Chapter Fourteen: Lavish Purchases

  Due to the relationship with the Dongfang family, the Wu Liang Treasure Pavilion opened a branch in Beicheng, in the most prosperous area of the city. A large piece of land was allocated and flattened, revealing a series of high-end buildings that exuded an air of luxury and grandeur.

  These buildings, actually connected as a whole, are a rare spatial artifact, absolutely top-level law artifacts. The outside looks not small, and the internal space is ten times larger, enough to accommodate 100,000 people!

  As for this one piece of space mysterious equipment, its value is unknown how many times that of the Life Jade Box.

  In the buildings, there were placed various mysterious instruments and elixirs, as well as several volumes of secret manuals on mystic arts. All of these were enveloped in a seven-colored aura, which made them visible from afar but untouchable.

  A dazzling array of things to see, too many to take in at a glance.

  Those seven precious artifacts, the number of piles is staggering, moving or not, it's hundreds of thousands of pieces. What about hundred-year-old cold iron treasure swords, thousand-year-old iron wood long guns? They are all low-grade goods, only thousand-year-old cold iron and ten-thousand-year-old iron wood can be considered high-end!

  Those five-element artifacts, there are not just one or two pieces, at least there should be over a hundred pieces, and these are only the ones on display, without any duplicates, who knows how many are in stock? There are metal-element artifacts, wood-element artifacts, water-element artifacts, fire-element artifacts, earth-element artifacts, as well as artifacts with two elements like metal-wood, three elements like metal-wood-water, and even artifacts with all five elements, they have them all!

  That mountain and sea law instrument, indeed not many, but also have more than ten pieces! What gods are all purple thunder Xuan Tian sword, Taishang Jiulong Tushen gun, no shadow no shape pursuit soul stab, Empire wall unbreakable shield, one piece after another, all are famous!

  And what attracts attention most is the four things placed in a building located right in the middle!

  That building is the highest, largest and most magnificent, yet it only stored these four things!

  The first item is the Life Jade Box! And its price tag is 50 million gold coins, which is a full 30 million more than the auction price!

  The second item is a Yuanyang Town Prison Ruler, a divine artifact with unfathomable uses, emitting dazzling light that seems like a small sun from afar! Its price tag is even higher, at 100 million gold coins!

  The third item is a rare and precious elixir, ranked ninth among the nine grades of spiritual medicines, known as the Nine-Turn Revival Elixir, with the miraculous effect of reviving the dead, priced at 200 million gold coins!

  The last item was a thin booklet, made of unknown material, said to be a Xuan Gong secret book. It's unclear what kind of Xuan Gong secret book it is, but the price tag is 300 million gold coins!

  These four treasures are obviously not for sale, but as a treasure to guard the pavilion, otherwise they would not be priced so high, far exceeding their own value.

  "What a great place! It seems that my cultivation is about to take off here!" Chu Cheng couldn't help but exclaim after circling around the Wuliang Treasure Pavilion.

  Ignoring the mocking gazes of many people, Chu Cheng walked up to an attendant of Wu Liang Bao Ge and stretched out his hand. A card that shone with a kaleidoscope of colors appeared in his hand, which he flashed at the attendant with a smile: "Attendant, I am a Luli Card customer of Wu Liang Bao Ge. I request VIP treatment - a single room, a dedicated cashier, and one-on-one service!"

  That steward originally looked like everyone else, sneering at Chu Cheng's outburst, but when he saw the Wu Liang Treasure Pavilion crystal card in his hand, his attitude changed by one hundred and eighty degrees, with a smile all over his face, bowing ninety degrees.

  "Ah, so it's Crystal Card VIP arriving. Sorry for not welcoming you from afar. Please come this way, I'll immediately arrange a professional cashier and a private room for one-on-one service!"

  "This is about right!" Chu Cheng hesitated for a moment, but still didn't take out the crystal card of the Butterfly Thief girl, it was too eye-catching.

