Selling pills

Long Yang walked out of the gate, slightly embarrassed as the doorman gave him a confused look. He walked towards the Glory Sun Merchant hall again but this time, he slipped into an empty alleyway when no one was watching.

He looked around making sure there was no one looking. He took out the bundled up cloak and unbundled it. He placed his mask on his face before covering his entire body in the cloak. Long Yang walked back out of the alleyway and headed towards the Glory Sun Merchant hall.

Shortly after, he arrived at the merchant hall and entered. When he entered, he drew looks from customers and attendants alike due to his unique outfit. A male attendant walked over to him, "Hello sir, how may I help you?"

In the deepest voice he could muster, Long Yang replied, "Your manager. I need to see him."

The attendant's eyebrows scrunched up, "Apologies sir, but our manager is slightly busy right now. If you need something, I may be of assistance."

Long Yang shook his head, "Something of this magnitude can't be managed by someone less than your manager, are you prepared to take responsibility if anything goes wrong?" Long Yang called on the power of Tiamat. His right eye turned dark red as he stared into the attendant's eyes.

The attendant's body shook in fear, his teeth clattering as cold sweat formed on his back. He gulped and breathed in and out, gasping for air. Long Yang willed it and his eye returned to normal freeing the attendant in front of him.

The attendant bowed, not daring to look Long Yang in his eyes, "S-Sorry, I'll go get the manager right now." The attendant walked off, quivering and stumbling here and there as he headed up the stairs in the corner.

After a short wait, Gong Sun along with a mature looking beauty with brown eyes dressed in white came down the stairs following the now no longer quivering attendant. The attendant pointed at Long Yang before quickly looking down. Gong Sun looked at Long Yang, his eyebrows scrunched for a split second before he put on a smile and walked over, "Greetings, sir, I'm Gong Sun, the manager of this branch of the Glory Sun merchant hall. What did you require of me that was so important?"

Gong Sun saluted but eyed Long Yang with a look that said, 'If you interrupted me for nothing, you will pay.' Long Yang thought nothing of it as he reached into his cloak and brought out a vial and threw it at Gong Sun.

Gong Sun caught the vial with an eyebrow raised. He popped open the cork and spilled out the contents onto his hand, the green pill falling into his palm. He frowned as he looked at Long Yang with anger, "You interrupted me because of this unknown pill? Are you joking? There's no aroma or anything! Take this trash-"

Gong Sun quieted down as he stared at Long Yang with a confused look, "ahem… are you looking to sell this… pill?"

Long Yang nodded, "Three thousand silvers for one."

Gong Sun scowled and pointed at Long Yang angrily, "Y-You, three thousand for this!?! Do you take me for a child-" Gong Sun bit down on his lip as he brought his finger down and asked reluctantly, "How many pills do you have?"

"Three, nine thousand silvers."

Gong Sun placed the pill back into the vial and turned towards a nearby attendant, "get nine thousand worth of silver notes for this gentleman over here." The nearby attendant bowed and left. He shortly returned with a stack of ninety silver colored notes and handed it to Gong Sun.

Gong Sun, in turn, handed the notes to Long Yang, "Here is nine thousand silver worth of notes, please check it for yourself."

Long Yang quickly flipped through the notes and nodded, "There is indeed nine thousand here. Here." Long Yang took out the remaining two vials in his cloak and passed both to Gong Sun before turning around and leaving.

Gong Sun eyed Long Yang with confusion as he walked out. After Long Yang left, Gong Sun turned around and walked back upstairs. Upstairs was a hallway with three doors, one on each side and one at the end. Gong Sun walked to the room at the end and went int.

Inside was a simple table with two seats, one on both sides. Seated in one of the seats was the beauty that had followed him down. Unlike before, her eyes were yellow as she eyed the vials in Gong Sun's possession.

Gong Sun saluted and bowed, "Elder Mei, I have acquired the pills."

The beauty referred to as Elder Mei nodded, "I need people to investigate. His height is 5 foot 5 inches, male, between the age of 12-16 and around the 9th qi gathering stage. Find people who fit these criteria in this town and report back. Of course, all expenses will be reimbursed."

Gong Sun nodded, "I will get on it, you will see the results within a few days."