"Our underground warehouse is divided into three large and one small warehouses, with a total of four floors. The three large warehouses are on the first three floors, and the small warehouse is on the last floor."
"The large warehouse stores everyday items for sale, ordinary auction items, and items consigned by clients. The small warehouse stores some rare items, top-grade weapons, high-level beast cores, and some high-level secret manuals."
Murong Yin spoke, he opened the door to the first level of the treasury. As soon as the door opened, the imposing aura of several Rank 9 Martial Practitioner enveloped him.
After carefully sensing the aura emanating from their identity tokens, he withdrew his imposing aura.
Murong Yin, however, did not care and continued to walk forward with Jiang Liu, because to reach the next level, they had to pass through the first level of the secret vault.
Jiang Liu casually glanced around and thought to himself that it was indeed worthy of being the number one merchant guild in the Great Qian Dynasty. Just by looking at the area it occupied and the number of shelves it had, one could tell how much business the Ascension Tower usually handled.
In this enormous underground chamber, which spans over a kilometer, dozens of rows of large shelves are densely packed together, each shelf directly connected to the ceiling and the floor.
The shelves were filled with various items needed for martial arts training, but they were all low-level items, which were also the most in demand.
"Stop looking at these. These are just basic things. Most of the items on the first floor are for the Body Refinement Realm and first and second grade martial artists."
Murong Yin spoke, he pulled Jiang Liu forward, and they soon arrived at the entrance to the next level.
Jiang Liu looked at the area of the second floor, which was obviously much smaller than the first floor. Murong Yin did not linger on the second floor and led Jiang Liu directly to the last floor.
Stepping into the last warehouse, Jiang Liu looked around. It was clearly only a little over 200 meters square, and there weren't many wooden shelves, just eight. Each shelf had only four layers, and each layer was divided into small drawers, categorized into eight major areas.
Murong Yin led Jiang Liu directly to the area where the secret manuals were displayed, and then said to Jiang Liu, "Take your time picking them out here! Once you've chosen, just register them with the manager at the warehouse entrance. I'm going to get back to work now."
Jiang Liu nodded, and then Murong Yin left the fourth-floor warehouse.
Jiang Liu glanced around and saw that there were dozens of drawers. Some drawers had stickers on them, while others did not. The ones without stickers were probably empty.
He then walked to a drawer with a piece of paper pasted on it, which read, "Earth Grade, Low Rank technique, Fire Circulation Manual." Jiang Liu opened the drawer, picked it up, and looked at the cover. Sure enough, it said "Fire Circulation Manual," before putting it back.
Then, Jiang Liu stretched out his body, opened all the drawers with papers on them, and looked through them, gathering all the manuals except for the Five Elements Heart Sutra manual together.
There are twelve secret manuals in total:
Three rare martial arts manuals: Earth-grade, mid-level, Electric Movement Art; Earth Grade, Low Rank, Wind Movement Art; Earth Grade, High Rank, Frozen Heart Ice Soul.
A palm technique manual, a top-grade Earth-level manual, Control Heaven and Earth.
A martial arts manual, mid-grade Earth level, Extreme Fist.
A manual of lightness skills and movement techniques, of medium-grade Earth level, Instant Thousand Miles.
Two sword manuals: the Mystic Peak-Grade, "Wind-Welcoming Willow Thrust," Earth Grade, Low Rank, "Swift Thunder Sword."
Three sword technique manuals: Mystic Peak-Grade, Mad Blade; Earth Grade, Low Rank, Violent Frenzied Chop; Earth-level mid-grade, Heaven and Earth One Blade Chop.
A hidden weapon manual, mid-grade Earth level, Instant Arrival.
Jiang Liu collected all of these secret manuals.
With a thought, a deep blue light screen appeared before my eyes.
Name: Jiang Liu
Realm: Martial Artist (Ninth Rank)
Alchemy (Minor Success 20/500)
Medical Skills (Minor Success 62/1500)
Cultivation Technique: Annihilation by Thought (Heaven Grade, Peak Rank Entry-Level 3592/8000)
Eight Steps of Trampling (Earth Grade, Low Rank Mastery 328/6600)
Control Heaven and Earth (Earth-grade Supreme Minor Completion 606/4000)
Extreme Fist (Mid-grade Earth-level Mastery 298/7200) (Trait: Tiger's Fury)
Heaven and Earth One Blade Chop (Mid-grade Earth level, Lesser Mastery, 1798/2400)
Beast Mastery Art (Basic Chapter) (Mystic Grade, Low Rank Level, Mastery 166/3000)
(Those with a proficiency level of 0 will no longer be displayed)
Rare internal energy cultivation techniques, lightness skills, sword techniques, palm techniques, fist techniques, and hidden weapon techniques have all been merged and updated.
