"I’m here! So it’s Alchemist Hu and Alchemy Master Ge! May I know what brings you two here?" Li Shishi greeted them hurriedly with a smile.

Both of them were students of the Alchemy Venerate Academy, and they held no low positions.

The leading Alchemist Hu was that tall and thin young man with a face full of pockmarks; he was the vice president of the student council. Alchemy Master Ge was that young man with small eyes and a short and stout figure; he was a manager of the student council and also Alchemist Hu’s assistant.

The Alchemy Competition that the Alchemy Venerate Academy was hosting this time was organized and overseen by Alchemist Hu.

Now, these two had personally come to the shop in the Longevity Hall suggests there were pressing matters. If memory serves, today was the day the Alchemy Venerate Academy had scheduled the Alchemy Competition.

"Shall Miss Shishi discuss things with us here? With our status, shouldn’t you at least invite us into the VIP room?" Alchemist Hu said with an arrogant tone.

"Look, today is the grand opening of my Longevity Hall. Right now, I have many customers to attend to, and I really don’t have time to go to the VIP room! Why don’t we... discuss it here instead?"

Li Shishi said with a troubled expression.

"Seeing that you’re a beauty, we’ll not be so demanding. Frankly speaking, with our distinguished status, our presence here definitely adds glory to your small Longevity Hall."

"Tonight, after you close up shop, invite us to have a few drinks at the Drunken Immortal Building! And you must accompany us!"

Alchemist Hu’s gaze towards Li Shishi was quite impolite.

"If you have matters to discuss, please do so quickly! I still have customers to attend to!" Li Shishi was trying hard to contain her inner anger.

"Here’s the thing, we need an additional hundred sets of clothing. Also, we need to increase the quantity of medicinal materials substantially, I’ll give you the list, and you can send someone over right now!"

Alchemist Hu did not dally any further and got straight to the point.

"Aren’t all the clothes already tailored and delivered? Adding another hundred sets at the last minute, I’m afraid it won’t be possible to make them in time." Li Shishi showed a face full of difficulty.

"Missing a few sets doesn’t matter much since the hundred sets I mentioned are just an approximate number anyway. For your Longevity Hall, capitalizing on this advertising opportunity will definitely bring in a huge profit. Producing a few dozen more sets of clothes is really nothing in the grand scheme."

"As for the medicinal materials, you should get them ready quickly. I’ll list the names, just pack each type in two or three burlap bags and it’ll be fine."

Alchemist Hu spoke with the air of a rich young master, treating the money of the Longevity Hall as if it didn’t matter.

As if to imply that Longevity Hall had gotten a great bargain out of this.

"For the clothes, I’m afraid it would be very difficult to make them on such short notice. As for the additional medicinal materials needed for the Alchemy Competition, you can provide a list and stamp it with the seal of the Alchemy Venerate Academy. I will arrange to have the necessary quantities prepared and sent over."

"But to simply ask for two or three burlap bags full of each kind of medicinal material offhand, sorry, I can’t do that. I believe the Alchemy Competition doesn’t require that much. Besides, Longevity Hall’s sponsorship is only meant to be a one-time publicity event, and there is a budget limit. As it stands, we’ve already exceeded our budget."

Li Shishi suppressed the rage in her heart, striving to control her emotions and keep the conversation as calm as possible.

In the dealings, these two men have always made impertinent demands.

Although feeling very indignant, for the bigger picture’s sake, as long as their demands weren’t too excessive, Li Shishi would turn a blind eye and do her best to satisfy their requests.

For instance, when the pair requested some silver taels to rent space or grease the palms of Baihu City’s City Guard Army, Li Shishi complied.

The amount they asked for was not small, and some of it was likely to end up in the pockets of these two men.

"Humph, when told to do something, you should just do it quickly! Do you know who you’re speaking to?"

"Just a mere manager of Longevity Hall, and yet you dare to speak to us with such an attitude. If within half an hour, you don’t deliver the clothes and medicinal materials we need to the competition venue, bear the consequences yourself. At that time, we will directly revoke Longevity Hall’s advertising qualifications and cancel this cooperation."

Alchemist Hu’s expression turned cold, and with a sinister look in his eyes, he spoke in a menacing and haughty tone.

"Li Shishi, you’d better think this through. If you mess this up, your boss might just tell you to pack up and get lost." Alchemy Master Ge also spoke with a chilly and threatening tone.

The quarreling here had already attracted many spectators.

At this moment, the Beixie National Master was also extremely busy and simply had no time to deal with such trivial matters. The Poison Eye Dragon King, accompanied by the store’s guards, approached, casting an unfriendly glance at the two young men.

But since Li Shishi had not yet issued an order to expel them, they did not dare to take matters into their own hands.

"I’ve said that you must provide a detailed list of the additional number of clothes and amount of medicinal materials needed, and it must be stamped with the seal of the Alchemy Venerate Academy. Otherwise, we cannot accommodate your request."

Li Shishi’s tone also turned much colder.

She realized that talking with these people, constantly giving in would only make them become more demanding.

"What do you mean by this?"

Alchemist Hu glared, speaking in an unpleasant tone, "Give you a choice, immediately send over what I want. Plus, you have to treat us to drinks."

"Your demands are too unreasonable; I won’t agree to them!"

Li Shishi was so furious her lungs could burst and her pretty face turned bright red; she truly didn’t expect these students to be so shameless.

"Young lady, it seems like you don’t want to work anymore. Just afraid that when the time comes, your boss will fire you in a rage! You’d better consider the consequences carefully."

Alchemist Hu threatened Li Shishi with vicious words.

This fool probably didn’t know the importance of Li Shishi to Longevity Hall.

Forget such a trivial matter; even if Longevity Hall is forced to shut down, Chu Feng would not lay a finger on her.

"There’s no need to consider it anymore. You two can get lost now!"

Chu Feng had been standing to the side, observing the two young men who carried themselves with such grand authority and noble status.

Longevity Hall had already paid nearly 3,000 silver taels, and now they suddenly demanded an increase in sponsorship fees, and even dared to target Li Shishi. They were nothing but scum.

"Kid, who do you think you are? You dare to speak to us like that, tired of living, are you?" The two young men’s expressions changed drastically as they shouted fiercely.

"What are you waiting for? Throw them out! If these two dare step half a step into our Longevity Hall in the future, break their legs," commanded Chu Feng to the Poison Eye Dragon King and the others.

With Chu Feng’s orders, the Poison Eye Dragon King and others certainly wouldn’t be polite.

They promptly grabbed the two arrogant young men and threw them directly out of Longevity Hall’s storefront.

"You, why are you listening to that mongrel’s commands? Do you know who we are? I am the vice president of the Alchemy Venerate Academy’s student council!" Alchemist Hu bellowed furiously.

Being thrown out in front of so many people, he was utterly humiliated.

"Idiot, that’s the boss of our Longevity Hall. Tell me, should I listen to him or to you?" Poison Eye Dragon King looked at him as if he were an idiot.