Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Gordon called for the servants in the house with a look of ecstasy and asked him to lock these blueprints into the best safe box in his house.
Li Tianxiang shrugged his shoulders. These were just some simple distillation bottles.
The efficiency of such an alchemical technique would not exceed that of the chemistry laboratory in junior high, but it was obviously the most delightful thing in this world.
“Alright, alright! Let’s go!”
A clear urging sound came from the door of the alchemy workshop.
Then, Lan pulled her sister into Li Tianxiang’s field of vision.
She was wearing a white striped shirt and a leather vest.
She was also wearing a pair of suspenders that made it easy for her to move around. She didn’t look like a mage or a noble lady, but more like a horsekeeper from a small merchant family.
May was still wearing her beige mage robe, but the only change was that she was not wearing the wide magician hat.
Her long, smooth hair had been tied into a thick braid that reached her waist. She looked very plain and even looked a little like a country bumpkin.
Under Gordon’s passionate gaze, Li Tianxiang shook his head helplessly and followed the two sisters out of the Schariac family castle.
Then, they came to the market that Li Tianxiang had visited when he first came to this world.
The last time he came to this market, his farm was in urgent need of land.
He only bought some orcs in a hurry and left, but he didn’t have a chance to walk around this place.
The market was located at the border between the lower and upper districts of the Human Monarch City. It was a commercial district formed by several streets.
The houses on every street had been transformed into shops. Some of the wider streets even had stalls set up in the middle of the road. It was somewhat similar to the commercial streets in his original world.
Before Li Tianxiang could enter the commercial street, he could hear the sounds of people hawking and bargaining.
From the entrance of the street, one could see many well-dressed nobles, mercenaries in leather armor, and even commoners in coarse clothes.
“Since this street is located at the intersection between the upper and lower districts, it can be said that it connects the nobles and commoners at the same time. Therefore, some merchants and even black market merchants who come to the Monarch City are gathered in this block at the same time. Later on, because of the crowd, merchants also gathered here. In the end, the most prosperous and chaotic market square in the Monarch City was formed.”
Li Tianxiang’s gaze lingered on the nobles’ carriages and mercenaries’ armor.
May explained to him in a low voice about the formation of the market, while Lan was already eager to rush in and do some shopping.
May angrily grabbed the back of Lan’s collar and knocked her head. “Don’t forget what Father told you. The first thing you need to do is to bring Mr. Li to the workshop to buy the necessities. After that, if you want to shop, you can do it.”
Lan rubbed her head and pouted. “Let’s go to the alchemy shop first.”
With that said, they slipped into the crowd. May looked back at Li Tianxiang and said with some embarrassment, “I’m not familiar with the market, so we’ll have to follow my sister.”
They followed after Lan, who was faintly discernible in the crowd. Soon after, Li Tianxiang arrived at a small shop.
The shop did not display the name of the shop, but the walls were painted dark green.
The door was less than three meters wide, and there were no display cabinets inside the shop. From the outside, it looked like a simple warehouse.
“Is this it?”
Li Tianxiang was shocked as they looked at the inconspicuous shop.
“The Green House is the most comprehensive alchemical material store in the whole of the Human Monarch City. It has the most stock and even carries some materials that can’t be bought on the market.”
Lan pursed her lips, expressing her disdain for Li Tianxiang’s ignorance.
Meanwhile, May glanced at her sister in surprise, only to find her sister winking at her. Thus, she swallowed the words that were about to come out of her mouth.
Li Tianxiang naturally noticed the exchange of glances between the two sisters. It had to be said that Lan’s expression management was disastrous.
However, even if he was cheated, he was using Gordon’s money. Thus, he raised an eyebrow and pushed the door to enter the shop.
As Li Tianxiang pushed open the door, the bell inside the shop started to ring, producing a clear sound.
However, when he walked into the shop, he realized that there was nothing on the first floor except the four bare walls.
“Aunty! Aunty!”
Lan yelled loudly at the ceiling.
Li Tianxiang’s eyebrows twitched. He had guessed that he might have been tricked.
However, he did not expect that the Green House was actually a property of the Schariac family.
“The owner of the Green House is not our father’s blood sister.” Upon seeing the look on Li Tianxiang’s face, May explained nervously, “Furthermore, ever since Aunty took charge of the Green House, the alchemy workshop of the Schariac family can obtain the materials needed only at the market price. Also, Aunty’s temper is a little strange.”
As May explained, the light in the room distorted slightly, and a translucent spiral staircase appeared in the middle of the room.
Then, A woman wearing a rose-red strapless dress and holding a thin cigarette appeared at the top of the stairs.
“What are you here to buy this time?”
The woman leaned against the stairs and tapped her cigarette against the armrest. Her tone was lazy.
“I’m not the one buying things this time. It’s him.”
Lan ran up the stairs in two or three steps and hugged the woman’s waist. Then, she pointed at Li Tianxiang who was still at the door and said in a strange tone.
The owner of the Green House sized up Li Tianxiang. Her good-looking brows slowly knitted together and the corners of her mouth drooped slightly.
“Although it is said that you can buy all kinds of materials in the Green House, not everyone can buy these materials. Even the people recommended by my good-for-nothing brother.”
Li Tianxiang did not feel offended. After all, it was normal for there to be strange people in this alternate world.
However, he only wanted to buy mithril quickly and then extract 20 earth crystals to return to the farm and upgrade the land.
“Oh, then I’ll buy it elsewhere.”
Li Tianxiang shrugged and turned to leave.
The female owner of the Green House looked surprised at his decisive action.
“Hey, hey, hey! I’m not tricking you. At this time, you definitely won’t be able to buy mithril elsewhere.”
When Lan saw Li Tianxiang turn around, she became anxious instead.
Li Tianxiang looked suspiciously at May, who nodded helplessly.
“This is because mythril is a relatively basic material in alchemy. Thus, most workshops buy a lot of it early in the morning. By this time, it is sold out at basically all the other materials stores..”