First Immortal of Destiny

Chapter 297: Uncle and Nephew of the Qian Family

After a few days, the shopkeeper Qian had the opportunity to verify his doubts.

Elder Xuri Peak and the ancestral elder of the Qian Immortal Clan, Qian Fuming, personally came to visit.

In the past, the Qian family members had repeatedly urged the shopkeeper Qian to sell off his assets, but he had always evaded their requests.

Qian Fuming needed a large amount of spirit stones to purchase precious materials for refining a powerful treasure. After waiting for such a long time, he had become somewhat impatient.

As soon as he saw the shopkeeper Qian, he displayed the imposing manner of the head of the family and asked sternly, "Jinbao, why haven't you completed the task I assigned to you?"

"Jinbao" was the nickname of the shopkeeper Qian within the family. His real name was Qian Xingji.

Only Qian Fuming, the head of the Qian family, and a few older generation members of the family would address him this way.

The shopkeeper Qian's heart skipped a beat and quickly welcomed his uncle to the seat of honor.

Then, he respectfully stood below him and said with a foolish expression, "Uncle, I have recently settled the assets of the shop and found that they were already in debt. I had no choice but to transfer the dividends to someone else!"

This was naturally the reason why the shopkeeper Qian had sought him out!

He couldn't directly say that in order to prevent his hard work from being taken away, he had transferred the shares of the two shops to someone else.

"Clap!"

Qian Fuming slammed the teacup heavily on the table, and the porcelain cup instantly shattered into powder.

His gaze flickered with a hint of coldness as he asked coldly, "What did you say?"

Under his gaze, the shopkeeper Qian felt his knees go weak and immediately knelt down on the ground, wailing in a mournful voice.

"Uncle... over the years, I have had to hand over a large amount of spirit stones to the family every year, and I also have to make offerings to you."

"I have been barely making ends meet!"

"It's just that I haven't audited the accounts, so I didn't discover the loopholes."

"In order to sell the Baodan Pavilion and the Ascension Pill Store, I went through the accounts again and found a huge deficit."

"If I were to sell them directly, I'm afraid I wouldn't even earn a single spirit stone, and I would have to invest a lot."

"So I took the liberty of transferring part of the dividends... to fill the hole and continue to support these two shops."

Qian Fuming would not easily believe his words.

Fortunately, the shopkeeper Qian was well-prepared and took out the account book from his Qiankun bag, handing it to Qian Fuming.

As a Spirit Sea Realm expert, Qian Fuming had a strong divine sense. It didn't take long for him to review the income and expenditure of the past years.

Surprisingly, he didn't find any mistakes or omissions!

The shopkeeper Qian had deceived him by making adjustments to the accounts early on, even though he had immersed himself in the ways of merchants for many years, he couldn't find any flaws.

Qian Fuming closed the account book and stared at the shopkeeper Qian with a cold expression.

Until the shopkeeper Qian felt a chill down his spine, he finally spoke, "According to the accounts, you sold sixty percent of the shares of the two shops to fill the deficit. Who is the buyer?"

Although he couldn't find any mistakes, Qian Fuming felt that this matter was not as simple as his nephew, the shopkeeper Qian, had described.

There must be some hidden secrets that he wasn't quite clear about!

But it wasn't a big deal. He just needed to find out who the buyer was and use his power to force them to return the shares.

"Lingjiang Sect, disciple of Xingchen Peak, Shen Mo," the shopkeeper Qian said nervously.

"Shen Mo..."

Qian Fuming muttered to himself, then his face showed a hint of surprise. "He is a disciple of Xingchen Peak, but isn't he the one who defeated Tian Qisheng?"

The shopkeeper Qian pretended to be confused and looked up at Qian Fuming, then immediately lowered his head again. "Nephew is not very clear about it."

"Damn it, it's actually him!"

Qian Fuming's face instantly darkened.

If he were a cultivator, he could easily go and threaten him.

He would make him spit out the shares obediently!

