"We have Pill Furnaces from First Grade to Third Grade here, which grade would you like to see?"
"I want to see the best Third Grade Pill Furnace you have!"
"Alright!"
The servant quickly took Duan Gujin to a shelf in the alchemy room for him to take a look.
"May I ask what you will be using this Pill Furnace for?" the servant inquired.
"I'll be using it to refine Elixir Pills myself!" Duan Gujin said indifferently.
Upon hearing Duan Gujin's words, the corners of the mouths of the two guards beside him twitched. They really wanted to laugh but still managed to refrain from doing so.
Since when did this spendthrift heir start refining elixirs?
Besides, Duan Gujin was famously known as a prodigal son—apart from squandering, he was utterly worthless in every other aspect!
The servant sized up Duan Gujin, his eyes flickering, then asked, "Then may I ask which grade of Elixir Pills you intend to refine?"
"What grade?"
Duan Gujin touched his nose, thought for a moment, and suddenly felt unsure.
His eyes flashed, and he said, "Well, just show me the best Pill Furnace you have here! How much does your most expensive Pill Furnace cost?"
The servant quickly answered, "Our most expensive Pill Furnace only costs five hundred thousand Gold Coins!"
Upon hearing this, Duan Gujin's eyebrows furrowed slightly, and his mind raced as he pondered how many Gold Coins he had in his pocket.
After a while, he let out a sigh of relief and thought to himself, thankfully, there were over five hundred thousand Gold Coins in his storage ring, enough to buy the best Pill Furnace here.
"Then show me the best Pill Furnace you have here!" Duan Gujin said calmly.
Hearing Duan Gujin's words, the two guards inhaled sharply. They remembered his past behavior and knew that what would follow was a spending spree.
My goodness! A Pill Furnace that costs five hundred thousand Gold Coins! If that money was given to them, they could spend every night for the next hundred years with a lady at the most expensive Yihong House in town!
Such squandering! Truly squandering!
Their gazes toward Duan Gujin were filled with profound disdain, but also with a touch of envy and jealousy!
Being a rich second-generation is great indeed! The freedom that comes with wealth!
"Alright! Esteemed guest, I'll take you upstairs to see our best Pill Furnace right now! Please wait a moment while I call our shopkeeper over!"
After saying this, the servant ran off quickly to the office and informed the shopkeeper that a big customer had arrived.
The local shopkeeper was a middle-aged man who told the servant that he would take care of Duan Gujin.
Soon, the shopkeeper took over the task from the servant. He came to Duan Gujin and, after explaining his purpose, he took Duan Gujin and the two guards up to the third floor.
It was on the third floor where the Elixir Medicine Room stored the Advanced Pill Furnaces.
The shopkeeper discreetly observed Duan Gujin and his two guards, guessing that Duan Gujin must be the rich heir of some family, as only these wealthy heirs would buy the best Pill Furnace outright.
For their kind of shop, these rich heirs are always the most welcome.
Their mantra of the rich heirs is not to seek the best but the most expensive!
The shopkeeper seemed to see heaps of Gold Coins in front of him, his eyes gleaming brightly.
After reaching the third floor, the shopkeeper brought Duan Gujin to a table. He took out a box from the room, opened it grandly, and then took out a Pill Furnace from inside.
Duan Gujin's Divine Sense entered the Pill Furnace, and after a thorough inspection, he slightly shook his head.
"How are you dissatisfied?" the person in charge asked, somewhat nervously.
Duan Gujin had just extended his Divine Sense into the Pill Furnace and discovered that its internal structure was extremely unstable and prone to damage.
He shook his head and said, "The structure inside this Pill Furnace of yours is very unstable! It seems completely botched!"
Upon hearing Duan Gujin's words, the person in charge's heart pounded fiercely.
Indeed, just as Duan Gujin said, the internal structure of the Pill Furnace he was now showing to Duan Gujin was very unstable.
The reason for this situation had to do with the mental state of the artisan who forged the Pill Furnace.
Initially, the artisan had planned to discard the Pill Furnace, but the superior of the person in charge felt it would be too wasteful to just throw it away.
Thus, the superior instructed the person in charge to place the Pill Furnace here and to tell others that it must be sold to wealthy scions or nouveau riche, and never to those who are experts.
The person in charge originally thought that Duan Gujin was just a wealthy scion who spent money like water, but he didn't expect him to also be an old hand at this.
Only those with at least a decade of experience in Artifact Refining could discern the extreme instability of the Pill Furnace's internal structure, and this young master in front of him was only sixteen years old. How could someone of his age realize the instability of the Pill Furnace's internal structure?
"Damn it all!"
The person in charge cursed inwardly, but did not show it on his face. He knew that the identity of this young master in front of him must not be simple, and not someone he could afford to offend.
"My young sir, this Pill Furnace is of high grade, but with some flaws. Hence, we are selling it at a discounted price. If you desire a perfect Pill Furnace, I do have some here that I can show you!"
The person in charge quickly offered.
"Good, then show me the best Pill Furnace you have here! The one you showed me earlier has an unstable structure, which could easily explode upon use!" Duan Gujin said indifferently.
"Just a moment, please!"
The person in charge turned and quickly wiped off the beads of sweat the size of soybeans on his forehead.
He knew the difficulty in serving wealthy scions, for their temperaments were hard to predict.
Fortunately, this wealthy scion was relatively easy to talk to at the moment.
The person in charge hurriedly took a box wrapped in layers off a shelf, brought it to the table, and opened it carefully, revealing a Pill Furnace from within.
This Pill Furnace was twice the size of an average adult man's head, round and somewhat comical in appearance.
Zhou Qing took over the Pill Furnace and scrutinized it with his Divine Sense.
After a moment, he nodded slightly.
Although the Pill Furnace now shown to him by the person in charge was of a lower grade, its internal structure was very stable.
"This Pill Furnace is of too low a grade, but it will just suffice!" Duan Gujin commented lightly.
Upon hearing Duan Gujin's words, the person in charge's mouth twitched, thinking to himself, what does "too low a grade" mean? This Pill Furnace is already the best one we have!
"I've seen plenty of people who deliberately downplay the quality of a Pill Furnace to negotiate the price!"
The person in charge had seen all walks of life and would not expose Duan Gujin's ploy.
"Four hundred thousand Gold Coins, and that's the lowest it can go!"
The person in charge stated firmly.
"Fine!"
Duan Gujin took out a pile of Gold Coins from his storage ring, letting the person in charge count them.
Seeing Duan Gujin's generous spending, the person in charge gasped in surprise.
"The style of this wealthy scion is really something else!"