I Want to Buy Ten!

Ao Ba Pa opened the window and happened to see Jia Lie Ku frowning. The corners of his mouth rose instinctively.

"I never intended for Jia Lie Ku's efforts to go too smoothly. I didn't expect Hao Qiang to step in on his own initiative." Ao Ba Pa glanced at the bearded man.

Hmm, I'm in a good mood today. I can go to the tavern for a drink later.

The people of the Jia Lie Clan Market looked helplessly at Jia Lie Ku, waiting for his orders.

Upstairs, Jia Lie Ku said, "Hao Qiang, I can count you in, but can you guarantee everyone else will be satisfied?"

Hao Qiang snorted and slapped his chest. "My reputation is known throughout Wu Tan City."

The mercenaries answered Hao Qiang in loud voices.

"Let them test it." Seeing this, Jia Lie Ku tossed two small jade bottles containing Blood Surge Pills to the market staff.

After catching them, the man looked first at Pei En.

Bang! Bang!

Pei En threw two consecutive punches, leaving a fist imprint on the Green Rock and the Iron Essence Wood respectively.

After the staff reported the results, he handed Pei En a bottle of pills.

Pei En poured out a pill, placed it in his mouth, and swallowed it. His expression changed slightly as he felt a ball of fire ignite in his abdomen and rapidly spread throughout his body.

Whoosh!

He heard his blood boiling within him, rushing faster, while his Dou Qi became more robust in that instant.

"Ha!" Pei En punched again.

Compared to before, his fist imprint was more than a finger's breadth deeper.

Upon hearing the results, the mercenaries nodded in satisfaction, convinced that there was no issue with the Blood Surge Pill's effects.

"I'll do it!"

Hao Qiang stepped forward and threw two punches, leaving fist imprints four fingers and five fingers deep respectively.

After watching the staff finish measuring, he said impatiently, "Give me the Blood Surge Pill."

The staff member handed over the small jade bottle.

Hao Qiang snatched it away. Excitement, unease, and nervousness filled his eyes as he stared at the pill rolling from the bottle's mouth, his expression complicated.

Gulp!

He swallowed the Blood Surge Pill.

His body quickly grew hot, as if he were burning from within. The heat raced through him, stimulating his blood and vitality and squeezing out the latent strength hidden within his body.

His Dou Qi was stimulated and began churning and expanding without end.

"Pfft!" Suddenly, Hao Qiang spat out a mouthful of blood.

Jia Lie Ku's expression changed drastically when he saw this from upstairs, and he immediately prepared to jump down.

"He vomited blood?"

"Is there something wrong with the pill? Brother Hao won't be in danger, will he?"

"What's going on?"

The mercenaries' faces tightened, filled with shock and confusion.

Ao Ba Pa was so thrilled he nearly applauded. "Good, good, good!"

This is exactly the effect I wanted!

"Pei En, do you feel anything unusual?" Xiao Zhan asked Pei En beside him with concern.

Seeing Hao Qiang vomit blood, Pei En looked confused and shook his head. "Clan Head, I'm really fine."

Then why had Hao Qiang vomited blood after taking the Blood Surge Pill?

Everyone watched Hao Qiang with that question in mind.

After spitting out one mouthful of blood, Hao Qiang shoved away the market staff member who had come forward to support him, then spat out two more mouthfuls of blood.

Specks of bright red stained his beard.

"Get lost! I'm fine!" Hao Qiang's voice was loud. Those who heard it could faintly detect a hint of excitement.

This left everyone utterly baffled.

He had vomited blood all over the ground, and he called that fine?

"Could Jia Lie Ku have concealed the Blood Surge Pill's side effects?"

"Did the Blood Surge Pill damage Brother Hao's brain?"

Some began questioning the Blood Surge Pill.

Hearing those voices, Jia Lie Ku's heart was in turmoil.

Could Master Wang Teng have concealed some of the Blood Surge Pill's hidden risks?

Hao Qiang's current condition was completely different from when Jia Mu Li and Pei En had taken the Blood Surge Pill.

Hao Qiang looked rather frightening.

