"I understand!" Su Yu always had a sense of propriety, so he knew when he could use the token and when he couldn't.
"Okay, I look forward to seeing you shine for the Red Blood Palace in a month. But, before that, you'd better keep it a secret. Don't leak the secret that you know Mu words. This is for your own safety," the Deputy General Manager said.
Su Yu was shocked. This matter involved billions of crystals, so he would naturally be in great danger. Once he was exposed, he might be hunted down by the Central Prefecture.
"Yes!" Su Yu nodded and left.
Seeing Su Yu leave, the Deputy General Manager looked worried. "I found another person who knows Mu words. I hope I won't lose too badly in the Desolate Evil Jungle's sacrificial ceremony."
As he walked out of the side palace, Su Yu was met with many pairs of eyes.
Some were confused, some were surprised, and some were puzzled.
"Who was that old man? He seemed to have stayed in the Deputy General Manager's side palace for a long time. "
"I don't know him. He must be a shopkeeper somewhere. Otherwise, I would have an impression of him."
Although the crowd was puzzled, they didn't pay much attention to Su Yu because he looked unfamiliar.
Su Yu left the hall quietly, and no one knew what had happened in the side palace.
The middle-aged guard at the entrance of the hall looked at Su Yu in surprise, then chuckled and said, "It seems like you aren't an ordinary outer sanctum disciple. The Deputy General Manager is short-tempered, and he only receives guests for a short period of time. Since you were able to stay for such a long time, you must have gained his appreciation."
Su Yu smiled bitterly. "I'm just a temporary shopkeeper of a low-grade elixir store. How could I gain his appreciation? I didn't dare disturb the Deputy General Manager when he was flipping through the books, so I waited there. In fact, I only exchanged two or three sentences with him. "
Even though the middle-aged guard in front of him was a warm and friendly person, Su Yu was not so foolish as to befriend someone he had just met with a few words.
"Oh, I see." A look of disappointment flashed in the middle-aged guard's eyes as he led Su Yu out of the nine-story building.
In front of the building's seal, the middle-aged guard said, "I wish you good luck. If you have any difficulties, you can look for me."
Su Yu said, "Thank you for taking care of me. May I know your name?"
"Hehe, you're just a guard. How can I have a name? My surname is Jue. If you have any trouble, you can look for me. "
Su Yu cupped his fists at him and said, "I will. Farewell."
As he spoke, he stepped out of the pavilion and entered the crowd.
As he watched Su Yu leave, the middle-aged man furrowed his brows and snorted softly through his nostrils. An impatient look appeared on his face as he said, "It seems like he's really just a temporary shopkeeper and isn't a reinforcement sent by the Red Blood Palace."
As Su Yu walked among the crowd, his eyes flickered as he recalled the middle-aged man named Jue. He then shook his head and said, "This person is really scheming. Even though I'm just a nameless junior, and I'm still weak, he can still be so kind and considerate."
He never denied that there were good, warm-hearted people in the world, but he also did not deny that there were many false good people who pretended to be warm-hearted.
The former only lived in a peaceful environment, while the latter lived in a competitive environment.
The Nine Story Pavilion was located in Tianya City, where good and bad people mixed together. There were definitely many factions in the Nine Story Pavilion, and the environment was very intense.
Hence, it was highly possible that the other party belonged to the latter, and he was trying to leave a good impression on Su Yu.
Of course, Su Yu didn't think that there was anything wrong with him. He just felt that he was scheming.
Shaking his head, Su Yu prepared to walk toward the Tonglin Elixir Store.
All of a sudden, the small island that was floating in the air opposite the Nine Story Pavilion flickered, and a woman in a green dress walked out of it.
The passersby stopped in their tracks and exclaimed in surprise.
Su Yu raised his head subconsciously, and his whole body stiffened. His gaze was fixed on the woman, and it was difficult for him to look away.
It was a woman in a green palace dress. She was in her early twenties, and her skin was very fair, like the white snow that covered the wasteland in the middle of winter.
Her smooth black hair was combed into a Fairy Gazing Nine Rings bun, and a red plum blossom was inserted into it. She was wearing a green palace dress with ancient patterns that was shaped like a cloud.
Her figure was graceful, and she had a dignified and elegant air about her. She seemed like an indescribably noble princess.
This was especially the case for her pair of limpid autumn eyes, which shone with a divine light and were filled with enchanting ripples.
Once she appeared, she was like a mass of tender and soft water, which was sprinkling coolly on the noisy mortal world, making it brighter and more beautiful.
As he looked at the beautiful figure, Su Yu couldn't get over it for a long time.
It was her, the woman that Su Yu couldn't forget. She was Lü Chuyi!
Su Yu couldn't forget the guilt he felt towards her.
Lü Chuyi was elegantly and calmly leaving the floating island. That was the Purple Cloud Palace's headquarters, and she had been ordered to come here to deal with an extremely important matter.
She left the island, and the gazes of the outside world couldn't affect her state of mind. She flew gracefully in the air and flew into the distance.
However, all of a sudden, her heart skipped a beat. There was a gaze in the crowd that caused her heart to palpitate.
