Chapter 268: A pleasant surprise (1/2)
Chapter 268: A pleasant surprise
Trunks drank all night, holding his face and crying loudly nonstop with bloodshot eyes. Han Shuo wanted to console him, but nothing he did worked. Trunks seemed to forget everything else as he wallowed in his inextricable agony.
That night, Han Shuo took out three of the remaining five Rebirth Pills and handed them to Odysseus, Gordon, and Aphrodite to reform their bodies. The other two pills were for Trunks and Emily.
At noon the next day, Han Shuo left the Soul Destroyer mercenary band and traveled to the Valley of Sunshine by himself.
The merchants inside the Valley of Sunshine weren’t affected after last night’s battle outside. They woke up early, busy as usual and simply not knowing about the happenings of last night.
When Han Shuo reached the fence, the soldiers from the Cairo mercenary band immediately recognized him and respectfully welcomed him. Looking around carefully, Han Shuo discovered that there wasn’t much change to the merchants in the Valley of Sunshine. However the number of Cairo mercenary band soldiers was much higher than usual. They frequency at which they appeared on the street was very high.
Everyone from the Cairo mercenary band nodded respectfully towards Han Shuo along the way upon seeing him. Evidently, they all knew of the aid he had given them last night.
Han Shuo bought a great deal of precious herbs from the old orc’s family shop last time in the Valley of Sunshine. This time, he made straight for the orc’s shop.
The shop owner immediately recognized Han Shuo upon his appearance. He’d been lying down sluggishly inside when he stood up abruptly and enthusiastically welcomed Han Shuo, chattering away, “Long time no see, haha! Do you see anything good this time?”
Sweeping a few glances around, a hint of delighted surprise flashed across Han Shuo’s eyes. He hastily picked a dozen herbs and placed them in front of the orc, laughing heartily, “I want all of these. You can calculate the price.”
In addition to the Dragonfly Fruit, Extreme Frost Grass, and Goldmarrow Grass that Han Shuo had seen last time, he also discovered the Ninejade Flower during this visit. This was truly a delight beyond imagination. Han Shuo had affirmed his belief that this shop could always give him a pleasant surprise.
The Ninejade Flower had nine petals that were as shiny and translucent as jade, emitting a fragrance that permeated the heart and soul. The Ninejade Flower could be used with several magic herbs to refine the Yuan Repair Pill, in which the Ninejade Flower was the main ingredient. This herb was normally very difficult to find.
“You decide the price!” Having experienced Han Shuo’s generosity last time, the old orc seemed to have realized something and casually said with a smile.
Han Shuo’s joy could easily be imagined after collecting so many precious herbs. He immediately took out two heavy bags of gold coins from the space ring and plopped them in front of the old orc. He asked smilingly, “A thousand gold coins. Would that suffice?”
“Haha, such a generous young man, many thanks!” The old orc quickly grabbed the two bags of gold coins and laughed loudly in a great mood. His mouth was open so widely that it seemed like he wanted to eat a person.
“You again!” An exclamation suddenly rang out from the door.Cecilia, one of the three Dark Mantle heavyweights, approached leisurely. She called out immediately when her vivid eyes caught sight of Han Shuo. She wore a blackish purple dress today, with soft long hair casually let loose down to the shoulders. Two small, middle-aged men followed behind, their eyes gazing around full of vigilance.
Seeing Cecilia as soon as he turned around, Han Shuo was a little surprised. He nodded indifferently at her, his hands starting to collect the herbs on the table as he intended to leave the shop.
“Hey pretty lady, you’ve come again! What would you like to buy this time?” Cecilia seemed to be a regular here. The old orc also welcomed her with warm hospitality and a big smile.
“He already bought whatever I wanted. Damn it, he was one step ahead again!” Cecilia frowned at Han Shuo and lightly shouted somewhat in anguish.
“This…” The old orc didn’t know what to say. He wrung his hands, expressing that he was out of ideas.
Han Shuo was about to leave the shop when he suddenly remembered something. He stopped at the door, turned to look at Cecilia, and said, “If you tell me where Emily is, I’ll give you an herb from my purchase just now.”
The disappointed Cecilia immediately rejoiced at his words. She looked at Han Shuo and asked, “Is that so? You’ll let me choose from the herbs you just bought?!”
Nodding his head, Han Shuo took out the herbs that he’d just bought with a thousand gold coins. He laid them out and pointed at them saying, “I’ll let you choose one!”