Volume 2 Chapter 34 (1/2)
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Volume 2, Chapter 34 — Gifting Concocted Pills and Lending Flying s.h.i.+p, Lesser Waves Mountain's Flood Dragon Demon
Manager Chao's words carried along with it a meaning of praise and flattery. He was much more respectful to Zhang Yan than last time.
Zhou Chongju loved to write books about alchemy as well as concoct pills. He had no fixed duties and was totally not to be concerned with everything, so all the affairs within the pavilion usually were managed by the 2 Vice Masters.
However, the two Vice Masters' characters were very different. Vice Master Gu only cared about his herb fields and didn't have many thoughts, he has never asked about his jurisdiction in managing the pills' quota and surpluses.
But Dou Ming was different; this person was too selfish. He blindly curried favor for a few large and influential ancient families in the Azure Ocean Sect. He didn't hesitate even at the expense of the concocted pills being scarce and spent them without consideration. Since he had gone, Manager Chao felt that justice had been restored.
When Zhang Yan stepped into the entrance, he nodded at Manager Chao and then glanced at the surrounding.
Qin Nan thought that Manager Chao was in a hurry to greet a senior, however, when she saw Zhang Yan, she couldn't help but speak with a pleasant and surprised expression, ”Senior Brother, how are you here?”
Zhang Yan smiled and nodded, “I just happened to come here. Junior Sister Qin, are you here to exchange for concocted pills?”
Qin Nan nodded. She pulled a girl from her side and replied, ”Ah, yes. I'm here with Senior Sister w.a.n.g to exchange for a few Great Prime Pills.”
“Have you traded for them?”
Qin Nan shook her head, “Our Spirit Sh.e.l.lfishes are too few, we cannot afford the price.”
The Senior Sister w.a.n.g at her side looked at Zhang Yan a few times. Seeing that his ident.i.ty seemed to be quite high but not know about the relations.h.i.+p between the two, she intended to start talking but didn't dare to speak at the moment.
Manager Chao's heart thumped slightly. Qin Nan had yet to speak something as he immediately spoke to the steward beside him and asked, ”Have you received a large batch of Great Prime Pills recently?”
Since the steward had long been used to his conducts, he quickly understood and immediately spoke, ”Ah, yes. But it was actually just recently sent by Vice Master Gu's a.s.sistant. However, the batch has yet to be registered.”
Manager Chao spoke plainly, “Take 100 Great Prime Pills and give them to these Fellow Daoists.”
The steward hurriedly complied and went to the storehouse at the back. He deftly took 5 porcelain bottles from the cabinet as he then handed them over to Qin Nan.
Qin Nan's eyes widened as she spoke, ”I only have 100 Spirit Sh.e.l.lfishes. It's not enough to exchange for so many Great Prime Pills.”
Manager Chao secretly glanced at Zhang Yan. Seeing his unenthusiastic expression, as if he didn't mind and see anything, he coughed as he stood up and spoke, ”It's not a mistake. These 100 Spirit Sh.e.l.lfishes can be exchanged for 100 Great Prime Pills. Fellow Daoist can receive it.”
For such people like them and Pill Masters, except for the amount of quota they had to give to the Sect per year, they could keep a certain amount of surpluses. That was why they had a unique status in the sect.
It seemed that, in Manager Chao's mind, Zhang Yan was not only Zhou Chongju's direct disciple but also the sect's supervisor. He could call out his misdeed at any time and kick him out to a department paperwork position, so how would he dare not to flatter him?
Just like Dou Ming in the past, he had embezzled most of the concocted pills surpluses into his own pocket and used them to flatter the disciples from ancient families. Since he had died, now, the following Pill Masters' pocket were now richer than before. If a trifling amount of 50 Great Prime Pills was able to form a good relations.h.i.+p with Zhang Yan, this cost was really cheap.
However, Qin Nan was somewhat at a loss of what to do. She was only a 15-years-old girl, she didn't know whether she should accept it or not as her vision then s.h.i.+fted to ask for help from her Senior Sister w.a.n.g.
Zhang Yan smiled and said, “Junior Sister Qin, since Manager Chao said yes, then you can keep it.”
“Ah, yes, yes!” Senior Sister w.a.n.g promptly spoke in a hurry as she quickly took 100 Spirit Sh.e.l.lfish from her hand and handed them over. She seemed to be afraid that Manager Chao would go back on his words.
Listening to the both of them, Qin Nan also understood that she had gotten the pills cheaply, and received the 5 porcelain bottles of Great Prime Pills.
Zhang Yan was quite optimistic about Qin Nan's apt.i.tude, she would be s.h.i.+ning in the future. He didn't hesitate to help her this time. Upon seeing that the matter had been concluded, he then came out of the pavilion with the two of them as Manager Chao escorted them from behind.
When they had arrived outside, Senior Sister w.a.n.g saw a flying boat in the courtyard. Her complexion turned bright as she then spoke with flattery, ”Does this flying boat belong to Senior Brother Zhang?”
Zhang Yan said, “Yes.”
Senior Sister w.a.n.g couldn't help but glance at Zhang Yan as she secretly thought, “This Senior Brother actually has a flying boat. He seems to have a high status in the Alchemy Pavilion. From which ancient family did he come from exactly?”
According to the Azure Ocean Sect's rules, only when disciples have reached Radiant Qi Realm would they be eligible to ride a flying s.h.i.+p. However, not all cultivators were able to have a flying s.h.i.+p, because refining a flying s.h.i.+p consumed a lot of materials. If one did not originate from an Ancient Family or were elite disciples from Apprentices.h.i.+p Branches, it would be very difficult for them to have one.
Such as w.a.n.g Pan that had 9 flying s.h.i.+ps, all of them belonged to him. He didn't even give them to his clansmen who lived together with him.
When Zhang Yan saw that the 2 of them didn't seem to have a flying s.h.i.+p, he then asked out of courtesy, ”Where are the 2 of you headed to? Do you want me to give you a ride?”
Senior Sister w.a.n.g lamented, “To be frank, we need to go back to the Lesser Estuary Sh.o.r.e and meet our Senior Brothers and Sisters. From there we will be led by our Master to the Sea Inlet Pure Manor to practice, and it would take at least 7 days to get there by ferry.”