Repugnant Gateway

Chapter 14

When An Zeng got down from the palanquin with the cat in his arms, the people at the entrance were all stunned.

No matter how one looked at it, it was strange to see a shabby young man with a snow-white kitten in his arms.

When the two attendants outside the gate saw the dispute, they really didn’t know what to do.

Stop him?

However, it was the Chen family’s palanquin, and the attendants of the courtyard all had good eyesight. They also recognized that the palanquin bearers were from the Chen family.

He did not stop them. His pitch-black clothes even exuded the stench of blood. It truly did not portray the reputation of the Orthodox Academy.

After An Xuan got off the palanquin, he seriously asked the palanquin by his side, “Should I give you a tip?”

The sedan bearer knew that the young master regarded this youth highly, so he didn’t dare ask for a tip. He quickly waved his hand, “There’s no need, this is what I should do.”

“Oh … then did you bring the silver?”

An Xuan said, “All the silver I brought is a large amount of silver. There are no scattered pieces.”

The sedan bearer was stunned for a moment before he took out a few pieces of crushed silver from his robes. He was about four taels of silver. “I have some with me.”

An Zhan fished out five taels of silver from his pocket and placed it in the hand of the sedan bearer. Then, he grabbed the sedan bearer’s four taels of silver.

He then picked out a piece that was about one or two taels and placed it in the hands of the attendants at the entrance. “I’ll have to trouble you to meet Chen Shaobai, thank you.”

The attendant, who had received the silver, looked stupefied. After hesitating for a moment, he led the way inside.

He looked back at the bearer and saw that he was even more confused than he was.

After An Zaihai entered the door, he took a look around. Sure enough, this Merchant House really did look extravagant.

The main hall was five meters high, with carvings on the walls.

Dozens of tables were set out in the hall, each filled with people.

A woman in a glamorous dress was pacing up and down, filling the cups with tea and pouring water.

These women didn’t look very pretty, but their figures made people drool at the sight of them.

His waist was thin enough, and his buttocks were round enough.

The legs that were exposed beneath the short skirt were slender and straight.

The manservant was still in a daze. He looked at the small piece of silver in his hand and wondered if he had just thrown it away.

However, he was experienced and knowledgeable, so he knew what those words meant.

Even though An Zaiyue looked down and was extremely stingy, who knew what kind of maverick he was.

But even so, it did not stop this manservant from cursing the conflict several dozen times in his heart.

“The people on the first floor are all ordinary guests.”

The attendant leading the way directed An Zaihai to the second floor, “The Chen family has a private room on the second floor. Young Master Chen Shaobai is already there.”

Ang nodded and asked, “How much are you guys spending this month?”

The attendant replied, “Eighty silver taels per month is a monthly rule, but there are some tips from customers that I can barely pass.”

An Zhan immediately grabbed another handful of silver from his sleeve and placed the smallest one in the hands of the attendant, “If you find a job in the future, remember to tell me.”

Attendant: “…”

When Ann reached the second floor, she found that most of the rooms were already occupied.

The interior of the room was elegantly designed. It was furnished with mahogany, and the tea set on the table was gold-plated.

A casual teapot was worth a hundred and eighty silver taels, so it wasn’t strange at all.

As they walked along the corridor, everyone’s attention was attracted by the argument. None of them knew how such a lackey like youth managed to reach the second floor of the Gathering Merchant House.

It had to be known that it wasn’t just the important people on the street in Nanshan Street that were able to enter the market. There were also people from other places.

To be able to go up to the second floor, he was even more extraordinary.

Many people were curious to see an impoverished youth like him openly coming up the stairs.

When An Zhe saw Chen Shaobai, the other party was drinking tea.

One was a teenager who had just turned ten years old. He was holding a teacup and drinking tea with an air of ancientness.

It had to be said that Chen Shaobai was very beautiful, with delicate features and white teeth and red lips.

Such a young man, in a few years, would definitely be a young master who could captivate many young girls.

He came from a good family.

His talent was good, and it was said that he had already reached the third grade of the Pure Jade Pellet. He was only ten years old, but he had already reached the point where many cultivators were envious of him.

An Zhe had a deeper understanding of cultivation than most cultivators. Therefore, he knew that a ten-year-old boy with a third-grade cultivation base could be regarded highly by a medium-scale sect, even in the Da Xi sect.

With Chen Shaobai’s talent, if he were to leave the city and go out into the vast world to train, his achievements might even be higher than his current self.

Furthermore, An Zaiyi could tell from Chen Shaobai’s first glance that this man was too scheming.

No matter how good a person’s talent was, if they spent all their energy on scheming, the progress of their cultivation would slow down, and it might even affect their future cultivation.

“Sit down.”

Chen Shaobai pointed at the chair beside him with a mature expression, “I’ve been waiting for you for a while and I don’t like waiting for people, so you have to hurry next time.”

I don’t think it’s a good thing to overindulge my men.

“Although … you are indeed much stronger than Zhang Lei and the others.”

An Zhan shrugged his shoulders. “I’m not the kind of subordinate you need, so it’s not too late for you to go back on your words.”

Chen Shaobai: “Even they don’t dare to talk to me like that. Do you know why?”

What he meant was that no one who talked to me like this was going to end up okay.

“Because they are trash,” Anjou replied.

Chen Shaobai’s hand that was holding the teacup paused for a moment. He narrowed his eyes and looked at An Zhan. “According to the information I’ve received, you can’t cultivate, right?”

“In general, although your skills are good and your actions are vicious, the trash you talk about are actually the same kind of people.”

“So what about you?”

Why would he need a pile of trash to accompany him?

To prove that you are trash or that you are not trash?

