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Chapter 44: Magic Battery

Evening.

Meng Qingwu returned with an exhausted face.

"Has the president come back yet?"

"President came back a long time ago!"

"What is he doing?"

"He locked himself in his room all day after coming back from the Mayor's palace. We have no idea what he's doing."

That fellow was doing more strange things!

Meng Qingwu directly went up to Chu Tian's door and knocked.

The door opens and out pops half a head, "Ah, young miss?"

The young miss had a fine white gauze covering her body, similar to smoke in the fog. Other than her head of black hair, her body was pure white like fine snow. Her face was beautiful and modest, a kind of transcendental fantasy.

Beautiful!

The beauty of the young miss encompassed 360 degrees!

No matter the time or the place, it took people's breath away!

Chu Tian grabbed the hand of the young miss, "I was just about to go look for you. Quickly come into the room and let's talk."

Meng Qingwu was in front of her bodyguards when she was dragged into the room by this brat. Her cheeks blushed and she stared at him angrily, "You might not care about what others think, but I'm not shameless like you.

"Sorry, sorry! You're not happy about this?"

Meng Qingwu's face soured, "We are all exhausted. Never mind that you don't even come help us. What is there to be happy about? Right, what did you discuss with the Mayor?"

Chu Tian poured a cup of tea for the young miss, "I considered the circumstances of our Miracle Commerce, so I did a little favour at no cost and transferred the resource rights to the Mayor's palace.

Meng Qingwu was not surprised, "We currently lack money, there must have been a large compensation from the Mayor right?"

"Nope, not a single copper plate."

"What? Not a single copper plate?"

Meng Qingwu was speechless.

Would the Mayor really bully people like this?

Chu Tian smiled and said, "Because I replaced the resource rights with the permanent development rights of the Mayor's crystal oil mine

Crystal oil mine?

Meng Qingwu was so mad she almost spat up blood.

This fellow, how crazy was he?

Meng Qingwu found that being with Chu Tian for a long period of time, it was impossible not to have a heart attack.

"Young miss, don't be angry. Look at me."

Chu Tian's jet black eyes were like stars in the night sky. They had a penetrating power that seemed like they could see right through people. Meng Qingwu's heart skipped and she quickly averted her eyes.

"You shifty-eyes, what are you looking at?"

Such a handsome face was unexpectedly being called shifty-eyes? Woman really liked being coy.

"My meaning is, do I look like a person who would suffer a loss?"

"What do you mean?"

Like magic, Chu Tian pulled out a crystal tube from his pocket. "Young miss, catch!"

The crystal tube was cylindrical shaped and inside was a bright liquid. Was it crystal oil?

Meng Qingwu trembled as the crystal tube fell onto the ground and bounced a few centimeters high.

Not good!

A huge disaster was about to happen!

Her beautiful cheeks turned white with fright!

Chu Tian picked up the crystal tube and gave it to Meng Qingwu, "Don't worry, while crude crystal oil is an extremely unstable substance, after special handling, this crystal oil is extremely stable."

Is it?

Meng Qingwu patted her high chest. She almost had a heart attack from the scare.

She looked suspiciously at the crystal tube. The blue and white liquid emitted a bright glow. Her cheeks complemented the glow beautifully, "Ordinary crystal oil is white, this really doesn't seem like it."

Chu Tian happily said, "It really isn't the same, have a closer look!"

Meng Qingwu found that the top of the crystal tube was sealed with a thin copper sheet engraved with some marks. At first sight, it seemed like a simple pattern, but on closer inspection, it was actually a source energy array.

Chu Tian smiles, "This is a energy output array. It changes the tube into a level 1 source energy battery. Come, let me give you a demonstration."

Chu Tian brought out a pear shaped bulb and inserted the source energy battery into the bottom of the light bulb.

Something impossible happened!

The source energy array inside the light bulb bloomed with light!

Chu Tian did not use any spirit energy!

The electric light was activated!

As if realizing something unbelievable, Meng Qingwu said, "Are you saying… source energy batteries can provide source energy for the source energy arrays. Therefore, they can be used to replace humans in activating the electric lamps?

"Correct!"

"My god!"

Meng Qingwu began breathing rapidly, her twin peaks fluctuating, as she quickly asked, "How long can they last?"

Chu Tian replied, "One lively street filled with electric lamps can be sufficiently powered for one year."

Powerful!

Too powerful!

Simply unbelieveable!

Meng Qingwu felt as if she were in a dream!

This crystal tube's capacity was 100 milliliters. The amount of crystal oil in it was around a dozen milliliters, yet it was able to power a lively block's electric lamps for a full year?

Wasn't crystal oil an inexpensive material?

The price for this energy was too cheap!

If Miracle Commerce had this cheap energy, then from now on, they would be able to develop ten li in a single day!

Source energy batteries, recycling waste into a treasure. Moreover it could be utilized with Miracle Commerce's multitude of products. Its true significance and value were immeasurable!

One could even say that this was an era starting invention!

Chu Tian was satisfied with the response of the young miss, "Since the Mayor defends this treasure mountain, but does not know how to use it, let us help him develop it. This oil mine is no small matter and we should take initiative. I plan to construct a battery factory, an energy production plant for South Sky City."

The energy in crystal oil was a biotransformed energy therefore, it was different from ordinary crystal stones. The source energy released was a non-attribute energy that could be used in source energy arrays directly.

All of the science and technology of the continent was based on source energy arrays!

Source energy battery was like a ****, it could open all the keys of science and technology. If this key did not exist, none of Chu Tian's inventions could be popularized.

Energy was the foundation of everything!

It could turn even garbage into a treasure!

This invention had the power to change the continent's civilization!

Was there anything in this world Chu Tian could not accomplish?

Source energy batteries were, in reality, nothing more than low-end access energy. Chu Tian did not know how many years it had been since he last used them, but to the continent's current civilization, it was an absolute milestone leap forward!

Overly advanced inventions, overly advanced technology, modern day infrastructure and production, could that be achieved? Stop joking. An era where crystal oil was regarded as waste oil was just like fire being discovered by primitive people. Do not expect them to suddenly develop demon crystal cannons.

[TL note - This sentence made no sense in chinese. This is the best interpretation I could make of it.]

There was no need to doubt!

Chu Tian once gave Meng Qingwu a great pleasant surprise!

Chu Tian has once again given Miracle Commerce a huge gift!

Even if Miracle Commerce did not do anything, as long as the technology spread and they waited for the value of crystal oil to increase, they could become richer than any one of South Sky City's companies.

What value did a single oil mine have?

Miracle Commerce would get more benefits!

Source energy batteries and electric lamps were different!

They were very likely to become unparalleled inventions in the future!

It was fine if people knew about the other things, but the method for creating source energy batteries must be kept a secret!

Meng Qingwu quickly said, "The time has not come yet to build the battery factory. For now, you must protect the method for creating source energy batteries. You can't let anyone know!"

Chu Tian froze, "Why?"

"Think about it. People do not recognize the value of crystal oil yet so the crystal oil is still very connected, but once they realize, in just 1-2 years, every oil mine in the region will be controlled by a major force. We will lose the initiative once source energy batteries are being rapidly produced. Our Miracle Commerce's poor production forces will fall behind. This great invention will be like giving bridal gifts to other families.

The modern age did not have things like copyrights or patents. Among competitions between merchant families, they would stop at nothing. There was no way to prove fake or genuine goods.

Strength was the truth!

If others stole your technology and made a fortune, who would you complain to?

Was it not difficult to convince people to protect a genuine product, have respect for intellectual property rights, not to buy pirated goods, and have core values? It would have been strange if people did not treat you as a mental patient and beat you until you're dead.

Chu Tian thought carefully, people were truly eager for quick success.

Meng Qingwu thought for a few seconds and said, "Let's not open the source energy battery factory for now, but let's buy a large amount of raw materials. We'll secretly refine them and store them away. After we have enough money, we'll buy up oil mines. Then once our production equipment and manpower is sufficient, we'll start mass producing batteries.

"With the young miss at the rudder of our Miracle group, it truly becomes more powerful!"

Meng Qingwu's cheeks turned slightly red. Avoiding the topic, she said, "Smooth talker, you should be more worried about yourself. After the summit ended, the Ye Family still has not made a move. I feel a bit restless."

Chu Tian shrugged, "With the General's house and the Mayor's palace behind us, how could Ye Xiong move against me so easily?"

"Even so, you can't be so negligent!" The young miss took a stack of thick paper and handed it to Chu Tian, "I've prepared these for you, take a look first."

"What is this?"

"I compiled a list of all medicinal herbs coming into the city. Take a look to see if there is anything that can be used. Also, I found a way to get some admission tickets for the underground Black Market,"

"What is this Black Market?"

