Chapter 848 - 836: Red Robe
After entering Black Rock City, Xiao Jihan drove Su Muyao and Da Bao toward the West City.
Most of the Beastmen who came in through the city gate were also heading for the West City.
Su Muyao noticed that not only were Black Rock City’s stone-built walls tall and thick, even the main streets were very wide, and the ground was paved with square stone blocks, so the main streets were both spacious and clean.
There were many Beastmen strolling along the streets, and there were also Beastmen specifically patrolling.
Those patrolling Beastmen looked well trained; most of them were at Level 4, and the ones leading the patrols looked like they had Level 5 strength.
These patrolling Beastmen walked back and forth along the streets, giving the visiting Beastmen a great sense of security.
The foreign Beastmen chatted excitedly,
"Coming to Black Rock City was the right choice."
"Exactly, I didn’t expect there to be so many guards inside Black Rock City. Just looking at them makes me feel safe."
"But if you really want to settle down here, it’s not that easy."
"Outsider Beastmen aren’t allowed into the Central District yet, so it’s even harder to see the Young City Lord."
"You sure dare to think. I heard even the Beastmen in the Central District don’t have the chance to see their Young City Lord. Their Young City Lord hardly ever goes out, and even if he does, he won’t let anyone know."
"I heard the Young City Lord reached Level 6 at a very young age. That’s incredible..."
"Stop thinking about all that nonsense. The Snow Season is coming. Let’s stay in the West District, and hurry to the market to stock up on more supplies."
"Right, I heard there’s a lot of stuff in the market here, and the prices are fair. As long as you have Beast Crystals, you can buy things..."
They discussed these things as they walked toward the West District.
Su Muyao wasn’t interested in that so-called Young City Lord, but she did want to use him to get to the Bird Clan’s High Priest.
There was still one Snow Season left, so there was no rush.
They were going to stay in Black Rock City until spring anyway, and then head south.
The southern climate was pleasant, there were many Beastmen and many cities, and there would be a High Priest as well.
...
In a residence in the West District
Looking at this residence with four rooms and a small courtyard, a bright, radiant smile appeared on Su Muyao’s face.
Xiao Jihan said, "We can only live here for now. I’ve made you suffer, wife."
Su Muyao shook her head and said, "I’m not suffering. This place is quite nice; it’s already considered the best residence in the West District."
Because Xiao Jihan had handed over quite a few Beast Crystals to the West District’s Steward, they were able to be assigned the best residence.
The other residences were in remote locations and their courtyards were very small.
Their courtyard wasn’t bad at all.
"Besides, this residence reminds me of our time in the Beiluo Tribe."
Back then, their residence in the Beiluo Tribe hadn’t been big either.
"We’re only staying for one Snow Season anyway. It’s enough."
It was already dark, so after Su Muyao and the others did a simple tidy-up, they washed up and went to bed.
Early the next morning, Xiao Jihan got up and thoroughly cleaned and tidied the house inside and out. He even specially set up one room as a side room dedicated to storing food.
The most important thing was that he used some wood to make a handcart according to the blueprint Su Muyao had drawn.
Now that they didn’t have a Space Ring, if they bought a lot of things at the market, the handcart would make it convenient to transport them.
Da Bao also woke up early and wanted to help Xiao Jihan.
Xiao Jihan ruffled his hair and said, "Why not sleep a bit more?"
Da Bao shook his head and said, "Once I wake up I can’t go back to sleep. I’ll help Father Xiao."
In fact, ever since he knew he was going to have younger siblings, he’d been so excited that he didn’t fall asleep until very late last night and woke up very early in the morning.
"Are you hungry? I’ll go heat up some meat for you first."
Xiao Jihan had planned to wait for Su Muyao to wake up so they could eat together.
But seeing Da Bao already up, he worried Da Bao might be hungry.
Da Bao shook his head and said, "I’m not hungry. I’ll wait and eat with Mother."
Da Bao had eaten a lot last night, so he wasn’t hungry at the moment.
"Alright."
Xiao Jihan nodded. In truth, there wasn’t much food at home.
