Chapter 17 - The Blazing Phoenix

"You can have this, but name your price first."

Judging from the man's clothes, Pan Liang thought he should be quite rich. Therefore, Pan Liang decided to let him name his price first.

"Um, I'll suggest 300 gold coins for this bag of yours. What do you think?"

Pan Liang's eyes lit up. Wow! He was actually a rich man.

Pan Liang felt the need to cheat him to get more money.

"Hmm, the price you suggested is a bit too low. For your information, you won't be able to find something like this in the entire empire. I'm the only person who has it.. Who knows you might never see it again."

The man was in a dilemma for a moment.

"It's normal for good stuff to be priced higher. I'll pay more, but there's a condition. You have to sell me the bottle of drink in your hand."

The idea sounded good to Pan Liang. He thought he should not be too ruthless.

"I still have a new bottle of this drink. I can give it to you as long as you offer the right price."

The man was delighted by Pan Liang's words. He originally wanted to buy the coke in Pan Liang's hand, but he was a little hesitant when he noticed that there was hardly any coke left. Since Pan Liang claimed that he had another new bottle, the man could not help but feel overjoyed.

"Okay. In that case, I'll give you 400 gold coins for the bag in your hand. I can't smell the drink, so I'll give you 300 gold coins. What do you think?"

Pan Liang clapped his hands. "Deal. Come, come. Pay first."

Then, he pretended to take out a bottle of drink from his arms.

The man in front of him knew that Pan Liang did not take the bottle out from his arms. 

Anyone who was not blind could clearly tell that.

A treasure with the ability to store items might be very precious, but it was not uncommon. It was not worth paying so much for it.

However, this was meant for the people with power and influence. For the poor, it was very likely that they had never heard of it.

"Here you are. Here are exactly 700 gold coins. I'll pay you once I get the goods."

Pan Liang smiled. "I didn't expect you to be so cautious. Let's make friends. In the future, when I have something good, I will sell it to you."

"Okay. My name is Water Tupelo. What about you?"

"My name is Pan Liang. As you can see, I'm the familiar of the person on the stage."

After receiving the food from Pan Liang, Water Tupelo ate it happily. The look of pleasure on his face disgusted Pan Liang.

Pan Liang felt like laughing at the man's name. "I didn't know there would be someone with the name 'Water Tupelo'. What a great name."

Shirley was already at the most important moment of the awakening ceremony. The Rainbow Light had already begun to appear on the stage.

When the crowd below the stage saw the Rainbow Light, they immediately yelled in surprise.

"As expected, she was the contract owner of an SSS-rank familiar. She has outstanding talent. She managed to summon the Rainbow Light even during the awakening ceremony."

"Although she has summoned the equipment's light this time, the brightness of the light is relatively low, and the range of the light is relatively small. Did you notice that?"

"Yes, that's right. The familiar has a SSS-rank. Since the news came from the imperial city, it should be right."

"Stop guessing. The skill level that she awakened this time is an S."

"An S-level? What? I awakened a C-level, and that's already very powerful. She can probably kill me right away."

"Drop the word 'probably'. She can definitely kill you right away. Even people who are ten levels above you can instantly kill you."

Pan Liang had no idea which level the light represented. Even if he knew Shirley's skill level, he probably would not care too much about it.

No matter how high her skill level was, it would not be as high as the level of his Sword Control Technique.

"System, what level is my Sword Control Technique?"

[It has exceeded the limit of this world's level. No rating can be given.]

Look. Based on the response to his question, none of the skills in this world could compare with the Sword Control Technique.

With the Sword Control Technique, he could control items as he wished, but the prerequisite was having sufficient magic power.

Seeing the temperature of the awakening platform become higher, Pan Liang nodded his head in satisfaction. "It looks like I've awakened a fire-type skill. It'll be more convenient to cook in the future then."

A phoenix's voice sounded from the awakening platform. All the light disappeared with only a fiery red glow left.

Everyone took a few steps back, unable to stand the scorching heat any longer.

However, when the scorching heat encountered Pan Liang, it automatically bypassed him as if it possessed consciousness.

"Wow. It seems that I've awakened a powerful fire-type attack skill. Not bad. From now on, the little witch will be my full-time hatchet woman."

In the next instant, the scorching heat in the air disappeared so abruptly that it was as though it had never appeared before.

Shirley hopped down from the awakening platform.

"Pan Liang, I've awakened an S-level skill. It's the Blazing Phoenix, which has a super powerful group attack skill."

Pan Liang nodded in satisfaction. "Hmm, it's pretty good. From now on, you can be a full-time hatchet woman."

Shirley snorted. "You always make me do the work. What a terrible guy! Why don't you do it yourself? I've never seen you pull out your sword. It's not that you can't do it, right?"

How could Pan Liang bring himself to hear that? He directly reached out to his sword and drew it.

"See? It's easy for me to draw my sword. But I'm afraid you can't do it, can you?"

The sword in Pan Liang's hand probably had the lowest Immortal Sword level. Since he could not check its level from the system, it meant that the sword's level was beyond the limit of this world.

There must be a sword spirit in such a sword. Although Pan Liang did not sense the sword spirit, the sword had already recognized him as its master.

"Could it be that the sword spirit is ignoring me because it thinks that I'm too lazy?"

Unconvinced, Shirley took over the sword in Pan Liang's hand. "I don't believe it. You can easily pull out the sword, but you think that I can't pull it out, huh?"

Pan Liang was also unable to pull out the sword before he received the Sword Immortal Inheritance. It was only after he received the inheritance could he do it.

Knowing that Shirley would not be able to pull out the sword, he still asked her to do it so that he could get some Grievance Points. Currently, he had a total of 12,000 Grievance Points, which would enable him to participate in the lucky draw.

However, by earning additional Grievance Points, he would not panic when he was in trouble. In that case, he could exchange items in the system to help himself at any time.

If the worst came to the worst, he could save some Grievance Points to exchange delicious food. Indeed, he did not wish to eat the food in this world anymore.

"Ahhh, why is this sword so tight? I can't even pull it out."

Shirley continued to exert her strength. There were even faint traces of flames on her body. Evidently, she had used the S-level skill that she had just obtained.