Chapter 111: Blue-Patterned Porcelain Vase

As for whether he could actually trick them... that didn’t matter. After all, he hadn’t lost anything—if he managed to pull it off, great; if not, there was nothing to lose. It was just a business with no capital at stake.

If he really did manage to get some money out of it, he could always just make up some ritual for Buku and call it a day—she didn’t know anything anyway, nor did she have any idea what the ritual was supposed to look like.

Besides, even if he didn’t bother to make anything up, there was nothing Buku could do to him. It was just like how she’d been helpless when the tavern owner owed her money.

No one would choose to believe a stray child; they’d always trust the church’s priest instead.

Buku’s hands trembled slightly as she clutched her bundle. It was hard to tell if she believed him or not.

Seeing this, Su You didn’t try to persuade her any further.

“How much more money do you need?”

Buku hesitated at Su You’s sudden question, but after a moment, she gave a number.

“He said he wanted one gold coin. I’ve already saved up half in the past two days.”

She’d managed to save fifty silver coins in just two days?

Su You was a little surprised, and at the same time, gained a clearer understanding of Buku’s “abilities.”

Leaving aside whether her methods of saving money were “proper,” at least her skills in this area were impressive.

To put it in perspective, a person living comfortably for a year would only spend about two gold coins at most, and the Lyle brothers, after a whole day’s work, would only earn a few dozen copper coins.

So this priest really was heartless... Not only was he scamming a child, he was asking for so much.

“Help me with something—as compensation for stealing from us. But if you do a good enough job, I’ll pay you. The better you do, the more you’ll earn—there’s no upper limit.” Su You didn’t try to persuade Buku to stay, but she wasn’t about to waste a chance to make use of her.

After all, she had a level 95 trading talent, and her skill was already at the beginner’s bottleneck. It would be a waste not to use it.

The merchant caravan had just arrived, so Su You could have Buku handle the trade with them, and then split some of the profit with her based on the results.

Letting Buku get tricked again wasn’t ideal for her, but only by letting her realize she’d been deceived would she consider staying. Otherwise, Su You could tell that, while Buku already had seeds of doubt in her heart, she hadn’t truly come to trust her yet.

Buku hesitated.

She had a bit of goodwill toward Su You after what had just happened, but not enough to trust her... Still, she needed money.

Desperately needed money.

And she knew there was no way she could earn enough by tomorrow. Her desire to leave was just a last-ditch struggle.

Unless she got lucky and “found” another beast core, but that was clearly impossible.

“What do you want me to do?” Buku looked at Su You, still wary, but clearly less determined to leave.

Su You smiled at her, then began to explain...

...

...

“Captain Yun, our Lord has returned and is waiting for you in the tavern,” Lyle said as soon as he saw the door of the inn open.

Yun Li nodded slightly. “Please ask your Lord to wait just a moment longer.”

With that, Yun Li stepped back into the inn. Less than two minutes later, she came out again.

Lyle couldn’t tell if she was carrying anything new or had left something behind, nor could he guess why she’d gone in.

“Please lead the way.” Yun Li didn’t mind Lyle’s curious gaze. She hadn’t brought anyone else with her—she intended to meet Su You alone.

So Lyle led Yun Li across to the tavern.

The tavern door was closed. Lyle knocked, and when he heard Su You’s voice, he pushed the door open. Yun Li entered and saw a young woman and a skinny girl who looked to be only in her early teens.

The girl was sitting at the bar, in front of her a plate of fragrant berry-roasted meat, nearly finished, and a cup of sweet-and-sour berry juice, almost empty.

Yun Li looked away and, at Su You’s invitation, sat down across from her.

“Hello, Captain Yun. I’m Su You, Lord of Sunset Territory. I’ve already heard from Lyle about your situation. You’re hoping to stay here for a few days?”

Yun Li was a little taken aback by how direct Su You was—no small talk, just straight to the point. After a few seconds, she nodded.

