129 Value of Aphrodisiac Pill
"Who is it?"
After Wei Yuan opened the door, the odor of her sweat and other juices spread through the air.
Yu Shun's nostrils flared. He inhaled the pheromone of the attractive blonde woman in front of him. Of course, a man with his status recognized the smell.
Also, Yu Shun remembered Wei Yuan's face. When his son, Yu Lin, was alive, he planned to make the girl his son's bride through bribery and business connections.
But now, the girl displayed the charm of a sexy woman. It stimulated Yu Shun's desire.
The male bodyguards behind Yu Shun were also aroused. They ogled Wei Yuan's curves and her ample chest, imagining themselves having their ways with her.
Seeing the inappropriate scene, Ju Shoufen coughed and stood before Yu Shun, blocking his vision.
"Young lady, I'm here to see Xu Miao. Is he here?"
Wei Yuan frowned, but her expression changed when she detected the garden master's overwhelming aura. She bowed and invited her in.
"Yes. He's here. Please come inside."
"No, we'll wait here. You seem busy, so we'll let you sort things out first."
Ju Shoufen could read the mood. She indirectly told Wei Yuan to take her time to prepare and clean herself. After all, there were too many dangerous men here.
Wei Yuan bowed again and glanced at the fat merchant and his bodyguards. Her eyes spotted several pitched tents, which revealed their emotion.
'I fucked up. I should have sent hubby here instead.'
…
After 10 minutes of waiting, Xu Miao rushed to the front door. He had already taken a quick bath and put on new clothes to receive the guests.
"Welcome, senior. Please come inside."
Ju Shoufen nodded and gestured for Yu Shun to follow her. However, she stopped the bodyguards from entering the courtyard.
"This is a private guest courtyard of my sect. Armed men should stay outside."
The 4th-stage bodyguards clicked their tongue. They turned around to stand in front of the courtyard door, maintaining a squad formation.
Yu Shun glared at Ju Shoufen, "They're with me. Why can't you let them in?"
"My jurisdiction covers the safety of all guests of my sect. From my intel, most guests in this courtyard are all women. It's not safe for crude men to barge into a resident of young maidens."
Yu Shun couldn't do anything against this alchemist elder. He strode inside the courtyard and grumbled. The merchant's intention was so obvious – He wanted to cause trouble to Xu Miao and his friends.
Without Ju Shoufen and the sect's watchful eyes, Yu Shun's bodyguards would have ransacked Xu Miao's resident.
Ju Shoufen shook her head and sighed. She followed Yu Shun inside.
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Yu Shun gawked at the yin slaves. Then, he stared at Xu Miao in envy. His concubines back home weren't as attractive as these young women. Because of his jealousy and desire, his crotch was erected.
The girls sneered at the fat merchant. They looked down at the horny pig before them.
"What can I do for you, senior?"
Xu Miao started the conversation. He still didn't realize who Yu Shun was.
Ju Shoufen introduced Yu Shun, "This is Yu Shun, the Sky Duck Merchant Association's director and its founder. He's here to discuss business relating to your recent creation, the superior pills that you've made a week ago."
"Oh, that."
"Have you used it or sold it to anyone yet?"
"No. Actually, I still have them."
Xu Miao took out a glass bottle with a plugged cork and placed it on the tea table in front of everyone. It was the pill bottle that stored his latest creation, the orc strength pill. There were ten red pills inside.
When Ju Shoufen noticed the increase of the pills, she gazed at Xu Miao in astonishment, "Did you make more pills after that day?"
Xu Miao nodded, "Yes."
"This might sound rude. But what's your current success rate after the seminar? Do you keep track of your records?"
Xu Miao paused for a moment while his eyes moved around, being in deep thought. Then, he lied, "About 60-70%."
"What about these pills? How many have you made and how many attempts have you tried?"
"When I said 60 to 70%, I referred to the success rate of these red pills. As for the others, I treated them as a failure."
Ju Shoufen's eyes were glittering. She saw a business opportunity. Although the products were mutated low-grade healing pills, no one had ever made a cheap pill that could stimulate sexual desire. With such a low material cost, her sect could make a lot of profits.
Still, Ju Shoufen reminded herself that she was supposed to be a business mediator. She didn't allow her greed to influence her job.
"Ahem. Well, let's talk about the matters relating to your alchemy skills. That's not what I'm here today. Back to the point, this gentleman here is interested in your creation. I've brought him here, so we can discuss our business deal."
"Business deal?" Xu Miao raised his eyebrows, amused, "So, you're here to buy these pills?"
"Exactly. Well, Sir Yu, would you please…"
Ju Shoufen stepped down from the conversation, and let Yu Shun do the talk.
Meanwhile, Yu Shun was still glaring at Xu Miao. He didn't care about the pills at all. His purpose here was to locate the murderer of his son's whereabouts, so he could plan his next moves.
"You must be young master Xu Miao," muttered Yu Shun, "It must be nice being pampered by many powerful allies, yes?"
"… State your business, please," Ju Shoufen coughed and prevented Yu Shun from straying from the purpose.
"Alright, fine. Let's see what kind of pills you've made. I heard that it's a new type of mutated pills. What's the effect?"
As Yu Shun was talking, he took the pill bottle and uncorked it.
All yin slaves and Wei Yuan kicked the ground and left the room. As for Ju Shoufen, the old woman formed a dome barrier around herself, preventing the red toxic gas from entering her body.
