Chapter 13: Life 50, Age 16, Martial Disciple 1
I arrived on the outskirts of a large city. My arrival point was, perhaps predictably, an alleyway in a rundown area. I was alone, had no money, had no knowledge of the local area, and had no real sense of where I should go from here.
Was my decision to jump ship from the Su Clan rash? Maybe, but I could make it work.
“System, what is the cost of moving my reset point to here for the next few resets?”
Cost is dependent on the number of resets. Calculating for three resets. Cost 210 credits.
Okay, that just meant I needed to make at least Martial Disciple 2 before I met an untimely end so I could afford the teleport back here after I died. With three Qi Gathering Pills, that would be as easy as breathing. The problem was, I didn’t have a cultivation technique I trusted. In the future, I definitely needed to pick one up from the system. Or maybe better, learn to appraise cultivation techniques.
Before I could do any of that, though, I needed to rest. It was still the middle of the night, and I didn’t fancy wandering around the streets of an unfamiliar city in darkness. I adjusted my robes so they wouldn’t get too dirty from resting on the ground and sat down to get a few hours of sleep. I had to trust that the system dropped me in a truly out-of-the-way location.
First step, get money. This was something I had prepared for. Now, I just needed to find a shop where I could sell some pills. I left the alleyway and began searching the streets.
The area I was in was definitely what I would consider the slums. Houses were in terrible disrepair everywhere, old women had laid out blankets to set up make-shift vegetable stands, and men could be seen butchering livestock on the street.
I was both annoyed and gratified that I did not, in fact, stand out from the crowd as I walked the streets. The fraying robes I had worn since coming to this world fit right in with everyone else in this part of town. Unfortunately, I doubted I would be able to sell pills worth several silver in this kind of location. I needed to find higher-class clientele.