Deathly silence permeated the room!
"P-Padron me, you want all two hundred of the freeze talisman?" asked the staff member in utter bafflement. I mean it was common for people to order ten or even twenty, but two hundred?!?!?!? What type of wealthy tycoons are they?!
"Did I stutter?" asked Bao Obi in an arrogant tone.
"Absolutely not young master!", with that, the staff member quickly led the group to one of the private rooms where there was a large screen with an index of all the talismans the shop sells.
"Please browse around, I'll notify the manager of your purchase." He then hurriedly went to the manager's office to report the happenings. Arriving at the manager's office, the staff member knocked trice before entering.
"What's the matter Xia Bo?" said the manager looking at his employee with a questioning gaze.
"Sir, there is a client that wants to buy two hundred freeze talismans!"
"What!!!" The manager was shocked! Two hundred?!!! Doesn't that mean the client is spending a minimum of two hundred thousand gold coins?!
"Where are they now???" he asked in an excited tone.
"I've led them to room three sir," said Xia Bo sharing his manager's excitement.
* * *
Yuno, Bao Obi, and the group had been in the room picking different talismans that would help yuno and Bao Obi. Freeze, Ring of Demonic Fury, Explode, Beam of Demonic Rage, Dragon's Breath Eruption, Lava Volley, Barrier of Negation, and many more were their pick. The great thing was that talismans only require essence to activate. I repeated, talismans only needed essence to activate. This was what made the main character happy.
'So what if I don't have qi, I'll just use the life essence from my blood and explode my enemies to smithereens!'
Thats right! The talismans only stated to use essence, it wasn't stated which essence! But of course, that would only work when paired with the correct runes. Thinking up to this point, Bao Obi couldn't help but think, 'HAHAHAHAH!!! I'M A FUCKING GENI-'
*KNOCK. KNOCK. KNOCK*
The mc's internal monologue was interrupted by a knock on the door, and with it came a slightly aged man. He had long black hair as well as a respectable beard. A light blue robe draped over his slim body as he exerted the presence of a foundation realm cultivation.
'Foundation realm!'
Everyone was apprehensive over the might the foundation realm manager exerted. Of course, the guards were also in the foundation realm, but they were trained in ways of concealing this presence. The manager bowed slightly as he said, "Esteemed customers, I hear you want to buy two hundred freeze talismans. If I may be so forward, I must ask for you to confirm if you have the required gold coins to make the purchase."
Yuno hearing this nodded and waved her hand and a small mountain of gold appeared on the floor. The manager seeing this was over the moon as he bowed and asked if that was their only purchase.
"No, here's a list of what we want. I'm also curious about the unknown talismans you have in stock, might I be able to see them?"
Receiving the list, the manager was more than shocked! He was traumatized!
'WTFFFFF!!!! HOW RICH ARE THESE PEOPLE!!!'
There were more than twenty different talismans with two hundred next to them, signifying they wanted two hundred of them!!! The manager quickly gave the list to Xia Bo and ordered him to get the talismans in their required amount. But as soon as Xia Bo saw the list he was dazed.
'Th-ese... These people are rich beyond compare!', Xia Bo then quickly left to get all the requested talismans.
"In the meantime, please follow me to the back room to see the Unknown talismans."
With that, the group was led to the back room where even more mysterious and illustrious talismans were stored. Some were shining with life while others were tattered or just simply stood frozen like a block of stone. The group went through the displayed talisman looking at them with curiosity. Of course, curiosity coupled with absolutely zero knowledge of runes and talismans was a hair away from being useless. That was for all of them except for Bao Obi, or his much-preferred name BOB THE MOTHERFUCKING CREATOR!
With his vast knowledge of the laws of the universe, he could quite easily identify the talismans and their usages just from looking at the runes etched on the talismans as well as the essence used. Nearing one of the tattered talismans, he observed it trying to recall the runes etched on the talisman.
Scouring through his myriad of memories, he slowly recognized the runes and their uses.
'Fire Spirit summoning huh... oh, and it's even in the peak of the foundation realm. This is actually a pretty rare talisman...' This was a wonderful surprise as he was a little worried by his not-so-good memory. 'I guess this is gonna be a breeze.'
"How much do you want for this one?" asked the mc pointing at the Fire Spirit summoning talisman. The manager looked at the tattered talisman and after contemplating for a while before raising two fingers and said, "Two thousand gold coins."
The mc hearing the price furrowed his brows fringing hesitation. The manager seeing this swayed his head as he said, "But since you've already bought so much I'll give you a 50% discount and sell it to you for one thousand. What do you say? Deal?" The manager, too afraid on passing up on making money, couldn't help but cut the price by half.
'SCORE!!!' Of course, the frowning and hesitation were all part of his plan that prompted the manager to cut down the price. 'Damn, this is so easy!'
"Deal!"
With that, he moved on to the other talismans. After carefully examining all the talismans, he was satisfied with being able to identify them all. He ended up buying six more. Not that the others weren't useful but because they were too specified or required some bizarre conditions for use. For example, one of such talismans had a condition that stated the caster to have a fixed bloodline. Another had the caster be under the age of ten but be in the foundation establishment realm.
Now wtf was that?! It was common for people to start cultivating before their ten but reach the foundation establishment realm?! What type of Nobel's son did the maker of the talisman take our mc for? Let along be in the foundation realm, he couldn't even fulfill the age requirement.
After paying for all the purchases, The group was gifted with a few crates containing all the talismans. The manager seeing all those gold coins was absolutely baffled! With the profit he made today, he could close the shop for two weeks without losing any money! He walked them to the door and bowed as they left.
'Such people are truly amazing! Surpassing all with just their pockets!'