Primordial Blood Throne

Primordial Blood Throne: Book 1 Chapter 16 - Plot (1)

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"It"s been four months, after such a long time, you are telling me that there"s nothing you can do about him?"

Yan Wu Shuang angrily slapped the table beside her.

Kneeling in front of her was a servant that looked like a manager. The servant answered weakly, "After Su Chen joined Jade Truth Pavilion, he followed Tang Zhen around while learning various antique-related knowledge from him; regardless of rain or shine, he would always be there on time and was never late, and has never allowed himself be involved with the business dealings within the shop, pa.s.sing all of them to Tang Zhen to handle. We were unable to do anything about it."

"Have you guys tried other methods?"

"We did, however, they seemed to know the real reason behind Su Chen"s a.s.signment to the shop and have been very cautious over the past few months. The various departments such as logistics and storage etc. have been allocated more manpower to enhance security, their accounts were also very well maintained, no discrepancies could be found. They also would rather lose certain business opportunities than to take the baits that we placed. We have arranged many different groups to approach, even getting premium counterfeits made by Hong Wen Tong, but it still did not pa.s.s their examination. That place is the Thousand Revolving Alley, it is constantly guarded by the city soldiers, we were unable cause any large incidents, causing us to spend a lot of time."

Yan Wu Shuang"s face darkened, "So you are saying that after I spend so much energy to send Su Chen to Truth Jade Pavilion, I am just sending him over to learn and study?"

"Madam, please stay calm." the servant knocked his head heavily on the floor as he kowtowed.

"A bunch of useless things!" Yan Wu Shuang scolded as she stood up.

She paced back and forth, her bright red skirt fluttering about like a red colored wave.

After some time, Yan Wu Shuang used a chilling tone and said, "No matter how tight the security is, they are still human. To bring down Jade Truth Pavilion"s defences, we will have to target the people within. Have you tried bribing anyone from there?"

The servant replied, "I tried but the results weren"t big. Except for Su Chen, there were a total of nine people working in Jade Truth Pavilion, three of which are the shopkeepers. One in accounts, two coolies, two serving girls, and one chef; they each have their own responsibilities. Especially after Su Chen came, they have made it clear that no one can overstep beyond their own responsibilities. Some time ago, we managed to bribe one of the coolies and got him to sneak inside the storage room when no one was around. Unexpectedly, his actions were somehow caught by Su Chen"s sharp ears when he heard something is amiss. He immediately called for security and caught our guy. After beating up the fella without giving him a chance to explain, they sacked him. That coolie came to us after that and threatened to tell Su Chen who bribed him, in the end, we paid him a hundred crimson gold pieces to leave the town."

"A hundred crimson gold to seal his mouth? You guys sure know how to spend." Yan Wu Shuang frowned angrily.

The purchasing power of gold in this era was rather strong; a hundred crimson gold pieces was enough for that coolie to live a comfortable life for ten years without worry.

That servant replied helplessly, "We did not have a choice; Su Chen is just too vicious. After he caught the coolie, he told him, "I do not need you to tell me who is the mastermind, I just want to tell you that, they caused you to lose your job because you decided to work for them. If you are smart, you should ask for compensation from the other party. I suggest a hundred crimson gold, trust me, to seal your mouth, that bit of money is nothing to them. Of course, to avoid being killed by them to shut you up, you better make some preparations, if they dare to kill you, their dirty deeds will be spread immediately. With that, the other party will have no choice but to pay up…" That coolie listened to him and came to collect money from us. We at first thought of killing him to end the trouble but he followed Su Chen"s advice and made ample preparations. We had no choice but to comply!"

Yan Wu Shuang got so angry that her body was shaking in anger.

What Su Chen, to use my p.a.w.n to threaten me? Not only did her plan to obtain the shop fail, she also lost a large sum of money due to him. The more she thought about it, the angrier she got and shouted, "Did you try the shopkeepers?!"

"Tang Head Shopkeeper is a person that followed Tang Hong Rui from her family, his loyalty lies with her and is impossible to bribe. The Second Shopkeeper, Zhang Heng was promoted to his position by Master many years ago. The Third Shopkeeper, Lou Yi, was promoted to his position with the help of Tang Zhen. They are all loyal to the Truth Jade Pavilion, bribing them isn"t easy…"

Yan Wu Shuang said: "I heard that Lou Yi has a son with a gambling habit?"

That servant replied, "That is correct! However, Lou Yi apparently was aware of this weakness and had restricted his son from leaving the house over this period of time."

"He can shut him for a hundred days but is he able to hold him for a few years? After a few months has pa.s.sed, he should have lowered his alertness by now."

"This lowly one understands, I will go make arrangements immediately!"

"Go then, do not mess up this time." Yan Wu Shaung said with a chilling tone: "No matter what, I want to make Su Chen pay a dear price!"

If previously, her focus was on those properties, after experiencing countless setbacks, the humiliation acc.u.mulated had twisted her motive from simple profiting into a hatred for Su Chen.

Even if no more profits could be gained anymore, for the sake of her revenge, she would not let Su Chen off.

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"Ha!"

As the shout was made, the stone tablet broke into pieces.

At the backyard of Jade Truth Pavilion, Su Chen retracted his fist and ended today"s training session.

Even as he followed Tang Zhen to learn, he did not pause his martial practice. Su Chen was very clear that the path of an Origin Master was his final goal.

Not long ago, he finally broke through and reached Ninth Layer Forged Body; it could be said that he was now standing in front of the doorstep to becoming an Origin Master.

"There"s still more than a year. There"s enough time." Su Chen mumbled to himself.

Every summer of the year, the Hidden Dragon Academy began their recruitment.

The Hidden Dragon Academy could be said to be Long Sang Kingdom"s most renowned educational inst.i.tute. Countless talents within the country would fight amongst, themselves every year, hoping to get a spot to enter.

Next year, Su Chen will be sixteen; that was the acceptance age for the academy.

If he managed to breakthrough and reach Energy Guiding Realm, he would officially become an Origin Master;this would greatly increase his odds of entering the academy.

All these years, the reason for Su Ke Ji"s forceful ways, was because he wanted to create the best odds for Su Qing.

He hoped that Su Qing could reach Energy Guiding Realm before the recruitment.

Su Chen was unwilling to give up because if he waited until his eyesight had recovered, it would have been too late.

Opportunities would always be given to those that fought for it.

Initially, Su Chen was worried whether he would really recover his sight, but now that he had confirmed his recovery, he was now worried how long it would take for him to recover completely.

His current rate of recovery was, after all, still too slow.

Su Chen does not wish to partic.i.p.ate in Hidden Dragon Academy"s recruitment test with extreme myopia.

"I wonder if I can obtain another great breakthrough like the time when I was experiencing Vapor Snake Steps." Su Chen sighed.

When he thought about Vapor Snake Steps, Su Chen was reminded of Gu Qing Luo. He hadn"t met her for several days now.

What was Gu Qing Luo doing now these days? The number of times she came to the back mountain had reduced sharply, and the last time they met was exactly a month ago.

"I am also not sure what she is busy with." Su Chen shook his head.

Suddenly, a thought came to him, since Gu Qing Luo wasn"t coming out to meet him, what was stopping him from going over to meet her?

Time to find Gu Qing Luo!

As the thought began to take root in his mind, Su Chen began to find it difficult to suppress it and decided to take action.

Though he would not rashly proceed since the Lin Family were not friends with the Su and the relationship between Gu Qing Luo and Su Chen had always been a secret.

However, this would not pose as a problem for Su Chen.