Chapter 262 I’ve Had Enough on My Own
Upon seeing Lachlan walk in, Matthias and the other Grahams had different expressions on their faces.
“Nice to meet you all!”
Lachlan walked in and greeted them with a confident bow.Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org exclusive © material.
Matthias looked him up and down before slamming his chair. “Kid, do you have any idea what kind of trouble you’re getting into by coming here? Are you not afraid of death?”
At this point, Lachlan pulled over a nearby chair without being asked and sat down. “Death? I don’t think you would kill me.”
“I assume that you are the head of the Graham family?” Lachlan looked at Matthias sitting in the main seat.
Matthias sneered at his words. The elderly man next to him squinted his eyes at Lachlan, releasing an intimidating aura towards him.
“Kid, why shouldn’t we kill you after you hurt our people from the Graham family?” The elder pointed towards Jared who was still wearing bandages on his head with crooked eyes and mouth.
Jared stared angrily at Lachlan with resentment in his eyes. “Are you here to die or beg for mercy?”
“Surrender your Nourishing Essence Pill formula then cripple yourself as an apology; maybe we will spare your life.”
Hearing this, Lachlan coldly laughed while shaking his head, “Die or beg for mercy? Sorry but neither is my intention.”
He then pointed towards Jared while asking Matthias, “Is he now speaking for your entire Graham family? Is it really time for him to speak?”
“What did you say?” Jared gritted his teeth as he spoke through crooked lips.
“Jared, shut up!” Matthias frowned as he coldly rebuked him.
“Yes…” The steward of the Graham family glared resentfully at Lachlan but ultimately didn’t dare disobey Matthias’ order.
The next second, Matthias stood up while saying coldly, “Kid, no matter what happens today, you hurt people from my family! This cannot be ignored! Unless… you pay enough price or show us something valuable enough that can save yourself… I’m afraid that there’s no way out of here!”
“Heheh… what kind of price do I need to pay? What kind of valuable thing should I show?” asked a curious-looking Lachlan.
Matthias sneered. “I really want to know how dare someone like yourself hurt person from my family yet still have such audacity walking right into our doorstep?”
“If you have any background, it’s better to speak up now!”
Lachlan smiled and shook his head. “I don’t need any background. Just based on myself, would you sit down and talk with me? Do you believe me?”
Matthias made a sound of “hmm” and his face immediately turned cold.
Then he sneered, “Based on yourself?”
Jared also snorted coldly, “Sir, don’t waste time talking to him! Get rid of him and then force him to hand over the Nourishing Essence Pill formula!”
He was slapped by Lachlan like this and wished he could skin Lachlan alive to vent his anger.
“That’s right, just based on myself!” Lachlan remained calm and smiled.
Seeing his reaction, Matthias became even more suspicious.
Although Lachlan never mentioned his background from beginning to end, the way he acted without fear made people uncertain about him.
“Kid, since you have no background, don’t blame me for being impolite!”
As soon as he finished speaking, a powerful aura surged from Matthias towards Lachlan as if he was really going to make a move!
However, at this moment, Lachlan calmly reached into his pocket and took out a glass bottle before throwing it towards Matthias without haste.
“I said I didn’t need to reveal my background. You will still sit down with me for a good talk.”
Matthias instinctively caught the glass bottle but after staring deeply at Lachlan for a while asked, “What is this?”
Inside the glass bottle were several pill-shaped objects.
At this time, Harley’s eyes narrowed as he quickly approached them, “Sir, let me see.”
Matthias nodded before handing him the glass bottle.
After opening it up, Harley sniffed around before carefully examining each pill inside one by one, “These are all… pills?” He asked with an expression of disbelief on his face.
Lachlan nodded in agreement, “Yes! The green ones are Meridian-Opening Pills; blue ones are Energy Returning Pills; red ones are Minor Revitalizing Pills…” He briefly introduced these pills along with their effects.
After listening, everyone present from the Graham family showed surprise expressions.
“These pills were all refined by you?” Harley stared straight at Lachlan asking incredulously.
Although some alchemists in the Graham family could refine some types of pills, they only had two or three kinds in total which was why there weren’t many types or quantities during auctions held by the Graham family.
This time, Lachlan unexpectedly took out eight different types of pills at once. How could he not be shocked? There was even a Meridian-Opening Pill, which was a top-grade pill that could open up the meridians of martial artists, as well as a Minor Revitalizing Pill, which was a sacred medicine for healing.
“What do you think?” Lachlan saw the reaction of the Graham family and couldn’t help but feel speechless. These people had never seen anything before… they were supposed to be an ancient martial arts family?
In his view, all these pills including the previous Nourishing Essence Pill were just low-quality pills. They weren’t even considered real pills in his memory of cultivation.
At this moment, Matthias gave Harley a look and nodded. Harley picked up the red Minor Revitalizing Pill and swallowed it.
Suddenly, Harley’s face quickly became rosy again from being pale due to Lachlan’s injury earlier. The injuries that remained in his body had already been healed within moments.
“It’s true!” Harley exclaimed excitedly.
The next second, Matthias took a deep breath and looked at Lachlan with eyes suddenly becoming incredibly friendly. He smiled warmly and said, “Bring Mr. Willis some tea!”
“Good tea!!”
“Mr. Willis, since you have brought out these pills, I assume you want to cooperate with us, right?” Matthias asked with a smile on his face.
“Of course! As I said before if you want to sell any of these pills including Nourishing Essence Pills, then we can also collaborate together.” Lachlan nodded then explained what he wanted from their cooperation, “But what I want is long-term sharing instead of one-time sales.”
“That’s no problem! Of course not!” After pondering for a moment, Matthias nodded in agreement.
The benefits that the Graham family would gain from cooperating with Lachlan were obvious if he agreed to work together on these various types of pill formulas; they might even have enough confidence to negotiate or trade with those hidden families or sects!
Matthias naturally understood that forcing Lachlan directly into handing over pill formulas would be foolish. Besides, he also doubted whether or not Lachlan really came from such powerful families despite him never admitting or revealing anything about it throughout their conversation!
But the more Matthias thought about it, the more he found Lachlan to be incredibly mysterious.