4 A Ring (1/2)

Trevon saw the store name. It was 'Bowman Emporium'.

”Welcome! Welcome!” A kind-looking old plump man was waiting near the door. His face showed happiness watching customer came. A bright smile always appeared in his face. ”Ah, Young Lady Raina, what are you looking for today?”

”Do you have something new Uncle Bow?”

”Well, there was a new shipment of things inside. I haven't shown it to other young master or lady.” The kind-looked old man showed the way to Raina, Trevon, and their bodyguards.

The man was named Bowman, but his frequent customer always called him Mr. Bow. He had a big belly and wore a gold-colored robed. Most merchants wore gold-colored robe since they wished to get more gold every day.

They were led into a small room behind the counter. This was a VIP room only available to the rich young lady and young master. The furniture was made from spirit woods. Raina could qualify for VIP room treatment. She was a member of McArthur family. She was even a chosen member of her generation due to her talent.

Mr. Bow called an attendant. ”Bring the tea and snack! Don't forget to send some people to bring the new merchandise!” He then skillfully prepared the table and allowed Raina to sit. After that he quickly served Trevon. Based on his clothes, it was very easy for Mr. Bowman to assume that Trevon was also a young master.

”Before we look into the special packages. I have these special merchandises come from the capital.” Mr. Bowman started his merchant showcase.

”Look at this gem, this was a beast core obtained from a Rank 2 demon beast.” He opened a small box from a cabinet behind him.

”This gem has already gotten an inscription from an inscription master. If you slot it into a weapon, the weapon would get an additional 10% attack power. Any skill used with the weapon will have extra damage. I offered this only at 5 spirit stone.”

”Here is your spirit stone!” Before Raina could check the gem, Trevon had already grabbed it. Trevon wore a storage ring in his right middle finger. It was a very rare and expensive artifact. Having it was one of the perks being Alvaro's only child. Alvaro also had his own storage rings. However, Trevon's storage ring was only 2-meter long, 2-meter wide, and 2-meter height. While Alvaro's storage ring could store twice the size.

”What? You dare to steal treasure from your elder sister!” Raina exclaimed. Punches started to land in Trevon body.

”Wait, Sis! I plan to buy it for you. This is not my gem. It is yours.” Trevon moved the gem from his hand into the table in front of Raina.

”Well, that is nice of you Trevon.” Raina took the gem and put it into her own storage ring. As a chosen, she also had a storage ring.

[****! I plan to show it to the girl in Eternal Night. They will be crazy to see a gem with an inscription from the capital. That is 5 spirit stone, Evil Sister.] Trevon could only grumble in his heart.

For Trevon 5 spirit stones were already a big number. Being a young master of McArthur family, he got 1.000 spirit stones allowance every month. That was a big number for a rogue cultivator and an incredible number for a normal human.

1 spirit stone could be traded with 1.000 gold coins. A farmer would only get a net operating profit of 20 gold coins a year. That was based on the farmer owned the land himself/herself. The farmer would still need to pay the city for other taxes.

1 gold coin was worth 100 silver coins and 1 silver coin worth 100 copper coins.

A normal cultivator would absorb 100 spirit stones if they cultivated non-stop each month. People with better talent and better rank could absorb spirit stone at a faster rate. Absorbing spirit stones was a faster way to cultivate. This was especially for low talent cultivator. There were other methods which were directly absorbing it from the environment or eating certain spiritual treasures. However, it was very hard and inefficient.

Raina as a core member of her age group even obtained 10.000 spirit stones each month. A few parts of it would be absorbed by her. While the rest could be used for her expense. This showed how lucky Trevon was. There was still a strong support for Trevon even after he didn't progress a bit in 8 years.

While you read this description, there had already been 10 items. All were obtained by Raina. It was not that Trevon didn't have capital. Since he had given up on his cultivation, he had saved all his spirit stones for treasures. The reason was that he was very afraid of Raina.

Bowman stopped the sales. He made some marketing talks with Raina and Trevon. 2 beautiful women appeared and served them the tea.

”This tea came from the Redwood forest. That place is very dangerous but contains lots of spiritual energy. This is the famous Redwood Spirit Tea. A warrior especially went to get this tea this morning. Only the fresh tea could be called the 'Redwood Spirit Tea'. Please try it!” Mr. Bow continued his sales pitch. As a good merchant, he knew how to serve his important customers.

”Well, I must try it then.” Trevon picked a small teacup and rotated it 3 times. He inhaled the tea before slowly drank the tea. ”What a beautiful tea Mr. Bow!” Trevon was a master of anything that made a man refined scholar.

He used them for picking girls. He learned those arts from Eternal Night and similar place. Since he frequently visited those place, he could be a master in no time. It was totally a waste of genius talent in learning that kind of things.

With those scholarly skills, most girls always fell for Trevon until they knew his name. Trevon the Golden Hand was very famous in a bad way, especially in the area around Bluestar. Every parent was afraid of him and every girl was scared to meet him.

”So, it was impolite of me, but what is the name of this handsome young master. Could you introduce us, Lady Raina?”

”Oh. He was my cousin, Trevon.”

”Eh... Whahahahaha. What a pleasure to meet you, Young Master Trevon. I have heard your name a few times, but only get the chance to know you today.” Somehow Bowman showed some hand signal. All the female servants quietly left the premise and were replaced by 2 handsome male servants.

[What? Where did the girl go? I bet he also told his daughter to hide.] Trevon could only speak in his heart. He knew a person at Bowman caliber has a background. Otherwise, how could he open a store at the best place in a crowded city?

As a young master, it was a good thing to know which hard wall, you couldn't kick.

”Hahaha, it is truly hard to be a famous person. By the way, do you have a daughter to be introduced to me?” It was the time for Trevon to get offensive in a good way.

”Well... I didn't have any daughter. It is an unfortunate thing, Young Master Trevon.” Bowman for the first time felt he lost control of the situation. He turned 1 shade darker. As a top merchant, never before he was this afraid and had difficulty to speak.

”What about sister Melissa, Uncle Bowman?” Clueless about what happened, the naïve Raina spoke the name of her friend, Melissa. She was Bowman's daughter. This turned Bowman 1 shade darker, and a wider smile appeared on Trevon face.

”Ah... Melissa already had a betrothed, young lady Raina. Therefore, I couldn't introduce her to young master Trevon.”

”Really? That girl has never told her friends that she had a fiancé. What a girl! I will need a heart to heart talk with her.” Raina said.

”What is the problem with that Uncle Bowman? I loved to have more friends, especially the beautiful ones.” Trevon didn't know whether Melissa was beautiful or not, but he was on the offensive.

”Hahaha, but she went somewhere this morning. I don't know where she is.”

”She went? This morning she asked me to accompany her to the opera tonight. She told me that she had nothing to do today since the academy was on holiday. I bet she went with his fiancé. What a girl now she forgets about her friend over a male.”