Chapter 10 Change of Character

The crowd was shocked, flabbergasted and more they saw a young teenager manhandled 5 big men. Everyone did not know what to say and just kept stil.

Josief then moved which caught the attention of the crowd. He slowly walked down and they made way for him which led to the gambling booth. He went straight there and took all his money. "Here is all the money, young sir" the booth manager said.

Josief took them and opened to inspect if he got everything. It was a a big bag full of cash in paper and coins. When he was done with inspecting, he then continued and went to a different area.

Dante was stil gazing at the arena while his thought was confused and disturbed by what it saw. "How did he fight like that? When did he, learn to fight at all? That was not him. No No, NOO! That must be a someone other. Yes, thats it that is what it probably is. As if my plan to destroy his life could fail at its most important step. Something must have happened. How could he, someone like him fight when they are bookworms and school nerds".

Dante stopped and woke up from his mental fight. "I must find him and also find out what went wrong!". Dante began to search over the whole fighting area.

"Where did he go" Dantes thoughts began to think. He then started to ask the other people, which many people just ignored. Until an old man said "Yeah that strong teenager went in the direction of street auction area." Dante finally found information and ran straight away.

While Josief was smiling from his big amount of money he was holding. He had made 100x times the money he had earlier today, he could have gambled more but Josief didn't want to

While Josief was walking deeper into the underground and remembering all the ingredients needed for the medical bath. He noticed that he was followed by someone.

"Who is it thats follows me" Josief wondered, then spread his senses.

"Hm!" a chuckle came out Josief when he found out who it was. "Of course how could i forget my best friend was with me. I will deal with him afterwords, now i have to find first the Silver silk Lotus and a 100 years old ginseng here."

Josief then began to run to come to the auction area fast.

When Dante saw Josief run, he began to follow him while hiding.

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When Josief had finally came to the auction area, and what he saw was a street filled with shops, and countless sellers selling their products to customers. He was a shocked by how big the area was. He gave a broad smile which give a warming feeling, but was ruined by his scary facial expression.

"I didn't get to see this place much as i only visited the fighting area in my past life, But now this this place is wonderful. I should be able to get most of those herbs here."

Josief bended down to the floor as many people passed beside him and placed his hand on the floor. He slowly used his energy and made it flow to his hand and used to pulverize the hard floor within an inch straight to powder.

He then fast smeared it all over him and his backpack. Then he put his jacket and other valuable stuffs in the backpack.

After the make up Josief looked like any poor school teenager, with neither good clothes or good health. If you saw him now. You would have easily mistaken him for some hobo.

Josief was very satisfied with the look. The only thing was to control his expression, but how could someone who has lived for Ma's(1) not be able to do that.

Josief face began to lose its last resembling and looked nothing like it he used to. If before he was a clean doll with a happy and kind atmosphere. Then now he was more like a dirty, lifeless and indifference atmosphere.

"Now, i could make use of this disguise to make those sellers give me for the objects for lesser price. If they had seen me with good clothes they would try to take advantage of me.. Now the only problem i would say is the backpack, if not then nothing would make me look suspicious. If they had seen me with good clothes they would try to take advantage of me."

"Their greed would not stop and even they would scam a teenager or even a helpless person for even more money." Josief thought while starring indifferent at the sellers in the different shops smiling while selling to their customers.

He started to remember what happened to him and his family past struggle. As they were in need of it they asked, shouted, begged friends, family or even loved ones for help, but they were laughed, mocked and hated at just for some measly money.

As humans are short lived, there greed, lust, pride for anything are the most of any beings. They either want to have everything or anything to go as they please.

Josiefs parents perseverance and hope for a better day was the only thing keeping the family together, but those days never came only hell was made ready and left him as the lonely survivor of the family. He persisted through an apocalypse, the boundless depth of loneliness and having lost everyone and everything.

But he helt hope and persisted and became an immortal, who just had a too bad foundation. Just as he became a cultivator all alone, he died also all alone. In life you come to meet the world just as when you die, you die all alone

"But with my past live experience there is no one on earth that could rival me. I will persist through all those challenges again. Surpass all the geniuses and the old legendary cultivators, but this time not alone! I will have my family with me." Josief face which was indifferent gave a small smirk which faded as fast as it came.

Josief then enveloped himself in his energy. He made his body more sensitive to any aura leaking in the air from a product. He then went through the shops to find things that interested him.

When Josief was done he walked straight up into the vast crowd and headed to where the herb were being sold.

While Josief went away, at the same time another person, hiding behind people giving a secret agent feeling was just standing stil. Dante was utterly bewildered by what had happened to change Josief so much. It felt like a whole new person had taken over his body.

"I, should calm and stop with these fantasy ideas." Dante said with a restless expression.

He quickly dough calmed down and continued to follow after Josief.

At that time Josief had gone passed so many different type of shops. Those that sold clothes, books and fake accessories, but not one pharmacist shop had he found.

He had asked the different shops for a directions, but they all wanted money for giving the information and when they all looked at him.

They all would think that someone that looked like that was penniless

Then when he had finally came to a small antique shop for direction, he suddenly felt a strong energy inside of the store. He was and interested with finding it but first he had to ask about direction to any pharmacist shops. went to discover it.

He then went straight to the owner behind the checkout. "Sir! Do you know any pharmacist shop close by, if so can you tell me the direction? My grandpa needs some medical help"

Josief looked straight at him with his face looking like it was ready to beg and while his eyes which looked so sad while his face had some dirt spot on the chin and forehead which added more unhappiness feeling while the owner looked at him while trying to think of how brush them off.

to be continued...

1 Ma is a short word for Megaannum which means million years