Three days later, at night, the clouds were heavy and there was no moon.

Outside Gao's Martial Chef's Mansion, a big man suddenly appeared, carrying a bamboo basket on his back, and walked towards Gao's Martial Chef's Mansion.

"Stop."

A few people from the Qiu clan surrounded the big Han.

A sharp knife rests on the big man's neck.

The big man's face was pale, his face was full of fear, he raised his hands, and said, "You heroes spare your lives, I really don't have any money." ”

Qiu Shi didn't say a word, and with a big knife, he cut off the strap of the bamboo basket, took the bamboo basket and looked at it, but the result was empty.

The faces of several people in the Qiu family sank, and one of them shouted: "In the middle of the night, whoever asked you to walk here with a bamboo basket on your back will not be able to find death."

"The man spared his life, someone gave me five taels of silver, and asked me to carry a bamboo basket to walk around here, I thought to myself that such a good silver earning, if you don't earn it in vain, you won't make it, so you came, I don't know anything."

The big man pleaded.

At this moment, in all directions, in different directions, there were at least dozens of men with bamboo baskets on their backs, walking towards the Gao Clan's Martial Chef Mansion.

"Damn, stop."

"Stop."

The people of the Qiu family and the Zheng family who were hidden in the dark rushed out one after another to stop these people.

But with dozens of people, the two major gates were obviously understaffed, and the scene was chaotic.

In the night, Lu Yan carried a bamboo basket several times larger than before, quietly approached the Gao Clan's Martial Chef's Mansion, and then jumped into the Martial Chef's Mansion.

"Who?"

As soon as he entered the Martial Chef's Mansion, he was discovered by several warriors who looked like guards.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I'm here to hand in the shellfish."

Lu Yan said with a smile, quietly took out a silver ticket of thirty taels, handed it to one of the guards led by him, and said, "This is to invite a few big brothers to drink, and also ask a few big brothers to lead the way." ”

The guard's eyes swept over the silver ticket, and he immediately smiled and said, "Well, it turned out to be the one who handed in the shellfish, come, come with us." ”

As he spoke, the silver ticket slipped into his sleeve.

Lu Yan followed a few guards, walked through the corridor, and came to a study.

"Lord Steward, someone has come to hand in the shellfish."

The head of the guards reported to him.

"The date has passed, what shellfish to turn in? Let him go. ”

In the study, an old voice came out.

"My lord, there are a lot of shellfish here in the younger generation, hundreds of catties."

Lu Yan said.

Several guards were startled and looked at Lu Yan in disbelief.

In the study, there was silence for a while, and the old voice came out again: "It turned out to be you, the old man has been waiting for you for a few days, come in." ”

Lu Yan pushed the door in.

The study was very spacious, with a desk made of pear blossom wood, and an old man with silver hair sat behind the desk, looking at him curiously.

"Old man Gao Xuhai, the steward of the Gao Clan's Martial Kitchen Mansion, what do you call your Excellency?"

The old man said.

"Junior Wei Tao."

Lu Yan naturally couldn't report his real name, and it was impossible to report the name Lu Shanchuan, so he made up a name.

Of course, this name is not made up randomly, at least the surname is exquisite.

The surname is Wei, which is easily reminiscent of Li'an County Wei.

After all, there are not many surnames in the six counties of Lingdong.

Invisibly, it will make people more jealous.

"The surname is Wei, but is it from Anjun Wei?"

Gao Xuhai asked.

"The war is tight, and there is no time to be distracted, so I can only come alone from the juniors."

Lu Yan sighed, his brows tightened, as if he remembered something sorrowful.

"Your Excellency is really capable, several gates have been played around."

Gao Xuhai said meaningfully.

"The seniors praised it falsely, and the juniors are alone, and it is difficult to win without some means."

Lu Yan sighed.

"Okay, it doesn't matter what the process is, my Gao only cares about the result, whoever has more shellfish will win, show me the shellfish."

Gao Xuhai got up.

Lu Yan handed the bamboo basket to the other party.

Gao Xuhai summoned two people, poured the shellfish into several large tanks, and after checking that it was correct, he weighed it in batches, and the final result was four hundred and twenty catties.

"According to the price, one hundred taels per catty, a total of forty-two thousand taels of silver."

Gao Xuhai first took out an account book to record it, and then took out a stack of gold and silver tickets.

In this world, one tael of gold is equivalent to ten taels of silver.

Golden tickets with a denomination of five hundred and twenty-one pieces, eight.

The rest are all silver tickets.

A total of forty-two thousand taels of silver were in hand.

Add a little more, and it's enough to buy the Jade Bone Tiger.

That's right, according to the price of previous years, the price of a jade bone tiger is as high as 50,000 taels.

The high price is scary.

In fact, if you break through Wuhou with the Beast King Bone Guard Soup made by the Jade Bone Tiger alone, although the effect is better than the Alienated Nine Tribulations, it is not much better.

The success rate is up to 10%.

But the price is four or five times higher.

But scarcity is expensive.

There are still a lot of alienated hearts and minds in the six counties of Lingdong, even if it is a Wuhou-level gate valve, it often appears.

But the Jade Bone Tiger, only the Gao family has, and a Jade Bone Tiger can only make one Beast King Bone Soup.

If the innate martial body wants to break through, it needs to use the Beastmaster Bone Soup.

Competition is fierce, which naturally leads to rising prices.

After paying the silver taels, Gao Xuhai took out another account book and wrote it down: Wei Tao, Jiaobei fish 420 catties, the top of the list.

Lu Yan glanced at it.

It was found that it also had the number of other gate valves turned in.

In addition to him, the most is the Ouyang family, two hundred and sixty catties.

Lee, two hundred and ten pounds.

These gate valves are really more than 200 catties.

