Chapter Thirty-Five: The Shopkeeper Mozib
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"I don't think you have the right to sell magic potions, do you? Call out someone from your store who is in charge." For a guy with such an overbearing attitude, Huayun was too lazy to bother with him. If it weren't for the fact that there were no magic potions on display in the outer hall, Huayun wouldn't have even bothered to acknowledge him.
After hearing Hua Yun's words, the waitress couldn't help but feel a surge of anger in her heart. Indeed, with her current authority, she didn't have the qualifications to sell something as important as magic potions.
"Sorry, sir, this magical potion is only sold to the kingdom's alchemists and not to people like you." The waiter's voice suddenly rose by an octave, causing everyone in the entire hall to stare over here in surprise, while the other staff members who knew the waiter couldn't help but rub their foreheads and sigh: "Winnie's at it again, yelling at customers!"
Winnie has been working here for some years, but most of the people who were recruited to Wala City Plant Master Store with her have been promoted to lower towns or other plant stores as a small manager, and now only she is left, still a small service staff.
Winnie, who considered herself noble, was extremely displeased that those incompetent guys could get promoted while she, a capable person, couldn't. So whenever others showed even the slightest hint of this intention, she would flare up. Of course, this only applied to mercenaries and commoners; when facing aristocrats, she didn't dare be so presumptuous, and instead tried to curry favor with them.
Hua Yun was somewhat stunned, although the Plant Master's shop held a high position in any country of Allen 6, but shouldn't they treat customers like this? In Kodo Town, even the owner Barlock was very polite to any mercenary who came to buy divine fruit, never putting on airs. But this small service staff member in Wala City had such a big temper, which made Hua Yun feel somewhat inexplicable.
"Winnie, what's going on?" After hearing Winnie's loud cry, Randy, the manager in charge of the hall, immediately walked over. He was a refined and elegant young man who had already become the manager of the Valan City Plant Shop at a young age. Such a position could not be occupied without certain connections and abilities. In the Westis Kingdom, someone like Randy was considered to have achieved some success. Among the service staff in the shop, none of them did not fantasize about capturing the heart of the handsome and capable Randy, landing a golden turtle son-in-law.
"This gentleman says he wants to buy magic potions, but the rule in this magic potion shop is that only planters can make purchases. Isn't he looking for trouble?! In front of Randy, Winnie immediately transformed into a gentle lady, elegant and refined in her demeanor, with a soft tone, leaving Huayun stunned. This woman's ability to change her expression was truly terrifying."
"Sir, are you here to buy the magic potion?" Randy's face wore a warm smile, his demeanor exuding sincerity, not a hint of disdain for Huayun's ordinary attire.
"Yes!" Huayun nodded.
"Hmm, well, sir, this store only sells magical potions to the kingdom's cultivators. Are you sure you still want to buy?"
"Of course!" Hua Yun couldn't help but furrow her brow, her tone not allowing for any questioning. Buying something was so troublesome, it made Hua Yun feel a bit impatient.
After seeing Huayun's expression, Randy hastily said: "If that's the case, then please come in!" As he spoke, Randy immediately led the way forward, leading Huayun towards the room inside the hall.
"Manager Randy!" Winnie was anxious, the manager didn't even ask if the other person was a planter before bringing them in, this kind of person obviously wasn't a planter, how could Manager Randy be so careless!
Landy turned around and glared at Winnie fiercely, then took Huayun into the inner room.
Landy understood that, no matter what profession one was in, one couldn't judge people by their appearance. The Planters' Guild was very prestigious in the Sixth Major City, and some of the people who came here were also very noble. Lundy was born into a declining aristocratic family, which had once been a great family in the Kingdom of Sis but had now fallen to the point where even a small noble could bully them. Lundy himself had become the manager of the Planters' Guild in Wulan City after paying an unknown amount of sweat and effort. Behind his seemingly glorious appearance, he had paid out an unknown amount of sweat that no one knew about, so he understood the way to be a person who shouldered the hope of reviving his family.
With Randy's eyes, it was also possible to see that Hua Yun was not ordinary. The Blue Tile City Planting Master Shop was not a small bar where anyone could come in and have a drink. Being able to be calm and composed here, with an air of self-assurance without revealing any hint of awkwardness, meant that one's status would definitely not be ordinary.
Generally speaking, shops with a decent facade will have a front area for receiving ordinary customers and a back room for receiving important guests.
"Sir, please wait here for a moment, I'll go and get the shopkeeper to come over. This magic potion is quite important, I don't dare to take charge of it myself." Randy led Huayun into the inner room, poured him a cup of water, then retreated outside.
Before long, footsteps sounded outside the door, and a middle-aged fat man with a big belly and dressed in luxurious clothes walked in from outside.
"Haha, hello there sir! I'm Mobiz, the owner of this shop. Randy told me you're here to buy some magic potions." Mobiz approached Huayun with a big smile on his face: "However, as you know, the purchase of these magic potions is regulated..."
Before Mobiz could finish speaking, Huayun muttered a few words under his breath, waved his right hand, and a green light immediately fell on a potted plant on the nearby shelf. After being bathed in that green light, the plant, which had been somewhat withered from being indoors for too long, suddenly regained its vitality.
Mobitz's eyebrows twitched imperceptibly, and the smile on his face was piled up with victory. With his eyesight, he could naturally see that the move Huayun had just made was a second-level Plant Master magic - Vitality Recovery, which could instantly restore a plant to its peak state.
"Heh, I wonder if this gentleman has the Kingdom's Crest of Planters on him? You know, the Kingdom doesn't allow the sale of magical potions to people outside the kingdom!"
Mozie's words were just a formality, and it was also part of the procedure for buying and selling magical potions. The status of the Plant Master is very noble, and no country wants to offend them easily. Generally speaking, selling magical potions to Plant Masters from other countries is not a big deal, but if they are sold to Plant Masters from enemy countries, that would be considered treason. However, such things rarely happen, as any country would never expose their precious Plant Master to the territory of an enemy country.
"Hmm..." Huayun furrowed his brow, although he had learned some Plant Master magic from Saha and was considered a Plant Master, he hadn't received the official recognition of the Western Kingdom.
"Hmm, what's up?" Seeing Hua Yun like this, Mozhi's heart skipped a beat.
"It's like this, I don't have the Kingdom's bestowment of the Plant Master badge on me, but I wonder if this thing will do." After a moment of silence, Huayun took out something from his body.
"What thing? What can replace the Kingdom Planting Master's badge?" Mobitz took over the thing handed over by Huayun and examined it.
"Ah!" Just a glance, and the shopkeeper Mobiz couldn't help but take in a cold breath. His eyes on Huayun became strange and uncontrollable!