Chapter 40

On that shelf, there were all kinds of things like stuffed animals and sugar figurines, each more adorable than the last, with items for eating, using, and playing, all available.

When Tang Zheng came yesterday, he didn't see any of these.

He accompanied the Meng Fenghua sisters to stroll down the entire East Street and never saw such exquisite toys and snacks!

Of course, if it were just that, it wouldn't have caught Tang Zheng's attention.

What truly caught his eye was the row of sugar figurines at the front of the shelf, which emitted a medicinal fragrance very similar to the "Spirit Concentration Pill" on the third row of the Treasure Pavilion!

And at his feet, there was a doll-like item with stitching that was identical to the cultivation-assisting array on the bracelet that Old Ban had repaired yesterday.

"Ah, everything on this shelf is made by a friend of mine, just to amuse children." Ban Yilou waved his hand, seemingly not wanting to mention that friend.

To be honest, in the magnificent Treasure Pavilion, the appearance of such items was indeed a bit degrading!

But, that was a friend with whom Ban Yilou had shared life and death...

His request could not be refused.

"If you want to laugh, go ahead and laugh, and then finish your shopping list!" Ban Yilou said irritably.

However, Tang Zheng didn't laugh at all. He pointed to the sugar figurine: "How much?"

Ban Yilou was taken aback: "Eighty taels of silver!"

Tang Zheng couldn't help but laugh: "Made with Spirit Concentration Pills?"

"Um, some of it was used."

"An equally potent Spirit Concentration Pill sells for only twenty-five taels of silver?"

"Ah." Ban Yilou nodded.

Actually, the items his friend had entrusted him to sell weren't just one or two.

From weapons and jewelry at the beginning to clothes, hats, and shoes later on, none of them had ever been sold!

Today was the same; when he placed these toys and snacks on the shelf, Ban Yilou didn't expect to sell any of them.

However, thinking of the days when the three of them begged together, he still placed them on the most prominent shelf.

Tang Zheng took down the sugar figurine and licked it.

Ban Yilou didn't stop him; it was just a freebie, and he would make up the money himself.

"Um, very sweet, much better than the Spirit Concentration Pill." Tang Zheng nodded and pointed to a plush puppy at the top of the shelf, "How about that one?"

"Two taels of purple gold!" Ban Yilou almost felt embarrassed to quote the price.

In Wulong Town, there were toy shops, and even the more exquisite toys were mostly priced in copper coins, with very few selling for one tael of silver...

But here, a toy was priced at two taels of purple gold!

"Is that the most expensive one?" Tang Zheng asked.

"That one?" Ban Yilou looked it over, "Um, yes, that's it. So, you want the most expensive one?"

"No," Tang Zheng shook his head and pointed to the shelf, circling it, "I'll take them all!"

"..." Ban Yilou was stunned.

His friend's items had never been sold before!

He never expected that today, after just three hours on the shelf, they would all be sold!

Ban Yilou's eyes suddenly felt a bit wet.

"What's wrong?" Tang Zheng was still browsing, but he couldn't find anything else he liked.

"Nothing." Ban Yilou turned his back and wiped his eyes, "I... I'll pack them for you."

After Old Ban packed the items, he asked, "Is that enough?"

Ban Yilou didn't know what expression to use: "Still short by forty-five taels."

"Can't you make an exception for just forty-five taels?"

"Rules are rules." Old Ban averted his gaze.

"Old stubborn!" Tang Zheng rolled his eyes.

To make up for the forty-five taels, Tang Zheng directly asked for fifteen shopping bags.

Ban Yilou almost jumped up and cursed: "Why are you buying so many shopping bags?"

If he had to say what the lowest value-for-money item in his Treasure Pavilion was, it would definitely be the storage bags, which Tang Zheng called "shopping bags." A large storage bag cost three purple gold coins and could hardly be used more than a few times!

"To carry money." Tang Zheng said matter-of-factly, "It's not tiring to carry, right?"

"..." Ban Yilou was about to faint, "Are you f*cking crazy? Do you need a storage bag to carry money?"

The way Ban Yilou looked at Tang Zheng was the same as how Tang Zheng used to look at people who carried money in burlap bags.

Tang Zheng shrugged: "Not allowed?"

Shopping bags were great!

Unlike his old friend, the purple gold belt, which was like a password-protected safe, making it cumbersome to store and retrieve items!

In the future, he didn't know when he would be able to use the purple gold belt freely, so having more shopping bags would save him a lot of trouble and effort, making things easier and more pleasant.

"Alright, is that enough?" Tang Zheng smiled and extended his hand.

"Um! Just a moment!" Ban Yilou solemnly pulled out a necklace from his collar.

A transaction of a thousand taels of purple gold was enough.

Ban Yilou's star constellation rose behind him, and the thick star power gradually covered the necklace.

