The ultimate Valkyrie has fallen for me

Sensing the potential threat Lu Yuan posed, the others initially planned to join forces to eliminate him first. However, to their surprise, Lu Yuan was willing to offer a Qi recovery potion.

Although it's not free, the price is negligible under the current circumstances.

As for them joining forces to defeat Lu Yuan and forcibly seize his potion, although it's possible, no one would do that.

All the martial artists who enter the secret realm are competitors, but not mortal enemies.

Everyone who gets in has a significant background, so unless absolutely necessary, no one will try to kill them.

Lu Yuan is a martial artist from the Starry Sky Club. If the others join forces to kill him and seize his resources, how will they escape once they leave the secret realm and the Starry Sky Club comes to investigate?

"Shady businessman!"

The crowd had initially thought Lu Yuan was pragmatic, but they soon couldn't help but curse him.

As they continued to delve deeper, everyone's internal energy consumption increased, making the qi and blood recovery potions increasingly precious. At this point, Lu Yuan began his second round of sales.

It's still eight tubes, theoretically one tube per person, but this time, Lu Yuan doubled the price!

"Hehe, I have clearly marked prices, and I'm honest with everyone, young and old. Buy if you want, or don't buy if you don't."

Despite the angry stares of the crowd, Lu Yuan maintained a smile, displaying the demeanor of a seasoned seller.

"I'm not buying it!"

Faced with Lu Yuan's behavior of demanding exorbitant prices, some people chose to resist directly.

"I want them all! Give them all to me!"

However, some people not only failed to fight against this despicable behavior, but instead encouraged it, taking all the extra medicine.

Eight bottles of medicine were sold out in the blink of an eye.

At the same time, a large amount of resources appeared in Lu Yuan's spatial ring.

As they continued forward, the consumption of the medicine increased, just as expected.

Seeing that the others had already used up three or four vials of medicine, Lu Yuan began his third round of sales.

As before, the price has been slightly increased.

But this time, everyone was afraid of not being able to buy them, so they practically scrambled to buy them, and no one refused anymore.

"Damn it! How many potions do you have left? Hand them all over at once!"

After the purchase, everyone glared at Lu Yuan with indignant expressions.

Including Dugu Feiying and Liu Wuji, he even betrayed his own people; he's truly a complete swindler.

Lu Yuan did not reply, but simply smiled without saying a word.

How could he possibly take it all out at once?

This is not only about scarcity increasing value, but also about playing the long game.

After selling three batches of potions, these people have already invested a lot of resources, whether they bought them two or three times.

Given this, would they give up so easily?

of course not.

When Lu Yuan sells the potions again, in order to hold out until the end, they will still buy them even if Lu Yuan raises the price again, otherwise all their previous efforts will be wasted.

To put it bluntly, this is the gambler's mentality.

In fact, none of the fools present had realized that they had fallen for Lu Yuan's treacherous scheme.

But sometimes, even though we understand the道理 (principles/reasons), not everyone can resist the temptation.

So when Lu Yuan sold them for the fourth time, although they cursed him fiercely, they still obediently took out their resources.

They are now all gamblers at the table.

Their eyes were bloodshot; no matter what, they were determined to reach the deepest part of the iceberg and find the so-called treasure!

Another hour passed, and Lu Yuan, the unscrupulous merchant, remained silent, while the others had almost used up their potions.

It's important to understand that getting here isn't as simple as it seems; they also need to prepare medicine for the return journey. Otherwise, even without the martial arts hunters' intervention, they would freeze to death on this strange iceberg.

"Lu Yuan! Do you have any more potions? I'm willing to pay several times the price!"

The disciples of the Extreme Martial Arts School were the first to give in, their eyes red as they looked at Lu Yuan.

Lu Yuan smiled but did not reply.

"asshole!"

The disciple of the Extreme Martial Arts School cursed loudly and almost lost control and attacked Lu Yuan.

But he knew he couldn't.

Firstly, he might not be a match for Lu Yuan. More importantly, the remaining medicine on his body was only enough to turn back. If he were to fight, it would inevitably increase the consumption of his true energy, and he might not be able to get out.

The situation was similar for everyone else. Even if they wanted to join forces to kill Lu Yuan first, they had to be very careful because of the depletion of their true energy.

"Good luck, everyone."

A moment later, a member of the Ye family spoke up and immediately turned back.

The medicine he had was no longer enough to support him to continue walking.

But he did not buy from Lu Yuan again.

Looking at this person, everyone couldn't help but show a hint of admiration.

Having already arrived here, the ability to decisively turn back, to be able to take things as they come and let them go, is truly admirable in its courage and decisiveness.

After walking for a while, three more people withdrew, including Liu Wuji.

The Ye family member reminded them that if they continued, they might lose everything. Although it hurt, they decided to cut their losses in time.

In this way, including Lu Yuan, only five people remain.

Dugu Feiying, Meng Xuanwu of the Martial God Alliance, Su Jingyuan of the Northern Underworld Pavilion, and Xiao Buyun of the Xiao family.

"That's about it."

The four of them suddenly stopped and looked at Lu Yuan together.

"Um?"

Lu Yuan looked at them, but there was no fear on his face.

Even if they did make a move, Lu Yuan was confident he could protect himself.

"Take out the rest of your recovery potions."

Su Jingyuan spoke up, and before Lu Yuan could refute him, he continued.

"Don't worry, we're not trying to rob you; we're not that impulsive. But if you don't make a deal now, we won't do business with you later."

"Hehe, I see."

Lu Yuan understood and couldn't help but smile.

They're truly shrewd; they've turned a seller's market into a buyer's market.

These four are now the only remaining buyers. If they reach an agreement, they can indeed control Lu Yuan to some extent.

Since that's the case, Lu Yuan didn't say anything more and directly took out the last eight vials of medicine.

"You two can each have two tubes."

Lu Yuan remained calm and then added a sentence.

"But if the price doesn't meet my expectations, I'd rather not sell it."

"……good."

The four exchanged a glance and nodded.

In the end, the four of them spent far more than before, each purchasing two vials of the potion.

Although they, as buyers, have united, they must remember that the supply and demand relationship still exists.

If they don't buy, they might never reach the deepest part of the iceberg!

As for Lu Yuan, it simply means earning less money, and at the same time, he'll have fewer competitors, which isn't unacceptable.

"Now I don't even have a single recovery potion left. Everyone, let's leave it to fate."

"All the reply potions are sold out," Lu Yuan said casually.

Selling the potion to an adversary would be tantamount to aiding the enemy, and it certainly makes him appear short-sighted.

However, Lu Yuan, who rose from humble beginnings, values ​​tangible benefits more than empty promises!

Whether there are any treasures deep within this iceberg remains to be seen.

In short, the five of them stopped thinking about anything else and just moved forward as much as possible.

Just a moment later, after leaping over a snow-covered ridge, a breathtaking view suddenly opened up before us!

Deep within the iceberg lies a lake.