692 This Chapter Was Written In Leisure Time (1/2)

”Big Boss Shu, we have brought the goods for this week…”

In front of a bustling shop in the City of Immortals, a middle-aged merchant with a plump figure stooped and cupped his hands and looked at the teenager in front of him flatteringly. There were perspiration oozing from his forehead, but he dared not wipe it.

The young man in front of the merchant gave him a faint look, and then turned his eyes to the carriage behind the merchant and could not help but smile.

”Mr. Tan, don't you think that the amount of weekly supply should be more than that?”

The merchant hastened to say, ”Big Boss Shu, you don't know this, but I have my difficulties too. Recently…”

The teenager waved his hand. ”No need to say it, it's useless. I don't need to know if you have any difficulties. As merchants, we all have our own difficulties. I just want to ask, what to do when the deeds are different from the words?”

More cold sweat appeared on Mr. Tan's face, but he was unable to speak.

”In this street, I am only a newcomer, and as a predecessor, Mr. Tan ought to be clearer about this than I am. The most important word in the merchant operation is integrity.”

The young teenager, who looked particularly immature, rudely scolded the merchant several times older than him and soon caught the attention of the crowd in the street.

The fat merchant, Mr. Tan's fat face was red and purple with anger and shame, but he didn't even have the courage to look at the person in front of him. He could only sigh in his heart that in this City of Immortals, the new generation excelled the previous.

As the teenager said, he was just a new person. Not to mention in this street, in the whole merchant circle, he was also still a newcomer. He had only been in the business for a few months at most, and even three months prior, his shop was still in the remote corner of the City of Immortals. But now, he had firmly established himself in the busy street and had the courage to reprimand him.

The reason was simple: he was stronger than him.

The world of merchants, like the world of immortal cultivation, also paid particular attention to strength. The difference was, the strength of cultivators was embodied in their cultivation, while the strength of merchants was embodied in money. This young man was richer than him, and he controlled his money-making lifeline. Thus, even if he was rude to him, he had to be patient.

How could a merchant who had been in the business for just several months be more powerful than Mr. Tan who had been in the business for decades?

The reason was simple. Because more than a month ago, the merchants in the City of Immortals set up a huge gambling game. In that game, some people won, while others lost. The winner moved from a remote corner to a busy central block, while the losers endured humiliation and rudeness.

The origin of the gambling was the huge divergence between various merchants in the City of Immortals in predicting the future. Some people were bullish on the Union of Ten Thousand Immortals, while the others were completely bearish. At that time, it was the most difficult time for the Union of Ten Thousand Immortals in the Grand Competition. The powerful people who could call wind and rain such as Daoist He Tu, Daoist Master Non-Phase, and the others remained silent and did not come forward to turn the situation around. On the other hand, there was also the incitement from the Heavenly Book Building and other factions. This made the confidence of many people shake tremendously.

The most sensitive to this change was the merchants from all over Nine Regions. In view of the possible changes in the future, merchants made various predictions in order to take precautions. However, there were different opinions. Some people still have the confidence in the Union of Ten Thousand Immortals, while others felt that the competition was as good as lost. The largest and strongest merchant group, Mysterious Sky Mansion, maintained a neutral attitude in this debate because of their own upper-level struggle and thus failed to resolve the differences at all… Hence, the differences created contradictions, and contradictions led to war. The wars between merchants would not create rivers of blood like a real war, but it was nonetheless equally fierce.

In short, Mr. Tan, who was a seasoned merchant, chose the bearish side for various reasons and then stuck with it thoroughly with many of his peers. The business that had been established for hundreds of years and worked on hard for decades had all been washed away.

Of course, Mr. Tan was slightly luckier than most of his peers. At least, he could still survive. Many of his peers had gone completely bankrupt and thus brought harm to their families.

”Big Boss Shu, please give me a one week grace. Right now, I really couldn't provide the goods…”

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The conversation at the entrance did not last long. Since a big carriage was blocking the entrance, the store's business could not be done. In the end, Big Boss Shu did not hound Mr. Tan to death. It was just that, after muddying through this difficulty, Mr. Tan, seemed to have shed off several layers of skin. In his heart, however, he scolded the young man for being fiercer than many of his predecessors. After the defeat, he still had a bit of capital left, so it was still possible to make a comeback. However, if this youth exploited him several more times, perhaps in this life, he could not stand up from failure anymore.

On the other side, the teenager went into the backyard after saying a few words to his buddy in the store. As soon as he entered the door, he put down the solemn expression from his face and loudly shouted out to the lonely figure under the shade of the backyard.

”Hahaha, Dead Face, did you see it? Just now, I domineeringly cut that man's face into pieces…”

Before he could finish his words, a cold voice interrupted, ” A monkey wearing a hat, the fox exploits the tiger's might.” (Worthless person in imposing attire, using powerful connections to intimidate people)

”Hahaha, you're just jealous of my cheerful personality that I can work outside. A gloomy person like you can only stay alone in this room.”