A Martial Saint Among Men: From Joining a Martial Arts School

Chapter 169 Seeing Through

The moment Chu Xuan stepped into Wuyi Lane, he had a bad feeling.

The shop assistant's eyes are so strange.

The feeling was like being stripped naked and exposed on the street, with absolutely no secrets.

This made Chu Xuan feel very uncomfortable.

"Won't we be recognized?"

Chu Xuan muttered to himself.

But that shouldn't be the case!

He's using Liang Qiusong's appearance now, so no one in Lingxiao City should recognize him.

The Thousand Faces Illusion Technique was so powerful that even Liu Donglin, a True Essence Realm expert, couldn't recognize it.

Is this junior shop assistant even more capable than Liu Donglin?

How bizarre! So bizarre!

This Wuyi Lane exudes an eerie atmosphere from the inside out.

Chu Xuan had an urge to turn and leave, but just then, the rat-faced masked man's gaze returned to normal, and he asked with a smile, "Sir, are you buying or selling?"

They gave the same answer, and there was nothing unusual about it.

Chu Xuan ultimately did not leave, because apart from Wuyi Lane, he had nowhere else to sell his stolen goods.

Moreover, judging from the previous two transactions, Wuyi Lane was quite law-abiding and did not arrange for anyone to follow him or do anything underhanded during the transactions.

Aside from being black, it's perfect!

"Sell!"

Chu Xuan didn't waste any words and directly placed all the bottles and jars on the counter. "Give me an estimate!"

The man with the rat-face mask didn't say anything. He immediately opened the bottle stoppers and began to inspect each one. He took a quick sniff of each bottle before closing it.

In the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, the man with the rat-faced mask had picked out ten of the porcelain bottles.

"These ten bottles of qi-restoring pills are fine. As for the rest—"

The rat-faced masked man chuckled eerily, "These are all spiked concoctions; eating them will kill you!"

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Chu Xuan looked at the remaining porcelain vases and was speechless.

The remaining dozen or so bottles did not come from one person, but from Su Mei and her six companions, and they were all poisoned!

They're all scumbags!

"Oh, I took the wrong one!"

Chu Xuan gave a perfunctory reply, then put away the poisoned pills. "Help me get an estimate for the rest!"

"Ten thousand contribution points!" the rat-faced masked man said directly.

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Chu Xuan was speechless.

Aren't you going to give it a second thought?

This is far less than his budgeted contribution points of seventy or eighty thousand.

Although half of them were poisoned, it shouldn't be that much different.

It's so dark!

"Sell it!" Chu Xuan said through gritted teeth.

Then, he took out the porcelain bottle containing the Heavenly Essence Pill: "Could you give me an estimate for this one too?"

"Wow, Heavenly Essence Pill! This is a good stuff!"

The rat-faced masked man opened the box, took a sniff, and exclaimed in surprise, "Hmm, it's a pity that the inferior alchemy furnace was used. It exploded during the pill-making process, and the heat was slightly off; otherwise, it would have been perfect! This shouldn't be the case. The Heavenly Essence Pill is a fifth-grade pill. The alchemist who can refine this pill must be highly skilled. How could they make such a basic mistake?"

Wow, that's what you call professional!

Chu Xuan was almost speechless with shock.

The other party only took a sniff and was able to deduce that he had exploded?

Are all shop assistants this professional these days?

He even suspected that the other party had been spying on him while he was refining pills!

Chu Xuan said, "This was made by a friend of mine. It did explode in the furnace, but that shouldn't affect the quality, right?"

He personally tested it, and the medicine is definitely effective.

"Your friend isn't yourself, is it?" The rat-faced masked man looked at him strangely.

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Chu Xuan skipped over the question and said directly, "Just tell me whether you'll accept it or not!"

"receive!"

The rat-faced masked man said directly, "Although this Heavenly Essence Pill has some flaws, it already surpasses many alchemists. 100,000 contribution points!"

"make a deal!"

Chu Xuan didn't waste any words.

