A Piece Of Paper
Zhao Yun entered the guild and immediately saw Coach waving his hands. Coach has already finished selling the materials. The materials were sold for a piece of gold.
*Ding* You have received a new title, would you like to equip it? yes or no?
"No, I`ll check it later," Zhao Yun thought. He then looked at Coach who was so happy to hold a gold coin.
"Hehe, this is the first time I`ve got to hold a gold coin, Zhao Yun. I`m very happy right now," Coach was treating the gold coin as if a baby
"Don`t worry Coach, I`ll be able to earn more, just you wait," Zhao Yun promised.
"We should go to the market and buy what Elder Ma was requesting," Coach said
The two went to the market and bought all the materials requested by Elder Ma, all the materials were placed on the cart since Coach stopped Zhao Yun from using his storage space. Surprisingly, the gold coin was not spent at all. They where all set to depart back home when Zhao Yun noticed a very shabby looking shop with no nameplate on it. There was some kind of mysterious force that was attracting him to enter inside the shabby looking shop. And so Zhao Yun did enter the shop, he informed Coach to wait for him.
The first thing that Zhao Yun`s eyes laid upon was the female store clerk, who was a MILF. Zhao Yun`s eyes glistened, meaning, he successfully analyzed the MILF. Plump as a melon.
"Welcome to our humble store sir," The woman said, in a soothing voice.
"Hello, What does your store offer? There seems to bo nothing stocked at the shelves right now," Zhao Yun inquired, he noticed earlier that the shop was literally empty so he knows that this shop might go bankrupt. His plan is to buy anything that this store clerk offers in order for him to make a good impression on this MILF and try to at least provide some help to her. "I`m a freakin genius," this is what Zhao Yun exclaimed in his mind.
*Ding* Wow, you`re really going places huh?
"Shhhh, stay put shitty system," Zhao Yun hushed the system
"Uhmmm, the only item we sell is paper, sir," she informed, "This may seem very rude to you but sir I beg you to buy a piece of paper, just a piece would be a great help-" she begged.
"How much?" Zhao Yun interrupted her.
"Sir?" The woman was taken aback by his sudden question
"I want to know how much is a piece of paper?" Zhao Yun cleared up
"Ahh right, it`s 1 silver per piece of paper," she said.
"I'd like ten pieces please," Zhao Yun ordered as he placed the gold coin on the desk.
"Excuse me? are you serious right now sir?" the clerk couldn`t believe what she was seeing.
"Uhuh, so please give me the papers," Zhao Yun smiled
The woman was so delighted. She went to the door behind her and entered it, afterward she came back with exactly ten pieces of paper along with a little boy.
"Here is your order, thank you for your purchase, kind sir," she and the little boy was in sync.
"Oh, is this your son?" Zhao Yun assumed
"Ah yes, he is," the woman replied.
"Hello sir! are you a cultivator?" the boy asked Zhao Yun
"Little Jin, it`s rude to ask personal questions to customer, quickly say sorry," the mother admonished the child
"Haha, it`s okay," Zhao Yun didn`t want the child to get scolded. "I`m not a cultivator kid. I`m a swordsman," Zhao Yun then answered the boy.
"Then are you strong?" the boy added another question
"Hmmm, I don`t really know. How strong are you referring to? I can kill a couple of monsters easily, if that`s strong to you," Zhao Yun replied
"Can you beat a grown-up man?" the boy wasn`t done with the questions
"Jin`er!" this time the mother was getting angry.
"Hmmm, why do you ask boy?" Zhao Yun felt there was something to the kid's questions
"Jin`er! that`s enough questioning, go back inside, now!" she sent the boy inside before he could answer Zhao Yun.
"Sir, thank you for buying. Our shop will be closing now so please come back tomorrow if you want to buy more," She said as if she wanted Zhao Yun to leave.
This made Zhao Yun grasp that there was more to the boy`s question than just a mere child curiosity but he couldn`t say anything else since she decided to close the store. Coach was also waiting for him outside so he left without inquiring any further. Before he exits the store, he looked around making sure that no one was looking, and place the papers inside the storage space.
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The cart was just in front of the store so Coach quickly saw Zhao Yun leaving.
"So, what did you buy inside?" Coach asked
"Paper," Zhao Yun replied
"Paper!!? Are you serious?" Coach was surprised by what Zhao Yun said.
"Yes, why are you surprised?" Zhao Yun was now the one asking
"Well, it`s just, Papers are high commodities so they`re expensive, they`re not rare yet they`re expensive as hell. Unless you`re a scholar or a talisman maker, it`s basically not worth it to buy a paper," Coach explained
"So that`s why this shop went bankrupt. Selling papers in a border town like this, surely no one would buy a paper even if they can afford one," Zhao Yun thought. , "Wait, talisman!? I do know how to make one," Zhao Yun realized
"Thanks for reminding me Coach," Zhao Yun said
"What?why? what for?" Coach was confused about why Zhao Yun thanked him. Coach whipped the horse and the cart started moving.
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Let`s move back the time just before Zhao Yun entered the shop.
In a very hidden place near Zhao Yun and Coach, a silhouette was stalking them closely.
"Hmm, They stopped. Did they sense me? no. Is he looking at me? no, it`s the shop beside me that he`s looking at. He went inside, what does he want from this shabby looking shop? Hmmm, there`s a hole here, how convenient. What`s he doing right now? Did he buy papers worth 1 gold coin? what is he planning to do with that? Is he secretly a scholar? or a talisman maker? If its the latter, then he`s a big shot, even a scholar would be too much for this mere border town. Maybe I`m just assuming things, how could a talisman maker or a scholar appear here in this border town. And since he`s using a sword, he`s definitely a fighter, not a scholar. I just don`t know what stage is he right now, I should assume he would at least be at the 7th stage of Body refinement. Wait, what? the paper vanished! I was right, he has spatial storage. That`s definitely some kind of spatial storage, but he doesn`t wear any ring at all so it`s not a storage ring, maybe it`s a necklace. Now, where the hell did this guy come from? He definitely is not from this town if he has a treasure like that. Ah, I`m getting sidetracked, the problem here is how can I take that spatial storage from him when he never showed any kind of opening. I didn`t even know what happened inside the abandoned house he went inside to, he existed that place with another person. Was that one of his subordinates? I couldn`t even sensed that person inside the house, that might be another person to be wary of. He`s leaving the store. The one he`s talking to seems normal, so I shouldn`t bother him. How should I proceed with this? Should I do what Eric was planning to do and recruit this man? It`s not yet late for that option," This was what went on the mind of the stalker.
-Heeyah!-
"They`re leaving already, I should follow them," The silhouette vanished in the darkness.
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Zhao Yun`s status window
Age: 21
Mana Pool: 290
Job: Swordsman
Title: Hero of the Mushroom village
Stamina-(73) 146
Strength-25
Agility-(25) 50
Intelligence-(25) 50
Charisma-19
Available Experience Points-10