"The Black Market is a very special market. It's very chaotic and very dangerous, but it is said that treasures frequently appear there. If there really is no other way, we'll have to test our luck there."

The young miss was very cold on the surface, but was actually very kind hearted. Usually she was indifferent, but she was even more anxious than Chu Tian. She was afraid that she missed some useful herbs.

Chu Tian was quite moved, "How much money do we have left?"

Meng Qingwu was somewhat embarrassed, "I've been spending a lot recently, so the commerce does not have spare money, but we can borrow some from Xiong Tianyan or Grandmaster Zhang."

Rare medicinal herbs, ranging from one thousand gold coins to many costing over ten thousand gold coins.

This was merely for level 1 medicinal herbs!

This was also merely the expenses of a Body Refinement cultivator.

After achieving the Awakened Soul Realm, the amount of medicinal herbs consumed was over ten times more. If one practiced a special cultivation technique, then they would need special herbs which would be exponentially more expensive.

Many experts depended on money to get stronger.

Juniors trained by large families, which one did not have a huge cost?

It was hard to succeed for impoverished family juniors. Without talent, they would achieve nothing their whole life. As for talented people, they would seek refuge or even hire themselves to large families to get resources.

Naturally there were those few with monstrous talent and those few with monstrous luck who could chance upon fortuitous encounters, finally becoming a top expert, but to meet such a person was truly difficult.

Chu Tian was eager to establish his company and forces, not just so he could easily occupy more resources, but to pave the way for the future.

He could not disappoint the expectations of the young miss.

Chu Tian quickly glanced over the list.

Even being from an era tens of thousands year ahead, most of the herbs' names were not that different. He got the general idea just from looking at the prices.

Genuine medicinal herbs require many years of cultivating, therefore they contain large amounts of spirit energy, which could promote cultivation directly. This type of material was treasured and expensive.

As for common consumption medicinal herbs, their growth rates were fast so they could be cultivated artificially. The main refinement, treatment, detoxification created drugs that rapidly consumed raw materials therefore the price was exponentially cheaper.

[TL note : It probably means the refinement consumes the energy in the raw material since they're cheap materials. It's worded confusingly in the raw.]

The raw material on the list cost generally from a few silver to a few gold coins. Such cheap materials, could there even be true treasure to be found?

No way!

South Sky City and even the entire kingdom was remote. The spirit energy was thin and the land was barren. Rare treasured materials were rarely seen.

Chu Tian was feeling disappointed, but was suddenly surprised.

"Well?"

"What's the story behind the meteor grass?"

Meng Qingwu looked at the medicinal herb Chu Tian pointed out, "Meteor grass is a common material, but has a strange nature since it only grows in a basin 200 li to the south. It's said that the basin was a place where a meteorite had crashed, so people call this material meteor grass."

Chu Tian's eyes got brighter and brighter, "How effective is it?"

Did not this fellow know everything?

How had he never seen meteor grass before?

He must know that in South Sky City, the production of meteor grass was very high, so it was known as a common material.

Meteor grass was used mainly to refine liquid medicine for bone and blood meridian treatment. For example, if an external force caused a bone fracture, normally it took a dozen days to heal, but with this medicine, it could be healed overnight. Normally this was targeted for use by Awakened Soul cultivators, but their bone meridians were tough and hard to break, but once damaged, it was hard to restore.

Chu Tian's face revealed an excited colour, "Ha ha, what meteor grass, this is clearly meteorite grass! Our luck is very good! This stuff is very useful to us!"

Chapter 45 : Meteorite Grass

This meteor grass was meteorite grass.

Meteorite grass, as the name suggested, is a herb grown from the special component of a meteorite falling to earth and mixing with the soil.

This material was not a medicinal herb, however its value was very astonishing. Only direct descendants of real nobility would have the capital to purchase it.

In this era it was used as a medicine to cure bone injuries?

It was simply abusing heaven's gift!

This was similar to getting hidden treasures like with the oil mine.

This was not Chu Tian's luck, but rather this era's stupidity!

Chu Tian said, "I want to make long-term purchase of large quantities of meteor grass, the first batch should be ten thousand! We'll see after that."

"Ten thousand?" Meng Qingwu was surprised. Although meteor grass was not a medicinal herb, it still costed several gold coins for one unit. "Do you want all of the meteor grass in South Sky City?"

"Meteorite grass isn't used the way you think it's used, it needs to be used in large quantities for it to display its true value. Ten thousand is too little, it's only enough for a few people to use for a few days. To be honest, I plan on acquiring the whole basin."

Acquiring the whole basin?

Although the meteor grass was not a medicinal herb, it was still a good healing drug.

The liquid medicine made from meteor grass sells very well and the demand for it is very high. The meteor grass basin was already controlled by a large family and to contract them would require a large sum of money.

Meng Qingwu, who could not bear it anymore, finally asked, "What use does the meteor grass actually have? Is it worth attaching such importance to it?"

Chu Tian did not reply, but looked her up and down.

Meng Qingwu felt his gaze and took a look at her own body. Her cheeks flushed red with embarrassment. Angrily she rebuked, "I'm asking you something! What are you looking at me for?!"

"Does young miss have any chronic injuries?"

"How did you know? Did Yingying tell you?"

"I can tell." Chu Tian lightly smiled said, "Your innate meridians are injured, causing you to be sick from birth. It's hard to endure every night and it's worse when you use spirit energy, am I right?"

Chu Tian even knows this?

This brat could deduce so accurately!

Even my little sister doesn't know about this!

When her mother was pregnant, she was once ambushed by her personal enemies and was injured. Two months later, Meng Qingwu was born, but Meng Qingwu's innate meridians were damaged. Although it was not enough to cause her to be a disabled person, it still brought inconveniences.

Meng Qingwu could not fight whenever she wanted. Whenever she stimulated her meridians and used spirit energy, she felt pain like being gnawed by a hundred ants which was hard to endure. However this was a congenital deficiency, and therefore could not be cured by medicine.

Chu Tian said confidently, "There are many methods of treatment. Remoulding your physique with meteor grass is one of them."

Really?

This congenital deficiency could be cured?

This deficiency had brought too much trouble and distress already.

For more than twenty years, she had already gotten used to it. She did not dare think that it could be cured.

Chu Tian was still grinning, "If you don't believe me, then let's make a bet. If I can cure you with the meteor grass, then you'll kiss me. If I can't do it, then you kiss me. Nobody owes anyone anything, what do you think?"

Meng Qingwu stared at him, "If you speak such nonsense again, I'll really get angry!"

The young miss, her face was thin and she was fierce, one could not crack a joke with her.

Chu Tian quickly put on a laughing face, "Calm down, calm down, but we must buy the meteor grass."

Meng Qingwu said worriedly, "To buy ten thousand, we need at least one hundred thousand gold coins. The company is on a tight budget right now and I'm afraid we won't be able to spend that much. Yingying and I have no problems as long as there is enough for use for now.

"What are you afraid of? The restaurant should be open for business soon."

"That may be, but…."

"Don't worry about it." Chu Tian had a lot of faith in the Miracle Restaurant, "I have a hunch that our first pot of gold will be in our hands soon. I don't like to drag my feet. We need to obtain the ten thousand herbs as soon as possible. I have use for them soon."

"Fine, you want ten thousand herbs, then I'll get ten thousand herbs. After all you are the president."

To get ten thousand was actually a big burden on the company, but she did not doubt Chu Tian's words about money being sufficient, plus she could always borrow more money form Xiong Tianyan.

Lacking money!

Really lacking money!

It was imperative to begin the operations of the Miracle Restaurant soon.

The important brand of Miracle Commerce, the Miracle Restaurant's grand opening was being paid close attention to. However the company heads were Meng Yingying and Nangong Yun, both of whom had caused a great uproar once in South Sky City.

One was the witch of destruction.

The other was the stupid silly girl.

These two were famous for their beauty, but they were not business capable people. Appointing them as the ones responsible for such an important part of the company, was that not asking for trouble?

As soon as the news was released, ridicule, questions, and all kinds of gossip spread throughout the city.

What snobs!

Meng Yingying and Nangong Yun held in their anger and clenched their teeth as they advanced forward. Let the people think of them as useless, but when the time came, they would not believe their eyes.

For the opening of the restaurant, both of them worked from day to night and spent all their time in the restaurant. Without resting, the two finished the planning, layout, and publicity. They assumed full responsibility for every matter.

Meng Qingwu also wanted her sister to get some experience, and therefore took the role of providing backup support. Any people they needed, any things they required, and provided money when needed. Only if there was a big mistake in decision making would she personally step in.

Chu Tian, this hands-off store owner was ignorant of it all, but was curious why he had not seen Meng Yingying in two days.

On the day before the opening, Meng Yingying called in Chu Tian to perform a technical maintenance before the grand opening.

