"Wait, System, can you help me disguise myself?"
Before arriving at the Mitel Auction House, Xiao Lang realized that buying so many materials as an eight-year-old was one thing, but if someone sold that many bottles of Qi Gathering Powder soon afterward, anyone with eyes would know it was related to him.
Shouldn't he learn from Xiao Yan and disguise himself as an alchemist?
And while he was at it, take a look at the "fairy" Xiao Yan had mentioned—his future wife?
"Actually, you can directly exchange gold coins for medicinal ingredients through me, then refine the pills yourself," the System's voice sounded.
"..."
Xiao Lang froze for a moment, then cursed, "Then why the hell didn't you say so earlier? I've already arrived at the Mitel Auction House before you told me. You're obviously trying to mess with me, aren't you?"
System: "You never asked, and now you're blaming me? Should I leave, then?"
"Don't get angry, don't get angry. Anger harms the body. Don't argue with idiots; idiots are always right."
Xiao Lang immediately began reciting the calming mantra he had used in his previous life whenever he saw those moronic haters who started insulting novels without even reading them.
Still, this did make things easier. He no longer needed to buy the materials himself.
"Wait, why does a System need gold coins?" Xiao Lang suddenly remembered, wondering whether he could fool the System into giving him materials for free.
"Other Systems charge for them. If I didn't, would I have any dignity?" the System snapped back, clearly still holding a grudge over Xiao Lang calling it an idiot.
"Besides, Systems need energy too. Different planes require different kinds of energy, and most of them can be converted from gold coins," the System explained patiently.
"Then can I exchange gold coins for other materials? Heavenly Flames or strange water, for example?" Xiao Lang's eyes lit up.
If he could, wouldn't he just need to farm money?
Why would he need to do any multiple-choice questions?
"No. You can only exchange them for unlocked pill ingredients, though you can spend money to unlock other pill formulas."
The System added, "A friendly reminder: the System does not buy back pills, so you'll still need to exchange for a disguise technique in order to sell them."
"Then exchange ten sets of Qi Gathering Powder ingredients for me first." Xiao Lang said, "Can I get a discount for buying ten sets at once?"
"Sure. What discount do you want?"
"How about no charge?" Xiao Lang tried to negotiate. "Once I become strong in the future, I'll give you however much money you want and make you look impressive in the System world."
"..."
The System fell silent for a while before saying gloomily:
"This is the first time I've seen someone try to sweet-talk a System."
In the end, the System still gave Xiao Lang a ten-percent discount.
"Ding! Alchemy successful. Congratulations, Host, for obtaining Perfect Qi Gathering Pill ×11."
The moment Xiao Lang placed all the materials into the Alchemy System, a flash of light appeared, followed immediately by the System's notification.
Xiao Lang's eyes instantly lit up. Perfect Qi Gathering Pills—the System was pretty impressive.
"Of course. System-produced goods must be premium goods!" the System said smugly. "You just never asked before. The System's pill quality is always the highest."
"However, when refining higher-grade pills, you'll still need to withstand the lightning tribulation yourself, and the tribulation will be somewhat different."
"It's just a lightning tribulation. No big deal."
Xiao Lang only had eyes for the eleven Perfect Qi Gathering Pills. How could he possibly care about the lightning tribulation being a little different?
After all, the better the quality of a Qi Gathering Pill, the higher its price!
There was a good chance every pill in this batch could sell for the sky-high price of two hundred thousand gold coins!
That meant that after giving six hundred thousand to his father, he could still keep 1.6 million for himself and refine another thirty-two Qi Gathering Powders!
If he kept snowballing like this, he could eat Qi Gathering Powder like candy.
It was just a pity that Qi Gathering Powder only helped people at the ninth stage of Dou Qi break through to become Dou Zhe. It was already useless to someone like him, a Three-star Dou Practitioner.
Still, saving some gold as a marriage fund wasn't a bad idea.
After all, Xiao Xun'er's Ancient Clan alone was a colossal force. Xiao Yan had gone through tremendous effort just to earn their recognition.
