"What?"
"It's dead?"
"Could it be that... the pill isn't a Breakthrough Pill but a poison?"
"That's way too fearsome! Two high-tier spirit stones to buy a fake pill? "
"Isn't the Spirit Emporium a little too much? This isn't the way to scam others!"
...
Seeing the Pill Sample Beast die on the spot, a huge commotion broke out in the crowd.
The reason why one spent so much money on a pill was to raise one's cultivation. Yet, not only did it fail to raise one's cultivation, it was even poisoned to death. This was something that no cultivator wished to see.
Mo Fei claimed that the pill was the real deal, but it ended up poisoning the Pill Sample Beast to death... How could anyone believe that?
"This..."
Mo Fei was also stunned, and he froze on the spot.
He had calculated the amount of pills consumed by the Pill Sample Beast, and it was impossible for it to exceed the limit.
Yet, it was poisoned to death on the spot... Could it be that the other party was right? That the pill wasn't a Breakthrough Pill but a ruined pill?
"Can this be considered as a fake?"
Zhang Xuan chuckled softly.
Seeing that the Pill Sample Beast had been poisoned to death, Mo Fei knew that there was no point in trying to explain himself, so he harrumphed, "This... Alright, I admit that I have misjudged this pill!"
"Misjudged? You are far more than just misjudged! "
Zhang Xuan casually flicked his wrist, and the first Bronze Gong that he had bought appeared in his hands. "According to the appraisal report, this artifact was forged by a grade-6 blacksmith, and it possesses the ability to destroy souls. Even a soul oracle would be killed with a single strike of the Bronze Gong!"
"Indeed. Even though this Bronze Mace is only at Spirit intermediate-tier, it carries the weight of history, and it harnesses the power of lightning. It is capable of destroying even souls!"
Mo Fei harrumphed.
He had studied the Bronze Mace for a very long time, so there was no way he could be mistaken.
"Since you are so confident, why don't you give it a try?" Zhang Xuan turned to the attendant and said, "You are a Consonant Spirit realm cultivator, and you have started to cultivate your soul as well. If this weapon possesses the ability to destroy souls, you will surely feel a piercing pain in your soul."
At this point, Zhang Xuan turned to Mo Fei and asked, "Do you have any objections to this?"
A weapon with the ability to destroy souls was extremely harmful to a cultivator's soul.
Consonant Spirit realm experts had only just begun cultivating their souls, and their spirit and body had yet to fully unify with one another. As such, it was very easy for them to be injured by such a weapon.
"I have no objections!" Mo Fei replied.
The onlookers nodded in agreement.
Soul oracles had disappeared in the annals of history, but there were many Consonant Spirit realm experts in the world. It wouldn't be a problem for them to examine the Bronze Gong.
"Go ahead …" Zhang Xuan smiled as he passed the bronze truncheon to Mo Fei.
Mo Fei raised his eyebrows. The zhenqi in his body surged, and he abruptly shot it toward the waiter.
It didn't take long for the results to show that when the bronze swordbreaker struck his body, he didn't feel any pain in his soul. In other words, it didn't have the effect of destroying his soul!
"How … how is this possible?"
Mo Fei's face turned pale.
Zhang Xuan had tested the Bronze Truncheon before, and the lightning energy harnessed within the truncheon exerted great pressure on one's soul. It was capable of destroying the soul of a soul oracle.
Why did it suddenly disappear?
Without this effect, if it was just an ordinary bronze jian, it wouldn't be worth anything!
"A weapon with the ability to destroy souls is capable of dealing with souls. Similarly, only soul oracles are capable of eradicating this ability. However, the soul oracles have already disappeared for many years. Could it be that … I was mistaken?"
Mo Fei's body swayed weakly, and his face turned as pale as a sheet of paper.
The Bronze Gong had the ability to destroy souls, and only soul oracles were capable of eradicating this ability. Even a Saint was incapable of doing so.
Given that the soul oracles had already disappeared, did this not mean that the artifact did not possess the ability to destroy souls? Did it not mean that his previous appraisal was wrong?
It was one thing for him to make a single mistake, but to make two in a row, he couldn't believe his eyes.
An appraiser could only make three mistakes in their entire life, and once they exceeded the limit, their license would be revoked. Was his reputation going to be ruined here?
"Regarding the bronze cauldron below, your appraisal certificate states that it is the Nine Tunes Cauldron. It is the work of a 6-star blacksmith, and its advantage is that it can produce the Nine Tunes Flame, allowing the medicinal herbs to fuse more evenly during pill forging. However, its flaw is that it is difficult to tame the spirit within it, making it difficult for it to acknowledge you as its master … Is this correct? "
Ignoring Mo Fei, who was already doubting him, Zhang Xuan continued looking at the cauldron. With a flick of his wrist, a cauldron appeared before him.
It was also an artifact of the Spirit Emporium, and he had already appraised it before.
"Yes …"
Mo Fei nodded.
His tone was clearly not as confident as before.
"Even though the Nine Tunes Cauldron has a high success rate in pill forging, it is extremely difficult for it to acknowledge its master. This is a fact that everyone knows, so there shouldn't be any mistake in my appraisal!"
Mo Fei gritted his teeth.
"This isn't the Nine Tunes Cauldron, and it doesn't possess such a complex spirit. It shouldn't take more than a minute for me to make it acknowledge me as its master," Zhang Xuan replied calmly.
"Less than a minute? How is that possible? If it can really acknowledge me as its master so quickly, I'll admit that I was mistaken. This is a fake! "
Mo Fei sneered coldly.
You must be joking! It was common knowledge that it was extremely difficult for a Nine Tunes Cauldron to acknowledge someone as its master.
