The Mighty Mage novel Chapter 155

Chapter 155: Chapter 155: Soul Essence

The director hesitated for a moment before nodding reluctantly.

"Fine," he said with a heavy sigh.

"But only for tonight. Tomorrow, we’ll have to figure something out."

The guard nodded gratefully, knowing that at least for tonight, the little girl would have a roof over her head and a warm meal in her belly.

He went back outside to fetch the little girl, who was still standing in front of the orphanage with a blank expression.

"Come on," he said gently, extending a hand to her.

"Let’s get you inside where it’s warm."

The little girl hesitated for a moment before taking his hand, allowing him to lead her into the orphanage.

As they entered, the warmth of the fire and the smell of food enveloped them, offering a brief respite from the cold, harsh world outside.

The guard stayed with the little girl for a while, making sure she was settled in and comfortable before bidding her goodnight.

Alone once again, the little girl found herself lying in a small cot in a crowded dormitory, surrounded by other children who were either busy doing some work or were busy learning.

No one bothered to talk to her.

A part of it was because they were shy and were expecting the girl to take the initiative, another part was because they were afraid that the little girl would stay with them, after all, they were running low on supplies, how could their orphanage afford to raise one more child?

And another part was because of the girl’s depressing aura.

The little girl couldn’t help but feel a sense of despair wash over her as she realized just how alone she truly was in the world.

But as she drifted off to sleep, she couldn’t help but cling to the faint glimmer of hope that maybe, just maybe, things would get better someday.

...

Gu Jin went to explore the market.

Just like the last time she hoarded seeds, low-grade defensive artifacts, and some unique items.

Last time when she was fighting with the beast she realized that they leave a soul essence once they die.

These soul essences were very essential for making artifacts or weapons.

At the same time, these soul essences could be sold for 10 million to 1 billion depending on the class!

The last time when she defeated a Soul Class beast, she didn’t have much regret when she destroyed its body and was happy she had enough power to defeat a Soul Class beast.

However, when she knew that the body of a Soul Class beast could be sold for 20 million and the soul essence of Soul Class could be sold for 50 million, her heart was filled with regret.

She lost 70 million!

With that money, she could have bought 7 mystic seeds.

Gu Jin knew that her awakening of the Fire element meant that she was in trouble. If at every stage that she crossed for each element, she is able to awaken an element, then she would have to buy more than 7 mystic seeds, more than 7 solar veins, and more than 7 Intermediate Rank resources!

That means she would need at least 5 billion to just reach the advanced rank of each element! _{frёeωebɳovel.com}

If she keeps on losing 70 million won’t she be one step backward in the race to accumulate the wealth of 5 billion?

Hence she decided that next time she would be careful next time and not burn the body and collect the soul essence.

However, when she knew the soul essence collector storage space, her ears stood up.

"How much?" Gu Jin asked with disbelief.

The shopkeeper said with a kind smile,

"Ah, you’re interested in the soul essence collector storage space? It’s quite a valuable item indeed.

For a basic model, it’ll cost you around 100 million, but the more advanced ones can go up to 500 million or even more depending on their capabilities."

Gu Jin: "..." Why don’t you rob a bank?

For some reason, she suddenly remembered how she had scammed Long Yifan. She had asked for an artifact worth 900 million in exchange for two black stones...

Maybe it was karma!

Gu Jin coughed and said,

"I will buy the basic storage space."

Gu Jin’s mind raced as she calculated the potential benefits of owning such a device.

With a soul essence collector storage space, she could safely store and transport soul essences without the risk of losing them or damaging them in battle.

"Okay, then the total will be 101.1 million yuan."

"Didn’t you say that it was of 100 million?" Gu Jin questioned.

The shopkeeper still kept a smile on his face and said,

"Oh, 1.1 million is the taxes."

Gu Jin nodded, understanding that taxes were a common occurrence in transactions.

However, this didn’t stop her from becoming angry.

"Ma’am, would you like the bonus gift that comes along with the basic storage space?"