Chapter 27: Report to the Hall of the Elders
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
"Sigh!"
At the front desk of Dayan Market, Song Yafei sat on the spot with a cavity pose. Sighing, her eyes seemed a little distressed.
The pan had been hung on the wall for more than two hours, and there was not a single customer who showed any interest in it.
It seemed that she would really have to pay those two taels of silver out of her own pocket.
It has only been a month since she started working here. Anyone in her position would also feel unhappy encountering such a situation despite being a newbie.
"In the future, I won't be a careless good person anymore…"
Having made a decision, Song Yafei chose to set aside her chaotic thoughts and was about to return to the counter to continue her work—when she suddenly saw a group of people walking in her direction in a hurry.
The expression on her face changed when she saw the middle-aged man at the front.
Chief Steward, He Jinquan!
"Are you the one who hung up the pan?" Before He Jinquan could even come close to her, his voice had already rung out.
"Yes…" Realizing that she was now in trouble, Song Yafei explained with an embarrassed look on her face. "I… I just wanted to try if I can sell it, if my actions don't comply with the rules, I will take it off immediately…"
"No need!" He Jinquan interrupted her. "Do you have any idea where is that Senior who sold you the pan?"
"Senior?" Song Yafei repeatedly blinked.
"That's right…"
"This pan has been made with a brilliant refining technique and is a rare spiritual weapon."
"Since this Senior can take out this thing and sell it here, this is evidence that he trusts the Dayan Market. Such a distinguished guest should be visited in person…" He Jinquan hurriedly said.
"This…" Song Yafei was taken aback for a moment. "This pot… it isn't a waste product?"
"Of course, not!"
He Jinquan laughed and said, "Being able to accept such a baby and hang it on the display sales wall shows that you have good eyesight and ability. Starting today, you are now the front desk manager. All matters at the front desk will be under your charge!"
"I…"
Song Yafei was in disbelief after having received such an unexpected boon. Her face flushed with excitement because she couldn't believe what was happening. The girl with a round face had just told her that she was going to be unlucky.
Not only would she lose her money, but she might also be scolded by their leader.
But not even in her dreams did Song Yafei imagined that setting aside being punished, she was even promoted to a higher position and became a manager.
The change happened so fast that she found it hard to adapt.
Could it be that this pan is very valuable?
A thought came to her mind.
"It's not only valuable, but it's also far more valuable than all the items we have for the upcoming auction!"
"Once the auction starts, this item will definitely break the highest price record of our commercial firm!" He Jinquan seemed to have seen through her thoughts as he excitedly said, "It could even be called… a priceless treasure!"
"…"
As if struck by thunder, Song Yafei was completely dumbfounded.
This was a priceless treasure, but the young man directly left it with her without a care.
Such spiritual and mental breadth…
Oh right, he only mortgaged it!
Her face turned pale and she hurriedly said, "Steward He, the owner of this pot only put it up for sale, but he didn't sell it to our commercial firm…"
"I know that! Since he hung it here, it already means that he has agreed to sell it. I have discussed with the firm owner, we will auction it in three days and try to sell it at a sky-high price! Also, we won't charge an auction fee for this treasure."
He Jinquan said.
In a normal auction, the auction house would collect about 10% of the profit as their own gains.
The person who could take out such a treasure so casually must be an extremely powerful figure to the extent that being associated with him might prove even more beneficial to the commercial firm!
The act of not charging an intermediary fee for the treasure was equivalent to saying that they would like to befriend the owner of the pan.
"I see…"
Confirming that He Jinquan's words made sense, Song Yafei suppressed the excitement in her heart as she explained. "This Senior… he just put the pan down and left directly. I don't know what he's called or where he lives!"
"En!" Hearing what she said, He Jinquan was not surprised. After thinking about it, he asked once more. "Then… have you seen this senior? Or do you know what hobbies or actions he often does that need our careful attention in advance?"
Experts often have eccentric personalities.
Aside from Song Yafei, no one else had met this Senior.
They knew that they must definitely not leave a bad impression on him in their first encounter.
"He… he seems to always keep a very low-profile!" Song Yafei said after recalling for a while.
Without revealing a single trace of cultivation, she remembered that the Senior just took out such a precious treasure so casually without even explaining anything… No matter what angle she looked at it from, the Senior was really low-profile to the extreme!
"Low-profile?"
