Nine Yang Alchemy Emperor
Chapter 144 Am I Very Poor?

Chapter 144: Chapter 144 Am I Very Poor?

After receiving the silver, Chu Feng declined Manager Fu’s dinner invitation and headed straight for the Qiao Family’s herbal medicine shop.

He was determined to acquire the main ingredient for the Solid Vein Elixir.

Only by obtaining it could he be at ease.

Otherwise, if it were bought by someone else or if there were other complications, Chu Feng’s plan to break through to the Sword Master Realm would be delayed. After all, the main ingredient for the Solid Vein Elixir was incredibly hard to come by.

Before long, Chu Feng arrived at the Qiao Family’s herbal medicine shop.

It was the largest herbal medicine shop in the Royal Capital, where one could almost find any medicinal herbs. The prices were reasonable, and the quality was not bad either.

Although the shop was nearing its closing time, there were still many customers inside.

The place was bustling, with groups of customers still selecting the herbs they needed.

Some were there to purchase medicine for illnesses, others to buy herbs for learning Alchemy and medicine-making.

Chu Feng’s arrival did not attract much attention.

Because he was dressed shabbily, the shop assistants looked at him with cold eyes, and none came up to greet him.

Chu Feng walked straight to the main ingredient needed for the Solid Vein Elixir.

"What are you staring at? This is the thousand-year-old Jiao tendon, worth nearly eighteen thousand taels. Even selling yourself wouldn’t be enough to afford it," the store manager, surprisingly a young woman around twenty-seven or twenty-eight, remarked.

She was somewhat attractive.

Dressed quite efficiently, she wore a green dress that showcased her graceful figure. Her beautiful hair was tied up high, and her long, fair neck, delicate collarbones, the pearl earrings on her earlobes, and her lips touched by rouge all added to her charm.

In his past and present lives, Chu Feng had seen stunningly beautiful women.

In his past life, he had the beautiful Chang’e as his companion. In this life, the mysteriously beautiful Black-clothed woman was enough to outshine any beauty.

As for average-level beauties, he truly found them unremarkable.

Let alone being amazed by them like a slobbering dog.

He gave the pretty manager a look of indifferent casualness, as if after seeing too many famous flowers like peonies and Chinese herbaceous peonies, one glances at a somewhat prominent wildflower among the mountains.

"How do you know I can’t afford it? Remember, never judge by appearances, never look down on others with a dog’s eyes. Otherwise, be careful that I might buy you to become my maid!"

Chu Feng’s words displeased the female manager, her beautiful eyebrows slightly knitted and about to lash out.

However, Chu Feng’s next move made her swallow all the harsh and sharp words back.

Slap!

Chu Feng slapped a stack of gold notes on the table.

A stack, not just a single note. Moreover, these were gold notes, not silver notes.

The manager’s cherry lips opened wide in astonishment, with her face expressing complete surprise and disbelief. The way she looked at Chu Feng changed from disdain to endless admiration and sycophancy.

It was unexpected that this shabbily dressed young man could produce so many gold notes.

Just as Chu Feng said, not only was it enough to buy the thousand-year-old Jiao tendon, but also it seemed not a difficult task to buy her as a maid in passing.

"What are you standing there for? Do you really want to be my maid?"

"Hurry up and bring out that thousand-year-old Jiao tendon!"

Chu Feng counted out a total of eighteen gold notes of a hundred taels each, smashing them confidently in front of the female manager.

This girl dared to look down on him, so he would make sure she learned her lesson.

"Oh... Okay, esteemed customer, please wait a moment, I will immediately ask the major shopkeeper to come over!" For medicinal ingredients valued at more than ten thousand silver taels, they were always locked in the display cabinet.

The surveillance was extremely strict.

During the sale, the Shopkeeper himself had to come over to unlock and facilitate the transaction.

Before long, Qiao Family Master arrived in person. A warm and radiant smile adorned his face.

This was a significant deal that could net him several thousand silver taels.

"Which esteemed guest wishes to purchase the thousand-year-old Jiao tendon?" Qiao Family Master’s gaze swept across the room and settled on Chu Feng at the counter.

Without a doubt, whoever stood at the counter housing the thousand-year-old Jiao tendon was the customer who wanted to buy it.

Customers who could afford such expensive medicinal materials were few and far between throughout the Jianyun Dynasty.

"You!" Qiao Family Master was stunned for a moment, and his smiling face faded considerably.

According to the intelligence head, as reported by Li Shishi, the young man before him was an Alchemy Dao genius eagerly coveted by various major powers.

Last time, Chu Feng, along with Bloody Beard and others, went to the Qiao Family home to collect debts. Qiao Family Master was beaten up pretty badly and eventually was swindled by Chu Feng out of thirty thousand silver taels.

Because of this, he has had to tighten his belt and live frugally every day since then.

His son Qiao Sheng was scolded so harshly that he was left with nothing but a harsh warning; if he dared to make bets with others again, his hands would be cut off without hesitation.

"Hehe, Qiao Family Master has a good memory! But rest assured, this time I’m not here to ask for your silver. Instead, I’m bringing you silver!"

Chu Feng wore an odd smile; if he remembered correctly, this Qiao Family Master really put on quite a show of arrogance.

Some days ago, Qiao Family Master first sent a servant of the Qiao Family, attempting to recruit him.

Needless to say, Chu Feng didn’t even meet with him.

This Qiao Family Master really thought too highly of himself. Who did he think he was? The Jade Emperor?

Sending a mere servant to recruit Chu Feng was simply laughable.

Look at Manager Qiu of the Golden Talisman Sect Store and the Hong Family Master, how sincere their attitudes were.

After Qiao Family Master’s servant failed to recruit Chu Feng, he immediately switched tactics, sending the father of Qiao Yue’er to work on her.

Unable to withstand her father’s persistent nagging, the sister-in-law had no choice but to relay the offer made by the Qiao Family to Chu Feng.

After hearing the terms offered by Qiao Family Master, Chu Feng immediately presented Qiao Yue’er’s father with an egg.

The meaning couldn’t be more transparent: he was telling him to scram.

If it weren’t for his sister-in-law’s sake, caring about her position, Chu Feng wouldn’t have been so polite.

Qiao Yue’er’s father left with a gloomy face, slamming the door behind him.

Today, Chu Feng’s visit to the Qiao Family’s medicinal herb store finally brought him face to face with the real deal.

As soon as Qiao Family Master heard Chu Feng mention the incident from last time, his complexion immediately turned sour. He didn’t burst out in anger, though, instead trying to laugh it off, "Alchemist Chu, if you want to buy this herb, I won’t charge you a single silver coin. There’s just one small condition."

"Speak!"

Chu Feng’s lips curled slightly upwards, curious to see what ploy Qiao Family Master intended to deploy.

He certainly didn’t believe that Qiao Family Master would be so amiable.

"Hehe, it’s nothing difficult, just that I would kindly ask Alchemist Chu to take up residence in the Qiao Family. From now on, you will refine elixirs and serve us," Qiao Family Master said with an air of confidence and arrogance.

He was quite conceited, thinking that Chu Feng would definitely accept such a generous offer.

"Are you finished? Do I look that poor to you?" Chu Feng revealed a mocking expression. "A mere eighteen thousand silver taels, I can afford that. Your generous offer, I’m afraid, is beyond my humble means to accept."

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