Chapter 91

Chapter 91: Golden Phoenix Pavilion

“You three can go welcome him together. Rong Shu will come down the mountain with me. We set this up a while ago,” Fu Yong Kang emphasized at last.

Qin Yuan sighed and relented: “Very well. Junior Sister Rong, don’t stay out too late…”

“Off we go!” Before Qin Yuan could finish his reminder, Fu Yong Kang had already grabbed Rong Shu and hustled her away, as if afraid Qin Yuan would change his mind.

Peace Martial City.

Before the Golden Phoenix Pavilion.

Rong Shu and Fu Yong Kang stopped at the entrance.

Watching the lively flow of people, Fu Yong Kang grinned and explained: “Today is the Golden Phoenix Pavilion’s annual celebration. Everything inside is marked down for a big clearance sale, and there’s an auction too.”

Rong Shu gestured toward the building: “What kind of place is this?”

She had visited Peace Martial City a few times, but her range of activity was always small, and the city was large. She had never explored it end to end.

Fu Yong Kang put on an air of mystery: “It’s a place where whatever you want to buy, you can find, and it’s tailored to cultivators.”

Rong Shu blinked, skeptical: “Whatever I want? That magical?”

“Naturally. There’s nothing you can think of that this building can’t get,” Fu Yong Kang boasted.

“Then which power backs the Golden Phoenix Pavilion?”

Since the Golden Phoenix Pavilion looked so formidable, its backing had to be significant, or it could not hold such a vast enterprise.

Fu Yong Kang puffed out his little belly: “Heh heh, my family.”

“Mm? Your family?”

Rong Shu had half believed him, but after hearing that it was his family’s, she began to doubt again. [He isn’t just tooting his own horn, is he?]

Seeing her look, Fu Yong Kang guessed what she was thinking.

He answered honestly this time: “You’ll know once you’re inside. It’s not as miraculous as the rumors say, but for cultivators like us, the Golden Phoenix Pavilion will have what we want.”

[Us? Ordinary cultivators?] Rong Shu gave him a look. [Is this guy a normal cultivator?]

“But if it’s your family’s business, why invite me to tag along?” Rong Shu could not imagine what help she could provide.

With a branch in the city, he could casually find any clansman to help him. That would be easy.

Fu Yong Kang explained: “Here’s the thing. I was a bit extravagant these past few months and exceeded my limit. As it happens, the Golden Phoenix Pavilion is putting a new item up for auction today. I wanted to reserve it ahead of time, but my elders refused.”

“So I can only go as an ordinary guest and buy it myself.”

“I see.” Rong Shu was about to sigh that the troubles of the rich did not resonate with the poor like her, when she caught herself: “Wait, what does that have to do with me?”

Fu Yong Kang scratched his head with an embarrassed smile: “Heh, my identity is too conspicuous. If I go buy it, the registration will give me away. So…”

Rong Shu immediately understood: “So you want to use my identity to purchase it, then hand it over to you afterward.”

“Exactly!” Fu Yong Kang nodded.

“Of course, so you don’t make a trip for nothing, if you see anything you like… well, as long as it doesn’t exceed two hundred thousand spirit stones, I’ll buy it for you.”

“Two hundred thousand spirit stones?!”

Hearing that, Rong Shu was thoroughly stunned by Fu Yong Kang’s domineering wealth.

But when she came back to herself, she hastily refused.

“No need. It’s just lending a hand.”

If it were a few hundred or a thousand spirit stones, just pocket change, she might accept without concern.

But if it was over ten thousand spirit stones, the sum was too large.

“Really don’t need it?” Fu Yong Kang asked again.

Two hundred thousand spirit stones was pocket money to him. In his world, anything solvable with money was not a problem.

Rong Shu shook her head, then thought of something: “However… I want to learn more about techniques of other attributes. Since this is your family’s business, could you recommend some techniques to me later?”

“No problem. Leave it to me!” Fu Yong Kang patted his chest. “I can even let you read directly. I have permissions. I can’t show outsiders the most advanced techniques, but Xuan-rank and Huang-rank techniques are fine.”

Rong Shu’s eyes lit up: “All right, that’s the deal.”

“Deal!”

…

At present, Rong Shu’s true cultivation stood as follows:

Primary cultivation, wind, darkness, and water: Qi Refining ninth layer.

Secondary cultivation, fire and wood: Qi Refining fifth layer.

Tertiary cultivation, metal and earth: Qi Refining fourth layer.

Over the past month, she had mainly cultivated darkness and water.

She had barely practiced fire and wood, so those realms had not changed.

Metal and earth had each advanced by one layer.

She proposed this plan not out of simple curiosity but to use the chance to seek techniques of other attributes to cultivate.

In the sect, there were many restrictions. At most she could look at Huang-rank techniques of other attributes.

Anything above Huang-rank required spirit stones or contribution points to exchange. No disciple without the corresponding spiritual root would spend money to buy techniques of an attribute they did not possess. [Wouldn’t that be announcing to everyone that something is off about you?]

Now, with Fu Yong Kang’s opportunity, she could finally get access to Xuan-rank techniques of other attributes.

She might even find something truly useful.

…

Once they entered the Golden Phoenix Pavilion, the two waited for the auction to begin.

When the lot Fu Yong Kang wanted appeared, he nudged Rong Shu urgently: “That’s the one. Bid for me. I’ll cover the spirit stones.”

Rong Shu shot him an eyes-say-got-it look, then raised her paddle.

The lot was a fist-sized pearl.

It was said to have come from a major secret realm.

Its function was unclear, but it had a marvelous effect of nurturing all living things. Minor ailments recovered quickly, and even serious injuries healed faster than with pills.

A newly discovered property was that it could block pain.

That was what Fu Yong Kang was after.

In the end, thanks to his deep pockets, he won the item without surprise.

At delivery, when Fu Yong Kang received the lot, joy showed plainly on his face. He thanked Rong Shu repeatedly: “Rong Shu, thank you.”

“Come on, I’ll take you over now.”