Damn, I Awakened With A Horror System!

Soon, another peaceful day silently passed by.

Within the dilapidated part of the town, a one-story-tall stone building could be seen standing alone, being shrouded in cold energy, as even cricket didn't dare to approach.

Inside, the figure of Leo, sitting in one of the wooden chairs of the shop, staring at the damp ceiling in pure vexation, couldn't help but slap his head in slight regret.

Feeling embarrassed after his imagination didn't reflect into reality.

The expected horror points that should keep coming to his inventory while the customers' bath in the uncomfortable and horrible aura of the shop as they were buying all of his potion stacks vanished within his mind, being replaced by the scenery of solitude and loneliness as he would watch his potion rot with his own eyes day by day.

"Hayst, I have already forgotten about the basic rules of the world due to prolong staying within the bland cemetery for more than a month."

Wisp?

"Yes, Ghost #1, you would go to my place after we're done here."

Creakk~

As Leo was caressing the head of the gray wisp by coating his palm with soul power, the sound of creaking door echoed toward the enclosed space of the damp room, making Leo jump to his feet as he unconsciously and hurriedly fixed his shirt.

Wanting to show a presentable appearance to his possible customers.

"Quick, hide in the next room, we might have our first sale today!"

Hurriedly commanding the gray wisp, Leo shifted his gaze toward the direction of the gaping door, staring at the head of a teenager that abruptly poked through its gap.

...

The teenager's eyes widened slightly as he stared toward the familiar figure inside the room, watching it unfold a stiff smile on its face before nodding toward him.

"Come, can I help you with something? Do you require potions that could increase your combat ability for a while, or your life was hanging in a thread and needed to be healed?"n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

"What the... who would ask his consumer if his/her life was hanging in a thread? Do I look like injured?"

Bang!

Hearing the strange words of the familiar man in the distance, the teenager hurriedly closed the door before swiftly fleeing from the place. Couldn't help but feel that his luck premonition skill was acting strange today.

Furthermore, it was actually the man who was observing them yesterday, making him believe that the man had some problem with his head upon seeing him having a shop in this kind of dilapidated place.

(Luck Premonition: An innate skill of his that could give a vague sensation of where luck was currently in from time to time, allowing him to gain benefits from the place or allowing him to escape dangerous situations.)

...

This...

Feeling confused, Leo couldn't help but scratch his head, unable to understand nor comprehend why the child suddenly closed the door before fleeing the place as if it had seen a ghost.

"Ghost #1, did you poke your head through the wall again?"

Shifting his gaze toward the solid wall behind the counter, Leo's vision couldn't help but momentarily darken upon seeing the gray ball of wisp poking its head from the ceiling.

Finally, understand why the child suddenly flees without looking at his goods.

Creak~

As Leo was about to scold Ghost #1 upon disobeying his command, the sound of an annoying creaking door again entered his ears, making him seriously gesture toward the ghost before staring at the wooden door with a smile pasted on his face.

Unexpectedly, the face of the familiar teenager again poked its head through the gap of the door, inspecting the room for a couple of seconds before further opening the door.

Creakkk~

Sure enough, the annoying sound of the door again entered the ears of the teenager, making him hesitate slightly before deciding to decrease the force he used. Making the sound more bearable to his senses.

In an instant, after opening the door halfway, the light coming from the firmament outside invaded the entrance of the building, allowing the teenager to further see the simplicity of the shop.

"Oh, it's you again. Do you finally decide to buy from my humble shop?"

Leo, upon seeing this, only unfolded a gentle yet uncomfortable smile on his face, changing his approach as he uttered the words that he often read from the books.

Seemingly effective, the teenager in the distance lightly nodded his head, shifting his gaze toward the unknown bottle of potions on the counter before slowly approaching them.

"Is... is this potion authentic? I heard that there are some scammers out there selling some diluted potions in order to earn more Earth coins."

Lightly tapping the bottle on the counter, the teenager couldn't help but ask in curiosity, staring at the pale man beyond the counter in slight fear as his luck premonition began to send a slight signal of distress toward his consciousness— a testament that the being opposite him couldn't be angered.

"Hehe~ I'm different from them since I was the one who created this potion."

Seeing the wary gaze of the teenager, Leo couldn't help but release a weak chuckle of amusement. Feeling that the teenager was somewhat interesting based on how it acted.

Ding!

[ Potion Bottle...]

(A normal scan skill could only pinpoint the name of items without their exact information. If they managed to upgrade it to level 5, then using them to identify objects might give them vague information.)

Using his normal scan skill toward the line of bottles on the counter, the child lightly shook his head, feeling helpless upon not sensing the imperceptible luck that guided his way toward this place.

As for what the pale man just said now, the kid didn't show any surprised expression on his face, thinking that it was another trick of thick-faced sellers in order to cheat money toward inexperienced people.

"Do you have potions that could help a Mortal Realm increase their cultivation speed?"

Knowing that he couldn't keep inspecting the place without trying to buy anything, afraid that he would anger the strange man, the teenager asked with a weak voice.

Although his request right now was quite simple, he knew that there was no such potion within the town. If there's one, then the town would be filled with foundation realm beings right now.

Furthermore, he was quite sure that the being opposite him didn't know about it, since he saw the process yesterday of how the guard denied his access to the town— a testament that the being opposite him should be new to the town or he only came back from who knows?

"Hmm, a potion that could increase the cultivation speed of being in the Mortal realm?"

Pondering deep within himself, Leo hurriedly opened his character panel. Looking at the void absentmindedly as he began scrolling down at the dozens of potion formulas within his inventory, feeling that he had a potion formula that could greatly help beings below the foundation realm in order to hasten their cultivation speed.

Since he only started creating potions when he achieved the mid-stage of the foundation realm, he gladly abandoned the ungraded potion formula since it wouldn't help him increase his overall strength.

Hence, they already rot inside his inventory.

"Found it! An ungraded potion formula that could increase one's cultivation speed!"

Stretching his hand toward the void, Leo took out a thin white piece of paper from his inventory, unfolding it before reading its description with seriousness.

Ding!

[ Cultivation Potion Formula! (Ungraded - Elite)

Increase one's cultivation speed upon consumption! Ranges from 100 to 500% based on the purity and grade of the potion!

Ingredients: 3 leaves of mana leaves tree, 1 root of blood ginger, 1 bowl of clean water... ]

...

This...

Seeing the thin white folded paper in Leo's grasp, the luck premonition of the teenager suddenly blared within his consciousness. Making him dumbfounded as he couldn't help but stare at Leo.

"Si-sir, what is that?"

"This is a potion formula. You still haven't seen one?"

Leo replied casually before taking out his black cauldron inside his inventory, manipulating the furniture with his telekinetic ability as he pushed them toward the corner of the room...

Beholding this, the teenager couldn't help but unconsciously step back. Slightly turning his body toward the wooden door of the shop in case something unexpected occurred.

He clearly still hadn't seen a human creating a potion in person.

Not caring about the attitude of the teenager, Leo began to feed a minute amount of his Qi toward the lamp below the cauldron. Making its flame drastically increase in the process.

Sensing the temperature of the cauldron stabilized to 80-90 degrees celsius, Leo then took out the stacks of herbs and leaves within his inventory.

Carefully weighed them using his left palm before tossing them within the interior of the cauldron, making them liquified afterwards as their tantalizing smell slowly wafts toward the enclosed room.

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