"I and your sister-in-law will manage this money for you. Recently, your sister-in-law has been arranging a marriage for you. It can be used as the dowry!" Chu Jianlan took all the silver notes.
Chu Jianlan did not inquire in detail about how Chu Feng managed to obtain so much money.
Because he could no longer see through the capabilities of this younger brother.
As parents, sometimes being completely in control of one’s children isn’t necessarily a good thing. Once children grow up, they should be allowed to develop freely.
Fledglings will eventually soar high and dominate the skies.
"Senior brother, you’ve just been promoted to team leader, and need to manage relationships both above and below you. This is when you need money! My marriage can wait!"
Money can grease the wheels! Only by managing all the relationships well can one secure their position and make future promotions easier!
After saying this, Chu Feng found an excuse and left the Sword King Mansion, heading to the Golden Talisman Sect Store.
Having become a guest alchemist and having tarnished the reputation of Master Huang Qingshan,
it was natural to contribute something to the Golden Talisman Sect Store.
Only by demonstrating sufficient strength could one earn their rightful status and respect.
Moreover, Chu Feng needed to refine some Golden Talisman Elixirs for self-protection.
This time, with the Qiao Family and the forces from Prince Liu Mansion attacking, had Bloody Beard not arrived in time to save him, he would have been in grave danger.
Soon, Chu Feng arrived at the Golden Talisman Sect Store. The two guards outside, spotting him from afar, wore broad smiles and approached him with a flattering and respectful demeanor. "Alchemist Chu, good day!"
The two greeted Chu Feng like he was their elder.
Had this been the past, it would have been good enough for Chu Feng not to be stopped and barred from entering.
Mainly because Chu Feng’s demonstrated status and methods yesterday made everyone in the store remember him.
Feeding Manager Sun a generous helping of humiliation, such a terrifying scene made it difficult for anyone to forget Chu Feng.
Almost every store clerk had come to a consensus: it’s better to offend King Yan than provoke Chu Feng. Those who offended Chu Feng met with dire fates, one after another.
Manager Sun, the guards who hit Chu Feng, even the Second Prince, and Master Huang Qingshan of the store, these big shots were all handled by him.
Facing the two guards’ greetings, Chu Feng simply nodded indifferently and walked inside.
At the engraving knives counter, the newly appointed Manager Cheng was there keeping the accounts. Lifting his head and seeing Chu Feng approaching, he immediately shuddered.
Hurriedly dropping the ledger and pen, he jogged over.
With a nod and a bow, he greeted Chu Feng with an eager smile, "Alchemist Chu, welcome! What would you like to purchase today?" The previous manager, Manager Sun, had lost his job precisely because he offended Chu Feng.
This newly appointed manager treated Chu Feng as if he were his ancestor.
"Bring out that superior engraving knife for me to see!" Chu Feng, with over forty thousand silver taels on him, felt much more confident.
He directly pointed at a superior golden rune engraving knife worth tens of thousands of silver taels.
"Right away!" The freshly appointed Manager Cheng quickly fetched the knife and handed it over to Chu Feng with both hands.
Chu Feng closed his eyes to feel the golden spiritual power contained within the knife; it was far superior to the one he had bought for two thousand silver taels.
"I’ll buy it!" Chu Feng declared generously, slapping down a gold note of one thousand taels.
The smile on the face of the newly appointed Manager Cheng bloomed like a flower, he was short of calling Chu Feng "grandpa." He had never seen such a generous customer before.
A shop assistant who had previously looked down on Chu Feng now looked at him with an expression as if he’d seen a ghost.
"Alchemist Chu, please wait a moment, I will wrap it up for you right away!" Manager Cheng accepted the gold note and hurriedly ran to Chief Steward Ma inside. Such large transactions had to be submitted to the chief steward immediately according to store rules.
On one hand, to prevent receiving counterfeit silver notes.
On the other hand, it is also to prevent the staff from swapping them and absconding with the silver notes.
After all, for an ordinary manager, earning ten thousand silver taels is nearly an impossible goal to achieve in a lifetime.
The temptation is too great.
Upon hearing that someone wanted to buy a Golden Rune Engraving Knife, and even directly purchasing the higher quality ones, Chief Steward Ma couldn’t help but stick his head out to see what kind of client it was.
As the store’s Chief Steward, he has the duty to identify and attract talented Talisman Elixir masters for the store in a timely manner.
Upon looking, Chief Steward Ma almost fell over in shock. My heavens, isn’t that young man the Guest Alchemist recently recruited by Manager Qiu?
Such an important guest, he must attend to personally.
Chief Steward Ma immediately came out, smiling as he greeted Chu Feng, "Alchemist Chu, what an honor to have you visit! The staff below are ignorant, this engraving knife, if you want it, can be sold at cost price!"
"Six thousand silver taels!"
Alchemists from our own store, whether buying engraving knives or Golden Talisman Elixir materials, can obtain a discount.
The higher the status of the alchemist, the greater the discount.
In the entire Golden Talisman Sect Store, only two people can purchase at cost price. They are Chu Feng and Master Huang Qingshan.
"Then thank you very much! By the way, I bought a low-grade engraving knife a couple of days ago, I wonder if I can resell it to the store?" Chu Feng’s low-grade engraving knife also cost him two thousand silver taels.
Having obtained a better one, it was no longer of use to him.
It was only used once; it would be too wasteful to throw it away.
Chief Steward Ma took Chu Feng’s low-grade engraving knife and examined it carefully, "The wear is less than 10%, according to the store’s rules, you can get 1,500 silver taels back. But considering Alchemist Chu’s status, let’s make it 1,800 taels instead!"
In order to curry favor with Chu Feng, Chief Steward Ma spared no effort.
Chu Feng did not refuse such favorable treatment. After purchasing a new knife, he also bought some materials for Golden Talisman Elixirs. Everything was at cost price, which was extremely satisfying.
Just at that moment, an argument erupted at the counter selling Golden Talisman Elixirs.
It seemed the identity of the customer was quite distinguished, and Chief Steward Ma excused himself and rushed over to handle the situation.
"What a Golden Talisman Sect Store, a thousand-year-old shop, I think it’s merely boasting! The batch of Golden Talisman Sword Qi Elixirs I ordered here a few days ago was complete trash."
"My son consumed it hoping to use it to advance to the Great Sword Master Realm. Instead, it ended up damaging his sword meridians."
"Is being well-known so great? You must give this old man an explanation today!"
This senior Chu Feng recognized, turned out to be the Hong Family Master, one of the Four Great Families of the Jianyun Dynasty. Chu Feng had seen him at an auction before.
The Hong Family is itself an Alchemy Family. It was unexpected that they would still need to seek Elixirs from the Golden Talisman Sect Store.
It’s not because the Alchemists of the Hong Family are incompetent, but because Talisman Elixirs are too difficult to refine.
The Golden Talisman Sword Qi Elixir demands extremely high standards.
If not well refined, not only would it be ineffective, but it could also harm the user.
The son of the Hong Family Head is a perfect example of this.
"Master Hong, please calm down! As long as it is the responsibility of our Golden Talisman Sect Store, we absolutely will not shirk it!" Chief Steward Ma was very careful in handling such matters.
There were many customers watching at the moment.
If handled poorly, it would ruin the store’s signboard and reputation, and business would plummet.
"May I know which of our store’s Alchemists refined the Elixir you ordered? Did you bring the remaining ones as well?"