With a resounding thud, the vital energy force hit hard on Austin.
Austin was sitting on the desk when the blow struck him.
As for him, the blow was nothing but a small push. Yet, for the chair he was sitting in, the blast was too much for it to sustain, and within a second, it was broken into a thousand pieces.
Left with no choice, Austin finally stood up.
Thinking of the group's intention of bullying him and trying to take over the sword he had chosen, Austin gradually felt provoked and enraged.
The damage to the shop facility irked the shopkeeper as well. Realizing the imminent fight between Sterling and Austin, he stood up.
"Stop it!" came his high and irritated voice, stopping them just in time.
"Stop this instance, all of you! I don't care who you are, or where you come from. If you want to cause trouble in my Thousand Weapons Pavilion and get me embarrassed, then don't blame me if I teach you a hard lesson about who you should never have messed with!"
After saying that, the shopkeeper instantly released his vital energy force and took a fighting stance. Much to Austin's astonishment, the man was at the premium stage of Master Realm.
Now that the handsome man and his men had known the shopkeeper had the highest cultivation base among everyone in the room, they began to recoil and retreat from their original plan of bullying him and Austin.
Even the two bodyguards that stood next to the handsome man, as they were at the medium stage of Master Realm, which was one stage below the shopkeeper's premium stage, began to show a sign of fear on their faces.
Having instructed by his master, Sterling had no choice but to press himself to fight for the sword. At that point, his vindictive and defiant look had long vanished, replaced by a slave-like reverence and subservience.
Sterling bowed his head and folded his hands together as he walked towards the shopkeeper. He coughed once and then started his plea.
"I apologize for my discourteous behavior just now. We are from the Song Clan. I think you have heard of us. And, this is young master Ronald, the second heir of our clan.
He is also engaged to the daughter of the Hussar General. Now, he is on the way to visit the general's family, and he is in desperate need of buying some decent presents for them. We notice your shop has so many precious and valuable weapons. If you allow us to have the swords my master wants, I assure you that we will offer a price that will please you," he said, looking eagerly at the shopkeeper.
"No wonder I thought you people are special. You are from the Song Clan, hah?" the shopkeeper spoke.
He was not a fool. Having reached the premium stage of Master Realm, he had traversed through the world in his cultivation life when he was young. It went without saying that in the process, he came across different kinds of people and a variety of events—some unfortunate, others providential.
He knew that in the Heavenly Dragon Holy Kingdom, there were prominent five sects and four clans that were extremely famous than the others.
Skipping the subject of the five sects, the four clans were respectively the Jiang Clan, the Song Clan, the Kong Clan, and the Chen Clan.
And the handsome man named Ronald before him was from the Song Clan. He was said to be the second son of the clan master, affording him so many servants to follow to protect him.
Compared to the shopkeeper, Austin had no idea about the background of the Song Clan. And on top of that, he was not one to care for a family's social position.
"I don't care where you come from. It has nothing to do with me buying this sword here. I have paid with my vital energy crystals, so I owned the sword now," Austin proclaimed chilly, accusing the group with surprising nonchalance.
Not wanting to argue with them further, he just went ahead and put the Lightning Sword into his Space Ring.
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