Chapter 25 - Dream Broken and Shopping

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Little Tail looked at the small magnetic bracelet that was polished by Boss Tang and handed it to Lu Yu with both hands.

Lu Yu saw her actions and said, “This magnetic bracelet is for you. Remember to keep it well. It will be useful in the future.”

Little Tail took back the small magnetic bracelet in surprise and couldn’t wait to put it on her wrist. Unfortunately, her wrist was too thin to wear it.

After discovering this problem, Little Tail looked a little troubled.

With money in his hands, Lu Yu was not insecure anymore. Lu Yu looked at Little Tail and felt that she was a lot more pleasing to the eye. He took out a string from his backpack and helped her tie the bracelet.

The bracelet turned into a necklace, but the necklace seemed to be a little too big.

But Little Tail was very happy. She put the necklace on her neck and touched it from time to time.

Lu Yu saw her and shook his head. He said to her, “I’m going out for a while. You stay here and don’t wander around.”

After saying that, Lu Yu walked out of the backyard and headed towards the Divine Weapon Pavilion.

Although Boss Tang was a good person, he couldn’t afford a large amount of iron essence. Therefore, Lu Yu planned to sell it at the Divine Weapon Pavilion. He disguised himself a little on the way.

“Shopkeeper, someone is looking for you.”

The shopkeeper of the Divine Weapon Pavilion walked down from the third floor with some doubts. When he saw a man wearing a paper bag on his head standing in the hall on the first floor, his eyes twitched. This disguise was a little perfunctory!

The shopkeeper walked to Lu Yu and asked, “Are you the one who said that you want to sell iron essence?”

“Yes.” Lu Yu took out a small bag that he prepared. It contained a little iron essence and handed it to the shopkeeper of the Divine Weapon Pavilion.

The shopkeeper took the bag and found that the bag still had some weight. He opened it and looked at it. It was indeed iron essence, but he didn’t need to show up for such a small amount of iron essence.

“I have more iron essence.” As he spoke, a full cloth bag suddenly appeared in Lu Yu’s hand, but he didn’t pass it to the shopkeeper.

The shopkeeper saw the cloth bag suddenly appear on Lu Yu’s hand and noticed the dark green ring on Lu Yu’s index finger. He was slightly surprised. He didn’t expect that there would be people who had storage rings in such a remote place like Windmill Town.

However, he felt that this ring was a little strange. It was different from ordinary storage rings. It was more like a low-quality jade ring sold by street vendors.

Ignoring the unnecessary thoughts in his mind, the shopkeeper looked at the cloth bag filled with iron essence and said in a much more polite tone, “Please, let’s talk about the details on the second floor.”

Lu Yu and the shopkeeper of the Divine Weapon Pavilion came to a private room on the second floor. This room was originally prepared for customers who needed custom-made spirit weapons, but the amount of iron essence in Lu Yu’s hand was enough for him to take it seriously.

Through the two holes dug out from the paper bag, Lu Yu could see the shopkeeper’s expression. After seeing that shopkeeper’s expression was normal and that he didn’t have any improper thoughts, Lu followed him up to the second floor.

In the private room, Lu Yu took out two bags containing iron essence and placed them in front of the shopkeeper. He planned to exchange them all for money.

The shopkeeper saw that he also had a bag full of iron essence and was slightly surprised. He took out an object with a round plate on its top from the storage bag. It looked like an electronic scale in reality.

After placing the scale, the shopkeeper picked up the cloth bag and poured the iron essence inside onto the round plate.

As Lu Yu got closer, he was surprised to find that there was a small bright horizontal line on the base of the scale. As more and more iron essence poured onto the scale, the horizontal line became higher and higher.

After all the iron essence was poured into the scale, he waited for a while, and the small horizontal line stabilized and did not move.

The shopkeeper looked at it carefully and said, “It’s a total of five catties, six taels, and seven maces. According to the market price, the iron essence is 80 gold coins for one tael. That’s a total of 4,536 gold coins.”

After saying that, he put all the iron essence on the scale into a stone box, took out a money bag, and filled it with 4,536 gold coins.

Lu Yu put away the money bag and left the box with the shopkeeper. When they walked to the hall on the second floor, they saw the weapons placed on the exquisite weapons platform and took a few more glances at them.

The shopkeeper noticed his actions and said, “These are all grade one spirit weapons. The cheapest one is 1,200 gold coins, and the most expensive one is 4,300 gold coins. If you want one, you can pick one. I’ll give you a 15% discount.”

Lu Yu was speechless when he heard that spirit weapons were so expensive. However, he still had to maintain his image as an expert, so he said, “No need. These spirit weapons are too weak (light).”

The shopkeeper didn’t think too much about it. An expert who possessed a storage ring naturally wouldn’t be interested in these ordinary first or second grade spirit weapons, so he politely sent Lu Yu out of the Divine Weapon Pavilion.

As for Lu Yu’s identity, the shopkeeper wasn’t interested. He was just a businessman.

Lu Yu walked to a secluded alley, tore up the bag that he took from the medicine shop and threw it away. He took off the fake storage ring on his index finger and put it into his backpack. After tidying up his clothes, he walked out of the alley.

After returning to the small courtyard, he took out a gold coin and threw it to Little Tail. He said, “Think about what you want to buy. I’ll only give you a little time to buy things.”

Lu Yu had promised Little Tail that he would give her money and brought her out to buy things.

This was his principle. If he couldn’t do it, he wouldn’t make a promise. If he made a promise, he would do his best to do it.

Of course, Lu Yu was not a pedantic person. Whether he followed his principles or not depended on the target. If he was an enemy, then there was nothing much to say.

