The System Arrives: Leading My Clan to Become the Strongest

50: Chapter 50 Revisiting WanbaolouTianfeng City.

Jiang Chen arrived here once more. This time, he did not linger and headed straight for the City Lord’s Manor.

Huangfu Jinyuan was momentarily stunned to see Jiang Chen appear, but he reacted quickly.

”Clan Leader Jiang, I wonder what brings you here? Could it be that you’ve agreed to participate in the Qingfeng Martial Meet? You could have just sent me a message; why go through the trouble of coming in person?”

He thought Jiang Chen had come because of the martial meet.

”City Lord Huangfu, we can discuss the martial meet later. Right now, I have a matter that requires your assistance.”

Jiang Chen spoke without ceremony, then sat down to the side and picked up a cup of tea to drink.

In the past, when he was only in the Foundation Establishment Realm, he wouldn’t have dared to be so bold. But things were different now; he was already in the Golden Core Realm, and being overly timid would be beneath his status.

Hearing Jiang Chen’s words, Huangfu Jinyuan was initially a bit displeased. However, Jiang Chen had no intention of hiding his cultivation level, and Huangfu Jinyuan soon discovered that Jiang Chen’s cultivation had actually broken through to the Golden Core Realm.

Golden Core! That was a status above millions, second only to three people in the Yuan Kingdom. Even the Ruler of Yuan Kingdom would treat a Golden Core True Person with courtesy.

”Hahaha, so that’s how it is! Fellow Daoist Jiang, please speak your mind. If it’s within my power, I will certainly help you.”

Knowing that Jiang Chen had broken through to the Golden Core Realm, Huangfu Jinyuan immediately treated him as an equal.

”It’s like this. As you know, because of the land reclamation token, my Jiang Family has established an Ancestral Land deep in the Great Wilderness. Naturally, we have also set up a market. However, since it was only recently established, few people know about it. The market is currently in its early stages and just needs a push. I wonder if City Lord Huangfu knows any merchants willing to open shops in my market? If so, please help spread the word.”

”Oh? It’s already built? Certainly. I’ll notify the entire Tianfeng City right now to see if anyone is willing to go.”

Huangfu Jinyuan immediately summoned his subordinates and notified the entire Tianfeng City.

For a time, the entire Tianfeng City was abuzz with discussion.

”Have you heard? A Jiang Family has established a market deep in the Great Wilderness and is now inviting merchants to settle there.”

”Of course! I want to go and try my luck. A market deep in the Great Wilderness... the resources there must be endless. Opening a shop there would definitely be profitable.”

”Go? You? Do you even have that many Spirit Stones? How can you open a shop without Spirit Stones!”

”What, can’t I at least look forward to it? Do you think you can do it then?”

The man retorted.

”You...”

”You what?”

...For a while, the two argued incessantly.

Meanwhile, in the city, some small shops were already holding clearance sales, preparing to head to Qingyun Market. In Tianfeng City, small shops struggled to survive; now that they had a choice, they naturally wanted to take a gamble.

Of course, there were others who remained unmoved. A newly opened market was indeed attractive, but the dangers faced would also increase exponentially. They had been stable in Tianfeng City for so many years that it was clearly impossible to ask them to risk it all again.

”My thanks to City Lord Huangfu.”

Everything happening in the city was clear to Jiang Chen under his Divine Sense.

He hadn’t expected Huangfu Jinyuan to be so easy to talk to, even to such an extent.

”Haha, it’s only right. As long as Clan Leader Jiang is satisfied.”

Huangfu Jinyuan spoke with a smile.

Previously, Jiang Chen was only at Foundation Establishment. Though he was a Genius, there were many geniuses in this world. But Golden Core was different. As the saying goes, ’Once a Golden Core is swallowed, my fate is mine to command, not the heavens.’ With Golden Core Stage strength, as long as one didn’t seek death, one wouldn’t die. Moreover, a Golden Core Lifespan lasted five or six hundred years, enough for a Family to grow and flourish.

Furthermore, his status was different. At the Golden Core Realm, the same as himself, he had to give the other party sufficient respect. Otherwise, if you don’t respect others, why should they respect you? It was the same principle.

