Chapter 171: The VIP

Seeing the elegant and intellectual woman act respectfully and hearing her call out “Mr. Jiang,” Jiang Xincheng immediately understood what was happening. It must have been that the guards at the entrance passed the message up after seeing his identification.

But Jiang Xincheng was not angry. When he decided to show his Centurion identification of the Flourishing Tang Empire, he had already expected something like this might happen.

A Centurion of the Flourishing Tang Empire usually had strength at least in the Cloud Condensation Realm or above, enough to dominate a city and possess extremely powerful capabilities. Besides personal strength, they also held authority equivalent to a Level 6 civil servant. Throughout the entire Yuyang City, there were not many Level 6 civil servants.

For the Mingyu Building, it might not even welcome such a guest once a month. For any jade company in Mingyu Building, a Centurion of the Flourishing Tang Empire was a VIP.

So, after learning about Jiang Xincheng’s identity as a Centurion of the Flourishing Tang Empire, the manager of Qian Yu Zhai hurried out to greet him, her delicate face full of respect.

Jiang Xincheng smiled slightly and waved his hand. “No need to be so polite. Take me to see your jade. I want the best Yangshan Jade and Hetian Jade.”

“Yes, yes. Mr. Jiang, please follow me. I will bring out the best Yangshan Jade and Hetian Jade in the store right away,” the elegant and intellectual beauty said respectfully, personally leading Jiang Xincheng into the shop. Behind them, two young receptionists watched in shock, exchanging glances, their bright eyes flashing with astonishment, realizing they had received an incredibly important person.

Thinking of this, the two quickly followed, their expressions very docile, bustling about to serve tea and water like a pair of little servants.

The receptionists from the other five shops nearby saw what was happening at Qian Yu Zhai. They looked at each other for a while, and many showed envy on their faces, clearly quite jealous that Qian Yu Zhai had received such a VIP.

The elegant and intellectual manager soon brought out several pieces of the best Yangshan Jade and Hetian Jade from Qian Yu Zhai. Jiang Xincheng looked at these pieces of Yangshan Jade. They were crystal clear, with clouds seeming to drift inside, looking incredibly beautiful, like white clouds under sunlight. They truly were top-grade Yangshan Jade.

As for the two or three pieces of Hetian Jade, they were also top-quality Hetian Jade, absolutely treasures for refining Yangshan Pill. Decades later in the future, such Yangshan Jade and Hetian Jade would be super rare treasures with no fixed price, impossible to buy no matter how much one wanted, let alone finding three or four pieces just by walking into a jade shop like now.

The era of Primordial Force enlightenment was indeed the best time for a reborn person like him.

I like this era, Jiang Xincheng thought with a slight smile, picking up one piece of Yangshan Jade and one piece of Hetian Jade. “How much for these two pieces of jade?”

“At the original price, the Yangshan Jade is worth twenty million Credit Points, and the Hetian Jade is worth ten million Credit Points. But we can give you a twenty percent discount, Mr. Jiang. If you want them, you only need to pay twenty-four million Credit Points for both,” the elegant and intellectual woman said with a smile.

Jiang Xincheng nodded, feeling overjoyed inside. In the future, such two pieces of Yangshan Jade and Hetian Jade would cost hundreds of millions of Credit Points, but now he could buy them for just twenty-four million. It was absolutely a steal.

However, in this era before Spiritual Elixirs had emerged, these two pieces of jade were worth at most over thirty million Credit Points. The price given by Qian Yu Zhai was indeed very fair, clearly because of his status as a Centurion of the Flourishing Tang Empire, wanting to build a good relationship.

“So, how much would these four pieces of Yangshan Jade and two pieces of Hetian Jade cost together?” Jiang Xincheng asked again.

The elegant and intellectual woman was startled, glanced at Jiang Xincheng, then smiled brightly. “These six pieces would cost one hundred million Credit Points at market price. But since it’s Mr. Jiang buying, and buying so many, if you take them all together, you only need to pay seventy-six million.”

“Thank you,” Jiang Xincheng said with a smile, taking out his anonymous bank card and handing it to the elegant and intellectual woman. “I’ll take all six of these jade pieces. Please charge the card.”

“Yes, Mr. Jiang,” the elegant and intellectual woman said with a slight bow, gracefully walking towards the card machine.

After paying, Jiang Xincheng walked out, escorted respectfully by over twenty pretty girls from Qian Yu Zhai. As for the elegant and intellectual woman’s invitation, Jiang Xincheng did not pay it much attention, but he did leave her his contact information. If there was a chance in the future, they might meet again.

Low murmuring voices could be heard behind him.

“Sister Li, who is that Mr. Jiang? Why were you so respectful to him? Is he very important? Can you tell us?”

“Oh, you girls, don’t set your sights on him, and don’t ask about his identity. A VIP like him is not someone you can handle. In our entire Yuyang City, few people have higher status than him. And his strength is also very high—this I can tell you. If nothing unexpected, he should be a Great Yuan Warrior in the Cloud Condensation Realm.”

“Wow, really? He looks so young, and he’s actually a Great Yuan Warrior in the Cloud Condensation Realm? That’s terrifying. In our whole Yuyang City, there are only a few such Great Yuan Warriors.”

“If I could lure him to my bed, I’d never have to worry about food and drink again. What a pity, he didn’t even leave a contact number. Hey, Sister Li, do you have one? Give it to me.”

“You silly girl, stop thinking about that. Even I don’t dare to think that way, and you still dare to? I’ll personally hand this contact information to the big boss later. Without his approval, no one can contact Mr. Jiang.”

…

After buying the main materials for refining Yangshan Pill—Yangshan Jade and Hetian Jade—Jiang Xincheng went to gather the other materials. The remaining materials weren’t very expensive; it only cost a million Credit Points to collect all the other ingredients.

Decades later, these supplementary materials would also cost nearly a hundred million Credit Points. They were nothing like now, so cheap. In fact, many materials could even be obtained without spending any money at all—absolutely as cheap as could be.

After collecting all the materials, Jiang Xincheng did not refine the pill in the hotel where he was staying. Refining pills was very dangerous. Even though Jiang Xincheng was very confident in refining Yangshan Pill, it was, after all, a fourth-grade high-level Primordial Force pill. If something went wrong, it could blast everything within hundreds of meters into ashes, definitely killing many people. If the Flourishing Tang Empire investigated and held Jiang Xincheng responsible, he would be finished.

So after thinking it over, Jiang Xincheng went alone to a forested area in the suburbs of Yuyang City. He found a hidden cave dozens of meters deep in the mountains, hid inside, and began to refine the Yangshan Pill. Once the Yangshan Pill was successfully refined, it would mean Jiang Xincheng had regained his previous life’s strength as a fourth-grade high-level Alchemy Master, and he could try to reach higher levels in alchemy and refine even better pills.

Everything was ready. Next, it was time to refine the Yangshan Pill and achieve greater improvement and progress.