Chapter 101: Smuggling and Private Escape (6th update, tears streaming down... seeking 480...)

  Xiaoyao took all the top-grade elixirs from each furnace for himself. To avoid suspicion, he would put one or two of them back, while secretly keeping the rest and giving them to Chi Chi to swallow, yes, swallow!

  Chi Chi had a very strange skill, it could spit out the things that were eaten intact, without any changes in between, not even a little bit. This was also very strange to Xiao Yao, how did Chi Chi do it? However, after studying it and not understanding it, he gave up on researching it.

  However, he often uses Chi Chi's skills to send messages. Last time, he sent a message to Gu Xing and others through Chi Chi, making Chi Chi a messaging tool. Recently, he used Chi Chi's skills again, letting Chi Chi go to the post station to send a letter to Gu Xing.

  Of course, eating is not really communicating with each other, but it can smoothly complete this task!

  How to do?

  It's very simple. Just prepare the postage for the letter, write down the address, and put it in the post office. The people inside will naturally send out the letter!!

  Back to the topic, Xiao Yao only realized after doing all these things that it was all unnecessary. He had thought that the other party might search his alchemy room, since he couldn't divide his attention and let them watch from the side. In this situation, they would naturally think of his private stash and search here.

  That's why Xīao let Chi Chi take the elixir away, but what he didn't expect was that these people had no intention of searching for it after seeing the elixir. At the same time, when the Fourth Prince received the elixir, he also didn't suspect anything and just cooperated fully with Xīao to refine the elixir. As long as it wasn't a useless elixir, any high-grade elixir would do.

  Xiaoyao didn't seem to have thought that even if he only gave mid-grade elixirs, no one would suspect anything, because his mid-grade elixirs were already quite a few, more than the average person's, and fewer low-grade ones.

  Even if some of the middle-grade ones are taken away, there won't be any problem. As for the top-grade ones, even if one is missing, no one will suspect anything. The fourth prince would also be excited to death.

  The reason is simple, high-grade elixirs are originally difficult to refine, and it's already good if they can produce middle-grade ones. As for top-grade ones, it depends on the person's moral character. If they can produce some, that's some; if not, no one will force them to do so.

  Xiaoyao has now produced so many mediocre ones, for the Fourth Prince, it is already a perfect accomplishment of his mission, or it can be said that he has over-fulfilled it!!

  Xiaoyao was originally going to give the Fourth Prince some benefits, otherwise how could he bear to put down his roots. Soon, Xiaoyao will have returned the tens of thousands of taels of silver that the Fourth Prince left here within a few days, but the value of the elixir produced must be higher than this price, yes, it's said to be in the hands of the Fourth Prince.

  Only when the fourth prince sees that he has made a profit will he let Xiang continue, and there must be a kind of expectation to make him think that he may make a big profit, so he will desperately spend money!

  Xiaoyao knew this, so at the beginning he made a few good impressions, and afterwards he could do worse because of the previous setup, even if he lost money this time, the Fourth Prince wouldn't think much of it.

  So, the balance is maintained in such a phenomenon. Overall, the four princes are making a profit, huh, on the surface, that's how it seems!!!

  After a long time, the fourth prince also became bolder and ordered Xīao to produce a certain amount of elixirs. At this point, Xīao already knew that the fourth prince was secretly selling the elixirs he had refined himself, which could earn him money and improve the quality of his own elixirs.

  Sell off the inferior ones, and naturally only the medium to high-end ones are left. Now he thinks that Xiangyang can be refined, so he will think that there will be more in the future, and if you want to eat it yourself, you should eat the good ones!!

  In this way, he can make money and also get better dan medicine for himself. Why wouldn't the Fourth Prince be delighted about it?

  But Xiang Yang didn't mind this at all, he continued to secretly embezzle for his own benefit, and the greatest benefit was himself, so why wouldn't he be happy about it?

  He now has in his hands a high-grade elixir of unimaginable quality, enough to supply the Lonely Star and even benefit Big Sister. No one can imagine how he managed to refine such a high-quality elixir so easily.

  During this period, the medicinal materials that had been refined by Xuanhuan were worth hundreds of millions of silver coins. This was a huge sum of money, and if it were in another place, people would have definitely suspected something. The sheer quantity was indeed suspicious.

  But here it's different, often people purchase tens of millions of silver worth of medicinal materials at once, and there are large quantities of finished dan medicines appearing, with values reaching tens of millions of gold coins, so to say, this is still a very ordinary matter, not drawing anyone's attention.

