The Emperor of the Three Realms

chapter 9

If this really happened, the third hallmaster could almost imagine the kind of punishment he would face when the hallmaster lord returned!    

Although it was only a healing medicine, it was something that every practitioner needed. The size of this market is a huge number.    

Not to mention this is an exclusive trade, only available in this store and not available in other stores. They will be able to rule the market with peace of mind.    

Business opportunities like this happen less than once in ten lifetimes! If they missed it, they wouldn't even be able to find a place to cry.    

“Pak, anything can be discussed! Our hall offers full sincerity in discussing this matter. How about this, the first Hall offers ten thousand silver as a sign of our authenticity. Please treat it as a gesture of friendship, our desire to befriend the noble master. I also dared to agree to the 50/50 division terms. We can sign the cooperation contract as soon as the hallmaster sir returns.”    

Jiang Zheng was so happy that a flower almost bloomed in his heart, yet he remembered Jiang Chen's words. Jiang Chen said that the 50/50 split was the point. If he could negotiate a better division, then the additional advantage would be his, courtesy of Jiang Zheng!    

Isn't this opportunity knocking on his door?    

“Third school head, I've given you a chance now, but you didn't catch him. The 50/50 split is over. Now, hmph! If we don't reach an agreement, it will be 70/30. I am sure the Farmers God Temple or Pill King Garden will still be willing even with a 70/30.” split    

This is not advice, but a simple fact. The Temple and Garden had always been eyeing the Hall's position as the leader of the pill market in the kingdom. How could they miss an opportunity that had come knocking on their door?    

Biaya obat pilnya kira-kira sepuluh persen. Bahkan dengan pembagian 70/30, masih ada ruang untuk keuntungan dua puluh persen.    

This twenty percent gain was no small thing. Twenty percent profit from a cornered market is still an incredible number. After all, this thing would be able to dominate the market of the sixteenth kingdom around it!    

Low profit margins are not worth the low margins and high volumes!    

“...immediately make a draft of his contract! Present me! Immediately offer ten thousand gold to this man as a sign of our sincerity!” The third Hallmaster really wanted to slap himself right now. Why was he not more enthusiastic than before? Why isn't he being more assertive?    

A very nice 50/50 split has turned out to be like this in the blink of an eye.    

But it's still good. The third Hallmaster decided to continue with the deal while thinking about the future potential of the business. Better not upset this guy any further. The 70/30 split will become real if he changes his mind again. That means losing ten percent of the profit again.    

Jiang Zheng felt surrounded by happiness and satisfaction after he received ten thousand gold. He patted the third principal's shoulder, “You're a pretty nice guy. Let's split up, I'll do 60 and you do 40. We can happily finish this!”    

Jiang Zheng had almost forgotten how he got home. He felt his entire body drift and he would float into the clouds as he walked down the street.    

He was too happy, too excited.    

So happy that he almost suspected that he was dreaming!    

Ten thousand gold was nothing in his eyes now. The contract has been drawn up, and he has reviewed it. He recalled that the young duke had promised that he, Jiang Zheng would be able to keep the profits from any division more profitable than the 50/50 profit.    

But he hasn't signed it yet. After all, the young master should consider this. He was only a subordinate, and did not dare to step over his position by signing a contract without a strict order from his master.    

Jiang Zheng counted with his fingertips. If he turned this ten percent profit into silver, then the result would be enough for him to live in style for a long period of time.    

Delicious food from the land and sea, dressed in fine clothes and well-groomed horseback riding, noble houses and the surrounding land, houses filled with gold and silver.    

At this moment, Jiang Zheng felt this kind of life was already staring at his face.    

Talking with the powerful, befriending the noble, wives coexist in harmony, cherishing sons and grandsons.    

Life like this was already waving at him from afar.    

The regulars at the Autumn Stork, financiers of the Return Spring Garden, make love to the duke and prince, drink at the same table with esteemed officials.    