This was a prime location in South Sky City.

The four story tall building was situated near the crossroad, so transportation was convenient. The restaurant was tall and big, in good repair with big glittering advertisements, that had flying dragons and dancing phoenix written out in clearly distinguishable words even from hundred of meters away that read, Yingying Hot Pot City.

[TL note: I really wanted to write city hot pot….god damn mongolians broke my city wall]

Chu Tian took one look and was happy, "This name has some meaning behind it."

Meng Yingying small face turned red, "Elder sister said that Miracle Restaurant must be divided into low, middle, and high—three different classes. This is the low class dining room which is targeted at ordinary cultivators and mercenaries, so the low class facilities serves hot pot to attract guests."

Chu Tian did not understand, so he asked curiously, "What are the middle and high class dining rooms called?"

"The middle class dining room is called, 'Secret Cloud Territory'. It was named by Sister Nangong and is mainly a large scale buffet. Finally the 'Grand Miracle Hotel' is targeted towards high end clients and serves exquisite luxurious cuisine."

The hot pot was cheap, the buffet was quick and convenient, the saloon was high grade.

Three different dining rooms corresponding to the customer's social status.

Chu Tian did not excel in business, but as long as he had the young miss, everything would turn out fine.

Yingying Hot Pot City's four floor building was something that Southern Cloud Commerce spent several tens of thousand of gold coins to acquire this restaurant. Each floor was equipped with more than a hundred dining tables and several elegant private rooms, altogether it was enough to accommodate one hundred people. After around ten days of refurbishing, each table had a source energy pot attached to the table to ensure that it could not be stolen.

Everyone was nervously preparing.

Sixty-seven workers built a platform in front of the restaurant's gates.

The waiters of the restaurant were eighty staff members sent over from Southern Cloud Commerce. They were busy cleaning the grounds and decorating with potted plants and ornaments. In the kitchen, there were more than a dozen chefs preparing pork, lamb, beef, venison and the like.

Naturally they were all low level demon beast meat.

Preparing the hot pot soup base was also hard work.

Dead demon beast meat was stewed with herbs beforehand.

Chu Tian's job was to inspect the the source energy pots to ensure that they work properly for the grand opening. Otherwise they would have problems on the first day which would not be good for their reputation.

"Everything has been inspected. There's nothing wrong with it. You can relax now."

Nangong Yun and Meng Yingying both let out a sigh of relief.

Several people returned to hold a short urgent meeting to prepare for any possible incidents that might happen tomorrow. They were very meticulous in their preparations over the past few days, there shouldn't be any internal incidents that occur.

The most important thing was to guard against outside interference.

However, tomorrow Nangong Yi, Xiong Bing and the others would be here, so even if Ye Xiong wanted to cause trouble, it would not be easy for him to do so.

Meng Yingying was excited, but also worried, "You think we'll be alright tomorrow? What do we do if it goes wrong?"

Nangong Yun slapped the table, puffing in indignation and said, "Crow's beak, our tired days, our dried out brains, how could there still be an accident that'll occur?"

That being said.

It was obvious to everyone that the one most worried was Nangong Yun herself.

Meng Qingwu understood their feelings, who did not have a first time doing something? She smiled comfortingly and said, "We've already done everything that needs to be done, so stop overthinking it. You two haven't rested in several days, so go home and sleep well tonight. You need to be full of spirit for tomorrow's grand opening."

This was the summit of advertisement.

Just with the allure of the gimmick of cooking with source energy was enough to attract countless people.

Moreover, the Mayor, General, and Symbol Guild Master were all expectantly waiting. With this group of famous people coming, this was the star power effect don't you know? Since these people are coming, there wouldn't be a lack of people following them.

The star power effect, the top level hype, the gimmick of cooking with source energy, with this set of trump cards, it was hard for this restaurant to not become popular. There was nothing to even be worried about.

Chu Tian was about to say a few words of encouragement, who knew that before he could open his mouth.

The gate was knocked open.

A bodyguard scrambled to crawl in.

"Chairman!"

"Chairman!"

"A big problem!"

"Two people are fighting outside, not only did they damage our dining room, but when the staff went out to stop them, they injured them too. The situation is bad and I'm afraid it'll just become worse, please come out and see."

As soon as they heard the news.

Everyone was startled.

Fuck, which bastard unexpectedly dared to disturb them at such a crucial time?

Bad enough they had to compare martial arts, they had to do it on the street. Bad enough they fought on the street, they had to pick this street. Bad enough they had to choose this street, they had to fight in front of the restaurant!

What was even more hateful is that!

They had to damage the dining hall before the day of the grand opening!

Wasn't this clearly targeting them?!

Nangong Yun jumped out infuriated, "Bastard, whoever dares to cause trouble here, this old lady wants their lives!"

Chapter 46 : Arrogant Domineering

Two youths, one armed with a sabre, the other with a sword stood in confrontation in front of the restaurant. The two were both handsome and looked unnatural. One look and one could tell that they were both cream of the crop.

"Third brother, your Three Gale Swords' potential is exquisite. I willingly acknowledge my defeat."

"Ha, ha, Ninth Brother, there is no need to belittle yourself. Your Searing Flame Sabre skill is becoming more and more sharp, I could almost not resist it."

"I also started practicing the Reverse Waves Sabre skill, but I haven't found the right person to test it on so I don't know how strong it is."

"Ha,ha, how clever, it seems like brother has also hidden a skill."

"Let's go again!"

The two chatted while treating everyone around them as if they were nothing but air.

The onlookers were awestruck, the two men were people they did not recognize, but from their competition, it was clear that they possessed cultivations that were not the slightest bit inferior to the top talents of South Sky City.

At this time, an angry roar resounded from the distance.

"You bastards!"

A mass of flames dropped down from the sky and sunk into the ground. Its burning hot strength quickly spread and soon there were two deep holes left in the ground.

Nangong Yun's body was covered in flames as she slowly stood up. Lingering sparks were all over her body, her long red hair danced in the wind making her look just like an angry goddess. The shadow of the Fire Phoenix Spirit was partly visible which made it hard for people to look directly at her.

A strong, imposing manner!

A terrifying aura!

Onlookers hurried to move back out of fear.

The youth holding the sword's face showed a hint of fear, "Fire Phoenix's strength? You are the famous South Sky City's talent, Nangong Yun!"

The outside of YingYing Hot Pot City was seriously damaged. The ribbon cutting platform had collapsed, the store signs were destroyed, several staff members and guards were on the ground rolling in pain, and the grounds were a mess.

However it was lucky that it was only the exterior that was damaged.

The interior should have no problems.

However this still caused Miracle Commerce a lot of problems.

Nangong Yun was so angry that she almost lost it, "Why did you do this?"

The two youths looked at each other, in their eyes was a flash of mischief and they replied with a smile, "For fun!"

For fun?

For fun?!

These bastards actually caused this trouble before the grand opening just for fun?

"This beautiful young lady, why are you so angry?" The sabre armed youth laughed and waved his hand and said, "Didn't we just break a few things and injure a few servants? How much money do you want to be compensated, we'll pay double and let it end there!"

"Compensate? Can you do it?" Nangong Yun roared in an uncontrollable rage, "I want your lives! Look at this palm!"

"Nangong, not so fast!"

Chu Tian, Meng Qingwu and Meng Yingying walked out of the crowd.

Meng Yingying saw the damage to the restaurant, tears instantly formed in her eyes. For several days, she had worked hard to decorate the dining room. Each furnishing and ornament, Meng Yingying had personally hung up.

She had not thought that after a little while, it would all become like this?

How could she not be sad?

How could she not be heartbroken?

Meng Yingying was so angry her tooth roots were itchy.

[TL note : Is this a chinese thing?]

Seeing her little sister's heartfelt efforts being destroyed, Meng Qingwu also felt very angry!

However, she suppressed her anger and calmly asked, "Who are you people? We haven't offended you in any way!"

Meng Qingwu was cautious by nature. Without knowing the background of the two, she did not dare act rashly. What if it was a trap?

The sword holding youth did not even look at her and in a clear resounding voice said, "Who we are, you as a small person aren't qualified to know. Be sensible and quickly leave, stop ruining my mood!"

The sabre armed youth laughed wildly, "Ha, ha, third brother, you really are cold hearted aren't you? Such a nation destroying beauty and you won't talk to her? Beautiful girl, if you give me a kiss, I'll tell you who we are!"

The sword holding youth carefully sized up Meng Qingwu, "Oh? I never thought that a small place like this South Sky City would be able to give birth to such national beauties. You have no future in a small place like this, come to the Central State with me and I'll guarantee you will live a quality life.

The sabre armed youth smiled wretchedly, "Daytime lady, nighttime **, don't forget to take care of this little brother."

[TL note : How lewd >.<]

They were too arrogant!

