Rebirth of the Prime Dragon Master
Chapter 241 A Direct Rejection

To Isis, only a fool or one with aggressive ambition would decline such an immense opportunity. Afool would be unable to weigh the pros and cons of such a decisions impact on his career.Meanwhile, the one with aggressive aspirations would retreat, perhaps biding time for another day,for the sake of advancing to a higher position. But she felt that Rocky did not seem to fit in eithercategory. He was genuinely rejecting the olive branch her father had extended--an offer that manyother men would've died for. There must have been a serious reason for rejecting the proposal. Orperhaps Rocky had a few more secrets he was trying to hide.

"Isn't it too rash to just reject me so quickly? Maybe you need more time to think it over. Take yourtime, sleep on it. You might change your mind. If that happens, you're welcome to come back to thehome base to discuss it with me or my daughter at any time,” Lance explained in a steady tone. Thetruth was that he had already foreseen Rocky's rejection. He had expected him to refuse; otherwisehe would seem as though he were a conniving man looking to climb the ladder.

"Then please allow me to excuse myself," Rocky replied politely, and said nothing more as he turnedaway, bidding Lance and Isis goodbye with merely a deft fist-and-palm salute.

"Well, Isis? What is your opinion of this young man?" Lance asked, turning to his daughter afterRocky had departed.

"He seems capable enough for the position, but he seems like a strange guy. I feel like that we'renot getting the whole story, like he has something to hide. But what I really don't understand,father, is why you want to promote him to be the probationary adjutant general,” Isis finally said,her brow furrowed in confusion.

"I have my own plans. Tell Marin to spare some time and come for a visit here. I have something forher to handle,” Lance told his daughter, deep in thought.

Isis only nodded her head dutifully, trusting him. She looked back the direction of where Rocky hadwalked away, and lost herself in contemplation.

"The daughter is shrewd and the father is even cannier. The only way to keep things from gettingout of hand is to stop coming to this home base,” Rocky murmured to himself even as he glancedback at the camp that he just left. Every time he came by, there always seemed to have trouble. Hehad only been to the camp twice, but already he had seen the Deputy Commander in Chiefundressed, and this time he impressed the Commander in Chief with his performance and wasawarded a high position in the army. As the saying went, “Great honors are great burdens.’ All hewanted was to keep a low profile, but fate, it seemed, had other plans. He kept getting mixed upinto all kinds of unnecessary problems. 'l feel like the next time I set foot in here, I'll have the wholearmy on my back!"

Rocky mulled over his situation anxiously, unable to settle his thoughts. Still without a certain courseof what to do, he went to the Isis Pavilion.

"You're back! Have you finished your assignment?” Sue greeted Rocky upon seeing him. Sheenjoyed her time playing with Little Rubygon.

"I will come back to see you again next time with Little Rubygon,” Rocky just nodded in answer toSue's greeting and he bid her goodbye. He scooped up Little Rubygon and headed out of the homebase. Driving his carriage, he headed towards the branch of the Super Beast Farm.

Shawn was grinning from ear to ear from the moment he laid eyes on Rocky. After all, he made atremendous sale from the two baskets of treasures that Rocky brought over a while back. The totalsale was nearly two hundred thousand golden coins. More importantly, several three-star itemsamong the hoard were sold off at incredible prices, and they were sold out almost immediately.There were even some buyers who tried to drive the prices up to as much as thirty thousand goldencoins just to get those items. And even the cheapest items were worth twenty thousand goldencoins. The Super Beast Farm had virtually made a fortune out of the sales.

Rocky, for his part, earned roughly one hundred and thirty thousand golden coins even after takingout a thirty percent commission, along with a smaller cut that he had given generously to the boss.Immediately, the money was spent on purchasing necessary materials to construct a lab from theSuper Beast Farm. For everything else that the Super Beast Farm did not have in stock, Rockyentrusted Shawn to customize them as he needed from the supplier. Even though Shawn wasmerely a boss of the branch, the Super Beast Farm enjoyed a certain level of prestige and fame inthe Holy Dragon Empire, and even throughout the entire Wild Spirit Land. This led to the building ofa sophisticated social network of connections. No matter how scarce a material was, the farm wouldbe able to acquire it upon request, for a good price.

Yes, Shawn had viewed Rocky as their cash cow for a long time now. He would never think to turndown whatever Rocky asked him now. Besides, he was tipped generously for every errand. He wouldbe more than happy to serve his own interests and pockets.

Rocky went shopping in Evian City to make another round of purchases after he finished thetransactions in the Super Beast Farm. When he finally headed back, he was fully loaded down withnumerous materials meant to foster the construction of his lab.