Celestial Era: The Rise of the Full-Time Enhancer

Chapter 127 Shops

Vincent only has a few things inside his 20-Slots System Inventory and one of them is the Mithril Ore which is a reward that he got from the system after a successful +10 enhancement.

Today, Vincent went around the town together with Rem as Tara wanted to just stay in her room.

"Sir Vincent, are you going to buy the things you needed to modify your potions?" Rem asked.

Rem's black and silver hair matched with her charming face could attract everyone's attention so she was always wearing her helmet before. Right now, she decided to wear a hooded cloak to avoid exposing her beauty and followed Vincent like a bodyguard.

"Ha? Y-yeah… You could say that…" He answered.

First, they went to various shops to find and purchase some potions.

They then learned that this small town only has a single store that sells potions and medicinal pills.

Cling~ Cling~

The bell chimes melodiously after Vincent opened the door of the shop.

Currently, there are no other customers probably because it is still quite early.

A young man in his teens was behind the counter and greeted them with a warm smile.

"Good morning, customers. Are you here to buy or sell your items?" The young man asked as he observed the two.

"Oh? You can sell items here too?"

"Yes… As long as they aren't above Unique Rank items, our small shop can still purchase them. If you have epic items, I'd suggest you sell them to the city or our Town Chief.

The young man replied still maintaining the smile on his face. As soon as the two entered, he already noticed that although Vincent's clothes appears simple, they were quite mysterious. Furthermore, he can tell from their bearing that they weren't just simple adventurers or travelers.

In a few seconds of observation, he already noticed that Vincent's clothes were enchanted by Magic Craftsmen as he can't see through them easily.

Vincent nodded at his reply and looked around the shop. There were various potion samples displayed as their information and price were written on a card below them.

In total, there are 7 types of potions and 5 types of pills beings sold.

Unfortunately, there are only low-tier pills and low-grade potions available in this town and most of these potions were already something that he had seen when he was still working in the Auction House.

Nevertheless, Vincent still purchased 20 diluted potions or those lowest grade potions available.

Most of them are Mana Recovery Potions and Healing Potions.

He decided to purchase a couple of Low-Grade Strength Potions that are worth 5 gold coins each. It might sound inexpensive but this price is already something that commoners would usually avoid.

After all, the Strength Potion can only provide a boost to the user's ability for a brief moment instead of permanently giving strength.

With such conditions, not many would purchase it at this price unless they were targeting a specific Savage Beasts that needed an additional strength to be dealt with.

[ A Bottle of Strength Potion ]

[ Grade: Low

Number of Enhancements: 0/10

Units of Strength: 8

Description: A magical liquid made from the blood essence of Fury Tigers. It is capable of instantly providing additional strength for 10 minutes upon consumption.

Remarks: Every enhancement will improve the units of strength. ]

Vincent smiled at the description of this potion as he couldn't help but look forward to its enhanced version.

It would be great if he could ascend it to a high-grade potion or enhance it to a +10 potion.

He can still remember the drastic changes in the pill that he managed to enhance to +10. It was a Mana Gathering Pill that could tremendously increase his Mana Regen and Mana Circulation.

Although it probably wouldn't be as effective as before since there were changes in his energy source.

Anyway, Vincent looked at the pills beings sold and most of them were ordinary pills that provide a temporary boost to one's abilities without any side effects.

Though they are indeed very safe pills, their effects were quite terrible compared to those with minimal risks involved.

There was only one type of pill here that he found rather interesting.

"What's with this Metal Body Pill? Isn't this too expensive for a Tier 1 pill? This is already a price for a Tier 2 pill."

Vincent asked after seeing that it was priced at 150 gold coins each. Furthermore, it has to be sold per bottle that has 10 pieces inside. It means that it was worth 1,500 gold coins for each bottle of pills!

Since Vincent had just purchased 20 potions, the young man was in a good mood as he immediately explained.

