Published: December 25, 2024
The old man welcomed a group of people into the residence.
The entire residence was quite simple, lacking anything luxurious, but at least it was relatively clean, and the area was decent.
For an ordinary person, owning such a residence in the Alchemy City would have been the hope of a lifetime of hard work.
However, for the Zhuo family, a small family in the Alchemy City, especially in nurturing a genius alchemist like Zhuo Qingfeng, such a family situation could be said to have severely declined. All of this was due to Zhuo Qingfeng unintentionally offending the Piao Miao Palace and others back then; the other party wasn’t even a significant figure, but with one word from Piao Miao Palace, the entire Alchemy City treated it as a grave threat. Zhuo Qingfeng's master, the deputy master of the Alchemy Pavilion, Xuan Yi Yaowang, was directly demoted, and Zhuo Qingfeng was even exiled to the most remote region of the Northern Sky Domain, the Hundred Dynasties.
As for the Zhuo family, they fell from being a small family to their current state. It must be said that the world is cold and harsh, which made Zhuo Qingfeng's nose sting and his eyes redden.
“Father, which store are they in at the Alchemy City? I’ll go find them right now!” Zhuo Qingfeng said, taking a deep breath.
Seeing the situation at home, he couldn’t wait to see his parents and relatives.
“Young Master Qingfeng, which store could it be? Our Zhuo family currently only has one store left in the Alchemy City, the one passed down from our ancestors, the one you often visited when you were young,” Uncle Fu said with a smile.
“The one passed down from our ancestors, I got it.” Zhuo Qingfeng nodded and said to Qin Chen, “Chen Shao, you all stay here for a while; I’ll go to the store and be back soon.”
“No need to be so troublesome, let’s all go together.”
Qin Chen was also very curious about how the Zhuo family’s business was doing now. Logically, if the Zhuo family still had a store in the Alchemy City, it shouldn’t be doing too poorly.
Everyone moved forward and soon arrived at the Alchemy City.
The Alchemy City was a large market built in the city, where countless loose cultivators and alchemists traded.
In the Alchemy City, not all alchemists were qualified to join the Alchemy Pavilion. Many alchemists could certify their strength at the Alchemy Pavilion, but due to limitations in strength and talent, they could not hold positions in the Pavilion and could only seek spiritual herbs and recipes themselves, constantly honing their alchemical skills.
Such people constituted the mainstream in the Alchemy City, with about ninety percent of the alchemists being loose cultivators.
Moreover, due to the large number of alchemists in the Alchemy City, countless loose cultivators gathered there. Some of these loose martial artists would even stay here year-round to acquire resources from the Alchemy City.
For instance, the Old Man of Great Compassion was one among many loose cultivators, and this force also occupied the mainstream in the Alchemy City.
After Zhuo Qingfeng brought Qin Chen and the others to the Alchemy City, he walked deeper into the market. Like the commercial centers of other cities, the stores deeper inside were naturally more prosperous.
This left Qin Chen increasingly amazed; how could the Zhuo family, with a store in such a prime location in the Alchemy City, be doing so poorly? It was hard to believe.
He was certain that even if the store did not conduct business, just renting it out would likely yield a substantial amount of rent each year. How could they have possibly mortgaged the old residence?
“Chen Shao, this is it.”
After walking for a little over half an hour inside the market, Zhuo Qingfeng finally stopped in front of a store.
The store was quite spacious, boasting three floors and at least a thousand square meters, situated in the golden area of the Alchemy City, bustling with people.
Above the store, a plaque hung with four characters: “Zhuo’s Dan Building”!