Nephew Lu's Greeting Gift

Elder Fu looked at Lu Feng with a complicated expression, before asking, "Nephew Lu, are you sure you want to sell these?"

With a smile, Lu Feng answered resolutely, "Of course Senior, why else would I bring them over. They're way over my current cultivation level, and I'm not well-versed with swords on top of that."

Elder Fu looked at the sword longingly and decided to take Lu Feng up on his offer, "Name the price, nephew Lu. I'll not shortchange you."

"I'm fine with whatever you think is a fair price, Senior. I'm not too hung up on the price. The reason I wanted to auction the items was to raise capital for my business I'm starting soon. And this won't be the last time we would deal with each other," Lu Feng spoke with a gentle smile.

Elder Fu burst out laughing, "So you want to cast the bait in advance!?... Alright, I'll bite... How about this, I'll pay whatever the pair of Jian swords sell for. What do you think?"

"We have a deal, Senior. What about the items I requested?" Lu Feng probed.

Elder Fu handed Lu Feng a storage ring, who examined it and found stacks upon stacks of books, jade slips, and scrolls.

Seeing Lu Feng's satisfied expression, Elder Fu spoke, "There's practically everything required to make a master alchemist in that ring, of course, minus the infinite amount of resources and equipment necessary to actually raise one.

Do you have a good alchemist at your disposal? If not, we could help you hire one."

"That won't be necessary, Senior. I've made a few arrangements of my own. I'll be back on the day of the auction," Lu Feng spoke as he got up from his seat.

The two Elders stood up to bid Lu Feng farewell when they saw Lu Feng sitting down again.

"I'm sorry, Senior. I almost forgot. Since you got to call me nephew Lu, how could I not prepare a greeting gift. I've prepared a gift for both Seniors."

Elder Fu laughed with embarrassment, calling someone a nephew and then accepting their gift would be too shameless. "No, how can I..."

No more words escaped his mouth, as a divine fragrance wafted from the two porcelain bottles Lu Feng placed on the table.

Before Elder Fu realized this, Lu Feng placed a pair of sheathed daggers on the table.

Not minding the surprise on the faces of the two old men, Lu Feng explained, "These are perfect Sovereign class pills. These are berserker pills, and these are healing pills. There are ten of each, I hope the Seniors find these helpful."

Unsheathing the pair of daggers, Lu Feng handed each of the daggers to Elder Fu and Elder Zhang. "These are called Immortal daggers, they have no grade, and they're as strong as the user. But they do have a few limitations, I'm sure the Seniors will figure it out when you try these."

Without waiting for the two old men to respond. Lu Feng got up from his seat and quickly left the room. Zhang Wei who witnessed the scene quickly ran after Lu Feng, but he was gone by the time Zhang Wei got to the reception desk.

***

Underground testing facility, Lotus Plaza.

Old man Zhang remotely controlled a dozen high grade elemental test dummies and doused Old man Fu in scorching flames.

Old Fu, who held the zhanmadao sword with both his hands, stood in front of the test dummies, seemingly unharmed by the scorching flames that resembled hell.

Shifting his legs, Old Fu drew the sword in an arc unleashing its full power. The test dummies which were spitting flames resembling hell were now frozen solid and moments later broke apart into small chunks which then vaporised as lightning coursed through the chunks.

Old Fu began his usual uproarious laughter.

Old Zhang walked up to Old Fu, "Should we test the daggers too?"

"Little Wei, do it!" Old Fu instructed Zhang Wei with a loud yell.

Zhang Wei who was standing inside the protected room operated a few levers.

Sounds of gears spinning and chains dragging across reverberated within the testing facility.

A large trap door on the floor opened, and a raging blood demon ape jumped out. Its bloodshot eyes and the red aura emanating from it would scare even the bravest warriors.

Old Zhang took out the berserk pill Lu Feng just gifted them and swallowed it.

The two old men unsheathed their daggers and rushed towards the blood demon ape, which was now thumping its chest furiously.

***

Half an hour later, the mighty blood demon ape lay on the floor, now a corpse.

"Old Fu, these daggers are quite remarkable, they had no trouble dealing with the blood demon ape."

Old Fu shook his head, "You don't understand Old Zhang, these are beyond remarkable, though it has high Spirit energy consumption, they proved to be extremely durable.

"Weapons which scale with the cultivator are special enough, but weapons that scale their durability along with attack are seldom seen... How do you feel?"

Nodding at Old Fu's words, Old Zhang answered, "As one would expect from a perfect pill, I feel tired but I don't sense any sequelae...

"In fact, I'm feeling close to a breakthrough. I'll enter seclusion immediately, you look over the auction."

"Ok, go!" Old Fu waved Old Zhang away.

***

"Little Wei come here"

"What is it, Elder Fu?"

"Write a letter to the director and send my token asking him for a membership to the Eternal Prosperity Guild."

"Elder, if this is for Brother Lu, I'm afraid..."

Zhang Wei was cut off by Old Fu's words, "The director owes me a few favors, you just write the letter explaining the details."

Zhang Wei bowed before leaving.

Looking at the armor and the magnificent sword in his hand, Old Fu couldn't help but smile, "This time, the Duyi realm shall be ours!"

***