Walker Of The Worlds

Chapter 2652  Stealing The Heart Of A Shopkeeper

Some of the people dashed off to verify Lin Mu's background, while others prepared to inform their respective clans and sects.

Meanwhile, the man who had been shadowing Lin Mu frowned in confusion. He had expected some shocking revelation, but instead, the information left him more uncertain than before.

'Looks like I'll have to get the sect's intelligence division to dig deeper,' he sighed before slipping away amidst the uproar.

By then, Lin Mu was already long gone, utterly oblivious to the commotion he had stirred within the city. Not that it mattered to him. He had merely defended himself from an unprovoked attack. If rumors spread, so be it.

Lin Mu had already gotten used to them long ago, and since he wasn't on this world for long, it didn't matter either way.

The man went a bit farther away from the library, not wanting to be interrupted by the others if they chose to return.

'I might have to speed up… I don't think they'll be backing down that easily,' Lin Mu thought to himself.

As such, he went to a couple of book houses similar to Doumen's Book House that sold tea and had books to read at leisure. He knew that he wouldn't find many new books there; as such, transcribing them shouldn't take long.

He simply paid extra for the tea there and scanned all the books with his immortal sense. And sure enough, the majority of them were books he had already read or recorded, and the rest were either different versions of previous books.

Though there were still a handful of new books that he quickly transcribed before moving on.

Like this, he went through ten book houses in just a day before moving on to the book shops.

This was where the true treasure hoard could be found.

"Ah, welcome, customer. What would you like to see?" the shopkeeper greeted him enthusiastically.

At first, Lin Mu wondered if he had recognized him or something, but he had already switched to different robes to avoid being identified easily.

"You look rather noble. We have some new high-quality techniques that just arrived yesterday," the shopkeeper added.

Thankfully, the shopkeeper was merely going off his own hunch.

'If not for the fact that no one wears masks here, I would have used one too,' Lin Mu thought.

Using a mask would only make him more conspicuous. It was fine in other cities where many cultivators used masks, but here, the atmosphere was a lot different, and guards would likely stop him and ask him about his identity.

Especially considering that their presence had been increased due to the two incidents involving Lin Mu.

'The Saintess's ability to obscure her face or even change it would be rather useful here,' Lin Mu mused.

It was a very high-leveled application of the Air Dao, which allowed one to obscure their features at the initial level. When one was skilled enough, they could refract the light in such a way that it looked like an entirely different face.

But it was not something Lin Mu would be able to learn anytime soon.

For now, he just had to hope that they wouldn't realize it was him right away.

"Do you have a catalog I can browse through?" Lin Mu asked.

"Of course! Please take a look." The shopkeeper tapped a small sphere kept at the desk.

SHUA

A formation screen appeared above it, showing all the techniques and skills they had for sale.

"This and this." Lin Mu pointed.

"Ah, the Hook Sword Flesh Rending Technique and the Fiery Crush Claws! Great choices," the shopkeeper replied.

But Lin Mu wasn't done.

"I want all techniques and skills between them," he added.

"Sorry?" The shopkeeper paused, thinking that he had heard it wrong.

"I want all of them," Lin Mu reiterated.

"A-All? All of them!?" The shopkeeper's expression went through an array of emotions before finally settling on utter excitement. "OF COURSE! YOU CAN HAVE IT ALL!" he exclaimed, gold coins shining in his eyes.

"Jun Yi, Jun Er, Jun San! WHERE ARE YOU BASTARDS? QUICKLY FETCH EVERYTHING!" the shopkeeper roared, as if afraid that Lin Mu would leave before buying or change his mind.

'Haha! With this one sale, we've finished more than our quarterly sales quota! The mistress of fortune is smiling upon us today!' the shopkeeper thought. 'This week's shopkeeper meeting is going to be fun. Let's see if anyone can beat me this time! Old Cai and Old Fu are going to lose the bet!' He was extremely happy and was almost jumping with joy.

If not for the fact that there was a customer in front of him and he had to follow etiquette, he would've already bounced around laughing.

The shop servants were surprised at first, but upon seeing the order size, they moved quickly.

Within five minutes, everything had been gathered, and a spatial storage pouch was delivered to the front desk.

"Please take a look," the shopkeeper requested. "The storage pouch is complementary." Even the miser was generous when such a big fortune was delivered to his doorstep.

Lin Mu did a quick scan with his immortal sense and found it to be correct.

THUD THUD THUD

"Here you go." Lin Mu dumped a pile of immortal stones on the table, making the jaws of other customers drop in shock.

Most of them had never seen so many immortal stones together and were wondering if they were dreaming. There were so many that they were spilling down from both sides of the table!

"We're very pleased to do business with you, honored sir. Please come again if you wish to buy more. I'll restock new manuals as soon as I can," the shopkeeper beamed.

He didn't know who Lin Mu was or why he wanted so many techniques in bulk, but he didn't care when so many immortal stones were on the line.

If he could do such a transaction a couple more times, he would have enough to shut the shop for a couple of years and go on a long vacation.