She subconsciously looked in the direction of that gaze, but she could only see the gaze of an ordinary person. That gaze had disappeared without a trace.
"Strange … Did my senses deceive me?" Lü Chuyi's slender, willowy eyebrows curled slightly as she muttered softly. She shook her head and left.
Su Yu stepped out of a deserted alley in the distance, which was filled with lightning. He had a complicated feeling in his heart.
He couldn't acknowledge Lü Chuyi with his real body. In her heart, Su Yu was probably still living in the distant Zhenlong World.
Moreover, even if he did acknowledge her, Su Yu didn't know how he should face her.
I'll just bear with it for now. I'll wait until my power reaches a profound level, and I don't fear any powerful enemies before I meet her again, Su Yu thought to himself.
Su Yu surveyed his surroundings, determined his direction, and headed toward the Tonglin Elixir Store.
After half a day had passed, Su Yu finally found the Tonglin Elixir Store.
Tianya City was divided into the Inner City and the Outer City.
Almost all of the prosperous industries of the Red Blood Palace, the Purple Cloud Palace, and the Central Prefecture's factions were located in the Inner City.
Compared to the Inner City, the Outer City was in ruins because it had been destroyed by many wars.
First, it was affected by the aftermath of the great war between humans and ghosts a hundred years ago. Then, the Central Prefecture's repeated attacks on the Eighteen Blessed and Heavenly Lands had caused the Outer City to be in ruins.
Looking down from the sky, one could see that the surroundings were filled with dilapidated ruins.
Even though some of the areas had been rebuilt, they still couldn't compare to the resplendent Inner City.
The people living in the Outer City were all martial artists in dire straits who depended on Tianya City for a living. Their power was low, and they didn't have enough crystals. They couldn't afford the expensive houses in the bustling Inner City, and they couldn't afford expensive spiritual items. Thus, they could only make a living in Tianya City during the day, and return to the Outer City to cultivate in silence at night.
Thus, the Outer City was deserted. The dilapidated streets were filled with martial artists who were hurrying back and forth.
In Su Yu's words, the Outer City was like a slum.
As Su Yu stood in the sky, the martial artists who passed by him would often take a few glances at him. This was because he was wearing the Red Blood Palace's uniform and was a prestigious disciple of a prestigious faction.
Su Yu sighed softly. He finally understood why the Tonglin Elixir Store's business was so bad.
It wasn't because the previous shopkeepers were incapable, but because the environment was too harsh.
After landing on the ground, Su Yu went to the Tonglin Elixir Store.
The Tonglin Elixir Store was located in the center of the Outer City, and it was considered the most bustling place in the area.
But walking on this street, the number of pedestrians could be counted on one's fingers, pitifully small.
The Tonglin Elixir Store was densely packed with all kinds of small and narrow stores. There were more than 30 elixir stores alone. The shopkeepers in the stores were bored to death and were killing time.
The Tonglin Elixir Store didn't have anything special about it, and it wasn't eye-catching at all. If Su Yu hadn't been on a mission, he wouldn't have taken a second look at the Tonglin Elixir Store.
"Such a bleak situation … It's much worse than I imagined." Su Yu sighed softly.
He clasped his hands behind his back as he entered the Tonglin Elixir Store. It was only about twenty square meters in size, and it was a small elixir store.
The elixir store's elixirs could barely be considered complete, and most of them were ordinary elixirs that could only be used by people below the Fairy Realm. There were only a few spirit elixirs that could be consumed by Fairies.
This was because there were only a few Fairies living in the Outer City, and even if the store was filled with spirit elixirs, no one would come here to buy them. Hence, its customers were mainly the Outer City's poor residents.
"What do you want?" Su Yu stopped in front of the counter for a while before a youth, who was about eighteen years old, walked over from behind and shouted at Su Yu from afar. His voice was ice-cold and devoid of any enthusiasm.
Even the shopkeepers are like this? Su Yu was speechless. This elixir store is really hopeless!
"Do you think that I'm here to buy elixirs?" Su Yu asked expressionlessly.
The youth furrowed his brows and asked impatiently, "Are you crazy? What are you doing here if you aren't here to buy elixirs?"
When he reached the store's entrance, he noticed that Su Yu was wearing the Red Blood Palace's blue robe.
His expression changed slightly, and his impatience disappeared. He then asked, "Did you come here to take over the shopkeeper's position? Just give me two months' worth of wages, as I don't want to work here for a long time. "
He was a local of Tianya City, and he was also an employee hired by the store.
Since they didn't have a shopkeeper, they had left it to these employees to manage the store, and they were given their wages at regular intervals.
Since the store was about to be closed, no one had come to visit it recently, and this was why their wages had been delayed.
Su Yu sized him up calmly, then nodded and said, "Okay, I'm here to take over the shopkeeper's position. How many employees are there in the store? Summon them over to me, as I have something to say."
The youth curled his lips. "Tsk! Are you trying to encourage everyone to work wholeheartedly? Are you trying to sell elixirs with a smile on your face? Your predecessors were already tired of it, and they used all kinds of methods to attract customers. So, why do you still need to waste your time? In any case, this elixir store is about to be closed. "
He complained disdainfully, but he still led Su Yu to the back hall for the sake of his wages.
