First Profit and Special Offer

Chapter 2: First Profit and Special Offer

Nalan Meng who didn't get a response after some time opened her eyes to see Li Yuguo who was walking in fast pace getting away from her. Feeling ignored for the first time, she was so enraged and shouted at him.

"Where you think you're going?!" 

"It's fine as long as I don't flirt with girl or go to the gambling den, right? And you know what, keep your damn money, you think I desperately need it? Zero chance, I don't need to beg you just for a pocket change."

"Li Yuguo! I'm not finished talking to you!"

"..." this time he didn't answer her and left the compound. What she just said just a moment ago really reminded him of an unpleasant memory.

Lingga went to the market because he knows some fat merchant with exceptional olfactory sense would smell the pepper powder that he brought. As he passed the bustling but gloomy market, he could see that the condition of this city is really dire. 

Some people were just like a skeleton encased with thin layer of skin. He remembered a small detail about the city current condition. There was a drought just before the story started, and it was hard time for everyone as there's not enough crop to feed the populace.

Seeing the bony ..., corpse-like beggar who lied down in the middle of the street was so heart-wrenching even for a mildly apathetic person like him.

'..., maybe I shouldn't have said that to her and explained properly what I am going to do with those money. Just like what the original Liu Mang did in the story.' Lingga contemplated on what he just did. 'Whatever, in the first place I never liked a tsundere. Cultivation world was filled with those proud swans of heaven or something ..., puih, I better purchase Jun Xue and groom her to my liking.'

He noticed a presence right behind him and hurriedly dodged the pudgy hand who tried to grab him into a hug from behind. Lingga turned to look at the fat merchant who was so stupid in the story that it feels like the author only added him for comedic relief.

"What in hell you were trying to do just now?"

"Hehehe ..., this is a misunderstanding young man." the fat merchant rubbed his hand and smirked, "I noticed the scent of the pepper powder from western region on you, so I want to check it out."

"But that's not good enough of a reason for you to roam around my robe. If I'm a girl or you're one of those rainbow flagbearers, then that would be a sexual harassment."

"Then young man, please accept my apologize. It was a bit inappropriate of me. I'm Shi Dacheng, and I'm a travelling merchant. Pleasure to meet you ..."

"... fine, I pardon you. I'm Li Yuguo. Is this thing what you want? Alright, state your price ... I'm open for negotiation."

"50, no 100 silvers ..., is it not enough? 150? What, still not enough? 200! I can't go more than that!" 

Shi Da Cheng comically raised the price despite Lingga didn't say anything and bought it for 200 silver coin. Shi Dacheng then invited him to his stall and give away one thing from his collection of goods. As because there's nothing that caught his interest, he took the Spirit Moon Flower.

"Mr. Lingga, please come to my stall if you have other stock of that good stuff of yours."

"I'll let you know if I have another thing to sell."

Lingga continue walking through the market stall while checking the Spirit Moon Flower in his system. He also deposited 100 silvers into it because he will use the other hundred to buy the desperate Thief King's loyalty.

"Just 80 silver coin! This sword is my family heirloom, and it can cut steel like it was a butter. If not because I'm desperate to buy medicine for my wife, then I won't sell this." 

'There he is ...'

Lingga spotted a disheveled middle-aged man who tried to sell a sword in the middle of the road. That was the man he's been looking for all this time. When some peasant tried to argue and demeaning the sword's worth, Lingga strode forward and shouted. 

"I'll buy it!"

"The kept man?"

"Na Lan's city son-in-law!"

"Brother, don't be hasty ..., there's no way that cheap sword worth that much. He's tricking you."

Lingga ignored the mobs' word, he just throws a coin pouch to Yun Fan. 

"There's 100 silver coins in that pouch, you'll need it."

"I, Yun Fan, will be forever grateful for this. Until the day I die, I will try to repay you one day."

"There's no need to make such a fuss, you don't have to kneel like that brother Yun Fan."

"Here's my family sword, please take good care of it ...., and thank you." 

"Well, consider our meeting as a fate. If you still need some help, come and find me in the city lord manor ... I shall not bother you any longer. I'll take my leave then, brother Yun Fan. I pray for your wife to get well soon."

"I will definitely repay this kindness, brother Yuguo."

"Don't mind about it and just be safe ..." Lingga waved his hand idly to Yun Fan.

He turned around and continue walking the street with a sharp expression. He saw something interesting notification from the Alimama.

[Special Offer!]

[Purchase it now or you will regret it later on, our special Newbie Pack only for 88 silver coin! It's a special price only for newbie!]

[Newbie Pack] [Open to get the following Items: Intertwined Fate (x10), Experience Book (x8), Skill Upgrade Material Box (x6), Weapon Upgrade Material Box (x6)]

'Hmmm ..., this, is this a new feature? But this Intertwined Fate, if it's something from that world ...'

Lingga unhesitatingly bought the Newbie Pack and opened it. 

[Intertwined Fate]: A fateful stone that connects dreams. Its glimmers can entwine fates and connect dreams, just as how its glimmer links stars into the shapes of a heart's desires. (Genshin Impact)

'Damn ..., it's really from that game.' He recalled Genshin Impact; it was an action rpg-gacha character collection game which he played as a way to pass the time. 

Getting 10 Intertwined Fate for 88 silver coin is a huge bargain. He knew that it will be long before he could access the Genshin Impact's world Store. So, getting these pack is already a great help for him. At least with this, he could get one loyal subordinate ..., well, that is, if he got blessed with the Gacha.

'I need to find a secluded place to use the Intertwined Fate.' 

