The Sword God of the Universe
Chapter 523 Apology

Chapter 523: Chapter 523 Apology

Ximang’s face looked terrible!

Holding the seven Zhu Ying Pills refined by Jing Yan, his heart felt like a stormy sea, recalling his previous attitude, he couldn’t help but feel his face burning.

In fact, Ximang himself was just a bit temperamental and usually rather arrogant, but he was not a bad person. His attitude towards Jing Yan was mainly because he had thought from the start that Jing Yan was a swindler. Towards a swindler, especially one who wanted to swindle twenty million Spirit Stones from the commerce, he surely wouldn’t have a good attitude.

Who could have imagined that a twenty-three-year-old Sixth-level Alchemist would be in Lanqu County? And this Sixth-level Alchemist’s ability in Alchemy Dao was also incredibly fearsome, capable of refining seven First-class Zhu Ying Pills in a single batch. Ximang admitted that even he himself would find it difficult to refine seven First-class Zhu Ying Pills in one go. No wonder Jing Yan wanted to challenge him just now!

The man had that capability and confidence!

"Alchemist Jing Yan, I was wrong just now. I apologize to you now and ask for your forgiveness for my rudeness!" Ximang lowered his proud head and apologized to Jing Yan on the spot.

His attitude had indeed been very offensive, suspecting Jing Yan without any evidence and even insulting him; apologizing now was the right thing to do.

Having seen Jing Yan’s abilities, Ximang, of course, knew what an astonishing effect it would have if Jing Yan endorsed Youhai Commerce. With such terrifying abilities, Jing Yan stood a good chance of making it to the Pill King List at the Alchemy Conference. If Jing Yan made it onto the Pill King List, the advertising effect for Youhai Commerce would be beyond prediction.

What is the most important thing for a commerce?

Obviously, it was reputation. A big reputation meant trust from others, who would then be willing to do business with you. The more people you trade with, the bigger your reputation becomes, creating a positive cycle.

Therefore, it was a great deal for Youhai Commerce to spend twenty million Spirit Stones to have someone like Jing Yan endorse them.

"Alchemist Jing Yan, the incident just now was entirely my fault and has nothing to do with Youhai Commerce. Please, do not refuse to endorse Youhai Commerce because of some of my comments." Before Jing Yan could speak, Ximang added. He also feared Jing Yan would not forgive him and thus give up endorsing Youhai Commerce.

With Jing Yan’s abilities, the four commerce in Pill Country ranking ahead of Youhai would surely vie with each other to have him endorse their businesses.

Ximang’s attitude was very sincere, and Jing Yan could feel that, so the anger in his heart dissipated quite a bit.

Just as Ximang said, he personally could not represent the commerce, after all, he was not the President of Youhai Commerce. President Qing Ru had been very courteous to Jing Yan from the beginning, and in consideration of Qing Ru’s feelings, Jing Yan could not just walk away. Moreover, Zhou Shangyun and Qing Ru had a very good relationship.

"Forget it, let the past unpleasantness be gone." Jing Yan waved his hand and said, for he was not a petty person.

Seeing Jing Yan speak so, Ximang finally breathed a sigh of relief. The other directors also exhaled, truly worried that offending Jing Yan would mean he wouldn’t endorse Youhai Commerce.

Qing Ru glanced at Jing Yan, her beautiful eyes moving. She hadn’t prevented Qiu Fang from competing against Jing Yan earlier, as she was curious to see Jing Yan’s capabilities, but the reality of his alchemic skill had exceeded her expectations.

"Ladies and gentlemen, now do you have any objections to Youhai Commerce asking Jing Yan to endorse us?" Qing Ru’s gaze swept over the many directors present.

"None!"

"Of course not, having Alchemist Jing Yan endorse our commerce is an honor for us!"

"Right! Alchemist Jing Yan will be our commerce’s most esteemed guest. It would be even better if Alchemist Jing Yan would join our commerce."

The directors, all excited, shouted within the Great Hall.

"Then, I will sign the agreement with Alchemist Jing Yan personally now! Alchemist Jing Yan, may I?" Qing Ru’s face was full of charming smiles.

"I have no problem with that," Jing Yan nodded casually.

After signing the agreement, Jing Yan immediately received a Gold Card with twenty million Spirit Stones in cash.

The agreement signed by Jing Yan and Youhai Commerce had some slight changes from what was previously discussed. The original agreement was that Youhai Commerce would pay Jing Yan twenty million Spirit Stones for his endorsement. However, the agreement added that if Jing Yan made it to the current Pill King List, then Youhai Commerce would pay him an additional twenty million Spirit Stones.

In total, that was a full forty million Spirit Stones.

Jing Yan knew this was Youhai Commerce’s way of showing goodwill to him. Forty million Spirit Stones seemed like a lot, but relative to the reputation Youhai Commerce would gain once he made it to the Pill King List, it wasn’t quite as much.

Making it to the Pill King List was no easy feat. Every Pill Spirit Conference had over a thousand alchemists competing, and those thousands were the finest alchemists under a hundred on the Heavenly Origin Continent, including scions of Alchemy Dao Families with astonishing proficiency in Alchemy Dao.

After the agreement was signed, Jing Yan and Zhou Shangyun stayed at Youhai Commerce. The Pill Spirit Conference was still two months away, and during these two months, Jing Yan would temporarily reside within Youhai Commerce.

Inside a house within the commerce,

"Master!" Qiu Fang said nervously, hesitating as if having something to say but holding back. He kept his head down, not daring to look at his master Ximang’s expression.

Ximang glanced at Qiu Fang.

Qiu Fang was his disciple, and he knew him well. Qiu Fang was quite talented in Alchemy Dao, achieving the level of a Fifth-level Alchemist at over fifty, which, though incomparable to the monstrous Jing Yan, was still considered quite powerful in Pill Country.

Ximang had always liked his disciple Qiu Fang, so he gave him careful guidance in Alchemy Dao.

Seeing Qiu Fang’s posture, he understood what was on his mind and that he was somewhat afraid to speak.

"As long as Alchemist Jing Yan is willing to guide you, I have no objections. Your master I am not an old stubborn man. Although I don’t want to admit it, I must recognize that Alchemist Jing Yan’s understanding of Alchemy Dao might be much stronger than mine. If he’s willing to guide you, you will benefit immensely," Ximang spoke directly.

He guessed that Qiu Fang wanted to seek Jing Yan’s advice but was afraid of his opposition. To be honest, he himself wanted to ask Jing Yan some questions.

Hearing his master’s approval, Qiu Fang’s face flushed with excitement.

At the start, he too hadn’t thought much of Jing Yan, not believing Jing Yan could be stronger than him. But the result of the competition shocked him, and it was only after that he understood Jing Yan’s achievements in Alchemy Dao were beyond his reach.