  And if all the elixirs that Xīyáng had swallowed were taken out, it would definitely cause a huge stir, because so many top-grade high-level elixirs, even here, are extremely rare!!

  At the same time, Pao Er Bu De was reluctant to sell the elixir to the Fourth Prince, because this would be equivalent to not doing anything for the Fourth Prince himself, but just following in his footsteps to make money and get what he wanted.

  Although the fourth prince made some profit from it, he believed that soon, the fourth prince would find that this little profit would disappear, and Xiao Yao would make the fourth prince lose everything!!!

  This opportunity came up quickly!!

  Xiaoyao saw a large bill, it seems that the fourth prince wants to make a big deal. Seeing the elixir on top, Xiaoyao smiled, this batch of elixir must be paid with high material costs before it can be completed at once.

  This deal is not only large in quantity, but also the intermediate materials used are very expensive. Of course, if it succeeds, the profit will be considerable, so the fourth prince would take on this order.

  It seems that the Fourth Prince's business has been doing very well recently, which is why someone would look for him to make such a big deal.

  If you want to avoid making a mistake, this deal should be paid with a deposit first, otherwise, very few people will continue. At the same time, considering the amount of money that the fourth prince has, it is not enough to buy these materials.

  It has been calculated from the accounts of income and expenditure that the total family assets of the Fourth Prince are actually worth a staggering amount, enough to make anyone's jaw drop in shock if they were to find out.

  The fourth prince had people brought over and detained, but was actually seen through to the bottom, how ironic is this, and what's even more unthinkable is that with just this simple information, Xiao Yao was able to calculate the fourth prince's family background, which is really unbelievable!

  Of course, the result of Xiangyao is not very accurate, but it's close enough to get an idea of what the fourth prince looks like!

  It's because of this that Xiao Yao knows the opportunity has arrived, previously he had just taken in a batch of materials and was already holding onto one round of capital, adding on to this batch, the possibility of the Fourth Prince becoming a negative asset is very high. At the same time, his business will also lose credibility, this loss is even greater.

  Thanks to the previous cooperation, Xiao Yao easily gained trust. On the pretext of needing a temporary rest, he quietly refined all the materials and swallowed them whole. This time, he even swallowed the middle and lower grades together, leaving nothing for the Fourth Prince.

  ……

  "Little one, how are you?" The fourth prince's attendants asked as they prepared food for Xiao Yao, noticing that the previous meal had not been eaten.

  "There was no sound inside."

  "Hey, respond!" one of the Fourth Prince's men asked.

  There was still no sound at all.

  "Hurry up and open the door..." At this time, someone felt something was off.

  "...When they went in, they found that there was actually no one inside, and the doors and windows were all intact. The people inside seemed to have vanished into thin air, which made everyone puzzled."

  "How could this be? How could it disappear? How did he escape..."

  "Hurry up and go find..."

  Now all they can do is to go and find someone, but no matter how hard they try, they cannot find any clues about Xīaoyáo, in the end, they have to give up and report this matter.

  ……

  "What!?! He's gone missing?! And those medicinal herbs are all gone too!!!" The Fourth Prince, upon receiving a message, slammed his desk in a fit of rage.

  At this time, his face was as ugly as it could get. He wanted to kill Xiao Yao even more than he wanted to kill those useless subordinates of his!!

  A small household slave actually managed to escape, this is absolutely a dereliction of duty by those under my command!!

  In order to ensure the success of the alchemy, he had dispatched a team of elites there, not only to prevent Xiao Yao's escape but also to guard against any external interference. Therefore, even if it were a king-level expert, it would be difficult to escape, let alone a small household servant!

  So all four princes suspected that one of their own men had betrayed them, otherwise how could such a thing have happened? The amount was not small and it would be easy to be tempted.

  But thinking about it, it seems impossible. The people I sent over are all dead men, their loyalty won't be a problem. At the same time, if it's really like that, there's no need to notify me now. If I'm going to find out, at least I'll have to wait for some time, and this time is enough for them to escape anywhere.

  "A bunch of trash, can't even take care of a small household!!" The fourth prince scolded loudly, then furrowed his brow in distress "What am I supposed to do now? The deposit has already been collected, and if it's not returned, we'll have to pay double the deposit. Where am I going to get that kind of funding?"

  Xiaoyao seems to be unaware that the Four Princes' bet requires double compensation. If he knew, he would definitely be even more certain of one thing: the Four Princes will become a liability!!

  As a result, the fourth prince secretly sold all his hidden private properties and used those elixirs to offset them. This time, he not only didn't gain any benefits but also lost his hard-earned personal wealth and even owed money.

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