To so openly insult Meng Qingwu like this.

Even Ye Han could not compare to them!

But, it was not possible for a normal person to be this arrogant and domineering. The two did not have a simple background!

They should have come from the Central State, only people from Central State City would have this kind sense of superiority. It must also be their first time in South Sky City, or else it would have been impossible for them to not recognize Meng Qingwu.

This was very strange!

The first time they come to South Sky City, why would they make things difficult for Miracle Commerce?

Nangong Yun found it unbearable, "Sister Qingwu, they've gone too far! For people like them, I can kill them with one move!

"Nangong Yun, we know you and how strong you are. Today's matters do not concern you, you better not meddle in other people's business." The sword holding youth who did not know the relation between Nangong Yun and Hot Pot City, instead loudly said, "If you don't want me to cause trouble for Nangong Yi, obediently move out of my way!

"That's right!" The sabre armed youth loudly shouted, "Chu Tian, I never thought you would degenerate to this state, having to live off these women! If you're really a man, stop hiding behind women and come out!"

The three girls were surprised!

Did these two people recognize Chu Tian?

Was their goal also Chu Tian?

Why?

It wasn't someone from the Ye Family or the Du Family, rather it was Chu Tian's old enemy?

The sabre armed youth sneered and said, "I'll count to three, if you don't obediently roll out here and kneel to apologize to us, we'll burn down your store!

It really was an old enemy!

Chu Tian was puzzled, but some things you did not really need to understand that well. He walked out without any hesitation.

The sword holding youth said, "Don't you understand my words? Kneel!"

Chu Tian faintly smiled and said, "You seem to like comparing martial arts, how about we exchange moves?"

The eyes of the two youths flashed in surprise, like hearing a big joke, they simultaneously burst into laughter.

"A waste like you, unexpectedly dares to challenge us?"

"How funny! This is really too funny!"

The corner of Chu Tian's mouth moved into a sneer, "One after the other or do you want to come together?"

This was not a mistake!

Was this really Chu Tian?

The one who was so timid and meek in the past, the fellow who was quiet as a mouse?

The easily bullied fellow from the past, who did not even dare to fart?

The person in front of them, looked exactly the same, but his temperament was like heaven and earth!

The sword holding youth felt insulted, he could not help but become angry and said, "Ninth Brother, this bastard not only dares to not kneel when he sees us, but also dares to challenge us. This is simply going against the heavens, you know what we should do right?

"I understand, let's waste him to help him properly remember." The sabre armed youth sneered and walked over, "Do you want to pretend not to know us? Is it possible? This bastard will forever be a bastard! Even if you run to the ends of the earth, that fact won't change! See my sabre!"

The sabre armed youth exploded with a shout, his long blade burst with a white aura, just like a consistent white rainbow. The blade tore through the air, creating a deathly scream, as if tearing through space, as it mercilessly flew to cut off Chu Tian's knees. "First I'll break your legs!"

Nangong Yun clenched her fist.

Meng Qingwu blocked her, "He can deal with it."

The sabre armed youth was at Body Refinement 7th layer just like Luo Yu was at the summit. It was clear however that the sabre armed youth was not from South Sky City otherwise he would have known that Chu Tian had already defeated Luo Yu and he would not have been so careless.

Chu Tian's lips turned into a sneer, he shouted once and used a single right finger, "Scram!"

When!

The impartial finger, points at the sabre above!

Like a clap of thunder, the white sabre's aura was directly crushed!

The sabre armed youth staggered back, taking 6-7 steps, finally coming to a stop. He saw that on his hundred refined steel blade, was a hole the size of a finger.

With a single finger, he broke the sabre aura!

Furthermore, he left a hole in the sabre!

This was formidable strength!

"Waste me? Just with you?" Chu Tian, using his faithful finger, emitted a strong invisible aura, and shot at the sabre aura once again. The hundred refined steel sabre directly broke and it hit the chest of the sabre armed youth, directly cutting several meridians.

Puff!

The youth spurts out a mouthful of blood, panic-stricken he shouted, "Ah, stop!"

Chu Tian's ten fingers turned into a pale gold gold, separately imbuing each finger with strength. He shots his finger aura through the youth's body, sealing off several main meridians.

The youth was continuously being run through with the finger aura and he fell down with a scream. He could not feel his meridians at all. Unable to summon any spirit energy, his face turned deathly and he shouted, "Wait, I admit defeat, don't hit me anymore!"

"Admit defeat?"

"You really are a spineless person for someone who acts so tough!"

Chu Tian seemed like he just heard the funniest joke!

The two wrecked the restaurant the day before the grand opening. Not only did they cause great troubles for Miracle Commerce, they also wanted to waste Chu Tian on the spot. Now that they could not beat him, they just want to give up?

Whoosh!

Another finger aura was shot!

The last meridians were crushed!

The sabre armed youth desperately screamed, "NO!"

The sword holding youth could no longer keep calm, "You dare injure my Ninth brother! Die!" A long handled sword swept across and a light blue sword aura roared out!

Chu Tian disdainfully used a single palm to split the sword aura.

"You are also mediocre!"

Both legs leaped gently, like a gust of wind, he flew up.

Not good!

The sword holding youth firmly prepared in midair, he shots out 45 sword auras and formed a sword aura net in an attempt to stop Chu Tian's attack.

"Too weak!"

"Can't even block one attack!"

Chu Tian broke through the net with one palm. The minute he broke through the net, he immediately grabbed the sword holding youth and directly crushed his dantian!

"AH!"

The sword holding youth pitifully cried out and fell down to the earth like a meteor. He hit the ground heavily, his sword fell down at his side.

Chu Tian's eyes flashed a teasing look, "A Body Refinement 7th layer and a peak Body Refinement 7th layer, with such little strength you dare run rampant before me? With such little skill you dare cause trouble for my Miracle Commerce?

The onlookers revealed faces of amazement.

South Sky City summit was only two days ago!

Chu Tian's strength seemed to have grown by a lot!

Two masters at Body Refinement 7th layer attacked together, unexpectedly were easily taken care of. Moreover by the looks of them, both of their cultivations had already been wasted!

Nangong Yun looked startled. This little boy was too abnormal, being able to improve his cultivation again in such a short time, how did he do it? Next time she had a chance, she would make him spill his secrets!

"How is this possible?"

"Are you really Chu Tian?"

The two youths both had panic-stricken faces as they stared at him.

The person in the past that did not even have any cultivation. Chu Tian, that piece of waste, how did he become so strong?

The person in the past who they could destroy at any time, the one who they used to toy with was now toying with them unexpectedly?

There was too big of a contrast!

It was simply unacceptable!

"Third Brother, no, no…. My meridians have all been broken!"

"My spirit energy has also been scattered. Chu Tian, you're really ruthless!"

The two did not think that this would unexpectedly be the result. They were this generation's natural talents, but this minor matter actually turned them both into disabled people, unable to cultivate ever again!

Regret, fear, hate….bubbled in their hearts, Chu Tian was simply a devil!

"Ruthless?" Chu Tian revealed a pondering look, "You wanted to waste me and you don't think that's ruthless? You damaged my Miracle Commerce's property, you should be grateful that I didn't directly kill you!"

"Bold evil spawn!"

From a nearby teahouse came a piercing sound, a teacup flew out of the window, flying straight at Chu Tian with high rotational speed. There was still another expert!

Chu Tian's iron fist shot out, a crisp crack, the teacup was shattered apart!

Chu Tian was forced back a tiny step….Judging from the strength of the attack, he was afraid that the person was in the 8th Body Refinement layer.

Nangong Yun gave a cold snort, "Little hiding rat! Come out for me!"

Chapter 47: Central State Chu Family

A middle aged man in a red brocade robe leapt out of the tea house, slightly short black hair, around his mouth was a beard, on his hands were several jade rings; he was obviously a rich gentleman.

The two youths quickly shouted, "Seventh Uncle, save me!"

The middle aged man looked at them with one eye and coldly said, "You two have lost face for our family. Can't even beat up a bastard, what use do you two have?!"

"Seventh uncle, you…."

The two youths' faces ashened.

What fortuitous chance did this bastard encounter?

How, after a few months, did he become so formidable?

The middle aged man's temperament was very arrogant, but his eyes contained a trace of surprise, as he inspected Chu Tian from head to toe, "Everyone thought you died, but who knew the shame of the family was still living? Moreover your cultivation is not weak!"

These weird fellows, where exactly did they come from?

Chu Tian did not carelessly move, this circumstance was truly strange. If you want to fight, you have to understand what is going on. If you fight without understanding the circumstances, you would not understand who you were even fighting, right?

The middle aged man's face showed mockery and contempt, "You stupid, ignorant girls, why do stand up for someone like him? Do you even know his status, do you know who he is?

