Chapter 24 The Hateful Hero
Bang!
There was a knock on the pawn shop door.
Chu Chen opened the door and saw a strong man in black standing in front of the door holding a wooden box.
"Shopkeeper Chu, this is last month's dividend from the chop suey soup shop."
The man in black respectfully handed the wooden box to Chu Chen, with a hint of caution in his eyes.
"So afraid of me?"
Chu Chen took the wooden box and glanced at the tense man in black, a little funny.
This man in black is one of the two Bone Refining Realm warriors hired by Li Xiaoer, named Zhao Changlin.
Over the years, Zhao Changlin and Huang Yue, another Bone Refining Realm warrior, have been staying at Li Ji Chop Suey Soup Shop and solved a lot of troubles for Li Ji Chop Suey Soup Shop.
The popularity of Li Ji's Chop Suey Soup Shop is partly due to Zhao Changlin.
"Don't dare, don't dare."
Zhao Changlin trembled and quickly forced out a smile.
However, because of his stiff face, this smile looked uglier than crying.
"move!"
Chu Chen twitched the corner of his mouth and waved his hand in disgust.
"I'll take my leave."
Zhao Changlin clasped his fists in salute and left the pawn shop as if running away.
It wasn't until he returned to the backyard of Li Ji's Chop Suey Soup Shop that Zhao Changlin breathed a sigh of relief and relaxed his tense spirit.
"Brother Zhao, are you back?"
In the backyard, a somewhat carefree, unshaven middle-aged man was drinking by himself. When he saw Zhao Changlin coming back, he said with a smile.
This middle-aged man is Huang Yue, another Bone Refining Realm warrior from Li Ji Chop Sui Soup Shop.
"In the past few months, I went to the pawn shop to deliver the money. Next month, you have to deliver it."
Zhao Changlin snatched the wine bottle from Huang Yue's hand and said angrily.
"Don't worry, didn't we agree in our last bet that you would be the one delivering money to the pawn shop for the past six months?"
Huang Yue was not angry when Zhao Changlin snatched the wine bottle, but after hearing Zhao Changlin's words, Huang Yue couldn't sit still.
"You idiot, you are just trying to trick me. Do you want to go or not? I won't go next time anyway."
Zhao Changlin acted rogue.
"You also know that I am timid. I feel frightened when I see that person. Please take pity on me and help me."
Seeing this, Huang Yue rolled his eyes and played the emotional card.
"You're scared, shouldn't I be scared? You know, this is the tenth-ranked evil hero on earth's list. Before you and I change our ways, if we meet each other, our combined swords won't be enough for each other. "Chopped."
After Zhao Changlin spoke, he looked cautiously in the direction of the pawn shop, and then lowered his voice and said.
This guy from the pawn shop is not an easy person to get along with.
How many criminal thieves and thieves who had sneaked into the imperial capital, including relatives and friends who avenged these people, were all silently folded in this pawn shop.
Among them, there are many powerful figures in the marrow refining realm.
A few months ago, there was no news about the deadly sword demon who was ranked fifteenth on the local list. After he entered the pawn shop, there was no news. That's why the Bai Xiaosheng organization ranked the pawnshop's tenth on the local list.
"A bottle of ten-year-old Qinghua Qionglu, give me three months' worth of silver."
Huang Yue saw that Zhao Changlin did not accept this trick and immediately changed his approach.
"At least three bottles."
Zhao Changlin drank wine and talked about the conditions in an unhurried manner, with an expression on his face that he was determined to get Huang Yue.
"good."
Huang Yue gritted his teeth and had no choice but to agree.
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pawnshop.
Chu Chen didn't know what happened at Li Ji's Chop Suey Soup Shop.
Even if he knew, he wouldn't care. He would only be surprised when he reached the tenth place on the earth rankings and had the title of Evil Hero.
"Eight hundred taels, is this month's dividend more?"
Opening the wooden box, Chu Chen raised his eyebrows.
Li Ji's offal soup shop was backed by Lu Qinghou, and its business grew bigger and bigger, even outside the imperial capital.
There are not only twelve branches in the imperial capital, but also dozens of branches in Gyeonggi Province. Moreover, Li Xiaoer's younger brother Li San has more business acumen than Li Xiaoer.
Based on the offal soup, a new twist is developed.
Li San first built several stoves in the store, burned a fire underneath, and placed an iron pot on top to stew various other vegetables and meats with the base of offal soup.
Once this model was launched, it suddenly became popular among the dignitaries of the imperial capital.
Chu Chen went to see it. Isn’t this just hot pot?
Relying on the hot pot and offal soup, the business of Li Ji offal soup shop is becoming more and more prosperous, and Chu Chen's monthly dividends are also gradually increasing.
"not bad."
Chu Chen closed the wooden box and put away the silver.
Until now, he no longer cares much about these yellow and white things. If it were replaced by a precious medicinal herb that is more than three hundred years old, he might still be excited.
The practice of the Soul Seizing Body Training Sutra was far more difficult than Chu Chen imagined. After nine blood changes, the first few were fine and only required some ordinary rare medicinal materials.
But after the eighth blood transfusion, ordinary precious medicinal materials could not sustain the practice of the Soul-Seizing Body-Forming Meridian, and medicinal materials that were more than a hundred years old were needed to achieve a breakthrough in the Soul-Seizing Body-Forming Meridian.
After the marrow refining is complete, it is even more exaggerated. It is necessary to have precious medicinal materials with a medicinal age of more than 300 years to assist in practice in order to break through the innate realm.
Rare medicinal materials that are more than three hundred years old are not easy to find.
Generally, rare medicinal materials that are more than a hundred years old, such as century-old ginseng, century-old Ganoderma lucidum, etc., can easily cost seven to eight thousand taels, or even tens of thousands of taels.
Not to mention, precious medicinal materials that are more than three hundred years old are worth more than a thousand pieces of gold, and there is no market for them.
Chu Chen was able to complete the eighth and ninth blood transfusions, all thanks to two hundred-year-old ginsengs he got from a certain scoundrel.
He was worried about this during this period.
"If you can't find medicinal materials with a medicinal age of more than three hundred years, you can only use the Water Yuan Jue to break through the Xiantian realm first, and then plan to break through the horizontal practice of Xiantian."
Chu Chen suppressed his thoughts, put on a smile on his face, and received the guests who came into the store.
After a busy day, he only received a few scholars who wanted to change their luck.
In the evening, Chu Chen closed the store and went to the cemetery outside the imperial capital.
Today is the anniversary of the death of old man Shen, and he came to burn incense for old man Shen.
"Old man, I will soon break through the Xiantian realm. Don't worry. After I break through the Xiantian realm, I will find a chance to avenge you."
"I didn't expect that in a blink of an eye, you have been dead for thirteen years. I don't know how you are doing down there?"
"I burn so much paper money for you every year. I think you should be doing well down there."
Chu Chen burned paper money while chatting about family matters.
Old man Shen is a talkative person who likes to chat with people. He lies here alone. Chu Chen comes here only once a year, so he naturally has to have a good chat with Old Man Shen to relieve his boredom.
Chu Chen talks here and there, talking about topics that Old Man Shen might be interested in.
"Old man, I'll come to see you next year."
An hour later, Chu Chen left the cemetery.
"Why are there so many martial artists in the imperial capital recently?"
On the way back to the imperial capital, Chu Chen frowned.
In just a short while, he saw seven or eight martial artists rushing to the imperial capital.
There were many martial artists in the bone refining realm, and even martial artists in the marrow refining realm hiding in the dark.
Chu Chen keenly noticed something unusual.