Chapter-17: Easy Money

As the rumbling sound increased and the 2 stone statues moved and pointed their sword at the 3 and said

[You two can't enter beyond this point] said the statue as it took a step closer to the Duo.

"Ah…Mr. Bhram, I think we can conclude our conversation here only. If it's difficult to enter the 'Park." Said Sharl.

'What the fuck? Man, we just wanted to have a small talk to get over this misunderstanding, and you bought us to a place where we are treated as intruders are you fucking really going to kill us over a simple comment on the 'Imperial Court.' Fuck, I heard that the court is very domineering but, this is fucking too much' Sharl thought as his nails started digging into his palm.

"Ah.. sorry about that, I didn't know that this place was meant for 'Only Staff'" said Bhram as he was looking at the 2 stone statues with 'Speaking' eyes full of curiosity.

'Yeah, write you Fuck Head' the Duo thought as they saw his sparkling eyes.

"Mr. Bhram, we are very sorry. We didn't mean to offend the imperial court and my Sharl here was just frustrated that we couldn't find a book on 'Alchemy' and we would like to compensate you with this small token. Kindly forgive our mistake" said Matt as he bought out a red bag the size of a tennis ball.

'Oh…. So that's why they bent their knee and apologized. But, I don't think it was that serious' Bhram immediately realized that he was being 'Bribed' to keep his mouth shut.

"Ah..ha.. its just a—" Bhram was about to refuse the bribe but when he saw more than 5 gold coins in the bag he kept his mouth shut and said "Cough.. Cough.. Yes, yes. This is more than sufficient pleased to doing business with you," said Bhram as he quickly ran into the 'Park'.

The duo looked at each other and gave a bitter laugh "Next time keep your mouth shut, I lost this month's salary because of your loose lip" said Matt as he started walking towards the Library.

After the Duo left the vicinity of the park, the stone statues went back to their initial posts.

Inside the 'Park' Bhram found a place to sit and have his food.

He sat down and took out the bag and thought of many things 'Ah.. duping people to earn money is bad. But, getting duped is even worse. I had my concern on obtaining cultivation resources but now with this gold, I think I can---'

Bhram looked at the 5 Gold coins and notices an inscription on it saying 'Star Coin.'

'What the fuck!! I hit the jack pot' Bhram thought as he started caressing the 5 coins as if, they were the most beautiful existence in the world.

Previously, in the library had seen many cultivation books about the history of most races in the North domain of the 'Imperial Court.'

'With this money, I think I can at least try a few things based on the 'Human' power matrix and the inheritance I got from the old man' Bhram thought and he quickly finished his food and searched for his sleeping quarters.

On his way he used his Identity as a G-Floor librarian and leased out a book for 3 days, the book was titled 'Cultivation a Fortune or a Cuse?'

The book was very old and it was thick as an 'adult Bamboo Shoot.' The book had a warning sign on it saying 'Year of publication Y-2278; Over a million years old; Treat with Care.'

'Wow, a million-year book is left as a worthless piece of junk in the G-Floor. But, from all the information I have gathered so far on 'Cultivating Power Matrix' this title is too out of context, how can cultivation be a curse?'

The book was based on a human, who had survived a civilization-level war between 2 races with advanced technology and power. These 2 races fought a war in human civilization, by splitting the human population into camps and using 'Mortal' humans as cannon fodder and for military entertainment in both the camps.

The suppressed human race rebelled against the 2 races and birthed the 'First Human Cultivator,' at the birth of the cultivator the entire human race celebrated and 'built' hope, igniting a 'rebellious' era.

The 'First Human Cultivator' had also caused a momentary stop in the war between the 2 races, as they knew that humans outnumbered them and This didn't last long enough before the humans discover a problem.

The human cultivator was very powerful compared to a normal human, but it was very difficult for him to fight either of the races' foot soldiers in a one-on-one. The humans knew that the foot soldiers were more powerful than a normal human, and in theory, they assumed that they would be evenly matched after becoming a cultivator.

But, the practical outcome led to a major depression among the human race some of the humans couldn't bear the hopeless situation and some had turncoat to one of the races, they had abandoned their own flesh and blood to have better food and sleep environment.

The other humans didn't lose hope and instead waited for the cultivators among the human race to increase in population and power, but this also led to a fruitless situation. In a few years, the 'First Human Cultivator' had discovered a problem, one of the problems arose after teaching all his followers about cultivation. He noticed that none of them were able to follow his methods.

The 2nd problem was discovered after his marriage, he found out that his kids were not able to inherit his power. The human mind was Fickel, these discoveries spread in the '2 races' and they sent the 'traitors' to pull in the 'humans.'