If they still had the Space Ring and plenty of ingredients, he could prepare more snacks for Da Bao so that he could eat something whenever he got hungry.
But since the Space Ring couldn’t be used right now, they had to think of other ways.
After Su Muyao got up and they finished breakfast, they discussed going to the market to look around and see what they could buy.
At the junction between the West District and the Central District, there was a large market.
Every morning, the market would open there.
By the time Su Muyao and the others arrived, there were already many Beastmen in the market.
Everyone shopped and bought things as they strolled around. Some didn’t have many Beast Crystals and directly bartered goods.
Xiao Jihan bought some salt first. Wild beast meat didn’t keep well, but once salted it would be easier to store.
He pushed the handcart, with Da Bao sitting on it.
Su Muyao, on the other hand, observed the goods on the stalls.
She found that the stalls actually carried quite a variety of things.
Xiao Jihan’s handcart was very unusual, and the Beastmen couldn’t help but keep looking in their direction.
"What is that thing?"
"It moves."
"It’s very strange."
"You can even sit on it."
Su Muyao knew that this Beast World was relatively primitive and that there were no handcarts; everything was quite basic.
She didn’t mind people staring. If everyone could make and use such things, it would help raise efficiency a bit.
Suddenly, she saw cabbages, cauliflowers, and radishes and other vegetables at one of the stalls. Su Muyao’s eyes lit up—she hadn’t expected to find these kinds of vegetables here.
"How do you sell these?"
"Five of these wild vegetables for one First-tier Beast Crystal, and these are two for one First-tier Beast Crystal."
Su Muyao hadn’t expected them to be so cheap.
She directly pulled out some Beast Crystals. "I’ll take all of these."
They had a lot of First-tier Beast Crystals.
For Xiao Jihan, hunting First-stage Beasts was extremely easy.
So they had saved up quite a lot of First-tier Beast Crystals.
The stall owner was a Gray Rat Beastman, good at digging burrows and eating wild fruits and wild vegetables, so she knew what was edible.
Their strength was weak, and they weren’t good at hunting.
She was a Gray Rat female who had chosen a Lion male from Black Rock City as her Beast Husband, which was why she could settle in Black Rock City.
But the whole family still needed to survive, so she thought of bringing these wild vegetables to sell.
Only some weak Beastmen would eat such wild vegetables; many Beastmen never bought them.
So the price was very low.
She hadn’t expected that someone would actually be willing to buy them, and buy them all at once.
The Gray Rat female was thrilled. "You’re really buying all of them? These things don’t taste good, but they can fill your stomach."
The Gray Rat Beastman almost couldn’t believe it.
Su Muyao said, "Of course I’m buying all of them."
Xiao Jihan took out a Beast Skin Bag and helped pack all those things into it.
Then he put the bag on the handcart.
Only then did everyone realize what this thing could be used for.
Right after that, Su Muyao found a lot of soybeans and corn at other stalls.
She bought all of those too.
In winter, she could sprout the soybeans at home to make bean sprouts and stir-fry them to eat.
The corn could be ground into cornmeal to make corn cakes.
All of it was good stuff.
Su Muyao said excitedly to Xiao Jihan, "With these things, we can make a lot of delicious food."
They could also make tofu and soy milk.
Just now, when Xiao Jihan bought salt, there had been brine included with it; once they made a stone mill, they could make all these things.
"Tonight we’ll make radish and pork bone soup, and sprout the soybeans..."
Su Muyao chattered excitedly to Xiao Jihan about all this.
Originally, Xiao Jihan was listening carefully, but all of a sudden he seemed to sense something and looked toward a certain direction not far away.
He saw a stone building not far from the market, with a man standing on the second floor.
His presence was very strong.
And he could feel that the man was looking in the direction of the market.
Su Muyao’s superpower was weak, so she couldn’t sense anything.
But she faintly felt something, and followed the line of Xiao Jihan’s gaze. She immediately saw the tall figure of a man in red on the second floor of the stone building. His whole person carried a noble, refined aura that clashed completely with the Beastmen around him.
He wore a veil, revealing only a pair of narrow, bewitching Blood-colored Eyes.
The instant she met those eyes, Su Muyao’s whole body trembled.