Chapter 186: Chapter 186: We Won This Time_1
Shangguan Yan was just that pragmatic, as long as the customer had enough money, her service was definitely enthusiastic.
Soon, Shangguan Yan had the tea ready.
"Handsome, have a sip of tea."
Qin Feng picked up the teacup and took a small sip.
"This Pu’er is pretty good! Must be tens of thousands per cake, right?"
"To entertain a distinguished guest like you, I naturally have to use good tea, don’t I?"
"Distinguished guest? You think I’m an easy mark, don’t you? Feel a bit guilty for making over two million from me, so you brew a pot of good tea to appease your conscience."
"If you don’t want to drink it, give it back then."
Shangguan Yan gave Qin Feng a white look and said irritably, "Such a waste of my tea!"
"I just gave you three million, and you’re upset over me drinking a pot of your tea?"
"Hurry up and choose! I’m eager to see what you’ll pick out."
Qin Feng glanced over the medicine cabinet and first took out a piece of angelica.
This piece of angelica seemed ordinary enough.
Shangguan Yan couldn’t help but laugh.
Because the piece of angelica that Qin Feng had taken out was just an ordinary one, worth maybe a hundred or two hundred yuan.
Then, Qin Feng selected the second medicinal herb.
Turtle shell.
This turtle shell was also ordinary, just a regular tortoiseshell.
It was worth a bit more than the angelica, but not by much.
At best, it could be valued at five hundred yuan.
For the third herb, Qin Feng picked up the deer antler he had noticed earlier.
This deer antler was something he needed for refining Solid Foundation Pills.
This time, accompanying Ouyang Bingbing to the Capital, Qin Feng planned to get some Solid Foundation Pills.
The Capital was the heart of Dragon Country, with plenty of eminent figures and distinguished individuals.
Practicing "Xuanhuang Medical Classic" required many precious medicinal herbs as well as some treasures.
Therefore, Qin Feng needed to establish more connections.
The more friends one has, the easier and better it is to find what one needs, right?
"I’ve made my choice."
Qin Feng placed the angelica, turtle shell, and deer antler in front of Shangguan Yan.
Shangguan Yan glanced over and reminded him with a smile, "Are you sure you want these three items?"
"Positive."
"I can give you another chance to choose again. Except for the deer antler, the other two are very ordinary and cheap items. You’ve spent three million, so you should pick something more valuable! For example, those caterpillar fungi are not bad. Although they’re also not worth millions, with their quality, they can at least be worth twenty to thirty thousand yuan!"
Shangguan Yan offered her suggestion.
"I’ll just pick these three," Qin Feng pointed to the medicinal herbs he had picked out and said, "Let’s start the appraisal now!"
First, Qin Feng brought out the deer antler.
"How much do you think this is worth?"
"To tell you the truth, this deer antler is indeed the most expensive herb in the cabinet. We’ve talked about its value before, right? At most, it’s worth a few tens of thousands. Here’s what, I’ll give you a value of one hundred thousand! After all, anything less than a million and you lose."
"Alright, let’s count it as one hundred thousand."
Qin Feng readily accepted.
This operation stunned Shangguan Yan.
She looked at Qin Feng incredulously and asked, "I said 100,000, and you just accepted it?"
"Because this deer antler is worth at most 100,000! The price of 100,000 yuan is still a rip-off."
"You agreed to the most expensive deer antler for 100,000 yuan, so do we still need to waste our breath on the Angelica and the turtle shell that follow? Combined, their normal price wouldn’t exceed 1,000 yuan. I’ll be generous and give you 10,000 for them. But even so, you’ve still lost. That thousand-year-old ginseng, you’ve lost it to me."
"I accept that the deer antler is only worth 100,000 yuan, but you say my Angelica and turtle shell together are only worth 1,000 yuan, and you’re giving me 10,000. This, I do not accept."
"You don’t accept? Then tell me, how much are these two items worth?"
Qin Feng first picked up the Angelica and said, "This Angelica is a top-notch among its kind, known as Blood-Activating Angelica. Its price is at least 3 million yuan."
"Just this? Blood-Activating Angelica? You think I’m a three-year-old girl who doesn’t understand Angelica? The Blood-Activating Angelica you’re talking about does exist, and it’s rare due to its extremely high growth environment requirements. Although it also belongs to Angelica, its price indeed warrants 3 million yuan. However, what you have here is not Blood-Activating Angelica. Blood-Activating Angelica is thoroughly blood-red, and those veins on its body are like transparent blood vessels that allow you to see the blood flowing inside. Clearly, yours is not!"
"Who says it’s not? Each Blood-Activating Angelica has a layer of skin as camouflage. As long as you peel the skin, its true colors will be revealed."
Qin Feng took the Angelica and started to peel it like a banana.
After he peeled off the first piece of skin, a striking blood-red color was revealed.
Shangguan Yan was shocked.
Could this really be Blood-Activating Angelica?
However, she didn’t believe it.
She couldn’t believe that Qin Feng got the better of her again.
If this was indeed Blood-Activating Angelica, it would be worth at least 3 million yuan!
"I’ve shown you the true face of Lushan, now do you believe this is Blood-Activating Angelica?"
"Just because a strand of red has been peeled out, does that make it Blood-Activating Angelica? Blood-Activating Angelica is thoroughly blood-red, and you can see blood flowing inside. Yours obviously isn’t! But, yours can be considered Angelica. Angelica and Blood-Activating Angelica differ by only one word, but the price is worlds apart. With this quality and size of Angelica, it’s worth at most 200,000 to 300,000. So, you’ve still lost the second round."
Shangguan Yan was being a textbook example of a dying duck still hardening its beak.
She did not want this to be Blood-Activating Angelica, and she certainly did not want Qin Feng to win.
So now, her only hope was that this thing was just Angelica.
Even though Angelica is also worth 200,000 to 300,000, a valuable medicinal herb, it’s still quite precious.
However, Qin Feng bought it for a million, so she wouldn’t be at a loss.
"It seems you won’t shed tears without seeing the coffin! Take a good look and see whether this is plain Angelica or Blood-Activating Angelica?"
Qin Feng continued to peel.
This time, he held nothing back and peeled off all the skin of the Angelica in his hand.
After peeling it all off, the whole Angelica appeared blood-soaked, and its veins contained a blood-red liquid that was flowing.
This was not just Blood-Activating Angelica, but also of the highest quality.
Qin Feng’s earlier conservative estimate of 3 million was an undervaluation.
Actually, the value of this Blood-Activating Angelica should be above 5 million.
With such quality, Blood-Activating Angelica is highly valuable and can be used to refine many kinds of pills.
However, Qin Feng still lacked a pill furnace.
The moment he walked into Cauldron Medicine Pavilion, apart from the scent of medicinal herbs, he also perceived faint traces of Spiritual Energy, a distinctive aura of the pill furnace.
Therefore, there was a very decent pill furnace here.
After winning against Shangguan Yan, he’d have to take that pill furnace as well.
Taking advantage of someone like this does indeed seem somewhat dishonorable.
But it was Shangguan Yan who tried to cheat him first.
So, at most, Qin Feng’s actions could be considered merely reciprocating the favor.