Nangong Yun coldly snorted, "Now he is our boss! Compared to you petty people, he is a hundred times stronger!"

The middle aged man retorted, "The Nangong Family is one of the three esteemed families of the kingdom, to actually associate yourself with this bastard, you really disgrace the Nangong Family!"

Nangong Yun angrily rebuked, "If your mouth doesn't know how to talk, this old lady will help rip it off for you!"

It was really strange!

This fellow clearly recognized Chu Tian!

Not only does he recognize Chu Tian.

He also knew about Chu Tian.

Chu Tian definitely does not remember seeing this person before!

Otherwise, with Chu Tian's temper and style, this rude fellow would not be able to casually stand there!

There was only one possibility… He was an acquaintance of the original owner of the body, that is the original youth, Chu Tian's acquaintance.

This could be difficult, because the real Chu Tian disappeared and his memories were all gone. Chu Tian has no idea what happened before.

Who were these people?

Chu Tian motionlessly looked and asked, "What business do you have with me?"

The middle aged man angrily and arrogantly roared, "You are a bastard that should not have been born. The Chu Family blood may flow in you, but you fled the Chu Family, the rebels fled, and ten thousand people died. Moreover. you injured second brother which just adds another sin to your record! You still dare ask this kind of question!?"

Rebels?

What does that mean?

Who exactly was this fellow?

The middle aged man thought he stunned him into silence, coldly smiled and said, "When news came that you were still alive, it caused quite a big stir. The family didn't believe it at first so they sent me to confirm, but I never thought that it would actually be you and you would even encounter a fortuitous chance! Once you fall into our hands, your good luck will run out here!

Meng Qingwu and the others thought in their hearts, 'this fellow was a Chu Family elder?'

Even so, it did not matter if he was an elder!

One minute. calling someone cheap, one minute calling someone a waste, constantly insulting people, was there an elder like this?

Chu Tian looked with compassionate eyes, looking at this idiot with the giant ego, "Since it's like this, are you here to kill me?

The middle aged man showed a condescending face, "Rebelling against the family is unforgivable, even if you're chopped to pieces, it wouldn't be enough. But, I've read that your mother and father have already died, so I'll give you a chance!

Meng Qingwu suddenly thought.

Chu Family, Central State Chu Family. Was Chu Tian a member of the Central State Chu Family?

Central State Chu Family was a respected family, it was in no way inferior to the Ye Family!

Perhaps, Chu Tian was a member of the Central State Chu Family.

Because of certain incidents and being reduced to a slave, the family thought that Chu Tian had died, so they did not pursue him any further. Now that they received news that Chu Tian was still alive and had established his own company, therefore they sent people over to investigate.

With this kind of explanation, it all made sense!

That was also why these people were so dismissive towards Chu Tian!

It could be said that they watched Chu Tian grow up. they understood too well that it affected their judgement. Nobody could predict that in the future that Chu Tian would turn out this way!

Also, the news about Chu Tian still being alive, some people could have purposely leaked it to the Central State and left out some of the details. Their purpose was to provoke the conflict between Chu Tian and the family, to murder with a borrowed knife!

This was likely a plot to sow discord!

Chu Tian lightly smiled and said, "What do you want me to do?

"You established a company that's doing pretty well." The middle aged man showed a greedy expression, "Give me all the shares, waste your own cultivation and return to the family with me to face your punishment. If you do so, I'll help you beg for leniency and let you escape capital punishment for now! This is your only option to live! I hope you properly appreciate it!

Chu Tian broke out in laughter!

"You still dare to laugh! I am your father's seven cousin, I am also a righteous person, you are a bastard that should not have been born. It is for your his sake that I'm offering you this chance yet you don't appreciate it, don't blame the family for being heartless! The Meng family is a small family from South Sky City, in front of the Chu Family, they can't even compare to a single piece of dust!

This fellow seemed to understand Chu Tian very well, that was why he was acting like he had already eaten Chu Tian.

"I'm very sorry." Chu Tian was no longer the old Chu Tian, but he wanted to understand what kind of things had happened to the old owner of this body, so he asked, "There are some things I'm still not clear on, can you tell me how exactly I betrayed the Chu Family?

The middle aged man's whole face was full of doubt.

Did he actually forget everything?

What kind of fortuitous chance did this bastard encounter?

"Fine, I'll help you remember! Your father was a direct line descendant of the Chu Family, high hopes were placed on him, but he actually fell in love with a cheap woman from an enemy family. Despite opposition from the family, he chose to elope with her and gave birth to a bastard like you."

"Ten years ago, your father and that cheap woman were caught by the family. The family head was kind and only killed that cheap woman. He allowed you father and son to live and even allowed you to study."

"Who knew that your father, who can't differentiate between good and bad, would try to flee with you six months ago. Finally he was executed on the spot for betraying the family. You little bastard accidently ran away and managed to live to this day, but since you've been discovered by us, you should obediently accept your fate!"

"The Chu Family regulations are very strict, no one can save you this time!"

Both his parents were dead!

They were insulted for many years!

He escaped alone!

Finally was reduced to being a slave!

These were all the things the past Chu Tian had experienced?

Meng Qingwu and Meng Yingying were shocked, they simply could not believe. Chu Tian's past was unexpectedly so rough?

This usually casual, instinctually optimistic youth.

Actually had such a painful past?

The two sisters sympathized with Chu Tian very much.

At the same time, they felt heartfelt admiration!

"Such dirty things, you actually dare to say out loud?" Nangong Yun was irritated, she could not resist any more, her face turned red, "What a cruel and evil family!"

The middle aged person coldly snorted and said, "The country has its laws, the family has its regulations. The Chu Family's discipline must be strict or else others would spread rumours! Even the country's laws cannot interfere with the family's regulations, Nangong Family definitely cannot interfere with our family matters."

"Is that so?" Nangong Yun's eyes flashed killing intent, "Do I need to care?"

The middle aged man's face revealed a look of dread, "You dare!"

Strange, why would she respond so strongly?

Chu Tian was a bastard of the Chu Family!

Nangong Yun, this kind of character, why would she have relations with this bastard? Her cultivation was very high, perhaps it would be hard to deal with her!

The middle aged man underestimated Chu Tian's strength, but at this moment, he could not back down so easily, "If the Nangong Family interfered with the Chu Family's family matters and it was known by the main city, Nangong Yi might lose his position as the Mayor!"

This bastard dared to threaten her with her father!

However what he said was not wrong, it if was a member of the Ye Family here today, Nangong Yun would have no problem killing him with one palm. But a Chu Family member was a different story, they came in name of their family private matter to address grievances.

The large clans of this era generally had high independency. Other families interfering in clan policies were against the laws of the kingdom!

But so what if it was against the laws?

In any case they could not just let Chu Tian be taken away!

Chu Tian walked over, "Nangong, back down."

"Chu Tian, you….."

"I'll do it myself!"

Chu Tian's jet black eyes quietly flashed.

Also, taking advantage of being reborn, he owed the original owner of the body a favour!

Every bit of karma this original owner had, I, Chu Tian, will bear it all for him.

Chu Tian could feel that, in the depths of his soul, there was a trace of restlessness.

The youth had already vanished into thin air, but still a mark of hatred was left behind.

Revenge for his mother!

Revenge for his father!

Suffering ten years of house arrest!

What kind of humiliation was this!?

But it is all over now. From now on, you just rest!

This enmity, I'll help you repay it. This hatred, I'll help you erase it!

The restlessness gradually subsided.

The middle aged man saw Chu Tian's thick gaze, suddenly felt a chill down his spine, "What are you planning to do?"

"Kill you!"

In a second, smooth as water, he suddenly soared into the sky to kill.

The middle aged man was surprised and quickly tried to resist, however Chu Tian's strength was greater than he imagined. His arm broke from the palm hit which continued and hit his face, the wild strength sent him flying ten or so meters away.

The middle aged man's face showed panic!

How was this possible?

Although Chu Tian had been reborn, he was probably at most in the 7th Body Refinement layer. He was a peak 8th Body Refinement cultivator, how was it possible he could not block Chu Tian's attack?

What was most difficult to be believe was…. Chu Tian actually dared to attack?

This bastard feared the Chu Family, didn't that fear already long seep into his soul?

The middle aged man was flustered, "You dare kill me? You'll be making an enemy out of the Chu Family!"

Chu Tian sent out a palm to attack the forehead, knocking the head halfway into the chest cavity, "The Chu Family owes me and I'll personally get it all back. First I'll kill you to take back some interest."

The youth's soul almost fled their body.

He killed him!

Though Seventh Uncle only managed the branch family, he was still a member of the Chu Family.

This bastard that could not even be considered a part of the genealogy, but he actually dared to kill Seventh Uncle!

"You guys, strip these two fellows and throw them on a busy street for all to see!"