“Yes, we’d like to rest here for a few days, Lord Su. Of course, we’re not freeloaders—the cost of lodging is negotiable. If you need anything and we have it, we can discuss that as well.”

Since Su You wasn’t beating around the bush, Yun Li didn’t either. She took out a small box she’d brought from her room and placed it on the table.

“This is a specialty we picked up while passing through another territory a few days ago. Please accept it as a gift, and forgive us for staying at your inn without permission.” As she spoke, Yun Li opened the box, turning it toward Su You.

Inside was a delicate porcelain vase.

[Blue-Patterned Porcelain Vase]

Category: Trade Item

Quality: Green

Description: A decorative trade item of certain value. Can be used as an ornament to increase a building’s comfort, or sold to merchants for money.

Though it looked like a vase, it was essentially a gift of money to Su You.

Su You accepted it without hesitation.

The other party wanted to use this chance to build goodwill and persuade her to let them stay; she was just going along with it.

“Well, the inn is empty anyway. Since Captain Yun wants to rent it, let’s go by your standard inn rates.”

Yun Li’s eyes lit up—she hadn’t expected things to go so smoothly. She’d thought she’d have to negotiate for a while...

But thinking about it, it made sense. From the way Lord Su spoke, she clearly wasn’t one for beating around the bush. This was just the kind of decision she’d make.

Since Su You had agreed to the standard price, without raising it or adding extra conditions, Yun Li was happy to accept—and her impression of Su You improved even more.

“Thank you very much, Lord Su.” With that, Yun Li began to calculate the price."

"112. Barter

“At 20 copper coins per night for a double room, and 15 copper coins per night for a single room... What does Lord Su think?”

Su You recalled the prices at inns she’d seen before and nodded.

“Eight double rooms, that’s 160 copper coins. Ten single rooms, that’s 150 copper coins.” Altogether, that came to 310 copper coins per day.

It might seem a bit low, but in reality, Su You was still making a profit.

After all, her inn was far from fully equipped. While it could operate normally, unless someone had nowhere else to stay, most people wouldn’t choose it—the conditions were really lacking.

No cook, no dining area, no staff, and no facilities for bathing... Aside from a bed and a roof to keep out the wind and rain, there really wasn’t much else to offer.

Yet the price Yun Li suggested was on par with a mid-tier inn in a small city. If it were a bottom-tier inn, even a double room wouldn’t go for 15 copper coins—10 at most.

But there was nothing to argue about. Yun Li’s group was the party in need, so it was only natural for the price to be higher... Just like in those tourist spots on mountaintops—prices for a bottle of water could be worlds apart depending on whether you bought it at the top or the bottom.

“Let’s call it 300 copper coins. Captain Yun, you can stay as many days as you like.”

There were still travelers and visitors who might arrive at the territory at any time, and if they showed up while Yun Li’s group was still here, they’d leave right away for lack of accommodation... But that was fine. At worst, Su You could just vacate a resident’s house for them.

As long as there was somewhere to stay and the guest was willing, that was enough.

The difference between travelers and merchants was that one came to spend money, and the other to trade. Other than that, their “refresh” mechanisms were pretty much the same.

“Thank you, Lord Su.” Yun Li didn’t stand on ceremony. She took nine silver coins from her purse. “We’d like to stay for three days to start. If we leave early, there’s no need to refund the money. If we need to stay longer, we’ll trouble you again then.”

Basically, no refunds for leaving early, and if they stayed longer, they’d pay extra—Su You couldn’t lose out.

“Alright.” Su You accepted the nine silver coins and moved on to a more important topic.

Since they were a merchant caravan, the most important thing was, of course, trading.

Su You glanced at Bu Guo, who had finished eating, and said to Yun Li, “Captain Yun, as you can see, this territory is still in its early stages and needs a lot of supplies to develop...”

Yun Li immediately understood and continued, “We don’t have a huge selection, but Lord Su is welcome to take a look. If you need anything, we can offer you a favorable price.” Whether it would actually be a bargain was another matter, but at least it sounded good.