In the game, the Traveler(player) can use the Intertwined Fate to summon characters or weapons. Most of the time, it would get weapon and only scarce few which grants playable character. The matter about the in-game gacha system isn't really important, but if the summoning can cause phenomenon. Then he better does it in some enclosed space as he didn't want to get unwanted attention when using the summoning item in this world.

Lingga went to the forest north of the Nalan City. On his way to find a secluded place for the summoning, he checked the other items from the Newbie Pack.

[Experience Book]: A book that contains the wisdom and knowledge of various experts. Reading this book will gain +5000 Exp. Points.

[Skill Upgrade Material Box]: A box that contains various materials needed to upgrade a skill. It can be opened to obtain a random skill upgrade material.

[Weapon Upgrade Material Box]: A box that contains various materials needed to upgrade a weapon. It can be opened to obtain a random weapon upgrade material.

Lingga used all eight Experience Book and his cultivation soared into 12 level. He breakthrough to the Martial Master - 5 instantly with just this book. 

'Nice, with this book I won't get trouble advancing my power. Though, seems like I can't afford it right now. As for these boxes, well, it's no use to me for now ...'

He decides to put the boxes collecting dust in his inventory as he had no use of them right now. After about three hours exploring the dense woods aimlessly, he found a cave in the rocky cliff. He entered the crevice after making sure there's no dangerous beast lurking inside, luckily it was a cultivation cave and there's an active but obsolete protection array in it.

"Seems like this will be perfect place ... so how can I use this?" he opened his inventory and took out all the Intertwined Fate.

He read the item description and found out how to activate the crystal. To use it, he just has to put down the Intertwined Fate and make a wish upon a star.

He bends down put all the blue-purple crystals in the cave floor. He then closed his eyes and make an earnest wish.

'O ye Barbatos, Morax, Beelzebul, Buer, Focalor, Sona Sitri, Rias Gremory, Paimon ..., bless me with your luck. I beg you, please grant me your power and help me repel the ice loli zombie.'

The crystal lit up with golden light and it shot out into the blue sky. Soon there was a meteor rain, all ten meteors descending toward his general direction. Because of the bright light, he covered his eyes, but he could see a golden glow and three purple glows from those meteors. 

'There's a meteor shower, bro, a meteor shower! Mada kono sekai wa~!' for somehow, he recalled a short video that was quite funny back on earth.

About the meteor. In the gacha of that game, a meteor with blue glow means it definitely a 3-star weapon, the one with purple glow is a 4-star weapon or character, and a golden glow means 5-star weapon or character. Lingga caught a glimpse of golden glow in those meteors, which mean he would definitely get a 5-star. His whole body was trembling in anticipation.

Lingga knew some vital character in this world which will be a huge help for him. Someone like Guan Yunfan, Jun Xue, Poison King, Xi Men, etc. However, he's still clueless on what's await him after chapter 60 or so because he didn't read the manhua further ahead. He knows only the first 50 chapters of the manhua. Basically ... he knows nothing about this world. If he could get a 5-star character from Genshin, and he/she agreed to be his subordinate. It would change the whole game.

The meteors impacted the cave and one by one these meteors materialized into its designated form. Six blue meteors turned into a weapon of various type, starting from one-handed sword, polearm, claymore, bow, and catalyst. On the other hands, the three purple meteors turned into a human form. Slowly morphed into three distinctive figures of women. 

The one in the left is a young girl, she has fair skin, and her hair is a teal gradient, from pale teal at the roots to a darker teal at the ends. She has messy bangs that frame the sides of her face, and her hair is cut short except for two locks of hair that mimic twin tails. Her eyes are a pale shade of blue and are partially golden, and her pupils are interestingly triangle shaped.

"Seems like that voice said the truth, this is a whole different dimension from Teyvat. The atmosphere, the ley lines ..., they are fundamentally different, how fascinating. Youngster, I assume you're the one brought me here. You may introduce yourself."

Lingga remembered her from Sumeru patch 3.3, she was released along with the 5-star Wanderer. Faruzan, the 100 or something years old lecturer from Haravatat Darshan Akademiya. 

"Madam Faruzan of the Haravatat Darshan, pleasure to meet you."

The one who spoke is a tall woman. She has fair skin, red eyes, and straight, knee-length, white-beige hair that fades into an ashy color at the ends. She wore a glove with a metal ornamented claw on her fingers aside from the middle one. She is Ningguang, the Tianquan of the Liyue Qixin.

"And the deputy leader of Arataki Gang, Kuki Shinobu. I've heard a lot about you from Yelan." Ningguang greeted the green-haired ninja girl.

Kuki Shinobu has light green hair, pale skin, and narrow reddish-violet eyes. Her hair styled in a ponytail tied with purple rope. She has oni-mouth mask that cover lower half of her face. She wore a sport bra with laminar armor attached to it, a purple jacket and a shortpant. She also has reddish-purple tattoo-like markings on her skin at the sides of her waist.

"You are, the Tianquan of Liyue Qixing." Kuki Shinobu stared at the tall woman beside her, she also glanced at the teal-haired girl for a second before turning to the young man in yellow hanfu robe in front of her. She didn't say anything, just silently observing him.

Lingga looked at the meteor with the golden glow ..., pity, it turns out to be a 5-star polearm weapon. But he widened his eyes because the 5-star weapon that popped out is one of the best weapons in the game. 

'I was a bit disappointed because I didn't get a 5-star character, but I got a Staff of Homa!!' 

With that being said, it's a good weapon for him who had no weapon. He pulled out all seven floating weapons into his inventory and then returned his attention to the three summoned characters.

"I'm sorry for dragging you into this place ..., I'm Li Yuguo. Thank you for coming here and it is my pleasure to meet you, Madam Faruzan, Ms. Ningguang, and Ms. Kuki Shinobu."