The bodyguards could already see that this fellow was not feeling well, so they quickly stripped their clothes and carried them off on their shoulders like pigs.

Grandmother, what really bad luck!

Encountering this bastard, one's good mood really would be spoiled!

Chu Tian even dared to kill Ye Xiong's son, this fellow could be considered bold. Since offending the Ye Family, he even dared to offend the Chu Family, this was real skill!

Nangong Yun surprisedly looked at Chu Tian, "I never thought you would be a member of the Chu Family."

Chu Tian disdainfully curled his lips, "What Chu Family member? Didn't you hear what that fellow saying that I am a bastard! These kinds of people that can't tell right from wrong, Father, I from now on will waste one when I see one."

Meng Qingwu frowned and said, "This matter is not that simple!"

Meng Yingying asked, "Why?"

"Our Miracle Commerce only established itself these past few days, how did the Central State Chu Family already know about this?"

"Right, there is about a thousand li between South Sky City and Central State main city, to send a message between the two would require several days! Our company was just established, how did they receive the message so quickly?"

Nangong Yun nodded her head, "Only if…. someone intentionally passed the news to Central State!"

"I don't think it's just that." Meng Qingwu's face showed worry, "The Chu Family clearly sent people to search, but they did not know all the circumstances. They didn't even know that you , Nangong, are a stockholder in our company, or else they wouldn't have sent these small characters to verify. In my opinion, somebody deliberately leaked information to the Chu Family, but left out some details. Their goal was to instigate the enmity between Chu Tian and the Chu Family!"

Right!

Today's matters, if Chu Tian could not have handled it, the three fellows would most likely have been blown away by Nangong Yun!

Once these three people have been dealt with, the Chu Family would definitely have been angry. Whether Chu Tian personally handled it, they would definitely not let him get away with it!

Because it was a family's private matter, the Mayor could not interfere that easily otherwise he would cross the bottom line of the other party. This was a clever murdering with a borrowed knife plot!

As for the identity of the mastermind, there was no need to guess since they could already figure it out.

"First, let's not worry about these things!" Chu Tian did not really care, "The most urgent thing right now is the restaurant's grand opening! Let's pretend today's matter did not occur, we shouldn't let it affect us or else it'll be a big blow to our Miracle Commerce's morale!"

They were at the point of no return!

Although this was special circumstance, they could not let it affect tomorrow!

This small Source Energy restaurant was not only a restaurant, but it represented the Miracle Commerce's first official business so it had a big significance. They could not allow any accidents to occur.

Originally they were already nervous.

Then this incident occurred!

They were doomed to get no sleep tonight.

Of course, Chu Tian was the one exception, for what kinds of things had he not seen before?

This did not count for anything!

He went back to his room and fell asleep once he lied down.

Chapter 48: Source Energy Hot Pot City

The next morning, before there was any light.

There was still no light.

Chu Tian was ruthlessly shaken awake.

A cute round oval face appeared in front of his eyes, white and tender, just like cream, almost as water was going to drip out. Following the snow white jade neck down, were two furious white peaks, the waves ran high, the gully was deep, both eyes were flowing, slender delicate eyebrows, a pair of sparkling black eyes were staring at him.

Chu Tian turned around and went back to sleep, he muttered, "Where did this beautiful angel come from? Looks like I'm still dreaming!"

Meng Yingying's small face turned red, there were sweet feelings in her heart. Where did this fellow learn to talk? He was obviously infuriating, but people could not get mad at him.

She rushed like a hungry tiger, grabbing and scratching, "Get up! Get up! Today is the big day! You have to participate!"

Chu Tian was pulled and dragged out.

They rushed over to Yingying's Hot Pot City.

Nangong Yun wore her rarely worn formal dress, her usually scattered hair, was carefully organized. With her delicate facial features and tall figure, she looked like a model of a young miss from a respected family…. Of course, this was provided she did not talk!

Nangong Yun rushed in, burning with impatience, straining her voice she shouted, "Hey! How come you're just coming in! Today is the day of our grand opening! Quickly come and help!"

They rushed to finish up the preparations.

From the east, the big red sun slowly rose.

Eighty staff members, all wearing the same uniform, neatly stood in front of the restaurant.

Meng Qingwu came wearing a beautiful solemn formal dress, tall peach like figure, a light body, a dignified and elegant presence. Black hair like paint, skin like jade, beautiful eyes full of hope, a half frown and smile eluded a kind of unspeakable charm. Just like a budding peony, beautiful, but not demonic, alluring, but not crass, ravishingly beautiful, without equal.

"Congratulations little miss!"

"Congratulations second miss!"

"Congratulations teacher!"

Zhang Liqing and Xiong Tianyan came early to congratulate them.

Because the Miracle Commerce restaurant's grand opening was big news in South Sky City. As the time passed, more and more people came, and not that long, it was so full that not even a drop of water could leak out.

Some second and third class families sent some people to bring gifts.

At this time a luxurious beast carriage slowly drove up. Surrounded by ten or so of the Mayor's palace guards, Nangong Yi came out causing the crowd to gather and cheer.

"Sir Mayor has arrived!"

"Unexpectedly sir Mayor has come too!"

The crowd was shocked, they had never heard of a restaurant opening that could catch the Mayor's attention to come and support them.

The ribbon cutting ceremony could begin.

Meng Qingwu, as the vice president of Miracle Commerce, personally hosted the ceremony, then asked the two head of Miracle Commerce's catering division to come onto the stage. Finally she asked the honoured guests to come onto the stage.

Nangong Yi, Zhang Liqing, Xiong Tianyan, Chu Tian, Meng Qingwu, Meng Yingying, Nangong Yun.

A stir burst from the crowd.

They were all famous people!

At this time, a group of attractive ceremonial girls came out, in each of their hands was a scarlet clothed plate. In each tray were a pair of scissors, the ceremonial girls would put on the red silk cloth and pull it far apart.

"The ribbon cutting ceremony will now start!"

Everyone picked up the scissors together and cut the red silk string.

Suddenly, bells and drums rang out, the crowd burst into joyous celebration, the excitement in the atmosphere was extreme.

Although the ceremony was very troublesome, it was still very necessary. Having celebrities laugh joyously, then take the opportunity to create hype. A small restaurant's grand opening attracted the Mayor and Symbol Technique Guild Master to come participate, it was difficult for it to not become popular!

Meng Yingying and Nangong Yun look at each other and nodded their heads together.

Meng Yingying loudly announced, "Friends, fellow residents, today is Yingying's Hot Pot City's grand opening day and to repay everyone's support and affection, in the next ten days, every time you spend 5 gold coins, you get 1 coin back in rebate, which you can redeem whenever you shop at our main store!"

The crowd loudly cheered!

Chu Tian gawked and then asked Meng Qingwu, "Giving back rebates, did you teach them this?"

Meng Qingwu was bewildered, "No I didn't, what is this giving back rebates?"

"Fuck, doesn't South Sky City have this strategy of giving out rebates?" Chu Tian was frightened by this fact, "This idea, there was no way those two fellows could think of this!"

Meng Yingying continued to announce, "Beyond the preferential rebates, our Yingying's Hot Pot City will also offer membership cards. With membership cards you can enjoy a discount of up to 30% and have many privileges.

Nangong Yun stood up and added, "The Miracle Commerce dining membership card will not only be effective in Yingying's Hot Pot City, but rather can be used in any of Miracle Commerce's restaurants. In celebration of the grand opening, for the next three days, every time you charge 100 gold coins to the card we'll add 10 gold coins, if you charge 200 gold coins we'll add 30 gold coins, if you charge 300 gold coins we'll add 80 gold coins, if you charge 500 gold coins we'll add 100 gold coins… This offer is for a limited time, so we hope everyone takes advantage of it.

Meng Qingwu was frightened.

These two really hid their plans well!

In this era, demon beasts ran rampant, there were scarcely populated areas, so there was not much transportation and information was hard to spread. The business model was very simple, but things like giving rebates and membership card classes had not appeared in South Sky City yet.

They never would have thought that the first time it was implemented, would be done by these two who everyone thought were two good for nothings!

Nangong Yi almost broke into tears.

God bless the Nangong Family!

His daughter had the Fire Phoenix Source spirit and now that she was following these people, her brain had also improved. In the future, who could stop her!

[TL note : Lol this dad is so mean.]

The restaurant had officially begun business.

Countless people swarmed in, the Source Energy dining room's main delicacy was Demon Beast meat, so their main market was cultivators, but South Sky City had around 200,000 cultivators, so their market potential was enormous.

The waiters handed out menus.

Black iron pork - 30 silver coins per serving.

Moonlight yak meat - 40 silver coins per serving.

Double horned antelope meat - 40 silver coins per serving.

Giant hoof deer beast meat - 50 silver coins per serving.

...

