Chapter 35: The Revelation of Tianqi Merchant Group

  Ling stone is the currency of this world, and most of it is produced in the major spirit mountain mines.

  In the afternoon, Chen Luo and Niu Ying strolled through the streets of Changxin City, preparing to exchange the 14 Huoyun Magic Pills they had obtained in the small forest for spirit stones. At market price, they could get over 700 spirit stones, which made Niu Ying a little excited. Over 700 spirit stones were not a small fortune for him, considering that he could only earn around 20 spirit stones per month doing odd jobs outside, and if he didn't buy any cultivation resources, those 20 spirit stones would last him a long time.

  "Old Cow, which is the largest and most legitimate business firm in this Longxing City?"

  Chen Luo was thinking of selling that piece of Huo Yun crystal, this thing is not useful to him for the time being, it's better to sell it and exchange some spiritual stones, which can also be used to purchase cultivation resources for the apprentices in Xiao Jingu.

  "Is the largest and most legitimate business supposed to be Tianqi Business?"

  "Revelation? Bullshit!"

  Chen fell heavily and cursed loudly, Niu Ying didn't understand, and asked: "What's wrong?"

  "I've always had a dream of opening my own business, and I was going to name it Tianqi. I didn't expect someone to beat me to it." Chen Luo was telling the truth - he had indeed been thinking of starting his own business for some time now. In recent years, he had traveled extensively outside the city, stealing treasures and accumulating a large collection, which he had hidden away in a very secluded location. He planned to wait a few more years before opening a business and figuring out how to sell them off. The name Tianqi was one that he had thought of for a long time, and it was really annoying that someone else had beaten him to it. Suddenly, an idea struck him, and he said: "Wait a minute - I may not be in Changsheng City often, but doesn't the biggest business in town go by the name of Dafa Business? How come I've never heard of Tianqi Business before?"

  "This... the Da Fa Shang Hang went bankrupt three years ago." Niu Ying shook his head, thought for a moment, and said: "The Tian Qi Shang Hang also developed at that time, belonging to the Tian Qi Ge industry."

  "What's with Tianqi Pavilion?"

  "I don't know what's going on, but I heard that the boss of Tianqi Pavilion is very capable. In just three years, he developed Tianqi Business into the largest business. Not only that, Tianqi Pavilion has industries all over Jinshui Domain, such as Tianqi Spiritual Garden, Tianqi Manor, Tianqi Wine House, Tianqi Money House and many other industries. All of these industries were developed by the boss of Tianqi Pavilion in just three years."

  "Who is the boss of Tianqi Pavilion? He's actually so powerful."

  "We small people wouldn't know the boss of Tianqi Pavilion, but I heard that the former boss of Tianqi Pavilion was a beggar who begged for food. Now he has become the richest man in our Jinshui Domain, and it's said that Tianqi Pavilion is also planning to expand globally, opening branches all over the world."

  "Awesome!" Chen sincerely admired, a beggar could become the richest man in the domain in just three short years, it was really awesome, and it can be called a business legend.

  The Tianqi Business Firm was located within the city. Standing at the entrance of the Tianqi Business Firm, Chen Luo gazed up at the magnificent signboard, with two characters that exuded an air of grandeur. As he walked into the firm, he couldn't help but feel a great deal of surprise - this scale was truly impressive! A single corridor stretched for three to four hundred meters, with counters and shops lining both sides, and customers coming and going in a constant stream.

  "This is what you call business!"

  All the way down, Chen Luo found that everything was sold here, all kinds of crystals, accessories, talismans, and spiritual elixirs. Whatever resources were needed for cultivation, they had them all. The onlookers were dizzy, and followed Niu Ying to a shop that exchanged spirit stones. This place gathered many people, and there was even a queue.

  "Isn't there another place in the city where we can exchange spirit stones? Why did we have to come here?"

  "The price they bought is high, for example, this Huoyun Magic Dan can only be exchanged for 40 spirit stones elsewhere, but here, one Huoyun Magic Dan can sell for 43 spirit stones."

