C8

"Duan Jian is promoted to Inspector!"

The news spread like the wind to every corner of the Qi Sect, and Duan Hu heard of it as well.

"What kind of dog shit luck did a waste have? He kept levelling up, and after entering the inner sect, he would become a deacon. In just a few months, he will become an inspector."

Duan Hu was unwilling, but Duan Hu understood that there was no such thing as a free lunch in this world. The reason why Duan Meng became an inner court disciple wasn't just because of good luck, but also because of his strong inner strength. Duan Hu didn't understand. "A fellow that doesn't have zhenqi in his dantian, how did he suddenly rise to prominence?"

Duan Hu carefully checked it out and even made a trip back home before finding out that Duan Jian had consumed a Grade Seven Heavenly Dragon Spirit Pill. Duan Hu's hatred was difficult to describe.

It was actually that useless old man from the temple back home. Duan Hu didn't expect him to be such a strange person and gave him a Grade 7 Heavenly Wolf Spirit Pill for free.

In Fire Dragon City, the Qi Sect had four major marketplaces. One was a herb market, one was a pill market, one was an equipment market, and the other was a bank market. Amongst the four major markets of Fire Dragon City, the Qi Sect was the largest and also the highest quality. In particular, the herb market and pill market were the top players in Fire Dragon City. In Fire Dragon City, there were only a few who could produce a large amount of medicinal herbs and pills. The pill markets of the Qi Sect were also among the top, and the highest grade among them was a Grade 3 pill.

Duan Ling Tian was promoted to the post of Inspector and was the 5th Inspector of the Aura Sect. He held an illustrious position and had his own mansion in Fire Dragon City. Needless to say, servants were there.

On the first day of his term, the supervisors of the four major marketplaces of the Aura Sect had discussed and arranged a grand banquet. All the reputable characters of Fire Dragon City had arrived, so it could be said that they had given him face.

After the banquet ended, Duan Meng returned to his own mansion. Just as he sat down, the managers of the four major cities of the Aura Sect came to visit. Each of them held a wooden box and could tell at a glance that it was a gift.

The four chiefs had agreed long ago that they would give gifts to the new inspector. Firstly, they could build a closer relationship with him, and secondly, they hoped that the new inspector would not go through the previous accounts, because there were some discrepancies in the accounts of each supervisor. These four chiefs had become a lot more greedy over the years, and in the past, they were only managed by a deacon.

Medicinal Herbs Market Supervisor Meng Fei brought a box of Black Jade Broken Healing Ointment. It was worth quite a sum and weighed at least 1 jin. This Black Jade Broken Healing Ointment was only able to heal a little bit. If applied to an injured area, it could regenerate broken bones. It was worth a whole jin of it.

The pill shop manager, Qin Hui, had brought ten Tier 3 spiritual pills. It was enough to see the sincerity in Qin Hui's words. The Qi Sect had the most Tier 1 Spiritual Pills, whereas the Tier 2 ones were rare. The reason Qin Hui was able to take out ten Tier 3 Spiritual Pills was due to his years of greed. Otherwise, he wouldn't have such wealth.

As long as his dantian's true qi was sufficient, he could use the flying sword to fly. This was also something that Dou Wu had accumulated for many years. Initially, he was reluctant to part with it, but it was due to Dou Wu's wife's strong persuasion that he took it out.

Qian Tongtong, the manager of the Qian house market, had brought a crystal card with two million silver on it. It was enough to buy a few villas and was not a small amount of wealth.

Duan Meng looked at the gifts the four of them had given him and understood the meaning in his heart. Although he was young, he understood the principle of making things convenient for others. If he had immediately rejected the gift, the four of them would not have liked him and would have created difficulties for themselves in their tasks. Only after receiving the gift, would they be able to blend into their group and not guard against Duan Jian.

Because he was in charge of them, he would take care of them in the future. He didn't expect that the three great sects of Fire Dragon City would also pay him a visit. The people who came were each their own deacons. The Martial Ancestor Deacon Su You Liang delivered a list of items, along with a nameless crystal card, containing 1 million silver. The Jade Sect Deacon Fairy Jade was also bringing over a list of artifacts. Similarly, there was a Crystal Card, which also had the same amount of money.

"Honored Inspector, you still need to take care of my sect's business in the future. As long as you continue to maintain your status as an envoy, I, Wu Zong, am willing to offer you ten million silver taels as a token of respect."

"Sir Inspector, the Jade Sect is the same. As long as you can take care of my business, I am willing to give you ten million silver taels every year. I would also like to invite you to pick a treasure for free!"

At first, he had discussed it with the Jade Sect and decided to give them the same gift. Now that the Jade Fairy was interested and offered a chance to choose a treasure, Su You Liang could only add on, "This lowly sect is willing to allow the Inspector to choose a treasure at a time."

Duan Meng could only laugh out loud: "Seniors, I appreciate your presence. I will definitely visit your sect some other day and deliver a gift in return."

"I don't dare to. As long as you like it, Sir Inspector, then that's good. We didn't expect Sir to return the visit. As long as you maintain your status quo and make a fortune together, we would be deeply grateful."

After the two of them left, Duan Ru Yue started browsing through the items sent over by Wu Zong and Yu Zong, but his interest was piqued. The current Duan Ling Tian had 100 stalks of Heavenly Dragon Grass, 100 stalks of Heavenly Dragon Grass over 100 years of age. If he were to convert them into money, not to mention gold and silver, it would even cost tens of millions of gold and silver.

In the Great Yu Dynasty, a Tier 1 Spiritual Pill was equivalent to a hundred taels of silver. Duan Meng had ten Tier 3 Spiritual Pills in his hands, and he could be exchanged for 100 thousand Tier 1 Spiritual Pills.

This was because he had discovered the secret cave of the Sky Dragon Grass, which was why he was promoted to be a Patrol Officer. If he were to take it out now, it would truly be like guarding one's own business. If word of this got out, even his master Liu Tianliang would not be able to protect him, and he might be chased down by the Qi Sect.

Therefore, if Duan Jing wanted to make his Sky Dragon Grass appear, he had to think of a foolproof plan.

Duan Ru put all these gifts away. He had already made a small fortune on his first day in office, so he was quite happy in his heart. No matter what, getting rich was better than getting rich.

Duan Meng's current thoughts were that if he could exchange his Heavenly Dragon Grass for more Spiritual Pills to breed more Heavenly Dragon Grass, then he would have more Heavenly Dragon Grass and he would be able to lay the material foundation for his cultivation. No matter where he went, as long as he had the hard currency in his hands, then that was the true principle.

After a few days, Duan Meng went to the Martial Organization and Yu Zong to look around. He also returned the gifts and found out the background of the two great sects in Fire Dragon City. Their market was no worse than the Qi Sect's, and in terms of collecting strange items, they even surpassed the Qi Sect. The Qi Sect's business was mainly about herbs and pills.

Duan Meng knew what he was doing, so he discussed a method with Duan Bao and allowed Duan Pu to use his own skills to change Duan Meng's appearance. Duan Ru made a black cloak that covered his entire body and went back to the Jade Sect, because Duan Meng found out that the Jade Sect was actually slightly stronger than the Martial Ancestor Realm.

"I have the Hundred Year Old Dragon Grass, what price do you want?"

Jade Sect's deacon, Fairy Jade, looked at the half-masked guest and asked with some doubt, "How many do you have?"

"100 trees!"

"Ah?" "Really?" Jade fairy widened her eyes.