CHAPTER 182: CHAPTER 157 INDEPENDENT FORMULATION SYNTHESIS! (THREE IN ONE, 5/5)_1

He had only concealed this crucial piece of information, so it couldn’t be said he was outright lying.

After all, triggering the special task for this prescription required producing a considerable amount of preliminary medicines. Even a four-star pharmacist couldn’t produce such large quantities so quickly.

So, if a new four-star pharmacist was eager to produce the medicine, they could indeed buy this prescription.

However, one could only make ten doses of this potion in a lifetime. Unless a family member had an incurable disease, there was genuinely no urgent need for it.

Although Chen Mo possessed pioneer perception ability, he couldn’t perceive this layer of detail.

After all, even a regular four-star pharmacist wouldn’t know they could normally receive the mission for the Ten-Thousand Spirit Medicine’s prescription.

However, to be cautious, Pharmacist Lin hadn’t put it up for auction on Myriad Heaven.

Otherwise, if it were displayed across the entire network and an expert saw it, it would be quite embarrassing.

Now, it was just a small-scale auction within the hospital, so there was no need to worry about encountering an expert.

After all, not only in Fengze City but in the entire Jiangnan Province, there wasn’t a single four-star pharmacist. Otherwise, the hospital management wouldn’t have invited him for a permanent position.

Not knowing the inside story, everyone felt the prescription must be valuable.

The issue was that very few people could use it, making it useless for an average person to buy.

Once the Ten-Thousand Spirit Medicine auction concluded, it was soon time for the prescription auction.

The girl on stage said, "Now, we will begin the auction for the Ten-Thousand Spirit Medicine’s prescription. If you are not interested in the prescription, you may leave now. Those who wish to remain and participate in the auction will need to pay a deposit of 1 billion.

Additionally, anyone nearby who hasn’t received a number plaque but wishes to participate can also come forward to pay the deposit and get a number plaque."

As soon as the girl finished speaking, dozens of people stood up, went to the nurses’ station to return their number plaques, and reclaimed their deposits.

Now, including Chen Mo, only ten people remained in the venue.

Hearing the 1 billion deposit, the onlookers couldn’t help but shake their heads. Who would be crazy enough to pay such a massive deposit?

They were merely there to watch the excitement.

Even those who weren’t just spectators were primarily interested in buying the Ten-Thousand Spirit Medicine itself.

This prescription was truly unaffordable and unusable for most.

However, about a dozen more people joined in.

The remaining participants, after a nurse approached them with a list, paid the additional deposit.

Seeing that fewer than twenty people remained below the stage, the girl on stage turned to look at Pharmacist Lin, seemingly asking for his input.

The girl didn’t understand the reason behind it. She thought Pharmacist Lin was at a disadvantage continuing the auction with so few people; if she had advertised more widely, perhaps more wealthy individuals would have been attracted.

But Pharmacist Lin wanted exactly this outcome. Wider publicity might have exposed his scheme. As long as he could sell the prescription for 2 billion, he would be satisfied; anything more would be a bonus.

He nodded at the girl, signaling her to continue.

The girl, understanding, turned back and said, "Okay, since there are no more new bidders, we shall now begin the auction. The starting price is 1 billion. Please begin bidding!"

The moment the girl finished speaking, Chen Mo raised his plaque, "1.1 billion."

"What’s going on, Brother Mo? You didn’t bid on the Ten-Thousand Spirit Medicine, but the prescription instead? Isn’t that even more useless?"

Liu Yiming, watching from the crowd, was clearly surprised.

He had initially just wanted to watch the excitement and see how much the prescription would fetch. He hadn’t expected someone from his own side to bid first.

If their family had a four-star pharmacist, that would be one thing.

But among all the lifestyle professions in their entire family, there wasn’t a single truly reliable one.

They were all rather ordinary professions like gardener, masseur, hairdresser, cleaner...

What use would this prescription be if they bought it?

However, Liu Yiming quickly thought of a possibility: Perhaps Chen Mo planned to buy it to resell.

After all, auctioning this prescription in such a small setting likely undervalued it.

If he resold it online with a bit of hype, it might fetch a much higher price.

But this line of thought only confused Liu Yiming further.

Why hadn’t Pharmacist Lin chosen that route? Why was he seemingly underselling the prescription by auctioning it off directly at such a small event?

Chen Mo had also considered what Liu Yiming was thinking.

Therefore, he was quite sure there was something fishy about this.

Just now, while others were making transactions, he had checked the Heavenly Trade Market. Although someone was selling the Ten-Thousand Spirit Medicine for a high price of 2 to 3 billion, no one was selling its prescription.

Those high-priced Ten-Thousand Spirit Medicines might be the remaining seven bottles Pharmacist Lin had. But if he intended to sell them at such a high price, why was he now underselling this prescription for just over 1 billion?

Chen Mo was even more inclined to suspect that those few bottles were listed by someone else who knew the Ten-Thousand Spirit Medicine’s prescription.

But wasn’t it true that each person could only make ten bottles? Why hadn’t that person listed the Ten-Thousand Spirit Medicine’s prescription for a high price?

This point puzzled Chen Mo greatly.

And now, with only about twenty people participating in the auction, even the host felt the number was too small and had sought his opinion, yet Pharmacist Lin still insisted on proceeding. This was indeed rather intriguing.

If Chen Mo hadn’t clearly perceived the contents of the prescription with his ability and confirmed it was genuine, he might have even suspected Pharmacist Lin’s prescription was fake.