Dream on!
Not even Saint realm experts were capable of such a feat.
"You are the one who admitted to it!"
Chuckling, Zhang Xuan walked up to the cauldron and casually tapped it a few times. After which, he stood on the spot and said, "Acknowledge me as your master!"
Weng!
Right after those words were spoken, the motionless cauldron suddenly let out a long cry, as if excited to find its master.
"What?"
Mo Fei's body swayed weakly, and he nearly spurted blood.
This was the sound of the cauldron acknowledging its master, there was no way he could be mistaken.
The true Nine Tunes Cauldron's spirit was scattered, making it difficult for it to acknowledge its master even after ten years. Yet, the one before him had succeeded in less than half a minute … Was he mistaken once more?
Was this thing a fake as well?
What in the world was going on?
"This Purple Sandalwood Bead is said to be able to calm one's mind and nourish one's mind, but it has been cursed by a soul oracle. Not only will it not be able to calm one's mind, it might even cause one's cultivation to go berserk!
"Based on your analysis, this medicinal fluid is a mixture of dozens of different poisons, and it should be extremely beneficial to one's physical body. However, I have taken a look at it, and the poison isn't neutralized at all. If one were to consume it, it would swiftly poison one to death!
"This ore is said to be able to raise a weapon's tier by a notch if it is infused into it, but it's impossible to smelt it. Putting aside infusing it into a weapon, even polishing it would be difficult …"
"This …"
"…"
After pointing out the flaws in the three artifacts and testing them out himself, Zhang Xuan decided not to waste any more time. He took out the artifacts that the attendant had brought over earlier, and after taking out each artifact, he would pat it a few times to clean off the dust that had fallen on it. After which, he began listing them one by one.
Mo Fei's body would tremble uncontrollably as he spoke.
By the time he finished listing dozens of artifacts, his face was already as red as the bottom of a wok, and he was on the verge of going insane.
There wasn't the slightest mistake in what the other party had pointed out. Regardless of whether he had tested it out on someone else or tested it out personally, the results were the same.
He had seen all of the artifacts previously, and their properties had all been tested out. Why would all of them change in the blink of an eye?
This was especially so for the few swords that he had tested. Not only were they extremely difficult to tame, there were even malevolent spirits hidden within them that could harm others easily. If he were to buy these artifacts, he would no longer be able to preserve his life but kill others!
"There are so many fakes here?"
"I have always trusted the artifacts of the Spirit Emporium, but why are there so many of them here?"
"How am I supposed to trust these fellows in the future?"
"It seems like I can't buy anything here anymore. There are so many fakes here, no matter how cheap they are …"
…
The crowd watching the commotion couldn't help but shudder in fear.
This wasn't a matter of wealth anymore.
Even if it was expensive, as long as one could buy the real deal, it didn't matter. No matter how cheap it was, they wouldn't be willing to buy a fake either!
Putting everything aside, if one bought a fake pill, not only would it prevent one from achieving a breakthrough, it could even poison one to death … Who in their right mind would spend so much money to seek death?
Previously, despite knowing that the artifacts of the Spirit Emporium were of questionable origin, they still bought them. Firstly, they were cheap, and secondly, they could guarantee the quality of the goods. But now that they couldn't even guarantee the quality of the goods, who would dare to buy them?
"… So, this is a fake as well. In other words … all of these are fakes!"
After explaining for a moment, Zhang Xuan turned to the attendant and Mo Fei and said, "You sold these goods to me for 237 high-tier spirit stones, and you promised to compensate me tenfold for the fakes. Since so many of them are fakes … I'll just have to compensate me 2370 high-tier spirit stones!"
"Compensate you two thousand high-tier spirit stones?"
"If it's a fake, I'll compensate you tenfold! The other party bought so many of them, only to find out that they are all fakes. Naturally, we have to compensate you!"
"This is insane … Even if we sell off the entire Spirit Emporium, we still won't be able to afford the compensation!"
"Whether we can afford the compensation or not is one thing. Who told you to claim a compensation of ten for the fakes? Now that so many of them are fakes, there's nothing we can do about it … "
…
Hearing the young man's words, everyone leaped in shock.
Putting aside the Spirit Emporium, even the royal family of Hongyuan Empire wouldn't be able to fork out two thousand high-tier spirit stones for the Spirit Emporium to do so!
But to have so many fakes exposed before so many people, if the Spirit Emporium didn't compensate them, the reputation of the Spirit Emporium would surely be tarnished.
"Incredible …"
Sun Qiang's eyes glowed in agitation.
Back then, when he said that he was going to cause trouble for the Spirit Emporium, he didn't know what to do, fearing that he would be thrown out on the spot. Only after seeing this did he realize how fearsome the Young Master was!
If he had gotten into a brawl right from the start, the other party would have been able to do whatever he wanted to him. But now, he had found so many fakes, and the other party even claimed a compensation of ten for the fakes … Let's just play by the rules.
Let's see how you resolve this!
Even if he were to find Mingshi Tang for this matter, the other party would be in the wrong!
There was no way they could afford it, and even if they could, the Spirit Emporium would still be doomed.
Otherwise, its reputation would be tarnished, and with so many fakes, no one would dare to buy anything from it anymore.
"You … Who in the world are you? What do you want? "
It wasn't too difficult for the attendant to comprehend the situation, and he was on the verge of tears.
He thought that he would be able to live a carefree life as a big customer, but from the looks of it now, he was nothing more than a jinx. If things went wrong, he might even lose his job.
"Who am I? I'm here to buy something, and you sold me so many fakes. Don't you think that I should compensate you? "
Zhang Xuan raised his eyebrows and smiled amiably.
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