With that, Yun Li led Su You to where they stored their goods.

On the way, she noticed the little girl who’d been eating earlier was following them. She didn’t know why, but since Su You said nothing, and the girl was just a child, Yun Li didn’t mind.

...

Once inside the inn, Yun Li brought Su You to a room on the third floor.

“These are some specialty products we’ve collected from various territories along the way. Lord Su, please take a look.” Yun Li had everyone open up their luggage so Su You could browse.

Since these were local specialties, they weren’t particularly valuable or rare, so the merchants didn’t mind showing them openly.

Here, Su You saw a large quantity of basic materials and some special goods, quite a few of which were exactly what she needed.

“Looks like Captain Yun’s trip was quite fruitful.” Su You had only heard from Lyle that the caravan had a lot of goods, but without seeing it for herself, she hadn’t known what “a lot” really meant.

Now that she saw it, Su You had to admit—they really did have a lot... So much that she realized this wasn’t the kind of inventory a caravan of just a dozen people could normally manage.

No wonder they’d chosen to take the remote forest route—they were probably worried about “treasures inviting trouble” and being targeted by unfriendly forces.

At Su You’s comment, Yun Li smiled. “It was just luck. The places we visited happened to be hit by a natural disaster.”

So that was it—a natural disaster. No wonder there was so much stuff...

A territory struck by disaster would see its prices collapse unless the lord had prepared in advance. For a while after, the local economy would be in shambles.

Su You pondered for a moment. Instead of picking out goods right away, she asked another question.

“Captain Yun, do you accept bartering?” Su You certainly had money to buy things.

She still had two gold coins on her, and with the nine silver coins Yun Li had just given her, she had over a dozen silver coins as well. She could buy things outright, but Su You had a better bargaining chip—the extra fang daggers she’d made earlier.

Money was universal and always useful, so she’d rather not spend it if she didn’t have to. The fang daggers, on the other hand, were of little use to her now—best to trade them away.

When Yun Li heard the words “barter,” she couldn’t help but frown slightly.

In the past, she would have agreed. Merchants had many ways to trade, and with skillful negotiation, bartering could even be more profitable.

After all, money was a fixed unit—a copper coin was always a copper coin, you couldn’t sell it for two. But the value of bartered goods wasn’t fixed; how much you got depended on your own abilities.

But this time was different. They already had too much stuff. If possible, Yun Li would much rather convert it all to money—goods were hard to carry, but money was easy.

Still, Su You was the lord here, and they were staying on her land. She had to show some respect and couldn’t refuse outright.

“Barter is certainly possible, but as you can see, we already have a lot of goods. We can’t accept just anything.” Yun Li was worried Su You would try to trade a bunch of odds and ends—those might be profitable, but they were bulky and troublesome.

“Don’t worry, Captain Yun. I won’t waste your time with trivial items that have no real trade value... Why don’t you take a look first?”"

"113. Buguo’s Skills

Su You took the fang dagger out of her backpack and displayed it in front of Yun Li.

After all, this was a blue-quality weapon, and Yun Li, as the leader of a trade caravan, had a discerning eye. She could naturally tell that this fang dagger was extraordinary and quite valuable.

“Lord Su, may I take a look at this dagger?” This time, it wasn’t Yun Li who spoke, but a middle-aged man who had been standing slightly behind her.

Although Su You didn’t know who he was, she could guess from experience that he was likely the caravan’s negotiator.

A negotiator, as the name suggests, is a professional skilled in bargaining, able to secure better deals for their side during transactions.

A caravan leader isn’t necessarily a negotiator, but every caravan needs one—otherwise, they’d just be at the mercy of others.

“Please.” Su You handed the fang dagger over without hesitation.

Meanwhile, while no one was paying attention, Buguo, who had been standing behind Su You, quietly moved to her side.

Buguo recalled what Su You had told her earlier, straightened up, and focused her bright black eyes on the middle-aged man, carefully observing his expression.