  "Good move."

  Chen Luo looked around and asked: "Can only exchange for magic pills here? If you want to exchange for other things, where should you go? For example, crystal stones?"

  Crystal?

  Niu Ying's expression changed, crystal stones were expensive things. Don't mention a rare crystal stone, even an ordinary crystal stone could be exchanged for a large amount of spiritual stones. If it was a high-quality crystal stone, it would be priceless. Crystal stones were an important resource for refining spiritual treasures and elixirs, and their value was very high due to their rarity.

  The cow pointed to a distance, Chen Luo looked over and found that there was indeed a shop called 'Cloud Crystal' over there.

  "I'll go take a look and come find you in a bit."

  "Want to go take a look? Do you have crystal?"

  "In the stone room, I picked one up." Chen Luo smiled and patted his shoulder before leaving, leaving behind a stunned Niu Ying, who couldn't understand how such precious crystal stones could still be found.

  Chen Luo walked into the Yunjing Mall, the interior decoration was quite simple, and the counter inside displayed various dazzling crystals.

  "Sir, may I ask which crystal stone you would like to purchase?"

  The shop was managed by a young lady, who looked to be in her early twenties. She was quite pretty and had a simple yet elegant dress sense, which was completely different from Gongzi's luxurious attire. However, the young lady did not show any prejudice towards him and instead greeted him with a loud "Young Master", which showed that she was very professional.

  The girl was about to introduce herself when Chen Luo interrupted her, saying: "Do you also buy crystal stones here?"

  It didn't seem like someone of Chen Luo's age would come to sell crystal stones, so the young lady was slightly taken aback, and her curiosity was piqued. She nodded slightly and said, "We also buy crystal stones here."

  "How much?"

  "Different crystal stones have different prices."

  "Fire Cloud Crystal."

  "Huo Yunjing?" The young lady was quite surprised, as Huo Yunjing was a rare crystal stone. Being a fire-attribute crystal stone, the spiritual treasure refined from it had great power, so the demand for it was also very high. Many times, it was hard to find one for sale. Hearing that Chen Luo wanted to sell Huo Yunjing made her extremely surprised, and she said: "Huo Yunjing's price varies depending on its quality, I wonder which kind of Huo Yunjing the young master is selling..."

  "Do you know how to appraise it?" Seeing the girl nod, Chen Luo took out a box from his bosom and opened it. Inside was a crystal stone that was entirely crimson with a flowing luster, about the size of a fist. The crystal contained a misty cloud-like pattern that looked like fire, which was very beautiful.

  Upon seeing the fire cloud crystal, the girl's expression changed greatly. She had been working at this shop for two years and it was her first time seeing such a large fire cloud crystal. She raised her head, staring at Chen Luo in shock, unable to comprehend how this small guy who didn't look very impressive could possess such an expensive fire cloud crystal.

  "Watch me appraise this Fire Cloud Crystal!"

  "Ah! No, sorry." The girl also knew she had lost her composure and was about to take out the Huoyun crystal for identification when Chen Luo's voice came.

  "You're not thinking of holding it in your hand to identify it, are you? This thing is a bit hot!" Chen Luo had seen countless treasures and naturally wouldn't put the Fire Cloud Crystal in his eyes. The reason he used a box to hold it was not because he cared about it so much, but because the Fire Cloud Crystal was quite hot.

  The girl's hand stopped in mid-air, because she really sensed a heat wave, and couldn't help but take a deep breath. She had identified many fire cloud crystals before, but it was the first time she had encountered one that emitted such a large amount of heat. In her heart, she knew that the quality of this fire cloud crystal was absolutely extraordinary. With great care, she picked up the box and observed it again, but the more she looked at it, the more bewildered she became.

