Everyone exchanged bewildered glances. They had all heard the conversation between Nalan Chaoge and Master Gu just now. How had that been hitting it off at first sight?
It had plainly been an old fox and a young fox trading riddles!
Not one of them had understood their conversation.
Ge Ye paid and put away the Vitality Pills.
Master Gu then mysteriously "speculated" with Nalan Chaoge about when that mysterious Alchemist would come to sell pills again before finally leaving with a beaming smile.
Ten Vitality Pills in exchange for one Great Return Pill-now that was a worthwhile deal!
Besides, Master Gu had not lost money on those ten Vitality Pills, and he had even earned a favor from Ge Ye!
After leaving the Auction House, Ge Ye and Nalan Yanran tried probing Nalan Chaoge with a few roundabout questions. Unfortunately, his lips remained tightly sealed, and he revealed nothing, leaving them no choice but to let the matter drop.
What they did not know was that after they left, Master Gu's gaze immediately turned grave as he instructed, "Whenever the young master of the Nalan Family visits our Auction House again, make sure he receives our highest standard of hospitality!"
Although the attendant was somewhat puzzled, he nodded obediently.
No, this matter is too important. I must report it to the head of the Mittel Family.
If anything goes wrong later, it will be no laughing matter.
An Alchemist who could refine pills of such quality, and such a young Alchemist at that, undoubtedly had a limitless future.
We absolutely, absolutely must not make an enemy of the Nalan Family.
Of course, I must give that old fellow Mittel Tengshan a friendly warning without revealing Nalan Chaoge's secret!
Leaving the Auction House in a hurry, Master Gu rounded several