  Under the gaze of envy and jealousy from the crowd, Chu Cheng followed the attendant into a separate room.

  Not long after entering the room, a fat man dressed in luxurious clothes appeared before his eyes.

  "Second Master Chu has arrived, our humble shop is truly honored! Come, come, please take a seat, please sit in the seat of honor! I'll get you some tea, the best tea!" The fat man beamed with joy, as if he had just seen his own father.

  "Director Lin? How dare I trouble you to come in person?" Chu Cheng saw that the visitor was none other than the wealthy merchant from that day, now the head of the Fen Pavilion, Director Lin. He was taken aback for a moment and hastily stood up.

  This dead fatty, although looking gentle and calm, but Chu Cheng knew that any of the great stewards of Wu Liang Treasure Pavilion were at least Five Elements realm strongmen, compared to "Ninth Uncle", only stronger not weaker.

  However, he is not afraid. In the mountain city of Yangcheng, there is an old man named Chu Tiange who covers him, and he is not afraid of anyone. Besides, the Wuliang Treasure Pavilion is open for business, and as a customer himself, nothing will happen.

  "Second Master, please take a seat and sit in the honored position! Here, this is our shop's new product, Refreshing Drunken Dragon Tea. It's refreshing and delicious, soothing to the heart and spleen. Please have a taste!" At this time, the servant had already brought over a teapot, and Lin Zhanggui personally poured a full cup of tea for Chu Cheng.

  That teapot is a specialized Yixing clay teapot and the tea cup is a white jade tea cup, both are of high quality.

  Chu Cheng picked up the teacup, took a light sip, and a refreshing aroma lingered in his mouth, making him feel carefree and relaxed. There was also a faint hint of mysterious energy mixed with the tea water, flowing down his throat and into his body. Chu Cheng felt that the mysterious energy within him seemed to have increased slightly.

  "It's indeed good tea, refreshing one's heart and spleen." Chu Cheng nodded in admiration.

  "Haha, this is a good tea that I finally managed to get my hands on, it's not available in the market. Later, I'll have someone send a catty to my younger brother, and he mustn't be polite about it." Lin Zhuanggui waved his hand grandly, and it was a catty of Xiangxun Zui Long tea, which would cost at least tens of thousands of gold coins. You should know that this stuff is calculated by weight!

  "Then I'd better not refuse?" Chu Cheng smiled slightly, also being straightforward: "Manager Lin, no trivial matter would bring me to the third treasure hall. This time I came to your esteemed place wanting to buy some small items, originally thought it was fine to just find any sales clerk, didn't expect to disturb Manager Lin, truly sorry."

  "Haha, no need to be polite! Younger brother is a VIP member of our Wu Liang Treasure Pavilion's Luliu Card, we can't just let anyone in! Lin Zhuanggui laughed loudly: "Younger brother, what do you want to buy? Just say it, Wu Liang Treasure Pavilion will definitely satisfy your needs!"

  Chu Cheng smiled again: "That's natural, the Wu Liang Treasure Pavilion has a magnificent atmosphere, and I've heard about it before. This time I came, mainly to buy these things..."

  Chu Cheng took out a piece of paper, which was densely filled with small characters.

  Lin took the paper and looked at it suspiciously, then suddenly froze.

  "Break through the ordinary realm of fierce tigers, requiring abundant qi and blood, at least condense a blood vessel, quantity... unlimited?"

  "Beyond the ordinary realm of the celestial eagle, requiring abundant qi and blood, at least condensing one blood vessel, quantity... unlimited?"

  "Beyond the ordinary realm of snow leopards, requiring abundant qi and blood, at least condensing one blood vessel, quantity... unlimited?"

  "Beyond the ordinary realm of a majestic lion, requiring abundant qi and blood, at least condensing into one meridian, quantity... unlimited?"

