Translator: Anubis Translations
Hearing this, Gu Feng looked up, revealing a row of white teeth, his eyes flashing with a hint of shrewdness as he smiled and said, "Senior, my family isn't in this line of work. I just worked at a guild for a few years."
"Oh—"
The middle-aged steward nodded slightly, no wonder he was so skilled with the abacus, it turned out he had worked at a guild!
"The items you brought have been accounted for, totaling..." As he spoke, he glanced at the attendant behind him responsible for tallying, who whispered in reply, "25,800 low-grade spirit stones."
"If there are no issues, let's close the deal!" the middle-aged steward turned and said.
"The calculation is accurate," Gu Feng waved the abacus in his hand, the total price on it matching exactly what the attendant had said, "but the prices of some items are somewhat unreasonable!"
The middle-aged steward gave him a surprised look. Today was his first day on the job, and to do well in this position without causing customer dissatisfaction, he had slightly increased the prices of the items this young man brought.
These items would definitely not fetch such prices at other guilds, yet this young man still thought the prices were low. How preposterous, was he deliberately picking a fight?
The middle-aged steward felt slightly annoyed but still patiently listened to the young man's perspective.
"This bottle of elixirs indeed has a mediocre appearance and slight blemishes on the surface, but two of them are quite good."
As he spoke, Gu Feng took the bottle, poured the elixirs onto the counter, quickly selected a few, and handed them to the middle-aged steward.
The steward looked down, his brow slightly furrowed. This young man was too meticulous, actually finding a few decent elixirs from a pile of junk.
"Alright, these elixirs are indeed good, the price can be raised a bit."
Thinking this was the end, the subsequent actions of the young man infuriated the middle-aged steward.
This young man was unwilling to suffer any loss, carefully selecting every item and then haggling fiercely with him.
A small transaction of over twenty thousand low-grade spirit stones felt like a million-dollar deal.
Gu Feng's words flowed like a torrent, his tongue seemingly motorized, frantically negotiating.
Yet, what he said was quite reasonable, and it was hard to find any major faults.
Unconsciously, an hour passed, and the middle-aged steward clenched his teeth, his eyelids twitching, clearly struggling to keep his composure.
"Stop talking, I'll increase the price of all your elixirs by ten percent; herbs by five percent; weapons by ten percent; materials by twenty percent!"
"That's great, if you had said so earlier, I wouldn't have had to talk so much, my mouth is dry." Gu Feng grinned, revealing his white teeth, looking like his scheme had succeeded.
"By the way, isn't the price of this piece of clothing too low?"
"Kid, don't push it, do you think washing the clothes clean and sprinkling some pollen on them would make me not see that they were stripped from a dead person?"
Awkward—
Seen through, Gu Feng scratched his head in embarrassment.
"Total of 36,000 low-grade spirit stones." He raised the small abacus in his hand and handed it to the middle-aged steward.
The latter gave him a deep look, then turned to the attendant, "Is the calculation correct?"
The attendant was stunned, then nodded, "It's correct!"
"Fine, then pay up!" The middle-aged steward said with a dark face, flicking his sleeve, causing the items to rise into the air, neatly sorted into different cabinets.
This move was smooth and elegant, no one in the Gu family could control the force so precisely. The outside world indeed hides dragons and crouches tigers!
Soon, the attendant counted the spirit stones and handed them to the middle-aged steward.
The middle-aged steward weighed the spirit stones in his hand and asked, "What's your name?"
"Replying to you, sir, my name is Liu Quan!" the attendant said respectfully.
"Liu Quan, you're fired, go to the accounting office to settle your accounts, then get lost."
What?
Hearing this, not only did the attendant look shocked, even Gu Feng beside him showed an incredulous expression.
This attendant had been doing his job properly, why was he suddenly fired?
Realizing what had happened, the attendant respectfully acknowledged, lowered his head, quickly packed his personal belongings, and turned to walk towards the back hall.
After the attendant left, the middle-aged steward came up to Gu Feng, looking him up and down with a gaze that made one's scalp tingle.
After a few breaths, the middle-aged steward quietly asked, "Do you know why I fired him?"
Gu Feng honestly shook his head.
"Because he was blind. He didn't even see that you secretly moved a few beads on the abacus, adding two thousand spirit stones out of thin air!"
"Uh—" Gu Feng was stunned, then smiled innocently, "Is... is that so? Maybe there was a mistake during the calculation, let's deduct two thousand then."
Looking at Gu Feng's clear and innocent eyes, the middle-aged man glared at him, "I'm too lazy to calculate, do you really think I can't calculate!"
With that, he slapped exactly 36,000 spirit stones into Gu Feng's palm.
"Kid, you're very shrewd. Our Myriad Harmony Guild is in need of a guy like you who can con people without batting an eye. Interested in working here?"
"Thank you, senior. I am currently a specially recruited outer sect disciple of the Sunset Glow Sect and need to report there. If I ever get kicked out, I'll come here to work."
The middle-aged steward looked puzzled. Since when did the Sunset Glow Sect specially recruit outer sect disciples?
This kid only had Body Refinement level one, his strength probably doesn't even meet the threshold for the outer sect.
Perhaps fearing the other party wouldn't believe him, Gu Feng took out the outer sect token given to him by Elder Liu and handed it to the middle-aged steward.
The latter looked at the token and felt speechless. This kid was just a backdoor entry, and had the audacity to say he was specially recruited. If one didn't know better, they'd think he was some world-shaking genius.
However, in a certain sense, this kid was indeed specially recruited, just not in the way most people think of special recruitment.
He was the kind of small cultivator who stayed by the side of outer sect elders, mainly responsible for serving and doing odd jobs, with a future not necessarily better than here. Not being related, he didn't say more.
"Do you have a Myriad Harmony Guild card?"
Gu Feng shook his head.
"Do you want to get one? For any business transactions, you can accumulate points, upgrade your guild privileges, and get corresponding discounts on buying and selling."
Wow, isn't this just a membership card? No wonder the Myriad Harmony Guild could grow so big, it has its unique aspects.
"Then give me one!"
"Name?"
"Gu Feng!"
"Gu Feng? The Gu Feng from the Gu family in Cloud Dwelling City?"
"Uh—Senior knows me?"
"Haven't met, but heard of you. So you're the Gu Feng who swindled a large breakup fee from the Sunset Glow Sect's peerless heavenly maiden!
Interesting, someone, get him a purple gold card!"
"This... senior? Am I that famous?"
"You are quite famous!"
"Then... senior, could you save a position for me at your guild? If I ever can't make it in the Sunset Glow Sect, I'll come to you!"
"Looking forward to your arrival."
Holding the purple gold card, Gu Feng furrowed his brows as he walked out of the Myriad Harmony Guild.
The words of the middle-aged steward had him worried.
Before this, Gu Feng thought Qu Yanran was just an ordinary specially recruited inner sect disciple of the Sunset Glow Sect. Now it seemed, that wasn't the case.
If she were that ordinary, the matter of their broken engagement wouldn't have spread so widely.
"Forget it, I'll take it one step at a time. With Elder Liu covering for me, she shouldn't have the chance to trouble me."
Putting aside his worries, Gu Feng returned to the inn and began a new round of cultivation.
(End of the Chapter)
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