Walking along the gravel path that led to the city, he lowered his head towards the ground, and with an indiscernible flash that enveloped his face, he lifted his head back up, and his refined suave features were long gone.
Slightly hunching his back to suit his image, he took out a black robe to cover his body, coupled with a green bamboo hat hung on his head.
With his outfit, he strode over to the Trading Chamber Commerce.
A female attendant glimpsed of his presence and promptly walked over to him.
"Welcome, Senior. What would you like to do here today?" She asked in a courteous tone.
"Bring me to Elder Gu's office." Long Chen responded in a low and deep voice.
"Elder Gu?" The female attendant's expression instantly turned hesitant, and she carefully inquired, "Do you have an appointment with him today?"
Although Elder Gu was just a normal, inconspicuous Elder in the past, but now, he was in charge of a large business which contributed much to their profits, and since he was the only one who had dealings with that mysterious person, he was placed much more attention on and had now became one of the most influential Elders within the Trading Chamber Commerce.
The main building of the Trading Chamber Commerce had 5 floors to it, and the higher the floor, the higher the status of both the customer, and the person in charge.
Long Chen glanced down at the female attendant, and with a casual thought, his entire aura went bursting out from his body.
That Sky Realm aura which had abruptly assaulted the surroundings send the people around turning their heads in shock.
Although Sky Realm cultivators were not especially rare, but they were still uncommon, and every one of them were treated with respect.
After all, there was a huge chasm between having the ability to fly, and not having the ability to fly.
"I…I will take you there immediately, Senior. Please follow me." The female attendant was nearly scared all of her wits after experiencing the pressure which Long Chen had exuded, and instantly brought him over to Elder Gu's office.
At this point, whether he had an appointment with Elder Gu did not matter, because as a mere attendant of the place, she did not have the authority to reject the requests of a Sky Realm cultivator.
This time around, Long Chen was brought over to the 3rd Floor. Slightly raising his eyebrows, he slowly followed behind her, and entered one of the rooms.
"Elder Gu, this Senior has requested to meet you." The female attendant put up a difficult expression and bowed towards Elder Gu respectfully.
Behind the long desk spanning a few meters, Elder Gu was lazily lying down on his chair with a golden bowl of spiritual fruits placed in front of him.
Noticing Long Chen's presence and recognizing him immediately, he put away that spiritual fruit that was aiming for his mouth, and instantly sat up.
He waved his hands to gesture for the female attendant to leave, then his face rose up into a huge grin that went from eye to eye as he hurriedly walked over to Long Chen and personally brought him to his seat.
"Welcome back, Senior! Are you here to collect your earnings again?" He bowed his back and poured him a cup of tea, before he sat back in his seat.
He took that cup of tea in a nonchalant manner, and slowly sipped it. Then, still holding onto the jade cup, he lightly traced his fingers across it.
"This is my last time I will come here." With his other free hand, he carelessly threw out 14 Pill boxes and placed it on the table.
The other 2 Elementary Pills were meant to be given to the Alchemy Association to meet his monthly quota.
"The next time around, someone will collect the earnings and give you the pills on my behalf." Long Chen raised his head up and informed.
Then, he took the bag of Crystals which Elder Gu had just placed on the table, and silently put it inside his storage bag.
"After you take a look at these pills, I will take my leave." Long Chen pointed towards the 14 Pill boxes, which Elder Gu then opened.
He had brought lesser pills as compared to last time, and Elder Gu could not help but feel a slight sense of disappointment, as he thought that the business that Long Chen was giving to him would be reduced.
But after opening them, that feeling instantly disappeared. His eyes shined a literal golden color, and he could imagine the astonishing amount of Crystals that he could possibly earn with the pills in front of him.
Long Chen softy placed that jade cup on the table, then turned around to leave without a single word. As he was leaving, he could hear the farewell that Elder Gu had courteously cried out to him.
He did not want to come and meet Elder Gu every single time he had something to sell him, partly because he wanted to keep his identity a secret.
By sending one of his subordinates to do the job for him instead, he could at least keep his identity hidden to a certain extent.
Looking around the bustling crowd, he hung his Alchemy token on his waist, and made his way to the Alchemy Association.
When he reached there, he sold the 2 Mid-Tier Grade 2 Elementary Pills for a sum of 40 Crystals, which will be a bit lower than if he had sold them in the auction.
But the discounts that he was entitled to was more than enough to make up for this small difference.
As usual, he bought a few sets of ingredients, and this time, he bought exactly 40 sets, which cost him 80 Crystals.
He had also went on to count the additional amount of Crystals in his bag, which he found had amounted to 1500 Crystals.
This was an stunning amount, and there was one thing he was unaware of, which was how great the impact the pills had made when they were put up on auction.
The 15 High-Tier pills had sent the Alchemy Association on full fire searching for that mysterious Alchemist who had refined them, not to mention the various families that were struggling and fighting to bid for them.
Qi Refining Pills were extremely useful for the younger generation, especially High-Tier ones, which could be regarded as treasures.
After buying the things he needed, he left directly towards the gang building of the Fierce Tiger Gang.
When he was near the place, he could sense the existence of a few eyes hidden in the shadows that were pointed towards the Fierce Tiger Gang.
With his Alchemy token gone, he walked into the building acting like any other inconspicuous member of the gang.
No one within the place came forward to find trouble with him, because even though his Sky Realm aura had been retracted, he still possessed that natural unconscious suppression he brought to the weaker people around him.
A few of his subordinates, who were ordering the normal members to perform a few tasks, or instructing them, recognized Long Chen immediately.
It was a sort of connection that they had with Long Chen, as his subordinates.
Long Chen gave them a slight glance, and proceeded onwards to the meeting room silently.
A few minutes later, 8 powerful burly man entered the room in a different order, and when seeing the straight and tall youth just quietly standing there, his face tranquil and serene, they all went down on their knees, "Young Master!"
The room was isolated, so there was no need to worry about their cries or shouts to be transmitted outside of the room.
Glancing back at them, he slightly used his Elemental Qi to softly bring them up from his knees. As his cultivation progressed, his control over Elemental Qi had similarly risen.
"Congratulations for breaking through to the Sky Realm, Young Master!" They cried out in unison after sensing Long Chen's aura that came along with his Elemental Qi.
It was strong, indomitable, and sharp.
Long Chen made a sound of acknowledgement, then swept his gaze along the 8 subordinates that were present.
Hun Yan was now at the 7th Elementary Realm, while the rest were hovering about the 2nd and 3rd Elementary Realm.
"Tell me about our forces so far." Long Chen calmly sat down on a nearby chair and inquired.
"Yes, Young Master." Hun Yan stepped forward, then began to speak in a crisp tone, "Following your instructions, we have raised the requirements for our gang, and reduced our intake of members. As of now, we have 200 members in our gang, with 100 of them within the Body Refining Realm, 90 of them in the Qi Refining Realm, and 10 of them in the Early-Stage Elementary Realm."
"Also, we have went to 10 smaller gangs during this period of time, and 8 of them surrendered, while 2 of them were destroyed by us. The 8 gangs are now discreetly under our rule, and the hidden power had not noticed our movements yet, since we had diverted their attention using a series of moves."
He slightly paused, then his eyes sparkled with a hint of pride. "Judging by the current level of strength, we can now rank around 15th on the gang rankings.'