The man with the rat-faced mask immediately took out a receipt for 110,000 contribution points from the counter and gave it to him. Chu Xuan was already used to this, so he put it away and turned to leave.

After Chu Xuan's figure disappeared, the rat-faced masked man looked at the pills displayed on the counter and clicked his tongue, saying, "This kid is getting more and more cunning; he's even managed to refine the Heavenly Essence Pill?"

At this moment, the gaunt old man stepped forward and asked, "Does the Pavilion Master intend to recruit him?"

"Huh, you recognize him?" The rat-faced masked man looked at the withered old man in surprise.

The gaunt old man chuckled, "I didn't recognize him before! But seeing how interested you are in him, and considering that the main ingredient of the Heavenly Essence Pill is the Five-Transformation Golden Toad, I guessed it!"

"Not bad, not bad!" The rat-faced masked man nodded with a smile. "They're almost growing brains."

The withered old man's face turned ashen, feeling a lump in his throat, and he wanted nothing more than to punch the bastard twice.

Unfortunately, my strength doesn't allow it!

Fine, the weather's nice today, I'll spare your life!

The gaunt old man offered himself a silent consolation, then said with a dark face, "Master, you haven't answered my question yet. Are you planning to recruit him?"

Upon hearing this, the masked man with the rat-like face shook his head with a rare serious expression: "He's still a bit too green! Let him mature a bit more!"

After saying that, he casually tossed the bottle of Heavenly Essence Pills to the withered old man.

"Here you go!"

On the other side, after Chu Xuan walked out of Wuyi Lane, he wandered around for a few minutes and soon arrived at Wanbaolou!

The other elixir, naturally, is to maximize profits.

As for why they didn't sell both to Wanbaolou together, the reason is simple: that would be too conspicuous.

The Heavenly Essence Pill, a treasure capable of altering one's inherent qualities, is no less valuable than a semi-spiritual weapon, and may even be more valuable!

Selling one is fine, but if you sell two together, it's too easy for someone to covet them.

Therefore, Chu Xuan would rather earn less!

Chu Xuan had also considered keeping one for that little girl, Chu He.

Although Chu He's physical constitution is of the highest grade, it seems to be only of the fourth type. If she could change her physical constitution, she might be able to break through to the Gang Jin level in the future.

However, he eventually gave up the idea.

The most urgent task is to improve our own capabilities!

As long as I am strong enough, I will have plenty of opportunities to help Chu He improve her physical attributes in the future.

Upon entering Wanbaolou, Chu Xuan didn't try to hide as he had in Wuyi Lane, but went straight in. Of course, he was still using Liang Qiusong's identity.

When the shop assistant learned that Chu Xuan wanted to sell a fifth-grade pill, he quickly ushered Chu Xuan into the VIP room, apologized, and left in a hurry.

Such a distinguished guest is not someone a mere shop assistant can serve.

Soon, a shop assistant brought Liu Donglin over in person, with Liu Chengzhi by his side.

"This distinguished guest, is it you who wants to sell fifth-grade pills? May I ask your name?" Liu Donglin asked.

"Liang Qiusong!"

Chu Xuan said directly.

He stood up, took a few steps closer, and carefully observed Liu Donglin's reaction.

There was no response.

Liu Donglin didn't recognize him at all!

Chu Xuan was relieved; it seemed he had been overthinking things.

"So it's Brother Liang, a pleasure to meet you!" Liu Donglin smiled and cupped his hands in greeting to Chu Xuan. "May I ask which type of fifth-grade pill you wish to sell?"

Chu Xuan directly took out the porcelain bottle and said, "The Heavenly Essence Pill can change one's innate constitution! It is effective for all types of innate constitutions!"

"It's actually the Heavenly Essence Pill?"

Liu Donglin's expression immediately turned extremely solemn. After taking the Heavenly Essence Pill, he carefully sniffed it and then solemnly said to Liu Chengzhi, "Quickly go and invite Master Wu over."

"I'll go right away!"

Liu Chengzhi immediately turned and left.

