Inside one of the rooms on the second floor…

A girl is lying on the bed with an old man standing next to her.

Old man: How long will she remain in this state?

The old man speaks while turning to Shang who is standing near the doorway of the room.

Shang: It depends on how true she is to her heart and her path. Customer, If she passes, she would wake up immediately and her power will break through to another level. But if she fails, well, you know...

Shang’s thoughts: She will become a sleeping beauty and time will be her executioner.

Old man: Is there really no other way to wake her up?

Shang: Like I have told you before, it is unrecommended that you wake her with brute force as there is a high chance she might lose some of her memories. If you really want to wake her up, you have to ask someone who has the ability to enter her dreams or heart.

Shang’s thoughts: Uchiha Clan’s Sharingan has the ability to do so but I do not want to tell this old man that I have this product.

In his previous world, Shang has read up on Chinese fictions where protagonists create chaos in their Xianxia worlds by either using the Narutoverse system or having a God Tree (Shinju). Hence, any product related to the Otsutsuki Clan or the God Tree is considered forbidden on Shang’s list.

Old man: Someone who can enter dreams or heart….

Old man’s thoughts: Those people who are capable of doing so are hard to find as they reside in sects that under the emperor’s watch. Asking them for help would giving them a chance to build a hidden faction and the emperor would not want that. Hmm…? If I remember one of those who is not under the emperor’s watch would be the immortal who is protecting this shopkeeper...

Old man: Shopkeeper, can your master do anything about this? I mean your real master.

Shang: I am sorry, Customer. I am not sure about it as my master is not around at the moment.

Shang’s thoughts: This old man must have obtained the information that an immortal is selling his or her wares here and I am just someone who is in charge of that. Well, I will just play along…

Old man: Do you know when he will be back?

Shang: I cannot guraneete that he will be back soon.

Old man: Hmm…

Old man’s thoughts: This task takes longer than I expected…

Shang: But…

Old man: But?

Shang: I can look for him if you want as he has given me a spiritual tool to look for him if anything happens.

Old man: ....then hand over.. No, I mean... is it possible for you to look for your master now?

Old man’s thoughts: As someone who wants to lay low in the shadows, he or she must have done something that forces him or her into hiding. This shopkeeper was given a tool to locate him or her means he or she trusts his person. If I were to show up in front of the immortal with the tool, the meeting will not be pleasant.

Shang notices the change of words from the old man and pretends he did not notice it.

Shang: I would need time for making preparation and arrangement.

Old man: How long would that take?

Shang: At most, fourteen days.

Old man:...you may leave now.

Before Shang steps out, he turns around and tells the old man.

Shang: Stay as long as you like, Customer, and do not worry about lodgings as everything will be free for the both of you till your companion awakes. Oh yes, may I have your name, Customer?

Old man: Gu, just call me Elder Gu.