After about a minute, the man returned the dagger and whispered a few words to Yun Li.

“This fang dagger is of good quality. Lord Su, what price do you have in mind?” Yun Li was pleasantly surprised after hearing the man’s assessment.

Although she knew the dagger was excellent, she couldn’t praise it too much out loud. After all, complimenting the other party’s goods only gave them room to raise the price—she’d just be digging a hole for herself. So Yun Li only said it was “not bad.”

But while she said “not bad,” she was actually very satisfied with the dagger.

She had thought this was just a small territory, and even if they had something decent to offer, it wouldn’t be anything remarkable. Who would have thought Lord Su would present a dagger made from wild boar tusks right off the bat?

And the craftsmanship was superb!

Since the item was good, Yun Li definitely didn’t want to miss out.

You have to know, among all tradable goods, equipment and weapons are the easiest to price and the most desirable. Even if they can’t sell them, they can use them themselves.

Strengthening their own forces is, in a way, increasing their trading power.

What’s more, as luck would have it, one of their caravan members happened to use daggers!

In other words, as long as Su You’s asking price wasn’t outrageous—even if it was a bit above their expectations—Yun Li would still buy it.

“Captain Yun, I’m sure you can tell the quality of this dagger, so I won’t go into details. As for the price…” Su You paused, as if considering, “Twenty gold coins, or the equivalent in other goods or materials.”

Twenty gold coins was actually a high price.

Although the dagger was blue-quality, its blade was only made of copper due to material limitations, which restricted its attributes and thus its price.

Its true value lay in two aspects: the wild boar tusk blade, and the “Sharp” prefix.

But in business, prices only go down from the opening offer, so starting a bit high was normal. Yun Li wasn’t surprised by Su You’s quote.

It was high, but not unreasonably so—there was still room to negotiate.

Yun Li didn’t reply directly. Instead, she glanced at the middle-aged man, who stepped forward and smiled at Su You. “Lord Su, that’s a bit much. If the blade were iron, the price would be fair, but it’s only copper… How about thirteen gold coins?”

He slashed a third off the price with one sentence. Su You glanced at him but didn’t respond.

“What’s wrong with a copper blade? This dagger is enchanted! How can an enchanted weapon be priced the same as an ordinary one?” Buguo suddenly spoke up, surprising everyone except Su You.

They had already wondered why Lord Su had a child with her. Now it seemed… could this child be her negotiator?

The middle-aged man’s carefully prepared arguments were thrown off by Buguo’s age.

It wasn’t that he looked down on her, but she was just so young…

Although Buguo was almost fifteen, not exactly a child but not quite grown, years of wandering and malnutrition had left her so thin that she could easily pass for ten. No wonder the man was so surprised.

“Little girl, you might not know this, but while enchanted weapons are valuable, not all of them are worth much.” The man didn’t understand why their negotiator was a kid, but since Lord Su didn’t object, he could only go along and talk to Buguo.

Buguo blinked. His words went in one ear and out the other.

“Sure, some enchanted weapons aren’t worth much, but ours is valuable,” she said, not letting him interrupt. “This enchantment increases the dagger’s sharpness by nearly half. How can that compare to other enchantments?”

“Half?!” The man was stunned, caught off guard by Buguo’s claim.

But he was a professional. Even though he couldn’t believe he’d almost been convinced by a child, he quickly composed himself.

“Little girl, don’t exaggerate. I’ve seen plenty of enchanted weapons. At most, this dagger is worth thirteen gold coins.”

Buguo pouted, looking a bit helpless. “Uncle, maybe you have seen a lot of enchanted weapons, but as you said, there are many kinds. Have you seen one like ours?”

“You might not get it just by looking. Why don’t you try it out? You’ll see if I’m telling the truth.” As she spoke, Buguo took the fang dagger from Su You and handed it to the man.

