He followed him to sell the beast crystals that he has. Polter mentioned that he knew someone who will be interested to purchase to buy all the beast crystals from him.
Beast crystals were very useful not just for cultivation, but also when creating talismans. However, the person that Polter brought him to worked in the city's apothecary guild.
Both entered the guild building and approached the woman in the reception area of the guild.
"Hi, Miss Susan. You look prettier today since the last time I saw you." Polter greeted the woman who smiled at him. She looked like someone in her late twenties and he can feel that she has higher cultivation than them.
"Welcome back, you fat little boy." She said smiling. "Who are you looking for this time?"
Polter has visited the apothecary guild several times. There were times when he collected the pills ordered by the sect or sold some herbs and other resources needed in concocting pills.
"I'm looking for Senior Luo." He answered. "I heard that he needs beast crystals for his pills."
"You are right." She said. "He is indeed in need of beast crystals. Does the Cloud Mountain Sect have some?"
"Well, the sect is not selling any beast crystal at this time." He replied. "But my friend here has several of them."
That was the only time woman noticed Migo who was silently standing behind Polter.
"Oh." She looked at him closely. "You look so young, little boy. How old are you?"
"I'm thirteen." He answered politely.
"Is it true that you are selling beast crystals?" She confirmed.
"Yes, I do."
"That is nice." Miss Susan smiled at him. "Just give me a few minutes. Let me look for Senior Luo."
The woman left the area to look for the apothecary.
"I have been here before. The sect usually asked Senior Luo to concoct pills for the inner disciples. I am tasked to collect them every time." Polter explained. "Senior Luo will surely give you a good price for the beast crystals."
"I really appreciate the help." He said appreciatively. He was glad that he met Polter and it became easier to sell the beast crystals.
"No worries." He said. "I'm glad I am able to help."
After a while Miss Susan came back and an old man in the yellow robe was following him. He can sense that he was many times stronger than the woman. He smiled at the two of them.
"You are back." Senior Luo said to Polter. "Is this the young man who is selling the beast crystals?
He looked at Migo. "Peak of the high-level mortal body layer at a young age, not bad."
"Thank you, senior." He said respectfully.
"How many beast crystals do you?" Senior Luo asked.
"I might have at least a hundred of them." He politely said and passed a small sack where the beast crystals were. The beast crystals were not that big. They were the size of a baby's thumb.
Senior Luo accepted the small sack and carefully pour the content on the counter. He was thrilled to see beast crystals from different low-level beasts like the Coiling Green Snake, Hiding Flower Raccoon, Red Eyed Rabbits, Little Wood Tigers, etc.
He didn't hide his excitement as he counted them. There was a total of a hundred and twenty-four beast crystals on the counter.
"These are a hundred and twenty-four beast crystals." He said. "The market price for each of this beast crystal is ten gold coins. I should be giving you one thousand two hundred four gold coins for these. Unfortunately, I don't have gold coins right now. But I have low-level energy stones that you can exchange for gold coins if you want to. One low-level energy stone is equivalent to a hundred gold coins."
"Thank you, Senior." Migo courteously replied. "I am fine if you will pay using low-level energy stones."
He was excited as he didn't expect to receive low-level energy stones. According to Gādian, he does not need to use low-level energy stones for now. But he will be needing them once he was successful in creating the embryo of his martial spirit. The pure spirit energy of heaven and earth with the stone will help him accelerate the awakening of his martial spirit.
"Here you go." Senior Luo handed him a total of fifteen low-level energy stones. "I added a couple to thank you for bringing me this many."
"Thank you, Senior." He thanked him and bowed to show his respect and appreciation.
"Alright, I need to go back to what I was doing." Senior Luo said and left.
"You hit a jackpot." Miss Susan said.
"I appreciate the help, Miss Susan." He thanked her.
"No worries." She replied. "It is my job to assist you in doing business with the apothecary guild. Should you have more, don't hesitate to come back."
After thanking her one more time, Migo and Polter left the apothecary guild.
"Wow, that awesome." Polter said. "You were able to earn fifteen low-level energy stones."
"It would not be possible without your help." He replied. "Kindly accept these stones as a sign of my gratitude."
He grabbed one of his hands and placed five low-level energy stones.
Polter was surprised and ecstatic. It was just a random act of kindness and did not expect anything in return. He was at the Arayat Mountain to complete a task of collecting herbs that will give him at least two low-level energy stones.
But by just helping a stranger sell his beast crystals, he earned five low-level energy stones easily.
"I don't know what to say." He started. "I never intended to ask you anything in return. But seeing the low-level energy stones in my hand, I can't say no to them."
Migo smiled at him. "Accept it. Without your help, it will be harder for me to sell them anyway."
