Chapter 10: Young Master Meet Money Grubber
"You don't have to be a grand elder or a family leader to contribute. Look at your father! His position as Guardian Elder gives him the important Guardian Token. He didn't need to take care of the family's problems. He just needed to do things here and there." Charles tried to enlighten the mood.
[It seems like father, like son.] He thought. Alvaro didn't like to join with family politic and management. [Alvaro prefers the path of martial arts. The same also might apply to his kid. However, instead of the proper martial arts that Alvaro took, Trevon seems to prefer the path of debauchery.] Charles could only sigh in his heart.
"You are correct, Uncle. With Guardian Token, I can even order Family Leader around. Hahaha." Trevon laughed.
[It is impossible to be a Guardian Elder for you. Haih... If only you are more diligent in cultivation.] Of course, Charles couldn't say it directly to Trevon.
"Good. Let's us continue with the secret test that we conduct here, look at both old men." Charles continued his lesson.
Guardian elder was a special position in a cultivation family. This was a special position for members of the family who didn't like the politic and management. The position required the members to possess powerful cultivation. There were some exceptions. The example was Alvaro. He was a Peak Rank 2 cultivator. Normally, he couldn't become a guardian elder in McArthur family which requires a Primary Rank 3 cultivation. However, he was a young genius and he had managed to complete many family missions. He had already become a Guardian Elder since he was at the Middle Rank 2.
Member of Guardian Elder wouldn't have a vote in day-to-day operation of the family. It was only Elders or Grand Elders who had the vote. Their duty is to be the swords and shields of the family. In a family-destroying event, Family Leader, almost all Grand Elders, and Guardian Elders would be the first family shield.
Most of the time, they would fight until the last blood to give extra time for the younger generations to escape. On the other hand, when the family had an important mission that needed a powerful warrior to lead, one of the guardian elders would be chosen. This was because most of the powerful Grand Elders or Elders were busy with daily family operations.
For example, like in the current mission, Alvaro was chosen as the spearhead to protect the family miners. This allowed McArthur to have an advantage over other families. Even the Redwood family, the local landlord, couldn't compete with the speed and power of McArthur family. They finally decided to share the mining profits with McArthur family.
A guardian elder might reject some missions. This was especially if the elder had good reasons. For example, if the guardian elder was under breakthrough seclusion. Also, if it might be a suicide mission that he/she couldn't handle. The only suicide mission that a Guardian Elder must take was during a possible family destroying event.
However, other than the duties, a Guardian Elder also had some benefits. In McArthur family, a guardian elder would obtain the treatment and respects similar to any Grand Elder. They also could get additional resources for cultivation. The difference was Grand Elders would have the first option when an important treasure found. However, Guardian Elder's final benefit could allow a guardian elder to get certain treasures. It was the Guardian Token.
Every 10 years, one token would be given for the service. Other than that, a guardian elder could complete special missions. After a successful mission, they would get some family contribution points for the rewards. These points could be exchanged into additional tokens.
This special token could be used to order any part of the family, including the family leader. The guardian elder could ask for some missions to search certain treasure, to make certain artifact for him, to find someone, to trade with more resources, or even as an additional vote when the family making a decision. There were some limits like it couldn't intentionally create danger for the family or members of the family. The more tokens used, the higher a mission prioritized. However, just 1 token already gave a huge reward.
An example of the usages was if somehow a guardian elder's son was killed. While a guardian token couldn't order the family to send multiple guardian elders to kill the offender. Since this might make the killer's family retaliated with their guardian elders. The token could place the killer on the family's kill list. This would make the problem become a personal level. With more tokens used, the better the rewards for the family member who managed to complete it. Sometimes this reward might even tempt other elders to do the mission.
This was why Trevon could act as a spoiled brat in Bluestar. Nobody dared to hurt the only son of a protective elder with a huge number of guardian tokens. Alvaro had completed numerous dangerous assignments for the family to increase his rank quickly.
It was 21.00 in the nights. Some warriors who want to apply for the job started to fall one by one. They had tried to run as many as their body allowed. Charles already concluded his lesson for Trevon half hour ago.
He raised from his seat and talked to the participant. "Good. I appreciate all your efforts. Unfortunately, I couldn't pick every single of you. We will announce the result, in 5 days. You could check the result at the McArthur Family Pavilion. The third test will be conducted in McArthur Pavilion next week. For my appreciation, allow us to offer a recovery pill for you!" Charles clapped his hand. 3 good-looking maids brought 3 small jade boxes into the crowds. Inside of these boxes were recovery pills for the participants.