(End of chapter)"

"114. Hustling

Actually, Buguo really hit the nail on the head—this middle-aged man had indeed seen quite a few enchanted weapons before, but this was the first time he’d ever seen one with a Sharpness enchantment. That’s why he’d been so uncertain just now about whether Buguo was telling the truth or not.

Now that Buguo was letting them try it out, the middle-aged man thought for a moment, then beckoned someone over.

“You give it a try.”

While the other person was testing the weapon, Buguo’s mouth didn’t stop for a second—she just kept chattering away.

“When I was in Glacier City, I went to the black market with my companions. They didn’t have a weapon exactly like this, but there was a big iron broadsword with a Sharpness enchantment. A whole crowd was bidding on it, and the price got up to fifty gold coins, but the stall owner still wouldn’t sell!”

Even though the middle-aged man knew Buguo was probably making this up, he couldn’t help but feel a strange sense of… justification? Like, “If I buy this dagger for twenty gold coins, maybe I’m not getting ripped off after all?”

As soon as that thought popped up, the middle-aged man was startled. He pinched himself hard to snap out of Buguo’s persuasive spell.

But Buguo didn’t care whether he was listening or not, or what he was doing. Whether he listened was his business—her job was just to keep talking as hard as she could.

“…In the end, that broadsword sold for sixty-three gold coins! Sure, it was an iron broadsword, but both the blade and the body were iron. Our dagger here, the body is copper, but the blade is made from a wild boar’s tusk! Iron can’t compare to a wild boar’s tusk!”

“These days, just a wild boar’s tusk alone goes for over ten gold coins on the market. And this is a finished enchanted tusk weapon! Thirteen gold coins—is that a fair price? Can three gold coins even cover the labor to make this dagger? Do you think you could get such a good enchantment for just three gold coins?”

Middle-aged man: …

Yun Li: …

Damn, why does this sound more and more convincing the more I listen?

Seeing the little girl getting more and more enthusiastic, the middle-aged man was starting to feel dizzy. But the last bit of his rationality kept him from being completely taken in, even though he was already half-convinced.

Su You saw that he wanted to say something but was too embarrassed to interrupt, so she reached out and patted Buguo on the shoulder.

“Buguo.” Su You called her name. Buguo paused—she still had a lot more to say, but she stopped and decisively shut her mouth.

Finally, with a chance to speak, the middle-aged man was just about to open his mouth when the person who’d gone to test the dagger came back—looking not only excited, but almost thrilled.

“Uncle Feng!”

The tester’s name was Tong Lin. He was the one in the caravan who liked using daggers, and the one who’d called out “Uncle Feng.”

Since daggers were his specialty, Tong Lin was overjoyed as soon as he got his hands on this one. When he actually started testing it, he was even more surprised by how sharp it was. He played with the tusk dagger, growing more and more reluctant to let it go.

If it weren’t for the fact that his rational mind reminded him the dagger wasn’t theirs yet, he probably would’ve just slipped it into his pocket and walked off with it.

He came back with the dagger, his excitement and longing obvious in his voice.

And the “Uncle Feng” he called out to was, of course, the middle-aged man. Uncle Feng had a bad feeling as soon as he heard Tong Lin call him.

“Uncle Feng, this dagger—”

“Tong Lin!”

Tong Lin was just about to share his thoughts on the dagger, but Uncle Feng cut him off before he could finish his sentence.

Tong Lin froze, then seemed to realize something and immediately put on a calm, collected expression… but it was a little too late.

“Looks like this young man is pretty satisfied with the dagger,” Su You said with a smile.

Tong Lin wanted to cry but had no tears. He wanted to deny it, but couldn’t bring himself to lie, so he could only squeeze out two words—

“It’s okay…” (Actually, I’m not satisfied! Really not satisfied!)

Uncle Feng: …You might as well have kept your mouth shut!

…

…

Thanks to Tong Lin’s “help” and Buguo’s special persuasive skills, after some back-and-forth, the final selling price for the tusk dagger was seventeen gold coins and thirty silver coins.