The back hall wasn't big, and it was a courtyard that had four rooms. One of them was empty, while the other three rooms were occupied by a single person.
"Qing Liu, Ying Luan, come out. Our new shopkeeper is about to give us a lecture. Hehe." The youth stood at the center of the courtyard and spoke in a self-mocking manner.
Su Yu's expression didn't change, and he just stood calmly at the center of the courtyard.
After a short while, a man and a woman walked out of each of the rooms. They were both eighteen or nineteen years old, and they were dressed shabbily. Their cultivations were quite low, and the woman's name was Ying Luan. She wasn't even at the Immortal Realm, as she was still in the Dragon Realm.
It seemed like they were all poor residents of the Outer City.
The youth's name was Qing Liu, and he was quite skinny. He wore a cold expression as he walked out. He wasn't afraid of the new shopkeeper, and he walked toward him at a moderate pace.
The woman's name was Ying Luan, and she was quite nervous as she ran.
"Greetings … Shopkeeper." Ying Luan was so nervous that her face became flushed, and she stuttered as she spoke. She didn't dare to look Su Yu in the eye.
Qing Liu crossed his arms in front of his chest as he looked at Su Yu and asked, "Shopkeeper?"
The youth laughed mockingly. "That's right, I'm the shopkeeper. He came here to pay us …"
"How much do you owe him?" Su Yu interrupted him and asked calmly.
The youth was startled by this, and he wondered … Did he really come here to pay us? He then laughed heartily and said, "Did he really come here to pay us? I assumed that he was just another braggart …"
"Did your ears not work well? Let me ask you … How much do you owe him? "Su Yu wore a calm expression, and it was impossible to discern whether he was happy or angry.
The youth's face stiffened, and he became slightly infuriated. He then extended his hand and said, "Two months' worth of wages, twenty crystals."
Qing Liu's eyes flickered, and he sneered coldly.
Su Yu nodded calmly, then put his hand into his pocket and prepared to take out twenty crystals.
At this moment, he heard Ying Luan speaking cautiously, "Wait a moment! Wages … We don't have that much."
Su Yu stopped and looked at Ying Luan.
Ying Luan's whole body shivered when he looked at her. She was quite scared, and she clasped her hands tightly together while biting her red lips.
"Is that so? How much is two months' worth of wages? "Su Yu didn't look at the youth, but at Ying Luan. His gaze became slightly gentler.
The youth curled up the corners of his mouth, and it seemed like he was quite angry. "Ying Luan, why didn't I know that you were so daring? If you dare to speak carelessly again, I will slap your mouth."
After he spoke, he looked at Su Yu coldly and asked, "Why are you still in a daze? Give me twenty crystals. "
Su Yu turned a deaf ear to him and looked at Ying Luan. "How many months' worth of wages do you owe?"
Ying Luan was so scared that she didn't dare to raise her head. She just raised a finger and said in a low voice, "I just came here for a month."
In fact, apart from the youth, both of them had just come here not too long ago. As for the previous employees, they had already left after they realized that they didn't have any future prospects.
"Okay, twenty crystals. Take it." Su Yu took out a small spatial ring, which was filled with twenty crystals.
A spatial ring? Qing Liu and the youth were slightly startled by this, as just this small spatial ring cost ten crystals! This meant that he had just given Ying Luan thirty crystals!
Ying Luan raised her head abruptly, as if she was a startled deer. She quickly waved her hands and retreated. "No, no, I don't have that much. I only worked here for a month, so I only got two crystals as a wage. I don't dare to take it. "
How could an employee of such a small shop earn twenty crystals a month?
The Red Blood Palace's outer sanctum's disciples only got a hundred crystals a month.
In Tianya City's slums, two crystals were a reasonable wage.
"I'm the shopkeeper, so I decide how much you get paid. From today onward, the Tonglin Elixir Store's employees will get twenty crystals a month." Su Yu stuffed the spatial ring into Ying Luan's hands.
Ying Luan's mind went blank as she held the ring.
Twenty crystals? She couldn't even earn that much in a year!
Moreover, in the future, his monthly salary would be twenty crystals!
This was the best treatment that only the employees of the Inner City's luxurious and high-class stores could get!
Su Yu turned his head to look at Qing Liu and asked calmly, "What about you? How many months did you owe? "
When Qing Liu met Su Yu's gaze, he suddenly became reserved, and he unconsciously let go of his hands, which were crossed over his chest. His gaze also became less sharp, and he didn't even dare to look at Su Yu for long. It was obvious that he was shocked by Su Yu's generosity, and his aura quickly weakened.
"It's also a month …" Qing Liu immediately regretted his words. Why didn't I say a few more months? It seemed like this new shopkeeper was easy to bully, as he didn't even dare to offend Qin Ze after being mocked by him.
Su Yu nodded and threw a small pouch at him. There were also twenty crystals in it.
He didn't get a spatial ring, so he was much worse off than Ying Luan.
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