Julian walked with the Servant and soon they came upon the cities biggest soul stone market. The market was called the Iron fire market and was a joint partnership between the Fire Beard clan and the Iron back clan. Unlike the grand scale of Arrendale city soul market, the iron fire market was a lot smaller and has less stalls. Even though it was smaller it size was still incredible and the amount of traffic going in and out was immense.
He walked in and saw various stalls on the sides of the market and in the middle all selling soul stones. He was going to walk to the first stall but the servant pointed to the back.
" At the back of the soul Market is the official store owned by my Fire beard clan. There you can use your jade badge for a 30% discount. If you buy from any of these other stalls the discount won't count. "
Julian nodded and walked with the servant to the back of the soul Market. He came upon a beautiful 9 story pagoda and sighed in amazement.
' Their just as amazing as in the manga. '
He made his way inside and was greeted by a clerk.
" Hello sir how may I help you? "
The clerk bowed and clasped his hands. He noticed the Servant besides Julian and smiled.
" Ah we have a distinguished guest today. "
He lead Julian to a separate room meant for Fire beard clan members and Affiliates.
Julian looked at the man and spoke.
" Do you have any elvish soul stones? "
The clerk nodded and pulled out a box from behind the counter.
" We have a total of 1,345 low grade elvish soul stones, 231 medium grade and 14 high grade elvish soul stones. Here are a couple for you to browse. "
Inside the box was 9 soul gems in total. 5 low grade 3 medium and 1 high grade. Julian picked each one of them up and confirmed they were indeed low, medium and high grade soul stones.
" How much for all of them? "
The clerk was confused and spoke.
" All of the low grade or all of the medium or high grade? "
Julian shook his head.
" I mean how much for All of the elvish soul stones. low grade medium and high? "
The clerk smiled brightly
" Please give me a moment sir i need to speak with my manager. "
The man left to a back room and came back with an old man in his forties with a long red beard and fiery red eyes. He had a large frame similar to Julian and was bald.
" You've come here to purchase all of the elvish soul stones we have in stock correct?
Julian nodded and placed the Jade badge on the table. The man saw the badge and smiled.
" Ah a trade partner, its a pleasure to help you today. "
The man placed a storage ring on the table and spoke.
" 352 HQ minus 30% comes out to 247 HQ in total. "
Julian transferred the Stones to the mans ring and in turn the man smiled and transferred the stones to Julian's ring.
" Is there anything else I can do for you today? "
Looking at the soul stones in his ring he smiled. This was an enormous amount of Psychic force and it would allow him to break through to the soul purity state but he wanted more.
" Can you point me to other stalls that sell Elvish soul stones? "
The man nodded and began to give directions.
" Once you leave turn to the left. There are several stalls selling Elvish soul stones but none have as many as we did. "
He nodded and thought of something. Elvish soul stones gave double while natural gave regular.
'I wonder, do all harvested soul stones give double? '
" Can I purchase a single Orkish Soul stone? "
The man looked at him funny but pulled out a single low grade Orkish soul stone and handed it to Julian.
Once he received the stone he consumed it and was pleasantly surprised.
+ 20 Psychic force.
He looked up at the old man and spoke again.
" just how many Harvested soul stones do you posses? "
The old man smirked and pulled out a stone tablet. The numbers on the tablet were constantly changing. The tablet itself labeled each and every type of soul stone they possessed and it updated with every stone bought or sold. He handed the tablet to Julian and sat in a chair behind the desk.
" Take a look at this and let me know what you want. "
Not even a second after the man sat down Julian spoke up.
" I'll take every harvested soul stone on this list. "
The mans eyes bulged and he shot up form his chair excited.
" EVERYTHING?? "
his words dropped and Julian nodded
" Everything "
The list contained over 12,000 low grade stones 2,322 medium grade as 453 high grade soul stones so the man almost didn't believe his ears.
He calculated the price and looked over at Julian while he spoke.