After you asked someone to do something for you, it was common thing to offer something of the same value as a return. For example, McArthur family provided these recovery pills for the participants. Those people had spent a working day to participate in their family's recruitment. These pills would make the participants recovered to normal conditions the next day.
"Let's us go home!" Charles led their group to the wagon. While they boarded the wagon, some employees still cleaned the location. As always there were few Flame Alogos pulling the wagon. Trevon planned to borrow more hairs from those Alogos.
"Now, it is the most difficult part of our selection test. We will need to check the background of the top 60 participants. If we find someone with a bad background, we can replace him with the next capable candidate." Charles continued his lesson inside the wagon.
"Pick one of these 60 names!" He told Trevon. "You and I will check the background of this person for the next 3 days."
"Could I join the check tomorrow?" Raina asked.
"No. You have played around for these past 6 days. You should go back to your cultivation." Charles ordered his daughter. Unlike Trevon, she was still a part of the members that should be cultivated to become a family pillar in the future.
"Hmph... I have cultivated in these past 5 days. Allow me to learn a bit of this, Father! Pretty please!" Raina begged his father using her cute eyes.
"Aih, this daughter of mine." It was hard for Charles to say no. "Fine, consider it to broaden your practical knowledge." Finally, Charles relented to his daughter.
"Just don't fear fancy robe! The same for you, Trevon. Wear the most common clothes you have! We will act as a merchant and his family tomorrow."
"Yes, Father! You are definitely the best." Raina smiled while looking at Trevon.
[No. This girl is looking to mess with me.] Trevon thought to himself.
They continued to talk about what they would need to prepare. They ended their talk after they reached their family pavilion.
"Do not forget to wake up early in the morning!" Charles reminded Trevon before leaving the wagon.
"Yes, uncle." He answered. Charles and Raina came into the pavilion, but Trevon was still waiting outside. [If I enter the house tonight, that girl would order me around.]
"Let's have some fun, Jerry!" Trevon called his bodyguard.
"Where do you want to go, Young Master?"
"To check that store of course." As useless as Trevon, he was still a Middle Rank 1 warrior. While his memory wasn't an eidetic one, it was better than most people. As long as he truly wanted to remember, he would remember it. However, most of the time he was too lazy to memorize things.
"It was already late at night. The store must be closed."
"There is no closed store for me! Let's go!" He walked into the store. While the distance was quite long, it was not a problem with their Rank 1 cultivation.
After 20 minutes of walking, they arrived at the store. Of course, it was already closed.
"Jerry, told them to open the store for me!" Trevon ordered Jerry.
[Oh no... Another unreasonable order by the young master.] Jerry could only do what he was ordered.
"Brag... Brag... Brag..." Jerry banged the door. "Open the door! We want to buy herbs!" Jerry shouted.
"Tell them there is a pregnant lady here." Trevon ordered.
"But, where is the pregnant lady?" Jerry asked.
"Look!" Trevon pointed to a pregnant lady who was in the crowd. Even when it was night, people still walking and wandering in the street. Redwood had many citizens. When one person screamed, of course, there would be numerous people wondering what happened. Please remember! This world didn't have televisions.
"There is a pregnant lady here! We want to buy herbs! We want to buy herbs!" Jerry shouted.
The watching crowds were wondering. [Where is the pregnant lady? The group consists of 3 men. Has someone created a new martial art that allowed men to get pregnant? Perhaps, that silent man is the one pregnant.] Luckily, they didn't voice their wonder. Imagine what Jack would do if he heard them!
"Wait a minute! Wait a minute!" A male voice came from inside the store. The store light started to be activated.
The light in this world was no longer came from the fire. Humanity had created a simple artifact that any Apprentice Inscription student could create. The artifact name was 'Shining Pearl'. It was made from engraving a very simple spirit absorbing diagram into a shining stone. It was a bit rare material but not very expensive. The artifact could work for a long as there was spiritual energy in the atmosphere. However, keeping a stone lighted up was a waste of artifact durability. It showed a laziness in this world.
"Where is the pregnant lady? What herbs do you need?" A hurried voice was heard from behind the door. If something happened to the pregnant lady because of their tardiness, there would be a big consequence for their store. Soon, the store door opened and an old man opened the store. He still wore his sleeping robe.
