Lightning Is the Only Way

"Hello, I would like to request a weapon for my son," a well-groomed middle-aged man said to Yersi.

"Welcome to the Gravitas! What weapon are you looking for?" Yersi asked with a friendly tone.

"Do you have a request token?" the man asked.

"Sure," Yersi said as she fished a jade token out of a drawer of the counter. Then, she placed it on the table.

A request token was a form for customers to submit their specifics. This form asked all of the relevant things, like Cultivation Technique, choice of weapon, Battle-Style, Laws, and many other things. This was generally the most effective way to create a specific weapon.

The man quickly filled out the form and handed it back to Yersi. Yersi glanced at it and nodded. "That would come down to 5,000 Immortal Stones," she said.

This was a weapon for a Peak Law Comprehension Cultivator, someone at the same level as Orthar. The person in front of them was an Immortal at the early Major Circulation.

Major Circulation? What was that?

Gravis had heard these two words from the Black Magnate before but hadn't gotten the answer from him because they got sidetracked rather quickly. When Gravis remembered, he asked the Black Magnate again, who promptly explained it.

The Immortal, Immortal King, and Immortal Emperor Realm were divided into seven levels. The first three were the early, middle, and late Minor Circulation Realms, while the latter three were the early, middle, and late Major Circulation Realms. The seventh Realm was the Peak Immortal Realm.

One circulation represented the strengthening of the entire being. While there was a power difference of one level between all the levels, the difference between the Late Minor Circulation Realm and the Early Major Circulation Realm counted as two levels. So, in short, this person could be counted as being four power levels above Gravis.

"I have the materials. What's the price if I provide the materials?" he asked.

"Then, the price would go down to 1,500 Immortal Stones," Yersi said.

The customer nodded. "Sounds good, but I would like to pay when I see the weapon," the customer said.

"No problem," Yersi answered with a smile. "Please submit the required materials, and your weapon will be finished in just a couple of minutes."

"Just a couple of minutes?" the customer asked with surprise. "That fast?"

Yersi laughed a bit and nodded. "Yes, our owner is one of the fastest and most accurate forgers in the Immortal Realms. You can judge the quality of the weapon personally in a couple of minutes."

The customer furrowed his brows, but he remembered that the shop had the Certificate of Honesty. So, even if the claim of being so fast was outlandish, it was most likely true.

The customer handed over the materials, which quickly vanished as they got summoned to Gravis.

a weapon for someone three levels above her, but the weapon was forged to be used by a human, and humans had far weaker bodies than beasts. So, even if this weapon was perfect for a Peak Law Comprehension Cultivator, Yersi could

the weapon. "Please inspect the weapon

looked at the weapon, walked over to one of the machines to test it, and nodded. While still standing in front of the machine, the customer

he teleported

bail with the weapon. Even though Orthar could see through a ton of people, seeing through an Early Major

Clink! Clink!

flicked his Obsidian Ring twice in a very specific

SHING!

directly appeared

Pack!

violet crystal to the new person, who caught it. "Early Major Circulation Immortal," Gravis

SHING!

the person

bailing customer was someone that people generally called a Runner. A Runner was a person that commissioned something and quickly teleported away without paying. As Immortals, they could teleport insane distances

even when a guard immediately appeared, the Runner would have already teleported hundreds of thousands of kilometers away. The Immortal Emperor guard wouldn't be able to see where that person had gone since everyone in the city was

the weapon, teleport away, change their aura and looks, and return. Such a disguise would be noticed on a closer inspection, but the guards didn't

Runner could be very profitable. Of course, only Immortals and stronger

Two minutes later.

SHING!

person from earlier appeared in

the

Runner immediately knew that he had screwed up big-time. When he saw the guard throwing the small

shop know how to protect themselves against Runners!? Additionally, how had the Runner-fail-safes been put on the weapon

the guard asked

head and teleported to the ground

able to deal with a Runner? Typically, shops only learned about the existence of Runners after

and created an image of when the Runner said thanks and vanished. Then,

the guard asked like

the Runner, only sighed. "No," he said,

again," the guard said with a smirk. "You know the

again. "Sure," he

Whoop!

to Gravis while the remainder flew

consequence of being

If a guard didn't judge the circumstances to favor the caller, the caller would have to pay a large sum for wasting their time. Because of that, as reparations, the Runner had to pay an additional 50% of the value of the stolen item. Additionally, the Runner would need to buy the item legitimately. This meant they had to pay 150%