The Silverwind City was huge as it was the second largest city in the Black Cloud Empire.
Commoners and Nobles lived here so naturally they lived in separate districts due to the indifference in status . The Core part of the city was where the Flame Mansion was located and Zhou lived at the end of Commoners District basically near the East Border. So the distance was quite far .
Fortunately Naito was rich thus both of the children secretly hired a beast carriage to travel easily . The Carriage was grand and popular among nobles because they could show off their wealth to others while riding on it .
Unlike normal horses, the horses which pulled the carriage were Star Horses and they were actually Level 1 beasts . They were the weakest of demon beasts but still had much more power which rivaled to that of early stage Qi Condensation cultivators. The beasts were popular because they were easy to tame and had very mild nature . The journey eneded in only about fifteen minutes because the speed of the carriage was too fast . The five meter long horses and their robust bodies were not for show after all .
The house was was not much as it was no different than a room sized hut. Zhou was currently watering the common plants near the entrance when Naito and Raven arrived .
" Old man , look Raven finally came this time! " Naito shouted near Raven's ears suddenly which was uncomfortable but Raven did not think much and shrugged it off as a child's behaviour .
" Kakaka.. Young master Raven finally decided to meet this old man ? So what story do you want to hear this time? Fights or Tomb expedition ? " Zhou gave the vibe of typical old man with deep voice and Raven also did not find anything different from normal .
He was confused because it was different from the memories but system's sudden comment excited Raven and he completely discarded the previous thoughts .
Zhou wore shabby plain robes and one black ring on his finger . It was not standing out much but system said that the ring was a high level treasure !
System was a refiner system and had huge data on ingredients stored inside it . If it was a normal ring or some low level cultivation measure then system would know at one glance because it could scan and determine the materials. But system said that the ring was mystical as the ingredients could not be identified even from thousands of low level ingredients data inside its bank which came from various encyclopedias in the library. Raven was also surprised and excited too because the opportunity that he wanted really came !
' Hehe.. system can you estimate the level of this ring ? "
" Its at least higher grade than mid level treasure because I have basic data on all the ingredients of low and mid rank from library. The higher ranks are high , Earth and Heaven and I cannot estimate with certainty. "
Raven listened to the system but his eyes were glued on the ring and did not hear the conversation between Fatty and Zhou at all .
Zhou's old face was sweating because he noticed the glare of Raven eyeing his ring . Actually aside from hunting and some expeditions , Zhou also had a dark past . This ring was one of the many treasures he had looted from others and practically all his victims were murdered by him . Zhou was at prime of his Life but encountered several demon beasts five years ago . He survived the brutal battle relying on his Level 7 qi condensation realm cultivation and few skills but he suffered too many serious injuries in the end . His leg and cultivation were both crippled beyond repair now . He sold all the treasures he had accumulated one by one through black market and has secret wealth of more than 50000 low grade spirit stones . This wealth could be compared to the wealth of big families who had accumulated it for years . Zhou only wore this ring because he could remember his past glory while watching it from time to time . The ring was not sold as the black market appraisal expersts deemed it a trash item . Zhou was afraid that Raven may catch on to something and he knows the Republican of righteousness lord Dustin . His end wont be good thus Zhou decided to send these brats away and discarded the plan of establishing a good relationship with them from childhood .
His forehead was sweating from pressure but Raven's comment finally made him relax .
" Old man , will you sell me this ring for a few gold coins ? I have 20 with me . I like the design of the ring as the black dragon looks cool ! "
Hearing the excited tone in Raven's voice, Zhou instantly believed it as his current mental state was incapable of analyzing the words and try to find anything suspicious.
" Young master can take this ring as a gift from this Zhou . " Zhou immediately took off the ring and Raven started playing with it .
Well in truth System was analyzing the ring and Raven planned to store it inside the inventory because system could analyze it much faster then .