"It has the ability to block even a warlord from peeking inside of them, talk less about the aura from the sword, not only that, as the owner, even if it gets stolen, it will reappear in your grasp, but you see, all these wonderful pecks won`t be for free, it will cost you, and I doubt you will be able to afford it".
"How much is it?" lynx responded cutting the old man in the middle of his sentence
"It's five hundred gold coins"
Lynx going back to the other section proceeded to pick two random swords, the sword turned out to be two hundred and forty-five gold coins one having the attribute of frost while the other had the attribute of lightning.
Lynx then pulled out his pouch and counted exactly nine hundred and seventy-nine gold coins.
The old man then smiled, as much as I want to collect this money I won't you both seem talented, you don't seem like all those spoilt brats from noble households, the actual price for the bracelet is three hundred and fifty gold coins, so your bills sum up to eight hundred and twenty-nine gold coins.
Laston could only gasp in shock at the new development but then noticed the boy who had led them to this store, but he was seemingly spaced out in his own thoughts.
"Do you want that?" the young boy was startled as he wiped the tears that were slowly forming at the corner of his eyes.
"I do want it but I don't have money to buy it, my parent used to be beast tamers but they got killed by a cultivator who they had offended.
"They got killed?", tears could be seen forming at the corner of his eyes, "I couldn't even see their corpse but that's in the past", the boy responded forcing a smile.
Laston then asked, "If there were beast tamers, why then are you interested in this?"
He said as he pointed at a sculpted bird on one of the shelves, "Although they are beast tamers, they only tamed aerial beasts.
My father told me about this beast, though they possesses the likeness of a bird, in reality is a flukey; a rare magical beast that can alter their shape and size and they are crazy strong on air", At least that was what my dad told me.
Laston then brought down the statue and asked the old man who was in a heated argument with Lynx concerning how expensive his goods were. He then said "Although the statue produces a faint aura, that's all it got, so I have no need for that, but I bought it anyway so I will give it to you for five gold coins"
Lynx's eyebrows twitched visibly, "That's junk you're selling for 5 gold pieces. That's stealing!"
Laston then told Lynx, "Give the man his money, you would still have paid if he had duped us, but he decided to be sincere, Cut him some slack, I'm really hungry."
Lynx then grunted, "Why wouldn't you be hungry, you've been there for a full day"
"What?" Laston gasped in shock.
He then turned back to the young boy "What's your name?"
"Razor" he responded
"Have you eaten?"
The boy shook his head in disapproval.
Laston then turned to look at Lynx. Lynx said in a low voice" I was so focused on you, I forgot about him. Don't give me that look, you nearly gave me a heart attack".
Laston then proceeded to pay the bills and the young boy quickly collected the sculpture with a smile.
They then proceeded to go to the main store where the bracelet was retrieved. The old man then instructed laston that a drop of blood coupled with his spiritual energy would be enough.
Laston then pricked his finger and proceeded to drop it on the bracelet, after that the black colored bracelet turned from black to white.
As they left for the exit, lynx suddenly stopped and kowtowed to the old man, "Knowing how powerful that sword is I don't think it wouldn't be sorted after, I beg you to keep the recent development a secret, we never came here we never took the sword."
The old man then smiled, "For a brat, you're too smart, then I will give you five years and within those five years grow strong enough to protect yourself from the powerhouses that have their eyes on that sword.
Lynx then stood up and gave a slight bow to the old man, laston on seeing this action, proceeded to do the same followed by razor.
Just as they exited the store a group of boys around the age of laston showed up, but laston and lynx were unfazed because they knew who these boys were, though same thing can't be said about razor who was shivering in fear.
On seeing this Lynx could roughly understand the situation some-what
One of the boys then said to the group we are here for him. Laston then said in a calm voice "He's currently working for me".
Lynx then shouted "Now get out of my sight".
The boys then stared at Razor "We told you we were up to the task for our services, and you still went ahead to steal our customer, you will hear from us later".
At that moment, Razor spoke "If I didn't offer to go with them at that prize, you would have lost them. Why are you guys being so unreasonable?"
One of them brought out a dagger
"You dare to talk back at us! I bet you're feeling safe because they are with you"
Laston then shouted on top of his voice and his aura exploded from his body but at the same time, different shades of aura could be seen. When the boys saw this, they ran away.
Then Lynx's expression calmed "This will be harder than I thought. You don't do that at the slightest provocation, you will get us killed. Let's leave here before they call for backup.
Laston and Lynx proceeded to enter an inn, The receptionist came to them and Lynx not wanting to waste any time asked how much a room would cost.
"A thousand silver coins," said the receptionist. Lynx then tossed her two gold coins and asked that their meal be brought to their room.
The receptionist seeing the gold coins and Lynx's behavior gave her the impression that Lynx should be a rich young master from an influential background. She then handed the keys to the room over to them.
"How can they threaten him because he took an offer they rejected?" Laston said as soon as they entered the room.
Lynx then turned to Razor and asked "What would happen when we leave?"
"They would probably kill me for humiliating them or even report me to their boss, Sampson popularly known as Cregx".
They then proceeded to eat. Laston gave Razor a huge portion of the food and Razor cleared his plate almost immediately, showing how hungry he was. More food was ordered until everyone had eaten their fill before they resigned to their beds, and eventually the overpowering arms of sleep.