Boss Jiang was a little excited when he received the "huge sum" of 500 copper coins, which was 5 silver coins, for the first time. No matter which world he was in, money was the thing that could give him the greatest sense of security. As long as he listened to the crisp sound of the copper coins colliding, he would feel comfortable all over and walk with a breeze.
When they got to the street, he first bought a pot of top-grade green plum wine for Zhixuan, and a pair of deerskin boots for Alaric. The old and the young were very happy. Damon felt a little touched. If he had a family, would he also have this scene? Taking the old father and the young son, strolling around the streets, shopping, and having a good time...
"How can this pot be enough for me to drink?" Zhi Xuan said shamelessly.
Damon was pulled back to reality. Looking at the naughty kid with furious eyebrows and raised eyes, he thought again that if it was his own son, he would strangle him to death... He coughed lightly and said, "Let's go find animal feed first. The more I earn, the better I can buy you."
"That animal feed shop is pretty good. You can often find good stuff there." Alaric pointed to the old shop on the corner.
The three of them walked into the shop, and Damon patted Zhixuan on the back, "Look around, is there anything you've eaten before, or that you think is old?"
Zhixuan drank the wine happily and said, "Take me around for a while."
Damon held him and walked around the huge shop.
"Wait." Zhixuan pointed with her little hand, "Give me that one."
Damon picked up a piece of snake bone, "This?"
Zhixuan put his nose close to it and sniffed it, "This is a belly worm."
"The most valuable thing about the belly worm is the thorn on its nose. If the thorn was gone, it would probably have been made into a Horcrux long ago." Alaric said.
Damon nodded, "If it's cheap, I'll buy it and try my luck."
Zhixuan continued to wrinkle his nose and sniff hard, "This is a leopard. The fur is too rough and not tasty at all."
Damon picked up a skull on the stall, which looked exactly like a cow's bone.
Zhi Xuan found these two items in this shop. Damon bargained fiercely with the boss and finally bought the two pieces for seventy copper coins.
The three of them moved to the next animal feed shop.
Although the bear child was difficult to serve, he played a gratifying role at this time. He could find one or two valuable things in almost every animal feed shop. The appearance of the three-year-old child often made Damon forget that he was holding a thousand-year-old beast that could walk, although he could only rely on his nose to smell the scattered bones.
When they arrived at the last animal feed shop, Zhi Xuan's face had turned pink from drinking so much that he could hardly open his eyes. He rested his head on the crook of Damon's neck, his collar soaked with saliva. He looked very happy with his intoxicated expression and smile on his lips.
Damon patted his butt and said, "My dear, this is the last one. I'll take you back to bed after we finish shopping."
Zhixuan opened his eyes and took a few deep breaths, his chest rising and falling, "This smell..."
"What is the taste?"
"Let me think..." Zhixuan shook his head, "It's... horse belly, the smell of horse belly."
Alaric's eyes lit up, and his voice immediately dropped eight degrees, fearing that someone would hear him. "Xiao Jiang, horse belly can be made into a Xuan-level soul weapon!"
Damon also became excited, "Which one is it?"
Zhi Xuan pointed to the corner, and Alaric searched for a long time and found a section of blackened ribs from a pile of bones. There were only four rows of ribs left, but they were much larger than those of ordinary poultry, and it was obvious that they came from a ferocious beast.
Damon asked: "Boss, how much is this?"
The boss rolled his eyes and said, "It's obviously made from exotic animals. It's not cheap."
"This is the scattered material of the exotic beast. Maybe the beast's soul has already been taken. How about 100 copper coins?"
The boss shook his head repeatedly. "A rib this big can't be sold for a hundred. If it weren't loose material, it wouldn't be put here for everyone to choose. There are many treasures among the loose materials. It depends on whether you can find them. I think you have a good eye, and I also think this material is probably a treasure. Two hundred copper coins, no bargaining."
Damon smiled and said calmly: "Forget it then." Then he signaled with his eyes that Alaric should put down the ribs and was about to leave while holding Zhixuan.
The boss called out, "Hey, wait a minute, little brother. Rib-like animal feed is rare."
