Competition (Part 5/15 - Mystery)

"Hello, Welcome to the adventurers guild. May I know your names"

"My name is Feng Zhen, and this is YinYing, and this is Xi Shoukang and Xi Yingyu"

"Welcome Mister Feng, How may we be of assistance" the receptionist asked.

"I want to sell some few beast cores" said Feng Zhen

"How many beast cores, do you want to sell?" the receptionist asked.

"Three hundred level two, one hundred level three, fifty level four, and ten level five, beast cores" said Feng Zhen.

When the receptionist heard the amount of beast cores Feng Zhen wants to sell, her mouth subconsciously opened wide in surprise.

'Why is she surprised, I just want to sell a few beast cores, or was the amount too much. I hope she doesn't ask where I got the beast cores from' thought Feng Zhen.

After a while, the receptionist came back to her senses, then she said, "Mister, this way please" as she gestured Feng Zhen to walk upstairs.

"Wait, Can I bring these two kids and my kitten with me" said Feng Zhen.

"And how old are they?" the receptionist asked.

"Xi Yingyu is 9 years old and Xi Shoukang is 13 years old" said Feng Zhen.

Both Xi Yingyu and Xi Shoukang were shocked, because they couldn't remember ever telling Feng Zhen their age.

"Apologies, Only those at the age of fifteen and above are allowed inside the upper floors" said the receptionist.

"If you want me to discuss business up there, I can't leave my siblings here" said Feng Zhen.

After hearing what Feng Zhen said, the receptionist kept quiet for a while, before she responded.

"Alright, today would be an exception" said the receptionist as she walked up the stairs.

Hearing that the receptionist agreed to his terms, Feng Zhen smiled. Then he walked up the stairs with two kids and the kitten on his shoulder.

Reaching the third floor, Feng Zhen heard some negotiation going.

"I said I won't sell the Energy stone for the sum of Four thousand and fifty gold coins"

"But Mister Fanran, A single Energy stone is worth 100 gold coin, and you brought 50 Energy stones, After getting the total amount, the price was Five thousand gold coins. Since we are buying the energy stone from you, do you expect us to buy it five thousand gold coins"

"I know, that is why I told you to give me four thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine gold coins"

"Mister Fanran, what is the difference between four thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine gold coins, and Five thousand gold coins"

"One gold coin"

"And you expect me to sell 50 energy stone just to get the profit of one gold coin"

"..."

"..."

While listening to their negotiation, Feng Zhen felt like going into the room and beating the hell out of the Mister called Fanran.

"Tch! That Mister Fanran is too stingy" muttered Feng Zhen.

"Hahaha..." The receptionist laughed lightly before she said, "That's mister fanran for you, also note that, they are doing business. Ever since I started working here, Mister fanran has been a regular customer that sells energy stones to the adventurers guild"

While Feng Zhen and the receptionist were in their discussions, Xi Shoukang and Xi Yingyu were lost in thought, as they continued listening to the business discussions and the amount of money that were being spoken.

'I wish I was rich, my sister and I won't ever suffer. All I need is money, so I can take care of my sister, but I don't know how to get it' thought Xi Shoukang.

'I wish I had such money, So that Big brother won't put himself into trouble just to feed me' thought Xi Yingyu.

Unexpectedly, Feng Zhen turned and looked at the faces of the duo, and said, "Wishing such a thing is good. But what if you get what you needed. Know this, sometimes, you will get what you want, just to show you it's not all that you needed'

"Huh! Big brother Feng, I don't understand" said Xi Shoukang with a puzzled expression.

"You will understand when you are older" said Feng Zhen while looking at Xi Shoukang.

When the receptionist heard what Feng Zhen said, she looked at him in marvel.

Being stared at, made Feng Zhen uncomfortable. So he intentionally coughed, "Ehmm! Ehmm!!"

'System, What was that Energy stone, the receptionist was talking about'

[ Ding! Responding to the host, the Energy stone are of different types, there is an Energy stone that is formed from, as a condensed energy and there is also an Energy stone that is formed as a result of a stone absorbing Energy. It can be used for creating Geographical Formation, Runes, even some Alchemy and Blacksmithing, requires energy stone...]

'Geographical Formation, Runes, even some Alchemy and Blacksmithing, requires energy stone. Fascinating'

[ Ding! Assisting the host, there are other uses of Energy stone, More information could be gotten when the host levels up the system…]

'I see. System, what level of cultivation would I reach to be able to level up the system'

[ Ding! Responding to the host, when the host reaches Emperor Transformation stage.]

'Okay'

*Knock*

*Knock*

"Yes, who is there'

"Manager, it is Qingyan" said the receptionist

"Come in"

As soon as Qingyan opened the door, and they walked in, Feng Zhen saw a wrinkled face old man with long beard, dressed in white robe sitting down on a wooden chair.

"And who might they be" the old man asked.

"Manager, this is Feng Zhen and these are his siblings, Xi Shoukang and Xi Yingyu" said Qingyan

"Qingyan, don't you know the rules, those below the age of fifteen are not allowed in the second and third floor" said the old man.

"Manager, I know. But he has something to sell, so I had to bring him to you" said Qingyan.

"And so" said the old man.

"He gave his demands, before he would meet with you" said Qingyan.

"And his demands is to bring the kids to the third floor to meet me"

"Yes, manager" said Qingyan.

"What you did is an insult to the rules, Insolent" said the old man, as the aura of a king stage cultivation burst out.

"Am sorry manager" said Qingyan, as she bowed her heads in fear.

Seeing the intimidation of the old man to Qingyan, Feng Zhen shook his head helplessly. (Note: The old man is the manager)

But when he saw the paled faces of Xi Shoukang and Xi Yingyu, he frowned.

Suddenly, his eyes turned pitch black, then he muttered "~ Darkness existed not because of the Universe existence: Mystery ~"

Suddenly, the entire room became very dark, except the circumference of 50 m around Feng Zhen.

The moment the entire room became very dark, the old started looking around only to discover that entire room was completely dark, Suddenly he noticed that the pupils of Feng Zhen has turned from golden to pitch black. He immediately stood up from his chair and took out a sword from his spatial ring and unsheathed the sword.

"Who are you" asked the old man as he withdrew his aura.

It wasn't just the old man that was shocked, even Xi Shoukang, Xi Yingyu and Qingyan were shocked.

Looking around the room, the old man became confuse, because he could see light, but he couldn't see where the light was coming from (light source), also he couldn't tell how the entire room suddenly became dark.