13 Third Rank of the Martial Path (1/2)
Half a day later, Zhao Feng carried three massive bags as he entered Sun Feather City.
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_At a shop in Sun Feather City that sold beast skins..._
“Black-spotted Wild Pig, teeth, paws. Worth a total of three hundred and fifty nine silver.”
“Gold-Spotted Snake, worth four hundred and twenty silver.”
“Five Poison Centipede. Worth two hundred and ten silver.”
The shopkeeper expressionlessly calculated the prices.
“Metal Beak Eagle…yi!” The face of the shopkeeper changed. The Metal Beak Eagle was a beast that had almost entered the ranks of deadly beasts. It defense was strong and it was hard to catch. Even some cultivators of the fourth rank could not catch them.
Due to this, the price of Metal Beak Eagles exceeded that of other beasts of the same rank.
“Metal Beak Eagle…three of them….worth eleven hundred silver,” the shopkeeper said after pausing for a second.
Eleven hundred silver? Zhao Feng was a little shocked, the eagles were worth more than he thought. Soon, apart from the Green Headed Tiger King, the rest was totaled up.
“A total of five thousand eight hundred and fifty silver!” the shopkeeper said.
Five thousand eight hundred and fifty silver! Zhao Feng’s heart sped up. His monthly allowance was only twenty silver! He had never carried more than one hundred silver on him.
Even then, the most expensive materials, from the the Green Headed Tiger King, had yet to be added in.
“How about this, I will give you a total of five thousand nine hundred silver.” The shopkeeper had a cunning face.
“Sure.” Zhao Feng couldn’t be bothered to talk so he agreed. Zhao Feng quickly received his money, all in silver notes. “Oh yea, do you guys take parts from deadly beasts?” Zhao Feng didn’t leave immediately after completing the exchange.
“Could it be that you have deadly beast parts?” The shopkeeper’s eyes floated towards the last bag in Zhao Feng’s hands.
“Yep.” Zhao Feng slowly opened his bag, showing the parts of the Green Headed Tiger King. Immediately a powerful aura came from the bag.
“Green Headed Tiger King!” the shopkeeper exclaimed as he looked disbelievingly at Zhao Feng.
He couldn’t imagine how a measly second ranker was able to kill a deadly beast. It was known that a deadly beast could fight against true Martial Artists. There were even rumours of deadly beasts destroying whole villages.
“We had a total of seven people. It took us a while to kill it and even then we lost someone.” Zhao Feng’s words seemed to comfort the shocked shopkeeper.
Facing the materials, the shopkeeper’s eyesight looked at the Zhao symbol on Zhao Feng’s clothes and finally gave a price, “Sixteen thousand silver!” As he gave the price, the workers in the shop took a cold breath. It was their first time hearing such a high price.
The shopkeeper did not dare to trick Zhao Feng as he came from the Zhao sect. The Zhao, Xin, and Qiu families were the three biggest powers in Sun Feather City. No shop could open up without their permission.
“Deal!” Zhao Feng smiled. He seemed calm but was laughing inside.
Soon, Zhao Feng took his twenty thousand silver and left the shop.
“I can now go buy some resources to help me break through to the third rank.” Zhao Feng headed towards the weapons shop that he had gone to a few days ago.
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“Kid, you’re here again?” A few days ago, Zhao Feng was low on money and technically half borrowed and half paid for the heavy metal bow.
_Pah!_
Zhao Feng put his hand on the table. “Here’s one hundred silver. Thank you for your help that day.”
One hundred silver? The shopkeeper was surprised as he never thought that Zhao Feng would be so honest. Zhao Feng had said he would pay back double, but this was over ten times the amount!
The shopkeeper smiled as he took the silver. Although he was the shopkeeper, he did not own the shop. One hundred silver was half his yearly income.
After paying back the money Zhao Feng didn’t leave, but looked around more.
“My Heavy Metal Bow’s strength is too low.” Zhao Feng wanted a new bow. He used his left eye to inspect the weapons on the wall. Soon his eyes stopped on a silver longbow. The silver longbow gave off a cold aura while also giving off a deep calm feeling.
“How much is it for this bow?” Zhao Feng asked.
“You have good eyes! This bow is called Mysterious Silver Bow and is one of the most powerful weapons in the shop. Only true Martial Artists that are proficient in archery can use it to its fullest potential. Its price is one thousand and eighty silver.” He did not think that Zhao Feng could afford it, but still acted politely.
“One thousand and eighty silver? That’s not very expensive. I will buy it,” Zhao Feng stated.
The Mysterious Silver bow was made out of great materials and was better than his heavy metal bow several times over.
“Are you sure you want it…? Not borrow it?”
_Pah!_