So… Uhm… Since it recognized me, I can take it with me now, right?" Shenyan asked the voice inside his head.
The owner of the voice was stunned for moment before coming back to his senses after hearing Shenyan's voice.
"T-That's right, it's yours now. Make sure to take good care of it." The voice sounded confused and shocked at the same.
Shenyan did not notice this and proceeded to ask, "Just now, the sword absorbed my blood. Why is that? Will I keep feeding it my blood?" Shenyan asked because he had no idea that the sword could drink blood.
"Well, it didn't necessarily drink your blood, it only took the essence in your blood— albeit small and negligible but still enough and the rest were disposed of. Your blood was used to determine your potential so there's no need to worry as it only happens once." The voice immediately replied.
"I see." Shenyan nodded his head and did not question any further even though he had no idea what essence means.
"Oh, by the way, who are you?" Shenyan suddenly asked as he had no idea who he was speaking to for a while now.
The voice went silent for a while. Indeed, he had been talking to Shenyan this whole time, but he had not introduced himself to the other party.
A few moments later, the owner of the voice replied, "There is no need to know who I am, just know that I am the owner of this store— [Golden Steel Weapons.]"
"Golden Steel Weapons?" Shenyan asked.
"That's right, anyway since I said that you can take this weapon with you, I won't go back on my words, so you can take it, it's not like it's of any use to me anyway." The suddenly said.
And he then continued, "If you manage to start your cultivation journey, come here again and I will let you on the second floor where you can pick any Treasure or Artifact you want— of course you have to pay for it but I guarantee you that they are of the best quality compared to those luxurious stores out there."
Shenyan listened to the voice and after a moment of silence, he then said, "Okay, I will come here again when I start my cultivation journey."
"Good."
The owner of the voice was pleased and then he said, "Since you are here, you must be looking for weapons, right? Why don't I give you and your friend over there a discount on the armor and any weapon you like? In fact, you can take any on that floor as they aren't that important."
"R-Really?" Shenyan was pleasantly surprised that the owner of the voice was so generous even though they had only just met.
"That's right, go and pick whatever you like." The voice immediately said.
"Alright!" Shenyan hurriedly replied as he felt that he was so lucky to meet this expert.
And so, Shenyan walked towards Wang Lei who was busy watching a gauntlet at this moment. Wang Lei was not aware of the conversation that Shenyan had with owner of the voice just now so when Shenyan told him that the owner of the store spoke to him in his head Wang Lei was inwardly shocked.
"W-What! You mean the owner of the store spoke to you through telepathy, only [Spirit Enlightened Grandmaster] or above can do that?" Wang Lei exclaimed. Wondering why such an expert was willing to give them items at a discount even though they had just met. But as much as he would like to refuse, he would not dare, since they cannot afford these ordinary armors and weapons on this floor without wasting the little money that they had left.
After a while, Wang Lei then asked, "Are you sure… he said that we can take any of this for free?"
Shenyan nodded his head in a calm manner in confirmation, "That's right, I even received this weapon for free— so it is my first Weapon. I will only take an armor and then we can leave."
Wang Lei was inwardly surprised, but seeing that Shenyan was serious about this, he had no choice but to listen to him.
"O-Okay, I will look around and pick my weapon then." Wang Lei said after a moment later.
And so, the two of them went around the weapon store one more time as they carefully selected their equipment. At the end of their round, Wang Lei ended up picking a gauntlet named [Scaled Gauntlet] and [Rough Bull Armor].
Meanwhile, Shenyan picked the [Blue Snake Armor], as it was light, and you can even wear it under your shirt, making it comfortable to have on. After that, the two of them proceeded to head out of the store.
Wang Lei was still skeptical, thinking that the owner of the store will suddenly change their mind and demand that they pay for their equipment.
Contrary to his belief, nothing of the sort happened even after they walked a distance away from the store. Wang Lei let out deep sigh of relief and after a moment later, he rejoices in the fact that they got this equipment for free— he could not contain his laughter because normally no one would be willing to give free stuff, so for them to get something this good, it must mean that their luck is not too bad.
Shenyan looked at the expression on Wang Lei's face and could not help but shake his head. The two of them then proceeded to head back to their inn to rest.
…
Meanwhile, right after Shenyan and Wang Lei left, the owner of the store started pondering to himself about what had happened a while ago.
'Who was that brat? How could he gain the recognition of a Sword Spirit that even rejected me? Is he some genius from some powerful family? Oh, that's right, I forgot to ask for his name! Whatever, he might come here again anyway, I will ask for it then. Then again, for there to be such a genius, those old fools who think that only elements reign supreme are going to shake in their boots yet again.'
"Hahahaha!"
After thinking to himself, the owner of store suddenly started laughing loudly almost as if he had gone insane. A while later, he soon calmed down and disappeared from his shop and went to a place unknown.
…
On the other side, Shenyan and Wang Lei were currently in the Inn— eating their food.
A few moments of eating in silence, Wang Lei suddenly spoke, "I wonder who that senior was, and why he gave us free equipment?"
"I don't know either." Shenyan only shrugged after listening to Wang Lei's question.
"Oh right, you had a sword, right? I noticed that it was rusted sword and even had some black substance on it… why did you pick such a sword?" Wang Lei asked curiously. He did not understand why Shenyan picked such a weapon out of all the weapon in the store.
"Well, I don't know either, I was just attracted to this sword when we entered the weapon store." Shenyan said.
"Hmm…"
A moment later Wang Lei spoke, "Well, it doesn't matter as long you like it and don't have any regrets about it, then it is fine."
And then he continued, "Anyway, should we go check around the city again tomorrow? After all, we still have about three days before the academy registration."
"Sure, I don't mind." Shenyan replied briefly.
"Great! Then it is decided." Wang Lei replied with enthusiasm as he was very happy about today's harvest, and he cannot wait to test out their luck again tomorrow.