"Then I don't understand. Since Hall Master Xu even accepted our rivals' goods, why leave us out instead of accepting ours as well?"
A Red-Haired Old Man spoke in a ringing voice.
Xu Yi said, "Good question. I won't hide it from you all. I wanted the medicinal ingredients, but I didn't want my rivals to profit from them. So I accepted their goods first, then negotiated with you."
The Red-Haired Old Man said, "Hall Master Xu, I, Dong Qiankun, don't understand what you mean. Could there be some other reason?"
Xu Yi said, "Naturally. I won't hide it from you all: I thought I'd prepared enough pills, but I had no idea so many merchants would come. The numbers far exceeded my expectations. What's more, three rivals who can't bear to see Guanglong Hall standing went to great lengths to procure this enormous quantity of pills, just to watch Guanglong Hall make a fool of itself."
"When all these unexpected factors are added together, my stock of origin pills is really stretched thin..."
At this point, the crowd erupted into chaos. Cries of alarm and angry shouts rang out all at once, far louder than when Xu Yi had shown the three receipts.
"Fraud! This is a complete fraud! Damn it, if you don't have what it takes, don't make such a grand show of things, you bastard! Xu, if you don't explain yourself today, I swear I won't let this go! All of you, shut up and listen to what Xu has to say!"
A burly man in a blue robe bellowed. His voice drowned out the entire crowd, and the uproar died down considerably.
Xu Yi spoke in a ringing voice. "You're all people of standing. Why make such a fuss at every turn? I've said that