He Jinquan furrowed his eyebrows.
He pondered for a while before he came to a conclusion and said, "This means that he doesn't want to attract too much attention…"
"Let's do it like this; the next time he comes back, pretend that you don't know what happened today, but you must still treat him as the most honorable guest when you're serving him!"
The other party liked to be low-profile.
In this case, they could secretly follow the highest standards of service, but pretend as if they were only serving a normal customer on the surface. If they didn't do this, there was a risk of incurring heavy losses if the Senior disliked them.
"Yes!" Song Yafei was quick to nod in agreement.
After she took a pan, she got a promotion and received a salary increase.
Why did everything seem like a dream?
…
Immortal Guardian Sect.
Zhou Yuan and Liu Chang returned to the sect with pale looks on their faces.
In the mountain forest so close to them, there was actually a powerful demonic cultivator living right beside them—what's worse was that this demonic cultivator wanted to kill everyone in the Immortal Guardian Sect… just thinking about this scared them!
Fortunately, they ran fast and were quick to retreat.
Otherwise, they would've been dead by now.
Upon arriving at the sect, they rushed to the Hall of the Elders and rang the emergency assembly bell.
It didn't take long for the Elders to arrive.
They were in troubled times. None of them dared to slack off.
They were on guard against any possible trouble.
"What's the matter?"
Wu Yuan furrowed his eyebrows when he saw that the people who rang the bell were only two ordinary disciples.
Liu Chang took a deep breath before he said all of these. "Elder! We discovered that ordinary disciple Liu Yi had secretly learned demonic cultivation methods! Not only that, but we also saw the demonic cultivator who taught him those methods!"
"Secretly learning demonic cultivation methods? Could it be that… this demon cultivator has already sneaked into our sect?"
"Really?"
The expressions of every elder changed at the same time.
For a disciple of a dignified sect to secretly learn the cultivation methods of demons…
Just this point alone was enough to abolish this disciple's cultivation base and execute him on the spot! But the most important part was the fact that the demonic cultivator that taught him those methods had already sneaked into the sect.
If this was true, then this sure was a frightening revelation.
"The two of us saw it with our own eyes and we dare to swear with our own lives on the line to say that it's true!" Liu Chang quickly followed up.
"Tell us what you know in detail!" Elder Wu Yuan said.
"Yes!"
Liu Chang and Zhou Yuan hurriedly told Elder Wu Yuan everything that they had seen in detail, including Liu Yi's sudden increase in strength, how they secretly followed him, and the matter about seeing the Demon King.
"You guys say that this demon is not tall and looks like a child?"
Elder Wu Yuan's eyes gleamed as he suddenly thought of something.
"Yes!" Liu Chang nodded.
"Could it be that Elder Wu knows something?" Elder Yuan Buyi looked over at him.
"Yesterday, there was news from the Jade Sea that the Nirvana Demon King who was suppressed 8,000 ago had broken the seal of his suppression and fled in our direction. I thought that he was just passing by, but I didn't expect… that he was actually hiding in our sect!"
Wu Yuan clenched his fists.
This was really a matter of the house having holes on its roof while it was raining in the night; the boat was late and heavy winds battered the people in the
Most of the powerful experts of the sect had just recently perished and this demon arrived in their sect soon after.
Was it possible that… that the heavens itself wanted the destruction of the Immortal Guardian Sect?
Back then, the strength of innumerable powerful masters in the continent combined wasn't able to kill the Nirvana Demon King. With the current strength of their sect… how could they possibly resist this demon?!
"If it's really him… The Immortal Guardian Sect is in danger." Yuan Buyi and the others paled.
The Immortal Guardian Sect didn't even have a single Grand Master Realm expert at this moment. Facing such a powerful Demon King. This was indeed such a one-sided situation.
The hall was silent for an unknown period of time.
Then, Elder Wu Yuan broke the silence as he asked in a hoarse voice. "Where did you see this demonic cultivator? What was he doing?"
Compared to the appearance of this Demon King, a disciple learning demonic cultivation methods was unworthy of mention.
"We saw him… in front of a house deep in the forest!"
Liu Chang continued. "When we saw him, he seemed to be covered with dung and had just gotten out of the sewer…"
"Dung?"
"Sewer?"
Everyone was stunned.
A Demon King powerful enough to dominate the world… Was his hobby actually so peculiar?
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