The Dungeon Conquerors: Journey to the Peak

Chapter 161: Ch 161: Fated Encounter

The second book shop that he visited belonged to a large sect that had a hobby of collecting knowledge from all over the world. They actually had book shops in almost all the cities including the smaller ones. Rein had visited their shops before but had not managed to find anything interesting. But this shop was in a large city, so there was a high chance that it might have a few good books.

This place not only sold books but at the same time it also brought unique pieces of knowledge for a very high price. Mostly it was news about some new kind of lifeform or about new ruins which they would then verify and would pay the information giver according to the quality of the information.

Rein had also gotten some good payment from them after telling them about an area filled with demonic energy.

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After coming out of the shop Rein was a little bit disappointed. His trip here was not completely in vain as he did manage to find an encyclopaedia about the demons which would be very helpful for both him and Colinde. But that was all. Among the thousands of books that this store had only one was able to catch Rein's eyes which was a bit disappointing.

Then he went to check out the third shop. It belonged to a rich merchant who had a hobby of collecting books from various fallen sects and families. But now he had fallen into debt and for that reason he was forced to open this book shop. With him having a collection of many many books, this shop was doing exceptionally well and it became quite famous.

This shop was again a good news for Rein as he managed to find quite a few good books here. They were not very rare or exceptional books but were exactly the books that he was trying to find. There were books about herbs, about great beasts and even about some of the rare skills. There was also a book of legends that was quite interesting to Rein.

From this shop Rein ended up buying a total of 13 books.

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Even after that he did not return back to the inn as he still had some time in his hands. So he decided to visit some of the smaller stores. He had already found some information about shops like these so doing so was not much of a problem.

But Rein did not manage to find even a single good book from those shops even after visiting 7 of them. He was not very disappointed about it though as he had expected something like this. Most of the books that were sold in these shops and were available to the general public were books that told about the good deeds of a certain sect or clan.

This was a technique that those organisations used to make themselves famous among the common people. This was an important thing to do as that was the only way how they would be able to attract new disciples. The only reason Rein's small village knew about the Divine Scale Pavillion was also because of this kind of advertisement.

Just as Rein was thinking about all this while returning to the inn, suddenly a girl called out to him. She had covered herself with a thick robe but from what Rein was still able to see, this girl was just slightly older than 14 years old Rein.

As Rein stopped and looked at her, this girl asked if Rein was looking for books. Rein was not surprised by this question as he did not hide him trying to find books. He was also expecting something like this to happen and was genuinely happy about it. So he nodded his head and agreed.

The girl told him that her grandfather was once a manager for a large sect. But in a conflict that sect was destroyed overnight. Only a few people who already had a bad premonition were able to run away and that group included her grandpa. Before running away he even stole quite a few books from the book repository for the sect.

Currently this girl's grandpa was already dead and her family was having a lot of trouble with money. So they were trying to find a buyer for the books to earn some money as those books were completely useless to them. But not many people were interested in books and only the rich liked it.

But those rich people did not take their poor family seriously so they were having a hard time selling those books.

But then this girl heard that a little rich boy was running all around the town going to various book shops. Some had even seen him buying a lot of books from one of the big shops. After learning that she thought this person might be interested in buying more books from them and so she asked Rein out.

Rein was definitely interested in knowing what kind of book he would be able to find from this girl who introduced herself as Lan. So he decided to at least check the books out and went with the girl.

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Lan brought Rein to a residential district where the houses looked to be very old. It might have been a prosperous area in the past but now many of the buildings were showing the signs of aging. Lan's home was also no different. It was a house on the larger side but many of these parts were dilapidated and weeds were growing in the garden.

It was evident that their financial condition was not in a very good situation.

Lan invited Rein inside and made him to sit on a cushion. Her family were not sure who this handsome little boy was so they took Lan outside to ask her about it. After learning that Rein was a very rich person who was searching for books, all of them became very enthusiastic and welcomed him with open arms.

Lan's family had a total of five members including herself. Her father was working for a shop and her mother was always working in the home. Lan also had two younger twin siblings who had not awakened their skills yet but were soon going too. Their financial situation was not in a good condition and they needed to solve that problem before these kids became a bit older.

With his amazing conversation skills, Rein was able to easily win everyone's heart. Very soon he almost became a member of their family instead of being just a rich person. The two little kids were playing with him and asking him various questions and the mother was doting on him after learning about his circumstances. As for the father he was watching all that from a distance with a happy smile.

They were a good and simple family.

Lan had also become considerably closer to Rein and it was evident from the fact when she sat down beside Rein after bringing the books over. At first she was even hoping to fool Rein to buy these books but now she was really wishing that Rein would find them interesting or she would not be able to sell this book once again.

With Lan urging him, Rein looked at the books. Join the adventure on m,vlemp _y,r.