan Fei stepped outside and closed the large medal door, Jiang Mei finally revealed what she was thinking.

”These are all low-grade. They shouldn't even be worth 300 merit points, much less 500,” Jiang Mei said.

”That's not even the worst bit, they are also starting to show signs of rotting,” Xiao Fang said as he pulled his blindfold down to confirm a suspicion.

”It's an illusion,” he said when he finally saw all of it with his eyes.

Jiang Mei didn't even notice the trace amounts of Illusory Qi on the herbs till Xiao Fang mentioned it. She suddenly picked up one of them, then removed the Illusory Qi that was on it.

”This...” Jiang Mei was speechless.

”I wouldn't even pay 150 merit points for all of this,” Xiao Fang shook his head disappointedly.

The only bright side about all of this was that she didn't buy too many of the same type of herb, so it was clear that she was just using them to experiment on.

”Tell Yuan Fei to come back in. I'd like to speak to her alone,” Xiao Fang said while putting his blindfold back on.

Although Jiang Mei was curious to hear what Xiao Fang would say, she still obediently did as he said, and waited outside for him after telling Yuan Fei to step back inside.