The Dragon King roared with laughter, "Who asked you to be polite? I want you to be impolite! Come on, name your price."
The shop owner coughed and calculated in his heart.
If sold normally, 20,000 would suffice. Even if sold at a higher price, it would definitely not exceed 50,000 yuan.
But the Dragon King had already said to name any price.
So…
The shop owner held up one finger, "A fixed price, 100,000 yuan."
100,000 for one ginseng root was not cheap.
Unexpectedly, the Dragon King burst into laughter upon hearing this, pointing at the owner's nose and scolding, "You ignorant fool, I've shown you so much money, and you're only asking for 100,000 yuan? Who do you think you are looking down on?"
The shop owner was stunned by the scolding.
He had seen people haggle prices, but he had never seen anyone haggle upwards. How could someone actively increase the price?
The shop owner's eyes curved into smiles as he asked, "Then what price do you offer?"
The Dragon King also held up one finger, "A fixed price, 1 million! I won't buy it for less than this. It's not for any other reason, I'm just rich!"
What a satisfying thing to hear!
The shop owner had never met such a person in his life. Fearing the Dragon King might go back on his word, he immediately agreed, "1 million it is! Deal! Come, pay up."
The crowd, filled with curiosity, gathered around, chattering and discussing.
"Damn, is this guy crazy?"
"I guess he doesn't have the money. Those cards might all be worthless."
"Definitely. Who spends money like this? He's a total sucker!"
The Dragon King heard them and pointed at the crowd, scolding, "What do you poor wretches know! This is my way of doing things, this is my life philosophy! Your meager pocket money would be gone in a flash. But I have endless money! Money that can't be spent! How can you possibly understand my actions with your limited thinking? A bunch of imbeciles."
Everyone was silenced by the scolding, staring at each other.
However, they gritted their teeth in anger, waiting to see if the Dragon King could truly afford 1 million yuan. If not, then he was a fraud! They would retaliate with even harsher insults.
The Dragon King, without even looking, casually threw a card to the shop owner.
He said, "Each card has several million on it. The smallest one has 3 million. Just take one and swipe it."
Whoa~~
Being this rich was indeed uncommon.
The shop owner smiled and said, "Then I won't be polite. Please, sir, enter your PIN."
The Dragon King, impatient, keyed in a random password, and then heard a crisp 'ding, 1 million successfully transferred.' The money had indeed arrived!
This time, the crowd was even more astonished.
Many had previously speculated that the Dragon King was putting on a show, but after the card actually processed 1 million, no one doubted him anymore.
In fact, many even admired him.
"My heavens, this is the life of the rich. I wish I could experience it too."
"Being rich is great. You can speak so much louder."
The Dragon King wrapped up the ginseng and took it with him.
Everyone stared at the Dragon King, as he was truly eye-catching. However, among them, some gazes clearly held a hint of greed.
They looked at the Dragon King's bank cards, their eyes turning red.
The Dragon King first put the ginseng into his car, then, feigning an urgent need to urinate, he looked around and jogged into a dead-end alley. He unzipped his pants and began to relieve himself.
Unbeknownst to him, three men, appearing very ordinary, followed him. One acted as a lookout, while the other two, armed with daggers, entered the alley and slowly approached the Dragon King.
Just as they were about to make their move, the Dragon King suddenly turned around and looked at them.
"What are you doing?" the Dragon King asked.
One of the men brandished his dagger and smirked, "You look like you've got money? Lend us some to spend, why don't you."
The Dragon King chuckled, "Lend it to you? What kind of trash are you, worthy of borrowing money from me?"
The man's face turned cold. He raised his dagger and lunged at the Dragon King's face, "You dare call me 'sir'? I'll kill you!"
But before his dagger could reach the Dragon King's face, it was kicked away by the Dragon King.
Another man lunged to attack, but the Dragon King landed a punch on his face, knocking him out cold on the spot.
"Two wastes."
"Wait."
"Something's wrong!"
The Dragon King suddenly realized he had been too fierce. He had knocked out both of them, so how could he find out the whereabouts of the Serpent Gallbladder?
"Right, there's still one outside!"
The Dragon King quickly ran towards the alley entrance, but the scoundrel had already sensed something was wrong and fled.
The Dragon King chased after him.
Just as the scoundrel had fled about two hundred meters, Lu Ming burst out from the side, grabbed the scoundrel by the neck, and ruthlessly 'nailed' him against the wall.
The scoundrel tried to resist, but with a slight increase in pressure from Lu Ming's hand, his neck felt like it was about to snap.
"Don't… don't kill me…" the scoundrel gritted out with difficulty.
Lu Ming loosened his grip slightly and asked coldly, "Serpent Gallbladder, where is it?"
The scoundrel replied, "I don't know. I don't know what you're talking about."
Hmm?
Lu Ming tightened his grip again, and the sound of bones grinding could be heard. The scoundrel was almost dead.
He loosened his grip slightly.
Lu Ming asked again, "Last chance. Speak incorrectly, and you die."
You're ruthless, but he's even more so.
The scoundrel knew Lu Ming was a tough character. To save his own life, he dared not lie again and honestly revealed the location of the Serpent Gallbladder.
Lu Ming said to the Dragon King, who had caught up, "Go and search according to the address he gave."
The Dragon King nodded and walked away.
Lu Ming then said to the scoundrel, "If we find the Serpent Gallbladder, I'll send you to prison; if we don't, I'll send you to hell."
Going to prison meant survival.
Going to hell meant death!
The scoundrel completely panicked and quickly said, "Wait, wait a minute, I lied just now. The Serpent Gallbladder isn't at that location."
Such scoundrels were full of lies, never telling the truth until the last moment.
However, their tricks were nothing in Lu Ming's eyes.
In the end, the scoundrel honestly confessed the location of the Serpent Gallbladder. Pity they had only stolen it for less than an hour and hadn't even had time to make money before Lu Ming dealt with them.
Soon, the Dragon King found the Serpent Gallbladder at the given address.
The three scoundrels were also sent to prison.
Afterwards.
Lu Ming and the Dragon King returned to the old lady and handed the Serpent Gallbladder back to her, saying, "We've found your Serpent Gallbladder. Please check."
The old lady was overjoyed. She picked up the Serpent Gallbladder and looked at it repeatedly. "Yes, it's the one I lost! Thank you, you are truly living Bodhisattvas. Thank you, thank you."
The people around also gave Lu Ming and the Dragon King a thumbs-up.
"You said you'd find it and you did. You two are amazing."
"I was superficial before. You two are the real heroes!"
"Impressive, truly impressive."