Jiang Liu felt that this trip was truly worthwhile. He then casually put the collected manuals back and picked up a book titled "Control Heaven and Earth," "Extreme Fist, "Heaven and Earth One Blade Chop way out of the fourth-floor warehouse.
Jiang Liu then told the steward guarding the door about the three manuals, promising to return them in a while. After that, Jiang Liu left the underground warehouse and headed towards the backyard.
As soon as Jiang Liu entered the backyard, Murong Yin came to greet him. Looking at the secret manual in Jiang Liu's hand, a happy smile appeared on his face.
He said, "Didn't you want to cultivate with beast cores? I've put some in the room. From now on, you can cultivate here and don't go deep into the mountains anymore."
After speaking, Murong Yin gave Jiang Liu a resentful look, then turned and left the courtyard, heading towards the secret chamber of Ascension Tower to handle some matters.
Jiang Liu could only scratch his head helplessly, looking at Murong Yin's retreating figure, unsure of what to say.
For the next two days, Jiang Liu cultivated in the backyard of Ascension Tower. To make it easier for Jiang Liu to cultivate, Murong Yin even had people knock down the door to connect the adjacent courtyard.
On the morning of the third day, Jiang Liu decided to visit the Feng Family. After all, he had been in Yuncheng for so long and hadn't visited the Feng Family yet, which was a bit impolite.
Murong Yin sent a female attendant from Ascension Tower to lead the way, driving a carriage carrying Jiang Liu slowly towards the Feng Family.
After traveling for about half an hour, they arrived at the Feng Family. Jiang Liu got off the carriage and looked at the magnificent mansion in front of him. After a brief look, he knew that the area of this mansion was definitely larger than that of Wind City.
The waitress from Ascension Tower stepped forward and announced Jiang Liu's identity. The guards at the door dared not delay and hurriedly went in to report.
Before long, a steward from the Feng Family came out to greet them.
"Young Master Jiang, my master invites you." The Feng Family of Yuncheng is still headed by Feng Boxing, so the Feng Family steward refers to Feng Boxing.
Jiang Liu nodded, then instructed the female attendant from Ascension Tower to go back first, before following the Feng Family steward into the Feng Family.
Jiang Liu followed the Feng Family steward straight into the Feng Family's council hall. There were six people sitting in the hall, two of whom were of unknown strength, and four of whom Rank 9 Martial Practitioner. As soon as the Feng Family steward entered the hall, he hurried a few steps and said, "Patriarch, Young Master Jiang has arrived!"
Feng Boxing nodded. "You can go now!" Then he looked up at Jiang Liu and said calmly, "You're Jiang Liu?"
Jiang Liu cupped his hands and said, "I am Jiang Liu, and I have come to pay my respects to the Feng Family and everyone else!"
Feng Boyue, standing to the side, looked at Jiang Liu and said, "You've been in Yuncheng for so long, why are you only coming to my Feng Family now?"
"I was busy preparing for the Martial Arts Tournament, so I couldn't come. As for after the Martial Arts Tournament, I have internal injuries and need to recuperate," Jiang Liu said calmly.
"Oh!" Feng Boyue nodded and said nothing more.
"So, what brings you here?" Feng Boxing asked.
"It's nothing. I just came to pay a special visit as instructed by Grandpa Feng Boyun. If there's nothing else, I'll take my leave now!" Jiang Liu said, then turned and left the hall.
The Feng Family and others didn't try to stop him. After Jiang Liu the hall, Feng Yunluo said angrily, "Look at Jiang Liu's attitude! He thinks he's so great just because he got first place in Yunzhou."
Feng Boxing frowned slightly. "Alright, no matter how bad Jiang Liu is, he's still much better than your son. How is Qi Jia now?"
Upon hearing this, Feng Yunluo had no choice but to bite the bullet and reply, "There's still no improvement, Father. Why don't you go and beg Grandpa?"
Feng Boxing didn't say anything, he just waved his hand, and everyone quickly left.
After everyone left the hall, Feng Yunfei and Feng Yunqi watched Feng Yunluo figure with expressions of anticipation. Based on past experience, only one of the three brothers could remain in Yuncheng, so the three brothers were currently engaged in a fierce power struggle.
Feng Boyue and his wife left without saying a word; they had no desire to get involved in the infighting among the three brothers.
As soon as Jiang Liu stepped out of the council hall, another steward approached Jiang Liu, bowed, and asked, "Are you Young Master Jiang?"
Jiang Liu nodded, and the steward said, "Young Master Jiang, the old patriarch requests your presence." After saying that, the steward led the way to the side.
Seeing this, Jiang Liu had no choice but to follow. Not to mention that the Feng Family Old Ancestor was the father of Feng Boyun, even if it was just an ordinary Grandmaster inviting him, he would not be able to refuse.