Chu Xuan was somewhat taken aback by what he saw.

Liu Donglin's reaction is astounding. He is the head of a second-rate family and the manager of Wanbaolou. How can he be worse than that little shop assistant in Wuyi Lane?

Soon, Liu Chengzhi brought in an elderly man with gray hair.

After obtaining Chu Xuan's consent, the other party poured the Heavenly Essence Pill into a porcelain plate, examined it carefully, and even went up to smell it several times, almost licking it to taste its saltiness.

About fifteen minutes later, the old man nodded and said, "It is indeed a Heavenly Essence Pill, without any problems, and its quality is perfect, better than any Heavenly Essence Pill I have ever seen before! This is definitely a top-grade Heavenly Essence Pill!"

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Chu Xuan was somewhat dazed.

You didn't even notice?

He thought that Master Wu could guess that his pills had been fried, just like the shop assistant in Wuyi Lane. But after looking at them for so long, he couldn't even compare to the smell of the pills.

Even if Chu Xuan was slow to realize it, he understood that something was definitely wrong with the shop assistant.

Moreover, his feeling was probably right; the shop assistant most likely recognized him the moment he walked in!

Thinking about this, Chu Xuan felt a chill run down his spine.

Even Liu Donglin, who was at the True Essence Realm, couldn't recognize him, but the other party saw through him at a glance!

Doesn't this mean that the opponent's strength far surpasses Liu Donglin's?

A Core Formation? Or something even more terrifying?!

Chu Xuan didn't know!

Fortunately, the other party did not seem to have any ill intentions towards him.

Having received Master Wu's affirmation, Liu Donglin immediately smiled and said to Chu Xuan, "Brother Liang, I wonder if you intend to sell this Heavenly Essence Pill to my Wanbaolou, or have us auction it off?"

"How so?" Chu Xuan asked.

Liu Donglin laughed, "If you sell it to us, I can guarantee to buy it for 120,000 contribution points. If you let us auction it, I can guarantee that the final price will not be lower than 150,000 contribution points. Of course, Wanbaolou will also take a cut. Even so, we will still earn more than if it were sold directly to us!"

Chu Xuan nodded to indicate that he understood.

If it were auctioned, Wanbaolou could use it as a gimmick to attract more bidders, which would also have a significant positive impact on other auction items.

This is a win-win situation!

"Alright, let's auction it off then!"

Chu Xuan nodded; he wasn't in a hurry to use the money anyway.

After completing the entrustment contract, Chu Xuan did not delay any longer and returned directly to Xuan Yang Sect.

After entering the mountain gate, seeing that it was still early, Chu Xuan did not immediately return to the Hundred Beast Garden, but went to the Mission Hall to hand over the mission.

Before he went down the mountain, he had accepted a mission to find the Illusion Heart Fruit in the Azure Mist!

He didn't even go to the Azure Mist, so naturally the mission failed.

However, a compensation of 1,000 contribution points is nothing to him now.

Upon arriving at the mission hall, Chu Xuan found it bustling with people, many outer disciples gathered there, seemingly discussing something. Chu Xuan overheard that it was related to the Azure Mist.

"What happened?" Chu Xuan asked, pulling aside an outer disciple.

"Who the hell are you—ah, Senior Brother Chu, sorry, I didn't recognize you just now!"

The other person was talking incessantly to his companion, but was about to burst into a tirade when Chu Xuan grabbed him. However, upon seeing that it was Chu Xuan, he turned pale with fright.

"It's nothing!" Chu Xuan waved his hand. "I just heard you mention the Azure Mist, what happened there?"

Seeing that Chu Xuan wasn't angry, the outer disciple breathed a sigh of relief and immediately said, "Senior Brother Chu, something terrible has indeed happened in the Azure Mist! I heard that several forces recently went to explore the Azure Mist, but they were incredibly unlucky and encountered a raging inferno. A demon even broke out of it! Several families suffered heavy losses, and several Qi Refining warriors died! I heard that the Situ family even lost a True Essence Realm expert—"

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