BXBX NOVEL Chapter 71: A Treasured Saber Event
Chapter 71: A Treasured Saber Event
The next morning, Wang Lin walked out of Keystone Business hurriedly towards the west of 800 Avenue.
He was a little mind-absent because he was wondering, “What is the background of Golden Hall? How dare it boast to publicly sell a Peerless Saber? Why have I never heard about a store called Golden Hall on the 800 Avenue?”
Yesterday, Wang Lin also heard of the fired-up information. At first, he thought that it was just a stunt by a profiteer who played to the gallery.
However, thinking it carefully, Wang Lin found the tricks Golden Hall used were really outstanding.
Not a well-known store it was, however, it released news spreading rapidly through the whole town within only one day and caused a sensation. That in itself was abnormal.
From Wang Lin’s perspective, even if the so-called “Peerless Saber” was a stunt, this kind of hype was beyond what an ordinary businessman could make!
Therefore, it was why Wang Lin couldn’t help coming to see what was happening here.
The Golden Hall would show the “Peerless Saber” to the public at midday. Wang Lin would like to see who on earth its owner was and whether the so-called “Peerless Saber” was really worthy of the name.
A treasure chariot pulled by four white deer with golden mane drove across the street and suddenly stopped by Wang Lin’s side.
The curtain of the treasure chariot was lifted up and there revealed a middle-aged face with a genial look, “It is you, Brother Wang Lin from Keystone Business.” said he smilingly.
Casually cupping one hand in the other Wang Lin greeted indifferently, “It is you, Shopkeeper Shiao of Treasure Loft.”
Shiao Yuanzhong, the genial middle-aged man, was the shopkeeper of the top business “Treasure Loft” in Donglin Town. He was shrewd and tactful.
Treasure Loft and Keystone Business were opponents, so Wang Lin did not show much affection towards Shiao Yuanzhong.
“Haha, are you going to Golden Hall to have a look?” asked Shiao smilingly.
“Yes,” Wang Lin nodded calmly, “Golden Hall caused such a sensation yesterday, I couldn’t help but be curious about it.”
Shiao couldn’t agree more and said, “Right. I heard that Golden Hall popped up several months ago. I originally thought that it is just a small shop, however, it seems its owner is by no means ordinary.”
Saying that, Shiao sighed with implication, “Currently, the fraternities in Donglin Town are shocked. Brother Wang, I believe you’re also clear that one strong competitor is tantamount to one hungry wolf. Under such a context, I wonder what Miss Wansu thinks about it.”
Wang Lin shook his head and said, “Miss Wansu’s mind is beyond my guess.”
“Oh.” Shiao nodded and said nothing more, then he left smilingly.
“It seems that the great uproar stirred by Golden Hall has brought about vigilance of other commercial houses. Supposedly, it would be difficult for Golden Hall to keep a foothold thoroughly in the future.” Wang Lin looked as if deep in thought.
It was pretty bustling on the street today. Besides ordinary people, a lot of cultivators also flocked to the place where Golden Hall was located.
What Wang Lin heard on the way were all the remarks about the “Peerless Saber” Not everyone bought the hype. A few skeptical voices could also be heard. However, the more skeptical people were, the more mysterious it got.
On the way, besides Shiao Yuanzhong from Treasure Loft, Wang Lin also met many well-renowned key figures from other business, who all played indispensable roles in Donglin Town.
For instance, Wu Yongtai from Wu Business and Shi Wenfeng, the owner of Gold Collector, were seemingly average shopkeepers but, in fact, had powerful clans behind them.
Wang Lin also met plenty of Spirit-Gang Realm cultivators, some of whom ranked top in Donglin Town such as Lei Qidong, a senior coach from Donglin School and Sun Zhan, the general coach from Jin’s Martial Club…
Seeing all these, Wang Lin exclaimed privately, “The shopkeeper of Golden Hall is so extraordinary that such a gimmick attracted so much attention. He must be an expert in commercial publicity.”
However, Wang Lin was clear that serious consequence would result should the Peerless Saber be more in name than reality.
Business was based on credibility. Under watchful eyes of the people, it would be impossible for Golden Hall to survive on the 800 Avenue if they tricked the public.
Soon Wang Lin arrived at Golden Hall, which was now tightly packed with people. Waves of noises overwhelmed the place.
“A Peerless Saber? Which level is it? Is it the Human, the Earth or the Heaven? It is impossibly a pure Yang spiritual tool because that is a precious treasure which can only be driven by a powerful cultivator at Reincarnation Developing Realm!”
“In my opinion, this Peerless Saber is not ranked by levels. The reason why it is peerless is that it perhaps has some extremely unique use and power.”
“Humph, don’t comment on it too early. Small as it is, Golden Hall is quite arrogant. I think it’s just a fraud!”
