Keys to the Gate 13 Exploring Stalls

With the commencement of the auction at the sports stadium in the guise of an invite only cultural event a lot of stalls had been created and gathered with trinkets and other items, fruits, herbs and even cultivation scrolls.

Then a man walked into the stadium. His face looked very ordinary, but it was covered with a mask covering his mouth. He was dressed in white, but had Blood Red hair, thanks to the disguise mask. This person was none other than White Star.

Rumors had spread about this individual. His identity and data with the Vast Expanse was sealed and inaccessible and an entire section of the auction was said to be items put out by him, all very valuable. However, no one knew how he looked.

Tristan walked towards a stall, picking up trinkets to examine them, but was disappointed because his system did not identify anything interesting. He passed through this stall to the next.
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In the third stall, he found the first interesting object. A charred metallic plate. When he picked it up, the stall owner looked at him with suspicious eyes. Tristan rolled his eyes. "Don't worry, I am not low enough to steal this junk in front of thousands of people in a regulated market." He quietly observed the observations of the Status.

[Third Civilization Crystal Plate]

The system didn't have any option to absorb or any information about what it did either. He wasn't sure what the Third Civilization was either. But Tristan decided to purchase an object as long as it showed up in the System. He checked other items in the stall to see if he found anything else but didn't find anything. He waved the black colored plate and spoke to the stall owner.

"I'll purchase this trinket for a thousand dollars, what do you say?"

"Sir, this is my family heirloom.... no no okay, thousand dollars take it!" The stall owner panicked when he saw that Tristan began to leave the moment he began his act and so desperately sold that trash object for 1000 dollars.

Tristan shook his head, what a joke! He moved on to another stall with trinkets but was disappointed and kept moving on.

Finally, Tristan came across an interesting object. It was a tiny bottle with a single blood droplet.

[Sirius Cursed Blood Essence]

[Absorb? Y/N]

Tristan was in doubt. Cursed Blood Essence...if he absorbed it would he be cursed as well? Also who is Sirius? Sounds like a famous figure for the System to mention the name.

Tristan decided not to absorb it, but purchase it and look into it later.

"Seller, how much for this bottle?" Tristan asked.

"1 million dollars." The seller flatly said.

"1 million? Do you know what this thing is?" Tristan asked, but the Seller shook his head. "To quote such a high sum for a roadside trinket without even knowing what it is? Are you nuts?" Tristan asked, puzzled at this weird behavior.

"I...I need money urgently and this is my family's most precious object." The Seller said with a tinge of sadness.

"Most precious object... then you know what it is?" Tristan asked again and the seller sighed.

"My family is a bloodline warrior family with a long heritage. I do not know what this mysterious blood is, but it has helped us awaken the dog bloodline of extremely powerful warriors in our family. Thus I can say that this blood is certainly priceless." The Seller said.

Tristan sighed. "Let me ask you a question. Does your family have a history of tragedies, suspicious deaths, bizarre incidents, frequent unlucky events and abject poverty despite being powerful?"

The Seller was shocked. "This... how can you know this?"

Tristan rubbed his forehead. "Do you know why I wanted to purchase this object? It is cursed, and the curse is a very powerful one. It isn't surprising your entire family is now suffering from the curse as well, blindly using it without even verifying the effects. Even if I pay you a million dollars dollars now you'll probably have an accident or get robbed on your way back.

How about this, tell me your family's details, I will assign a level 5 task in the Vast Expanse for a curse dispeller to help your family now in exchange for this item. Give me your details now."

Soon a mission for 1000 points level 5 was set up on the Vast Expanse and the task was avery easy one. An entire family line had been cursed and the curse had to be dispelled. Within minutes the task was already accepted, such tasks are basically known as liquid gold tasks. Easy money - high reward. The only barrier was skill.

Tristan swiped the bottle into his storage space and moved on. He arrived at a table full of different fruits and herbs. With his vast knowledge of botany now, he could easily make out the items without even touching them and was shocked at some of the fruits and herbs available. They were all rare items in demand and having high requirement. Stunned he asked the seller.

"These fruits and vegetables have been grown by you?" He looked at the stall owner with some shock in his eyes.

The stall owner shook his head. "I am primarily selling trinkets in the next stall. This is all grown by my son in his experimental garden." The seller proudly patted an innocent looking child.

Tristan was shocked. After all his knowledge about botany told him that he might have found a genius. He quickly called Heavy Matter.

"Hey, White Star, is there a problem?"

"Are you free at the moment?"

"Yes, I'm strolling in the stalls, treasure hunting."

"Come to Stall number... 304, I have to show you something."

The stall owner who heard Tristan's words on the phone had puzzled. He asked Tristan. "Sir, who did you call to this stall?"

Tristan smiled. "You'll see soon." Within seconds an attention drawing blonde man suddenly appeared and when the Stall owner saw him, he was shocked. "Heavy...Matter..."

Heavy matter courteously nodded, then looked at White Star. "You are looking good, so what did you call me here for?"

Tristan nodded. He took a random fruit from the stall, opened it up and then took out a seed from the fruit. People who were attracted by Heavy Matter's sudden appearance looked on with curiosity as well. Tristan then beckoned the little kid and gave him the seed. "Close your eyes and wish for the seed to grow."

Chapter end