The departing sun spelled evening on Cloudless Sky Continent, where the Xian Clan's territory was settled. Inside this territory was Silent Rain City, a dystopian trade city that stayed under the radar, where quarrying and the selling of high-end goods took place. The distance between Silent Rain City and the next closest city, Fallen Heaven City, was a lengthy three thousand kilometers, and the dangers on the thoroughfare between the two deterred almost everyone. It was almost certain that anyone who set foot on the paths would be swarmed by bandits and wild beasts, or get lost on the way there. Therefore, the few who were willing to take the risks in order to purchase rare, precious items that were located in Silent Rain City …show more content…
"If it turns out I'm lying, may the heavens punish me in your place." After ridding the boy of his skepticism, he followed behind Yan Wei and blew through the place from top to bottom. Sweeping dirt that was tracked in back out the door, organizing the shelves, and catching insects that found their way in. He even got another customer to come in and buy a bottle of pills; the astonishing part was that they were pills the man didn't even need. "What a sweet talker..." Yan Wei thought. "Too bad he's too young, or else I would recommend him for hire." Two hours passed quickly, whereupon they closed up and Yan Wei sat the boy on the counter. Panting, the boy looked up at Yan Wei with a broad smile. He was no longer frightened by the demonic mask; he even came to find it was elegant, in a way he couldn't quite find the words to describe. "I don't think we missed anything. Did I do good?" "Commendable," Yan Wei said as he reached under the counter and found a simple-looking pill bottle. He shook out a perfectly rounded, golden pill into his hand, then dropped it into the boy's petrified hand. The texture was granulated, and the fragrance it carried seemed otherworldly. "You came here for immortal medicine, right? Well, there it