”My Jiang Family agrees to the Qingfeng Martial Meet in two months. I have other matters to attend to, so I won’t disturb you further, City Lord Huangfu.”

After Jiang Chen finished speaking, he took his leave and turned to walk away.

Watching Jiang Chen’s departing back, Huangfu Jinyuan couldn’t regain his composure for a long time. Although their conversation had been pleasant, he felt very depressed at this moment. They say one should look at a person with new eyes after three days of absence, but when it actually happened to him, that depression was imaginable.

In the next moment, he made a decision: to enter secluded cultivation. He couldn’t help it. Previously, he just wanted to be a City Lord and drift through his days, but after seeing Jiang Chen today, he felt that at only forty or fifty years old, he could still put in some effort. Perhaps there was hope for the Nascent Soul Realm.

In the following days, Huangfu Jinyuan faded from the public eye in Tianfeng City, throwing the affairs of the City Lord’s Manor to others.

As for Huangfu Shenghua, forget it. If the City Lord’s Manor were handed to him, who knows when it would be gone.

Jiang Chen did not leave directly this time; instead, he went to Ten Thousand Treasures Tower.

Who is the most important person in an auction house? The Auctioneer, of course. A good Auctioneer can raise an auction by several levels. He didn’t know any other Auctioneers and wasn’t familiar with those at Ten Thousand Treasures Tower, but having participated in an auction once, he felt the last Auctioneer was quite good and could be poached.

Although important positions like an Auctioneer were usually reserved for people one was familiar with, since he didn’t have anyone, he could only hire from elsewhere.

The current Jiang Chen might lack other things, but as for Spirit Stones, he believed that no one in the Yuan Kingdom could compete with him.

As long as the price was high enough, it was entirely possible to buy out a talent that someone else had painstakingly cultivated.

Upon entering Ten Thousand Treasures Tower, the same Attendant from before recognized Jiang Chen and immediately stepped forward.

”My Lord, you’ve come. What do you need? Allow me to lead the way for you.”

The Attendant spoke humbly. Humility also depended on the person; last time, because of Jiang Chen, he had received a reward of over a hundred Spirit Stones. A hundred stones! That was almost ten years’ worth of his salary.

To him, the current Jiang Chen was the God of Wealth himself. How could he not be moved or humble? If he could, he would have immediately bowed to the ground and said: ’If you do not find me unworthy, I am willing to take you as my foster father.’

Fortunately, Jiang Chen didn’t know what he was thinking; otherwise, he would have turned and left Ten Thousand Treasures Tower immediately, and today’s business would likely have failed.

”I am looking for Auctioneer Mu Yao.”

Jiang Chen stated his purpose directly.

”This...”

Hearing Jiang Chen’s goal, the Attendant was momentarily at a loss for words. Coming to Ten Thousand Treasures Tower not to buy things but to find a person—and Auctioneer Mu Yao at that. One had to know that Mu Yao was among the top Auctioneers in Tianfeng City and wasn’t someone an ordinary person could see. However, the person before him was also not simple; during the last auction, he had spent ten million gold, suppressing everyone present until they couldn’t lift their heads.

But leading him to see Auctioneer Mu Yao for no reason was also not okay; if the higher-ups saw it, he wouldn’t be able to keep his job. Yet, offending Jiang Chen was even more impossible.

Seeing the hesitating Attendant, Jiang Chen directly took out two hundred Low-Grade Spirit Stones and calmly handed them over.

Seeing the Storage Pouch appear in his hand, the Attendant’s heart trembled. He couldn’t help but steal a glance—exactly two hundred Spirit Stones. At that moment, he had the urge to slap himself; why had he been so impulsive? Curiosity really did kill the cat.

However, the words of refusal he had intended to say could no longer be spoken. The other party had simply given too much. Even if he were fired, with these Spirit Stones plus his previous ones, he could definitely break through one or even two more Realms.

By then, who would still care about a salary of one Spirit Stone per month?

Thinking of this, the Attendant no longer hesitated and bowed respectfully to Jiang Chen.

”My Lord, please follow me.”

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