" The total price minus the 30% off is 4,639 High quality spirit stones. "
The words barely left his mouth and many of the other store patrons were shocked. The man himself was shocked too. This was more than the rank 4 core sold for last night.
Julian felt a little pain in his heart but payed the man the stones. He received the soul stones and sighed, he was quite satisfied.
" I'll be off then. "
Julian waved goodbye to the old man who just stared at him speechless.
Once he left the pagoda he turned left to the other stalls and bought out their supply as well. By the time he was done he spent a whopping 9,455 HQ spirit stones leaving him with only around 3k left. The servant besides him was completely stunned and didn't say anything.
Julian looked at the servant and asked for directions to the Material market of the city.
The stunned servant finally managed to break free from his stupor and began to lead the way.
...
While they were making their way to the material market both the Iron back clan leader and Chad heard the news of this incredible sell. While the Iron back clan leader was partying. Chad began to think about the situation.
' So he's in need of Harvested soul stones? '
He looked to a servant and spoke.
" Go inform Chris that he needs to quickly resupply on Harvested soul stones. "
Chris sat down on a soft chair and drank some beer.
Ever since the Great war, Harvested soul stones were in great supply. To keep the price high the various countries that had them, kept them to themselves. The reason each country had so many was because during the Great war. Powerful Cultivators on each side would run around cites of the opposite side massacring's their populations. Normally a person doesn't drop a soul stone when killed so a special machine called a soul extractor was used. When a soul was harvested it was converted into Psychic energy and could then be turned into soul stones. The higher the Psychic level of a person. The more Psychic energy gained. There were 3 types of soul extractors. one created low grade soul stones while the other 2 created medium and high grade. The medium and high grade converters were rare so most of the cultivators used low grade converters. A single golden immortal cultivator could massacre entire cities with several billion innocent souls with a single attack. If that cultivator had a low grade converter than he could create several hundred billion low grade soul stones. If he had a medium grade then he could create several hundred million medium grade stones and if he was lucky enough to have a high grade converter then he would gain several hundred thousand high grade stones.
This process continued for the majority of the war and both sides lost Trillions upon trillions of their people to the other side. By the end of the war, the Humans had won and had more than 14 trillion Elvish soul stones within their vaults. The greatest of the empires at the time known as the Vassani empire possessed over 7 trillion of the soul stones in their vaults.
The elves on the other hand possessed over 18 Trillion soul stones. Their Emperor at the Time, Callan saw that their demise was coming so he made a dark pact with the Chaos god of curses Votis. In exchange for the Immense amount of soul stones Votis placed a curse on Humanity. This curse turned their skin purple and reduced their talent for cultivation and even caused the human birth rate to plummet. In rage the human Emperor at the time Henry Vassani along with the Heavenly court took action and killed Callan. In the battle Henry was killed as well. With their only immortal king stage cultivator killed humanity began to decline rapidly. Bullied by the surrounding races and even by the dwarves who they once called allies. Eventually humanity was pushed back to their home territory of Blue sun. All of their Golden Immortal stage cultivators were slain except for a single one who now guards humanity atop a ruined fortress at the center of the blue sun Territory. His name is Venerable Alex and he is a golden immortal stage 2 cultivator. Although he is powerful he is not the reason why the other races have left the blue sun Territory alone. The fortress itself is an ancient super weapon capable of killing even immortal king stage cultivators once they entered the borders of the blue sun Territory. However the Fortress only has 2 or 3 uses left so it couldn't be used for weak prey like demon king Yusef. Plus if Alex were to leave the fortress then the fortress would cease functioning and the Immortal kings surrounding the territory would move in and kill him. Humanity was not the only side to suffer this fate. In fact they were a lot better off than the elves. The elves had a super weapon as well called the Blue tree but it was burned by Emperor Henry. Without their immortal king the elves had no place to fall back to and while the humans were pushed back to the blue sun Territory the elves faced a much harsher outcome. Their people were enslaved by the orks. The men were forced into the mines and other labor intensive jobs while the women were used as breeding partners. However although the elf race as a whole was enslaved there were a couple powerful elvish cultivators who escaped to the dark elves territory and sought shelter. These elves are not enslaved but they are a class lower than dark elves and usually work the Lower class jobs. These powerful elves in particular are constantly waiting for Alex to leave the fortress so they can have their revenge and watch as the human race is enslaved as well.
