Chapter 268: A pleasant surprise
Trunks drank all night, holding his face and crying loudly nonstop with bloodshot eyes. Han Shuo wanted to console him, but nothing he did worked. Trunks seed to forget everything else as he wallowed in his inextricable agony.
That night, Han Shuo took out three of the remaining five Rebirth Pills and handed them to Odysseus, Gordon, and Aphrodite to reform their bodies. The other two pills were for Trunks and Emily.
At noon the next day, Han Shuo left the Soul Destroyer rcenary band and traveled to the Valley of Sunshine by himself.
The rchants inside the Valley of Sunshine weren’t affected after last night’s battle outside. They woke up early, busy as usual and simply not knowing about the happenings of last night.
When Han Shuo reached the fence, the soldiers from the Cairo rcenary band imdiately recognized him and respectfully welcod him. Looking around carefully, Han Shuo discovered that there wasn’t much change to the rchants in the Valley of Sunshine. However the number of Cairo rcenary band soldiers was much higher than usual. They frequency at which they appeared on the street was very high.
Everyone from the Cairo rcenary band nodded respectfully towards Han Shuo along the way upon seeing him. Evidently, they all knew of the aid he had given them last night.
Han Shuo bought a great deal of precious herbs from the old orc’s family shop last ti in the Valley of Sunshine. This ti, he made straight for the orc’s shop.
The shop owner imdiately recognized Han Shuo upon his appearance. He’d been lying down sluggishly inside when he stood up abruptly and enthusiastically welcod Han Shuo, chattering away, “Long ti no see, haha! Do you see anything good this ti?”
Sweeping a few glances around, a hint of delighted surprise flashed across Han Shuo’s eyes. He hastily picked a dozen herbs and placed them in front of the orc, laughing heartily, “I want all of these. You can calculate the price.”
In addition to the Dragonfly Fruit, Extre Frost Grass, and Goldmarrow Grass that Han Shuo had seen last ti, he also discovered the Ninejade Flower during this visit. This was truly a delight beyond imagination. Han Shuo had affird his belief that this shop could always give him a pleasant surprise.
The Ninejade Flower had nine petals that were as shiny and translucent as jade, emitting a fragrance that perated the heart and soul. The Ninejade Flower could be used with several magic herbs to refine the Yuan Repair Pill, in which the Ninejade Flower was the main ingredient. This herb was normally very difficult to find.
“You decide the price!” Having experienced Han Shuo’s generosity last ti, the old orc seed to have realized sothing and casually said with a smile.
Han Shuo’s joy could easily be imagined after collecting so many precious herbs. He imdiately took out two heavy bags of gold coins from the space ring and plopped them in front of the old orc. He asked smilingly, “A thousand gold coins. Would that suffice?”
“Haha, such a generous young man, many thanks!” The old orc quickly grabbed the two bags of gold coins and laughed loudly in a great mood. His mouth was open so widely that it seed like he wanted to eat a person.
“You again!” An exclamation suddenly rang out from the door. Cecilia, one of the three Dark Mantle heavyweights, approached leisurely. She called out imdiately when her vivid eyes caught sight of Han Shuo. She wore a blackish purple dress today, with soft long hair casually let loose down to the shoulders. Two small, middle-aged n followed behind, their eyes gazing around full of vigilance.
Seeing Cecilia as soon as he turned around, Han Shuo was a little surprised. He nodded indifferently at her, his hands starting to collect the herbs on the table as he intended to leave the shop.
“Hey pretty lady, you’ve co again! What would you like to buy this ti?” Cecilia seed to be a regular here. The old orc also welcod her with warm hospitality and a big smile.
“He already bought whatever I wanted. Damn it, he was one step ahead again!” Cecilia frowned at Han Shuo and lightly shouted sowhat in anguish.
“This...” The old orc didn’t know what to say. He wrung his hands, expressing that he was out of ideas.
Han Shuo was about to leave the shop when he suddenly rembered sothing. He stopped at the door, turned to look at Cecilia, and said, “If you tell where Emily is, I’ll give you an herb from my purchase just now.”
The disappointed Cecilia imdiately rejoiced at his words. She looked at Han Shuo and asked, “Is that so? You’ll let choose from the herbs you just bought?!”
Nodding his head, Han Shuo took out the herbs that he’d just bought with a thousand gold coins. He laid them out and pointed at them saying, “I’ll let you choose one!”
“I want this one!” Cecilia pointed at the Ninejade Flower and said softly.
The corner of his mouth spasd slightly. Han Shuo considered for a mont, then suddenly said coldly, “This one won’t do, transaction canceled!”
The Dark Mantle higher-ups should know of Emily’s whereabouts. If Han Shuo couldn’t get the answer from Cecilia, he could still ask Candide for help. Moreover, he needed this information just because he wanted to give Emily the Rebirth Pill and help her remake her body. This wasn’t a critical matter, so Han Shuo wasn’t in a rush at the mont.
