165: Chamber of Commerce Opening

And this ability to make money temporarily prevented his status as the eldest legitimate son from being revoked.

Having acquired some wealth, Drus had been silently hoping that various auctions would feature items that could significantly alter one's talent.

However, nothing satisfactory had appeared, as his goal was to at least acquire the talent to Breakthrough to a Sky Knight.

And such items were too rare!

Generally, items that changed talent were amazing if they allowed someone to Breakthrough to an Earth Knight, but for Drus, the eldest legitimate son of the Taylor Family, that was not enough.

However, all of this took a turn with the emergence of the Lionheart Merchant Guild, which surprisingly had dragon blood among its goods, and in large quantities.

Many people who had reached a certain level of strength knew that dragon blood could help humans quickly Breakthrough to Sky Knights and also improve their talent.

Therefore, dragon blood was exactly what Drus needed.

This was why, even though many people questioned the Lionheart Merchant Guild's publicity, Drus still came here; he didn't want to give up any opportunity to change his fate.

He even stood in the front row of the crowd to snatch up dragon blood.

In fact, the four types of goods in the Lionheart Merchant Guild could attract quite a few Sky Knights.

However, Sky Knights were already among the top tier in the Kingdom.

They couldn't possibly come personally to verify the authenticity; if it were fake, wouldn't they become a laughingstock? At most, they would send someone.

As the eldest legitimate son of a Duke's Family, Drus had an Earth Knight as a bodyguard, which was one of the reasons he could stand at the very front.

As for the other reason, he simply arrived early.

Soon, it was nine o'clock in the morning, the official opening time for the Lionheart Merchant Guild.

The main doors of the Lionheart Merchant Guild opened punctually.

Just as everyone was about to rush in to check the authenticity of the Lionheart Merchant Guild's goods.

The people from the Lionheart Merchant Guild walked out from inside.

The faint aura emanating from the leader made everyone present feel a chill down their spines.

Drus, at the front of the line, was the first to bear the brunt. With his extensive knowledge, he couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

“Sky Knight!”

Upon hearing this, everyone immediately widened their eyes. They hadn't expected the leader of the Lionheart Merchant Guild to be a Sky Knight, someone they couldn't afford to offend.

After all, the strongest person present was only an Earth Knight.

In an instant, everyone immediately quieted down, and the street beside the Lionheart Merchant Guild also became silent.

The subtle pressure was intentionally emitted by the Lionheart Merchant Guild's Sky Knight to inform others in the Lia Kingdom that the Lionheart Merchant Guild was not to be trifled with.

This was to avoid any random troublemakers and save time.

On the other side, everyone quickly noticed the hundred female Peak Gold Knights in the back of the line, all of whom had excellent figures and appearances.

But that wasn't the main point; the main point was that these hundred female Peak Gold Knights were wearing clothes similar to those of salesclerks and maids.

This already indicated their status within the Lionheart Merchant Guild.

They were actually using rare beautiful Peak Gold Knights as maids!

A special sense of shock resonated in everyone's minds.

Not to mention that female powerhouses were inherently fewer than male powerhouses.

The Lionheart Merchant Guild being able to gather a hundred female Gold Knights at once was a feat in itself.

And these hundred female Gold Knights were all beautiful women with excellent figures and appearances, which was truly rare.

Moreover, such powerful individuals serving as maids could greatly boost the vanity of those who came to shop!

Just based on this, many people present secretly thought:

“It wasn't a wasted trip today. I must go to the Lionheart Merchant Guild and experience what it feels like to be served by Gold Knight-level beauties!”

As for the two Earth Knights behind the Sky Knight, they were ignored by the crowd.

Because a merchant guild wanting to do business in the Royal Capital could not operate without the backing of Earth Knights, so their appearance did not surprise anyone.

The Lionheart Merchant Guild's Sky Knight smiled slightly after seeing that everyone was awestruck by their lineup, then spoke.

“Everyone, today is the opening day of my Lionheart Merchant Guild's branch in the Lia Kingdom.

Although I have already advertised for the past few days, I still have a few points to explain to everyone.

Due to the preciousness of the items sold by the Lionheart Merchant Guild, our sales model is different from other merchant guilds.

First, to enter and purchase items, you must undergo a financial verification. If you have less than one million gold coins, I apologize, but you cannot enter.

Because the cheapest item in our Lionheart Merchant Guild, ten cubic meters of dragon blood, costs one million gold coins!”

Selling dragon blood in milliliters or tens of milliliters would be too troublesome.

Therefore, the measure adopted by the Lionheart Merchant Guild was to sell a minimum of ten cubic meters of dragon blood at a time.

And the financial verification mentioned above was to raise the shopping threshold.

Because the Lionheart Merchant Guild had only prepared a total of one hundred female Gold Knights, excluding the eight welcoming guests at the door and the two for financial verification.

The remaining ninety were divided into twenty for receiving clients and guiding maids, and seventy for sales personnel conducting transactions in the VIP rooms.

The former being twenty people, the latter seventy.

This meant that the Lionheart Merchant Guild could only entertain seventy people simultaneously, hence the need for financial verification to prevent too many onlookers from affecting business.

If business proceeded normally without special circumstances, seventy VIP rooms with seventy salesclerks would be sufficient.

As soon as these words were spoken, the expressions on the faces of many people who lacked sufficient funds but wanted to go in and see for themselves immediately changed from clear to cloudy.

This meant they couldn't experience the feeling of being served by beautiful Gold Knights.

Many people immediately felt dissatisfied, but in front of the Lionheart Merchant Guild's Sky Knight, no one dared to show it.

But the Lionheart Merchant Guild's Sky Knight didn't care about that; he continued to announce the guild's rules to the crowd.

“Second, our merchant guild's sales model is one-on-one VIP room consultations, fully protecting personal privacy.”

Aside from these two points, other precautions had been largely advertised over the past few days, so the Lionheart Merchant Guild's Sky Knight no longer delayed.

“Alright, I won't say more. I'm sure you are all very much looking forward to shopping at the merchant guild. I wish you all a pleasant shopping experience!”

After speaking, that Lionheart Merchant Guild Sky Knight knew that his presence would only make everyone uncomfortable.

So he quickly led the way into the merchant guild and disappeared.

The remaining people from the merchant guild also quickly took their positions.

Hearing the Lionheart Merchant Guild's Sky Knight's words earlier, everyone knew that to enter the merchant guild, one needed at least a net worth of one million.

This amount of money could only be easily produced by nobles above the rank of Count.

Even for a Viscount, it would be a significant strain.

So, although there were many people gathered around, only a few actually had the means to enter.

However, this had nothing to do with Drus; both his status as the Duke's legitimate son and the money he earned from business were enough to support him in making extensive purchases at the Lionheart Merchant Guild.