The necklace slowly turned a light green and suddenly emitted a brilliant seven-color light!

Then, a colorful token appeared in Ban Yilou's hand.

The token was teardrop-shaped and had a delicate string attached...

Although it was slightly smaller than the necklace around Ban Yilou's neck, the shape was the same.

Tang Zheng held his breath and looked at the small necklace-shaped token in Ban Yilou's hand: "This is the Treasure Pavilion's Purple Gold Token?"

"Not the Treasure Pavilion's Purple Gold Token," Ban Yilou corrected, "This is the Purple Gold City's Purple Gold Token!"

"What's the difference?"

"The Purple Gold City's business spans the world, and the Treasure Pavilion is just one of its industries..."

"Oh..." Tang Zheng took the Purple Gold Token and caressed it several times.

Ban Yilou also knew how valuable it was and let Tang Zheng caress it without interrupting.

Suddenly, Tang Zheng looked up: "What if I lose it?"

Ban Yilou's face turned green, and he almost wanted to strangle Tang Zheng!

Such a precious Purple Gold Token, who wouldn't treasure it? How could it be lost so easily?

"If you lose it, you'll have to trade another thousand taels of purple gold, and I'll give you another one!" Ban Yilou almost shouted.

"Uh... can't it be replaced?"

"Up to now, no one has ever lost their Purple Gold Token!"

"But what if it's lost?"

"There's no such 'what if'!"

"What about the person who finds it?"

"If they find it, they can use it!"

"Damn, your membership system is so unscientific," Tang Zheng couldn't understand how the Purple Gold City managed to do such big business, "Not having membership levels is one thing, but recognizing the card and not the person?"

However, Tang Zheng thought about it and found it somewhat understandable.

In the Starlight Continent, even linking ID cards required the highest casting technology!

Unless the Purple Gold City sought help from the Hundred Refineries Workshop to create something like a "Red Dust Register," it would be difficult to achieve customer information synchronization and verification.

Unfortunately, from Ban Yilou's attitude when mentioning the Hundred Refineries Workshop, it was clear that although they had many collaborations, their private relationship wasn't necessarily good. A massive project like the "Red Dust Register" might not be something the Hundred Refineries Workshop would do for the Purple Gold City.

"The Treasure Pavilion doesn't need your advice on business!" Old Ban huffed.

"Fine, fine, you're great." Tang Zheng didn't want to argue, "I want to go to the inner chamber!"

"No problem, please show your Purple Gold Token!"

"But you just gave it to me..."

"You still need to show it!"

"..." Tang Zheng was thoroughly convinced by this old stubborn and had to take out the Purple Gold Token he had just hung around his neck and show it to him.

"Um, the Purple Gold Token is confirmed. Follow me." Ban Yilou pressed a mechanism under the counter and closed the Treasure Pavilion's door.

...

When the Treasure Pavilion's door closed, the twinkling lights outside were completely blocked out.

The entire store was illuminated only by the light of the night pearls.

Then, Ban Yilou turned a lever, and all the lampshades of the night pearls closed!

In the pitch-black Treasure Pavilion, only one beam of light appeared...

A door!

Tang Zheng's eyes widened...

He had walked around the Treasure Pavilion at least twenty times!

But he had never noticed that there was a door between the two central pillars of the Treasure Pavilion!

"Welcome to the Treasure Pavilion's inner chamber..." Old Ban, despite his age, bowed at the door.

The two of them entered the Treasure Pavilion's inner chamber.

If the outer chamber of the Treasure Pavilion was decorated like a luxury store, then the inner chamber was more like a library, with natural light and walnut shelves that looked clean and simple.

Tang Zheng first found the Purple Gold Flower Water, with only ten bottles, all diluted fifty times.

Even diluted to this extent, each bottle still cost five taels of purple gold!

Tang Zheng didn't hesitate and bought them all.

He turned his head and saw a row of shelves opposite the Purple Gold Flower Water, ten feet high, filled with books!

Tang Zheng tilted his head back, his neck aching.

He pointed to the shelves and asked, "Martial techniques?"

"Um, all martial techniques!" Old Ban nodded.

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Thank you to Dou Nanbo Wan for the 1888起点币, Zuo Pai Si Xiang for the 688起点币, Jing Yi 0903 for the 588起点币, Yan Huang Hun and Xue Ye Xing Chen for the 200起点币, Tian Qi Shen Shang, Kong Long Ling, Tui Fei Xiao Yan 123, Jia Xiao Qi, Shou Hu Zhe Ping Fan De Yi Sheng, Bu Zhi Huo Xia, Lan Meng Feng Ling, Shui He Zhi Wu, Momoyaya, Wu Ye Dang, Hao Yue Yu Yao, and Shu Mo 787735384 for the 100起点币.

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