Bai Long let his fingers linger over a vial of Flaming Heart Resin that was nearby, after all, it's an alchemy Pavilion.
"Here's what happens, Grandmaster," he said in a cunning voice laced with honey.
"You take the cicada shell, grind it with Yang Sunflower oil of mid to best quality, and infuse the residue with Nine-Winds oil. Add a drop of Red Phoenix dew, and you have got something no one's seen before."
He turned to face her, fanning himself lazily. "You don't need to believe it works. You just need them to believe it does."
Shen Meili's gaze remained still, but Bai Long saw the twitch, the slight tightening at the edge of her lips.
She was interested hehe, fish has taken the bait.
She wasn't just a pill master. She was a businesswoman. She knew the scent of profit when it passed under her nose.
"And Patriarch Gu?" she asked slowly. "You're confident he will bite."
Bai Long grinned. "He won't just bite. He'll beg for a second bottle. He's been searching for a Yang supplement discreetly. His concubine leaked the news of his issues... Imagine being the Pavilion that 'fixed' Gu's legacy issues."
Of course, that was fake but he doubted the grandmaster would be interested in such matters or even knew about such things.
Shen Meili's fingers drummed once on the table. "And if it backfires?"
"It won't. Because the Gu clan needs it to work. They'll convince themselves it worked."
A long silence passed between them.
Then, Shen Meili snapped her fingers. A pouch magically appeared in mid-air. She tossed it at Bai Long.
He caught it with one hand, and it had good weight.
Keke, easy money. Bai Long smiled.
The world is full of fools, fool fools the fool yet fool is unaware of the foolishness of the fools thus, fool remains a fool in front of foolish fools.
"Thirty thousand spirit stone... I shall make the oil as Young Master suggested, but we will sell it at 300K spirits stones to Patriarch Gu."
Bai Long: "..." ( The fuck bitch... Why do you need so much profit but it is what it is. )
"Nu uh... Let's sell it at 500k spirit stones, 300k belongs to Miss Shen and 200K shall belong to this Bai... Of course, if it's unfair I am open for 350k for me... Ahem* Ahem* I mean 350K for Miss Shen and 150K for me."
"By the way Miss Shen, I heard you are a widow who has never met her husband, how about having a secret relationship with me. We can talk about the poetry of love and climb into bed and so the dance of phoenix and dragon." Bai Long said shamelessly
"Y-You... You rascal get out of here..." She said with a red face full of shame. What is this brat thinking?
"Bastard... The audacity to talk to me like that."
"No, No... Listen to me... What about selling it for 500K?" Bai Long hurriedly asked.
Bastrad system, how dare she lie saying: Miss Shen is an easy target just be direct.
Shen Meili's lips twitched whether from irritation, amusement, or arousal, Bai Long didn't care. All that mattered was that he was in her head now.
Of course, she might have wet dreams, may have thought of having sex, a woman's heart is deeper than the sea, and vast compared to the sky.
Nonetheless, she composed herself and said:
"Selling... Let's think it through. If Patriarch Gu is really desperate, we can increase the price by a lot. But first, it must be sure that Patriarch Gu will buy it... If so then, we can sell even heavily at 1 million..."
Ayo, the fuck now... A two-thousand spirit stone worth Yang Cicada, one thousand and five hundred stone worth Yang sunflower oil, and a few extra items worth 2 thousand.
And now we are selling them to a whopping one million.
Holy shit... It's no longer a scam but a robbery.
Bai Long almost rolled his eyes.
He put on his best innocent smile.
"Of course, of course. That's why I said let's. I'm a responsible scammer—ahem*... I am a responsible seller. First, we prime the fish, then we throw the bait. Let's do it... Let's make a story, I shall do the work and sell it at 2 million spirit stones. 1 million for me and 1 million for you."
Just a little more greed won't hurt, does it?
A tiny bit more.
He tapped his fan against his chin thoughtfully. "A banquet's coming in three days... Gu clan's eldest daughter's engagement. Everyone who's anyone will be there."
That bitch is already getting engaged to another man. It seemed to be a disciple of some bigshot elder.
It hasn't been days since their engagement was canceled. But it is what it is.
But wait a damn minute, wasn't his fiancée supposed to be the female lead? Or is Bai Long missing something?
[Ding! Your fiancée Fairy Gu isn't a female lead but a female supporting character. You can kill her, tame her, that's on you. But she is a female supporting character in Yang Kai's story. ]
[ If you want to know why Yang Kai has few harem members, please pay 10,000 points ]
Huh?
Don't that mean he will be left with only 5k points then?
'Hurry up system, tell me.'
[ Yang Kai has the help of an immortal master and practices pure Yang energy as such, he has to remain a virgin until he reaches a higher realm. So, aside from a few, most women in his early stage are merely female supporting characters without much depth ]
'System. Does Yang Kai have a mother?'
[ Answer not available. Would you like to use 5k points? ]
5k points? Nah that's a steal.
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Does Yang Kai have a mother?
1) Yes, he does and she is a sexy milf.
2) No. That bitch is an orphan.
3) Hehe, hear me out. I have a detailed plan to tame Yang Kai's mom.
4. Hear me out. I shall cook tonight. Yang Kai has a mother and Yang Kai's immortal master is also a woman. And I have a detailed plan on how to tame them both.
(Comment your ideas this scholar shall learn a thing or two from fellow Daoists. )