The Sovereign Of The Three Realms

Chapter 7: Jiang Zheng's Stage, Pride, and Joy

Jiang Zheng really wanted to be crushed when faced with such a master.

The allowance of this month was up, and the ingredients on this list could not have been obtained without ten thousand silver. To use this single list and ask for ten million silver instead — is this not a mere sign of insanity?

“Come, cry! A man crying is not a crime!” Jiang Chen chuckled, “But what if I tell you that this list comes from the gods? Do you still think that I'm crazy?

“I'm treating the princess's illness? Do you also think I'm crazy?”

“Even if I was crazy, would I drag my father, my entire family into this? I may be useless, but I'm not completely stupid, right?”

Jiang Zheng was stunned by the question that flew like a rain of arrows. It was true, even though this master had done his fair share of ridiculous actions, he would not go so far as to bring down the entire Jiang family, right now?

Could it be that a little bit about the message from the gods was true?

“Jiang Zheng, I can honestly tell you that we will not sell the list in your hands for all the silver in the world. You told the person in charge of the Healing Hall that they were not the only apothecary in the Eastern Kingdom. If they did not want it, then the Farmers God Temple or the Pill King Garden would break their heads to obtain it. They would drown in their own regrets when the Hall of Healing was surpassed by others. Once the pills start to be produced, all the drugs on the market will be taken off the shelf and thrown into the trash. They will be useless!”

Jiang Chen gestured as he said this firmly with great confidence.

He's not just growing nonsense. Jiang Chen had refined all of the pill recipes in his mind many times, eliminating all of the saint and heavenly tier pill recipes and finally choosing one that was not too outstanding, but was obviously extremely rare.

And the most important thing was, given the medicinal level of the Eastern Kingdom, the ingredients this prescription required were not outside of their tolerance range.

Seeing Jiang Zheng still putting on a skeptical expression, Jiang Chen really wanted to storm over and stomp on the man a few times. As easy as it is for me to choose such a recipe!

One should know that in his past life, Jiang Chen could not train because of his yin constitution. Hence, in his millions of years as the guardian of the Tianlang Library, his greatest hobby was pursuing the dao of alchemy.

One could tell that those millions of years had seen him rise to the peak of the alchemy dao, on equal standing with the timeless alchemy legends that were famous throughout the land.

For the past Jiang Chen, finding a pill recipe was as easy as eating and drinking.

But —

For a small place like the Eastern Kingdom, an overly sophisticated pill recipe might as well be written in ancient hieroglyphics; no one would be able to understand it.

He didn't even want to waste brainpower on overly basic or useless recipes.

He had put forth a lot of thought and effort to choose this one from the list of common pill recipes. But Jiang Chen strongly believed that if it fell to a place like the Eastern Kingdom, the recipe would still shock people.

At the end of the day, Jiang Zheng was still continuing his journey.

It was not that he had been convinced by Jiang Chen, he solemnly said to himself along the way. No matter how much of a lie the young master had, he would not make jokes about the princess' illness or gamble with the life of the entire family.

So, he was firmly trying to convince himself that perhaps the gods did look upon the young master with pleasure, and perhaps he obtained a priceless pill recipe as a result.

Although he was still quite skeptical, especially after recalling the crazy antics that Jiang Chen usually did, Jiang Zheng really had no choice.

Even though he knew this was ridiculous beyond belief, he still had to strengthen his waist and give it a try.

Otherwise, even though he could arrange, with the skin of his teeth, to raise enough money and buy all the listed ingredients, he would return home with a different kind of disaster when he faced his wife.

“Ai, they say that being a young duke's servant is something to do, but why do I feel my days are so sad?” He tragically wiped the corner of his eyes and walked lethargicly into the Hall of Healing.

“If that really happens, I will let them mock and mock me for a while. It's not the first time anyway.” Jiang Zheng felt a little better after this thought struck him.

The Healing Hall was a famous and influential power in the imperial city. The buildings are beautiful sidewalks.

When Jiang Zheng reached the front steps of the Healing Hall, he felt both of his legs go numb. Fear began to grow in his heart as he thought about the haughty attitude and disparaging tone of the peers in the Healing Hall.

“Uh... it... um... I need medicinal ingredients!”

Jiang Zheng gathered his courage several times before finally making it through the front door and onto the counter.

The colleagues in the Hall of Healing were all professionally trained before starting work. The first skill to be trained is the ability to remember faces. Which face needs to be adored, which face needs to be flattered, which face is enough with a normal attitude, and which face can be deceived by colleagues.

Jiang Zheng's face was unusual, and thus naturally was someone his peers could despise.

“Ehem. Sir, buying medicinal ingredients is okay. But let's talk about the rules first. The hall does not conduct business on credit, materials and money must be paid in full. ”

Jiang Zheng hurriedly said, “Cash money, I have cash.”

The colleague glanced at the list and flicked some beads at the abacus. “Eight kinds of materials of total spirit level, 9,800 silver according to the weight of the material. Same as usual, pay first, just get the material.”

Jiang Zheng flushed and coughed falsely twice. He lightly tapped on the counter and said, “Eh, erm, uh, I want to talk to the person in charge.”

“What?” The face of the fellow went dark. “No money? How dare you ask for materials without money?”

“You want to talk to the person in charge? Do you know how busy the head of the Hall is? Every minute of it is worth tens of thousands of silver, how does he have time for you? Can you bear the responsibility and expense of wasting their time?

