Chương 45: First day of business

Finally, Anna's store was officially opened for business, everyone in front of the store was greeted by a sign with big letters that said [If you can manage to damage any outfit we will reward you with 500 gold coins].

This received a lot of attention from people because five hundred gold coins was a lot of money for a common family, normally a family of four would only require 10 silver coins for a month, and the store was rewarding the equivalent of a thousand's of silver coins which enables them with a stable living condition for many years to come. They could even buy Alchemy potions for their children to pursue cultivation, and all they had to do was damage a dress. Many thought it was a joke, but when they went inside the store to confirm it, they were told that it was not a joke and If they succeeded in tearing a dress, they would be rewarded 500 gold coins.

Very soon many people came to the store to try to tear a dress that Anna provided them for the tests, but none could break it, This news spread like a wave within the Capital City, and the store was on the mouth of everyone in entire capital. this was followed by another rumor which spread saying that the outfits from the store's don't fade till the thousandth wash.

Many housewives were drawn by the rumors and went to Anna's store almost immediately, When they witnessed the durability of the outfits plus the promise made by the store that the clothes can endure a thousand washes without fading, and the price of the outfits they were astounded as it's cost the same as the clothes brought in other common stores. so Without any further hesitation, they bought some outfits from Anna's store.

Many of them even asked if there were selling men's outfits as their husband's work resulted in a lot of wear and tear of clothes, and needed to buy clothes every two or three months, which made a big hole in the budget of average families. but if those expenses could be saved, they could have a better future. Because of this many housewives were waiting eagerly for a positive response from Anna.

Fortunately, Anna did not disappoint them and said that at the end of the week she would have men's outfits ready with the same features as women's outfits. As from where she was going to bring them, she did not know, but since she had already made the promise, she could not disappoint her customers.

After the housewives left the store feeling content, another group of women arrived right after, but there were different from the previous housewives, they all donned in armor and exuded an air of greatness, they were all hunters! A hunter profession was mostly crowded with men, as the name implies there were dedicated to hunting demonic beasts with a considerable population. They were crucial for the countries. it was very rare for women to be in this profession but not unheard of. considering that this profession has a high mortality rate!

Within this group of hunters, there were a great variety of women, fat, thin, tall, dwarf, and pretty among others, but they all have something in common, which was they were all cultivators! The leader who was in front of the rest was a cultivator in the eighth stage of the Realm of body refinement while the rest varied between the sixth, fifth and the weakest was in the third.

This group of women approached the store because they heard rumors about this store that sold clothes harder than steel, so they came to confirm it. When they were about to enter, they saw the sign that was in front of the store dumbstruck and thought (This challenge would not include martial artists, right?)

One of them entered the premises to ask if she could participate in the challenge, and the answer she got was: "Anyone can participate regardless of their gender, age or cultivation," This surprised her, thinking it was easy money, since it was not possible for a cultivator like her to not even tear a piece of cloth.

So she took one of the test outfits in front of her and tried to split it in two, but to her surprise no matter how hard she tried she was unable to do so, this piqued the interest of the group leader who said: "Let me try it", When she heard that she passed the outfit to her without any hesitation, after all, she was only in the fourth stage of body refinement while her leader in the eighth stage of body refinement, It was a stark difference of there strengths.

When the leader took the dress, she tried to split the outfit in two with her bare hands same as her teammate but even she failed to do so! This not only left her incredulous but also the whole group that was with her. Then her eyes went to Anna as she asked, "Can I use my sword?"

Anna simply nodded, as she knew only those with the cultivation in the realm of elemental could break those clothes, so there was nothing to worry about, either with or without a sword it was impossible for her to generate that amount of force.

Receiving the approval from the owner of the store, she drew her sword while asking her teammates to spread and hold the dress so she could cut it in two. They followed their leader's instructions and extended the dress five meters away from her.

The leader took a stance and with all her strength she sliced at the dress, but it was not enough as the dress was still intact and the leader felt as if her sword was against a wall of Steel.

Then she realized that this dress was stronger than her iron armor.

Usually, hunters are quite poor because the demonic beasts are stronger than them even if they are in the same realm. Due to this, there are days when that are not successful in their hunt earning nothing and sometimes even need to spend on medical assistance. and as soon as they earn their money they need to account for their daily expenses and spending which leaves them with nothing to invest in better equipment, due to this many hunters only wear leather armor while leaders like her after many years of Saving can only buy an iron armor whereas her assistants could only have bronze armor.