  Fire Cloud Crystal is divided into one color, two colors, three colors, four colors and so on. One-color Fire Cloud Crystal is easy to identify, with a clear rainbow-colored cloud inside the crystal. Two-color Fire Cloud Crystal contains two rainbow-colored clouds. However, this particular Fire Cloud Crystal makes it difficult for the girl to identify, as the crystal seems to be filled with rainbow-colored clouds everywhere, intertwined and densely packed, making it hard to distinguish.

  "How is it? Has it been identified?"

  The girl shook her head and said seriously: "Young master, can you wait for a moment? I'll go ask Old Man Lin to come over."

  "Is that so......Alright."

  Appraising treasures is a very profound technique, and Chen Luo didn't understand it either. Although his secret treasure house had many treasures hidden inside, none of them could be named. Before long, the young lady returned with an old man. After entering, the old man glanced at Chen Luo and was shocked when he saw the Huo Yun crystal in the box. Without saying a word, he picked up the box and began to examine it carefully.

  "Mr. Lin, can you identify it?" The girl asked curiously.

  Lin Lao's expression was serious, his eyebrows furrowed deeply, and he observed for a long time before shaking his head and saying solemnly: "This fire cloud crystal is not ordinary, I dare not make a rash judgment."

  "If you can't identify it, what should we do?" Chen Luo scratched his head and asked: "Don't your company have any other appraisers?"

  "Lin is the most experienced appraiser in our company, if he can't identify it, then no other appraisers in the city can either." The girl beside him explained.

  Lin Lao walked out from behind the counter and said: "I wonder if young friend can follow me for a walk?"

  "Oh? What does that mean?" Chen raised an eyebrow, pondering whether the other person had ulterior motives.

  "Don't misunderstand, old man has no other meaning." Lin Lao said very seriously: "This fire cloud crystal is not ordinary, old man dare not make a rash judgment. If it were usual, old man might return it to you. Today, coincidentally, our boss is back to handle some matters. With the boss's eye power, he will certainly be able to identify the quality of this fire cloud crystal."

  "Is your boss? But isn't he the boss of Tianqi Pavilion?"

  "That's right, I don't know what you think, little friend."

  "Alright." Chen Luo actually wanted to see what that person was like, who had become the richest man in Jinshui Domain from a beggar within three years.

  After Lin Lao handed over, he took Chen Luo into the backyard. The backyard was like a separate garden, with birds chirping and flowers fragrant inside. In the center of it stood a pavilion, where a middle-aged man sat, looking around forty years old. At this moment, he was sitting upright on a stone chair, his fingers pinching a black piece, studying the chessboard alone.

  Lin Lao walked over, seemingly hesitant to disturb the boss's chess game, but when he saw Chen Luo's impatient expression not far away, he no longer hesitated and stepped onto the pavilion.

  "Huh? Old Lin has arrived." The middle-aged man smiled slightly, giving off a very refined feeling.

  "Am I disturbing your chess game?" Lin apologized.

  "No, anyway, I didn't think of any brilliant plan." The middle-aged man gestured for Lin to sit down and got up to pour tea. Lin hastily stood up and recounted the whole story, handing over the box.

  "Even you can't tell?" The middle-aged man looked somewhat suspicious, took the box, opened it and looked inside, his expression also shocked, but after just one glance, he said: "This is a Fire Cloud Crown Crystal."

  "It's indeed Huoyun Kuaijing!"

  Lin Lao took a deep breath, his expression somewhat excited. The Huo Yun Kui Jing was the best of the Huo Yun Jing, and in this life, he had appraised countless Huo Yun Jing, but it was the first time he saw the legendary Huo Yun Kui Jing.

  "Where is that young man?" the middle-aged man asked.

  "He also came, right there."

  A middle-aged man stood up, turned around and looked back, staring at Chen Luo, as if wondering what it was, then quickly walked away, taking a closer look at Chen Luo.

  He looked at Chen Luo, and Chen Luo was also looking at him, because he felt that the middle-aged man in front of him seemed a bit familiar.

  "You... you're Xiao Fei Yu?" The middle-aged man suddenly became excited.

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