Chapter 86: Flaming fire and cooking oil, Deputy Branch Master Li

"Deputy Branch Master Li, from now on, Hun Tian Yi Hall, Medicine Hall, and the Black Market will be under your management."

Hearing Dao Xiong handled things extremely efficiently.

On the same day, he handled the matter of the Deputy Branch Master.

Of course, it was mainly because Deputy Alliance Leader Tang was there, so he definitely had to perform well.

"Many thanks, Branch Master Dao."

Li Rui took the waist medallion with the number "6" from Hearing Dao Xiong's hand.

Hearing Dao Xiong was very fortunate.

After Zhao Wei died, several waist medallions belonging to the Deputy Branch Master were all changed, except for this number "6" waist medallion which was left behind.

Because of the Ghost Ming Sect affair, he hadn't taken it to heart.

Now it saved him a lot of trouble; moving positions was a big deal in the branch, and it would definitely take a lot of effort.

Sending Hearing Dao Xiong away.

Li Rui looked at the number "6" waist medallion in his hand, his mouth curling up slightly.

At first glance, this Deputy Branch Master of his seemed to have only added the management of a Medicine Hall.

But in reality, it was a world of difference.

Let's just say, he would soon have two Hall Masters and one Deacon working for him, and the personnel appointments and removals of the two halls and one black market were all decided by him alone.

Besides that, as the Deputy Branch Master of the Qinghe branch of the Heaven and Earth Alliance, he could be considered to have entered the high level of Qinghe.

Information asymmetry is the key to making a superior difficult to fathom.

There are many things that Li Rui, as a Hall Master, could not touch at all.

Just as Li Rui closed the door—

【He Xi to the host for completing the achievement: Famous in the World (Beginner Plot) — Emerging 2.】

【To live well in the Jianghu, fame and status are indispensable; you have successfully entered the high level and gradually gained fame in the Jianghu.】

【Task "Emerging 2" completed, rewards being calculated】

【Task rating: C.】

【Obtained 20 achievement points!】

【Name: Li Rui】

【Age: 7】

【Talent: Martial Bone, Outstanding Comprehension, Spiritual Eye】

【Cultivation Method: White Ape Cloak Blade】

【Achievement: 70/100】

Lines of small characters appeared.

"As expected."

Li Rui was even more convinced of his decision.

As long as status rises, achievement points can be obtained.

"On the first day of becoming Deputy Branch Master, Zhou Rui and Qian Cai came to congratulate and invited me to drink at the Flower Hua Yelou for a night."

"On the second day of becoming Deputy Branch Master, Ge Hong came to congratulate and went to the Teaching Division to listen to music for a night; why is he the same temper as Zhang Yang."

"On the third day of becoming Deputy Branch Master, the Zhu family and Liu family came to congratulate and went to the Flower Hua Yelou..."

"On the fourth day of becoming Deputy Branch Master, Clerk Ma came to congratulate and went to..."

Li Rui had the look of someone who had just taken office and was proud of the spring breeze.

He was drunk for six days in a row.

Of course, it was all faked.

Some scenes still had to be played; they would always be useful one day.

And not everyone was qualified to invite him to drink, nor was it certain that he would go if invited.

Wine and sex hurt the body.

Li Rui, of course, understood this truth; indulging in pleasure is a taboo for martial arts practitioners.

Take what you should, refuse what you should.

Harmonize with the light and dust, but also keep oneself clean.

Li Rui considered he had done quite well.

Soon, Qinghe recognized him as this Deputy Branch Master; otherwise, a lonely person wanting to break into the high level would inevitably eat many soft nails.

Gradually.

Li Rui began to use his old age as an excuse to refuse many drinks.

This is the benefit of being old.

You don't even need to think of excuses to refuse people, and others don't think there's anything wrong with it.

Practicing martial arts, flipping through books.

Li Rui never slacked off, day after day without stopping.

Human relationships are done for others to see; strength is the true foundation.

Flaming fire and cooking oil.

It looks like brocade and flowers now, but who can endure to the end is the real winner.

If you ask who is most unwilling to see Li Rui become Deputy Branch Master, Jiang Cheng definitely counts as one.