"Sir, this is indeed quite expensive if we compare it to a normal Tier 1 Pill. But it's mainly because this pill can be consumed by anyone. I'm telling the truth, Tier 2 or Tier 3 Pills have strong medicinal effects but they require certain attainment to be consumed safely. However, this Tier 1 Pill can be taken even by a child..." The young man immediate explained.

"Oh? Does it mean that tiers are divided by how safe they are to be consumed?"

"Well, not exactly, young sir. But this is one of the requirements to be considered a Tier 1 Pill. It must be something that anyone can consume without any side effects."

p Vincent could only nod as he thought for a moment before deciding to take a few bottles. After all, the first +10 item that he had was a pill followed by a potion.

It means that pills have the lowest difficulty of making them a +10 Enhanced Item followed by potions while weapons would have the highest difficulty.

As soon as Vincent confirmed that he will purchase 10 bottles, the young man couldn't help but be stunned as he immediately called the owner of the shop. After all, they are not displaying most of the expensive items on the shelf and only left a sample.

Soon, the owner came down from the second floor.

It was actually the young man's father.

"Ho~ You're taking 10 bottles of Metal Body Pills?" The middle-aged man asked as he similarly observed Vincent and Rem's clothes. He can tell that they weren't simple travelers, especially the cloaked woman.

The man was quite skinny with unkempt brown hair. He was wearing a long dirty coat and was emitting a familiar scent of medicine.

"Yes. I would like to purchase ten of them. Are you the one making them?" Vincent replied with a smile. Vincent doesn't need him to introduce himself to know that he's the Pill Expert of the small store.

"That's me. Hmm… I think that with your physique, consuming 8 to 10 pills is the limit. Taking more would just be a waste. Are you planning to resell them?" The man asked.

"Ahh… Would it be a problem?" Vincent asked. Although he doesn't have thoughts of selling them, he can't really tell what would happen in the future once he enhanced or ascended them.

"Well, it's not prohibited. You just have to tell them to go to our shop if they wanted to order." The man said with a grin on his face.

"Of course. That's not a problem. Anyway, is this pill quite rare? I haven't seen this even in the large cities I've passed by."

"You can say so… The main ingredient for this pill can only be found on the nearby cliff. Aside from that, this pill isn't that popular since there are better Tier 2 or Tier 3 pills."

"That's true… The ordinary people who would consume this are probably only those rich businessmen or nobles." Vincent nodded since if you're a practitioner, consuming better Tier 2 or 3 Pills is normal. Anyway, with their Mana Cultivation, their side effects can be minimized quite easily.

"Alright… Come to our shop whenever you need some pills and potions. Although I'm only a Tier 1 Alchemist, I'm about to advance so look forward to that."

"That's great. I'll visit some other time. I'm Vincent."

"Oh, right! I haven't introduced myself. I'm Aiden… It's nice meeting you, Vincent…" The skinny man said replied as they shook their hands.

There was no way that the Pill Expert wouldn't want him to come back. After all, Vincent just bought a bunch of pills that he was unable to sell in this small town!

Now, with the money he earned, Aiden could finally purchase several ingredients that he needed in order to try and advance to a Tier 2 Alchemist.

After the two left, Vincent finally found a smithery or perhaps a workshop where the craftsman who can possibly smelt the mithril ore is currently at.

Clang! Clang! Clang!

Though it is still quite early, Vincent and Rem can already hear the sound of metal being hammered.

The front of the workshop looks just like a normal storefront but behind it is a large area where blacksmiths or craftsmen could work.

Before entering, Vincent already took out the Mithril Ore that he has so they wouldn't be surprised about the space magic or dimensional magic.

Clang~ Clang~

"Good morning, customers… Are you here to buy or sell your items?"

Vincent smiled at the familiar greetings of the man behind the counter.

"I'm here for a commission… Can you smelt a Mithril Ore? I want a weapon out of it… Oh, wait…"

'I already have the Astral Night Dagger.'

Vincent thought as he paused for a moment. He needed to carefully consider what item he has to get this time.