Chapter 58: Life 60, Age 16, Martial Disciple 1
I appeared in the poor district of Dragon Gate City and began to make my way towards the Blue Wind Pavilion.
How did I want to approach this? Mei should be at the front door of the Pavilion, and it shouldn’t be too much of a problem to simply recreate my first visit, but was that what I wanted? Did it matter? Mei and WuJing both had powerful social blessings, so nothing I did would have too much of an effect on them, but I wasn’t sure about the others in the Pavilion.
WuJing was the floor manager of this branch of the Blue Wind Pavilion, so he wasn’t the top brass, and I had no information about the people above him. Placing him in a managerial role, showed some level of trust, but how much would those people believe in me?
Unless I was willing to be WuJing’s pet alchemist, like I had been for Elder Mu, I needed to put on a show for the higher-ups to make myself appear valuable. At the same time, I needed to make sure it was me that appeared valuable, not one of my possessions, such as the fire seed. Even if the Pavilion was trustworthy, owning a treasure was a crime everywhere, so it needed to be clear that I was the treasure, not my possessions.
“System,” I said after ducking into a side alley, “I want to purchase robes that would be worn by a respectable Disciple Alchemist, a young prodigy who is considered to have a bright future.”
Cost 1,000 credits.
That seemed outrageously expensive for a few pieces of clothing, but I had to put my trust in the System here. Was it including a price on information about what young prodigies wear? I had only lived in the Su Clan and the Twin Mountains Sect, so I didn’t know much about local fashions.
“Purchase it,” I quickly decided.
Confirmed. Cost 1,000 credits. 549,270 credits remaining