“Exit the door and turn right. Read the rules of the Hall. Is it that easy to talk to your head? Are you a prince or a minister, or an honorable duke?

“If you want your materials then pay, otherwise then get away from me and don't bother us to do business.”

The fellow flapped his hands with an impatient expression on his face, his saliva almost spurting into Jiang Zheng's face. The degree of dislike that seemed the same as if the fellow was driving away annoying flies.

It was not that Jiang Zheng had never received his fair share of humiliation and ridicule in the Healing Hall before. It was not that he was someone who could not accept such treatment. In fact, he had endured too much all this time!

Do they really have to be that kind of pretentious? Really have to k*nt*l like that?

A kind of metal mark was slapped hard onto the counter.

Jiang Zheng gave a hard slap to the fellow on his face, “Open your worthless eyes and take a good look at what this is!”

“The person in charge is worth ten thousand silver a minute? Would I be willing to tell you that I am worth several million silver per minute?

“How dare you delay my business, I can close your Hall of Healing store! Do your parents know how you are an amazing employee, a very strong employee? Does your head know?”

The fellow looked at the star from the power of that slap. He held onto his face, disbelief written clearly in his eyes.

This is the Hall of Healing! One of the most prominent places in the entire imperial capital!

On a typical workday, even noble and powerful families had to be restrained, courteous, and accommodating when they came here.

But today, he had been hit!

And by someone who was dressed very simply, someone who was clearly not a servant of a noble and powerful family!

Did the sky give up?

He immediately shouted like a slaughtered pig, “Someone came to make trouble in the Hall, he beat up people!”

The crowd of armored warriors complete with weaponry rushed out as soon as the screams like slaughtered pigs sounded. A person who seemed to hold a position of authority also walked out from behind.

He would be furious as he looked at the plain-clothed and ordinary-looking instigator when the glittering carved dragon medallion on the counter caught his attention. His expression immediately changed drastically.

“Administrator He, it was a slave dog who dared to hit me. This is not a blow just for me, but also a blow aimed at the holy name of the Healing Hall!” The partner who was hit immediately complained like a child looking at his parents when he saw a familiar face.

As soon as he finished —

A cleaner, meaner slap landed nicely on his cheek. The slap threw him a few meters from the counter.

But this time, it was the administrator who slapped the fellow.

“You worthless thing, did your eyes grow on your ass? How dare you reward an honored guest? It was a proper slap, you deserved it if you were beaten to death! ”

After reprimanding the fellow, the administrator's threatening expression turned him into a face filled with smiles, as if spring had returned to earth.

“Master, my subordinates are blind and have offended your noble self.”

He turned his head to shout rudely at the soldiers, “What are you all doing? Sitting around watching the paint flake off? Scram!”

These soldiers were clearly under the command of administrator He as they faced and marched away after receiving their orders.

Jiang Zheng did not expect this turn of events. He completely lost his rationality for a while and exploded under the pressure and thrust.

To be honest, the young master had given him this gold medal. He didn't even know what it was, it was just that the young master said it might be useful.

He has nothing to lose and gets everything when he tries it.

Who knows, it's really useful! That's very useful!

… It's okay it will be useful! The king engraved dragon medal was the highest level token one could give. How is that useless? One could behave with impunity in the Eastern Kingdom with this in hand!

“Can I know your noble's name? Please, this way. My subordinate is an idiot, please allow your humble servant to express his apology. ”

Jiang Zheng had not lived under a rock in his entire life. He knew that because of the gold medal the person in front of him fell to the delight of Jiang Zheng. Shit, it tastes good!

Other than a good feeling, Jiang Zheng did not lose his composure. He had fully understood the situation now. “At first it was just a small thing, but your partner. I won't speak anymore. Since the Healing Hall did not welcome me, then I will try my luck at the Peasant God Temple or the Pill King Garden. Maybe the people there will treat me like a human?”

Administrator He shuddered inwardly after hearing those words. It was clear that this honored guest was still boiling. He secretly inspected Jiang Zheng, but was unable to find any clues.

He was dressed modestly and did not look like a leading noble.

Except, this honored guest had intentionally changed her clothes? What a strategy, he is indeed a sufficient character. Administrator He was confused because he could not read the situation.

Administrator He's thoughts floated onto the medallion after seeing Jiang Zheng actually preparing to leave. How could he dare to let Jiang Zheng go? That extremely powerful and mysterious medallion holder would definitely create trouble in the Healing Hall!

Although the Hall was not afraid of the difficulty of knocking on its door, the Hall wanted to avoid offending this level of character if possible!

“Please sir, hold your step. The third hallmaster of my hall and some elders happened to be at the residence. You are a noble and honorable guest, I will immediately inform the hallmaster and elders. Even if you have an appointment later, allow my hall to serve you a cup of tea as an apology. ”

Unlike his regular peers, Deacon He was a man well versed in the way of life. He is flexible and adaptable, and has the ability to handle things properly.

Jiang Zheng's move to leave was actually a fake move. To be honest, he feels really good. This was the first time he had felt this way since he had become the young Duke's servant.

Pride and joy!

During the previous time, even the only associates in the Hall of Healing were high and mighty, not to mention leader-type people. None of them had a civil word for him.

But today, this administrator He should call himself “He little” before him, Jiang Zheng!

Regardless of whether he could become the best servant in the future or not, at least he felt very good and very strong today!

Suddenly, Jiang Zheng felt an unexpected hint of trust in the young duke of his household.