Chapter 15: The Owner Of Elixir Already Exist(2) (1/2)
Book 1 Chapter 15: The Owner of Elixir Already Exist(2)
Translator:Hwarang
Editor: Jay
“It will cost Forty four thousand Nyang.”
s.h.i.+t! I was still lacking fifteen thousand Nyang.
“I don’t know whether you know it or not, but there is a fixed price on every merchandise throughout all of the Black City Merchant Guild stores. If you think you are being swindled, then you can ask the other branches.”
This was a fact that I already knew.
There were two reasons why Black City Merchant Guild grew this big. One was because they will never betray the trust of their customer. Whether it be a selling counterfeit product, revealing secrets about their customers, or trying to swindle their customer, they will never do it. The second reason is because the price for the merchandise is fixed throughout all of the different branches.
Most who buy from the Black City Guild do so because even though the prices might be a bit more than the market price, the quality is guaranteed. This is the reason why Black City Merchant Guild was able to thrive for a long time.
“Even if it’s not to me, it will sell rather quickly, right?”
“Most likely it will.”
If you couldn’t buy the profound medicine when it is available, you won’t able to buy it for couple of months, if not years. What this old man said was true, I was lucky to arrive here on the day that the Thousand Year Basho Root was available. But there were some unfortunate circ.u.mstances.
“I don’t have enough money to buy it today, I guess I must come again another time.”
As I was about to leave the old man asked me, “Why do you wish to buy these profound medicines?”
“So that I could become stronger.”
“To become stronger?”
I had many reasons but this was the first reason that I thought off the top of my head.
“I have been unfilial to my parents my whole life and have grown up a bit late. So, I wanted to show them filial piety.”
After staring at me for a bit, he started laughing.
“Ha Ha Ha. This is the first time that I heard something so ridiculous.”
“Why do you say that?”
“Because in Kang Ho there is no such thing as filial piety.”
I knew exactly what he meant because I was like that. If you are drunken in your desire to get stronger, you won’t be able to see anything around you.
In my past life, I wanted to show filial piety to my mother when I became the Strongest Under Heaven, but fate didn’t allow me to do that. My mother pa.s.sed on before I received my t.i.tle.
But in this life, things will be different. I will take care of everyone that is close to me.
“I guess I missed my chance to become a filial son.”
“I will give you ten days. If you can get enough money within ten days, then I will sell it to you. Exactly ten days.”
Whether it was because of my actions or because of his remembrance of his own parents, I wouldn’t know what changed his heart. But I did know that he gave me this opportunity.
“Thank you for giving me this opportunity.”
“This old man believed that the owner of this profound medicine already exists. Will you prove to me that you are that person?”
I bowed to him and left the store.
Could I really get fifteen thousand Nyang in ten days?
Even with the change in my actions, there were still some within the Clan that believed that I hadn’t truly changed.
“I still don’t trust you.”
It was Elder Jong. The financial officer who was treated my injuries when I woke up the other day.
“Could I ask you the reason why you don’t trust me?”
“Intuition. It’s my intuition. My intuition is saying that you will show your true colors and get into some major trouble.”
This stubborn old man. Rather than doubting me, why don’t you trust me for once?
This was exactly how the old weasels who sit on the Murim Council of Elders acts They are all greedy, full of doubt, and stubborn as mules.
Then I said silently to his ear, “Elder, Do you have some money by any chance?”
He opened his eyes wide and looked at me with a ‘see what did I tell you’ look.
“As long as I am alive, don’t even think about it!”
He marched away grumpy.
As he left I made a small smile. Such a stubborn old man, but he is someone that our clan truly needs. Especially his skills in the art of medicine and in financing money.
Anyway I had a very big problem ahead of me. Three days out of the ten already pa.s.sed. Time kept going, but I still didn’t have any means of obtaining fifteen thousand Nyang.
There was one solution,which was to go to the Yang Clan and squeeze them dry. But this would make my relations.h.i.+p with Jung Yeo pretty bad. He would think that I am only keeping him to take his money. Even though fifteen thousand Nyang may be a small amount, I didn’t want to lose one of my p.a.w.ns due to this. I had greater plans for the Yang Clan.
As I was pondering about the present situation, it seemed as if Kw.a.n.g Du got a scent of it.
“Are you worried about something?”
He was as perceptive as Kal Sa Ryung, but he still had ways to go.
“You want to see Lady Song again, right? Whether you hate her or not, you still want to see her, right?”
“I need some money.”
He made some distance between us.
“Now that we have gotten close, you want to borrow some money from me, right young master?”
“I didn’t say borrow yet.”
“Don’t kid me. How much do you need? All right I can let you borrow up to fifteen Nyang. But you have to promise me to return it.”
“I need fifteen thousand Nyang.”
“What!?!”
“And I need it within seven days.”
Kw.a.n.g Du just stared at me with a blank expression.
“It is something that I could only gain after being reborn maybe fifteen times. That is without spending money on my irresponsible master who makes me pay for all the food and alcohol.”
Then Kw.a.n.g Du sat beside me.
“Don’t you have some that you brought back from Yang Clan?”
“It’s not enough.”
“What? Are you trying to buy a garden or something?”
“Buying something more important than that.”
Since I never had to worry about my finances in my previous life, this was the one area where I was the weakest in. I thought it would more beneficiary if there was a younger financial advisor since I could talk him rather than this stubborn old Elder Jong.
“Talking about money reminds me of how you were in the past. Didn’t you get into some major trouble trying to make money? That’s the reason why we owed that debt to the Yang Gi Chul.”
“How did we gain the debt of twenty thousand Nyang?”