48 Strength Revealed (2/2)
”Addressing the honored guest. To become a VIP member, you'd have to be a patron here for at least a year.”
Van's eye started to twitch. He didn't have a year to spend here. Having only cultivated for 13 years so far, a year was an extremely long amount of time for him. During that time, he could most likely raise himself by a major cultivation stage. And so, he inquired for another way. After some hesitation, the attendant replied once more.
”Honored Guest... well... there is another way.”
Van could see the conflicted look on her face. Desperate for a decent drink, he slapped a banknote on the table. Seeing the banknote, the attendant immediately put aside her grievances and enthusiastically answered.
”You could befriend a Manager or someone of higher status in the Pavilion and they could obtain for you a VIP membership.”
Afraid that Van would be dissatisfied with the information and take back his banknote, she deftly slipped it away in her pockets. His mind full of thoughts on how to obtain the VIP membership, Van thanked the attendant and walked back up to the third floor, purchasing a private room. Sipping the Purple Bamboo Tea, the finest tea of the Jade Dragon Tea Pavilion's Third Floor, Van racked his brain to find out a way to get into the 4th, 5th, and 6th floors.
”Should I just bribe a manager with my spirit stones?”
Van thought to himself. But, if he did, he'd definitely be labeled as a fat sheep and taken advantage of. He wanted to stay low, his outburst at the gate previously was not something that he wanted to be repeated. The Flowing River Sect did not like its Sect Disciples revealing their affiliation and abusing their authority. As such, any sect disciple that wasn't a core disciple and was caught flaunting their sect robes in the outer world would be punished severely. Being an Inner Sect Disciple, Van wasn't excluded from this rule along with the fact that he had an Inner Sect Elder as his lifelong enemy who would definitely kick him while he was down, so he couldn't afford to break any rules not that he planned to or anything.
As he drummed on the table and sipped his tea lost in his thoughts, Van heard a loud disturbance. Opening the door to his private room, he peaked out to see an arrogant young man dressed in yellow robes with two guards at the First Stage of Dantian Formation flanking him. Everyone else had also peaked out to see what all the fuss was about. A malicious grin grew across the young man's face. At once, he started to proudly declare his decree to the clients of the Jade Dragon Tea Pavilion's Third Floor.
”I am claiming this floor for my own, now please quickly evacuate!”
At first, many clients started to sneer and some brave ones even told him to go screw off. But, this instead made the young man even more amused.
”Do you not know who this young master is? Allow my lowly self to enlighten you. This young master's name is Yu Chang!”