Lightning Is the Only Way

"It takes a lot of work to produce just one Nine-Eves Pill, and you only want to pay 50 gold for one?" said a grey-haired old man in red robes towards a younger one in annoyance. The old man was no longer talking politely since he had been arguing with the "customer" for many minutes.

"No one in the middle-continent would buy pills for the Body Tempering Stage," the young man answered. "Who else would buy Nine-Eves Pills around here? They would only go bad. So, might as well sell them to me!"

SLAM!

The old man slammed the table and pointed with his finger aggressively at the young man. "Are you insulting our Medicine Pavilion?!" he shouted aggressively. "Are you insinuating that we wouldn't be able to keep our pills fresh for some measly weeks?"

The young man just grinned while leaning back on his chair, keeping away from the old man's wildly flowing spittle. "No, but you need to sell your stock," he said casually. "Come on, you are a company, and you only want to make money. Just sell some of them to me for 50 gold. A customer for those won't just fall from the sky."

BOOM!

The roof exploded, and a body hit the floor of the room. The old man and the young man got thrown back by the impact, and a big cloud of dust and dirt whirled through the room.

CHING!

was thrown to his feet.

situation. Someone broke through the Medicinal Pavilion's roof and then said that he wanted to buy something. Who would do such a

cultivation, and he needed Energy Stones for that. One of the reasons why he visited Earth Town earlier was to exchange for Energy

run from Earth Town previously without entering. Why was that? That was because there were probably a lot of strong people in there and he would be surrounded. The guards had already seen him and had already rung the alarm. Buying something in that situation?

charging through the gates and knocking every guard unconscious along the way. If no guard actually noticed him, no alarm would be rung. Also, the Fire Guild and Lightning Guild in Earth

notice something, which could be problematic. With that plan, Gravis

idea. No one would care about a bird passing over the city. People couldn't fly, and they knew that no Energy Beast would dare attack the town, at least no Energy

bird a lot. He had even given it a name: Skye. They could communicate somewhat, and Gravis was able to explain his idea to Skye. Skye accepted, and Gravis rode it to Earth

the Medicinal Pavilion. Gravis would survive a fall from

counted the gold inside it. There was ten gold inside it, and that would easily pay for the damages. The old man stood up

500 golds, because you can find gold everywhere, but not Magic-Stones," he explained with an interested look. The other young man was not sure what he should do. A new guy just crashed through the roof. Was he supposed to complain and say

asked, and the old man's eyes shone. That was more

do you want?" he asked with a