“How come! No business dares to play such a trick as it would offend everyone present, which is beyond Golden Hall can bear.”
Wang Lin was standing outside the crowd and listening to their comments. He became so curious about how the shopkeeper would deal with this situation.
Today, would Golden Mansion be an instant hit and keep a solid foothold in Donglin Town, or just a farce and go back home embarrassedly?
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In the meantime, Lin Xun left home and went across twisted dark alleys. Finally, he went out of the chaotic and turbulent civilian area.
He was going to buy some ordinary tools and spiritual ink to prepare for refining spiritual tools in the future.
A high profit could be obtained by refining tools. Moreover, Lin Xun could improve his skills in spiritual tattoo inscribing, which was beneficial for him to be a professional spiritual tattooist in the future. It could be said that he shot two hawks with one arrow.
Lin Xun had learned that some spiritual tattooists would seek refuge with a huge force to earn money through refining spiritual tools and better their skills in spiritual tattoo inscribing.
Along the way, the news that Golden Hall would sell the Peerless Saber that day bewildered Lin Xun.
Lin Xun was quite clear that Golden Hall was currently an empty shell struggling financially with weak root. How could it get a “Peerless Saber” to sell?
Something just didn’t add up! He did sell an Explosive-flame Saber to Golden Hall the day before, but it was merely a low-grade spiritual weapon of Human Rank, the commonest spiritual tool of all. It bore no relation to “Peerless Treasure”.
Lin Xun shook his head and had no plan to waste his time on being a looker-on.
Furthermore, even if Golden Hall really got a Peerless Saber to sell, Lin Xun was afraid that he could not afford it with his current financial status.
Soon, Lin Xun walked into a specialty store in the corner of the street which sold ordinary tools.
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Meanwhile, inside the Golden Hall.
Gu Liang could not sit in peace. He was not fearful but excited. A huge amount of people was waiting on the street outside Golden Hall, creating waves of noises that got through the walls and made Gu Liang’s hot blood boil.
He clenched his fist tight. It all depended on this very day whether Golden Hall could rise to fame overnight.
“Come on. Is this scene really worth exciting?” Gu Yanping walked out of the room with a fine jade box. He shook his head smilingly when he saw how his son’s restlessness.
“Er…” Gu Liang scratched his head and felt a little embarrassed.
“You won’t be so discomposed when you get more experiences. As the saying goes, ‘Every time you encounter a major event, you must calm down’. This is a must for every qualified merchant.”
Gu Yanping was calm and collected, his mediocre face looking extremely unhurried.
Commercial cultivator!
It was a title for cultivators who embarked on the journey of cultivation by wealth.
Full of stinks of money, commercial cultivators were often despised and rejected by genuine cultivators. In young Gu Liang’s heart, however, commercial cultivation was the most sacred path of seeking natural laws.
His father was a commercial cultivator and also the very person that Gu Liang admired most.
And in Gu Liang’s opinion, there was only one person who could be mentioned in the same breath with his father. That was Fortune God Shi, the most renowned person in the world as well as the owner of Keystone Business!
“Let’s go outside. We don’t want to keep our guests waiting so long.” Gu Yanping turned around and walked out of the shop.
Gu Liang followed promptly after him.
“Here they are!”
“Is this the owner of Golden Hall? I thought he has extraordinary power, but in fact he is just a mediocre middle-aged man.”
“Look at the jade box in his hands! Is the Peerless Saber inside it?”
Gu Yanping and his son walked out and stood in the high steps of Golden Hall. Seeing that, people who had been waiting long outside burst out in clamor.
Wang Lin narrowed his eyes and scrutinized Gu Yanping carefully, only to find that Gu Yanping was a complete stranger to him.
However, the unhurried demeanor Gu Yanping exhibited was indeed incomparable, , which involuntarily aroused Wang Lin’s curiosity and expectation. Did the owner of Golden Hall really have a saber that could be described as peerless?
Not only Wang Lin, many big figures of huge business from Donglin Town like Shiao Yuanzhong were also secretly observing all this.
Gu Yanping waved his hand, quieting down the noisy atmosphere.
There was no opening remark. Gu Yanping came straight to the point without hesitation. He directly opened the jade box and took out a spiritual saber with red sheen on its whole body.
The sword was about 44.6 inches long and three fingers wide. Its blade curved like a swallow’s wing, emanating chilling and dazzling glow under the sun.
Swish!
All sights were drawn to this saber. However, the atmosphere turned dead silent when people got a clearer view of the saber and the nimbus its edge presented. All looked surprised and bewildered, and the expression of many turned weird, dumbfounded as if daring not to believe what they saw.
At this moment, someone yelled angrily before Gu Yanping could introduce the saber, “What a profiteer! Is this the fucking ‘Peerless Saber’ you mentioned? It is just an ordinary Explosive-flame Saber!”