His skin was dark red and swollen, veins bulging beneath it as though something were crawling under his flesh. One moment his arm swelled, the next his face puffed up.

"Should we ask Master Wang Teng to come take a look?" Jia Lie Ku hesitated.

Suddenly, Hao Qiang burst into laughter. "It broke through! I broke through!"

Halfway through his words, his throat bulged, and he spat out another huge mouthful of blood.

"Brother Hao!"

Several mercenaries close to Hao Qiang immediately rushed forward from the crowd.

But they quickly stopped, their expressions changing drastically.

"Ha ha ha!" After Hao Qiang vomited blood, a thin layer of radiance emerged across his body, like a gauzy veil.

Dou Qi Gauze Robe!

The same term surfaced in everyone's mind.

The realm above a Dou Practitioner was called a Dou Master. Its defining mark was the ability to release Dou Qi externally and form a layer over one's body resembling a gauze robe.

Bang! Bang!

While everyone was still stunned, Hao Qiang threw two punches at the Green Rock and Iron Essence Wood.

A deep fist imprint appeared on the Green Rock, cracks spreading outward from its center.

The Iron Essence Wood suffered even worse. Hao Qiang punched straight through it, breaking the entire piece apart.

The scene fell silent for two seconds.

Then, earth-shaking cries erupted.

"Start selling already! I want to buy ten!"

"Where can I buy Blood Surge Pills?"

"Fatty, say one more word of nonsense and I'll smash your mouth!"

After witnessing Hao Qiang unleash the strength of a Dou Master after swallowing the Blood Surge Pill, the mercenaries went completely mad, utterly won over by its medicinal effects.

Who wouldn't want a pill that could change the outcome at a critical life-or-death moment?

Jia Lie Ku was dumbfounded. This was not what he had expected, but that no longer mattered.

The Blood Surge Pill had completely made its name, and customers were eager to buy it.

Simply put, the result was even better than planned!

Master Wang Teng is incredible! Liu Xi deserves to die!

Jia Lie Ku came back to his senses and quickly arranged for the market staff to put up the signs and banners.

He did not waste any more time explaining the Blood Surge Pill's price.

Looking at the surging crowd, he feared those people truly meant what they said and would smash his mouth.

That would not do. He still needed this mouth to praise Master Wang Teng.

Soon, the mercenaries, now knowing where to go, flooded into the market and headed straight for the counter. When they learned that a Blood Surge Pill cost only six hundred gold coins, they scrambled to pull out their money.

After all, healing medicines like Return Spring Powder and Blood-Clotting Powder already cost one or two hundred gold coins.

A first-grade pill for only six hundred gold coins made the mercenaries feel they were getting far more than their money's worth.

Since the Blood Surge Pills had only been refined for one day, the several dozen pills quickly sold out. Among them, the price of perfect-grade Blood Surge Pills was driven up to three times the original price.

The mercenaries who failed to buy any were furious. Not only did they curse, but they also wanted to beat people up.

Jia Lie Ku arrived in time with the market guards and nearly got beaten as well. He only escaped disaster after saying that preorders were available.

With the massive influx of mercenaries, the market's business improved by a great deal. Some mercenaries who had failed to buy Blood Surge Pills figured that since they were already there, they might as well buy some Return Spring Powder or other supplies.

Outside the Xiao Clan Market, Xiao Zhan and the three elders wore extremely grim expressions.

"Let's go home." Xiao Zhan was the first to turn around.

The Jia Lie Clan's sale of a new pill had broken the balance between the two clans. The Xiao Clan had to devise a new strategy as soon as possible.

He needed to discuss this with Yan'er.

Elsewhere.

The smile vanished from Ao Ba Pa's face. His fingers clenched, and the teacup cracked before turning into powder and falling away.

"Damn it! Jia Lie Bi, you actually found hope!" Ao Ba Pa said regretfully.

If I hadn't lent that money to the Jia Lie Clan, would there be no Blood Surge Pill today?

Would the Jia Lie Clan have no chance to turn things around?

At that point, would my clan's market have been split between the Xiao Clan and mine?