"What a good wine, the taste is similar to a wine that I drank somewhere before." James smiled as he drank the wine and commented.
"Oh, really? I think our tastes in wine are similar. Why don't we drink together in the future?" Old Bai smiled and thought to himself,
'Yeah, in my room half an hour ago, you little brat.'
"Sure, let's drink together in the future." James smiled and nodded shamelessly.
'Fck, this little brat's skin is really thick. I just said it out of courtesy, yet he replied in a serious manner. I hope we won't ever meet again in the future.' Old Bai cursed James in his heart.
"Hahahaha, this old man must be pissed off by you and cursing you in his heart." Little Fluffy laughed and commented.
"In my opinion, he should be happy that he met someone like me who has the same taste in wine, that's why he invited me." James glanced at Little Fluffy.
"Hmmph!" Little Fluffy only snorted in reply.
"Well, let's cut to the chase, shall we? First, tell me the reason why you want to buy that pill. Second, even if you want to buy it, I will only sell it at the auction, so don't try to play any tricks in front of me.
And also, don't forget to leak the news so that other people who are interested and rich enough to buy it, can also compete fairly through the auction." James said it plainly.
"The main reason we wanted to buy this pill is because our third brother's cultivation is already at the peak of Great Martial Master. With this pill, he could save a few years of time and become one of the top geniuses in the best academy in the northern region.
Since he only broke through a few years ago, he only has a 20% chance of breaking through to low rank 9. With this pill that increases the chance by 70%, he would only need to cultivate for around two years at most, and he should be able to break through with 100% certainty if he consumes this pill."
Luo Meng explained the reason to James.
James became interested as he listened to her explanation. He was intrigued by the idea of joining a force like a sect or academy and experiencing life as their disciple or student.
However, his top priority at the moment was trying to survive in this world and become stronger quickly, at least until he was strong enough to protect Minji and himself.
"By the way, that pill with pill veins in your hands has the effect of increasing the chance by 80%, not 70%." James corrected Luo Meng.
"Really? You are not joking, right?" Luo Meng was surprised and asked James seriously.
"I'm just stating the facts. It's up to you whether you believe me or not, I don't care either way." James shrugged his shoulders while being massaged by Luo Xian'er.
"Okay then, I believe you. Then, can you auction this pill like any other item?" Luo Meng nodded and asked.
"All right, give me half the money from the estimated price first, like before." James replied and opened his palm as a gesture.
Old Bai then tossed a space ring to James and said, "This is half the money from the estimated price of the pills and armor."
"Oh right, we will have to postpone the auction until tomorrow night. We need to give people more time to come here because a lot of strong people from different forces will attend the auction because of this pill."
"Do whatever you need to do." James said as he caught the space ring and instructed Little Fluffy to count the beast cores.
"The total is 1,700 beast cores of peak rank 8, with different attributes of the five common elements." Little Fluffy reported.
James felt happy because he hadn't expected the price to be this high.
"Now that my business here is done, I will leave right away since I want to have a proper rest." James then suddenly stood up, picked up the jar of wine, poured himself a glass, then put the jar into his inventory again and drank the wine.
'Fck, this shameless little brat took my precious jar of wine again.' Old Bai cursed in his heart again.
"There is no need to see me off since I don't like being followed or watched. Besides, I'll become the center of attention by having two beautiful ladies with me. Thanks for paying my bills." James smiled at Luo Bai before walking downstairs and leaving the building.
"Old Bai, do we need to send someone to follow him secretly? After he's out of the city and there's no one around, you can beat him up and rob him. He definitely has a lot of treasures." Luo Xian'er broke the silence with her suggestion.
Luo Meng knocked on her younger sister's head and said, "Don't make trouble, didn't you hear him warn us not to follow or watch him?"
"Ouch… Huh? When did he say that?" Luo Xian'er touched her head and asked with a confused look.
Old Bai then explained to Luo Xian'er that, when James said, 'he doesn't like being followed or watched and that he would become the center of attention by having two ladies with him.'
James was actually looking at him, not the two young ladies James mentioned. It was a warning to not watch his movements, as it could be seen as provoking him.
Even if James hadn't mentioned it, they shouldn't send someone to follow him, as they couldn't afford to provoke someone with an unknown background who might be stronger than their Luo Heng Chamber of Commerce.
Let alone the fact that there could be someone silently protecting him who might be even stronger than Old Bai since James even knew his cultivation realm.
That's why he mentioned it so blatantly without an ounce of fear. Either he was told by his protector or he had a special treasure that could detect cultivation realms.