C15. The Medicine Palace

Kai Chen knew that the financial condition of the clan was not great. He could ask Chain Hai for money but how long. However, he was too prideful to ask for money shamelessly as he was the overseer of the Elysium Library in the upper world, and people with higher status than Chain Hai couldn't come close to him in richness and resources.

Since he couldn't ask for money from Chain Hai, he decided to do something to earn some money. Kai Feng was dumbfounded when Kai Chen explained to him his plan. He took a moment to collect his thoughts together.

"Chen'er this is crazy! Would the medicine Palace comply with your demand? What would we do if we anger them? I know that the Chain Hai promised to protect you but the medicine palace isn't less inferior to them, in fact, they are much stronger! I can't do this, we already have enough problems to deal with..." Kai Feng said as he was getting restless. his hands were shaking just thinking about it.

"Father please trust me, I know what I'm doing. I am not crazy enough to offend the medicine palace. Would I drag my father, my entire family into this? I may be good for nothing, but I'm not an idiot who acts unreasonably, am I?" Kai Chen said with confident eyes.

Kai Feng was dumbfounded by the questions that flew like a hail of arrows.

'Has he already forgotten the incident between him and Zha nan? what he thought.

But when he thought about it in the end everything turned out in Kai Chen's favor, also he wouldn't go so far as to bring down the entire dragon claw clan, would he now?

'Is it possible that what Kai Chen saying is true? Would the medicine Palace really comply with our demands?' Kai Feng considered it for some time and decided to go along with Kai Chen's plan.

"Chen'er, this is a very important task, I'm afraid no servant can do this, and with the current situation, even the elder Wei will refuse to do it. That's why I will go there myself to make this deal..." Instead of sending someone else, he decided to go himself as it was a very crucial and sensitive matter. If things started to go south he would apologize to the Medicine Palace immediately.

If he really did manage to seal the deal with the medicine Palace then Kai Chen would acquire unimaginable wealth. Greater than the Chain Ho clan or anyone else.

The Dragon claw clan was already facing a money crisis as the harvest this year was poor. With this kind of money, the whole Dragon Claw clan could pass their whole life without working.

Kai Feng called a servant to prepare his cart for the capital. He quickly departed for the capital. His hands were shaking in excitement, he secretly prayed for his success.

Kai Chen gave a small laugh upon seeing Kai Feng with lingering fear, "Father, don't worry I would never lie to you. Here, take this medallion they wouldn't dare to do anything to you if you have this.

Also, I have a list here with some medicinal ingredients on it. Please bring them for me from the Medicine Palace according to the amounts listed while you're at it."

Before leaving Kai Chen gave him the Golden dragon engraved medallion and handed over another list of ingredients to heal his injuries.

"Huh? What is this Medallion? It looks very valuable. Where did you get this expensive-looking medallion?" Kai Feng held the medallion carefully and stare at it. He understood with a glance that it was something valuable. But it didn't take him too long to recognize the medallion. Even if many have never seen the Golden Dragon Jade medallion but there were none who hadn't heard about it.

"It was bestowed upon me by the Lord himself as an apology. He let me borrow it for a while and said to use it however I want." Kai Chen didn't lie to his father but he also didn't tell the whole truth about the medallion.

The ingredients in the list easily exceeded ten thousand silver coins which was the annual budget for their clan.

The ingredients on the list that Kai Chen passed to his father were too many that Kai Feng was dumbfounded. But One had to know that in his past life, Kai Chen couldn't train because of his unique 9-yin constitution. Therefore, in the millennium of years in charge of the Elysium Library, his greatest hobby was to pursue the Dao of alchemy.

The ingredients at the Hall of Healing weren't free but with the medallion, they didn't have to pay for any ingredients as the bill will be directly sent to Chain Hai's mansion.

With the list and medallion his father off to the capital also known as Imperial city.

The medicine palace was a famed, influential power in the imperial city. Its very buildings were picturesque boardwalk. The Medicine Palace was established by the Founding king of the Azure Kingdom and its prestige was outspread throughout the 4 kingdoms.

When Kai Feng made it to the front steps of the medicine Palace, he felt that both his legs were going numb. A sense of fear started growing in his heart as he thought about the haughty attitude and disdaining tones of the associates at the medicine Palace.

Hence, Before entering the medicine Palace Kai Feng stroked his barely wrinkled clothes and corrected his posture.

"cough! Uh… that... um… I-I need some medicine ingredients!"

Kai Feng gathered up his courage multiple times before finally making it through the front door and to the counter. But he was stuttering and could speak properly.

The associates at the medicine Palace were all professionally trained before starting work. The first skill that was trained was the ability to remember the faces of all the influenced people. Which faces needed to be fawned on, which needed to be flattered, which faces were enough with a normal attitude, and which the associates could be haughty too.

Kai Feng's face was an unfamiliar one which meant that he was not someone important, thus was naturally someone who the associates could be a dick.

Kai Feng knew that if he didn't look confident enough then his purpose to capital would be in vain. Thus, he handed over the list of ingredients with confidence to the associates, he frowned looking at the list. The associate again glanced at Kai Feng's appearance and said.

"Ahem. Sir, buying medicine ingredients is fine. But let's talk about the rules first. The Hall does not do business on credit, ingredients and money need to both be fully paid out."