Yu Shun inhaled the red gas. The bitter odor of the orc strength pill rejuvenated him, and his erecting penis got harder.
"OH!! OINK!!"
Yu Shun ejaculated without touching his penis. A small area on his silk pants got wet and sticky.
Xu Miao seized the pill bottle from Yu Shun and plugged it. He drew all red gas into himself since his psyche was immune from the aphrodisiac's corruption effect.
It took Yu Shun a few minutes for him to regain his senses. When he realized what he had done, he was fumed with rage. The fat man stood up and pointed his finger at Xu Miao's face.
"BASTARD! DID YOU POISON ME!?"
Xu Miao shrugged, "You took my pill bottle without my consent or questioned me what these pills could do. You did this upon yourself."
Yu Shun wanted to curse at Xu Miao, but he couldn't come up with the right comeback. He deeply inhaled and swallowed his anger, "Alright. It's my fault. What are these pills? Can someone explain?"
"You've come here without knowing what kind of pills he created. Yet, you want to strike a deal. Haiz," Ju Shoufen dryly laughed, "These are low-grade healing pills. Well, you don't have a cultivation base, so you're vulnerable to its side effects."
"Oh? So these things are the SUPERIOR pills? Low-grade healing pills? Really?"
Xu Miao nodded, "Correct. So, do you like my creation?"
"I see," Yu Shun's eyes didn't hide his disgust. He regretted coming here to see the lowly pills. Still, he wanted to con Xu Miao for some profits, even if it was little, "How many pills do you have?"
"That depends on the offer. Well, how much will you pay for my pills?"
Yu Shun sneered, "One raw spirit stone per 10 pills."
"…"
"What? This is a fair price for lowly healing pills! SuPeRiOr PiLL? Pfft, they are still dumb pills that everybody can make! I'll pay 1 SS for 10 pills, no haggle! Take it or leave it!"
Ju Shoufen shook her head as she had expected this.
Most merchants took advantage of na?ve alchemists by tricking them into selling the pills at a production cost. This also happened to CJ's shop and many other alchemists' stores. Although the sect took countermeasures against these greedy merchants, someone like Yu Shun always appeared.
Ju Shoufen interrupted the negotiation, "The sect's market price for a perfect-quality low-grade healing pill is 10 raw spirit stones, five raw spirit stones if the quality was average, one SS per pill if the quality is less. However, a superior pill's market price is always double that of the perfect pill's. Therefore, each of these pills can only be sold to outsiders at 20 raw spirit stones."
Xu Miao smiled at Ju Shoufen. The garden master deliberately explained the general market knowledge to him, indirectly teaching him while they were negotiating.
As for Yu Shun, he spat and mocked the garden master, "That's too expensive! A low-grade healing pill for 20 raw spirit stones? Why don't you rob the royal treasury!?"
The elder laughed, "If you don't want to buy it, you don't have to buy it. I'll be the one who will purchase all pills of this junior. Say, junior Xu Miao, how many of these superior pills do you have right now?"
Having faith in this garden master, Xu Miao brought out ten more bottles. A total of 100 orc strength pills were on the tea table.
"This is all I have for now."
"Good! I'll pay you 2,000 raw spirit stones for these pills, and I'll top it up with 10,000 RSS as a bonus. Is that alright with you?"
Xu Miao's face became Obama's not bad meme. He calculated the pros and cons.
The cost of these pills was merely 20 five-year-old ginsengs or 2 drops of Yang Essence. Meanwhile, 500 raw spirit stones could be merged into a refined spirit stone, which could be sold at 200% of the production cost.
The merging method was different than the raw demonic stones since they either contained Yin or Yang Qi. As for the demon stones, they contained both elements. Only smart demonic beings could refine them, such as Wei Yuan and Xu Miao.
Spirit stone refining was the lucrative money-making method of a few elite alchemists and demons in this world. Therefore, Xu Miao valued these raw stones over the refined ones.
After careful consideration, Xu Miao accepted the offer, "I'll sell them."
Ju Shoufen laughed, "Good! Give me a moment. I'll sort my spatial ring and give you the stones."
"Thank you very much."
Xu Miao and Ju Shoufen were grinning from ear to ear since this deal benefited them.
Meanwhile, Yu Chen finally understood the real value of these superior pills. He protested, "Hold it! I'm here to buy his pills! Why are you buying all of them!?"
Ju Shoufen shrugged, "You said they were too expensive, so I bought them instead. Is there a problem?"
"There's a problem, you bitch! Those are aphrodisiac pills! You tricked me!"
The true value of orc strength pills was the aphrodisiac effect. Normally, sex pills were illegal in the alchemist's market as it promoted crimes, such as sexual abuse and slavery. However, aphrodisiac drugs were commonly sold in the black market for one refined stone per piece.
Ju Shoufen just made a killing by buying 100 illegal pills for only 12,000 raw spirit stones. If she were to visit a black market, she could turn them into 100 refined spirit stones or 100,000 raw SS!
Seeing the potential profit slipping away from his grasp, Yu Shun had a heartache. He almost had a heart attack because of his greed and anger.
"You're the one at fault, Sir Yu. You've experienced the side effect of the pill first-handed, but you failed to realize its true value. It's normal for a garden master like me to protect the sect's best interest."
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