Of course, he couldn't be that useless. If he was going to do it, he would become the Dragon King's live-in son-in-law.
In a word, all the other Ancient Families would come to pay homage!
He would become the Dragon King of the Dou Qi Continent!
"Alright, exchange the God-Tier Disguise Technique for me now." Xiao Lang felt that turning the Qi Gathering Powder into cash as soon as possible was the safest option.
"Oh, right. I spent all my gold coins on materials just now, so I only have these five hundred gold coins left. See if you can let me buy on credit. Don't worry, I'll count it as a loan!" Xiao Lang said with utter sincerity.
"And since you borrowed those gold coins through your own ability, why would you need to repay them?" the System couldn't help mocking him.
"..."
Xiao Lang's mouth twitched.
Damn it, looks like a trick could only be used once.
It seemed he needed to move to another city sooner rather than later. He couldn't borrow any more money from this clan.
"It's fine. Five hundred gold soul coins are enough to exchange for a disguise technique," the System said.
"System, you really are loyal." Hearing this, Xiao Lang silently gave the System a thumbs-up.
As expected of his little helper.
Three seconds later.
"Holy shit! System, you scammer! You took five hundred gold coins and all you gave me was an eyebrow tattoo?" After exchanging for the disguise technique, Xiao Lang took out a mirror and discovered that all it had done was tattoo his eyebrows!
He immediately lost it. Did it think he was some celebrity?
Forty thousand for a pair of eyebrows?
"At the price of five hundred gold coins, you can only exchange for a fake and shoddy disguise technique," the System said blandly.
"..."
Xiao Lang's mouth twitched.
Damn it!
System, you really didn't learn a single one of my good traits, did you?
Xiao Lang looked at his eyebrows and nearly died of embarrassment. He could only compromise.
"Fine, lay out the terms. Tell me how I can exchange for the God-Tier Disguise Technique. I've already given you my last five hundred gold coins. If that's still not enough, all I have left is my body."
Xiao Lang simply gave up resisting, but... giving money was impossible. Absolutely impossible, even if he were beaten to death.
"..."
The System's mouth twitched. What would it even want with his body?
Was he trying to act like a pervert here?
"Enough, shut up already. You can exchange your cultivation for it," the System said immediately, afraid that this shameless Xiao Lang would say something even more outrageous. "Return your cultivation to the third stage of Dou Qi, and you can exchange for the God-Tier Disguise Technique."
(This God-Tier Disguise Technique can disguise cultivation and the like! Even the cultivation of a Dou Saint! No one can see through it unless they actually fight, in which case the disguise will be exposed. So exchanging cultivation for it is absolutely worth it—it's a godly skill for showing off! And it'll recover in just one chapter. Things will only get more exciting later!)
"..."
Mo Lang's expression immediately collapsed. "Do you have to be this ruthless? You're making me ride a roller coaster, huh? Becoming a Dou Zhe in one night, then returning to the third stage of Dou Qi the next day?"
"The God-Tier Disguise Technique can turn you completely into another person. Even if that person came here himself, he would doubt his own existence!"
"..."
Hearing that, Xiao Lang hesitated. But if he returned to the third stage of Dou Qi again, he had no idea when he would be able to become a Dou Zhe once more.
"Let's talk about money instead. Name your price."
"One hundred million."
"I suppose returning to the third stage of Dou Qi isn't impossible. After all, even my little brother will start over from scratch. As the older brother, I'll set an example first."
At worst, he would just do a few more multiple-choice questions.
Very quickly, Xiao Lang sacrificed his realm and exchanged it for the God-Tier Disguise Technique, because he felt that this skill would definitely be of great use later on.
After exchanging for the God-Tier Disguise Technique, Xiao Lang completely transformed from his figure to his aura into an old man. Even if Xiao Zhan or Xiao Yan stood here, they would think nothing was amiss.
After taking out a mirror and looking himself over, he nodded in satisfaction, walked out of the alley, and headed toward the Mitel Auction House.
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