233 Daoist Akhileswara

"Ryuu are you alright?", a concerned Celestia placed her hand on top of his shoulders, as Ryuu weakly nodded at her being burned to death was not a very good way to die.

"Child why did you help them?", came a gruff voice to his ears, "They were thieves."

Ryuu calmed himself down as he spoke, "Well they are children, and children should be treasured after all they are our future.", as he looked up he saw a man with a long beard, wearing a saffron colored clothes his hair was tied up forming the biggest bun he had seen on top of his head, as his head moved towards Ryuu he noticed that the senior had his eyes closed but even then he felt as if he was directly looking at him as if he was weighing his soul unnerving him, as if all his secrets lay bare in front of him.

"Well you pass, you held onto your belief even as you died, sacrificing for someone you do not know, as such you are allowed to purchase from my shop.", the man spoke in a serious tone.

Ryuu simply nodded at that as he simply gave a bow as he spoke, "This Junior greets Senior."

The Man simply nodded as he raised his hand as he spoke, "Ayushman Bhava(Have a Long Life), Beta(Son)."

With that the person gave his attention to Celestia while Ryuu was busy checking out his shop, a plethora of various herbs and medicinal ingredients were some of them he did not even recognize, a few clothing items were kept in a bundle as the person sat on a mat as he had a prayer bead on his hand, the sweet smell of incense came to his nose as he glanced to see a long staff with various flags, and drawings on it and, 'Is that a skull attached to it', he noted idly as he could not deduce which creatures skull was that.

Celestia simply smiled as she spoke while clasping her hand and bowing to the person in front of her, "Namastey (Greetings), Baba (Senior), I want to purchase some praying mats and praying beads for my disciple here, I want something that helps in cultivation of his soul."

The man nodded as he beckoned Ryuu to come forward, as he glanced at him before he nodded his head as he mumbled some incoherent words to himself, before produced a praying mat as he asked Celestia, "What mukhi Rudrakhsa you want?"

Celestia: "I think 21 would do him well."

The man simply looked at her although his eyes were closed his face held a frown, "Beti (Daughter), you should that wearing Rudrakhsa depends on a person's karma a lot, and 21 mukhi is not something one can wear so easily if it does not suit him, his life will be ruined to the point dying would be a mercy."

Celestia bit her lips as she spoke, "Ryuu release your Karma ring."

Ryuu looked at her questioningly causing her to sigh as she spoke, "Ryuu do not worry no one can spy at us while we are here."

Ryuu nodded as he clasped his hands while closing his eyes, as he released his karma wheel which was big enough to encompass a good few dozen kilometers but then the array in old man's shop suddenly started working stopping it from being released even further.

The man hummed at that as Celestia spoke, "Baba, I hope his karma is big enough to make the cut."

The old man nodded as he spoke, "Not bad such a large karma at such a young age not to mention such a 'Shuddhata' (Purity) and such a large Karma he must be a saint in his previous lives, well he definitely makes the cut, 21 mukhi it is then.", with that he produced a praying bead made up of 108 beads of Rudrakhsa each of which had 21 faces on it.

As Celestia paid him the required amount the man spoke, "Well take the beads for free, just pay for the praying mat, it has been ages since I last saw someone who could bond with a 21 Mukhi Rudrakhsa Praying beads."

Celestia nodded as she bought the beads while the man turned towards Ryuu as he spoke, "Beta(Child), you may pass over this praying mat to anyone even your descendent but the praying bead is another matter, if a person who does not have as much Karma as you tries to wear it, or use it they will suffer great disaster and you barely make the cut.", the man spoke with so much seriousness and glare that it made Ryuu gulp in fear as he nodded at that fearfully, as he watched Celestia store the newly purchased items in her space rings as the duo left with a small bow, as they were a few meters away from the shop Ryuu tried to look back at the mysterious shop only to be stopped by Celestia who grabbed his head hard as she made him look forward as she hissed out a warning, "If you value your life, DO NOT LOOK BACK RYUU.", with a small dose of killing intent causing him to nod fearfully at that his curiousness crushed by the warning from his 3rd mistress.

A minutes later Celestia spoke by herself, "That Senior we visited was extremely one, when we left I felt him opening his eyes no one knows what cultivation technique he uses but as long as you look in his eyes people have turned not only insane in some cases their souls were crushed completely, as such during the entire time he kept his eyes closed so as not to harm you but when we left I felt him opening his eyes as such I prevented you from looking back."

Ryuu was curious as such he could not help but ask, "Is he stronger than you teacher?"

Celestia shrugged as she spoke, "He was already an ancient and well respected cultivator by the time I was starting to make names for myself, I do not know his cultivation level and trying to detect may be perceived as an insult by Senior Daoist Akhileswara, but I will tell you this before the Great Fall one of my acquaintance had angered him, he was turned to ash by a single strike."

Ryuu gulped at that as Celestia continued, "He lives his life like a hermit whatever he earns by selling his stuffs he donates to the needy people, and as for his commodities each of them may look extremely ordinary but they are top notch product, no bargaining with him his allowed and whatever monetary price he says you will have to pay if you want the product. I was lucky that I came across him and I was able to buy something from him, these items will be very useful for you."

Ryuu looked in wonder before he suddenly spoke, "This universe has so many wonderful things, thank you teacher for experiencing such wonders."

Celestia just cracked a smile as she tousled his hair while she spoke, "There is no need to thank me child after all you are our beloved disciple."

Meanwhile as they left the old man shook with laughter as his body morphed into that of a very curvaceous woman with midnight black hair, the woman looked at the spot as she spoke with a smile, "I finally found you!", before long the shop and its owner simply vanished from the spot as if it was not present there before.