"Look in that direction! There is a pregnant lady." Trevon pointed to the pregnant woman in the crowd.
The crowd started to see which pregnant women the guys shouted. [What is their connection with her?]
Even the pregnant woman asked herself. [Do I know them? Why do they point at me?] She hurriedly ran from the crowd. She was afraid to get implicated.
"What?" At this time the store manager understood. There was no connection between the guys outside and that running pregnant lady.
"Listen! My people have never said, that we know that pregnant lady. We also didn't lie. There is a pregnant lady like what he said." Trevon opened his fan. The fan had a dragon painting on it. This was another fan in his storage rings. Other than treasures, Trevon also kept fashion items in his storage rings.
"I just want to buy some herbs. Now open the store!" Trevon fanned himself, clearly shown how domineering he was. [There must be lots of ladies fell over hell from my domineering action. Hahaha.] He thought.
[What? F**k! I was woken up just because he wants to buy some herbs.] The old man grumbled. However, he knew that these people were not someone that he, a mere store manager, could offend. Just from this young master clothes, even if he worked hard for 1 year, he couldn't purchase it.
"Yes, Young Master." He opened the store. "Prepare the place for the young master!" He ordered his subordinate. "While you are waiting, why don't you come into our Super VIP Room? You should try our tea from Verdant Garden country."
"Verdant Garden?" Trevon was surprised. He had heard about the country. It was a country north of his Heavenly Phoenix country. It was located far from Bluestar. If one used a Flame Alogo, they would need 1 month to go from Verdant Garden's capital to Bluestar. Never imagined how slow it would be if one used a normal horse.
"Yes, Young Master. We come from Verdant Garden. Most of our special herbs are from Verdant Garden. This way, Sir!" He invited Trevon to a door in the store. Inside the room was decorated with a foreign design. People in Heavenly Phoenix loved to decorate their building with the pictures of birds. While the room was decorated with pictures of natural scenery.
A servant came and serve a set of tea.
"Who is your boss? Call him here!" Trevon, once again, unreasonably demanded. For a person with his stature, not every person could serve him. This was the common mindset of a great family's young masters and ladies. They rarely met people, and the even Rank 1 warrior moved on their whim.
"I am the manager of this store. My boss is in Bluestar on a business trip with my young master." The manager explained.
"Fine. Bring your best delicacies from Verdant Garden here!" Trevon ordered. He wanted to try the food from other country.
"Eh?" The manager surprised. They were not a dining hall. [Does this young master want to enjoy himself and stay in the store for a long time? I need to call the young lady.] He thought. This had already turned into a problem that he couldn't handle. 1 mistake and he might bring his boss's family into trouble.
"Bring the special snack for this Young Master!" The manager was a veteran. He quickly handled the situation. "Tell what happened here to our young lady! Tell her that this young master might come from a cultivator family." He slowly whispered to one of the servants.
5 minutes later inside a building.
A lady was reading a book. Sometimes, she wrote something on a piece of paper. The lady seemed to be between 15 and 17 years old. She was a beauty with a glowing white skin color. Her hair was as black as the night sky. She was a beauty with a sharp chin, a small nose, and a sweet pink lip. Of course, she had a different beauty than the girls in Trevon picture, Margareth, and Cecillia. She also shouldn't be compared to the fairy girls from cultivation families like Raina. She had an elegant but youthful beauty.
Her face was cold and serious, a stark contrast with her colorful robe. She wore a robe with a pink skirt and a beautiful flowery upper garment. The red wrapping accentuated her slim and slightly curvy figure. She was still a young lady after all. A small jade ornament with ancient moon character engraved was hanged on her wrapping.
"Lady Luna." A female maid woke the girl from her study.
"What's the matter?" She asked. She still continued her writing. It seemed nothing would disturb her calmness.
"A person came from the herb shop. He said that there is an urgent problem." The maid explained.
[What problem can happen at this time?] The girl wondered. "I will meet the person in 5 minutes. I want to prepare." She calmly told her maid. She continued her writing. Only after completing what was on her mind, she went to the reception area of her house. It was exactly in the 5 minutes that she said.
She currently sat on the head seat in the hall. While she was young, one could feel the calm and mature presence from her.
"Tell me what the problem is!" She ordered the shop employee. A maid brought a set of tea to the lady before doing a tea ceremony to prepare the tea.
