One Pill for Eight, This Is Taking Off

"Talent is illusory, realm is real."

"Su Zhan's ability to reach this level is enough to prove his immense potential. We can completely disregard his talent!"

"He's worth investing in!"

In almost an instant, Lin Jinyu had the exact same thought as Lin Baitian.

For them.

They'd rather invest wrongly than let a good opportunity slip by.

Besides, the news had already spread. It was possible that companies and corporations were already reaching out to Su Zhan!

"Hey, Brother!"

Immediately, Lin Jinyu contacted Lin Baitian and stated directly, "Su Zhan has been promoted to Advanced Quasi-Martial Artist."

"Mm."

Lin Baitian's reaction was very casual.

Lin Jinyu's beautiful brows furrowed. "Did you already know?"

"Of course!"

Lin Baitian's lips curled into a smug smile. "It's not the first or second time my brother's been well-informed. What's this little thing?"

As he spoke, he leisurely took a sip of water.

He also thought to himself: If you knew your brother was planning to formally sign him tomorrow, you'd be even more impressed, wouldn't you?

Thinking this, Lin Baitian's smug smile grew even wider.

"Then what do you think about Su Zhan having the Lowest Grade talent?"

"Pfft!"

Lin Baitian spat out his water, his voice increasing by several decibels. "What?! Lowest Grade talent?"

"Brother, you don't know about this?" Lin Jinyu asked, confused again.

"Did he tell you himself?" Lin Baitian quickly asked.

"No, the whole school is talking about it now, but I confirmed it. The news is true. He tested his talent in front of all the students in the classroom, and it's indeed Lowest Grade."

"How is that possible?! He's already an Advanced Quasi-Martial Artist at his age, and he has Lowest Grade talent? The testing machine must be broken!" Lin Baitian couldn't believe it at all.

"Brother, the issue of his talent isn't the key right now," Lin Jinyu said. "Regardless of whether Su Zhan has Lowest Grade talent or not, his strength speaks for itself. I think we should add him to our investment list and act fast!"

"I'm worried that if we delay too long, other companies and corporations will get there first."

"Brother, this has nothing to do with what happened with him before. He's truly worth investing in!"

Lin Jinyu deliberately emphasized the last sentence.

"Don't worry, other companies and consortiums won't be able to get there first."

Lin Baitian regained his previous composure. "Your brother has already made arrangements with him. We'll be signing the contract formally tomorrow."

"You've made arrangements?"

Lin Jinyu looked surprised and astonished.

"How about that? Isn't your brother far-sighted?" Lin Baitian chuckled. "I just didn't expect this kid's talent to be Lowest Grade. It completely doesn't match his rate of progress!"

"And this kid even promised me he'd become a Martial Artist within a month... For this, he'll come to our house for verification a month later."

"If you ask me, the testing equipment must have been broken. With his rate of improvement, he should be at least General Rank to start with!"

Lin Jinyu listened, stunned.

Not only did he sign a contract, but he also promised to advance to Martial Artist within a month?

This wasn't Lowest Grade talent at all; he was progressing much faster than she was!

However, Lin Jinyu also felt relieved.

She finally understood Su Zhan.

Since he promised, he would definitely keep his word. She wasn't afraid of other companies and corporations interfering... The Lin family had finally not missed out on this investment target.

"Becoming a Martial Artist in a month... If this is true, he might be comparable to those monstrous geniuses in the Four Great Academies?"

The brilliance flickered in Lin Jinyu's beautiful eyes.

If she had only paid a little extra attention to Su Zhan before because of their past, then now Su Zhan had completely captured her attention. She had no choice but to pay attention!

Meanwhile.

The person being discussed by the Lin siblings had now arrived at Sky City's largest Martial Artist trading market.

"Advanced Quasi-Martial Artist, Mr. Su, please come in."

After having his talent tested, Su Zhan walked straight in.

It was bustling and noisy, with a clamor of voices.

This place is generously called a free trade market, but to put it bluntly, it's just a farmer's market!

Stalls are everywhere you look.

Either a person squats behind a piece of cloth.

Or a person stands behind a small cart.

Or sometimes there isn't even a cloth, and a person just stands by the roadside holding a sign with a list of items to trade... Truly "free" beyond compare.

"This price is okay, but still a bit of a rip-off."

"This price is good, just the quantity is small. I'll note it down first."

"This price is way too high, even more than the official corporations. I'll note it down too, to avoid them in the future!"

Su Zhan came here to exchange the pills, spirit weapons, beast blood, and other items he had for the cheapest kind... He had done his homework when he was slacking off before.

The most convenient channels would be those luxurious, chain corporations in the outside world like the "Pill Treasure Pavilion" and "Cloud Above Tower," where you could directly exchange whatever you wanted.

But the prices were only 70% of the market rate!

For Su Zhan right now, 30% of his resources was not a small amount, so of course, he had to find a more convenient and valuable channel.

He browsed around and did find some gains.

Basically, most stalls offered prices from 80% to 90% of the market rate.

Only a small portion, specifically targeting newbies, offered less than 70%.

"Hmm?"

Just then, Su Zhan saw a Martial Artist by the roadside wiping a spirit weapon. There weren't many items on the stall in front of him, but the prices on the sign reached 100% of the market rate!

"I want to exchange Boiling Blood Pills for Blood Solidifying Pills. Name your price," Su Zhan said directly, without any hesitation.

The person wiping the spirit weapon was an Advanced Martial Artist. He glanced at Su Zhan and said indifferently, "Second-grade Boiling Blood Pills are 80 gold each at market price, and Second-grade Blood Solidifying Pills are 10 gold each. You can exchange for 8 pills."

"Deal," Su Zhan said crisply.

Although his expression showed no fluctuation.

He was already overjoyed inside!

If he had gone to the Pill Treasure Pavilion, he could have only exchanged for 5 pills at 70% price, not even 6... but here he got two extra pills!

"Here are the Boiling Blood Pills."

Su Zhan directly took out the pills and threw them to the Advanced Martial Artist.

This was a free market with its own rules, so there was no need to worry about your items being snatched or being forced to buy or sell.

Besides, it was just a Second-grade pill. Others wouldn't bother breaking the rules for such a pill.

"Okay."

"Here are 8 Blood Solidifying Pills. Take them."

The Advanced Martial Artist glanced at them and confirmed they were genuine. He then casually waved his hand, and a space ring appeared. He threw 8 pills over, and Su Zhan reached out and caught them all.

"I have two more bottles of Boiling Blood Pills here, totaling 12 pills. Do you have enough stock?" Su Zhan directly took out two small porcelain white bottles.

"Hmph, what you have is not even enough to cover a fraction of my exchange," the Advanced Martial Artist said arrogantly. Without another word, he took out a small wooden box. When he opened it, it was filled to the brim with Second-grade Blood Solidifying Pills, at least a hundred of them!

"That's good."

Su Zhan grinned.

He had found the right person this time!