Chapter 27 - Clang! (1/2)

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In the afternoon, peace returned to the pawnshop.

The three official pawnbrokers all appeared. Chen Shaojun deliberately glanced at the Great Pawnbroker, Qin Dazhao.

He was a little old man who looked to be in his fifties or sixties. He wore a black cloth robe and was neatly dressed. He was expressionless the entire time. Even when he showed his face, he did not say anything. He only watched as the Second Pawnbroker Dai Ming and the Third Pawnbroker Zhang Gao reassured the apprentice pawnbrokers.

It was truly hard to imagine that he had the title of Iron Hands outside the pawnshop.

Soon, the shopkeeper also arrived.

He was accompanied by a young man in his twenties. He had a handsome face and was dressed in white. He also held a fan in his hand and looked like a prince.

“This is Lin Qi. In the future, he will take over Shen Lang’s job.”

The shopkeeper didn’t give a long introduction. He quickly made all the servants and the apprentices carry out their duties.

Upon seeing this, Lin Qi smiled slightly. With a wave of his hand, the fan in his hand opened up. Then, a painting of mountains and rivers appeared on it.

However, what really drew people’s attention was a line of neat, regular words on the landscape painting.

The words were “Second in the World!”

Second in the world?

In that case, who was first?

Furthermore, what did this refer to?

Everyone was puzzled.

However, since he was the ticketing manager, his status was only below that of the shopkeeper and the three official pawnbrokers. No one dared to speak up without knowing his personality and whether he was easy to talk to.

Even Xu Hongtao also started doing his job of unpacking the goods obediently.

“Second in the world? Does he admit to being beneath only one person?”

“Is he really confident, or is he just being showy?”

“However, if his surname is Lin…”

Chen Shaojun’s eyes flashed.

He would never forget that this pawnshop belonged to the Lin family.

Thus, the appearance of the other party seemed to indicate something.

However, he guessed that this person probably wasn’t a direct descendant of the Lin family.

After all, no matter how much the Lin family, which had produced prime ministers and generals, had declined, they would not allow their direct descendants to work in their shops.

Furthermore, the current head of the Lin family also had an esteemed position in the imperial court.

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Night fell.

Most of the apprentices and servants had already laid down on their large bunk bed to rest.

Meanwhile, Chen Shaojun stood in the backyard and started cultivating his standing mediation skill again.

The benefits of reporting to the martial arts school had become evident at this moment.

He no longer had to sneak around when he practiced martial arts.

Even if others saw him, they would be envious at most. However, they would not doubt the origins of his martial arts techniques.

In the Lin Pawnshop, there were very few people who knew martial arts.

Only Xu Hongtao, the three pawnbrokers, and Shopkeeper Liu practiced martial arts.

As of the present, the new ticketing manager, Lin Qi, should be included as well.

Many senior executives were gathered in the pawnshop today. Chen Shaojun could not hold back his curiosity and used the Spiritual Eye technique to observe their blood and qi. The difference between a martial artist and an ordinary person became clear at a glance.

From this, Chen Shaojun could tell that the Third Pawnbroker Zhang Gao had the weakest martial arts skills among them. The strength of his blood and qi was only several times stronger than an ordinary apprentice pawnbroker.

He was surpassed by the Second Pawnbroker Dai Ming and Shopkeeper Liu Quan.

What surprised Chen Shaojun was that the strength of Xu Hongtao’s blood and qi was only slightly stronger than that of Shopkeeper Liu Quan. However, he was no match for the Great Pawnbroker Qin Dazhao.

When he heard Xu Hongtao brag from time to time, he really thought that Xu Hongtao was very strong.

Perhaps it was because he was injured?

Having mastered the Four Diagnostic Methods used in traditional Chinese medicine, Chen Shaojun could faintly tell that Xu Hongtao’s blood and qi were somewhat weak. He should have suffered heavy injuries before.

Furthermore, the injury was near his dantian.

However, Chen Shaojun was most surprised by Lin Qi.