If he doesn't make a move, he will never be in the top two.

Gao Xuhai generously let Lu Yan see it, anyway, these will be announced later, otherwise how can he convince the public.

After writing, Gao Xuhai took out a special wooden token, handed it to Lu Yan, and said: "Three days later, take the token to buy the Jade Bone Tiger, remember, we only recognize the token and do not recognize the person, if you lose the token, you will bear the consequences." ”

Lu Yan can understand, after all, in this world, there are not a few people who are proficient in the art of disguise.

"Thank you, senior."

Lu Yan clenched his fists, hid the token close to his body, and quit.

Lu Yan first jumped onto the wall, and then used his body to quickly rush into the distance.

Even if he was discovered by the Qiu family and the Zheng family, the speed could not keep up with him, and he was quickly thrown off.

Lu Yan walked around several times outside before returning to the inn.

All is in order, just three days later.

The second day, night.

The Li family's annex, Li Wenlong, Li Wenjie, and Li Wenyan, the three martial marquis, secretly received a guest.

This person is Gao Xuhai, the kitchen manager of Gao's martial arts.

"I haven't seen you for a few years, the style of the seniors is still the same, and the younger generations respect the seniors for a cup."

Li Wenlong got up and toasted with a wine glass, and his attitude was very respectful.

"The old man is old, his potential is exhausted, the grandmaster in this life is hopeless, and he won't live for a few years, but a few virtuous nephews are in the prime of life, and the grandmaster is hopeful in the future."

Gao Xuhai took a sip of his wine glass and sighed faintly.

"Where do the predecessors say, the seniors should be strong and strong, and they will live for a few more decades."

Li asked Longdao.

"Virtuous nephew, let's talk straight, what is the matter with seeing the old man today?"

Gao Xu Kaido.

"Senior, I heard that something interesting happened outside the Martial Chef's Mansion last night, did the mysterious person go and hand in the shellfish?"

Li Wenlong asked.

"Not bad."

Gao Xuhai nodded.

"How many pounds?"

"Four hundred and twenty."

The faces of the three martial marquis of the Li family all changed.

Four hundred and twenty pounds, the ironclad top of the list, then the Li family is not going to miss out.

But this time, Jade Bone Tiger, they are determined to win.

Because, this time the Jade Bone Tiger was bought for Li Cangxin.

Li Cangxin, Li Canglin's younger brother, and the son of Li Wenxuan, one of the future patriarch candidates, has a strong innate martial body, and has three times the qi and blood of ordinary people.

"Senior, this thousand longevity ginseng was obtained by Lord Wenxuan by chance, and this time I asked the younger generation to give it to the senior."

Li Wenlong took out a wooden box, and after opening it, it was fragrant, and it was a ginseng plant more than six inches long.

Gao Xuhai's eyes suddenly lit up, and a scorching light flashed.

Qianshou ginseng, an extremely rare elixir, if cooked with the blood of the second-level beast king, after taking it, it can prolong its life for five years.

The price is so high that it is still on top of the alienation of the heart.

But it's too rare, the six counties of Lingdong are very rare, and they are completely priceless and marketless.

"I heard that the patriarch of the Li clan is very old, and there is not much longevity, Li Wenxuan has a thousand longevity ginseng in his hand, so he will not give it to the patriarch of the Li clan first, but give it to the old man, hehe."

Gao Xuhai chuckled, and there was no wave in his eyes.

"Don't hide it from the seniors, the patriarch is an old man, and he has already taken Qianshou ginseng, Qianshou ginseng, only the first time it is effective, and if you take it again, it will be completely ineffective."

Li asked Longdao.

"Say, what do you want the old man to do to give such a valuable treasure?"

Gao Xuhai got straight to the point.

"I really can't hide it from my predecessors."

Li Wenlong flattered, and also made his purpose clear: "Junior, I want to get a qualification to buy a jade bone tiger." ”

Gao Xuhai's face was calm, as if he had already guessed the purpose of Li Wenlong and the others, and said: "But the top two have been decided, and the Li family is only the third, so it's difficult to do." ”

"Senior, that mysterious person, where did he come from?"

Li Wenlong asked.

"Self-proclaimed Wei Tao." Gao Xu Kaido.

"Away from Anwei?"

Li Wenlong's expression moved.

"Webster? Hehe, most of them use a pseudonym, and that person is also disguised, it should be a special martial art to assist disguise, the old man has lived for more than a hundred years, no one has seen it, how can it be so easy to hide from the old man's eyes. ”

Gao Xuhai sneered.

"Since I'm alone and have no background, I believe my predecessors have a way to modify it."

Li Wenlong said tentatively.

Gao Xuhai groaned for a moment, then grabbed the wooden box of Qianshou ginseng and put it in his sleeve.

Li Wenlong and the others all showed joy.

"Senior, I heard that the token has been issued, I don't know what to do?"

Li Wenjie asked curiously.

"The token is made of wood, and the old man put in a corrosive insect in the process of making it, as long as the corrosive insect is triggered, the corrosive insect will explode and corrode the token."

Gao Xu Kaido.

"The seniors are really clever."

Li Wenlong and the three of them all clasped their fists and flattered.

"What a clever calculation, it's just an extra hand in doing things, and we haven't seen it today."

Gao Xu Kaido.

"Naturally, we have been practicing martial arts today, and we have never met our predecessors."

Li Wenlong and the three of them said.

Gao Xuhai smiled with satisfaction.

It wasn't until late at night that Gao Xuhai quietly left the Li Courtyard.

After returning to his mansion, Gao Xuhai first hid the thousand shou ginseng, and then took out a special incense stick and lit it.

This incense, once lit, can spread for ten miles.

But within ten miles, the corrosive insects can smell it, and once they smell it, they will burst open.

(End of chapter)