Chapter 55
Five game days ago, when Ye Bai was indiscriminately slaughtering in Tutu City, the third batch of refugees arrived as scheduled, and of course, she chose to accept them.
In the untested version of the Wan Jie design that Ye Bai was familiar with, if the lord was absent, newly arrived refugees would become idle and unemployed due to the lack of work orders from the lord, wasting a wave of labor.
However, after discovering that the NPCs in this world were more intelligent and many systems were more flexible, Ye Bai sought out the highest-ranking professional in her territory, Ka Li, before leaving. She instructed her on how to arrange work for the newly arrived refugees.
Ye Bai wasn’t sure if Ka Li could fulfill her instructions, but trying was better than not trying at all. If it succeeded, it would be a win-win for her.
There was one more special point: no matter where the lord was, they could sense the geographical location of their territory, though it was only a rough linear direction and not an exact position.
Ye Bai didn’t leave Tutu City immediately using the teleportation array; instead, she planned to buy some more items while she was there.
Since she was already there, she couldn’t waste the teleportation fees!
When she arrived in Tutu City, Ye Bai still had 85 gold coins on her, which she had originally saved for unexpected situations. However, her battle plan had gone smoothly as she had anticipated, thanks to her level and information advantage. Thus, aside from the cost of renting a warehouse, this substantial sum remained untouched.
Conversely, during the battle, Ye Bai had also seized a wave of equipment and supplies from the employees of the Makur Group. She sold off all the green-quality and below items, leaving only a few things in the rented warehouse: the specialty products from the Chaos Main City and equipment of green quality and above.
- [Standard Crossbow] (Green) X35
- [Deerskin Boots] (Green) X5
- [Exquisite Leather Armor] (Green) X6
- [Blood River Clam] (Green) X12
- [Blood Oak] (Blue) X22
- [High-Grade Fine Sandstone] (Blue) X13
The spatial backpack was quite convenient, but its only drawback was that only items of the same type could be stacked. This ‘same type’ had to be of the same name and quality. For instance, Ye Bai had many more items from her kills, including 18 standard crossbows of ordinary white quality, but since they would take up an extra slot, she sold them off directly.
The standard crossbow was indeed a sought-after piece of equipment in other territories during the early stages, but for Ye Bai, who had already purchased [Energy □□] from a traveling merchant, it was merely overkill.
The other green-quality items, of which she had only one or two, were also sold off to save space in her backpack. In total, the items she sold brought her only 2 gold coins and 34 silver coins, not even enough to cover her teleportation costs.
The three items that remained in Ye Bai’s warehouse were all specialties from the Chaos Main City.
[Blood Oak] and [High-Grade Fine Sandstone] were higher-grade materials derived from the Chaos Main City’s specialties, [Oak] and [Fine Sandstone]. Both could be used to replace these two types of materials to craft higher-quality items, and they could also be sold for a higher price to NPCs.
As for the [Blood River Clam], although it was green quality, Ye Bai was quite fond of it, especially after discovering her good luck in the Wan Jie… After all, who wouldn’t love a lucky draw?
When opened, the [Blood River Clam] had a 90% chance of yielding clam meat, which could be used as an ingredient, a 9% chance of yielding various odd items, and a 1% chance of yielding a [Blood Pearl].
The blood pearl had no practical combat value; its only worth was its high price! It was a premium material among [Jewelry].
Depending on the size of the pearl, its average value ranged from 10 to 100 gold coins. If the territory had a [Jewelry Shop] and a jeweler, the processed price could multiply several times, making it a favorite among the nobility.
After packing the items in her warehouse into her spatial backpack, Ye Bai continued her shopping spree at various NPC shops in Tutu City.
At this moment, Ye Bai was undoubtedly the richest she had ever been.
In reality, she had earned 20,000 star coins, elevating her living standards from that of a vagabond to a comfortable level. The game gold she possessed was enough to rival the circulating funds of civilized powers, unmatched by any individual player.
