I became a cannon fodder villain. If I want to survive, I must take care of my baby first.
Chapter 135: Outrageous Prices
The next morning, Luo Shiqi woke up from his sleep and found that Manjusaka and Doyle had packed up and were ready to leave.
"What about Fan Yin and Wu Chang?" he asked.
"I went to the market to look for herbs." Manjushage replied, "The front desk of the hotel said that the herbs they were looking for were very rare, even in the capital, so we could only try our luck at the market."
The Hanyin Snake is a snake-like monster that lives at the foot of Junyin Mountain. It can emit hallucinogenic sounds by vibrating the drum-like vocal organ at the end of its tail. It is also extremely poisonous.
Fortunately, there is a medicinal herb called "Chiyin" growing at the foot of the mountain, which can easily neutralize the poison of the cold sound snake.
During the great riot, countless outsiders poured into the Great Wilderness. In order to survive, they ignored the dissuasion of the locals and wanted to step into the forbidden area to plunder all the necessities of life on the mountain. As a result, they were attacked by the cold sound snake at the foot of the mountain.
People never imagined that the antidote was growing in the ground beneath their feet. Countless outsiders died from the poison of the cold-sound snake. The corpses piled up into mountains, and the rotting flesh caused large-scale damage to the environment.
Eventually, the land under Junyin Mountain no longer grew the Fiery Sound Grass, and the Cold Sound Snake became an indelible fear in people's hearts.
Fortunately, a few years ago, His Majesty the King had a new kind of Chiyin grass cultivated. However, this medicinal herb has no other uses in normal times. And because of the lack of a suitable growing environment in the Great Wilderness, even if this herb is introduced, it cannot be cultivated on a large scale.
Finally, the medicinal herbs that the king had spent so much effort to cultivate became increasingly scarce, with only a small number circulating in the bazaar in the royal city.
Most people who accidentally entered Junyin Mountain and were bitten by the Hanyin snake died because the venom was too strong and they could not get timely treatment.
People like Wuchang's father were able to come to the royal capital to find the Chiyin grass thanks to Fanyin's presence. Her magic weapon, the Extremely Cold Ice Coffin, could slow down the time inside the coffin to almost a standstill.
"So that's how it is. Then it must be quite hard for them. After all, they are so young." Luo Shiqi said.
"No, no," Doyle stretched out his index finger and moved it left and right, making a negative expression: "Although Fanyin and Wuchang are about the same age, about fifteen or sixteen years old, she is actually older than me."
"I didn't expect that she actually has such profound hidden strength." Manjushage stared at Doyle's chest, which was so big that it almost broke the cloth, and took a deep breath unconsciously.
"I'm glad you agree with my figure, but I'm talking about age, age! That guy is several years older than me!" Doyle said loudly.
"I can't tell at all." Manjushage thought for a moment and then said.
She is 25 years old and Doyle is 19 years old. The two siblings are six years apart, but there is not much difference in their appearance.
However, Fan Yin herself was very young. Her undeveloped facial features and mediocre chest made her look very different from Manjusaka. She looked like a fifteen-year-old girl.
But Doyle said that she was at least twenty years old!
"Yes, Fan Yin stayed in the ice coffin for five years, and her body did not mature due to the influence of time," Doyle looked at Manjushage happily, "She also said that if time had not stopped, she would have at least the same body shape as you now."
Hearing this, Luo Shiqi's pure eyes became excited: "I think after a while, Fan Yin's figure will become amazing!"
Manjushage held her forehead with her hand: "Don't be so inexplicably active in strange places!"
"So, you already know everything about my sister's body?"
"Yes."
Doyle originally wanted to take the opportunity to tease Lycoris radiata, but he didn't expect Luo Shiqi's answer to be far beyond his expectations.
"What did you just say?" Doyle grabbed Luo Shiqi's shoulders and shook them vigorously with a dull look on his face: "Could it be that you have reached that point?"
"I can't remember clearly, but Lycoris radiata did touch me here often." Luo Shiqi smiled innocently and placed his hands on his chest to avoid any misunderstanding in the conversation.
Lycoris radiata instinctively took a step back.