As the guests examined the menus, they were surprised to find that each meat dish generally cost between 20-50 silver coins and for a vegetarian diet, the price generally was not higher than 20 silver coins.

This was not expensive!

Some of the big hotels in South Sky City offered dishes with ordinary ingredients for around the same price, but Yingying's Hot Pot City offered Demon Beast meat. Moreover, it was the only restaurant that did, so everyone thought they would have an outrageous price, but they did not think that it would be so cheap.

When the dishes came, people were disappointed because they thought the portions were too small. One plate of moonlight yak meat was around the same as one fourth of a single steak from Meng Yingying's food stand.

After all, hot pot was not a popular dish in South Sky City, people were used to eating in restaurants, therefore they felt that the hot pot portions were too small.

But thinking about it carefully.

This place catered to cultivators and the price was in an acceptable range.

But this was a Source Energy restaurant that catered specifically to cultivators, so they could not compare it to an ordinary hotel could they? Also there was a membership card system here, so with a membership card they could come over and over and receive a discount.

Naturally, for most people here, they had never eaten with Source Energy cooking so they did not know if it was good or not, the had to taste it to know.

A plate of beef and pork meat was poured into the special Source Energy pot.

Not long passed before a delicious fragrance filled the inside and outside of the restaurant. The entire street could smell this weird fragrance which ordinary food could not compare to.

"This pork meat is too delicious!"

"Right, right, normally the black iron pig meat is hard and old, but if you boil it in the pot for 5 to 6 minutes, it unexpectedly becomes tender and delicious!"

"This is really too delicious! You guys, quickly come try the beef!"

"I have never tasted such delicious Demon Beast meat!"

"This is definitely worth the money spent!"

"We'll go register for a membership card, from now on we'll eat here!"

"Boss, we have a few people that want to register for a membership card!"

"….."

When Meng Qingwu purchased the restaurant, she had set up a special area where people could bring in their own ingredients and they would charge a fix rate for the number of people.

After all, Demon Beasts were not farmed, so the daily flow of meat from the market was not enough to sustain their need. Doing this slightly helped to relieve the problem.

The restaurant was packed full of people, outside the door were several hundred people lining up.

This was the one of a kind Source Energy cooking!

Who did not want to try a taste?

Meng Yingying and Nangong Yun saw their business explode, their mouths turned into crooked smiles. From each dish, they earned a 5 to 10 times profit and if their daily business was this popular, then the restaurant was truly a cash cow!

But this was merely the beginning!

This was merely the start of the Miracle Commerce dining department!

This was merely the start of Miracle Commerce!

Chu Tian, Xiong Bing, Nangong Yi, and Meng Qingwu sat in a private room and they ordered a whole table of garlic chives.

"Interesting, very interesting!"

"This is half eating and half cultivating, truly the best of both worlds, ha, ha!"

Xiong Bing used his spirit energy and saw that the pot was covered in an invisible ability and waves of heat burst out. Taking several thin pieces lamb meat, he placed them in the pot and they turned tender.

Eating the meat, his body felt warm and comfortable, if only he had some good wine, this would be truly enjoyable!

Xiong Bing ate six to seven plates of meat, feeling unsatisfied, he ordered another dozen plates, then turned to Chu Tian to offer his opinion, "I find that in your restaurant, there is only level 1 Demon Beast meat, why don't you offer level 2 Demon Beast meat? For Awakened Soul cultivators like us, level 1 Demon Beast meat does not have much use."

Chu Tian nodded his head and said, "Level 2 meat requires a level 2 cooking array, but also requires an Awakened Soul cultivator to start it, in South Sky City there aren't that many Awakened Soul cultivators so I haven't taken it out yet. But, I could open up a luxurious area that specially caters to Awakened Soul cultivators, but it would require you to have a gold membership card."

Xiong Bing laughed, "You little brat, you unexpectedly even had a solution for my idea!"

The membership cards of Miracle Commerce were divided into black iron, bronze, silver, and gold categories. You needed to charge 50 gold coins to become a black iron member and would enjoy a 5% discount. To become a gold member, you needed to charge 1000 gold coins and would enjoy a 30% discount.

1000 gold coins was not a small number!

In South Sky City, the people that had the ability to become a gold member were people that were a part of a first class company or a first class family.

Xiong Bing grandly said, "Father will just register as a gold member!"

"But talking about this," Xiong Bing's voice lowered, "Who in Miracle dining department doesn't know that Nangong Family and Xiong Family both have shares in Southern Cloud Commerce? Now, even though that the Miracle restaurant is doing so well, Southern Cloud Commerce is still in a dangerous position, this isn't right!"

Chapter 49: Popular Business

Xiong Bing and Nangong Yi both thought about seizing every opportunity. Miracle Commerce was just starting out, they were definitely lacking funds so would this not be the best opportunity to invest?

Who would have thought that the restaurant's popularity would go beyond what people could imagine?

Miracle Commerce dining planned to open two more restaurants, in the future it would definitely become a national chain. Would they be lacking money then? Only fools would accept buying stocks!

Luckily, Xiong Tianyan and Nangong Yi were a part of the company's management, so they were able to grab a piece of this cake!

Meng Qingwu quickly said, "General Xiong Bing, please rest assured, Southern Cloud Commerce is one of our Miracle groups' important sub divisions, from now on it'll definitely not disappoint you."

"That's good then!"

At this time, Nangong Yun fierily burst in and before anyone could say anything, shouted right at her father, "Your precious daughter's business is having its grand opening and you're not embarrassed to just sit here and eat? The least you should be doing is supporting me with practical action, for example you could register 350 gold membership cards!"

Nangong Yun almost spat out blood, "Why would I register that many membership cards? Nonsense!"

Nangong Yun delightedly said, "Miracle Commerce will become a national chain, so your South Sky City membership card can be used in Central State City, even if you went to the Imperial Capital you can still use it! You must know, the membership card will be distributed in limited quantities, so if you can't use them, you can give it to your friends. It's better than giving them gold, silver, or jewelry, don't you think?"

Nangong Yi indignantly said, "Never mind friends, being shaken down by you like this, I'll be too poor to even have friends!"

"Really long winded! Then just register a diamond membership, they're not expensive, only 10,000 gold coins. They get to enjoy a 40% discount. Besides we're holding an event, the more you charge, they more you save, so next time you could get a 60-70% discount, you definitely won't suffer a loss! I only said all this because you're my dad, you take of it yourself then!"

How did this girl's mouth become so slick!

Was it because she had been with Chu Tian for a while that she became like this?

A normal meal at the Source Energy restaurant would cost around a few gold coins and this was just level 1 dishes. In the future there will be a special place just for Soul Awakened cultivators, he was afraid then price would be terrifying, it would be better to register a membership now.

Anyhow he had to eat it anyway.

So why not take advantage of the grand opening promotion and register for one of these diamond membership cards?

Nangong Yun saw her father about to cave, quickly said, "Actually we still have a supreme membership card, it only cost 100,000 gold coins and you can enjoy a 50% discount…."

"Stop, don't say anymore!" Nangong Yi wiped his sweat away and took out a gold card from his chest, "This is 10,000 gold coins, hurry and take it."

Chu Tian gave her a big thumbs up.

Nangong Yun was satisfied and then she turned her gaze onto Xiong Bing, "General Xiong Bing, your General household has built up status in South Sky City and wouldn't lose in financial power to the Mayor's palace, surely you'll register for a supreme membership card. It only costs 100,000 gold coins and it'll immediately highlight your distinguished status!

Xiong Bing broke out in a sweat, "I am already prepared to register for a gold membership card."

Gold membership card? How can you be satisfied with only a gold membership card?" Nangong Yun stared and exaggeratedly shouted, "It really is an insult. You may be able to tolerate, but I definitely can't! Which idiot taught you to do this? I have to beat him up to teach him how to be human!"

Chu Tian trembled in fright.

This fellow wasn't for real right?

Does this crazy girl know how to talk!

Letting Xiong Bing register a gold membership, how did that become an insult?

Seeing only Nangong Yun's calm voice and face, "What kind of person are you? The dignified general of South Sky City! What status does Xiong Family have? The famous general's family, with famous generals emerging one after the other! With this kind of status, only managing to get a gold membership card? To be honest with you, the surnamed Zhang old man and your little brother Xiong Tianyan have both registered for diamond membership cards!"

What?

That scoundrel Xiong Tianyan!

The black sheep of the family!

Nangong Yun's expression was very exaggerated, "Let me tell you, some of the small mercenary groups in the big hall have registered for gold membership cards! Right, some of your vice generals and garrison commanders have also registered for gold membership card. Could it be that a dignified general like you would be reduced to being on the same footing as a mercenary captain? Could it be that a dignified general like you can be compared to the men under your command? If this was spread tomorrow, everyone would think that General Xiong Bing is nothing more than a pauper! Would you still have your prestige, your pride as the general of the South Sky City army! Don't you think so?"