  ……

  "Top-grade beautiful jade, requires a special place, has special properties, such as snake blood jade, yin ling jade, etc., quantity... unlimited?"

  ……

  "A set of seven precious ritual objects, the more exquisite the better?"

  "A set of Wuxing Faqi, the more exquisite the better?"

  Lin Zhang took a deep breath, looking at Chu Cheng in disbelief, almost jumping up: "These are nothing, the last one, you want the Tai Shang Jiulong Butcher God Gun? Do you know how much that thing costs?"

  "One million gold coins." Chu Cheng spat out five words, his face calm.

  "Hmm, okay, little brother is indeed a rich man." Lin Zhuang was taken aback, and only then did he truly see how deep Chu Cheng's resources were. He hastily said: "Alright, alright, since you want it, I'll definitely sell! I'll go arrange for the goods right now and have everything you need brought over!"

  The things that Chu City needs are really too many, not only in variety but also in quantity. Even with the ability of Wu Liang Treasure Pavilion, it would take some adjustments to do so.

  "I say, young brother, it's not obvious, but when did your family's estate become so wealthy? Uh, I didn't mean that, haha. What I meant to say is, you're quite accomplished at a young age!" Lin the shopkeeper asked tentatively.

  "Older brother is joking, where did younger brother get so much money? These things, were all purchased by a mysterious senior who entrusted me!" Chu Cheng said calmly, sipping his tea.

  "Mysterious senior? Oh, Yanshan City is quite remote, I don't know which senior has such a hobby to come here and meet you, little brother. Why not introduce him to your big brother? Thank you, little brother!" Lin Zhanggui clasped his hands together in respect.

  "Hehe, which senior has a special identity and it's really inconvenient to reveal! He came to Shanyang City 12 years ago, met me 10 years ago, and gave me some guidance. I heard that the Wuliang Treasure Pavilion is reopening, and the senior is very interested in that Taishang Jiulong Tushen Gun, so he asked me to come and buy it. As for those other things... Brother Chu must know about the Shentai Baixue Record?"

  "Twelve years ago? Hmm, okay, twelve years ago a meteor shower fell from the sky, shocking the entire Chu State. Many powerful people came to visit, and that senior must have come at that time." Lin Zhanggui seemed to believe it, and continued: "Shen Tai Bao Xue Lu? The mysterious skill created by the Chu Hegemon? Known as the most expensive mystical skill? A mystical skill without a follow-up skill? Young brother, do you plan to cultivate Shen Tai Bao Xue Lu?"

  "I don't want to either!" Chu Cheng sighed, "But there's no way around it. My senior said that this extraordinary skill is not trivial and I must continue to cultivate it. He also said he would help me deduce the subsequent skills. Alas, I've gone through so much to obtain those demonic beasts from the Deva Realm, all for the sake of cultivating the Divine Fetus Precious Blood Record!"

  "Hmm..." Lin Zhang's face was somewhat strange: "It is said that the Chu royal family had no less than ten people cultivating this mysterious skill, and the richest one cultivated to the third level of transcending the mundane world. As a result, he exhausted his family's wealth and could not continue to cultivate?"

  "Uh..." Chu Cheng was speechless.

  He also knew about that matter.

  He was a hereditary viscount, occupying a small city, with a family fortune of at least 50 million. However, in order to cultivate the Divine Fetus Precious Blood Record, he squandered his entire family's wealth and ultimately only cultivated to the third level of the Transcendent Realm, exhausting his lifespan and dying with regret.

  However, at that time, he was also the strongest person in the world of Douluo, condensing three Blood Soul Beads. If it weren't for his slightly older age, he would have definitely been ranked among the top three on the Young Heroes' List.

  It can be said that the Divine Fetal Blood Record is a money-consuming mysterious skill, and it's extremely money-consuming. At least two billion gold coins in Chucheng, not even a flower can be bought...

  This is also what Lin Zhanggui found curious about.

  However, Chucheng had his own plan.