"Thank you, brother. With these, I can already try to break through to the Spirit Layer." He thanked earnestly. He considered Migo as his brother now.
"I wish you good luck." He said. The sky was starting to get dark. "It has been a long day for both of us. I will find an inn to stay in the city for a few days. You also need to go back to your sect and report that you have completed your mission. I wish you good luck"
"Again, thank you bother. I will look for you after I breakthrough and treat you for a meal." He said. "If ever you need help, you can look for me in the Cloud Mountain Sect."
After they parted ways, Polter went back to his sect. Migo was able to easily find an inn. He was startled by the price of the room. It was a gold coin a night.
Good thing he still has some gold coins he earned from selling beast crystals before he arrived in Angel City.
After reaching the Celestial Body Layer, his next goal was to break through to the Spirit Layer just like Polter. However, he does not have a martial spirit. He will still need to create one.
He has not heard anything from Gādian, so he decided to stay for a couple of days in the city and relax before continuing his travel.
The next couple of days, Migo looked around the city to find anything that he will need in his travel. He visited several night markets and other establishments. But most of the time, he stayed in his room and sleep on the bed.
He has been sleeping in the wilderness for months that his back longed for the softness of the bed. He remembered what Gādian has said to him before.
"Sleeping is another way of relaxing your mind which will boost and enhance your mental state. This is very important especially before you reach the martial realm."
Unless he needed to eat, he stayed in his room.
On his fifth day in the city, he decided to continue his travel. When he went out of his room, he decided to look for a restaurant first before leaving the city.
It was still early morning but there were already many people on the street. He found a restaurant just a couple of blocks away from the inn and ordered some food.
There were also some people in the restaurant enjoying their food. Suddenly, a group of young cultivators wearing the same robes entered the place. There were five of them.
They occupied the table in a corner. He senses that they were martial realm cultivators when they passed him. They looked at him briefly and ignored him when they realized he was just at the mortal body layer.
Migo noticed that there was an image of a mountain embroidered on their collar. The peak was covered by a white cloud.
He remembered the Cloud Mountain Sect, where Polter belongs to.
"That trash has received a hundred lashings from the disciplinary elder." He heard one of them said. He did not look at them to avoid offending the group. However, his hearing was better than other cultivators.
"Did not expect that he stole energy stones from Brother Uragiri." Another one added. "Two low-level energy stones were not for him. He stole five more."
"He was lucky that Brother Uragiri showed him mercy and only requested for him to be lashed instead of being crippled." Someone said.
"Come on, let stop talking about that disciple." Another person said. "There is a reason he is just an outer sect disciple."
"You are right, Brother Uragiri." Someone agreed.
He had a bad premonition when he heard their conversation. He remembered Polter saying that he was an outer sect disciple and will receive at least two low-level energy stones for completing his mission of collecting herbs.
He also remembered how excited he was when he gave five low-level energy stones.
Migo couldn't control himself and glared at the group. The group noticed this and called him out.
"What are you looking for? Huh?" Said the hatchet-faced man.
He came back to his senses when he heard that, but the group has already noticed him.
"My apologies for my action." He quickly came up with an excuse. Although he has a Celestial Body, he was still weak to face someone at the martial realm. "When I heard that someone stole low-level energy stones from an inner sect disciple, I just can't help feeling mad about it.
I know that energy stones are very important cultivation resources, but stealing someone else's property is disgusting. We work hard for the resources we need. For disciples who still other people's resources, I hope lightning will rain down to them and die."
The man with a moon-round face, sitting beside the hatchet-faced man furrowed his brow. Migo looked at him intently when he realized that he was the Brother Uragiri they were talking about.
The other men in the group smile and chucked.
"You are right." Answered the other guy sitting across the hatchet-faced man. "When I heard it too, I can't control myself from getting mad."
"I hope everyone can be as righteous as you." Migo replied.
All of them smiled and felt proud of themselves. Uragiri looked at him keenly as if trying to dissect him. But after a few seconds, he smiled at him.
"What's your name?" He asked.
"I'm Migo." He answered.
"Which sect or group do you belong to?" He asked. "I can sense that you are an unaffiliated cultivator. Although your cultivation is low, I am willing to invite you to join our sect and be one of my servants."
The other four looked at Uragiri and wondered why he decided to invite the young man.
"I appreciate that you have noticed me, Brother Uragiri. But I have no plans of staying in Angel City, so I can only respectfully decline." He said.
"What a pity then." He said and then ignored him.
The rest of the group looked at each other and decided to ignore him too.
Migo finished his meal quickly and left the restaurant. He was sure that something bad happened to Polter and he needed to do something about it.
He felt that he was partly to blame by giving him that many low-level energy stones, so someone targeted him.
He didn't notice that Uragiri gave him another look when he left.