The Young Girl

Mark walked towards the crowd, and saw a small girl around 8 years old, fallen on the ground with a thin bearded guy standing next to her. Both were very scrawny but the young girl looked weak as if she would break with just a simple touch.

"I… I am really sorry uncle. It is just that my younger brother and I don't have anything to eat. Please just do this once. I am willing to do anything. Even using my body, if it is small right now, you can ask for it." The young girl said with a sad and resolute face.

"Hmh. Who would want…"

Hearing what the girl had said, Mark's heart ached. He had never imagined that a small kid had to speak such words. Though he had seen beggars in his past life, it was never this bad. He could not help himself but speak up and interrupt the bearded man. Although he was angry, it was not on anyone but the situation of the kid.

"Excuse me, sir, could you tell me where I might find a clothing shop?" Mark asked in a polite manner with a forced smile on his face. The man looked like someone with a high status due to him being much more healthy than most of the villagers and due to his haughty attitude.

"Huh? Who are you? I have never seen you in any of the nearby villages." The bearded man asked with a frown on his face. It was clear that he didn't appreciate being interrupted.

"My name is Mark and when I woke up, I was naked and didn't remember anything else." He had planned on what to say as he did not want to reveal what he truly was until he knew more about the world. His story was that he woke up naked in the middle of the barren land with amnesia.

"So you are just like this brat, not having anything with you but still want something from others? Whatever, it's not my problem anyway. There is a clothing shop 5 shops away."

Mark nodded and started walking to the opposite side to where he was pointed at by the bearded man. This made the man's frown to deepen but nothing came out of his mouth. Actually, Mark was going that way just to catch up with the young girl who had left in a hurry after he had stepped forward.

"Hey, you. Wait a second." Mark said in a slightly loud voice when he had almost caught up with the girl. He was purposely not revealing his strength.

"Ye..yes?" The girl turned her head towards Mark after looking around to confirm whether he was asking her. She looked at him with a bashful expression with dust all over her body. It was clear that she had not taken a bath or changed her clothes any time lately.

"What is your name?"

"Su…Susan" The young girl answered, but was clearly a little scared as no one had ever approached her.

"Ok. Susan, could you help me find the clothes shop and in return I might be able to help you?" Mark said with a chuckle as he found this girl quite cute.

"I…I have an ill younger brother waiting for me at home."

"It won't take a long time. I might even be able to help your brother." Mark continued to persuade and kept a slight smile on his face so that Susan could feel more comfortable around him.

Susan did not say anything after this and started walking in the opposite direction to where she was walking previously after a slight nod. With Susan's help, Mark reached the shop within a few minutes.

"Oh, a new face? Welcome customer, you can choose whatever you want. Although I don't have very good products, there are still some that I bought from a middle-sized village. Though they might be quite costly." The shopkeeper of the clothes shop said with a hint of greed on his face.

"I will give you 3 of these petals and I wish to purchase 1 set of clothes for myself, this young lady and her younger brother." Mark showed a petal in his hand and then looked at Susan. The petal had blue tips that slowly became purple and then white towards the bottom of the petal.

"Mmh? Susan?" The shopkeeper looked at Susan with a confused expression and then quickly shifted his attention to the petals. Due to the low population, everyone knew each other and in this and the nearby villages.

"Sir, I don't think that a petal will be sufficient for 1 set of clothes." The shopkeeper said with a slight frown.

"You will realize after eating this." Mark said with a smirk on his face.

He had made this petal with a very small amount of QI. Although when he makes a petal or fruit, it reduces his cultivation, it is almost negligible as he can recover it within a few days.

The shopkeeper ate one and his face showed an extremely relaxed expression. He could feel his body becoming slightly healthier and his skin became smoother. This was because although the petal had a very small amount of QI within itself, for someone who did not have any QI, it was more than sufficient.

Mark spoke with a wider smirk after 5 minutes of the consumption of his petal. "After consuming 1 petal, you won't need to eat anything for 3 days. Is this not enough for a set of clothes? I am really sorry for disturbing you. Bye." Although it looked like Mark spoke sincerely, the sarcasm in his sentences was evident.

"No no. This is fine. I will provide you with the finest clothes I have. Susan, tell me your brother's size. The shopkeeper quickly woke up from the trance that he had entered after eating the petal and accepted all the terms.

Mark started looking through the options he was presented and urged Susan to pick one set of clothes for herself and one for her brother. Susan chose the cheapest and the least good-looking one for herself. When she was going to pick for her brother, Mark took what Susan had chosen and gave it back to the shopkeeper.

"Only show the top 5 clothes according to quality for Susan and his brother," Mark said in a commanding tone, changing the shopkeeper's expression slightly.

After Susan chose a set each for herself and her brother, Mark gave 2 more petals and left the shop with Susan. Later, when Susan thanked him and started leaving for her house, Mark insisted on coming with her to which she agreed to after some persuasion.