Of course, a sight like this would not be too far away!    

He returned happily to the palace and was about to report the good news to the young duke, but was told that the young duke had closed his doors to training. Any message should wait.    

Jiang Zheng did not think too much of it as his entire being was enveloped in happiness. He decided not to leave, and sat down in front of the young duke's room, faithfully acting as a guard.    

He still had not regained his composure after he sat down. He reminisced about the historical antics of the young duke, and thought about the current amazing events.    

Jiang Zheng could not help but be unsuspecting, “Did the young duke have been a con man all along? Has he ever tested me with such senseless acts before? Does he pretend to be weak, when in fact he is strong enough?”    

Whether it was a swindler or actually a visit of the gods, Jiang Zheng clearly realized that his previous doubts were not true.    

He knew that even though the young duke had no other redeeming qualities in him, this pill recipe alone represented unlimited potential!    

As the young duke's servant and personal caretaker, it would be a huge mistake if he didn't follow in the young duke's footsteps!    

“I acted silly before because I wanted to quit. Thank goodness the young duke still believes in me, Jiang Zheng. I have to do a good job in the future. What is the importance of profit and loss in a moment? The young duke had never taken any action before just because he was unwilling. Now that he had managed to do so, it was truly an incredible act! Looks like the young duke is no ordinary person!”    

Many thoughts flashed across Jiang Zheng's head, but the most certain was that in the future, he would steadfastly follow in the young duke's footsteps. He would not even furrow his brows if they climbed a mountain made of knives, or dived into the sea of flames.    

Isn't the purpose of a manager following an employer is to gain power and wealth?    

The more he thought, the more blood Jiang Zheng had pounded. He would have more status now at home, and could have lectured his yellow-faced wife to avoid being too petty!    

Why should I, Jiang Zheng, try to surpass the other administrators? So they were rich for a while and occupied a high position for a while, a big problem. Can everything be summed up according to my catch today?    

While Jiang Zheng was happily dreaming of his blueprint towards a happy life forever, Jiang Chen took the first step in the training path both in his past and present life.    

It must be said, Jiang Chen's past was a symbol of laziness. His potential was in the top percentile among the 108 heirs to the rank of a duke, but the efforts he put in were undoubtedly the lowest.    

“This child really never does any good. All this potential, for nothing!” Jiang Chen was a little dissatisfied with his past.    

In this world, the basics of martial dao are — there are twelve major acupoints in one's body, and twelve meridians flow through it. One could clear the meridians by clearing the acupoints, and combine the body's energy into one true qi current.    

Overall, there were twelve meridians of true qi in the true qi realm.    

However in the Eastern Kingdom, no one was able to obtain twelve meridians of true qi by clearing the twelve meridians, through clearing the twelve acupoints.    

Therefore, there was a sentence in the training world: Twelve levels of true qi separated the serpent and the dragon.    

Whether a practitioner is a dragon or a snake depends on how many acupoints he or she can clear in his or her body.    

In general, completing three means graduating. The three meridians of true qi were called the early true qi realm. People like this are a little stronger than the average person. They are suitable for joining the military and fighting, or guarding the house.    

If one surpassed three and was within six levels, it counted as a true qi of the intermediate level. Practitioners of this level enjoyed a higher status among martial dao practitioners. Whether it was joining the military or trying other professions, they would achieve good results.    

As for surpassing six levels and surviving with nine levels, then that meant entering the advanced level of true qi.    

There are very few who are at the advanced level. If one were to become an advanced practitioner, then he would be a person of considerable character in the Eastern Kingdom region.    

Those above the nine levels would be praised as true qi masters, but they were phoenix feathers or rare dragon scales.    

Their numbers were few and far between in the entire Eastern Kingdom. Anyone who could train up to the ninth level or higher would be given the title of a true qi master and martial dao genius.    