"No matter how rare it is, it is loose material after all. I'm willing to bet on one hundred copper coins, but it's not worth two hundred. I hope the boss can find someone who is willing to pay two hundred copper coins." Damon walked out without looking back.
"Little brother, little brother!" the boss said anxiously, "Okay, okay, I'll give it to you. I'm about to close the stall."
The three of them returned home, spread out the animal feed they had bought on the table, and counted them. There were eight pieces in total, and they spent a total of four hundred copper coins, which was considered a good harvest.
Alaric touched the ribs that were said to be from the horse's belly, "If I could really make a Xuan-level soul weapon, I would be able to live a life of leisure and comfort."
"Mr. Meng, you are too short-sighted. Money will not make money if it is left untouched. Money can only make more and more money if it is rolled over." Damon estimated the price of those animal materials one by one in his mind.
"How much money do you want to make?"
Damon said without even looking up: "Earn enough money for me to buy soul medicine to improve my cultivation." His tone was calm, as if he was chatting casually, but the ambition hidden behind it was so huge that it was daunting.
Alaric breathed a sigh of relief. "I thought you were obsessed with making money, and I was afraid you would lose sight of the big picture."
Damon sighed: "What's the point of making more money in this world? I can't take it with me... It's too much. My biggest goal is to go back. Don't worry, I will never forget it."
Zhixuan burped and muttered, "Damon, give me a bath."
Damon raised his eyebrows in surprise, "Hey, ancestor, this is the first time you call me by my name." In the past, he was either a fool or a waste, shouldn't he be flattered?
Zhixuan turned over, his black hair stuck to his face. He was too lazy to reach out to brush it away, and just shouted: "Take a shower, take a shower for me."
Damon filled a large basin of water and placed it in the yard. After stripping the naughty kid naked, he threw him directly into the ice water. He was not afraid of the cold anyway.
Zhi Xuan half-closed his eyes and looked at the crescent moon in the sky. His black pupils, which had been hidden when he went out, gradually returned to their bright golden color, and there was an indescribable yearning in his eyes.
Damon sat on the ground, rubbing his little arms, "What are you looking at?"
"The moon. The world is completely different from when I lived there, but the moon is still the same moon."
Damon also looked up at the moon, "In my world, the moon looks like this too." Maybe he and Zhixuan have been staring at the same moon. Even though they lived in different eras and time as far apart as the Milky Way, they met here because of a miraculous fate. The world is so big and so incredible. A man and a beast who seem to never have any contact have met each other in a life-and-death situation. Damon cannot describe his inner feelings. He only knows that nothing in the world is "impossible" to him.
"When I was sealed, I knew that one day a soul warrior would wake me up." Zhi Xuan looked at Damon without blinking, "I thought the one who could wake me up must be a very powerful soul warrior, but I didn't expect it to be a waste like you."
Damon sighed: "We had a good atmosphere just now, didn't we?"
Zhi Xuan snorted, "I'm awake, and they should be awake soon... If you are too weak and cause me to lose, I will definitely eat you."
"They? What are they? Heaven-level soul weapons?"
Zhi Xuan glared at him, "We are not soul weapons, we are just sealed into soul weapons."
"But you are dead. You are a soul weapon now."
"Who said I'm dead?" Zhi Xuan's young face showed a sneer, "We can't be killed, we can only be sealed."
Damon was stunned, and a sense of uneasiness inexplicably surged in his heart. Zhixuan had never talked to him so much before. He even tried to ask Zhixuan several times what kind of strange beast he was, but Zhixuan said with disdain that he didn't deserve to know. Maybe he drank too much today, and said a lot of inexplicable things, which made Damon feel more and more weird. He frowned, "But, your horns have been made into knives."
Zhi Xuancan's golden pupils burned like fire, "One day I will recover my body..." He looked at Damon, and with a flick of his hand, a pool of ice water splashed on Damon's face, "Hurry up and get stronger, you piece of sh!t!"
Damon wiped the water off his face, raised the scoop expressionlessly, and poured the water over Zhixuan from head to toe.
Not willing to be outdone, Zhi Xuan flapped his arms and legs, splashing icy water everywhere, and Damon's clothes were soon wet.
