Terra Su remained unfazed and looked at Manager Min, “Manager Min, I’m offering double the price for the Snake Blood Ginseng. Is Five Treasures Hall still going to refuse me?”
Envoy Feng sneered coldly, “Manager Min, dare to sell it to him and see what happens.”
Manager Min looked at the two, caught in a dilemma, “But Envoy Feng, according to Five Treasures Hall’s rules, if someone offers double the price, we must enter the auction process…”
Envoy Feng barked, “Auction? Who’s going to auction against him? Tell him that without the Alchemy Guild’s badge, we can’t sell the Snake Blood Ginseng to him!”
Manager Min nervously licked his lips, “Envoy Feng, it’s not impossible, but if the higher-ups find out…”
Manager Min didn’t finish, but the meaning was clear. If the headquarters found out someone offered double the price for the Snake Blood Ginseng, and it didn’t go through the auction process but was sold to Envoy Feng instead, it wouldn’t be good for either Envoy Feng or the Five Treasures Hall in Clear River City.
Envoy Feng’s face darkened, and he suddenly snorted, “Fine! We’ll go through the auction process!”
He then sneered at Terra Su, “Kid, you said you’d pay double. I want to see if you can come up with that much money!”
“According to Five Treasures Hall’s rules, before the auction, we need to verify your financial capability!”
“If you can’t come up with the money, you’re just mocking Five Treasures Hall, and you won’t be walking out of here standing.”
Envoy Feng’s face was full of cold smiles. Competing in wealth? He had never feared anyone.
But looking at Terra Su, just a fifteen-year-old boy, how much money could he have?
Unexpectedly, Terra Su remained calm and composed, showing no signs of panic. He simply said, “Money, right?”
Envoy Feng glared at him, “That’s right, show me the money!”
“How much?” Terra Su asked again.
“Since you said you’d pay double, the original price of the Snake Blood Ginseng is five thousand taels of silver, double that is ten thousand taels. Adding the auction premium, twenty thousand taels isn’t too much, is it? Do you have twenty thousand taels?” Envoy Feng sneered.
It wasn’t that he looked down on Terra Su. Twenty thousand taels of silver, not to mention a teenager, even the head of the richest family in Clear River City might not be able to come up with it all at once.
Terra Su’s eyelids drooped slightly. He had expected the high price for the Snake Blood Ginseng. Cultivating a top-tier martial practitioner required a lot of money.
“So, still want to bid?” Envoy Feng asked coldly.
Envoy Feng was certain Terra Su would back down, but Terra Su raised his eyes and said calmly, “Bid? Why not?”
“Still being stubborn!” Envoy Feng was getting angry, “Fine, then show me the money! I want to see your financial capability!”
Envoy Feng’s eyes were fixed on Terra Su, wanting to see where this boy would get twenty thousand taels of silver.
“Watch closely then.”
Terra Su said calmly, then walked to an empty desk in the room, grabbed a piece of white paper, and under several pairs of eyes, quickly wrote something.
Then, Terra Su crumpled the paper and threw it at Envoy Feng’s face, “Take a look!”
Caught off guard, Envoy Feng was hit by the paper ball and couldn’t help but get angry, “Kid, are you looking for death!”
But at that moment, Manager Min had already picked up the paper ball, opened it, and exclaimed, “This is a martial technique manual!”
“A martial technique manual?”
Envoy Feng was stunned, feeling surprised. In a small city like Clear River City, martial technique manuals were rare. Whether it was cultivation methods or martial techniques, they were treasures of martial families.
Ordinary martial practitioners could only practice the most basic health-preserving exercises.
And this boy could casually write a martial technique manual.
Envoy Feng couldn’t help but be shocked. Could Manager Min have made a mistake?
“Finger technique martial skill ‘Ming Wang Finger’!” Manager Min exclaimed, “Normal Grade mid-tier martial skill, my god, and a very precious finger technique at that. If auctioned, it would be worth at least fifty thousand taels of silver!”
“Such a pity, Young Master Su, why didn’t you finish it? You only wrote half. The complete version would be worth at least fifty thousand taels of silver, but half is only worth twenty thousand taels.” Manager Min looked at Terra Su with regret.
“Let me see!” Envoy Feng glared at Manager Min and snatched the paper.
After reading the martial technique from start to finish, Envoy Feng frowned but then sneered, “I thought it was something valuable, but it’s a fake martial technique. Manager Min, you need to be more discerning in the future and not be fooled by fake techniques!”
Envoy Feng’s eyes shot coldly at Terra Su, “Kid, you have some nerve! Trying to deceive Five Treasures Hall with a fake martial technique, do you not know the meaning of death?”
“Fake martial technique?”
Terra Su stood calmly, a hint of mockery in his eyes, “You can’t understand it, so you call it fake? That’s laughable.”
“Isn’t it a fake?” Envoy Feng sneered, “Stop being stubborn. I’ve seen countless high-level martial techniques at the Five Treasures Hall headquarters in the capital, far more than you can imagine, and I’ve never seen such an incomprehensible technique!”
Manager Min was also curious and couldn’t help but ask, “Envoy Feng, where is this technique flawed?”
Envoy Feng snorted, pointing at the martial technique Terra Su wrote, “Here, here, and here, the True Qi flow is clearly wrong, even contrary to the usual flow. And the movement transitions here are very awkward, completely illogical.”
“If you practice according to this, True Qi will flow backward, and you might go berserk. How can you develop any powerful moves?”
“In summary, this is a completely fake martial technique, made up by this kid!”
After speaking, Envoy Feng’s eyes pierced Terra Su like daggers, “Kid, Five Treasures Hall is not a place for you to mess around!”
He crumpled the paper into a ball and threw it back at Terra Su, “Take your fake martial technique back!”
Terra Su stood still, not catching the paper ball, letting it fall to the ground.
“Guards, seize this kid who dared to deceive Five Treasures Hall with a fake martial technique!” Envoy Feng ordered coldly.
Immediately, two Five Treasures Hall guards approached, intending to capture Terra Su on the spot.
Terra Su stood proudly, coldly saying, “You claim my martial technique is fake? Then open your eyes wide and see the power of my ‘fake’ technique!”
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