"Steward, everything has been entered in the register. Please look it over." The attendant presented a ledger with both hands.
Zhao Chang glanced through it and said in some surprise, "One hundred and nineteen cultivation manuals in all?"
After speaking, he looked at Huang Xiao, seeking confirmation.
"That's right," Huang Xiao said with a nod.
The number was correct.
"Sect Master Huang, would you like to check the cultivation method names listed here to see whether they've all been written correctly?" Zhao Chang asked, holding the ledger out to Huang Xiao.
"No need. I believe Grand Elder Jiang has already checked them," Huang Xiao said, waving a hand.
"Yes, I've confirmed that everything is correct," Jiang Deng hurriedly said.
"Good." Zhao Chang smiled. "Sect Master Huang, the Money Bank has a rule: regardless of how many years you store something, you must pay ten years' safekeeping fees in advance. For cultivation manuals, unless they are exceptionally special, the fee is uniformly one thousand taels per volume for ten years. Your sect's cultivation methods do not fall into the special category, so the total safekeeping fee for this batch for ten years is one hundred and nineteen thousand taels."
He clearly knew something about the Soul-Reaping Sect's cultivation methods. These methods did not meet the standard for the special category.
"No discount?" Huang Xiao asked.
"I'm truly sorry, Sect Master Huang, but these are the Money Bank Rules. No one can violate them," Zhao Chang said, shaking his head.
"All right, then we'll pay ten years' safekeeping fees first," Huang Xiao said with a nod.
Jiang Deng immediately handed the silver notes he had prepared to the attendant beside him.
"We will notify your sect six months before the term expires. You may either retrieve the items or renew the term.