But it involves Shen Mo, so the situation immediately becomes tricky.

Tian Qisheng from the Tian family is only slightly weaker than him. In order to stand up for the Tian family, he went to find trouble with this person.

As a respected elder in the Linghai realm, he was defeated by a disciple in the Qi Gathering stage...

Not to mention the embarrassment, he was also scolded by the Moon Peak Master Yuan Jing and the Hall Master of the Immortal Affairs Hall, Tian Zhaoquan.

And he doesn't have the same backing as the Hall Master of the Immortal Affairs Hall. If he were to threaten Shen Mo, whether he can win or not is one thing, but afterwards he might still be taught a lesson by the Peak Master of the Starry Sky Peak!

Not only Zhou Shili, but even the Sect Master and the Supreme Elders of the sect also favor him.

Now if he were to go against him, Qian Fuming really doesn't have the courage to do so!

"Tell me in detail about the reasons behind this." Qian Fuming suppressed his anger and said to the shopkeeper Qian.

The shopkeeper Qian had been pondering for several months on how to deal with the current situation!

When explaining, he naturally left no detail out.

The more Qian Fuming listened, the more annoyed he became. After patiently listening, he finally asked, "Jinbao, since you still have a 40% stake in both shops, can you sell them?"

"In response to Uncle Qian, the Baodan Pavilion and the Ascension Pill Shop are now owned by Fellow Daoist Shen."

"If I want to sell the shares, I have to get his consent!"

"Moreover, one of the reasons he was willing to take over was to let me continue as the shopkeeper and help him manage the industry."

"I think it's unlikely that he will agree... to me selling all the shares!"

In fact, according to Shen Mo's original plan, even if the shopkeeper Qian had a falling out with the Qian Immortal Clan and Qian Fuming, it wouldn't matter.

But the shopkeeper Qian obviously had a different idea.

Therefore, the methods he took were relatively gentle and did not completely turn against Qian Fuming.

After thinking for a long time, Qian Fuming, who couldn't figure out how to proceed, looked at the shopkeeper Qian's innocent face and felt particularly annoyed!

"Fine! Remember, at the beginning of next month, hand over the 40% spiritual stones from the past to the family." Qian Fuming snorted coldly.

Then, he waved his sleeves and left the Baodan Pavilion.

He wanted to go back and think about how to regain control of the Baodan Pavilion and the Ascension Pill Shop!

After bidding farewell to Qian Fuming, a light and triumphant smile appeared on the shopkeeper Qian's face.

Then, he took out a sound transmission talisman and conveyed this news to Shen Mo.

...

At this time, Shen Mo had returned to the Hongye City Garrison.

Receiving the shopkeeper Qian's message, he couldn't help but laugh.

"The shopkeeper Qian is a bit clever, how could Qian Fuming not know?"

"If it were me half a year ago, daring to touch this fat piece... I'm afraid I would have been threatened and intimidated!"

"If he stubbornly refuses to let go, this Elder Xuri from the Xuri Peak also has countless ways to control both me and the shopkeeper Qian."

"Now that I have the power to make an Elder of a peak fear me!"

However, Shen Mo also knew that this power was still too illusory.

After all, it was built on the foundation of being valued by the high-level members of the sect, not out of fear for his own cultivation strength.

Many thoughts flashed through his mind.

Shen Mo dismissed these distractions and continued to absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

The majestic medicinal properties of the Nine Aperture Immortal Stone Marrow had already become the foundation for his cultivation at the sixth stage of the Qi Gathering realm.

After another period of seclusion, Shen Mo was confident in breaking through to the seventh stage.

By then, he would truly have the strength to fight against the second stage of the Linghai realm, rather than relying on the cleverness of "Perceiving the World" to defeat Tian Qisheng.

"Swoosh!"

"Swoosh!"

Invisible spirals of spiritual energy continuously surged into Shen Mo's body, pushing his cultivation to grow bit by bit.

(End of this chapter)