Chapter 9 (1/2)
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation
Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
The round-faced salesgirl flushed in excitement as she stuttered, “y-yes, we have Superior First Level spiritual weapons. Please give me a moment and I will retrieve them for you.”
The round-faced salesgirl dashed off to the back of the store right after she finished her sentence. She returned after a while with a few burly men bringing with them four to five spiritual weapons.
“Young Lord, these are the Superior First Level spiritual weapons. Please take a look, this one is the Aqua Fall Sword.”
The round-faced salesgirl took a long sword and unsheathed it.
The length of the sword was 1.5 meters, a fairly thin blade, with its body like a clear spring, emitting continuous puffs of water vapor.
“Good sword!” Lu Ming’s eyes sparkled.
Should there be a comparison between the Aqua Fall Sword and Lu Mei’s Light Breeze Sword, the latter would have felt like trash.
Despite that, Lu Ming shook his head since the properties of this sword did not fit his martial art techniques, and went on looking.
He browsed through a few more.
Clang!
The last one was named the Onyx Blade Sword, the body of the sword was a gleaming black, like it was made out of black jade, and there was a glimmer on both sides of the sword indicating its sharpness.
“This is it.”
There was a gleam in Lu Ming’s eyes as he asked, “shopkeeper, how much for this?”
“You have a good eye, Young Lord. This Onyx Blade Sword is a gem even within this collection of Superior First Level spiritual weapons, so I won’t give you an unreasonable price, just three thousand taels will do,” answered the round-faced salesgirl.
“Deal!” Lu Ming took out six silver notes worth five hundred taels each without hesitating and passed it to the round-faced salesgirl. It was the money taken from the Psammophic Pirates anyway, so Lu Ming did not mind at all.
At the side, Lu Bing’s face darkened. Lu Mei looked at the Light Breeze Sword she held in her hand, then glanced enviously at Lu Ming’s Onyx Blade Sword.
The round-faced salesgirl flushed with excitement. A deal worth three thousand taels of silver, how much commission would she earn?
The other salesgirls eyed the round-faced salesgirl wishfully with extreme regret in their hearts. If only they knew how loaded Lu Ming was, the round-faced salesgirl would have never stood a chance.
Wishful thinking remained wishful since it was too late. All they could do was to note to themselves to never judge a book by its cover again.
Lu Ming took his Onyx Blade Sword in one hand, and grabbed Qiu Yue’s hand in another. As he was passing by Lu Bing, Lu Ming looked at Lu Mei’s Light Breeze Sword and uttered, “This kind of trash is to your liking?”
When he was done, he walked out the door, guffawing as he went.
“Lu Ming!”
Lu Bing gritted his teeth so tightly his complexion became extremely distorted.
“Young Master, that was so satisfying. Lu Bing, and that Lu Mei have always looked down on us and now they have a taste of their own medicine.”
Outside of Celestial Army Pavilion, Qiu Yue chirped with excitement, waving her little fists in the air.
Lu Ming smiled. Truth to be told, he did not care about Lu Bing at all, his target was Lu Yao.
Walking along in the market, Qiu Yue took it all in with her eyes wide open.
Things sold in the market were on the expensive side, and since, throughout the years, Qiu Yue had not visited it often, it was only natural that she was very intrigued.
Lu Ming accompanied Qiu Yue for a while, then he passed Qiu Yue two hundred taels worth of silver notes saying, “Qiu Yue, use these to get some groceries and necessities. I have something I’ve got to do, so wait for me here when you’re done.”
“Young Master, what do I say if my Lady asks me where I got the money from?” asked Qiu Yue.
“Hmm, just tell mother that I found some spiritual grass outside the perimeters of the Mountain of Beasts and sold it for some money,” replied Lu Ming after giving it some thought.
Qiu Yue nodded and said, “alright then, Young Master, I’ll be on my way.”