"Nangong young miss, don't say anymore!" Xiong Bing did not know whether to laugh or cry, "I'll register, ok? This is a gold card with 10,000 gold coins, you take it!"

Nangong Yun was pleased with herself as she took the gold card.

Seeing her catch another person, Chu Tian was very satisfied in his heart.

Nangong Yun's forceful personality showed that while military strength was valuable, eloquence was not the slightest bit less valuable. Not bad, not bad, persistence yielded results!

Who would know that Nangong Yun's gaze would also fall on Chu Tian, "Chu Tian, you are our president, you should at least act like it. South Sky City should issue at least one supreme membership card, don't you think so…."

Fuck!

This witch's scam doesn't even let family escape!

Nangong Yi glanced at Chu Tian with pity, "You little brat, you really don't understand my daughter!"

Xiong Bing snickered, secretly criticizing. This brat was just enjoying our pain, now he'll understand her might right? The witch had had her nickname for many years now, it was not for no reason!

Chu Tian shook his head like a rattle drum, "You know I don't have any money, recently I've been supported by the young miss. I'm so poor that I have to get approval even before buying underwear!"

Nangong Yun fiercely said, "Stop pretending to be poor! Just you alone account for 80% of the shares in our Miracle group. We work our bones off and all we get are your leftovers, you still dare pretend you have no money? The supreme membership card is yours, end of discussion, you have no choice!"

This fellow really was too unreasonable!

Clearly selling using force!

Nangong Yun, the little devil, lifted up a sleeve and showed a bare white arm, "What? You dare not give me any face?! Even if you don't have money you can still owe money! You just won't get paid for 2 months!"

Over.

It was all over.

Hunting goose daily, but in the end getting an eye pecked out by a goose!

[TL note : Ya this is an idiom so I did a direct translation, but it basically means irony.]

Chu Tian held his nose and gave in, "You win! I'll just register then!"

Nangong Yun changed faces faster than a book could be flipped and showed a bright faced smile, in a sweet, delicate voice she said, "The president sympathizes with his subordinates, fully supporting us, therefore I'll represent the whole staff to say thank you!"

Finished talking!

She directly gave Chu Tian a big hug!

This girl's temper was very fierce, but her body was not bad, letting Chu Tian experience what was called soft!

But, what was with this weird strength?

Chu Tian felt he was being hugged by a bear!

Nangong Yun just finished taking care of Chu Tian, her phoenix eyes turned and her gaze fell on Meng Qingwu, "Since the president is supporting us, then the vice president….."

Absolutely crazy!

Even Meng Qingwu was not let off!

The word greedy was already not enough to describe her anymore!

Meng Qingwu complexion changed, she did not wait for Nangong Yun to begin talking, she directly surrendered a gold card.

Nangong Yun had a crooked smile, randomly saying a few words earned her three diamond members and a supreme member, this feeling was too satisfying!

"You guys eat slowly, I'll go next door!"

Nangong Yun quickly left the room and ran next door. There was no need to guess to know what the fellow next door would be bleeding a lot of money.

For the whole day, the restaurant's several tables were packed full. The crowd waiting outside did not reduce, but rather kept on growing.

Meng Yingying and Nangong Yun thought of an idea together. To protect the rights of membership holders, in the future members will have the reserve seats.

This way, there would be more people registering as members.

A countless amount of gold cards, cash and the likes crashed into the vaults of Miracle Commerce.

Evening.

The detailed account statement was calculated.

Meng Yingying jumped three feet in excitement, she pulled Chu Tian in and shouted, "Do you know just how much we earned in a single day?!"

"How much?"

"280,000 gold coins!"

Meng Yingying was so excited she could not speak, when her elder sister was in charge of Southern Cloud Commerce, a whole year's revenue could not compare to this. In a single day, a small hot pot restaurant earned this much money!

Chu Tian was also surprised, "How could there be this much, that's not possible!"

Meng Qingwu smiled and said, "Did you add the membership card revenue into the calculations?"

Meng Yingying scratched her head and laughed, then she counted with her fingers, "We sold a supreme membership, 8 diamond memberships, 35 gold memberships, and countless silver and black iron memberships. If you don't count the revenue from that, the money earned is still tens of thousands of gold coins."

That was more like it!

The membership cards were money deposited by customers.

However once they charged money it couldn't be returned. Out of Yingying's Hot Pot City's dishes, the lowest profit was still over 500%, the highest was over ten times, even if they take out several tens of thousands of gold coins, it would be alright to take out 180,000 gold coins without any problems!

Gigantic profits!

Absolutely gigantic profits!

Earned so easily that they almost spit in disgust!

Today's grand opening already earned them several tens of thousands of gold coins, moreover it was estimated they would still be popular for a long period of time.

Chu Tian began to say, "After being poor for so long, we can finally see the dawn of being rich!"

A single Source Energy restaurant had no way to satisfy the market, South Sky City had a gigantic cultivator population of around 200,000, not accounting for the normal residents, nobles and merchants. If they could break ground, just a South Sky City was already amazing!

People once thought that talismans and pharmaceutics made the most money and that catering services was the bottom of the barrel, but now it seemed that from the speed Miracle dining made its money, it was not the least bit inferior to talisman crafting, maybe even better.

Miracle Commerce could not find a single rival in South Sky City!

But was it just fighting over gold? Actually, using kilograms to calculate would not be exaggerated!

[TL note : This is a joke, but it only makes sense in chinese since 金(jin) gold rhymes with 斤(jin) gram.]

Miracle dining had finished a day of business, although it was very successful, it also exposed some of their shortcomings. Meng Qingwu transferred 100 people from Southern Cloud Commerce over to be waiters.

Nangong Yun was afraid that the dining room operation would have problems, so she went to her dad and persistently bothered him. In the end he gave her 200 guards from the Mayor's palace to secure the restaurant.

The second day.

The restaurant was popular with the entire city, from aristocrats to lower class citizens, there was nobody who did not know about it. People considered it an honor to have a membership at the restaurant, it became a symbol of strength and power!

"Popular!"

"Popular!"

"Have you seen the newspaper!"

"They are all talking about us!"

Meng Yingying's small face was completely red while holding a stack of newspapers as she ran in. She handed them to Chu Tian like they were treasures, then she collected herself and read them together with Chu Tian.

A delicate face was but a few centimeters away.

Chu Tian felt the urge to give it a kiss.

But, considering this violent little girl, she would possibly walk away so he decided against it.

"The Daily South Sky City"headline - "Yingying's Hot Pot City creates a business miracle, revenue earned in a day exceeds 280,000 gold coins shocks the city!"

"People Weekly"headline - "From wealthy family good for nothings to super rich powerful people, enters the two beautiful female presidents of Miracle Commerce."

"Mercenary Times"headline - "The best and hottest mercenary restaurant available! Triggers fiery praise from the entire city's mercenary community!

"Symbol Array Monthly"headline - "Epoch-making invention - Source Energy cooking array!"

...

This era did not have new media forms, but the paper had been invented for a long time, so paper was the medium for media. Newspapers and weeklies were the most popular forms of media.

Today, all the popular newspapers were all captured by the Miracle Commerce restaurant!

All of these reported that Miracle Commerce was not the slightest bit overrated!

Chu Tian and Meng Yingying just finished reading the newspapers.

At this time, Xiong Tianyan brought several people carrying boxes in, "President, here is the meteor grass you wanted!"

Fantastic!

This really could be described as double happiness!

Miracle Commerce's restaurant had won its first battle and the medicinal herbs Chu Tian wanted had arrived.

Xiong Tianyan said with a weird look, "This batch of meteor grass cost 140,000 gold coins and the stock of meteor grass in South Sky City is about to run out. The retail price on one unit of meteor grass has risen to 20 gold coins."

Chu Tian did not care about this, "Go talk to the supplier, from now on Miracle Commerce will go on a large scale acquisition of meteor grass. I want 10,000 every week, the price we can discuss."

Xiong Tianyan was frightened, "That many?"

"That's right, only more not less!" now that Miracle Commerce was starting to make money, Chu Tian was full of energy.

Meng Yingying was confused, "What are you buying all this meteor grass for?

Chu Tian mystically said, "I'm about to close up for 1-2 days, when I come out I'll tell you."

Meng Yingying discontentedly said, "Keeping people guessing again!"

[TL note : Like I do with each release with all them sweet cliffhangers!]

"First go tell young miss to go to spirit cave spring to bathe, then give her this Qi Training pill. The precious medicine that I give you, don't leave any and eat all of it, then try to break through to the 7th Body Refinement layer."

Chu Tian waved and said, "Carry the medicinal herbs down, I'll be using them immediately!"