Chapter 31: The Miser's Investment
Sun Yu raised his head, his face gloomy, to look at the brawny man in front of him.
Sun Yu was already a bit annoyed, and now that a punching bag had arrived, it was exactly what he wanted.
When the brawny man saw Sun Yu's gloomy eyes, his face also stiffened, and he felt an inexplicable surge of terror in his heart.
"First Soul Skill: Crushing Blow!"
The next moment, before the pig-slaughtering man could react, he felt a golden light flash before his eyes, followed by a piercing pain that shot straight to his brain, and then he was completely out of control, flying backward.
"Boom!!!"
After the pig-slaughtering brawny man flew backward, he slammed heavily into the group of thugs.
The thugs, who had already fainted from the pain, began to wail again.
By the time the pig-slaughtering man reacted, he was already lying on top of the thugs, his eyes filled with daze and confusion about the future.
Looking at the two spirit rings on the pig-slaughtering man, Sun Yu sneered.
A Spirit Grandmaster who had long passed his peak, his combat power was already diminished; under Sun Yu's furious strike, the power of this rod exceeded five hundred catties.
A Spirit Grandmaster could not block it with just his physical body!
After knocking the pig-slaughtering man away, Sun Yu walked to the Shopkeeper and heavily slammed the Shattered Gold Rod, which was emitting golden light, in front of the Shopkeeper, who was now trembling all over.
"Bang!!!"
"Shopkeeper, for a mere gold coin's worth of vegetables, you actually kept delaying payment. Do you have any conscience?! Is a gold coin a big deal to you? Do you need to play with people like this?! Even a miser isn't this stingy!"
The Shopkeeper saw Sun Yu, who was holding the Shattered Gold Rod and had a yellow hundred-year spirit ring beneath his feet.
He was instantly scared pale.
He quickly took out a handful of gold coins from his money pouch and handed them to Sun Yu.
"It's my fault, it's my fault. Please forgive me, young genius. These coins are for compensation and apology. Please forgive this young genius..."
The Shopkeeper, holding the gold coins, quickly looked at Sun Yu with a fawning smile.
His tone was incredibly polite and respectful.
Seeing this, Sun Yu reached out, took one gold coin, and spoke coldly.
"Besides apologizing to me, you also need to apologize to Uncle Zhang!"
"Yes, yes, yes, big brother, I am truly sorry, truly sorry. I was blinded by greed just now. Please don't mind my rude words. It was my fault, it was my fault. From now on, when you deliver vegetables, I will pay you the highest price! And I will pay immediately, no more delays!"
"Shopkeeper, you don't need to treat us differently. Whatever the price is, that's what it is. You don't owe us, and likewise, we don't owe you. Business is about mutual benefit, not acting as you please just because you have some capital.
I'll take the vegetable money. The rest is for their medical expenses. Also, immediately have five portions of noodles made, with the soup and meat separated!"
"Yes, yes, yes, yes! I'll have someone do it immediately, immediately!"
The Shopkeeper immediately had someone get to it as fast as possible.
Soon, after only ten minutes, the noodles arrived.
"Young genius, the noodles are here. This meal is on me!"
Sun Yu didn't speak. Instead, he directly put down the five silver coins he had just received as change and, without saying a word, left the noodle shop with Uncle Zhang.
Uncle Zhang, who was already dumbfounded, was also led away by Sun Yu.
"Xiao Yu... you..."
Even after leaving the noodle shop, Uncle Zhang still looked at Sun Yu with a face full of shock.
Xiao Yu, he, he's actually a Spirit Master now?!
How much time has passed?!
"Uncle Zhang, don't say anything. Take the gold coins, let's go home. Aunt Niu is still waiting for your money to buy vegetables..."
Hearing this, Uncle Zhang couldn't help but feel a pang in his nose.
Then he smiled and said,
"Okay, home..."
And just as Sun Yu was riding back in Uncle Zhang's vegetable delivery cart.
Inside the noodle shop, the Shopkeeper was cleaning up the mess.
"Take these useless fellows down for treatment. Use the nearly expired medicine in the warehouse. It'll clear out some inventory!"
'Okay...'
The waiter heard the Shopkeeper's words and was about to take them down.
But the next moment, he spoke with a complex expression.
"But Shopkeeper, those thugs are one thing, but the herbs that Spirit Grandmaster needs will be much more expensive!"
Hearing this, the Shopkeeper's face stiffened.
He then took out a gold coin and said,
"Just throw those useless fellows out. No treatment. They can't even guard the house, useless things! Wasting my money. Just focus on treating Old Zhu! He's a Spirit Master!"
Hearing that the Shopkeeper intended to abandon them, the thugs immediately panicked.
They quickly began to plead.
But how could the Shopkeeper listen to their explanations? He directly had the other thugs throw them out.
For a moment, thugs were driving out thugs.
This also made the second group of thugs feel a bit of the 'rabbit dying, fox grieving' sentiment...
"Shopkeeper, are we just going to let this matter go? He's just a brat. Although he could knock me away with one strike, that was only because I underestimated him due to his youth and didn't dodge. If we really fought, he's definitely not my opponent!"
Old Zhu, clutching his chest, spoke to the Shopkeeper.
Hearing this, the Shopkeeper looked at Old Zhu coldly and questioned him.
"Hmph, just a brat? Underestimated him, didn't dodge? You were instantly killed, so don't blame it on sneak attacks, alright? If you lost, you lost. What excuses are you making?!
Besides, have you ever seen a brat so young who is already a Spirit Master?! To obtain his first spirit ring at such a young age, his innate spirit power must be at least rank seven or eight.
Such a genius, if he doesn't die young, will definitely become a Spirit Saint-level expert in the future. Not to mention us, even the Nuoding City Lord and the Dean of Notting Academy would treat a Spirit Saint expert with utmost respect!
Hmph, Saint Spirit Village, Saint Spirit Village. I didn't expect a Spirit Saint-level genius to actually appear in their village... I always thought it was just a joke.
Send word to the other branch stores: from now on, treat the people from Saint Spirit Village well. Absolutely do not offend them. Give them whatever they are due, and if necessary, even let them take a little advantage!"
"Ah?! Shopkeeper, let those commoners take advantage?! Won't we suffer a loss then?"
"Hmph, how would we suffer a loss? If we build a good relationship with the people of Saint Spirit Village, in the future, we'll effectively have a channel to gain that kid's help. With a Spirit Saint covering us, my business can definitely go much further.
And if that kid is unlucky and dies on his path to advancement, then we'll immediately start suppressing Saint Spirit Village and make them spit out everything they took, principal and interest!"
Hearing the Shopkeeper's explanation, the few waiters and the Spirit Grandmaster Old Zhu present finally nodded in sudden realization.
"Brilliant, truly brilliant, Shopkeeper, you are truly brilliant. To be able to think of using a small favor to gain the trust of those villagers in such a short time, and then indirectly connect with that kid.
Exchanging such small profits for such a large relationship chain, even if it goes wrong later, we can still recover our costs by harvesting the blood of the Saint Spirit Village villagers. Such a small outlay for such a large return, this is truly a highly profitable business!"
Old Zhu spoke with a respectful expression.
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