However, Ye Bai knew well that keeping this money was a waste. Converting it into resources for development and investing in her territory would maximize her benefits.
- [Blood River Clam] X58
- [Blood Oak] X69
- [High-Grade Fine Sandstone] X54
- [Exquisite Beast Skin] X102
- [Burning Blood] X43
- [Frost Blood] X35
Clear it all out! Everything must go!
Having encountered a big customer like Ye Bai, the shops offered maximum discounts. Even so, after a round of buying, she still spent 23 gold coins and 67 silver coins.
The first three items were specialties, while the last three could be found in all three major cities. However, due to the different developmental tendencies of each city, some materials were produced abundantly and sold cheaply in certain cities. Merchants traveled between cities to profit from these price differences.
Among the three major cities, biological materials were the cheapest in the Chaos Main City, while the Alchemy Main City focused on mechanical alchemical creations, and the Magic Main City dealt with various magical materials. Arriving in a Chaos Main City, Ye Bai naturally wouldn’t miss this opportunity.
After her shopping spree, Ye Bai organized her backpack, ensuring she hadn’t overlooked anything, and stepped onto the teleportation array, choosing to spend 3 gold coins to return to Mei Luo City.
Ye Bai naturally planned to return to her territory from Mei Luo City.
However, it was clear that this time she wouldn’t be able to catch a ride on the ‘Wind Balloon’ of the traveling merchant Kazmai; she would have to make her way back on her own.
With her sense of direction towards her territory, Ye Bai, now a fully-fledged adventurer, could choose to slay monsters and make her way back alone.
But having successfully bypassed the normal process of leaving her territory, how could Ye Bai not come up with some new ideas on her way back?
In a typical wilderness start, bringing a retinue from the territory could open the first trade route.
The subsequent trade routes could be initiated from her territory or from the other party’s town, as long as the conditions for opening a trade route were met, which required ‘people belonging to the player’s territory’ and ‘transporting goods.’
As the lord of Bai Ye Village, Ye Bai could easily fulfill this requirement. So, while in Mei Luo City, as long as she hired a team of NPC transporters to return with her to Bai Ye Village, she could meet the ‘goods transportation’ condition.
If she succeeded, it would be like exploiting a bug; when Ye Bai arrived at her territory, she would also complete the opening of the trade route.
Conversely, even if the system didn’t recognize it as a trade route, it didn’t matter; after all, Ye Bai still needed to return to her territory.
As for the time issue, based on her previous trip with Kazmai’s hot air balloon taking a day, the straight-line distance between Bai Ye Village and Mei Luo City wasn’t long. Even considering potential terrain obstacles and monster encounters, reaching Bai Ye Village should take no more than five game days, giving Ye Bai ample time to allocate the third batch of refugees.
However, before preparing to leave the magical city of Mei Luo, Ye Bai certainly wouldn’t miss another round of shopping.
Buying magic crystals in the east of the city, special seeds in the west…
Ye Bai hummed a tune as she jogged to the tailor shop in the south of the city to buy another batch of magical fabric.
Just after finishing her purchase, the shopkeeper suddenly said to Ye Bai, “Traveler, your hat and boots were meant to be a set, weren’t they?”
Ye Bai paused, huh? Was that the scent of a quest?
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Chapter 39
“Traveler, your hat and boots were meant to be a set, weren’t they?”
Hearing this, Ye Bai turned to look at the shopkeeper, who she hadn’t paid much attention to before.
The woman was in her thirties, with curly brown hair and brown eyes, dressed in a silk gown favored by the nobility, adorned with subtle yet exquisite embroidery that shimmered like flowing water, clearly woven with magical silk thread.
The shopkeeper noticed Ye Bai looking back, her red lips pursed in a smile, exuding a mature charm with every gesture.
Upon hearing those words, Ye Bai knew she had triggered a quest.
With a quick scan, the shopkeeper’s attributes appeared.
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Identity: Owner of the Mei Luo City Tailor Shop, ???
Level: ???
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