...
Julian left the material market after spending around 2 million gold. He managed to find most of the materials on the periodic table but some resources were not available. He also picked up a couple more spatial rings as his original had become full. His next destination was the Phoenix Auction house. Where he planned to sell his rank 5 core. He had thought about selling it to Chad but figured it would go for more at the auction house. He arrived at the large doors of the auction house and was stopped by the two guards.
" State your business or leave. The auction does not begin for another 2 hours. "
" I am here to put an item up for auction. "
The guard nodded and asked Julian to follow him inside. He took him to the old man and then left. The old man was ecstatic to see him and walked up to him. He shook Julian's hands and repeated come in three times.
" What have you brought for me today? "
Julian looked into his ring and brought out a wooden chest. He placed it on the table and opened it. The mans eyes bulged and he slammed his hands nn the table as he stood up.
" This! "
He looked at Julian with doubt.
Julian laughed at his reaction and spoke.
" This is a rank 5 perfect condition Drake core. can you auction it off for me? "
the old man looked at him and shouted yes multiple times.
" Good. then I'll leave it to you. I will see you tonight at The auction. "
As Julian was leaving the old man carefully moved the core into an exquisite box and stored it.
The tow exited the auction hall and Julian turned to the servant and spoke
" Take me to the best restaurant in town. preferably one that has one of those music player thingies. "
The servant squinted his eyes and spoke.
" You mean a Show Holicron? "
" Is that what its called? "
The servant nodded.
" Thanks for letting me know. Do you know where I can get one? "
The servant spoke then walked away.
" Follow me "
Julian followed the servant and walked through the streets of the city. He saw many different people in the streets. To him it was weird to see a bunch of purple skin humans but to those around him it was normal. While they were walking Julian noticed he was being followed by a young man in his teens. He didn't know why the teenager was following him but he didn't really care. He continued to walk along with the servant and they came across a store called The dancing spirit. When they entered he looked around and saw that behind some glass was strange shaped items that looked similar to the so called Show Holicron. A man about 25 years old with dark black hair and a small mustache came up to them.
" How can I help you today. "
Julian looked at the man and responded.
" I'd like a Show Holicron. please show me the best you have. "
The man nodded.
" of course, just over here are the best Holicrons we have in stock. "
He looked around and ended up picking the best one there. It had over a thousand playable songs and shows and used spirit stones more efficiently than the others.
- 1,000 HQ Spirit stones
There was still and hour and a half till the auction so he and the servant traveled to a restaurant called the Jumping Tiger.
Once inside they ordered a VIP room for 100 gold coins and sat down. The servant sat outside the room and waited.
" What are you doing? "
The servant heard the question and answered.
" I am waiting outside for you to finish your meal. "
Julian looked at the man with a grateful expression.
" You have helped me so much today! Come inside and sit down. "
The servant was hesitant and didn't want to go in so Julian resorted to other tactics.
" I guess I'll have to inform Chad his servant wasn't following orders. "
The servant got scared and hurried into the room where he sat across from Julian.
" Sir i really shouldn't be in here. I am just a lowly servant. "
Julian looked at him again and spoke.
" And? what's your point? I have invited you to eat with me today. "
His voice became a bit louder and he smacked the table.
" I don't care if you are a lowly servant. You Have helped me so much today its the least I can do to repay you. "
The servant received his praise and lowered his head. He had never received a thank you before so it was incredibly strange to him.
" Thank you. " He spoke softly.
After they had finished speaking a waitress came in the room and handed Julian a menu. Julian grabbed the menu and saw that the lady only gave him one. He looked at the woman with a tinge of anger and spoke.
" Are you not going to give my friend here a menu as well? "
The woman looked at the angry man and apologized as she handed a menu to the servant.
