5 Am I Rich?

Amidst the hushed voices and finger pointing, Hartley made his journey uneventfully towards the center of town, he had many things he wanted to buy, but first he had to know how much the materials he were carrying was worth..

He went into the general armory store first...

"Welcome sirrrrrr"....the red haired girl behind the counter dragged the ending of her words as she stared at Hartley, Hartley smiled, cupped his fist and bowed from the waist respectfully,

"I am Hartley and i am here to sell some materials if you are interested"

"Ahh Yes Yes"

The red haired girl stammered....

"Sorry for"....

There was an awkward silence..

".no need" Hartley waved his hand and started unpacking some pelts. Hartley had no idea how pelts were graded so he just took out the ones that were easier to kill.

The red haired girl finally calmed down and introduced herself as Zhi Ruo, Hartley nodded and continued... Zhi Ruo eyes bulged when she saw 4 perfectly intact yellow stripe leopard pelt.

One has to know the yellow stripe leopard was one of the fastest low level fierce beast, it is very difficult to capture or kill it with its pelt intact...

Zhi Ruo grabbed the 4 pelts and immediately inspected them thoroughly and then offered 5 gold coins each....

Hartley squinted his eyes not knowing if the price was good or bad. Zhi Ruo gritted her teeth and said "6 GOLD!! and that's it"...

Hartley smiled and said "thank you Sister Ruo," she blushed red like a beet, looked at her toes and said "thank you"...

Hartley left the store with 472 gold coins.

In the Waltham province 100 copper was 1 silver, 100 silvers were 1 gold and a thousand gold coins was a gold card...He had traded most of his pelts but he still had the half step xiantian Giant Boar that was killed by the Black Bear.

Hartley left the armory asking himself "Am I rich?" He remembered from his days in the orphanage that commoners could live frugally on tens of silver for a year, and here he was in possession of almost half of a gold card... If the Lou Clan realized they set him up on a gold mine, they would probably puke blood..

Next stop the apothecary: Hartley had dozens of beast cores which can be used to make potions talismans and can even be used to cultivate. Some experts could use the cores to directly cultivate but it was a better choice to have it broken down and turned into medicinal dans, this way the expert would have less impurities circulate through the body which would weaken it over time, sometime if one had too much impurities, it would negate any strength gained from crossing to a higher sub-realm.

Although he doesn't know it right now all these beast cores are useless to Hartley because he is cultivating Blue Star energy and not an elemental energy. After entering the small apothecary building, one could smell medicinal scents wafting through out the building, it gave a soothing and energizing effect.

There was a white haired elderly man sitting behind the counter, after Hartley entered he squinted his eyes and then went back to normal.

"What can I do for you young man?" The white haired man asked..........

Hartley went in there not knowing the ranks of beast core but came out knowing how to recognize the different ranks a beast core possess, he ended up selling 8 rank 1 cores 5 rank 2 and a rank 3. Hartley left the store with over 1600 gold coins added to his 472 from earlier, a wide smile brimmed across his face, he really was rich..

Right before he left something caught his attention..... it was a Blue ring floating in a display case it was rather plain but because of Hartley's affinity for the Space and time element he was immediately drawn to it, He pointed at it and asked, how much? The old man with white hair giggled and said 1200 gold... Hartley did not even hesitate he paid for it right away and left.

After Hartley left, there appeared and man in black Robes, his face was well hidden, " Who is he?" The white haired old man answered "I don't know, can't remember seeing him before." The person in Black robes was thinking, while saying "Strange I feel like his aura is one step away from Xiantian realm but he has no elemental affinity that I can recognize. interesting." he then disappeared from the spot leaving behind a slight rumbling sound..