Little Tail took the gold coins in a flurry. Her face was dull as she looked at the gold coin in her hand. It did not feel real. This was the first time she had touched such a shiny gold thing.

“One gold coin equals 100 silver coins. How many copper coins is that?” Little Tail could not count it clearly, but she knew that it was a lot. It was the first time she had so much money. Her brain was not working for a moment.

Seeing that she was stunned on the spot, Lu Yu didn’t bother with her. He opened the system store and began to spend money.

“I’ll buy 600 game credits for one qi-blood pill, which is 60 gold coins for one pill. I’ll buy 600 game credits first.” Lu Yu thought for a while and made a decision.

When Lu Yu decided to buy game credits, the 600 gold coins in his backpack disappeared, and the game credits in the store changed from 0 to 6000.

He would buy all the qi-blood pills and then sell them to earn the difference in price. He could go back and forth and take unlimited profits from the system’s store.

Lu Yu thought very well, so he went to the shopkeeper and said that he wanted to sell the qi-blood pills.

“What? The purchase price is 60 gold coins.” Lu Yu looked at the shopkeeper with his eyes wide open.

The shopkeeper whispered, “Shh, be quiet. I sell the 80 gold coins for one qi-blood pill. Don’t think it’s too expensive. I even charge the outsiders 90 gold coins per pill.”

Lu Yu was speechless.

He extinguished the thought of earning the difference in price. In fact, Lu Yu had long known that the game would not leave such an obvious loophole for him. However, he had been driven mad by poverty previously, and his mind was full of money.

Back in the backyard, Lu Yu took a qi-blood pill and began to practice the Edgeless Blade Technique. After taking the qi-blood pill, he took two body enhancing pills. He found that when practicing the Edgeless Blade Technique, the body enhancing pills could also show its effects.

Taking out the Hundred Forged Greatsword, Lu Yu began to practice. He waved the sword, making a whooshing sound in the courtyard.

Little Tail hid in the room, not daring to come out. The sound was too terrifying.

After Lu Yu felt that the qi-blood pill and body enhancing pill’s effects had ended, he ended the AFK in advance to prevent himself from overexerting himself and causing his body to suffer greater damage.

After taking a shower and changing his clothes, Lu Yu looked at Little Tail who was standing at the door and asked, “Have you thought about what you want to buy?”

“I have.” Little Tail nodded vigorously.

“Let’s go!” Lu Yu brought Little Tail out of the small courtyard.

The guard looked at the girl who was following behind Lu Yu and did not say anything. After a few days of observation, he realized that Lu Yu was not what he had thought.

“Here, this is your drumstick.” Little Tail took the two fragrant drumsticks handed over by the vendor and handed one to Lu Yu.

Lu Yu did not expect her to come out just to buy drumsticks. Had she not eaten enough every day in the backyard?

She took the drumstick and found that the taste of the drumstick was really good.

Little Tail handed her gold coin to the boss. When the boss saw the gold coin she took out, he said helplessly, “One drumstick cost 8 copper coins. Two drumsticks cost 16 copper coins. You gave me so much. I can’t change it.”

Hearing the boss say this, Little Tail was at a loss and looked at Lu Yu.

Lu Yu didn’t expect the drumsticks to be so cheap. They only cost 8 copper coins each. He had never seen copper coins or even silver coins.

He said to the boss, “Wait a minute.”

He went to the shop of Han Residence and exchanged some smaller coins. He gave 16 copper coins to the boss and left with Little Tail.

The silver coins were about the same size as the old-fashioned large 10-cent coins. The copper coins were round cakes with square holes in the middle. They were about the same size as the silver coins, but the color was brass and much thinner.

On the way, Little Tail hesitated for a while. She pulled the corner of Lu Yu’s clothes and raised the gold coin in her hand to him.

Lu Yu looked back and said casually, “Keep it for yourself.”

When Little Tail heard that, she quickly hid the gold coin in her hand and looked around at the crowd, afraid that someone would snatch her things.

When she realized that no one was staring at her, Little Tail heaved a sigh of relief. However, she covered her pocket with her small hand and refused to let go. She held the drumstick with one hand and ate it as she walked.

After walking for a while, Lu Yu looked back at Little Tail and found that she was staring at the toy hat that was folded on the roadside stall.

Lu Yu walked over and picked up a hat. After giving money to the stall owner, he covered Little Tail’s head with the hat.

“Just buy what you want. You’re rich now.”

Little Tail held the hat and shook her head, indicating that she didn’t want to buy anything.

Lu Yu continued to take her around the town for a while. The sky was completely dark, and many vendors had already packed their things and gone home.

Lu Yu and Little Tail returned to the backyard. In the end, Little Tail only bought two drumsticks and a paper hat.

After eating the food that the servants had prepared, Lu Yu practiced the Fierce Tiger Fist Style in AFK for a while before returning to his room to sleep.

After this period of accelerated cultivation, his proficiency of the various moves in the Fierce Tiger Fist Style had reached to ‘highly skilled’ level. Among the moves, he practiced the Hungry Tiger Pounce for the longest time. It was also about to break through soon.

Only after the Fierce Tiger Roar had reached ‘highly skilled’ level did it show its power. The Fierce Tiger Roar was similar to Lion’s Roar. It used qi-blood to burst out a powerful sound wave attack, causing a short-term stun effect on the enemy.

Before reaching ‘highly skilled’ level, the qi-blood circulation speed of the Fierce Tiger Roar was too slow. It could not achieve the effect of catching the enemy off guard and intimidating the mind.

Moreover, because the qi-blood had to be concentrated in the lungs and throat when using Fierce Tiger Roar, it would affect the circulation of qi-blood of other moves. Therefore, it could not be properly worked together with other moves, so Lu Yu rarely used it in battle..