Entering the Market street, Altima is greeted with the extravagant stone arch, with the letter "Sun Moon Pearl Path" (Yang Yue Zhen Zhu Jie). Walking past the Arch, Altima first saw a row of smaller stalls arranged in the middle of the Street, carrying many different materials and ingredients.
This is the first part of the Sun Moon Pearl Path, the Sun Moon Flea Section. This part is opened for all traders who have good treasure and materials to be sold, but not in a large quantity. Ruled with the basic regulations such as rental based on item sold, or rental based on day or night.
Within this section, Altima give the same attention towards the treasure placed on the stalls like when he visit the bigger establishments. Along the way, Altima manage to procure a number of crystals and material for concocting spiritual grade medicine.
As they explore the flea market section, Altima found a special stall located at the end of the Flea Section.
Mo Yue Weapon purchaser Stall.
"This stall is slightly bigger than the other stalls, and on the same time, this Stall keeper is unleashing a strong energy undulation. In my rough guess, she should be at least a Soul Tier Practitioner."
"This big sister, can I know what weapon are you purchasing ?"
Altima speak politely towards the stall keeper.
"Ah, young brother….."
"Oh.. Sorry, I was spacing for a while because I am thinking about the next weapon I would need to made."
"oh… Sorry, you were asking ?"
The stall keeper keep have her mind wondering, giving Altima a difficult time to talk with her.
"Big sister!"
Altima finally decided to attract her interest through showing her some weapons.
Swinging his palm a little, Altima withdraw a few Soulless Warrior Stage weapons, and place in front of the Stall keeper, trying to grab her attention.
"Young brother, is this weapons made by a goblin ?"
Her attention changed instantly when she saw the weapon Altima placed on top of the stall table. But her immediate reply gave Altima a shock, as she manage to guess correctly in her first try, on the origin and the maker of all this weapons.
"Yes. Seems like big sister's experience in Weapon crafting is not low. Not many people could guess correctly on the maker of the weapon unless they have plenty of experience and knowledge regarding different tribe and how their weapon is crafted."
Altima gave the Stall keeper a praise.
"Young brother, your word make me felt honored. Well, yes I am quite experience with the different tribe weapon crafting and how to recognise their creator's origin. Are you interested in selling this weapon to me ?"
The stall keeper immediately return to the reason why she open a stall here at the first place.
"What price would big sister willing to offer ?"
Altima tried to check for the value of weapons made by Gunther.
"Younger brother, All the weapon you would like to sell is available to change for this few weapon I got here. Take a look."
The stall keeper withdraw a few different weapon from her spatial ring, and place the few weapon on the side, allowing Altima to check the durability and quality of its build.
Refined Arsalite Trident - Early Master Practitioner Tier Weapon (Long Weapon Type - Crowd Control and Magical Type)
Soulless Grade - Refining is not possible.
Purified Arsalite Heavy Mace - Early Master Practitioner Tier Weapon (Short Range Type - Crowd Control and Heavy Damage Type) Soulless Grade - Refining is not possible.
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King Storm Wasp Flying Daggers - Early Master Practitioner Tier Weapon (Throwing Weapon Type - Mental Type)
Soul Infested Grade - Can be strengthen and Refined.
"Younger brother, for the 9 weapon you bring out, it is worth enough to exchange for this two Soulless weapon, or the King Storm Wasp Flying Daggers."
"What do you think about this exchange ? I will say, this exchange is profitable to you. This sister is looking for more basic quality weapons to be refined and recraft to create a better weapon, so I am willing to exchange a better weapon for this basic quality tools."
"If you are looking forward to get more better weapon choices, you need to bring out more than this to show me."
The stall keeper said with a smiles on her face.
"Big sister, if I could withdraw a total of 50,000 Soulless Warrior Stage weapons, what do you think you can provide me ?"
Altima bring out 5 different Spatial rings, and place it all on top of the table.
"50,000! If its this amount… This amount is slightly too much. But."
"But."
"But this doesn’t worth me to bring out my life-treasure to exchange for it."
The stall keeper hesitates. The attraction bring by the 50,000 warrior grade weapon is an attractive deal for her, as this transaction could safe her a total of at least 1 month spent on waiting for the weapons to come from the smith, cultivators, or scavengers.