At the start, Su You had told Buguo that her target price was fifteen gold coins. Anything above that, Buguo would get a cut as a bonus.

When Buguo heard the final price, she was clearly delighted—the smile never left her face after the deal was done.

Afterward, Su You and Buguo went on a shopping spree through the caravan’s goods.

The first batch they bought was seeds.

Su You bought a lot of seeds: wheat and rice, as well as potato and corn seeds.

There were ten bags of wheat seeds at twenty copper coins each, five bags of rice seeds at the same price, and three bags each of potato and corn seeds at thirty copper coins per bag.

After some haggling, Buguo managed to get the total price for seeds down from 480 copper coins to 433.

Buguo was a bit dissatisfied with this result. After all, not only could she earn money by selling Su You’s goods at a higher price, she could also get a cut by helping Su You buy things at a lower price.

But Buguo wasn’t discouraged—she just doubled down and started negotiating the price for the second batch of goods.

…

The second batch was basic materials.

Su You mainly bought cotton and some ready-made cloth, as well as a few miscellaneous materials.

Cotton was priced at one silver coin for a bundle of fifty tufts, and Su You bought seventeen bundles in total.

She’d wanted to round it up to twenty, but the seller only had seventeen in stock, so she bought them all.

Besides cotton, Su You also bought a batch of soft cloth.

Soft cloth was made from cotton, similar to fiber-based cloth, and the recipes were almost the same. The difference was that cotton-based soft cloth was softer and more comfortable, making it suitable for underwear or bedding.

Fiber-based linen cloth could be used in the early stages when there wasn’t enough cotton, but once conditions improved, it was mostly used for decorations—curtains, tablecloths, daily items, and so on.

Linen’s advantage was that it was easy to get in the early stages—the forest was full of fiber plants, and anyone willing to collect them could gather plenty.

Cotton was different. Although you could occasionally find cotton plants in the forest, there really weren’t that many.

(End of chapter)"

"115. Buy, Buy, Buy

There was only a tiny bit of cotton, nowhere near enough to make anything. If she wanted to have enough cotton to use, she’d have to grow it herself.

The caravan had even less soft cloth than cotton, but the price was much higher.

After all, it took 10 bundles of cotton to make 1 cotton thread, 5 cotton threads to make 1 piece of soft cloth, and 5 pieces of soft cloth to make 1 bolt of soft cloth (the same amount as synthesized fiber fabric). In other words, it took 250 bundles (five sets) of cotton to make a single bolt of soft cloth.

At a price of 60 silver coins for a set of soft cloth (10 bolts), Su You once again emptied out the merchant’s stock, buying a set and a half of soft cloth.

Buying finished goods was always more expensive. If you calculated the cost of soft cloth based on the price of cotton, the base cost would be 50 silver coins, with the extra 10 silver coins essentially being the processing fee.

But in reality, if the merchant had enough stock, Su You would definitely choose to buy cotton.

After all, processing just meant spending a bit more time at the workbench, and it really wasn’t worth paying those extra 10 silver coins.

But since the merchant didn’t have enough cotton, Su You had to settle for second best.

Anyway, there was still Bu Guo to haggle for her. To make money, she’d definitely work even harder.

Seventeen sets of cotton plus one and a half sets of soft cloth would have cost 107 silver coins at the original price, but thanks to Bu Guo’s efforts, Su You managed to bargain it down to about 90 silver coins.

Proportionally, the price after haggling for seeds was about a 10% discount, while the price difference for the cotton and soft cloth was about a 15% discount.

And since the total price was higher, bargaining was even harder this time, so Bu Guo’s success really made Su You reevaluate her trading skills.

Besides cotton and soft cloth, Su You also bought some other materials, like iron ore, feathers, sand, animal hides, charcoal, and so on…

In short, if Su You thought she might use it, she didn’t let it go.

Even though there were a lot of types, there wasn’t much of each, and most of them weren’t worth much, so buying this whole pile only cost Su You 39 silver coins in total.