The Ninejade Flower, however, could only be t by chance and not found, so it was a very important to Han Shuo. He could refine a cauldron of Yuan Repair Pills using this flower as the main ingredient. Han Shuo imdiately went back on his word when forced to choose between the two options.
Cecilia had been reaching out for the Ninejade Flower when halted upon Han Shuo saying “transaction canceled”. She was dumbfounded for a while, then frowned as she looked at him, “You renege on your word!”
“I didn’t promise you anything. It doesn’t count as going back on my word. I can let you take two others except for this flower if you’re still willing to tell !” Han Shuo first placed the Ninejade Flower into the space ring and then shrugged his shoulders, speaking to Cecilia as if nothing happened.
Sparks flew out from Cecilia’s eyes as she looked at Han Shuo. She remained frozen for quite a while before nodding bitterly, saying, “Stingy brat!”
She took two blades of Extre Frost Grass, then glared at Han Shuo and answered, “After Emily completed her mission with , she should have return to the Empire’s Ossen City. To think that the person that Emily greatly respects is actually this petty. I really don’t understand why she values you so much!”
“This has nothing to do with you!” Han Shuo chuckled. He felt quite secure after knowing about Emily’s location and that he was going to return to Ossen City soon. Emily would take the initiative to find him once she knew. He could then use the Rebirth Pill to help her.
“You there! Don’t move, or don’t bla us for being rude!” Suddenly, ten rcenaries from the Cairo band surrounded the old orc’s shop, pointing their crossbows at the three in Cecilia’s group.
“What is this? Is this how the Cairo rcenary band treats us rchants?” Cecilia asked, her expression angry as she coldly looked at the leader.
“We always treat rchants nicely, but you people didn’t enter normally. Otherwise we would have your records. Co with us!” At this point, a rcenary stared unceremoniously at Cecilia and said coldly.
It seed Cecilia’s group of three hadn’t co in through the fence, but had used another way instead. The Cairo rcenary band might not have found out if this had been normal tis. However, after the fiasco last night, the Cairo rcenaries were on high alert. They were all extrely cautious, so no wonder they had discovered the abnormal happenings.
“Mister Bryan, please be careful with these people!” The leading rcenary’s attitude towards Han Shuo compared to his attitude towards Cecilia, was as different as the heavens and earth. His tone was sincere, his manner respectful, and even a touch ingratiating.
“Mister Bryan, when our chief knew you’d arrived at the Valley of Sunshine, he imdiately wanted to et you. If you wait for just a mont, the chief himself will co to see you regarding last night’s agreent after he handles the matters within the valley. We will fulfill the promised amount of gold, so please wait just a bit!” Another rcenary bowed respectfully to Han Shuo and said in a humble tone.
What is this? Cecilia looked at Han Shuo suspiciously. She secretly thought, Han Shuo is only a Dark Mantle envoy, while the other person is the violent lunatic Laureton. Why is he treating Han Shuo so kindly? This is truly confusing! Laureton is notoriously arrogant and hard to please, but is so unexpectedly respectful towards this fellow? Weird, really too weird!
“Hey, we’re together, you must’ve been mistaken!” Cecilia suddenly ca up with an idea. She abruptly walked up to Han Shuo with a charming smile, patting his shoulder as if their relationship was very intimate!
Han Shuo was dumbfounded. He glanced at her with a cold face and was about to open his mouth to say sothing when he heard Cecilia whisper, “We are carrying out a mission. As a fellow mber of the Dark Mantle, if you have the guts to not help , I’ll definitely report to that old fellow Candide when I return!”
“Hehe, we are together indeed!” Cecilia and Han Shuo stood side by side as he suddenly relaxed.
“Mhm, they are my friends, so I guarantee that they won’t do anything detrintal to your rcenary band’s interest. I’ll wait for your people to et at the shop. If your chief cos, I’ll let him know about this!” Han Shuo smiled and nodded at the rcenaries, then put his arm around Cecilia’s waist with naughty intentions. His actions scread of an ambiguous relationship due to this act.
Cecilia’s small waist was plump and firm. The thin dress couldn’t hide its amazing elasticity. Han Shuo couldn’t help but secretly praise as he held it. This young woman didn’t only have a beautiful face, even her body was truly tempting.
“So it’s like that!” The rcenaries suddenly realized and spoke apologetically to Cecilia, “Our apologies, we didn’t know of your relationship with Mister Bryan, we’ve been rude!”
“Let’s go, there is no problem in this area. Let’s go inspect the other areas. Do not let any suspicious characters slip through our fingers!” After bowing respectfully to Han Shuo, the leader loudly shouted a command and led the group of rcenaries to leave in a blink of an eye.
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