Chapter 506: Afraid You Can't Afford It

"Young master, what do you need? Pills, weapons, martial arts, cultivation techniques—we have everything you could want at the Linlang Pavilion."

Ye Yuan strolled leisurely into the Linlang Pavilion. It truly lived up to its reputation; the place was filled with a dazzling array of items, truly having everything one could imagine.

Many things that were rare to see outside were basically available here, but the prices marked were shockingly high.

As soon as Ye Yuan entered and took a brief look around, a very beautiful woman came up to greet him.

Her words carried a hint of seductive charm.

Ye Yuan was almost instantly certain that this woman must have practiced charm techniques and was quite accomplished at them.

An ordinary person, upon entering, would unknowingly fall under her spell and willingly buy something before leaving.

But Ye Yuan's soul was extremely condensed; ordinary charm techniques could hardly catch his eye.

"I heard that the most impressive thing in the Linlang Pavilion is the Wall of a Thousand Questions. I'm new to Wufang City and came here drawn by its reputation," Ye Yuan said with a faint smile.

The woman was quite surprised to see that Ye Yuan's gaze remained clear and unclouded.

At such a young age, to have such composure—he was certainly no ordinary person!

Having dealt with countless people, the woman could almost tell at a glance that Ye Yuan was extraordinary.

"So the young master wishes to challenge the Wall of a Thousand Questions. It was my oversight, Ling'er. Please, this way."

Ling'er led Ye Yuan straight into the rear hall. After several twists and turns, the space suddenly opened up.

A massive hall appeared before Ye Yuan, and the most striking thing in this enormous hall was a shelf dozens of zhang high.

The shelf had seven levels, and on each level were many tags, categorized clearly.

However, the higher the level, the fewer the tags on the shelf.

Obviously, the higher the level, the more difficult the questions represented by those tags.

Ye Yuan took a quick glance; on the topmost shelf, there were only a little over a hundred tags.

"Miss Ling'er, I'd like to challenge the Wall of a Thousand Questions. Are there any restrictions?" Ye Yuan asked.

Ling'er smiled charmingly and said, "There are no restrictions on challenging the Wall of a Thousand Questions. As long as you have enough primal crystals, you can even challenge all the questions."

Ye Yuan nodded slightly and said with a smile, "That's good. How many primal crystals does it cost for one challenge?"

Ling'er smiled and said, "The cost varies depending on the level you challenge."

"Oh? How many primal crystals does it cost to challenge the seventh level?" Ye Yuan asked with a smile.

Ling'er's smile stiffened. This kid had quite the nerve, asking for the seventh level right off the bat!

She knew that the questions on the seventh level had accumulated over many years; some had even been sitting there for thousands of years.

In those thousands of years, how many pill emperor experts had Wufang City produced?

Yet none of those pill emperor experts could answer these questions, which showed just how insane the seventh level was.

Although Ye Yuan's strength was decent, he was still too young. Ling'er didn't think he could answer questions from the seventh level.

"Hehe, it's not that Ling'er underestimates you, young master, but the questions on the seventh level are really too difficult. You're at the Sea of Qi stage, which corresponds to the tags on the fourth level. If you want to challenge the fourth level, it's five hundred mid-grade primal crystals," Ling'er said with a smile.

Ye Yuan smiled and said, "I have plenty of primal crystals, Miss Ling'er, don't worry about me. I came today just to see the legendary Wall of a Thousand Questions. I'm willing to spend some primal crystals to experience the hardest questions."

Ling'er grumbled inwardly: This kid really has too much money to burn!

But on the surface, she didn't show it. If a fool was willing to waste his money, she had no reason to be unhappy.

Moreover, Ling'er knew that although such tycoons were rare, one or two still appeared every so often.

"The higher you go, the more expensive it naturally becomes, but the rewards are also more generous. On the seventh floor, it's one hundred high-grade primal crystals per tag!" Ling'er said.

Even Ye Yuan's expression changed upon hearing this.

The fourth floor cost five hundred mid-grade primal crystals, equivalent to five high-grade primal crystals. But on the seventh floor, the price had multiplied twentyfold!

This was practically robbery!

No wonder Xu Zihui said the Cao family was filthy rich—with such fees, it was hard not to be wealthy!

He had just won a hundred thousand mid-grade primal crystals from Ren Dong, which together would only be enough to exchange for ten tags. Truly a rip-off.

Seeing Ye Yuan's expression, Ling'er felt a surge of contempt.

A country bumpkin, scared stiff by the price, right?

A hundred high-grade primal crystals was no small sum; using it just to glance at a question on the seventh floor was far too extravagant.

But Ling'er had indeed seen people spend a fortune just to look at a seventh-floor question.

Clearly, though, this kid before her didn't have that kind of capability.

"Hehe, I think you look quite promising, young master. Maybe you could actually solve a seventh-floor question? Why not exchange for two tags and give it a try?"

Ling'er's words sounded like flattery, but in truth, they were already a dig.

Although Ling'er felt Ye Yuan was unusual, after talking to this point, she had already categorized him as a fool.

Perhaps only a fool would be immune to her charm technique?

How could Ye Yuan not catch the meaning behind Ling'er's words? But he truly didn't care.

"If I solve a question, can I claim the reward on the spot?" Ye Yuan asked again.

Heh, this kid is an idiot, right? Does he really think he can answer a seventh-floor question?

But he's rich and stupid—might as well take his money!

With that, Ling'er smiled sweetly and said, "Of course. The question's owner has deposited the reward with our Linglang Pavilion. As soon as someone answers the question, the reward is theirs."

Ye Yuan nodded slightly. "Good. Then give me ten tags first."

With that, Ye Yuan casually tossed out the storage ring he had won from Ren Dong.

"T-ten? That's a thousand high-grade primal crystals!"

Ling'er's mind went blank. She had seen alchemists spend money just to look at a seventh-floor question, but she had never encountered a customer who asked for ten tags at once.

Wasn't this way of burning money too wasteful?

Ye Yuan nodded. "The primal crystals in this storage ring add up to about a thousand high-grade primal crystals. You can count them."

Ling'er sank her divine sense into it, counted briefly, and indeed found a thousand high-grade primal crystals.

Ling'er couldn't help but draw a cold breath, thinking: Rich, truly rich!

Having earned a thousand high-grade primal crystals in one go, today's commission was substantial. Ling'er was secretly delighted.

Ling'er beamed and said, "You're truly generous, young master. Please come this way to register your alchemist badge first, then choose your tags."

Ye Yuan nodded and followed Ling'er to register.

When she saw the high-level quasi-pill king badge Ye Yuan produced, Ling'er's expression froze again.

Such a young high-level quasi-pill king?

After registering, Ye Yuan seemed to remember something and said with a smile to Ling'er, "Oh, I forgot to tell you: you'd better inform the head of Linglang Pavilion right away to prepare more primal crystals, or I'm afraid you won't have enough to pay me later."