The pricier ones were the iron ore and animal hides.

Iron ore was one silver coin each; they only had seven, so Su You bought all seven, for a total of seven silver coins.

As for animal hides, the quality varied, so they were priced at 50 copper coins for a whole hide and 20 copper coins for a damaged one. There were 15 whole hides and 23 damaged ones, and Su You bought them all, spending 12 silver coins and 10 copper coins.

Maybe because she’d bargained so hard before, the merchant was very firm on the price for these odds and ends. No matter how Bu Guo tried, Uncle Feng wouldn’t budge from 39 silver coins.

Su You knew she’d already gotten plenty of bargains and didn’t want to push her luck, so she patted Bu Guo’s little head, drooping in disappointment at her failed haggling, and paid the 39 silver coins.

…

The third batch of purchases—the last batch—was much larger and more complicated.

There were monster drops, tools, and all sorts of other things.

The caravan’s monster drops included, but weren’t limited to, the unidentified bones (Ghost Skeleton) Su You had gotten before, scale powder (Ghost Skeleton), beast fangs (Long-tailed Crocodile), and so on.

Monster drops weren’t cheap, so even though Su You wanted them and had enough money to buy, buy, buy, she didn’t want to waste money. She only picked out materials she could use right now.

As for things she didn’t urgently need, she could always collect them later.

There were actually quite a few materials she thought she could use. For example, the bones she planned to use as raw material for fertilizer to speed up seed growth—Yun Li’s people counted and found there were 17 bones in total, and Su You bought them all.

There were also beast fangs, which were one of the materials needed to make intermediate traps. Now that Duoya had recovered, as a hunter she could use bows and traps to catch more prey.

The caravan happened to have a set of beast fangs (50 pieces), and Su You bought the whole lot.

As for scale powder, Su You didn’t buy any, since it wasn’t useful to her at the moment and would just be a waste of money.

But even though she didn’t buy scale powder, she did buy some other things, like eagle eyes, slime, poison sacs, clay, unidentified flowers and herbs, and so on.

Of note were a material called “Eagle Eye” and a blue flower.

Eagle Eye, as the name suggests, is dropped by eagle-type beasts or monsters, and can be used to make an item called a “Far-seeing Lens.”

Basically, it’s a telescope.

And the blue flower was called “Star Night Flower.” Star Night Flower is a special flower that only blooms at midnight, and its characteristics are quite similar to the Sunset Flower.

Su You didn’t buy the Star Night Flower just to tell time at midnight, but to craft the “Clock” of the Sunset Continent.

That’s right—the Sunset Continent actually has a clock-like item that can tell time, and its raw materials include five kinds of flowers: the Sunset Flower and Star Night Flower among them.

Besides the yellow Sunset Flower and blue Star Night Flower, the other three are the red Zhu Tang Flower, white Frost Orchid, and purple Lian Dai Flower.

These flowers aren’t particularly rare, but they do take some effort to collect. Being able to make a clock as soon as possible was still important to Su You.

…

These monster drops cost Su You a total of 83 silver coins—already the result of Bu Guo’s bargaining; otherwise, it would have been 91 silver coins.

As for tools, Su You bought two fishing rods and a portable copper lantern.

The fishing rods were five silver coins each, and the lantern was two silver coins, for a total of twelve silver coins.

Finally, Su You also bought some skill learning manuals from Yun Li.

Learning manuals aren’t skill books; they don’t let NPCs instantly gain skills. They’re more like textbooks, providing the conditions for learning a skill.

After a period of study, an NPC has a chance to learn the relevant skill. Once they succeed, they start at “Apprentice” level, and as they get more proficient, the skill upgrades to “Beginner” and appears on the NPC’s info panel.

Su You mainly bought sewing and carpentry manuals—one for Duoli, the other for Lyle.

As for other manuals, Su You picked out a few based on her needs.

Skill learning manuals weren’t exactly cheap, but not too expensive either.

Thanks to two anonymous tips.

(End of chapter)"

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