Nine Yang Alchemy Emperor
Chapter 91: It’s Either Him or Me

Chapter 91: Chapter 91: It’s Either Him or Me

Chu Feng first approached the counter selling Talismanic Elixirs to check the market conditions and understand the market situation.

He needed to know which Talismanic Elixirs were priced high, which ones had a saturated market, and which ones were scarce.

There were quite a few waiters at the counter, yet despite spending a long time there, not a single one greeted him.

It was as if he was invisible, their gazes glancing over Chu Feng. Seeing his shabby clothes, they couldn’t be bothered to give him a second look.

"Damn, a bunch of snobbish jerks!"

Chu Feng endured the cold treatment within the store, profoundly experiencing the treatment reserved for the insignificant.

In his previous life, he was the renowned Eternal Life Pill Master, pursued and flattered by countless people everywhere he went. Everyone tried their utmost to please him and ingratiate themselves with him.

Compared to the cold treatment he was receiving now, it was as different as heaven and earth.

After roughly figuring out the market situation, Chu Feng had a plan in mind.

Among the Golden Talisman Elixirs displayed at the counter, there were mainly two types. One was the Strong Body Elixir that increased the hardness of the body. The other was the Sharp Pill that enhanced the destructive power of punches and kicks.

After taking them, parts of the body used for attacking like fists, knees, and elbows could become as sharp as swords.

These two types of Golden Talisman Elixirs were nearly overflowing, and their prices were relatively low.

Chu Feng prepared to refine the scarcer Body Protection Elixir.

Compared to the previous two types of Golden Talisman Elixirs, it would be more popular. Its price would also far exceed those of the abundant Golden Talisman Elixirs.

Even just the two available Body Protection Elixirs were treated as treasures of the shop.

This showed how scarce the Body Protection Elixirs were.

Chu Feng walked over to the counter selling engraving knives, intent on first purchasing a Gold attribute engraving knife, then using the remaining silver to buy materials necessary for refining the Body Protection Elixir.

Besides medicinal herbs, refining Talismanic Elixirs required some special materials.

Ordinary drug stores and the Elixir Pavilion simply didn’t sell them.

Approaching the counter selling engraving knives, Chu Feng looked over the prices and found them astonishingly high.

The cheapest was priced at two thousand silver taels each. The most expensive went up to more than one hundred thousand silver taels.

"Young man, bring this engraving knife out for me to see!" Chu Feng decided to buy the cheapest one first.

If he had known things here were so expensive, he would have brought someone to the Qiao Family to demand the ten thousand silver taels Qiao Sheng owed him.

The skinny young waiter, about twenty years old, glanced at Chu Feng and did not bring out the engraving knife. Instead, he scrutinized Chu Feng with a cold tone, "This knife costs two thousand silver taels, can you afford it?"

"If not buying, don’t touch anything. If you dirty it, how can I sell it?"

The waiter’s demeanor and tone were extremely sharp and critical.

Mainly because Chu Feng was dressed far too shabbily.

"Just bring it over, why all the fuss! It’s just two thousand silver taels, your grandfather here can afford it!" Speaking, Chu Feng took out two silver banknotes, each worth a thousand taels, and slapped them on the counter.

The waiter hadn’t expected Chu Feng could actually afford it, and after verifying the authenticity of the silver notes, his face immediately showed a warm smile.

"I’ll get it for you right away! Please wait a moment!" The waiter hastily unlocked the counter and took out the engraving knife Chu Feng was interested in.

His attitude, compared to just a short while ago, was like night and day.

Now smiling profusely, his demeanor towards Chu Feng was both respectful and enthusiastic.

After receiving it, Chu Feng carefully checked it and found the quality quite poor.

It contained a faint trace of Gold Attribute Spiritual Power, barely making it usable. No choice, this was the worst one, you get what you pay for.

"I’ll take this engraving knife!" While speaking, Chu Feng picked up paper and a pen from the counter, wrote a list of materials, and handed it to the waiter. "Help me check, how much silver is needed to buy all these materials on the list?"

