CHAPTER 570: CHAPTER 580: SHOWING OFF WEALTH

With Sima Zhen’s strength and talent, he is definitely the top person in Wan Jian Sect beneath the Supreme Elders and the Sect Master. Although he is only at the peak of the Sword Saint realm and has not yet advanced to the Sword God Realm, his power could absolutely crush an ordinary late-stage Sword Saint.

In the Dan State Branch, he is the number one True Disciple. However, upon arriving at the Main Lineage of Wan Jian Sect, his status plummeted dramatically.

At that time, he was sent along with Pu Li and many other Sword Saints to refine elixir materials.

Not having seen him for nearly a year, Chu Feng found that Sima Zhen looked somewhat down and out.

It seems that the environment can change a person.

Being in a long-term oppressed lower status, Sima Zhen’s ambitious aspirations gradually wore away.

This time, coming to the Secluded Holy Land to rent a Supreme Secret Room, he probably wishes to make a final all-out effort.

"You’re paying the rent for him?" Steward Yang Tianbao sneered coldly, looking at Chu Feng with an expression full of extreme contempt. "The rent for a Supreme Secret Room isn’t small, you know. Ten thousand silver taels for one day, and you, a newly appointed Medicine Mountain Manager, probably can’t afford it, can you?"

"Junior Brother Chu... maybe we should forget it. I’ll just rent a cheaper Special-level Secret Room," Sima Zhen said, not wanting to put Chu Feng in a difficult position.

He too thought that even though Chu Feng had become the Medicine Mountain Manager, it was only for a short time. His savings must be limited.

Ten thousand silver taels, for the former Sima Zhen, wasn’t much. But all the savings he had in the Dan State Branch had been eaten away during this year, leaving him with only five thousand taels on his person.

The salary he received in the Main Lineage was simply not enough.

After all, there are nearly a million Outer Disciples in Wan Jian Sect. If every lowest-level Outer Disciple were to be paid a high salary, the Sect simply couldn’t afford it. It probably would have collapsed long ago.

For a Sect that focuses primarily on cultivating the Sword Dao, there aren’t many ways to make money.

These only include being a bodyguard, overseeing venues, or perhaps opening a Sword Pavilion to teach swordsmanship to children of common people, collecting some tuition... Those are the only methods to earn money.

The various tasks issued by the Sect each day include many that are hired out.

Upon completion, the employer will give a full reward.

Apart from these conventional methods of making money, Wan Jian Sect also controls a spirit stone mine. Although it’s not a particularly large one and the annual output is limited, spirit stones are incredibly expensive, with one stone able to sell for ten thousand taels of silver.

This too is an important source of income for the Sect.

Chu Feng ignored Steward Yang Tianbao’s mockery, and instead looked at Sima Zhen with a smile, "Is Brother Sima preparing to break through to the Sword God Realm? Merely one day’s time, I’m afraid that is far from enough, right?"

"Alas, I am short on funds, thus I can only rent for a day to make an all-out effort. However, I have great confidence that I can successfully advance to the Sword God Realm," Sima Zhen said with a bitter smile.

He, too, would like to rent for a few more days, but with the daily rent of ten thousand silver taels, he simply could not afford it.

Chu Feng nodded slightly and turned towards the old man in charge of managing the Secluded Holy Land.

"Manager Wu, here’s what we’ll do, here are twenty-five thousand silver taels. Add the five thousand he has, and rent him the room for three days. If he doesn’t come out thereafter, don’t force him out. Just put the tab on my account," Chu Feng said, casually handing over three gold notes to the responsible old man.

The onlookers who came to watch the excitement could not help but let out bursts of amazed sounds. Their gaze toward Chu Feng immediately changed. No one dared to look down on Chu Feng anymore.

Being able to casually put out twenty-five thousand silver taels to help others, such substantial financial power is enough to make most of those present look up to him.

"This kid actually took out so much silver? Damn it!"

"He has stolen the limelight again and completely disregarded this manager!"

Yang Tianbao’s face grew somewhat sullen; originally, he wanted to shame Chu Feng, but instead, he ended up playing the clown whose role was to highlight Chu Feng’s greatness.

"Dammit, this is utterly infuriating!"

Not long ago, Han Xiaoying suddenly left Yang Tianbao’s Medicine Mountain in a high-profile manner to station herself in Seven Star Cave. From then on, she was no longer under Yang Tianbao’s jurisdiction. As a result, Yang Tianbao was severely reprimanded by Mao Wu Mountain Master.

In the eyes of Mao Wu Mountain Master, Han Xiaoying was a piece of ’candy’ that everyone liked.

She was an excellent choice to please both Jia Zhenjing and even more powerful figures like Han Shan.

Now that Han Xiaoying has entered Seven Star Cave, it’s much harder for Mao Wu Mountain Master to use her to win favor with inner sect individuals like Han Shan. Under his fury, he naturally gave Yang Tianbao a thorough scolding.

"Chu Feng, what are you trying to be, playing the benevolent fool here? These twenty-five thousand silver taels must be all you have, right?"

"Tsk, tsk, this manager truly feels for you! You gave away all this silver for the sake of face, but what about yourself? I’m afraid you can’t even afford to rent the worst advanced-level secret room!"

Unable to shame Chu Feng, Yang Tianbao decided to make him feel thoroughly disgusted.

Sima Zhen’s character is indeed commendable.

Upon hearing this, he immediately said, "Junior Brother Chu, I appreciate your kindness. It’s just that I cannot accept your silver. I’ll just rent a special-level secret room!" Sima Zhen left unsaid that Chu Feng was the hope of the Dan State Branch.

As long as Chu Feng succeeds in the future, everyone from the Dan State Branch will benefit.

"Don’t listen to this old fool’s nonsense! Is it just twenty-five thousand silver taels? It might be all that Yang Tianbao has, but for me, it’s not even worth mentioning."

Chu Feng, with his considerable wealth and confidence, cut off Sima Zhen’s modest gesture.

"Haha... A mosquito yawning—what a big talker! Today, Yang here will really open your eyes!"

Yang Tianbao laughed in extreme anger. People fight for a breath; monks fight for a stick of incense.

Today, in the presence of so many outer disciples, being looked down upon by Chu Feng—how could Yang Tianbao swallow this insult?

Whoosh!

Overcome by rage, Yang Tianbao pulled out a big stack of silver notes from his chest. They were neatly arranged, with small-denomination notes on top and large-denomination ones at the bottom.

It was evident that Yang Tianbao treated these silver notes like treasures, keeping them extremely carefully.

"Manager Wu, could you please count them? There is a total of fifty thousand silver notes here!"

Yang Tianbao took out two one-thousand-tael denomination silver notes and handed them to the elder to count.

"Wow, Steward Yang’s financial power is really shocking! He actually has as much as fifty thousand taels of deposited silver!"

"That’s a lot more money than that Chu Feng!"

A series of exclamations arose from the crowd, praising Steward Yang Tianbao with even more enthusiasm.

With everyone’s praise and admiring gazes, Yang Tianbao seemed to be soaking it up, and a smile appeared on his face like never before.

At this moment, Manager Wu had also counted the big stack of silver notes.

"Just right, a total of exactly fifty thousand taels!"

"I want to rent a supreme secret room for five days!" Yang Tianbao declared loudly with a smile.

The volume of his voice was as loud as thunder, dozens of times louder than Yang Tianbao’s usual soft-spoken voice. He was doing this on purpose to show off.

Because being able to rent a supreme secret room for more than three days was already extremely rare.

To rent a supreme secret room for five days at once, there were very few in the entire outer sect who could do so.