Chapter 139: Making a Small Profit on the Magic Continent
“Grandmother, I have a hyacinth here. I wonder how much it’s worth?”
“What!!!!”
Mino was so surprised she thought she had misheard. “Your Highness said, you have what?”
“A hyacinth, a purple hyacinth. I wonder if it can cover the cost of what I’m purchasing.”
“Your Highness wants to trade the treasures of Flower Town for these things?”
“Mm.”
Sang Chu took it out from the Jade Bracelet Space, it had also been frozen using a freezing gun.
“Your Highness isn’t joking with this old woman, are you?”
“Since I’m taking it out to pay, I won’t joke. Grandmother, name your price. Any excess Crystal Coins can be transferred to my card.”
Mino swallowed. “This, I don’t have any excess Crystal Coins here. Your Highness, how about this? Shall I go to the exchange with you and transfer this shop to your name? After my son returns from his studies, I’ll give you the remaining Crystal Coins, and you can give me the shop?”
“No need for such trouble. It just so happens I want to do some business. How about this, you let me use the shop for a few months, and you don’t need to give me the excess Crystal Coins.”
Mino: “This, Your Highness is at a disadvantage.”
“It’s fine. If you agree, consider it as me renting your shop. You can still sell things here as usual, you just need to give me a little space.”
Hearing this, Mino finally smiled in realization. “Your Highness is truly a kind person. You’re afraid I won’t have an income, aren’t you? Your Highness needn’t worry. I am a Medicine Mentor at Holy Star Academy. I only come to the shop to sit when I’m not teaching. Your Highness can treat this place as your own. If you don’t want it, that’s fine too. Consider it rented. The things inside aren’t worth much. Take whatever you like, Your Highness. Here’s the key. The second floor here can be lived in, so Your Highness can also live here, which will be more convenient.”
“In that case, thank you, Grandmother.”
After Mino gave Sang Chu the shop’s key, she smiled even more kindly upon hearing her words. “I should be thanking Your Highness. This purple hyacinth can only be found in the City Lord’s Mansion in the entire Wind City. I am taking advantage of Your Highness, you should be asking for forgiveness.”
“Fair trade. Let’s not talk about this. I’ll go find my brother and the others first. I wonder when we can move in?”
“Anytime is fine. The locked room on the second floor is a Cultivation Room. There’s an hourglass by the door that can control time. If Your Highness wants to cultivate, you can go in. Here’s the key. If Your Highness wants to slow down the flow of time to extend cultivation time, you can place the hourglass in the Formation Disk and then adjust the pointer to control it at will. It’s very convenient.”
“Thank you.”
Mino held the hyacinth with both hands and smiled. “Your Highness is too polite. If you have more Flowers and want to exchange them for Crystal Coins, it’s best to go to the Witch Hospital and find the Dean.”
“Witch Hospital?”
Sang Chu frowned slightly. Wasn’t the Witch Hospital a place that both Yun Na and Mu Xue feared greatly?
Mino smiled. “Your Highness needn’t worry. Although the Dean of the Witch Hospital is a strange old man, since I dare to ask Your Highness to find him, I naturally won’t harm Your Highness.”
If it were anyone else, she wouldn’t have made this connection. But Sang Chu gave her a good impression. She was polite, generous, and didn’t mind being at a disadvantage. This kind of person is exactly what Old Man Wu likes the most.
Mino looked at the hyacinth in her hand and added, “There aren’t many people in our Small Town, but it’s quite mixed. And everyone is afraid to provoke the Witch Hospital.”
They’re the local bullies!
Sang Chu: “Okay, I understand. I’ll go find the Dean of the Witch Hospital then.”
“Your Highness, wait. Take this with you and say the old woman sent you.”
Mino gave her a round token, with a hyacinth drawn on the front and “Mino” written on the back. “What is this?”
“This is my Identity Card. The receptionist will know at a glance. They will take you to find Old Man Wu. You can trade with him directly then. With sufficient Crystal Coins, Your Highness can then go to the Slave Trading Market.”
“Mm, thank you, Grandmother. I’ll go now.”
“Your Highness, be careful on your way. I’m taking things back to the Academy. If you need to find me, you can send a message via Flying Eagle.”
“Mm, okay.”
Sang Chu turned, picked up her things, and left the shop. Seeing that the zombie patterns on her hands had all disappeared, Sang Chu finally relaxed completely.
However,
She looked at the Witch Hospital in the distance, with its white seashell wind chimes, and hesitated whether to go.
She didn’t know if what the old woman said was true or false. But if it was true, then buying things from the local bullies and paying with flowers did carry some risk.
After all, these flowers were ordinary items to people from other worlds, but to people from the Magic Continent and other species, they seemed to possess some special Power.
After hesitating for a long time, Sang Chu finally walked towards the Witch Hospital with determination.
Witch Hospital
“Esteemed Your Highness, may I ask what kind of witch doctor you are looking for?”
Sang Chu looked at the receptionist and handed over Mino’s token. “I’m looking for the Dean.”
The receptionist was stunned for a moment, wondering what the Dean’s wife was up to.
Why would a royal Highness from Rose City come to their hospital?
What if the secrets here were discovered?
The receptionist was very troubled, but since the madam had spoken, she couldn’t disobey. “Esteemed Your Highness, please come this way. I will take you up to see the Dean.”
“Mm, thank you.”
Top Floor, Dean’s Office
“Dean, are you in? A Prince from Rose City is here to see you with Mentor Mino’s name card.”
“Come in.”
A deep voice came from inside, and the door instantly opened.
The receptionist looked at Sang Chu and said, “Your Highness, please.”
Sang Chu nodded and walked in.
The Dean of the Witch Hospital, Wu Qi, was likely older than Mino. His back was hunched, his eyes were long and narrow, and he looked somewhat sinister.
His gaze, like a viper’s, fell on Sang Chu. “What does the old woman want you here for!”
Sang Chu smiled slightly, took out three kinds of flowers – Baby’s Breath, Rose, and White Camellia – all frozen, and presented them to Wu Qi. “Dean, Grandmother said that if I had more Flowers, I could come to you for a trade, so I’ve come. How many Crystal Coins can you give me for these?”
Wu Qi instantly transformed into a wisp of black smoke and floated in front of Sang Chu, snatching the flowers from her hand and sniffing them madly.
Only then did Sang Chu see clearly that the Flower fragrance was being absorbed into his body, gradually dispelling the black energy within him.
But after a while, the black mist on his body returned, and it was even denser than before!
These flowers can help mages on the Magic Continent improve their Magic!
Sang Chu was deeply shocked but still looked at Wu Qi with a smile.
He then contentedly accepted the flowers. “I can only give you three hundred.”
Three hundred?
It was probably a loss, but it didn’t matter. To people of the Magic Continent, these flowers were priceless treasures, but to her, they were just pretty things.
Wu Qi had expected her to be furious and was planning how to deal with her silently. To his surprise, Sang Chu directly said, “In that case, thank you, Dean. I have some more, but they’re not with me right now. If you need them, I’ll come back tomorrow. The price is up to the Dean, I’m fine with anything.”
“No wonder the old woman dared to send you. Alright, bring all you have. Also, you can bring that Mermaid of yours to the hospital. I’ll arrange for someone to treat her, and no one will dare to touch her.”
“Thank you, Dean. I will also tell her that the Witch Hospital is a good place for healing and saving lives, and there’s no need to be afraid.”