“Whether it’s the former or the latter, I have no interest in you.”

Chen Shaobai’s knuckles moved and the cup was immediately filled with cracks. However, not a single drop of water spilled out.

“Indeed, ignorant people are fearless.”

Chen Shaobai said, “If it wasn’t for the fact that you are not allowed to cause any trouble at the Gathering Shang Manor, I would have broken your four limbs right now and thrown them to the dogs to feed.”

“You haven’t proven your ability, but you’ve proven your ignorance and your humble self-esteem first.”

He took a bite of his own, then fed the rest to the cat. “You’ve proved yourself to be too little,” he said.

“How dare you!”

A youth dressed in black stepped forward and shouted, “If you dare to be rude to the young master again, I’ll cripple you right now!”

An Zhan sat down on a chair and carelessly stroked the cat’s back. “You can say one more word to try and scare my cat. You’ll be uglier than death.”

Just as the youth in black was about to step forward, he heard the sound of a gong ringing.

“We thank you all for your presence, but today we are full of distinguished guests.

Everyone chose to gather here because it was a fair place and safe enough.

No one is allowed to interfere in any transactions that take place in my compound.

Let’s go back to the old saying. After leaving the market yard, it doesn’t matter if you beat up the city.

“But in the courtyard, everyone will follow the rules.”

A white moustached old man walked onto the high platform and said in a clear voice, “This is an ugly expression, so it’s said first.

After that, I won’t beat around the bush. Everyone is here for the good stuff in the Songcheng University, and we have never let anyone down.

“Today’s items are exceptionally good. Everyone, prepare enough silver.”

He turned around and saw an extremely beautiful woman in a short skirt walking up with a tray in her hands.

On the tray was a piece of emerald green stone, about the size of a watermelon, with black stripes on it. If one looked at it from afar, it looked no different from a watermelon.

This thing was extremely heavy, even a strong man would find it difficult to lift it up.

As for the young girl who was carrying the tray with both hands, she did not appear to be exerting any effort at all.

“This is an appetizer for all of you.”

The white moustached old man said, “Everyone here is an expert of stone gambling, so they know that the rock is divided into five kinds: emerald, white, red, gold and purple.”

This green melon was the lowest level, but … there was no such thing as an absolute. A few days ago, there was a person who opened up a white rank spirit jade from a green rank stone.

“And this melon is so big, its weight is one hundred and twenty pounds. As for how big a piece of Spirit Jade is inside, we don’t know.”

An Xuan, who was sitting on the second floor, narrowed his eyes and smirked. “Green Wood Stone. It’s already heavy, even though there’s spirit jade inside, it can’t be any bigger than walnut nuts.”

Chen Shaobai looked at An Zeng as if he was looking at an idiot, “The Green Wood Stone is real, but it’s too big. The things inside won’t be small.”

If your guess is correct, you can stay. I won’t treat you as my subordinate in the future.

Kids like you grew up in slums like that, you know, it’s not easy to do with jadeite.

But do you know anything about the formation of jasper?

The jade-green wood stone was also known as the jade robe. It referred to the layer of stone that was wrapped around the spirit jade.

After the death of some dignitaries, using this as a robe of gold and jade can help the corpse not rot.

However, there has never been a stone shell that was over two centimeters thick, so the spirit jade inside would not be small. ”

An Zhan smiled, but didn’t say a word.

“Fifty thousand!”

Someone shouted from below.

The white moustached old man said, “Someone is bidding 100,000 taels of silver each time. Are there any more guests who are bidding?”

“Sixty thousand!”

“Eight hundred thousand!”

“Ninety-five thousand!”

The people in the hall were all bidding, but not a single person from the second floor made a sound.

They could not see through something of this quality.

Chen Shaobai ridiculed, “Do you want me to buy it so you can see if I’m right or wrong?”

An Xuan said, “The size of a normal low rank soul stone’s fist can be considered as a standard. The black market can get around fifty thousand gold coins.”

They thought that the things in the green melon were very big, so they offered a high price.

In my opinion, the walnut sized thing here is at most worth ten thousand taels of silver. ”

Chen Shaobai: “Then why don’t you call for me to take a look?”

An Zeng smiled without saying a word.

“One hundred and eighty thousand!”

“Two hundred thousand!”

At this height, no one spoke a word.

They all had proper channels to buy spirit stones, which were much cheaper than the black market.

That green melon was very big, but if the amount it opened was less than 80 jin, it would be considered a loss.

A fist-sized low-grade spirit stone could weigh around ten Jin, and the amount needed to pay for proper channels was around thirty thousand taels of silver.

Two hundred thousand silver was already the limit.

An Xuan glanced at the bidder, then smiled and said that the bidder’s brain was no bigger than a walnut.

No one called out a price, so the white moustached old man had the bewitching young lady carry the melon to the bidder and cut the rock on the spot.

The masters of Chopping Stone were all experts, and the knife was also extraordinary. It was like a roast duck, as pieces of jade clothing fell from it.

However, after hundreds of slashes, he still did not see the spiritual jades in the core. The bidder’s face was already pale white.

In the end, the cut was only the size of a walnut, and from the looks of it, it was flawed.

Chen Shaobai could not help but look at An Zhe, his eyes filled with disbelief.

An Xuan stood up and walked to the window, shouting at the bidder, “Are you selling it for a thousand taels of silver?”

That person was stunned for a moment before cursing and turning around to leave, “I’ll give it to you!”

An Zeng said thank you and then had the defective spirit jade brought up.

Holding the kitten in his arms, he sat down and fed the kitten with the Spirit Jade. “This thing is much better than snacks.”

“Don’t get addicted. I can’t feed you for the time being.”

Everyone had expressions of astonishment.