249 Frivolous Purchases
Alex walks into the building with the different formation items. Only after entering did he realize that he didn't know the first thing about formation. He realized that what he knew about formations from the books and hearsay didn't even crack the surface.
There were items around him that he didn't even know the use for. People were talking about stuff he didn't understand at all.
'Damn, I thought knowing that it was just putting flags and items in a specific order was all it was, but it seems even they themselves are very specific. This is not any less extensive than alchemy, huh,' he thought.
'Still, I need to buy at least the most basic formation blueprint and required items. I want to start learning with it,' He thought.
Although, learning both Alchemy and formations might have him spreading himself too thin, but he had planned to focus on Alchemy more than Formations, so that should be fine.
He bought a basic formation blueprint called the Qi Gathering formation. It was a common rank formation that gathered Qi from 5 spirit stones in 5 points of the formations and gathered it all at the center of it. It was a common rank formation that would be about 2 meters in radius at most.
'This should be a good starting point,' Alex thought. 'I should go learn some better formation books from the library here in the capital in the following days.'
After getting what he wanted, Alex walked out of the building. He looked around at the other buildings and thought, 'Now that I'm already here, it will be a waste to not visit the other buildings right?' he thought.
He went to the talisman building and bought himself a few pairs of communication talismans that could work up to 2 kilometers away. These talismans came in pairs and were always linked to one another.
'Shame it's not like a smartphone. I will have to take one for each contact,' Alex thought.
He then walked to the Weapons and Artifact building. He surprisingly found that there were a lot of things to buy here.
"Oh wow, these storage bags allow so much extra space. I should buy a few," he thought as he looked at the various storage bags in the sale. They ranged from the ones he currently had to ones that had nearly 20 times as much space.
Although, those cost a lot. So, Alex only bought around 5 storage bags that were about 5 times larger in storage capacity. These would help him hold a lot more items in fewer bags. He wouldn't have to carry around nearly 10 different bags as he did right now.
He was also surprised when he found disposable cauldrons. These were much worse than the ones in Alchemy hall, and that was perfect for Alex who was looking to make random pills that might explode at a moment's notice.
They were also incredibly cheap, so he bought around 100 of these. He wasn't sure if that was enough or nor however.
The next thing he did was buy a Common Mortal grade sword and armor. They weren't cheap but were cheap enough for Alex who held hundreds of spirit stones.
'These should help me a bit. The sword can be used as a decoy during fights, and the armor will help deceive my enemies into thinking my defense is good because of the armor. Although, it should help increase that a bit,' Alex thought.
He wasn't optimistic about getting an armor at the Auction house now. Especially, since he didn't have many True Spirit stones anymore.
Once he was done buying other things like boxes for alchemy ingredients and bottles for the pill, he was left with not a lot of spirit stones.
'Sigh, I might have to sell some of the pills in the auction houses,' Alex thought. He didn't have many pills that he had made for the purpose of selling, and the ones he did, he didn't think were worthy of being sold.
'I might have to find a place to specifically make pills to sell,' he thought. He remembered master talking about Alchemy guilds and halls that allowed rogue alchemists to make pills, so he would try going there someday.
Once he was done with that section of the city, he took a detour back to the hotel. Along the way, he saw a restaurant for cultivators and went in to see how it was.
Apparently, one could spend a little extra to go upstairs to get a premium service, but Alex didn't care. He sat alone by a window and ordered a simple stew.
It wasn't as simple, however. With every bite, his system kept on activating to give him notifications about his body accepting the meal and its Qi. It was almost annoying at one point.
The Qi was only at the 1000s though, so it was quite negligible. Still, the taste was heavenly. The vegetables in the stew were well cooked and the meat practically melted with each chew.
Finally, after 15 minutes of continuous eating, he finished the meal. He paid the money and left the restaurant.
Just as he was walking out, he saw a girl enter the restaurant. She was quite beautiful, but not captivating. Quite tall, but not taller than him. Lean and thin, but not anorexic.
Anyone who saw her would think of her as a true beauty, But Alex didn't. He only had a single thought, 'Have I seen her before?'
The girl quickly walked past him and he didn't dare use spiritual sense to check her face again. So, he just forgot about it and walked back to the hotel.
He bought a few casual clothes for himself along the way, before reaching the hotel a few dozen minutes before it was 6 pm.
He walked up the 17 flight of stairs, wondering if a lift was even feasible in this place. Finally, he reached his room and walked in.
