29. Provocation

Zoro and Lily stepped inside the grand building, the moment they did so a wisp of fragrance swept past them. Instantly both of them felt their mind become calm and clear.

Zoro was surprised, he looked around to see an incense burning silently at a corner.

" That's a soothing incense, it clears the mind of distracting thoughts and gives peace to the mind."

" Oh."

Zoro replied lazily and walked inside, lily was a bit indignant at how unaware Zoro was of her.

The insides of the building was just as grand as outside. Black wood was used as floors, this was an expensive piece of wood. Only nobles would ever use it for constructions and furniture so he was surprised to find it lining the floor.

Zoro looked around, rows of shelves were lined up before him. Each containing a wide range of pills, their effects, ingredients as well as price was marked just below them so it was fairly easy to purchase.

As Zoro was a Warrior Master he required body tempering pills, huge quantity of them. He wasn't afraid of using them as he could completely absorb it and the impurities would be removed by his Haki.

This was something that shocked Elder Shi to his core. After knowing about it he strictly warned Zoro to not ever reveal it to outsiders. Even Zoro wasn't that dumb, he understood the implications of such ability.

" What kind of pills would young master Zoro like to purchase? "

" Body tempering."

" I see, then you should buy the Tiger Pill. It's main ingredient is a class three Fire Tiger. Eventhough the pill a low level class three one it can still be used by Warrior Masters."

Zoro nodded, he followed Lily to where the pill was placed. As she said the pill mainly used a Fire Tigers body parts as ingredients but some mild herbs as well as clear spring water was used in its process of making thus it can be used by a Warrior Master.

He looked at its price and nodded. One pill was about thousand gold coins, he needed twenty so twenty thousand.

" Hey, I want twenty of these! "

Zoro gestured towards a servant and said simply. The servant was stunned, he immediately bowed and replied.

" Of course sir, this way please."

He didn't doubt whether Zoro was being serious or not, no joke... the young lady of Blaze Family was beside him if he couldn't afford it then would the Blaze Family be the same.

Absurd!

The servant was smiling all the way, after all he got a big customer. They would receive one percent of any transaction done through them, the servant would get about two hundred gold coins.

This is what he earns in two years and now he is about to get that amount in one purchase, how could he not be happy!

Lily was also surprised at the quantity Zoro bought.

' He must be planning to use it till middle realm of Warrior Grandmaster! '

Infact Zoro was preparing to breakthrough to Late stage Warrior Master! Because of his peculiar circumstances the amount of energy he need to breakthrough each level is atleast thrice that of a normal Warrior.

Zoro gave the servant a crystal card, this was given to him by Elder Shi. The old man said it can be used to purchase anything as long as it doesn't exceed the amount in there

Zoro did ask him how much it had but even the old man didn't know how much, anyway it would atleast have several hundred thousand so Zoro wasn't worried.

The servant's eyed nearly popped out seeing the crystal card.

' A crystal card!! Oh my god, just what kind of customer did I get!?! '

Even Lily standing near Zoro was stunned, but she soon calmed down remembering Zoro was that Elder's Disciple.

What Zoro had was a rare crystal card. It's sort of like a mobile bank. Tons of money can be stored in there, but not everyone can have it. Since such an item can only be made by precious materials and be only used by its owners they are valuable and rare.

Moreover this type of item is only issued by Treasure Bank. A legal structure spread throughout the continent and accepted by everyone.

Zoro paid for his purchase and put it in his storage ring.

" Thank you for your visit!! "

The servant bowed deeply as Zoro and Lily left. His colleagues were envious of his luck and couldn't help but pray for their own.

" Thank you for helping me."

Zoro suddenly thanked Lily, she was caught off guard and hastily waved her hands.

" Please don't! Even without my help young master could have found it."

" But that would take me a lot of time."

Both of exchanged some words and continued to stroll. Soon it was already lunch time, Lily led Zoro towards a restaurant to eat.

Just as they were about to enter the restaurant a voice interrupted them.

" Look who it is, the young lady of Blaze family! "

Lily and Zoro turned around.

A youth stood before them, he was tall and handsome and wore luxurious robes with golden linings. Couple more youths stood behind them with several guards even further behind.

" Greetings, Lord Si."

Lily's face was a bit unnatural but she still smiled and greeted the young man before her.

The young man's eyes darted around Lily's body and showed desire for a split second before masking it. She showed a smile and said.

" What a coincidence! I was just about to have lunch with my friends why don't young lady Lily join us? "