After spending a peaceful night, Nathan woke up. After eating tender and soft meat of crimson eye rabbit in his breakfast which was provided by inn, he chose to stroll down the city.
In the middle part of the city a bustling market greeted Nathan.
In an open area, there were numerous shops set up in two parralel lines formation.
People of every kinds could be seen in the market. There was people of different race and different color.
Many people who seemed to be rich and wealthy wore long robes and dresses of vibrant colors.
Others who seemed to be less wealthy and less privileged wore common shirts and frocks.
There also seemed to be many kinds of shops. Some sold regular food or items, Some sold spirituals beast core bone skin and claws, Some shops sold weapons, Some shops sold armors, Some shops sold pills but a few others which were the most crowded had banners which read "Magical Talisman! Eliminate bad luck with Amulet!". Groups of people flocked to these shops.
There were numerous fountains located around the marketplace. There was a commotion near a fountain. When he reached the fountain he saw that there were guards beating a kid.
The kid has a pale face with mud sticking on all over on his face. The boy had deep green eyes, sharp nose and small lips which were dehydrated. He was wearing ragged clothes and he has no boot or slippers on his feets.
His face was dripping with both blood and tears, the guards were beating him but he does not let out a shrill of voice out of his mouth instead he was glaring the soldiers with his dagger like sharp eyes.
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Nathan was going to step in between the soldiers and the boy when suddenly system voice again rang in his mind.
*DING* ["Potential Scanner activated..... Scanning potential of the candidate...."]
["Scanning Complete... Potential : 86, Compeherence : 80, Luck : 82"]
["System advise Host to recruit this candidate as a disciple and guide him to the path of cultivation."]
Nathan was shocked, potential level of 86 can be considered as the cream of the top if guided properly there is no doubt that he can achieve unimaginable heights in the cultivation world.
"But who is this person?", mumbled nathan.
Nathan began to look around his surrounding for the possible candidate and when his gaze swept past the pitiful boy who were surrounded by the group of guards the moment his eyes landed on the boy the system shone a white light around the boy which only Nathan can see on the system screen.
Nathan was once again shocked, he thought "No wonder that there is this saying that, rich people gets more rich and poor people got only more poor with the time. Who could have thought that this poor boy which is in this pitiful state can have the potential more than 80. He can be a protagonist in any novel in his previous world."
After confirming that this boy is the one with potential level of 86, nathan sighed and begin making his way towards the group of the guards.
Nathan spread out his aura towards the group of the guards, The group of guards felt an unbelievable pressure upon them, The guards then turned their gazes and met their eyes with Nathan's, Nathan's eyes were like a predator which were scanning his prey, the guards were frightend upon encountering Nathan, Nathan asked them why were they beating this small boy.
"Why are a bunch of royal guards bullying a mere kid with no strength at all?", Nathan asked with a grim expression on his face.
The leader of the guard has a long scar on his face starting from his forehead all the way to his right eye and ending on his cheek. Any child will definitely cry upon seeing him but right now upon facing Nathan his expression was just like a small child who is going to cry.
"Si.. Sir, respected sir this filthy boy here stole food from a nearby shop, that is why we were.... we were punishing him and you misunderstood that we were bullying him." the leader of guard spoke in a pitiful manner.
Nathan glared at him after some moment he threw a gold coin to him and told him to Scram.
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he felt his stomach burning, almost as if what he had drunk acid.
A second later, his whole body relaxed as something spread from his head towards each damaged tissue in his body.
Starting from the head injury that he had sustained just now, each wound started becoming numb as if he had just been eaten some magical elixier. In a few seconds, he felt much better although some parts of his body still hurt.
The recovery seemed to be targeting the most damaged organs first, bringing him back from death's door. As his organs slowly started to get back to normal, he breathed in comfortably for the first time since in a long time.
After a while, the numbness and dizziness faded away, making him realize that his condition was much better than before, he has just one or two minor scratches left on his body.
He stood up and pinched himself, wanting to make sure that it had not all been just a dream. After all, only a few minutes ago, he had been gravely injure.
He was pondering about all this, when he heard a voice next to him.
"Are you alright now boy?"
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He has never in his dreams have thought that after this his fate was going to change completely.