Chapter 35: Flander: Customers Are the Fat Sheep!

Bonus Chapter for 50 Power Stones

"It's getting late, let's go have dinner!"

Seeing Xiao Wu focusing on something else, Chu Chengzhou said.

"No, no, just bring me something when you come back."

Xiao Wu twisted her body, her head still buried in the pillow.

"Not going? Then I'll go out and have fun by myself."

Chu Chengzhou used his ultimate move.

Immediately, Xiao Wu reacted and hurriedly lifted her head from the pillow.

"Goodness, little Chu, you actually thought of going without taking me along?"

Xiao Wu said with a face full of 'anger.'

There wasn't any real anger, the expression was just to cover her embarrassment.

"Haha~, let's go!"

After leaving the Rose Hotel, the two walked slowly down the street.

Soto City truly lived up to being a capital-level city. Although it was still evening and the night had not fully fallen, it already showed a bustling scene.

There were all kinds of shops, and after having dinner at a restaurant, Xiao Wu dragged Chu Chengzhou around for half an hour. Despite his physique comparable to a soul beast, Chu Chengzhou was already feeling dizzy.

His body wasn't tired, but his mind was.

A woman who couldn't carry a bottle, open a bottle cap, or even lift a heavy load, once she went shopping, her combat power would immediately skyrocket. Not to mention Xiao Wu, a Soul Elder of the third ring?

"Hey, little Chu, look over there. It seems like there's a shop related to soul masters."

Suddenly, Xiao Wu exclaimed in surprise.

Following her pointing, Chu Chengzhou saw a small shop not far away. The storefront wasn't big, but the sign hanging outside was quite unique.

The sign depicted a round symbol with several special symbols on it.

There was a sword, a hammer, and a lizard with long wings. Wait, a Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon?

Chu Chengzhou remembered that in the anime from his previous life, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon didn't have wings and looked like an oriental dragon, a spicy strip shape.

But after coming to the Douluo Continent, he realized that the dragons here weren't oriental dragons at all. There were only western dragons with wings. The ones that resembled oriental dragons were the flood dragons.

"Let's go, let's check it out!"

Chu Chengzhou led Xiao Wu toward the shop.

He remembered that Flander seemed to have opened a shady shop in Soto City, selling some deceptive items.

However, not all items were bad. In the original story, Tang San picked up something useful after half a year, and that treasure was quite useful for him.

The door of the shop was open, and the inside looked a bit dim. As soon as they entered, they felt a special energy fluctuation unique to soul tools.

Soul tools emitted soul power fluctuations. If they hadn't been used or bound to one's soul power, they would release soul power outward.

But in this era, which was still in a soul tool technology desert, apart from some daily soul tools, most of the soul tools on the continent were antiques, and they mostly didn't have attack or defense functions.

There was only one person inside the shop, and there was no counter. On the three walls, some items were hanging, all looking very old and not appearing valuable at all.

The only person inside was sitting on a wooden recliner, eyes closed, gently rocking back and forth.

He appeared to be in his fifties, though not young, his body was quite muscular. The recliner, which looked sturdy, creaked under his weight as it swayed.

The man had a shoehorn-shaped face, with a slightly protruding chin, wide cheekbones, a flat face, and a hooked nose. Even with his eyes closed, he gave off a somewhat crafty feeling.

He wore a pair of black-framed crystal glasses, with rigid square frames, giving off a strange impression.

When Chu Chengzhou and Xiao Wu entered the shop, they didn't wake him up. He continued to breathe evenly while rocking on the recliner.

'No wonder Liu Erlong didn't choose Flander. His looks are so bad!'

Looking at Flander's shoehorn face, Chu Chengzhou couldn't help but think to himself.

He had seen Yu Xiaogang. Apart from his face full of decadence, although he wasn't exactly handsome, he was decent enough.

But Flander... well, it was hard to describe.

If there had been no comparison with Yu Xiaogang, Flander might have had a chance.

But compared to Yu Xiaogang, who had great strength and a lot of knowledge in his head, it wasn't surprising that Liu Erlong rejected Flander.

Xiao Wu curiously looked around: "Are these soul tools? They all look like junk."

'They really are just pretty but useless junk!'

Chu Chengzhou thought to himself.

However, he wouldn't say that out loud. After all, he still had to enroll in Shrek Academy soon, and in the near future, he would need Flander to help him get his third soul ring! He had to leave some face for Flander.

After surveying the shop, Chu Chengzhou's eyes landed on a crystal about the size of a human head, hanging near the door.

The crystal looked unremarkable, transparent, but inside it contained a large amount of dark yellow impurities.

In Flander's shop, this was the only item that matched the description of the crystal that Tang San picked up in the original story. It contained a large amount of gold soul ore, which was likely this one.

"Are you planning to buy this broken crystal?"

Seeing Chu Chengzhou's gaze fall on the crystal, Xiao Wu asked curiously.

"Yes, boss, how much for this crystal?"

Nodding, Chu Chengzhou looked toward Flander on the recliner.

At that moment, Flander opened his eyes.

Seeing two well-dressed youths, who looked like they had some money, Flander's eyes immediately lit up.

Customers are gods, right? No, these are clearly two little fat sheep!

His eyes twinkling, Flander lazily said, "Not expensive, just 300 gold soul coins!"

"300 gold soul coins? For this broken crystal? Why don't you just go rob someone?"

Before Chu Chengzhou could say anything, Xiao Wu's eyes widened in shock.

Flander, whose appearance wasn't great to begin with, immediately left an impression of a greedy, shady businessman in Xiao Wu's mind.

"Rob? Little girl, robbery is illegal! This crystal is a treasure I bought at a high price. 300 gold soul coins is already the lowest price. If you want to buy it, pay up. If not, please leave."

Flander waved his hand.

It was indeed bought at a high price. He had spent a whole silver soul coin on it!

"Three years without opening, once I open, I eat for three years. That's me, Flander!"

300 gold soul coins weren't a problem for Chu Chengzhou, and the gold soul ore in this crystal was worth far more than 300 gold soul coins.

However, Chu Chengzhou knew that Flander was a shady businessman. If he nodded and paid the money now, the price of the crystal would immediately rise to 500 or even 1,000 gold soul coins, which would be unaffordable.

After thinking for a moment, Chu Chengzhou came up with an idea: "Boss, can you make it a little cheaper? We're planning to enroll in Shrek Academy outside the city tomorrow!"