"Hmph! Just you wait. I don't believe I can't crack your secret!"
The dwarf held the cup and shouted angrily, "I already saw all your steps just now. Didn't you just use some cream melon, some vanilla fruit, and milk?"
"What's so great about that! I don't believe I can't make it!"
"Once I make it, don't even think anyone will buy from you!"
"Hmph! Hmph!"
"Alright, we'll talk after you make it," Ethan replied with a perfect smile.
The best way to deal with an idiot is to encourage him to keep being an idiot.
But this dwarf, even if it bought every single ingredient Ethan had used to make the milkshake, it would never be able to produce a vanilla milkshake exactly the same as Ethan's.
Because, aside from having freezing magic as his secret weapon, Ethan also had something else, something super, super, unbelievably important. This thing was comparable to poison, and it was also the accelerant of all delicious drinks.
Even though all of humanity knows that this thing is not good for the body, even though all of humanity knows that once you eat it, you'll never be able to quit it in this lifetime, still no one can resist its charm.
Without it, a drink can never truly be called a drink. Without it, a drink loses its meaning.
It is… Sugar.
And the sweet flower was the ultimate weapon of Ethan's vanilla milkshake.
The other three ingredients were indeed added right in front of everyone's eyes. Only this sweet flower was added secretly by Ethan.
No one could see it at all, and the sweetness of the sweet flower was extremely high.
Ethan only needed to squeeze out its juice and let part of it flow in. That was enough. So in this vanilla milkshake, you couldn't even find a single trace of its residue.
Unless there was some kind of testing organization in this world, or detection magic or something like that, otherwise, Ethan believed that absolutely no one would be able to discover the secret inside the vanilla milkshake.
"So good!"
"It's really too good!"
"I've never drunk anything this delicious!"
"Give me one!"
A bear beastman slapped ten dragon coins onto Ethan's stall, then weakly added, "Boss, may I ask, is it buy one get one free?"
"Yes!"
Ethan pushed two cups of vanilla milkshake to the bear man.
The bear man left happily, while the dwarf shot a resentful glance, full of grievance, at the bear man leaving with two cups of milkshake.
It lifted the milkshake it had bought for one hundred dragon coins and took a big gulp.
Then, it found all three of the ingredients Ethan had used earlier in the market.
Next, it squeezed the three rage cows that had already been milked dry once again, squeezing them for dear life, until the three rage cows were basically turned into skeletons. Only then did the black-hearted dwarf boss finally let them go.
After finally squeezing out half a barrel of rage cow milk, the dwarf hurriedly put in the various ingredients.
It even paid a high price to find a wizard to chill the milk, striving to reach the most perfect state.
Then… he will sell it cheaper than Ethan, only charging nine point nine dragon coins.
Then Ethan's business would be completely stolen away, and it would become the leader of the milk industry, become CEO, marry a rich, fair, beautiful wife, and reach the peak of life.
"Stir~ Stir~ Stir~"
The dwarf happily dreamed, imagining countless dragon coins falling into its pocket.
Very soon, it finished stirring most of the barrel of milk.
Then... It scooped a bit with a spoon and put it into its mouth.
"Pfft!"
'How could this be?'
'Why is it that even though I used exactly the same things, the vanilla milkshake I made has no flavor at all? Other than being greasy, it seems to have no other taste.'
'But clearly both of us added the same things. Why is the difference so huge?'
The dwarf couldn't understand.
Then, it hurriedly lifted the milkshake it had bought for one hundred dragon coins and took a sip.
The milkshake Ethan sold was still just as delicious as ever.
'This doesn't make sense!'
The dwarf took another sip of its own milkshake.
"Pfft!"
Once again, it couldn't help but spit it out.
Then it lifted Ethan's vanilla milkshake again to rinse its mouth, 'Why is his so incredibly delicious!'
"Glug~ Glug~ Glug~"
In the end, the dwarf couldn't help but drink up the delicious milkshake in its hand.
Then it realized that it still hadn't figured out the secret of the milkshake, so it could only steel itself, hold the cup, and go back to Ethan's stall and say, "I-I want another cup."
"Didn't you already make your own milkshake?", Ethan looked at the dwarf with a smile.
"Yes, so what!", The dwarf said stubbornly, "I make my milkshake, you sell your milkshake. I buy milkshake from you. Is there any problem in that?"
"There really isn't," Ethan smiled and pushed a cup of milkshake in front of the dwarf, "Much obliged. One hundred dragon coins!"
"Hmph!"
Although the dwarf felt the pain, thinking that the money was originally Ethan's anyway, it didn't count as a loss.
As long as it cracked the milkshake's secret, wouldn't money just come rolling in?
With heartache, it threw its last hundred dragon coins onto the stall.
Only then did Ethan grin and toss the money into the money barrel. Unexpectedly, in less than an hour, his money barrel was already filled with glittering dragon coins.
As for his ten barrels of vanilla milkshake, only one barrel was left unsold.
Unfortunately, the people in the free market were already more or less full.
Almost everyone's wallet had been squeezed dry by Ethan, but their stomachs had been filled by him as well. Seeing that there was still one barrel of milkshake about to go to waste.
A flash of inspiration struck Ethan, and he shouted loudly at everyone in the market, "Big clearance sale! Tearful big clearance sale!"
"Milkshakes that were originally ten dragon coins a cup are now only five dragon coins!"
"And if you buy two cups, you even get a skewer of iron-plate grilled squid!"
"This kind of opportunity is truly once in a lifetime. Miss today, regret it for life!"
"The last barrel. Once it's sold out, it's gone. Once the gifts are gone, they're gone!"
"If you want to buy, hurry up!"
Ethan pulled his throat and shouted loudly across the entire free market.
This was a classic advertising pitch. On the roadside, there were often small shops hanging all kinds of 'tearful big clearance sale' signs, then turning the speakers up to maximum volume, endlessly brainwashing everyone passing by.
But in reality, the original prices of their goods were written ridiculously high, and the actual selling prices weren't cheap at all.
Yet this kind of 'tearful big clearance sale' always managed to attract a bunch of customers to buy.
And Ethan at this moment was precisely using this half-price plus free gift strategy to harvest the very last bits of chives left in the free market.
After all, who knew when he'd be able to come again next time?
And besides, originally, this milkshake was five dragon coins a cup anyway.
He was just selling two cups together for ten dragon coins, then telling them it was buy one get one free.
As for what if the chives were cut too clean?
As the saying goes, wild grass can't be burned away completely. When the spring wind blows, it grows again. The chives in the stock market can never be fully harvested.
"What? It's actually half the price?"
"Holy crap! I bought too early. If I'd known, I could've bought now and saved half!"
"Not only half price, but also grilled squid. I'm buying! Nobody stop me, I must buy!"
"Your belly looks like you're nine months pregnant. Can you still eat?"
"Can't I save it for breakfast tomorrow!"
"Mind your own business!"
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