Based on his experience, Chu Feng estimated it should not exceed a thousand silver taels.

The materials he bought were only enough to concoct two batches of Body Protection Elixir.

These were just special materials for concocting the Golden Talisman Protecting Body Elixir; if medicinal herbs were also included, the cost would be even higher.

With only a little over 3,000 taels of silver on him, he had to budget carefully.

The waiter clattered away at the abacus and after a moment, smiled and said, "These materials altogether will be 982 taels of silver. Would you like to buy them now?"

Chu Feng casually took out a silver note of two thousand taels, and the waiter dared not look down on him anymore.

His speech became ten times more polite.

"Pick the good quality ones for me; I don’t want anything substandard!"

Chu Feng then took out another silver note of a thousand taels, and in the blink of an eye, he had spent all the silver he had on him.

And he hadn’t bought much.

The Golden Talisman Sect Store was truly unaffordable for ordinary people.

Soon, the waiter had taken out all the materials Chu Feng needed, measured them out, and after Chu Feng checked and saw no mistakes, they were then properly packaged.

Although the Golden Talisman Sect’s store was somewhat guilty of bullying customers due to its size, its service was still quite commendable.

They had strict procedures and could considerately accommodate their customers’ needs. Also, the quality of their products was very high.

With his shopping done, Chu Feng was preparing to leave.

Just then, he heard a series of rough shouts from behind, "Move aside, move aside! Don’t block the way of the Second Prince!" He saw the Second Prince approaching with a grand entourage, along with two guards heading towards the counter where Chu Feng was.

The Second Prince harbored great ambitions and wanted to compete with the Crown Prince for the Emperor’s Throne but had no way to contend in Sword Dao Cultivation with the Crown Prince who possessed the Nine Yang Sword Veins.

Thus, he was forced to find another path.

Learning to concoct Talismanic Elixirs was a very good alternative.

Powerful Talismanic Elixirs could even kill experts at the level of Sword Saints and Sword Gods.

"Yo... I thought you looked familiar! Turns out it’s you, a worthless bumpkin from the Sword King Mansion making a fool of yourself here!"

"Don’t block the way, hurry and scram to the side! I, the Second Prince, do not wish to stand together with someone as lowly as you, lower than a dog!"

Having been infuriated by Chu Feng in the Alchemy Academy, the Second Prince naturally did not have a pleasant expression upon encountering him now.

He immediately insulted Chu Feng with a tone filled with contempt.

"I always respond to kindness but not to coercion! If the Second Prince would kindly ask me to move over, perhaps I would consider agreeing."

"You are here to buy goods, and so am I. Why should I move aside just because you command it? Don’t tell me the Main Talisman Sword Sect store belongs to you, Second Prince?"

Chu Feng’s expression was icy cold as he stood up against the Second Prince.

"Well said!"

"Young man, we support you!"

Chu Feng’s words held reason, immediately garnering applause and cheers from many of the customers. People loudly praised and supported Chu Feng, opposing such oppressive bullying that tramples on human rights.

The Second Prince did not expect Chu Feng to dare to talk back to him publicly and even gain the moral high ground.

His expression immediately darkened, and he lifted his gaze to look towards the manager at the back of the shop.

"Manager Sun, I have just one question for you—will your store keep me, or keep him?" the Second Prince pointed at Chu Feng and demanded.

The middle-aged, chubby man sitting behind immediately stood up, his face all smiles as he rushed to placate the Second Prince, "Your Highness, you are a man of status, why bother lowering yourself to his level!"

"Hmph, enough talk, it’s either him or me today! I’ve come here to spend twenty thousand taels of silver notes!" the Second Prince boasted as he flashed a thick stack of silver notes.

The Second Prince was clearly using money and power to oppress others.

He intended to force the Golden Talisman Sect Store’s Manager Sun to kick Chu Feng out and subject him to the utmost humiliation.