Chapter 220 Austin's Purchasing List (Part One)
Austin was heading for the Peace Town near the Sun Sect.
Even though it was just a small place located on the borders of several big sects, Peace Town was full of life and busy people. As one of the prominent towns in Violet Orchid Empire, it's also one of the biggest, most populated and well-prospered
The stores in this town had a lot to offer for cultivation. It almost had everything that cultivators needed for the cultivation process and development.
There were stores for weapons, pills, martial arts manuals, and even for trading diabolic beast cores. Peace Town was a one-stop town if warriors wanted to practice and focus better on cultivation.
Austin needed to buy medicinal pills and elixirs. The stores selling these were located at the streets on the southeast corner. He quickly headed there as his mind was full of thoughts for cultivation.
When Austin reached the Peace Town, he did not rush to the Pill Trading Street. Rather, he strolled around the town and went into a garment store. He bought a black robe and a black cloak. After he walked out of the garment store, he sneaked into a quiet alley. He utilized his spiritual sense power to make sure that nobody was following him around. Then he took out the robe and cloak and put them on. Austin felt a strong yet charming aura when he looked at his reflection at the glass window of a house in the alley. Nobody was gonna notice him now.
Austin hid well under the disguise of the big black robe. His lanky figure was nowhere to be seen, and one could only see a plump man in black now. Even his best friend Evan had walked past him, he would not recognize who he was.
After dressing himself up, Austin sighed with relief. He would purchase precious medicinal pills and herbs that would sum up to a million vital energy crystals. He needed to be careful.
The Peace Town was a place where all kinds of warriors from a wide range of sects gathered. With different types of people mixed together, Zen was aware that he might meet some villains who would make trouble for him. He thought that it was better to be safe than sorry, so he raised his alertness.
To avoid attracting attention, Austin decided to keep a low profile and carried out his plan secretly. That was the best way he could think of. He put on his cloak, and made sure that he was perfectly disguised. Then he slowly walked out of the alley and headed for the Pill Trading Street. Regardless of his excitement, he kept in his mind that he needed to be extra careful not to get noticed by anyone.
After a while, he reached the Pill Trading Street. He saw streams of warriors coming to and going out of the street. He was startled to see the number of the people in the street as they were as many as fishes in the sea.
As the medicinal pills were indispensable in the cultivation process for warriors, the Pill Trading Streets were crowded with customers.
Austin carefully checked every store on the Pill Trading Street. Suddenly, he saw a grand store with pleasing decorations that attracted his attention. It seemed like this was the place he had been looking for. He gently opened the door and walked into the shop.
Since Austin needed high-level pills and herbs, he must find a shop that could offer a variety of precious pills and quality herbs. That way, he could save a lot efforts by getting all that he wanted just in one shop. Before the counter, there was a young man who was checking the price for a product.
"Sir, how much do you charge for one Energy-boosting Elixir?" Energy-boosting Elixir was kind of pill used by Energy Gathering Realm warriors. Upon hearing this, Austin realized that the young man's cultivation base was at the Energy Gathering Realm
"Dear sir, one Energy-boosting Elixir costs 2000 vital energy crystals here," the seller quickly answered.
The young man’s eyes widened and gasped.
"It's too expensive!"
The young man stuck his tongue out in surprise upon hearing the price. "Dear sir, each Energy-boosting Elixir that we sell here has the best quality. We can guarantee that. If you go to other stores, you might get one at a lower price, but the effects were far weaker than what we have here."
The clerk still wore a warm smile. He was required to greet every customer politely. But the tone of his voice became different. It seemed that he was impatient and unsympathetic to the customer. He looked like he would waste no time to entertain the young man, who was only a poor guy in his eyes.
"Well... ... Ill look around in other places and see which has better offer.”
The young man mumbled and left with embarrassment.
Austin made a coughing sound that was not low enough to attract the attention of the clerk.
He walked a few steps and gradually approached the counter.
The clerk raised his head and was stunned to see a person who was fully covered in a black cloak standing in front of him. He could not recognize the gender or the age of the person. But then he managed to act professionally and greeted Austin with a big smile.
"Welcome to our store! How can I help you?” the clerk said.
Austin stepped forward and took out a piece of paper. It was the purchasing list where he put all the medicinal pills and herbs he needed. He gently put the list on the counter.
"Here" Austin answered in a monotonous voice.
The clerk quickly took the piece of paper and read what was written on it. His jaw dropped as he was shocked at what he saw on the list.
"I want to buy all the medicinal pills and herbs that were listed on it. Do you have them?"
Austin asked.