But of course, twelve levels of true qi were ultimately still just a basic foundation. In the realm of true qi, one was still a true qi practitioner no matter how strong he was. If they were unable to turn their true qi into spirit qi, then their martial path was simply an elusive and futile effort. All will be mortal like clouds at the end of two hundred years of life.    

So, there is another sentence that comes up when one rises higher: if true qi does not turn into spirit qi, then one is still a worm.    

Adding these two sentences gave rise to this saying: Twelve levels of true qi separate the serpent and the dragon.if true qi does not turn into spirit qi, then one remains a worm.    

What does it mean to turn true qi into spirit qi?    

It was the act of training true qi to the highest level, comprehending the spirit sea, and transforming true qi into spirit qi. It was borrowing the power of heaven and earth, and turning it into supreme spirit power.    

After true qi was converted into spirit qi, that was when one released the shackles of martial dao and entered the spirit dao.    

Spirit dao practitioners created clouds with one flick of hand, and rained down rain with one flick of the other hand. They can bring wind and rain, move mountains and frame the sea.    

It was said that even the combined efforts of ten true qi masters would not be able to withstand the careless blows of a spirit dao practitioner.    

It was no exaggeration to say that if one entered the spirit dao, then they were truly golden scaly dragons hovering above the clouds!    

There was a legend of a powerful spirit dao warrior living in the Eastern Kingdom. He was a hermit, hidden deeply, and mysterious beyond belief. Even the king had to humble himself and pay homage to this warrior.    

Funnily enough, in the world of martial cultivation, even though those who traveled the path of spirit dao rarely appeared, there were still few. However, none of them were among the highest true qi masters.    

What is meant by a supreme true qi master?    

That meant a genius martial dao practitioner who had cleared the twelve acupoints and meridians.    

In the annals of his history, there had never been a single person who gave birth to such a genius in the Eastern Kingdom. Even the sixteen kingdoms around him very rarely boasted a single kingdom.    

A true qi master of twelve meridians was even rarer than a spirit dao practitioner.    

As for the ten, eleven meridians – each kingdom has a handful of them.    

But for an unknown reason, there was not a single twelve meridians true qi master.    

Logically speaking, once one had trained up the actual eleven meridians of qi, they could actually continue the fight and clear the twelve acupoints as well. But the training rules are as hard as that.    

Some geniuses painstakingly searched for twelve exemplary meridians after training for eleven meridians true qi, yet in the end got nothing, either, and even missed the best time to try ascending to the spirit dao.    

According to martial dao laws, those under 30 years old had the greatest chance of turning true qi into spirit qi. The odds will shrink by half if it is below 40, and there are no chances at all after 50.    

Therefore, if one did not make good use of time in transforming true qi after practicing to eleven true qi levels, they would forever lose this opportunity if their age exceeded the appropriate range.    

Training to the twelve meridians of a paragon still meant remaining within the true qi realm, and one's lifespan would not exceed 300 years.    

However once a practitioner changed their true Qi, their lifespan would instantly soar to 700 or 800, even 1000 years, thus giving rise to more opportunities in the path of martial dao.    

Therefore, ten and eleven meridian true qi masters were always faced with this dilemma. Did they continue to explore the twelve meridians of true qi? Or make the most of their time and turn true qi into spirit qi?    

This was a difficult decision, but reason would defeat the impulse for most true qi masters, and they would choose to change their true qi.    

Although his transmutation success rate was also low, it was at least better than the short action of chasing twelve exemplary meridians, right?    

The extra years of life given for successfully transmuting into spirit qi were the greatest temptation of all.    

Of course, the current Jiang Chen did not have time to think about this matter.    

With his current abilities, all of this was too abstract and unattainable for him at the moment. It was something he did not need to think about for now.    

The problem he was facing today was to increase his strength as much as possible to deal with the upcoming Hidden Dragon Trials. If he could not even pass the basic examination and earn the right to compete in the Examination, then his first step in this newly reincarnated life would be extremely miserable.