20 Old Tang

Seeing Tang Chen's (the shop keeper) strange gaze, his old friend hurriedly explained. "Everyday, this young man comes into my dream and steals my grand daughter away! You think I want to see those nightmares everyday?!"

"Oh! Then you better guard your granddaughter well! This guy does look like someone who would abduct girls!" Tang Chen hurriedly warned his friend.

"..."

Hei Wang coughed lightly to grab their attention. "Old man! Is this how your treat your first customer?"

"Oh!" Tang Chen smiled at Hei Wang and asked. "What do you want from this old man?"

Hei Wang did not reply immediately, instead, he took a quick walk around the small shop and stopped before a bunch of blue crystals.

"I want these God Crystals!"

"Oh! You know about God Crystals? I thought that people of this plane do not know anything about the Gods, much less the God Crystals. Anyway, I can sell it to you, but my price is a bit too high!" Tang Chen, the old shopkeeper raised his eyes and took a second glance at this human. This human was not simple.

Tang Chen was a 5th generation life form that should not have existed in the Spirit World just like the Devils, but due to some strange circumstances, he was forced to live here.

Even Hei Wang did not know Tang Chen's complete story. To Hei Wang, Tang Chen was a rip-off shopkeeper. No matter how big Tang Chen's background was, no matter how much of a trouble Tang Chen was in, Hei Wang did not give a damn about this old man.

But the same could not be said to the other old man in the shop. His grand daughter and Hei Wang shared a special relation after all.

But was he ready to face her once more? Could he forgive her for what she had done? Could he save her this time? Hei Wang was not sure.

"Ten Rare Crystals for one God crystal. Take it, or leave!" Tang Chen's offer brought Hei Wang out of his thoughts.

The price of 10 Rare Crystals did not scare Hei Wang. After all, the spirit who had sold the God Crystal back at the Spirit island did not know the true value of this crystal, where as Tang Chen, this old fox knew its exact value. Also, Tang Chen knew how important this crystal was to Hei Wang due to 5th generation life-form's unique power to dream about the future.

Tang Chen must have dreamed about how valuable this crystal was to Hei Wang and that was the reason that he raised the price of the God crystal to twice the actual amount.

Hei Wang seemed to have no intentions to bargain. He took out the only rare crystal he had plundered back from the previous shop keeper and placed it down. He then took a storage bracelet out and placed it beside the Rare crystal.

"These two, for ten God Crystals!" Hei Wang calmly stated.

"Haha! Young man, you don't seem to understand! If I said 10 Rare Crystals, then it is ten rare crystals! Not a penny less! What a shame! I didn't think that my first customer would be this poor!" Tang Chen knew the actual value of the God crystals to Hei Wang and was hellbent on maintaining the price.

Hei Wang chuckled in response. "Why don't you take a look inside the bracelet!"

"Nonsense! God crystals have very high dimensional values. A storage bracelet could not carry them." Even though he said that, Tang Chen still took a look inside the bracelet.

But a second later, Tang Chen burst out in laughter. "Haha! Young man! Are you trying to make me laugh! What is the use of giving me 1,500 normal crystals?! Did you think that Rare Crystals and normal crystals are of same value? Haha! Young man! You are funny! Too funny!"

Hei Wang shook his head. It seemed that Old Tang still did not get it. "Tell me, old Tang, how do one create Rare Crystals?"

"Hehe! A simple question. Rare crystals are formed in nature once in a million years under special conditions. The only other way is that one must fuse thousand normal crystals of same type to a get a single Rare Crystal! Hehe! Do you mean to say that these 1,500 crystals you gave me are of same type! He hee! You sure know how to make this old man laugh. No one can see the attributes of the non attribute Elixir crystal before using them!"

Hei Wang shook his head refusing Tang Chen's claim. "As you said, most can't differentiate them! But I am different!"

"Oh! You know how to talk big don't you?" Old Tang was not convinced. "I am in a bad mood now. Even if your claim is true I am sorry to inform you that the price of one God Crystal had just gone up by another 10 rare crystals."

Hei Wang sighed. Seems like his plan to use his uniqueness of being able to identify similar types of non attribute Elixir crystals did not work. Hei Wang did not expect Tang Chen to be this decisive. After all, partnering with Hei Wang could bring Tang Chen innumerable Rare Crystals, But Tang Chen still refused.

"Then, I'll take my leave!" Hei Wang wasn't sad that his deal had not worked. Since Tang Chen proposed a new price, it meant that Hei Wang could still trade for the God Crystals. It was just that the price was little too high this time.

Hei Wang reached out towards his Rare Crystal and the bracelet, but a hand stopped his advance. Old Tang smiled evilly and slapped Hei Wang's hand away. "Leave these here for damaging my door!"

Hei Wang only nodded and turned to walk away.

Tang Chen's final question reached Hei Wang as he was about to leave the street.

"Where did you find about me?" Tang Chen asked.

"From the Future." Hei Wang answered nonchalantly.

.....

After the unfortunate ending in old Tang's shop, Hei Wang did not immediately return to the inn, Instead, he once again started walking randomly.

Finally, he stopped in a dark alley with no spirits in sight, and his head looked over his back shoulder. "Come out old man!"

A vague figure suddenly appeared behind Hei Wang. "Hello! We meet again!" This old man did not seem to care that Hei Wang had discovered him.

"What do you want?" Hei Wang asked directly. The one behind him was the old man he had seen in Old Tang'd shop. And according to Hei Wang's memories, this old man wasn't someone who would kill someone despicably.

"He he! You young people are so straightforward that it makes me blush! Anyway! Here are 10 God Crystals!" The old man generously gave Hei Wang a pouch full of God Crystals.

"Old Man, This...." Hei Wang did not know how to react.

'Just who is the straightforward one now?'