"This was what happened, Lady Luna." The servant started to explain, while the lady watched the maid doing the ceremony. She only heard the servant and took the teacup from her maid. She had a sip before putting the teacup on the table.
"So, uncle Jerome thought that this young master came from a cultivation family." She wondered. This matter was truly more than what her manager could handle.
It was common when a cultivator felt offended, they might destroy a shop. This was especially in a shop owned by a non-cultivator family like them. At most, the cultivator would just need to pay some fines to Redwood family for breaking things in their territory. She knew that Redwood family would never reimburse the destruction. In this world, whose fist was bigger was the winner and the correct one.
"What did uncle Jerome say about my family?" She asked the employee again. Most cultivators wouldn't create havoc unless they knew the backer of the shop. Some shops were under the protection of powerful cultivators.
"He told that we came from Verdant Garden, but he mentioned some powerful people that we know in Redwood." The employee explained some small talk that his manager and Trevon did.
"What is his response?" the girl asked while drinking the tea.
"He didn't know all of them." The employee explained.
"Then, how could uncle think that he came from cultivator family?" She was a bit surprised this time. The names mentioned were some people that they had a bit connection. They were quite strong people. Some were even elders of small cultivation families. Most cultivator family members would know each other elders. They feared to make enemies with other families.
"Our guard leader, Master Calvin thought his bodyguards showed powerful aura. Even the young master's aura is more powerful than him." The employee explained. Most big shops often hired cultivator to protect their ware. This Master Calvin was a Primary Rank 1 warrior who contracted to protect their store. He was a powerful warrior for just a guard duty.
"Tell uncle Jerome that I will come soon!" She thought for a while. "You should tell him that I will act as a salesperson. Do not disclose my identity! Uncle Jerome should keep entertaining him." She ordered.
[Hmph... What a young master!] She thought to herself. [Do not regret disturbing my family! I will milk you hard. I will never let this big fish ran away.] While most people were afraid of a cultivator, this young lady found this was a chance. Perhaps it was because of her inexperience or perhaps it was because of her confidence.
"Help me to prepare!" She ordered her maids. [I need to prepare some plans for the emergency... Fine, this will do.] She made some quick plans. This clearly showed how quick-witted she was.
15 minutes later at the herb shop. Trevon was happily drinking and eating the snack. Jerome had managed to change his sleeping robe.
Trevon asked a lot about Verdant Garden country's stories. He knew that these gossips were very useful to him. Of course, it was as a weapon to entice those beautiful ladies.
Meanwhile, a veiled lady appeared at the doorstep of the shop. Some people looked at that girl since she wore a beautiful flowery robe. Lots of them wondered how beautiful the face behind that veil.
"Young Lady." Suddenly a silhouette appeared from above the shop.
"Luna greets Master Calvin." The girl politely greeted Master Calvin. It was the respect that a cultivator deserved. "Did the young master speak about his background?" She asked.
"No, he smartly changed the subject whenever his background was mentioned." The old man answered.
"Then, he must be not a simple person." [Since he was capable to avoid an old-time manager inquiry, then he was unlike common cultivation family young master. Perhaps he was an old veteran who had a younger appearance.] She thought.
If Trevon knew the beautiful thought that he was an old person, he would loudly cry. He was only a 15-year-old boy. Trevon only didn't want to talk about his background with an old man. Who would want to impress an old man? If a girl asked him, he would act like a peacock and told all his famous ancestors to the 10 generations.
"Thank you for your help, Master." She bowed and entered the store, while the cultivator guard, Calvin disappeared again. Most cultivator guards wouldn't show themselves in public. Only in the shadow, the attackers wouldn't prepare for the guards.
"Sorry to keep young master waiting!" A graceful figure came into the room.
Trevon was happily gossiping with the store manager when a beautiful voice came into his ear.
This would be the famous event in the future. This meeting was the first meeting before a series of the encounter between two legendary genius of this world. No. That was wrong, two legends of this universe. One was a spoiled young master, the other was a money grubber beauty. One was a troublemaker young man, the other was a serious snake young lady. Who would win in their first encounter?
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MasterRabbink The tenth chapter. Final chapter of the day. When I wrote this chapter, I imagine the most memorable scene in web novel for me. It was the Er Gen's I Shall Seal the Heaven. It was the magnificent 1st Chapter. I love the gourd bottle. I also got a lot inspiration from ISSTH. The unique planets. The unique universe. The deep love. The last antagonist was confusing, but I enjoy the journey.
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