Chapter 9

Entering the room, the other party took out a pill from a jade bottle.

"I want you to appraise this pill, young brother. Give it a try."

Lin Yiming nodded and turned to enter the quiet room. He had tested pills before, but not many, as many pills did not need an appraiser; a pill master could identify them directly.

The pills that needed appraisal were generally rare, and because they were rare, many pill masters could not determine what they were.

As soon as the jade bottle was opened, a fragrant aroma quickly spread throughout the room, making people feel refreshed.

Lin Yiming controlled his mental energy to enter the pill. As soon as his mental energy began to probe, he frowned; this pill had a strong repelling force.

A strong repelling force meant either the item was very special or it had existed for a very long time, naturally resisting mental energy.

The last time, the repelling force of the Water-Repelling Pearl was already strong, but this pill's repelling force was even stronger.

Increasing the output of his mental energy again, Lin Yiming's mental energy finally fully entered the pill. At the same time, a scene appeared in his mind.

In a large room, a person with a blurred face, whose appearance could not be clearly seen, threw various herbs, whose appearances were also unclear, into a pill furnace. This person kept refining, and after a long time, the pill was finally completed.

Seeing this, Lin Yiming felt a dizziness in his mind and quickly withdrew his mental energy. After resting for a couple of breaths, he controlled his mental energy to re-enter.

Outside the room.

The person looked at the direction of the secret room, feeling very strange. How could that young man take so long without coming out? Normally, an appraisal should be done by now.

An appraiser's mental energy is limited, and few appraisers can persist for such a long time. What is that young man doing in the room?

In the room, scenes related to the pill kept appearing in Lin Yiming's mind. Finally, the scene of the pill being auctioned appeared.

"Life-Stealing Pill, a miraculous healing medicine that can snatch life from the heavens. No matter how severe the injury, even if there is only a last breath left, as long as there is one Life-Stealing Pill, it can save the person."

In the room outside the quiet room, Lin Yiming spoke out the information about the Life-Stealing Pill he had seen.

It was actually appraised!

The person stared at the young, seemingly very young, boy in front of him, stunned. He came here out of desperation, just hearing that the appraiser here was very skilled, and decided to give it a try. Who would have thought that this young boy could actually appraise the treasure!

So many old appraisers could not appraise the treasure, but this young boy did, and he was so young. This young boy has a great future!

"Is it actually a Life-Stealing Pill? Ha ha, truly, after a long search, I found it without much effort. I was still worried about finding such a treasure, but I didn't expect to have one in my own hands." The person looked at Lin Yiming with genuine gratitude: "Young brother, I really thank you. The saying 'great people can be found among the common folk' is indeed true. Before coming here, I found the best appraiser in the town's auction house, but they couldn't appraise this treasure. In your hands, it was appraised so quickly. Young brother, you are truly amazing."

After praising Lin Yiming a few times, the person's tone suddenly changed, and he said seriously: "Young brother, with your appraisal skills, why not go to the town to find a way out? After all, there are more opportunities and higher income in the town. If you are interested, I can recommend you to work as a professional appraiser at the town's auction house."

He was about to give up when the person didn't come out for so long, but who would have thought that the person actually appraised the treasure.

In such a long time, even in the town, probably only the branch president of the Appraisal Alliance could have such mental energy. But how old is the branch president, and how old is this young boy in front of him!

"This..." Lin Yiming thought for a moment and shook his head: "I appreciate your kindness, but there are people I want to protect in this village, and I have no plans to leave the village for now."

Seeing the determination in Lin Yiming's eyes, the person did not continue to persuade him. At this moment, Lin Yiming suddenly seemed to think of something and said: "By the way, you haven't given me the appraisal fee. You already know the value of this pill, and you should understand the difficulty of the appraisal. We appraisers charge different fees based on the value of the treasure. For this treasure, because of the difficulty of the appraisal, I need to charge you 200 silver taels."

"200 silver taels?" The person was stunned for a moment, then realized that for a pill as precious as the Life-Stealing Pill, 200 silver taels was a fair price. If appraised at the auction house, it would probably cost 300 silver taels.

Thinking of this, he reached into his money bag, but after a search, he couldn't find it.

This...

He suddenly realized that he had never paid for appraisals at the auction house before. And he had no habit of carrying money.

"Um, young brother." The person scratched his head, blushing and stammering: "Young brother, I forgot to bring money."

"You forgot to bring money?" Lin Yiming's eyes narrowed, and he raised his hand to ring the alarm bell in the room, but then he stopped. The person had brought a powerful strange beast. Even if all the villagers, including himself, were to fight, they would not be a match for that strange beast. What should he do?

"Cough, cough... young brother, I really forgot..." The person awkwardly touched his beard and said: "How about this, when you have time, go to the town. You can find me at the auction house to get the money, or I can send someone to deliver the money to you after I go back..."

As he spoke, the bearded man took out a name card and placed it in front of Lin Yiming: "This is my name card. Whenever you want to go to the auction house, just take my name card, and someone will receive you. Even if you don't want to go to the auction house, if you encounter any trouble in the town, you can take this name card and find the auction house for help."

Lin Yiming casually took the name card and glanced at it. Seeing the name, he drew in a cold breath.

Zhao Yongli, it was him!

He had heard the name Zhao Yongli countless times over the past few years. Not only in the countryside, towns, and cities, but even in the entire Dongshan County, Zhao Yongli was a well-known adventurer.

It was said that Zhao Yongli was originally an ordinary person, but later had a mysterious encounter, greatly increasing his strength.

He often went on adventures, liked to right wrongs, and had a great reputation.

Even his original sect, Shuiyao Sect, had invited him multiple times and promised to take him as a personal disciple, but he still refused.

Zhao Yongli, it seems I misjudged you. You are not just a personal disciple, but a master disciple!

Facing such a person, there was no chance of winning, and Zhao Yongli's reputation was always very good. He wouldn't owe me money.

Thinking of this, Lin Yiming nodded at Zhao Yongli: "Alright, I'll find you for the money when I go to the town."

The awkward look on Zhao Yongli's face finally disappeared, and he smiled warmly: "I have some matters to attend to, so I'll take my leave. I hope we meet again in the future."

After leaving the name card and a parting word, he turned and left. Lin Yiming could see that he indeed had something to do.

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