But due to the best weapon she could offer is slightly over priced, she hesitates to bring out to place a counter offer. Being stuck in the middle of taking or rejecting, the stall keeper soon fall into her soulless wandering mode once again.
"Should I exchange it ? If I could get this number of material, I could increase my experience and reach grade 3 soon. If I could reach grade 3, I will have plenty more chance to craft Briolite weapons, and refine or imbue them as well."
"But this sword of mine worth at least a Peak Spiritual Practitioner Tier Weapon. 50,000 Arsalite weapon doesn’t worth the trade at all."
The stall keeper still hesitates to decide on her taking the exchange or not.
"Big sister, can I give you a suggestion ?"
"I can see that the treasure big sister have in hand is too overpriced. Based on only 50,000 weapon to exchange, it is not even worth half of its value."
"If in that case, why not I provide big sister all this weapon as our meeting gift, in return of a small favor from big sister ?"
Altima gave the stall keeper two options. One is to custom made another weapon worth the exchange, or have the stall keeper to complete an specific task for him.
"Young brother, please state your request and what would you expect."
The stall keeper replied. Given with this different treatment, of course she would take some time to listen before she make a decision.
"Firstly, if big sister have nowhere to return, why not big sister come along with me, and be my private Blacksmith, crafting weapon and equipment for our faction. I believe that big sister cultivation is not too low, but the crafting art you practiced, should be requiring a large amount of resources to improve."
"Second, is big sister could use this 50,000 weapon first to increase your cultivation and crafting skills, before you craft a new weapon worth the exchange."
Altima give the stall keeper two options, and hope she would actually pick the first option between the two.
Due to the hesitation and how the stall keeper came out to procure her own training ingredient, Altima believe that this stall keeper is not affiliate with any of the power within the Sun and Moon Great City. And based on how she hesitates in bringing out the weapon she had, this allows Altima to roughly guess, that the weapon is most probably her mentor or most important person's memoir or treasures.
And based on her attitude, Altima believed that this stall keeper is actually in a rush to obtain a large number of training ingredient, where it could only means that she is expecting to have a rank increase soon enough.
But if the stall keeper is choosing the second option, Altima will be disappointed, because if the stall keeper is willing to only temporary "Borrow" Altima's weapon for her own cultivation, it would only mean that this stall keeper doesn’t not know how to value, and only blindly following her martial scroll to train.
"What do you think, big sister ?"
Altima allows the Stall keeper to decide, and patiently wait for her reply.
After pondering for a while, the stall keeper finally made her decision.
"Young brother, I have nothing left behind to keep me stay within this city. I will follow you and serve you as your personal blacksmith, but I will have my demand, hopefully you are willing to listen."
The stall keeper had spoken.
"Big sister, please let me know."
Altima replied.
"Well, let me re-introduce myself again."
"My name is Mo Yue, I am the sole disciple for the blacksmith master of Northern State, Master Ran Mo Ji."
"I practiced in Metal Destructive Mastery, 1,000 Hammering Refinement Hit, King of Yang Flames Blacksmithing Art."
"My master had passed away, so I am left alone. Due to the cultivation could not be stopped as one person need to continue living, I opened a shop here so I could exchange used weapon to cultivate."
"If I follow along your side, I will have a high demand of resources, at least 10,000 units of metal to continue my cultivation. If you cannot comply to my demand, I will not follow you."
"Secondly, Although my cultivation is currently at 7th stage of Master Practitioner of Zen, but I lack of some battle martial arts, so I couldn’t contribute if a fight happens. This is also one of the reason for my master's death."
"So, do you agree with this request ?"
Mo Yue state her request, if Altima could agree with it, she will serve Altima as his personal blacksmith.
"Sister Mo Yue, then you may pack up your things, and we should walk together. I will let you see something amazing when we return to the Pavilion."
Altima vaguely reply her, but through his words, one would understand that Altima had accepted her request of employment.
And soon, the trio head deeper within the Path, and shop for a few specialty treasures, but not rare enough to be stated as they explore. And very quickly, Altima and Mo Yue heads back to the pavilion, while Gan Ning excuse himself to return to his shacks to pack up before he join up with Altima, and heads back to the Southern part.
Within the pavilion.
"Sister Mo Yue, are you ready to be surprised ?"
Altima give Mo Yue some space to feel suspense.