Chapter 62: The Awakened's Formula

Originally, those players were all subordinates of Feng Buxi and Yunxiao; being able to become informants for the Wealth Church relied entirely on these two individuals acting as intermediaries.

These two were also originally going to conduct a special transaction with Fred, which was widely known on the game forum.

Feng Buxi: I don't know what Fred bought, but he was exceptionally excited after the purchase, and everyone around could tell. I always feel like he's going to be targeted; I have a bad premonition.

You'eryuan to Feng Buxi: Then I'll log on and notify them.

Fred and his good friend Kupo didn't think there was any problem with this; although their usual transactions were certainly more cautious than this, at this moment, their minds were not very clear.

Kupo also bought something, but he appeared much better off than Fred.

It was unclear whether the boxes given after the transaction were all the same, or if they had bought the same items, but both men held similar boxes in their hands.

Only when the last person finished browsing the goods was the entire transaction considered complete.

At this time, Kupo placed four Silver Tana on the table.

A waiter walked over quickly and said to Kupo, "Thank you for your patronage, sir. I thank you for your love for these cats on their behalf."

"Then can we leave now?" Kupo said with a smile.

"No problem."

Perhaps because they gave a large tip, Kupo and the others were the first to walk out of the coffee shop.

They had only walked about ten steps forward when more people poured out from behind.

It seems this coffee shop isn't that particular after all, or perhaps, truly particular people might wait until everyone else has left before leaving themselves.

After all, it's just a matter of petting cats and drinking a couple more sips of coffee.

Only those who cannot keep their cool will leave first.

Feng Buxi looked back; there were two or three people following behind them, only it was impossible to tell if the other party was heading in this direction or intentionally following them.

"Guess what I bought? This is simply a surprise," Fred said excitedly. "I bought the Awakening Formula to become an Awakened!"

He didn't avoid his two bodyguards behind him at all. Kupo looked around in a panic, "How could you buy such a thing? Wouldn't it be enough to just buy some things for good luck?"

"How could that be enough? Wouldn't it be better to become a Fortune-teller?" Fred also learned from Kupo and spoke in a low voice. "It is said that the Awakened of the Wealth Church are all Fortune-tellers. Only by becoming a Fortune-teller can one's ability to make money improve."

Kupo held his forehead, speechless. "Don't you know that this kind of formula is priceless and hard to find? Even if there really is one for sale, how can you confirm it's real?"

"With the endorsement of the Times Newspaper, this can't be fake, right?" Fred also felt like he had been impulsive, but he still made excuses for himself. "I saw so many people gathering; no one would think these things are fake, right..."

"You're really naive, but I haven't seen an Awakening Formula here before," Kupo said after thinking for a moment. "Why don't you provide a copy to someone else and let them try it?"

"How can that work? What if it's wrong and someone gets killed?" Fred still possessed basic conscience. "I absolutely cannot do that."

"Then go ask the Wealth Church and see if the formula is real," Kupo waved his hand helplessly. "But if you do that, you'll be questioned by the Wealth Church. If you expose this spot, it won't be good for either of us, and we might even face retaliation."

Now Fred felt like he had bought a hot potato.

Listening to the two men's conversation, Feng Buxi wished he could step in himself and tell Fred that he could test the medicine for him.

What if it were real? Wouldn't he become the first Awakened player?

If it didn't work, it would just be a matter of logging back in a day later, though he would have to hide from Fred afterward; letting him discover that he was still alive would also be a problem.

"It seems I can only wait for the next gathering to buy some useful things," Fred said, feeling disappointed and also feeling the pinch in his wallet.

This formula had cost him a full two Gold Tana.

This was a huge sum of money, enough for an ordinary worker to live on for a lifetime in Tana City.

The premise being that this lifetime is before the age of forty; after forty, it's hard to say.

After all, one visit to the doctor could potentially exhaust all one's savings.

At a street corner, Kupo boarded his carriage and left; only Fred, accompanied by two bodyguards, walked down the road in low spirits.

"Are you going to laugh at me too? I've been a bit too anxious lately; the bar business hasn't picked up, and the business at the winery isn't doing well either. You don't know, the warehouse where the witch caused trouble before was mine, and I paid quite a lot in fines for that," Fred complained. "I thought I could change my luck this time."

He truly trusted these bodyguards of his.

Perhaps because there were female family members among these Xiahui People, he felt that many things could be left to these hired hands to handle.

Now that he had bought the formula, he hadn't hidden it from his subordinates either.

Mainly, he also knew he was grasping at straws.

It was a mystery how he had managed to get the winery up and running in the first place.

Feng Buxi didn't know how to offer comforting words either, so he could only listen to his complaints along with Yunxiao.

After walking for a while, the three of them realized something was wrong.

They seemed to have been walking in circles in the same place.

There wasn't enough room to park many carriages near the coffee shop, and Fred hadn't arrived early enough, so his carriage was parked in another block.

The three of them had originally intended to go to that block, but after walking in a huge circle, they hadn't been able to reach it.

It was unclear how long they had been walking.

"Is there a problem?" Fred looked at Feng Buxi, who was holding him back, and looked around with worry.

Tana City was not large, and Fred was familiar with the buildings in the City Center; at this moment, he also discovered that he had been walking in circles in the same place.

"Why have we been in the same place the whole time?" Fred said in fear.

Laughter echoed in their ears, but no one knew where the enemy was.

Even Chen Zhi, who was using Feng Buxi's eyes, didn't know where their enemy was.

"People who can appear with that special patterned box are all wealthy; don't blame anyone but yourselves for having no defenses." This voice seemed to be whispering right in their ears, sounding hair-raising.

Fred finally had a bit of sense at this moment; he held up the box and said, "I can give you this formula, but please don't hurt us."

"I don't want this box; I don't know if the formula inside is real or fake." Clearly, this person had been following Fred for a while and had heard their previous conversation.

"What I want is the money you have on you. Let me think, you also have a bar and a winery. Tsk tsk tsk, I really don't know how you earned so much money."

(End of chapter)