Xu Baiyang had never expected Lin Shuguang to actually produce a Tongyou Pill. After considering it carefully for a moment, he said, "Tongyou Pills are extremely difficult to refine, and they rarely circulate on the market... This one you have is of excellent quality, junior brother. Presumably, it came from a master.
"The market price is around four hundred gold leaves. I'll give you four hundred and fifty, Junior Brother Lin, so I won't be taking advantage of you. What do you think?"
Four hundred and fifty gold leaves would be enough to resolve Lin Shuguang's immediate financial crisis. Besides, he would still have use for Xu Baiyang in the future, so he agreed quite happily.
With the four hundred and fifty gold leaves, plus the sale of thirty-six Small Core Pills, Lin Shuguang had made a tidy little profit this time.
"Junior brother, forgive me for prying, but Tongyou Pills like this are almost impossible to find on the market. This one of yours...?" Xu Baiyang asked curiously.
Lin Shuguang's expression remained unchanged. "I came across it by chance."
Earlier, up in the pavilion, Xu Baiyang had heard the senior brothers in the Core Realm discussing Lin Shuguang's background-most accepted the explanation that an expert from the Baojian Sect had been secretly teaching him.
That made Lin Shuguang's claim that he had obtained the Tongyou Pill by chance seem like a deliberate attempt to conceal that mysterious Baojian Sect expert's existence.
"I understand." Xu Baiyang gave a slightly knowing smile.
Lin Shuguang: "..."
Xu Baiyang pooled everything he owned and only just managed to scrape together four hundred and fifty gold leaves. For the first time in his life, he felt poor.
"Looks like I'll have to ask my family to send more gold leaves in the future... Junior