"We agreed on seven days, how can you go back on your word?"

When he heard that Li Rui wanted to change it to coming once every ten days, and also wanted him to set aside an hour every day specifically to open a furnace for him, he was one hundred percent unhappy.

Li Rui smiled slightly:

"Little Jiang, this is to train you. If I see that your alchemy skills have improved after ten days, I can come every day in the future."

Drawing a big cake.

This is a necessary skill for all superiors.

But the taste of the big cake is very particular; some seek power, some seek wealth, and those like Jiang Cheng are the hardest to deal with.

Fortunately, Li Rui has the Spiritual Eye.

As a resource scarcer than alchemy, holding Jiang Cheng is not a problem.

When Jiang Cheng heard this, he had to obey obediently.

Actually, at the beginning, Hearing Dao Xiong wanted him to manage the Loyalty Hall, after all, managing the Loyalty Hall is easier, but it was changed to the Medicine Hall by Li Rui.

To others, Jiang Cheng might be a thorn.

But to him, Jiang Cheng is a private alchemist who can't be found even with a lantern, and one who likes to study technology.

Rare and hard to find.

With the black market and the Medicine Hall, Li Rui's spiritual elixir production completed self-sufficiency.

Use the Spiritual Eye to buy spiritual medicine at a low price in the black market, and then use the free labor Jiang Cheng to refine the spiritual medicine into spiritual elixirs.

A spiritual elixir sells for five hundred taels in the Medicine Hall.

And here at Li Rui's, it only costs fifty taels.

Ten times, that's a full ten times difference, enough to make everyone crazy.

These are things that can only be fully controlled after becoming Deputy Branch Master.

Deputy Branch Master Li has a good popularity; this is almost the consensus of the Qinghe branch.

Not only because he is proficient in human relationships, but also because of Deputy Branch Master Li's age.

Seventy-one years old.

An age where even if you grab it, it's useless; in fact, Deputy Branch Master Li has always been doing this.

"Brother Li, please come in."

Ge Hong led Li Rui into his residence with a smile.

Unlike the other Deputy Branch Masters.

Ge Hong had already made a huge foundation in Qinghe, went to the Heaven and Earth Alliance halfway, although he gave up the position of martial arts hall master, he didn't move into the branch like the others.

Whoa!

When Li Rui entered the door, he saw many girls in Ge Hong's courtyard.

From thirty-eight down to eighteen.

On weekdays, Ge Hong was always upright and unyielding; he didn't expect him to be so good at playing in private.

Ge Hong coughed lightly:

"They were all sent by friends, I couldn't refuse, actually I haven't been close to women for a long time."

Li Rui nodded with a smile that wasn't a smile.

"I understand."

It is rumored that some ascetic monks, in order to temper their will, deliberately let beauties accompany them when sleeping, but they don't do anything.

Ge Hong's approach is similar to those people.

Seeing Li Rui's expression.

Ge Hong knew Li Rui didn't believe it, so he was too lazy to explain.

Exchanging maids is the most normal thing among the high level of Qinghe.

Li Rui and Ge Hong walked into a pavilion.

Ge Hong had no wife or children, alone, but had seven disciples; this situation is not uncommon in the martial arts hall world.

Walking in the Jianghu, it is inevitable to make enemies.

Having worries, if one day you are found by an enemy and watch your wife and children die tragically, it's better to be clean from the beginning.

Therefore, most martial arts masters treat their disciples as their own sons.

Disciples also have the obligation to provide for their masters in their old age and wear mourning clothes for them.

The two sat down.

The maid sent some seasonal fruits and a pot of tea.

Ge Hong and Li Rui were in the same situation, both were newly appointed Deputy Branch Masters, and their relationship was inevitably closer.

Although Li Rui started from Zhang Yang's faction, now they are all Deputy Branch Masters, and it's impossible to hang himself on one tree.

During the chat.

Li Rui asked: "Hall Master Ge, I am from a muddy-legged background, never met a good teacher, want to ask about this Qi-Walking Diagram."

Ge Hong raised his eyebrows.

Because this Qi-Walking Diagram is something that will only be used above Willow Sinew.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 87 =====