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Join the ServerHowever, before the dust could settle on the previous wave, the auctioneer had just finished auctioning off the dozen or so bottles of Spirit Enlightenment Pills that improved constitution.
Seizing the moment while the audience was still reeling, he struck while the iron was hot.
“I know everyone here is very interested in these miraculous pills, but don’t rush.”
The auctioneer observed that the atmosphere in the hall had been excellently stirred up.
“Because, besides these constitution-improving pills, there is also an improved version, Pill Number Two. This pill not only has some effect on improving constitution but also possesses a powerful effect of unblocking magical energy! Take this pill, and if you are a genius, your mana absorption speed will surely reach new heights; if you have blockages in your mana, you will experience the magic circuits of a genius! Starting bid… two hundred gold coins!”
Those who had been lamenting their missed chances now had blazing light in their eyes.
The ones who had lost out on the Spirit Enlightenment Pills looked even more determined.
The atmosphere in the entire auction house was pushed to a new climax at this moment.
Meanwhile, the nobles who had already purchased pills were beating their chests in regret—it turned out something better was still coming!
“300!”
“500!”
“700 gold coins!”
In the VIP box, Father Su’s face was terrifyingly dark. He slammed the table and stood up abruptly: “What?! The one I just bought for five hundred gold coins is only the basic version?!” The expensive rosewood coffee table buzzed from his pounding.
Su Liyue curled up in the corner of the sofa, fine beads of sweat breaking out on her forehead. ‘It’s over, it’s over… This is probably going to escalate from a double-team beating by both parents to a full family mobilization…’
“Old Su, calm down. Although each person is limited to one bottle, it’s enough for us to take back and study. With the heritage of our two families, cracking the formula is just a matter of time, isn’t it?” Father Ye said calmly.
Father Su thought about it, found it reasonable, and sat back down. Turning to Su Liyue, he put on a benevolent fatherly face: “Yueyue, Dad lost his composure just now. If you’re interested in potions, I’ll have your mother teach you the family secret recipe. I guarantee you’ll be raking in money in the future.”
Su Liyue nodded obediently, but in her mind, an image surfaced of her mother holding a pointer, a magical cauldron bubbling behind her, smiling gently and saying:
“Darling, if you get the proportions wrong for this potion… hehe…”
“Wrong proportions! Do it again!”
“Extraction time exceeded by 0.5 seconds! Practice ten more times!”
“Calling this temperature hot? Your father used to stir magma with his bare hands back in the day!”
She couldn’t help but shiver. ‘This isn’t learning alchemy; it’s a special forces training camp! It’s even harsher than when the Yaochi Saintess trained me back then!’
Li Yunxin, who was watching with great interest, quietly nudged Mu Wanqing: “Hey, do you think I should also learn alchemy?”
Mu Wanqing, seeing Su Liyue’s pale face, silently pushed the fruit juice closer to her. “Sister Yunxin is so smart, I’m sure you can learn it~”
Hearing Mu Wanqing’s sweet voice, Li Yunxin’s mood instantly brightened. ‘Actually, this second school beauty seems quite gentle and lovely. Although I’ve been disarmed now, being able to stick close to such a beauty…’ She was already imagining sweet scenes of concocting potions with Mu Wanqing. ‘Of course, the key point is who gets to be the one being cuddled…’
Just then, Father Ye’s resonant voice echoed through the hall via the magical amplifier. “1500 gold coins!”
The scene fell silent again, with everyone turning to look at the VIP box, daring to be angry but not to speak.
“Done… sold!” The auctioneer’s voice paused for a full two seconds before bringing down the gavel.
Father Ye sat back on the sofa with self-satisfaction, unaware of his daughter-in-law’s pale face.
Su Liyue’s mood at that moment was like a roller coaster. ‘This auction has obviously made me, the mysterious alchemist, a huge profit. I won’t have to worry about money from now on. But the thought that I’m ripping off two fathers’ money, and Father Ye spent three times as much as Father Su on my own pills… If this “rob the fathers to help the poor” stunt is ever discovered…’ She seemed to already see the figures of both mothers holding implements of family discipline:
“Daring to swindle even your own father? Today, let you experience what it means to receive parental love with education!”
At that time, she and Ye Xingchen would probably have to put on a live show of surrendering all their savings to the national treasury.
“Yueyue? Why are you sweating so much?” Father Su asked with concern, handing her a napkin.
“N-nothing… I just think… you two are spending too much…” Su Liyue forced a smile.
Father Su patted her little hand reassuringly, speaking with a far-sighted look: “Yueyue, you’re still young. You don’t understand business matters yet. Such a potion formula, if someone else gets hold of it first, could be very troublesome. So we must find this mysterious alchemist when we have the chance and win them over to our family.”
Su Liyue, thinking that the mysterious alchemist her father wanted to find was actually herself, didn’t dare to imagine the consequences of the truth being revealed… But then she thought, ‘Liu Yuxuan, that traitor, is just learning alchemy from me. Why not have him take the fall? I’m sure he’ll gladly accept, given that he’s pursuing Li Yunxin.’
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