Chapter 426 - 234: Honored Guest Elder
Chapter 426: Chapter 234: Honored Guest Elder
Zhou Yong took Xu Yang’s list and scanned it carefully before shaking his head. "We can gather all of these, Master Xu, but with your current status at the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion, we can’t give you so many rare medicinal ingredients at once."
The medicinal ingredients required to refine the Dragon Tiger Great Golden Pill, aside from the two Spirit Medicines—Dragon Beard Root and Tiger Soul Red Sun Fruit—also included several other ingredients as rare as Pure Yang Grass and Tiger Bone Vine.
Although they weren’t Spirit Medicine Level herbs, they were still uncommon.
Xu Yang frowned slightly, but he understood the meaning behind Zhou Yong’s words. He asked, "How do I raise my status level?"
"There are many ways!"
Zhou Yong smiled. "Spend a cumulative total of fifty thousand taels of silver at our Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion, Master Xu, and your status will be upgraded to the VIP Level. You’ll be able to purchase any medicinal ingredient below the Spirit Medicine level at will. You’ll even get a purchasing quota of two stalks of Spirit Medicine per year."
Xu Yang’s heart skipped a beat. A VIP at the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion could actually purchase Spirit Medicines.
Spirit Medicines, after all, weren’t something one could simply buy on the market with money. In most cases, they were exchanged for Spiritual Objects of equal value. Typically, anyone who obtained a Spirit Medicine wouldn’t be foolish enough to trade it for mere silver.
But his brow remained furrowed. In all his years as a customer at the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion, he had spent a little over twenty thousand taels of silver in total—not even thirty thousand. Even if he wanted to spend another twenty thousand all at once to upgrade his status, he simply didn’t have that much silver on him.
"What are the other options?" Xu Yang asked.
"If you don’t want to spend money, Master Xu, that’s also an option. If you were to become the direct successor of an Elder from the Purple Sun Sect, your status would also be immediately upgraded to the VIP Level," Zhou Yong said.
Xu Yang shook his head. He was aiming for a Secondary Dragon Ascension; he couldn’t possibly become some Elder’s direct successor.
A direct successor was expected to inherit their master’s legacy and eventually assume their position as an Elder.
Besides, even if he wanted to, it was impossible. The position of Elder Huoyun’s direct successor had already been promised to Gao Lin.
"The third method: successfully complete a Secondary Dragon Ascension. That will also make you a VIP at our Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion."
Xu Yang’s gaze hardened. With the previous conditions, he hadn’t thought the VIP status at the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion was anything particularly precious. But hearing that even someone who had successfully completed a Secondary Dragon Ascension would only just become a VIP, he realized the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion was likely far more formidable than he had imagined.
What ordinary faction would dare say that only geniuses who had achieved a Secondary Dragon Ascension could become their VIPs?
"Are there any others?" Xu Yang asked.
He was confident he could achieve a Secondary Dragon Ascension, but that was still more than two years away.
Zhou Yong shook his head. "For you, Master Xu, those are the only three paths."
The implication was that there were other ways. For example, if Xu Yang were the Young Master Marquis, Jiang Fan, he would instantly be a VIP of the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion. But for Master Xu, that was simply impossible.
"No, there is one more!"
A resonant and powerful voice rang out. Xu Yang looked up and saw Tao Hujin walking out from the back hall of the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion, a smile on his face.
Zhou Yong’s eyes first showed confusion, then lit up with realization.
Xu Yang cupped his fist and said, "May I ask, Shopkeeper Tao, what method is that?"
In truth, he had another way to buy these rare medicinal ingredients from the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion, but it was a last resort. He was unwilling to use it unless absolutely necessary.
Tao Hujin glanced around. Seeing that there were no outsiders present, he smiled and said, "Simple. Become an Honored Guest Elder of our Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion. Once you are a Guest Elder of the Pavilion, you can allocate resources for yourself. The share you can call upon is even greater than that of a VIP, and the discounts are better too."
’Has someone else set their sights on me?’
Xu Yang didn’t speak. "Honored Guest Elder" sounded nice, but in reality, it was no different from being one of the Guests of a great family—just a hired thug.
Seemingly noticing Xu Yang’s hesitation, Tao Hujin said, "Young Hero Xu, how about we speak in the VIP room?"
He stood at the top of the stairs to the second floor of the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion, cupping his fist in a gesture of invitation.
"Alright!"
Xu Yang nodded, strode over, and followed Tao Hujin up to the second floor and into the VIP room.
The layout here was simple: a table, a few chairs, and some strange flowers and exotic plants.
However, Xu Yang could tell that this VIP room was not simple. Like the rooms the Purple Sun Sect disciples lived in, it was specially constructed to block out sound and aura from the outside.
A serving girl soon brought them tea.
Tao Hujin smiled and invited Xu Yang to sit. "I am sincerely inviting you, Young Hero Xu, to become a Guest Elder of the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion. I hope you will not refuse."
Xu Yang took a sip of tea. "My meager Cultivation might seem decent to an ordinary person, but to the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion, it should be nothing special. For someone with my level of Cultivation to become a Guest Elder... is it that the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion has no one else to recruit, or have I overestimated the Pavilion?"
The Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion dared to declare that only geniuses who had achieved a Secondary Dragon Ascension could become their VIPs, and they even sold Spirit Medicines. There was no way they were desperate for a Martial Artist at the Marrow Cleansing Minor Achievement stage.
Tao Hujin smiled and shook his head. "It is neither. I did not make myself clear. My invitation for you to become a Guest Elder of the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion does not mean you become one immediately. You must first successfully achieve a Secondary Dragon Ascension before you can truly become a Guest Elder of our Pavilion.
"Of course, before that, here in Cyan Yang City, I have the authority to grant you some of the privileges of a Guest Elder. For example, I can open up the purchasing of Spirit Medicines to you, because I see great potential in you."
In truth, he was no different from factions like the Ding Family. They all saw Xu Yang’s potential and wanted to invest in him early to win him over. What they valued was Xu Yang’s potential for growth.
Realization dawned on Xu Yang. "If I do eventually become a Guest Elder of the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion, what benefits would I receive?"
He didn’t refuse immediately, deciding to first ask some questions. It was a good opportunity to learn more about a faction like the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion.
’Only a genius who’s completed a Secondary Dragon Ascension can become a Guest Elder... This faction is probably even more incredible than I imagined. The Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion here in Cyan Yang City is likely just a branch.’