Bab 36: Chapter 36

Alex walked out of the pavilion and on the way, he sent out a thread made of magical energy which entered the shop.

'Old man, I'll be going to some places where I can buy some things that are interesting. Keep the tokens with you for a while and I'll take them when I return two days later.'

Alex was about to fly off but stopped when he saw the old man run out of the shop.

"Young master Tom, you can now send out mental threads?"

"Yes… looks like you can't."

"You guessed it right. I cannot use them. In fact, most of them cannot use them as it is a very complex form of magic."

"Can't you guys just use the jade tokens instead of wasting time?"

"Those tokens only give you the knowledge. It's like reading a book mindlessly for most people but some talented ones have the ability to memorise everything after a single use.

There are also people who can understand the whole thing after using the jade once. I wonder which one of these categories you belong to?"

"I can memorise everything but I most probably can't understand everything. I had to do a bit of trial and error to be able to use these threads."

"En, this old man understands now. Young master, I can accompany you if you want as the owner of this shop seems quite sincere so we don't have to worry."

Alex nodded slowly before giving him a thumbs up and brought out four ropes that intertwined together and formed a thicker rope.

"Okay then, stand on this rope. I want to buy things that will help me deflect or block tracking spells and help the user pass through alarms without triggering them."

"Don't worry young master, this old man will take you to a good place."

"Alright, stand on this rope and we can set off." Said Alex as he stood on it.

"Is this a flying artifact, young master?"

"No. It's actually a means of offence for me but since I don't go around fighting people every single day, I use it to fly. Come on now, don't waste time."

The old man stood on top of the rope before Alex controlled it to zoom through the sky, which made the old man hold Alex's shoulders for support.

"Pardon me young master, I am not used to so much instability when flying. We normally use our flying swords and they are extremely stable and fast when compared to your um … rope. I mean no offence, young master."

Alex said nothing and focused on flying for a while.

"This is actually hard to control and is not made to fly. Even now, it's hard to talk as I have to use my thoughts to control it. If possible, I would like to buy some materials which have information on how to make your flying swords."

"Those are already stored in a container. I didn't give it to young master because I thought u needed the other things more."

"Alright, that's not a problem. Tell me where to go."

"Straight north-west from here. It will take about a day from here at this speed and those teleportation arrays don't take us there."

"One whole day…." Alex muttered and more than twenty rope flew out from his bracelet before they weaved into the four to make a carpet.

He then sat down and asked the old man to do the same.

"Alright now, don't talk to me. I have to focus on flying and you, hold on tight."

The moment he said that, one of the ropes curled itself up as it formed a hand hold in front of the old man who happily used it. Alex then sped up to an insane level of speed, surprising the old man behind him.

'This… this is faster than any flying sword I have seen… this kid, just who is he?'

The journey was sixteen hours long and when they arrived at their location, the old man's hair was extremely messy and dry.

"Young master, please go in. This old man will follow you soon."

Alex said nothing and walked inside to see an empty room with no shelves or displays. The only thing in the room was a counter and a bell. Not knowing what to do, he did the thing that anyone in his situation would and pressed the button on the bell.

Metallic ringing sound permeated the air for a few seconds and sometime later, after the ringing stopped, a middle-aged man appeared behind the counter out of nowhere.

"What would you want to buy sir?" he asked in a very deep voice which, for some reason sent shivers down his skin.

"Ah.. well, I want something that can bypass alarm traps and deflect tracking spells or something of the same sort."

"We do have a few of those but they also cost a lot."

"How much does the most expensive one cost?"

"A hundred and fifty thousand taels."

"Show me everything you have, please. Don't worry, I have enough to buy more than one." Said Alex as Ling entered the shop.

"Uncle Ling? What are you doing here?" the man behind the counter exclaimed.

"Oye kid, stop using that annoying fake voice of yours."

"Ahaha… sorry about that." The man said, this time it sounded like a child.

The unexpected change in tone made Alex force himself to not laugh while the man displayed three different artifacts.

"This steel armour is the one that costs the highest and it has the functions of deflecting most spells and doesn't trigger any kind of alarm spells as it completely disables any kind of pre-set spell at a hundred meters radius around it.

These two come in a set. One is a tight fit clothing that sticks to your whole body while the other one is a cloak. When worn together, it makes you invisible, deflects any spell up to mid-tier ones and while the alarm traps don't get disabled, they won't be able to detect you for approximately half an hour if you plan on staying near the trap."