Lioz marched to the woman's whereabouts. He heard she ran a general store where she sold merchandise that allowed mortals to cultivate to the first stage, granting them strength and superior health.
He soon found it; a small store with a few shelves carrying small round pills resting in open boxes, emanating different aromas ranging from spicy to sweet. On other walls, he found small cards of papers he identified as talismans and a few scrolls. Behind a counter at the back of the store, an attractive woman in her forties talked to a couple of customers.
The young boy did not want to interrupt their conversation, nor did he want them to know he had a precious ring; hence, he simply busied himself by looking at the different products in the store until they left.