Whether it was Luo Shiqi's overly dazzling attitude of tolerance or Doyle's complicated gaze, she felt ashamed.
"Could it be that you have made your sister dirty?"
"What a weird statement!"
There was a strong sense of despair in Doyle's tone, and his almost twisted statement made the already uneasy Manjushage even more embarrassed.
However, Luo Shiqi's next words brought everything to a climax.
"To be precise, when Lycoris was helping me (bathing), I got it wet and it was all over the place."
"Don't omit the key points, it will cause misunderstanding!" Manjushage was so embarrassed that she almost jumped up.
Although the scene of helping him bathe was certainly memorable, this was definitely not the case!
"I see. You had already..." Doyle's ice-blue eyes had completely lost their color.
After a long while, Manjushage finally explained the matter clearly.
The place we are going to is called the Great Library. It contains tens of thousands of books, ranging from the truth of the world to meaningless trash.
The purpose of their trip was to retrieve the magic sword, Zhulu Fengshen, which was temporarily placed in the Great Library.
Although the capital is in chaos now, only the outer urban areas are sparsely populated. After all, it is the capital, and no matter how bad it is, it cannot be compared to other towns.
The Great Library is located in the most prosperous area of the royal capital. There are many tall buildings here, and the white marble walls extend to the end of the long street, which is quite spectacular.
Manjushage asked around and found out that there were no special events today. Even so, the streets of the royal capital were bustling with activity, like a celebration.
“Freshly baked bread, don’t miss it if you pass by!”
"Come and take a look at the new clothes made by world-renowned art masters!"
"The book "The Rich Lady Goes to the Battlefield and Picks Up a Silver-Haired Handsome Man" is officially on sale!"
Luo Shiqi bought a few pieces of delicious bread with great interest, and picked out a robe he liked. It seemed that he was very happy to be able to control some of the funds himself.
He was chewing the bread in his hand, thinking about what to buy for Manjushage and Doyle, but he only took a few steps and then he stood there in a daze, looking very ugly.
"What's wrong?" asked Manjushage.
"It tastes so bad." Luo Shiqi vomited several times before he finally spit out all the bread he had just bitten off.
Even so, the dry and hard taste still remains in the mouth.
"Isn't this delicious? Let me have a taste." Doyle took a piece of bread from Luo Shiqi and took a big bite. Before he even chewed it, he threw it on the ground in anger: "It's as dry as a rock. How can I eat it!"
As if to prove the truth of what he said, the bread fell to the ground with a heavy sound like a stone hitting the ground.
"My hands are really dirty." Regardless of Luo Shiqi's reluctant expression, Doyle wiped his hands with Luo Shiqi's newly bought robe.
However, the more he wiped, the more he felt something was wrong: "Oh my god, why is this dress still fading!"
"What?!" Luo Shiqi quickly took off his robe, and as expected, his hands were covered with various low-quality dyes, and his clothes were stained all over.
"Why do you pick cheap stuff like this?" Doyle complained and took out a towel to wipe it.
Luo Shiqi lowered his head in embarrassment: "Actually, this dress cost three strings of money."
"What?!" Doyle grabbed the faded robe angrily. "I find this kind of thing dirty even when used as a rag, and yet you're selling it for three times the normal price. This is outrageous. Let's return it!"
He was the child of a lord and was used to seeing inflated luxury goods, but he had never seen a robe of such poor quality being sold at such a high price. This was tantamount to robbery!
Compared to Doyle, Manjusaka is much calmer.
She pointed to the hard bread on the ground and asked, "What about this?"
"Ten copper coins." Luo Shiqi answered honestly.
Manjushage gasped: "Is it just this piece of bread, or all of them?"
"Of course one," Luo Shiqi showed her another piece of bulky bread in his hand, "This piece of bread is more expensive, it costs fifteen copper coins."
Bread is something that everyone in the Kingdom of Aslan eats every day, regardless of gender, age, nobles or commoners. Even ordinary-flavored bread can only be sold for three copper coins at most, and in some places it is even considered expensive.
This thing is as hard as stone and cannot be called food at all, but it is so expensive!
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