Chapter 5: Choosing an item
"Hello ..." Ren Wu spoke to the old man.
"..." The old man continued to sleep and it seemed that he did not hear the words.
"Liu Yang, that old man is very strange" He commented when he saw that the old man did not react.
"He seems to be sleeping only. He's old and needs to rest" Liu Yang commented. He looked around and was amazed at the number of old items inside the store.
"Liu Yang, what do you think of these items? Can it be a good protective amulet?" Ren Wu looked at the strange items on the shelves.
But when he tried to touch one of those items, a husky and powerful voice echoed behind him.
"You can't touch these items !!"
"!!!!!" The pair looked back and saw that the old man had his eyes open. His eyes look like two black holes looking towards the pair.
The two were a little afraid of this scene.
"You can't touch the items in that store. If you do that, you will have to buy it." The old man spoke irritably.
"Old man, what are these items?" Ren Wu pointed to some accessories like rings, earrings, and bracelets on top of one of the shelves.
"These items are antiques from ancient dynasties, something like this is not for young people like you. What kind of items are you looking for?" The old man overheard their conversation.
"We want some items that serve as protective amulets." Ren Wu replied. He wanted to feel a little safe because of the strange things that were happening in the city.
"Protective amulet against what? Ghost? Evil spirits? Zombies? " The old man asked again.
"I think an amulet against evil spirits" Ren Wu thought for a while before answering. He doesn't know what is the shadow in the photo he saw before, so he decided to speak evil spirit after thinking about the clues.
"Artifacts against evil spirits are on that shelf, but you can only touch one item and the item you touch will be the one you will buy. This is the rule of my store, so you need to think carefully before buying" The old man commented.
"Liu Yang, can you come with me? I am in doubt about these items"
"Okay" The pair went to the shelf with the supposed items against the evil spirits.
The shelf was two meters long, five meters long, and three separate levels. Each level had several different items like porcelain plates with various designs, paintings, rings, good luck charms, and many other things used as protective items.
"Liu Yang, what do you think of this item?" Ren Wu pointed to a piece of red paper with some strange letters and a drawing in the middle.
"It looks like those amulets that my parents stick on the walls for the new year. I think it only serves to protect the house. Ren Wu, aren't you looking for something to protect you? I think something else is better than that." Liu Yang answered honestly.
"I see… I also thought about it, I wanted this item to protect my home too, but as I can only take one item. I have to think carefully about what I am going to buy." Ren Wu was in doubt about what to buy.
There were many types of items on the shelf to choose from, but he could only choose one.
"Liu Yang, what do you think of this one?" He pointed to another item in the middle of the shelf.
The item was a silver ring with some letters written in black ink. The ring looked quite old and mysterious.
"This ring looks good. You can also tie a red string and use it as a lucky string." Liu Yang commented. He found the ring cool because of the drawings.
"This one is also cool. Many of these items are cool, but it's a shame to be able to choose just one of them." Ren Wu points to a cloth amulet and then to some other item. He was discouraged about this.
"Ren Wu, you can choose any of these items that can be used as accessories. It is the best choice" Liu Yang pointed to several small items that can be kept in a pocket, backpack, or used.
"I think I will take this one" Ren Wu decided, he touched a slightly rusty iron ring that had some holes that were the design of a snake.
"You will need to clean this ring later, it is a little rusty."
"I just hope it doesn't break when I clean. Liu Yang, why don't you buy an item too? " Ren Wu commented.
"..." Liu Yang pondered a little before walking around looking for something cool for him.
"Liu Yang, aren't you even going to ask the old man about what kind of items you want?"
"I'll get anything that catches my eye" Liu Yang didn't need a protective amulet, he was just buying it because he found some items on the shelf beautiful.
As the wanted pair walked through the store, a person entered the store.
trin… trin…
The door was opened and a beautiful young woman entered. She had an elegant and refined appearance reminiscent of a pure fairy. The young woman was wearing a school uniform and holding a bag in her arms, she is like Liu Yang and Ren Wu, a high school student, but from another school.
The young woman did not notice Liu Yang or Ren Wu, she just walked towards the counter to speak to the old man.
"Old Wang, have the things I ordered arrived yet?" The young woman asked casually.
"Miss Su, I have some customers at the moment, you will have to wait" Old Wang pointed to the pair walking around his store.
"Customers?" The young woman looked back and saw the pair looking at the items and commenting.
"Miss Su, you can sit for a while and wait, they shouldn't take a long time or they can be. You two!!! What kind of items are you looking for?" Old Wang shouted at the pair. He knows that Miss Su did not like to wait long.
"Old man, my friend here is looking to see if he finds anything interesting!!" Ren Wu replied.
"..." Old Wang just looked at the pair, he knew they would take a while.
"This is not a problem. I already waited six months, I can wait a few more minutes" Miss Su may have said those words, but her tone has been discontented.
Five minutes later…
"Liu Yang, haven't you finished looking yet? That pretty young woman over there is looking at us with a look of anger. She must be waiting for us to finish to buy something from the store "Ren Wu shivered when he saw the young woman's cold gaze.
"Ren Wu, I think I found the item I want." Liu Yang pointed to an item on the dusty shelf.
"!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Ren Wu looked at the item and was startled by what he was seeing.
Gifts
-- Gift
received Weekly Power Status
-- Power
Ranking 
-- Power
stone