In the end, the two decided to leave the Alfa Stellar Store without buying anything.
Silva led the way as they exited the place. She turned around and looked at Emery. "You can find almost anything in this store. However, they are not the best place to go if you want to sell something."
They went back to the vehicle and it took off to the air once again. As they headed to the lower part of the city, Silva asked Emery if she could see the potion again.
Emery nodded and handed her one of the [Gaia Serum].
"Not this one, I mean the green one!"
Hearing that, he withdrew and stored the serum back to his spatial space and took out one of the green essences before handing it over to her. When the white-haired girl received and took a closer look at it, she immediately spoke.
"I can't believe you still have these… It's been almost 4 years, right?" A little smile could be seen on her beautiful face.
Emery quickly knew what she meant. He recalled what had happened that night, the night he went hunting the four-leaf clover for the potion, the night where they first ever talked. If it wasn't because of her, he wouldn't have been able to survive that night, receive the potion, nor become an apothecary apprentice.
In fact, it wouldn't be a stretch if Emery considered that night to be one of the significant turning points in his life.
Now that he thought about it, Silva was really involved in and was part of many things that made him the way he is now. Starting from that incident at the forest during their first year, how she helped him in the second stage of Magus Game, her giving him the Fey Serum recipe, and just recently, her helping him upgrade his bloodline.
Therefore, in consideration of all the things that had happened, Emery could not accept her to buy stuff for him.
While still fascinated by the green potion, Silva said, "If your serum is similar to these green potions, then its value would be far more than just a mere 550 spirit stones each. In fact, you can get even more if you are lucky and find a desperate buyer."
After the vehicle entered the mountain again, which by this point Emery realized as the main connector to every part of the region, this time there was no more tunnel they had to go through. Instead, they had to exit their vehicle and go on foot.
Emery and Silva along with the 4 magus bodyguards stood on a platform, together with dozen other people. The platform finally began to descend when there were around 50 people on board, bringing them to the next destination.
A few minutes later, the platform came to a stop. Emery and Silva stepped off the platform and what greeted them was another completely different place from the previous two they had visited.
It was a huge cave chamber, where crowds of species and lifeforms roamed around. In fact, millions of them; it was like a massive slum.
As the group walked into the crowds, Emery could see among the bustling of the masses were hundreds of small markets and haphazardly-made stalls selling and showcasing all kinds of stuff. Ignoring the rather chaotic atmosphere, this place was one big super marketplace.
Emery was completely captivated by the sight around him. He couldn't help but turn his head around as they walked through the crowd and the people were shouting their products out loud in hopes of attracting a potential buyer.
"Come, come and see! I have the largest collection of batteries! Anything to recharge your machines!"
"Here's the place if you need something organic! Various types of body parts and organs! 1211 species!!! Freely come and check if you are interested in any of them!!"
"Mister! Do you want to have a good time..? We sell products to help give the missus an unforgettable night! Excessive moaning guaranteed, or a full refund from our part!!"
When they heard the last shout, both Emery and Silva stopped in their tracks and subconsciously looked at each other. Without any prior coordination, the two of them seemed to have come to a tacit agreement and rapidly increased their walking speed.
Emery got the chance to see a lot of things he never even thought of being possible to be sold, and the two stopped after running for a few hundred meters and there was a little chuckled on both their face.
Silva finally took him to one of the big buildings seen in the area and they quickly entered inside.
The moment they entered, Emery immediately threw his gaze around, and at first glance, the place looked more like a common type of shop. In fact, the whole place sort of reminded him of Furia - the dark planet where he had visited together with Aeon.
There were a dozen guards with muscular build and brown furry bodies, which actually made them look like humanoid dogs, and all of them were armed with various equipment and weaponry.
A particular figure was standing among these people, seemingly waiting for Emery and Silva's group. It was a woman with striking pink skin and long tentacles on her head that fell down her neck.
"Welcome, esteemed customers." The woman said with a smile. "What can I help you with today? We have all kinds of collections; everything is guaranteed to be genuine merchandise."
The sight of a woman talking with a smile while surrounded by a group of armed men is eerie, to say the least.
As the two of them approached the woman, Silva whispered to Emery. "This is a black market. They mostly sell stolen or fake stuff, but you might get lucky sometimes and earn yourself something extraordinary."
They arrived in front of the woman, and Silva quickly asked Emery to show the other party the [Gaia Serum] he wanted to sell. The shopkeeper calmly received the serum from Emery and then put it inside some kind of machine.
"Ah, spirit potions for low rank cultivators. Originality is two, very nice." She said with a wide smile after seeing the words appearing on the machine.
She returned her gaze to Emery and calmly asked, "How many vials do you want to sell?"
"250 vials."
The female shopkeeper nodded her head and, after contemplating for a moment, she said, "alright, we will buy them 400 spirit stones each. So, 100,000 spirit stones in total."
Emery was surprised when he heard the other party actually valued his potion less. On the other hand, Silva's face changed when she heard this.
"Let's go, Emery. We will just find another place who doesn't joke around."
After saying those words, Silva grabbed Emery's hand and turned around towards the entrance as if she really wanted to leave. On the other hand, it seemed Silva's words hit the nail on the coffin, as the female shopkeeper quickly took her offer back.
"Wait, wait. It was my mistake. A genuine tier 2 potion, naturally we'll buy it for a much higher price. 200,000 for the whole lot. how about it? you certainly won't get much higher than that anywhere!"
Silva, however, didn't seem to be interested. "Thank you, but no."
This time, she really walked out of the place, even when the female shopkeeper called them to return. Emery, who was confused by her actions, couldn't help but ask the reason why.
"From the start, I had no intention of selling your potion on the black market, Emery. I just want to know the best price people are willing to pay for it." Silva explained with a faint smile.
"Wait, but why? Why do you need to know that information?" Emery asked again, still confused.
With a crafty look in her eyes, Silva replied, "we are going to put your stuff on auction."