Naughty kids are not afraid of the cold, but Damon is. He pressed Zhixuan's shoulders and said, "Okay, okay, stop making trouble. If you continue to make trouble, I won't give you a bath."
Zhixuan raised his little arm, "Wash it for me quickly!"
Damon didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He wiped his body carefully with a towel, then washed his long hair with soap. Zhixuan lay comfortably in the big bathtub, gazing at the starry sky with half-closed eyes, not knowing what he was thinking.
After carrying the slick kid into the house, Damon sat on the bed and started practicing. He knew that being impatient would not help, but his desire for the speed of soul power cultivation became stronger and stronger. Everything he had seemed to depend on it. He didn't want to wait for five or ten years, or even longer, to have the strength to fight against the great master. He wanted to be able to control the Blazing Blade immediately. He hoped that this heavenly soul weapon could make up for his lack of soul power, but as Elder Meng said, he had to at least be able to control it first!
Zhi Xuan was curled up in a corner, looking at Damon who was practicing with his eyes closed. His golden eyes seemed even brighter in the dark night.
Damon looked a little pale the next day after having almost no sleep. But when he first started his business, he had been much more tired and exhausted. He had already gotten used to it. He washed his face, ate something, and continued to wander around the city with Zhixuan. This time he did not go to those large animal feed shops because they had visited them yesterday. He began to look for animal feed stalls deep in the alleys, on the street stalls, and near the port.
The two of them searched for treasure in a pile of messy animal materials. They were covered in dust and dirt after a day. Damon was carrying a rag bag and holding Zhixuan as he walked through the harbor. He looked at the two people reflected in the water, looking like rag pickers. At that moment, he really didn't know whether to cry or laugh. He was a big boss in his original world. Now he was bullied by naughty kids and had to pick bones from the pile of rags all day long. He really didn't know how low he could fall. He, Damon, had worked hard for more than ten years, and when he traveled back to the time before liberation, the bitterness of it really made him unable to cry.
Three days later, they went to see Old Xu again. When Old Xu saw them, his face beamed. Damon was delighted, knowing that the raccoon bone must have been successfully made into a dagger.
Sure enough, as soon as he entered the room, Old Xu brought out a short dagger. The dagger was ivory white in color, with bone texture clearly visible. The handle was wrapped in black metal and was well-made. It was obviously a good thing at first glance.
Old Xu said proudly: "Well, I have put this raccoon bone to good use. This dagger can be sold for at least three or four hundred silver coins at a weapons store."
Damon took the dagger and skillfully played with it. The dagger moved between his wrists like a water snake, so nimble that it looked dazzling. He had been involved in both the black and white worlds for many years, and his wrist skills were very sharp. He had learned this when he was a pickpocket on the street. After using the wrist skills to practice with the dagger, it became his magic weapon. He decided to get himself a good dagger when he had money. He didn't like this dagger made of lynx bone.
Alaric was quite surprised, "You can play with a dagger?"
Damon smiled and said, "This is my most skilled skill."
Zhi Xuan watched in amazement as Damon used the dagger in various ways, using it to manipulate the opponent's hand. He seemed to find it very interesting.
Damon handed the dagger to Alaric, "Mr. Meng, summon the beast soul for me to see."
Alaric took the dagger, and the dagger flashed white light. In an instant, a thick black beast as big as a wild boar appeared in the house. Looking closely, the beast had a body like a pig, but its four hooves were like chicken claws. It had a strange shape and looked somewhat ferocious.
Damon smiled and said, "Okay, that's great."
Old Xu said excitedly: "Brother Jiang, is my dagger good?"
Damon smiled and said, "Okay."
"The remaining animal feed..."
Damon raised the bag in his hand and said, "I brought four more items today, but I want to pay in advance this time."
"no problem."
"But I have a request. I hope Mr. Xu can lend me some money. I also found some good animal feed in Juan City, but I don't have the money to buy it. Mr. Xu, please rest assured that I will return the money double."
Old Xu had just earned a ground-level dagger and was crowning Damon as the God of Wealth, so he naturally would not refuse and said generously, "Young man, just open your mouth."
"I need a hundred silver coins." Damon said with a smile.
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