The System Gift

The Old man smiled brightly, his persistence paid off, Ye Mo gestured with his hand as he led the old man to the shelf.

Looking at the cultivation resources in the special shelf, the old man's eyes flashed with a greedy light, this was a free pie from the heavens.

Cultivation techniques found in the Northern gate were mostly Yellow Grade techniques, as for their quality, it was divided into low, middle, high and ultra qualities. As someone who was advanced in age, he heard of Black Grade techniques but that was high above his reach. But seeing two techniques that were of the Yellow Grade in this inconspicuous store, he felt the need to refresh his view concerning the store. His breathing quickened as his eyes remained glued to the shelf, checking and reading them for the umpteenth time. He could only blame himself for not having enough money.

"Good, young lad, how much is that sword technique, Wind Sword?" the old man asked scanning the sword technique with great interest, according to the description, it was a sword technique that was fast and unpredictable, it was the combination of speed and fierce attack, which leaves afterimages in the air. More importantly, it was a Yellow Grade Low Quality Technique, which was also one of the highest grade technique he had in his possession.

Ye Mo looked at the old man with a strange face, "Old man, the price is written there, a thousand low grade spirit stones, no haggling."

"Scoff~~ What do you mean by no haggling, do I look insensible to you? I can't cheat you, how about a nine hundred." the old man bargained smiling.

"Sorry Old man, this price wasn't stipulated by me, there is nothing I can do about it. So, are you buying or not?" Ye Mo asked flatly.

"Sigh! Okay! I will take it, I've been short of money recently." the old man said with a half depressed and smiling face. He glanced at the pills in the shelf and made up his mind to get his hands on them, even it meant borrowing money from his old friends.

Ye Mo nodded gently as he collected the spirit stones and handed the sword technique to the old man.

"Boss, the black store has open, hurry." an urgent cry broke out in front of the store, startling the Old man who was on his way out. His face darkened a few shades as he stared at the group of people coming into the store carrying long sabers.

"Haha, Old man Dun, what are you doing here? I heard that you have been borrowing money around lately, so you knew about this store and kept it to yourself, that's too bad Old man, you can't have the whole cake for yourself." A bearded man in his fifties with an unkempt appearance mocked as he swaggered into the store staring daggers at the old man inside the store.

"Insolence!" the old man shouted angrily, "Little brat, watch your tongue and don't go about spewing falsehood. I came to check in on my old friend." Old man Dun answered with a straight face.

Ye Mo mouth twitched, what the hell! Who are you calling an old friend? He glanced at the old man warily, he felt the need to distance himself from this shameless old man, as for the other man with the group, he was part of the few that bought the blood clotting pill due to an emergency some days ago.

The bearded man face turned dark, first offense, he had been addressed as a little brat again. Old man, am already in my fifties, what would my men think of me. Second offense, he even called the young store owner his good friend, damn you! He cursed silently in his mind, I am still trying to forge a relationship with the store owner while you are already claiming to be his friend, that was simply unacceptable.

He could only try to reason with the old man, "Okay, Old man, don't spread a word about this store, we have to take a big piece out of this pie before the word spread, okay." The old man nodded his head solemnly.

"Hahahaha, Frenzied saber, weren't you going to tell me, your old friend? I thought we were sworn brothers. I have been hanging around the store for days now, luckily I got here in time." A tall bulky man in his fifties ran into the store with heavy steps, he held a big spear in his hand making him look like a warlord, behind him were a group of people carrying long Spears.

"Shit." Frenzied saber cursed under his breathe, he greeted the newcomer with a fake smile. "Snow Breaking Spear, how can I forget about you? I was just about to send one of my surbordinate to inform you about this magnificent store, looks like I don't need to."

"Is that so? Let's focus at the business at hand, we will spar later, don't run away." Snow Breaking Spear said before turning to the store. Old man Dun face had long turned unsightly, he gnashed his teeth in rage as he hurried off to visit his old friends again.

The two groups of people in the stored stood stiffly awaiting the order from their boss. One group holding sabers and the other holding spears, it was quite a splendid sight.

Ye Mo smiled in his heart, his loyal customers were back, "Gentlemen, you are lucky. A new batch of goods just came in, check the shelf and take your pick." 'Why are you just standing there? Come-on, hand over my experience points.' he secretly chided in his heart.

They came back to theirselves as they craned their necks to see what was in the shelf. The two bosses stared at Ye Mo with a complicated gaze, not that they haven't thought of robbing the store, the young man they couldn't see through deterred them, he was like a black hole and the formidable aura coming from the store made them push that thought farther away from their mind. They were just small mercenary group, any slight mistake would bring their doom, it was because of this cautious behavior that they were able to survive in the Ghost Town for long.

Increased heartbeat, small exclamations could be heard from the group, their eyes were ablaze with greed; Qi gathering pills, Marrow Cleansing pills, Body Strengthening pills, Poison detoxification pills. This pills were enough for them to go crazy, they were Spirit pills.

Spirit pills in the sense that they contained and can only be made using spiritual energy, spirit pills could be made by alchemists, in a small place like the ghost town, there was no Tier-1 alchemist at all, which was the lowest rank of an alchemist.

Looking at the bottles that had five of each pills, their gaze became more intense. The two bosses were quite shocked by the price of the pills, because it was too cheap, unlike the stores in the city that charge sky-high price for them, this store only charge six hundred low grade spirit stones.

"... Boss Ye, is there a mistake in the price?" Frenzied saber asked doubtfully.

"No, that's the fixed price, no haggling." Ye Mo answered calmly, his heart ached once again when he saw the ' isn't that to cheap?' expression on their faces.

The bosses felt like they had hit the jackpot. Their eyes travelled to the second row of the shelf, their gaze froze, they held their breathe for a while staring wide-eyed at the information on the second row of the store.

A Yellow Grade Middle Quality Cultivation Technique. They were just second stage Spirit cultivators, even those at the Fourth stage might not be able to get their hands on this grade of cultivation technique. In the face of something that would increase their strength, they forgo the pills, but the problem was that they didn't have enough money, their happy countenance turned bitter.

The temptation of the Cultivation Technique was too hard to resist. They communicated with their eyes, the two leaders excused themselves as they went outside to discuss in low voice, they soon reached a concession and returned to the store smiling.

" Gather all your spirit stones, we are buying the cultivation technique." They both commanded their surbordinates.

Soon, a heap of spirit stones filled the ground, their hard-earned money was brought to the counter under the smiling gaze of store owner. Ye Mo swept his gaze across the spirit stones and nodded faintly, four thousand low grade spirit stones, no penny less.

He gave them cultivation technique and dismissed them.

He decided to call it a day, as he went to the inner part of the store. He checked the system interface for the balance of his experience points, he could only pray that his luck would be this good everyday. He was now saved from his penniless state.

A notification bar popped out from the system's interface. Opening it, he saw a message.

"Open System shop— 5000 exp. Yes/No."

Ye Mo face turned ugly instantly, he had just earned this experience points and the greedy system had already set its eye on it.

The system did not divulged any details about the "shop". Ye Mo thought for a long time unable to make a decision.

After walking back and forth repeatedly, he made up his mind to trust the system again.

He answered Yes in his mind before closing his eyes in pain, he criticized himself in his heart for making such a foolish decision.