East Meet West

230- Miser

“The total amount after the calculation is 238,000 gold coins. But since you are a VIP member of our Golden Cloud Chamber of commerce, you will get a discount on this amount. So, you will have to pay only 220,000 gold coins.”

Hearing this, Orochi nodded and took out 200 Low grade energy stones from his storage ring and gave them to the middle aged guy.

Seeing this, the middle aged guy was shocked and asked hesitantly, while looking at the pile of Low grade energy stones in front of him.

“Esteemed guest, pardon me for asking but are you sure that you want to use the Low grade energy stone to pay for these items?”

Orochi answered affirmatively.

Of course, any normal person would be shocked when seeing someone use Low grade energy stones as a form of transaction.

Of course, it's not like the first time someone has done it, but it is very rare to use Low grade energy stones.

Because in a place like the Windy Country, where cultivation resources like Low grade energy stones are scarce and expensive to get, seeing that someone uses it as a form of payment, is a very difficult scene to imagine or see.

Hence, the middle aged guy could not help but confirm once again.

Orochi:

“Since, the exchange rate of Low grade energy stones to Gold Coins, is 1: 1.1 at your branch, I am sure that 200 Low grade energy stones are enough to settle the bill, right?”

Hearing this, the middle aged guy who was still shocked, hurriedly responded,

“Yes, yes... thank you for your patronage.”

Then as if he remembered something, he asked respectfully,

“Esteemed guest, could you please give me your VIP card? Since you have made a transaction of more than a hundred thousand gold coins at our Golden Chamber of Commerce, your Mortal Grade 2 VIP membership will be upgraded.”

Hearing this, Orochi also remembered that there was such thing. So, he passed the VIP membership card to the middle aged guy.

Receiving the card, the middle aged guy spoke,

“Esteemed guest if you don’t mind, please wait for a few minutes, I will bring you the upgraded membership card.”

Then he ordered the nearby servant to bring food and snacks, to entertain Orochi’s group.

After the middle aged guy exited the room, Armelia couldn’t help but ask anxiously,

“Husband, why did you use Low grade energy stones to pay for these items? I am sure that we have enough gold coins to pay, right? Why are you wasting Low grade energy stones, when you could have used them for cultivation.”

Hearing Armelia’s question, he smiled wryly and replied,

“Hehe... I was trying to save the 20,000 gold coins by using conversion rate as a base.”

Hearing this, both Armelia and June gave him a look that made Orochi blush slightly.

He quickly avoided their gaze.

True, his ‘miser’ nature did kick in, but there was also another reason why he was willing to use Low grade energy stone as a form payment instead of gold coins.

System shop.

Just like how actual money- copper, silver, and gold coins which are used in the real world, can be exchanged to get the system currency- sikka, similarly the system currency can be used to get real world currency and it can be in any form like copper coins, silver coins, gold coins, and even Low grade energy stones.

And the conversion rate is also set at the standard rate used in the real world.

1 Lower grade energy stone = 1000 gold coins = 1,000,000 Sikka

1 gold coin = 100 silver coin= 1000 sikka

1 silver coin = 100 bronze coin= 10 sikka

1 sikka = 10 Bronze coin

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Of course, he can also convert ‘Sikka’ to Mid grade Energy stones at the standard rate, that is-> 1 Mid Grade Energy stone = 100 Low grade energy stones.

So, he can give 200,000 gold coins to the system and convert them to ‘Sikka’. And when he lacks Low grade energy stones, he can convert ‘Sikka’ to get Low grade energy stones.

Of course, he has plenty of Low grade energy stones in his storage, so he won’t convert ‘Sikka’ to get them.

The system is truly something- thought Orochi in his heart.

So, like this, he has saved 20,000 gold coins and also made his ‘miser’ character satisfied and... happy?

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Seeing that atmosphere in the room was wrong, Orochi tried to bring up a topic.

So, first, he told everyone to go out of the room except Armelia and June, of course.

Seeing that, only three of them were in the room, Orochi turned to June and asked,

“Aunt June, will you be able to take Armelia out of the town without letting anyone notice you two? Of course, I don’t want you to expose your aura.”

Hearing this, June understood Orochi’s intentions, so she nodded,

“Yes, I can take Armelia out of the town without exposing myself.”

Suddenly, Armelia grabbed Orochi’s arm and asked,

“Husband, what happened? What do you mean by aunt June taking me out of the town? Where are you going?”

Orochi took Armelia’s hand and replied with a smile,

“Hehe... after we step out of the auction building, not only Alex Xavier’s people will surround us, but other people from the Chan clan and a few others will also jointly surround us because they are interested in the items that I have bought in today’s auction. And I don’t want you two to take action because you know why...”

Hearing this, Armelia anxiously tightened her grip and shouted,

“Then why are you the only one staying behind? We should escape together.”

Orochi shook his head and said,

“No, if we try to escape together, all of us will be surrounded and I don’t want that.”

Armelia shouted,

“No, if you are not coming with us, then I too won’t go.”

Orochi calmly explained,

“Listen Armelia, I will not fight with them. I will just distract them and you two will escape from the town as soon as possible. I will keep them concentrated on me.”

“But...”

Orochi interrupted Armelia from speaking,

“No buts... you should be aware of my strength. Maybe, I cannot face a couple of Human stage cultivators at once, but it won’t be a problem for me to escape from them.”

Seeing that Armelia was still not convinced, Orochi gave her a reassuring smile and said,

“Believe me. If you want to help me, then escape as soon as possible, so that I don’t get stuck here and get caught.”

“I will meet you two outside the town and bring these guys along, then we can take of them and make them eat their own medicine.”

As Orochi spoke, a cold smile appeared on his face.

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