Julian looked through the menu and found the most expensive item. Grilled silver back turtle meat. His mouth watered and he ordered 6 plates of it. He then spoke up.
" I'll have 2 bottles of your best Drink "
The woman nodded and turned to the servant who was horrified looking at the prices. Seeing that the servant wasn't likely to order anything any time soon Julian spoke up for him.
" He'll have what I'm having. "
The servant nodded and left after telling them it would be done soon.
The servant stared at Julian and didn't quite know what to say for a long time. He stared at the price of the Silver back turtle meat and couldn't believe the man in front of him bought him two plates. A single plate was worth more than 5 years of his salary and he got not one but two plates.
Looking at the servant dumbfounded expression Julian laughed and took out the show Holicron he had purchased. He placed it on the table and gave it a couple spirit stones to power it. The show started and they both looked at it. The servant was mesmerized by the show as he had never had the privilege of using such an expensive item.
A couple minutes later the waitress came back with 2 other men and placed the food on the table along with 2 cups. She brought out a large bottle and filled the cups before placing the rest of the bottle on the table and speaking.
" This is our famous Dragon mead made from the honey of rank 3 dragon bees. It cost 50 gold a bottle. "
She finished speaking and left.
The servant looked at the cup of mead in front of him and didn't know what to do. This was too much for him.
" You know, I never learned your name. "
The servant was about to say that his name was pointless as he was a lowly servant but hesitated. Instead he told his real name.
" My name is Noah baker. "
" Well Noah this food isn't going to eat itself. "
Just after he finished speaking he dug into the Silverback turtle and drank some of the mead.
The servant was hesitant at first but once he got a taste of the food and mead he became like Julian and wildly ate the meat. An hour passed by and they sat with their bellies full.
The bill came and Julian paid. in total it came to about 2,000 gold coins.
The servant watched in awe as Julian easily handed out the gold. He had seen him hand out over 2 million gold earlier in the material market but something about seeing Julian spend money for him hit different. Noah began to cry.? was in her twenties at the time and forced her to be his maid. His father outraged by this tried to take her back but had his legs broken by the young masters men. With his mother working for free and his father un able to work. He's been forced to work like a dog to pay for not only his food but his fathers and sisters as well as her incredibly expensive medicine. He slouched over onto the table with his face on the table and his hands around his head. He wanted to stop as he knew he would probably be fired so doing something so unsightly in front of a highly valued affiliate but the alcohol in his system didn't allow it. his crying grew louder and fiercer until he was practically bawling his eyes out. The sound of him crying became so loud and tedious that a waitress came in to see what was wrong as people began to complain. Julian looked at this and didn't say anything. He collected the Music holicron and picked Noah up placing him on his shoulder. When he walked outside the VIP room he caught several angry glares from many different patrons. Julian looked around and handed the woman an additional 1,000 gold and spoke loud enough for everyone to hear.
" I apologize for my friend here. He's had a little bit to drink and can't control his emotions. as a token of my sincerity ill pay for a round of Dragon mead for everyone.
His voice fell and there was a total 180 in the room. many of the men who were glaring had a smile on their faces and some even spoke up.
" Ah don't worry, poor kid must've been through a lot. "
" Yeah no problem, I know how he feels life can be hard. "
Several men voiced their support for the young man and Julian smiled and left.
Once he was outside and down the block he spoke to himself angry.
" Fucking two faced pieces of shit. "
He looked at Noah who was still crying and noticed that his information window popped up without him knowing.
[ Noah Valdez Mortal, mortal soul, mortal flesh, ( Divine Fire God Physique ) ]
He looked at information and in his drunken stupor doubted his eyes. He looked clearly and his face dropped.
" No fucking way! No Fucking Way! NO FUCKING WAY! "
He screamed so loud It caught the attention of several passer bys who looked at him and thought he was crazy. He held the Man in front of him and laughed.
" Kid, I'm going to make you into a fucking legend! "
He yelled full of joy and ran with Noah on his back to the auction house.