11 Chapter 11: 'Merchant House' of Night Moon City

The sky is clear

It takes 8 hours from Iron Fishing Village to Night Moon city

Yi Xiang is currently sitting and leaning on the ship deck

Then Uncle Sih comes towards Yi Xiang

He sits beside and Yi Xiang and he says: " Yi Xiang, I have not paid anything to you since you saved my life"

Uncle Sih then pulled out a silver coloured medallion badge

The badge has a ship and bags of commodity logo engraved within it

He then continued:

"This is a trade medallion badge, this shows that you are a respected merchant, as for the rank, it is middle-ranked, below gold, and above bronze rank. Show this to any guild in this continent and you can post a request and the guild will finish the quest for you. In addition, you can go into any auction in every sects, and you should get some privileges in any 'Merchant House' on this continent. I hope this will be useful for you Yi Xiang"

Merchant House is a market for Guilds to sell their loots, and customer can also request certain material from this place. They also often open a various auction when they have something amazing

Yi Xiang accepts the gift from Uncle Sih and said: "Thanks Uncle Sih, this should definitely be very useful to me, I should be able to get rare material easier with this. Big Thanks Uncle Sih!"

Both of them then continued their conversation

Uncle Eh and Uncle Bih also join the conversation until they reach their destination

Night Moon city

The city is very big

It is one of the biggest city in the South Sea region

It is a city with Ancient Chinese architecture

Many people have their shops open on the open road

The port is very busy as this city trades with so many villages that located in various islands like Iron Fishing Village for example

"Woah, It is full of people" Yi Xiang said with amazement

"Save it for later, now you should follow Uncle Eh and Uncle Bih to sell your Giant Pearls" Uncle Sih said

Yi Xiang nods because he knows that Uncle Sih is busy managing the trade at the Night Moon port

He then said goodbye and thanks to Uncle Sih

Yi Xiang together with Uncle Eh and Uncle Bih go into a big 5-storey tall property

At the entrance of the estate, there is big banner that shows

'Night Moon Merchant House'

(You can imagine its size is like a 5-storey supermarket)

Three of them go inside the Merchant House

After entering the Merchant House there is a female waiter that greets them

Uncle Eh then shows a trade medallion from his pocket, but this medallion is not Silver coloured like what Yi Xiang recently got, but it is Black coloured!

The waiter said after she saw the Black Trade Medallion: "Honorable customers, Kuro-sama is waiting at the fourth floor"

Uncle Eh nods and three of them go straight into the stairs and ascend into the fourth floor

When they reach the fourth floor, there is a deep voice welcoming them

"Eh, you are here"

The man looks like in his fifties, his race is Japanese

He wears purple kimono and on his waist, there is a katana hilt tied into his kimono belt

Uncle Eh replied: "Lets make it quick Kuro, this time you should prepare more golds for us, we bring 5 Giant Pearls for you!"

Kuro looks calm and not surprised

He smiles and said: "If its you guys, I know sooner or later you can get me more of Giant Pearls'

Kuro then summons something into the table in front of him using his spatial ring

It is 5 big bags filled with gold nuggets and 5 big gold ingots

Gold ingots here equals to 1000 gold nuggets

1 gold nugget equals to 1000 silver nuggets

Silver nugget is the lowest currency

And when people mention the payment using 'gold' like what the three Uncles paid to Yi Xiong, it is 50 gold nuggets

Gold Ingot is often used in big auction and well kept in treasury

(You can imagine how rich is Yi Xiang now, 1 set of lunch either it is Chicken rice / Prawn Sandwich costs only 5 silver)

Uncle Eh then summons his 3 Giant Pearls and Yi Xiang summon 2 of his Giant Pearls into the table

"I will take 3 Big Gold Ingots as my payment, how about you Yi Xiang?" Uncle Eh said while look at Yi Xiang

Yi Xiang replied: "I will take the payment in form of gold nuggets"

Kuro then keep 2 Gold Ingots and 3 bags of Gold Nugget back into his spatial ring

On the table now there is 3 Gold Ingots, 2 bags of Gold nuggets, and 5 Giant Pearls

Uncle Eh takes his Gold Ingots, and Yi Xiang takes his 2 bags of Gold Nuggets

Kuro then keep the 5 Giant Pearl into his spatial ring

Kuro looks at Yi Xiang and asks Uncle Eh: "Eh, who is that young boy? Is he trustworthy?"

Uncle Eh replied to Kuro: "Rest assured, he is our benefactor, not only he is trustworthy, but he is also a very talented hunter, he might be able to get you rare materials that you need in the future"

Kuro replied: "If what you said was true, then I shall see it myself. Kid, if you ever need something, come to this Merchant House and tell them that you want to meet me, I will help you whenever you need. After all, since you are selling us your Giant Pearl means that you are our esteemed customer too. But remember, my help is not cheap"

Yi Xiang cupped his hand and said: "Thank you Kuro-sama, when I need your help, I will definitely come here"

"We need to go to Night Moon Academy now, we should leave now, we will see you again Kuro" Uncle Bih said

Three of them then leave the Merchant house and heads into Night Moon city academy

On their short journey into Night Moon City Academy

Yi Xiang asks: "Uncle, why Giant Pearl is so expensive and why are we on the fourth floor, that floor looks only for special customers"

"People all over the continent do not know where to find Giant Pearls, only Merchant House in Night Moon city can supply the world with the Giant Pearls. As for the reason we are very special customers, we had a deal that our hunt about Man-sized clam pearl is a secret hunt, The Merchant House of Night Moon city wants to monopolize the supply of Big Giant Pearls in this world, so they can raise the price as they like" Uncle Eh replied

Uncle Bih then continued: "Fourth floor of Merchant House is for a secret transaction like a black market. As for the third floor is for Gold rank merchant, Second floor for a Silver rank merchant, and the first floor is for a Bronze rank merchant. The trade medallion that Uncle Sih gave you is silver trade medallion, you can buy and sell items on the second floor directly"

Three of them suddenly stop their steps

And they look ahead of the view in front of them

There is a big banner at top of the giant gate that shows

'Night Moon Academy'