"Whoa!"
The dark-faced burly man actually intended to pay ten times the refining fee to have Alchemist Ge refine pills.
The crowd erupted in an uproar.
"Is this man sick in the head? With ten times the refining fee, where couldn't he get pills refined?"
"Exactly. Eh... why does he look a little familiar? I think I've seen him at the Exquisite Pavilion."
"Could this fellow have been deliberately sent by the Exquisite Pavilion to wreck their business?"
There was no shortage of quick-witted people present, and they soon exposed the dark-faced man's origins and purpose.
Hearing the discussions around him, the dark-faced man panicked for a moment.
But then he threw caution to the wind.
So what if you've found me out? So what if I'm from the Exquisite Pavilion?
I've paid, so you have to refine my pills. If you can't, you'll compensate me double!
"Hey, I'm willing to pay ten times the fee, and I've brought all the medicinal ingredients. You can refine the pills now, can't you?"
The dark-faced man sneered at Gu Chenfeng, waiting for him to make a fool of himself.
At this point, Liu Fuyan finally could no longer sit still and rose to help Gu Chenfeng fend him off.
But Gu Chenfeng suddenly winked at her.
"Steward Liu, collect the fee first, then I'll refine the pill."
Liu Fuyan froze, gazing at the utterly composed Gu Chenfeng on the raised platform.
Certain guesses vaguely arose in her mind, yet she found them inconceivable.
After considerable hesitation, she ultimately did as Gu Chenfeng requested.
The dark-faced man did indeed produce eight hundred thousand taels in banknotes.
He also took out a complete set of Spiritual Materials for refining a Source Condensation Pill. They were of middling quality, with nothing to find fault