Chapter 34

After exchanging the gold, Fu Le put it into a ring in front of everyone and exchanged five gold bars for gold beads of 0.1 grams each, for future transactions.

"Baiji, go and rent me a courtyard. Just for five days. It should be spacious, clean, and have a shower area."

"Okay, that'll be about 50 grams of gold."

Fu Le: ...

"The prices here are a bit high." 50 grams of gold for 5 days is incredibly expensive.

"If it's just a single room and there are no other requirements, one gram of gold will cover fifteen days. The advantage is that you can take a shower, and the room will also be equipped with the corresponding toiletries, which are the most expensive items."

Fu Le asked in surprise, "Is all the water here groundwater?"

"No, it was given to me by the Water Master."

Fu Le: ...

Could it be that there's no groundwater here? Or that they don't know how to extract it?

Bai Ji went to look for a house and agreed to meet him at the market entrance. Fu Le and Su Qun started strolling around.

Leaving the residential area, Su Qun quickly led Fu Le to a small market. Seeing the round cakes and millet cakes haphazardly laid out on the ground, without even a cloth, it gave her a postmodern feeling of watching Indians selling their wares. Fu Le squatted down and picked up a small, grayish-brown cake, about the size of his palm. 'Made from millet, similar to brown rice from the original Earth plane.'

With little exchange value, Fu Le used 0.1 grams of gold to exchange for thirty millet cakes, which he gave to Su Qun. The latter was surprised and looked somewhat frightened. She hadn't done anything and yet she had received so many; she dared not take them.

"Take it. There are still many things I need your help with later. This is just a part of the reward."

"Thank you, Lord Lone Traveler." Su Qun accepted the package with reddened eyes, clutching it carefully to her chest as if it were a priceless treasure.

Next, he visited some more stalls. These were small markets on the very edge of the city, selling food, murky water in sand jars, and knives. There was nothing that Fu Le would be interested in.

Seeing that Fu Le wasn't interested, Su Qun said, "Fu, is there anything you want to buy? The town in the city has the largest shopping mall in the entire Wancheng. It has the best things transported from various cities. Except for the space bracelet, it has all other resources."

"Oh? Then let's go take a look." Fu Le's eyes lit up upon hearing this. She was here to shop, so she had to go.

"The mall is far away; it takes an hour to get there by horse-drawn carriage."

"Well, let's wait for Baiji to come over, and then we can take the horned horse carriage together."

While waiting for Bai Ji, Fu Le and Su Qun looked around the area a few more times. Their biggest impression was that the resources here were very scarce. Even the patrols were on foot instead of riding wildebeest. Those at the city gate were just for show; once inside the city, everyone walked.

Along the way, Su Qun kept talking about the supplies and food here, which was what Fu Le was most interested in. He listened with great interest. In a moment of inattention, he noticed that the little girl's lips were dry and peeling, and she could only keep swallowing to relieve the discomfort in her throat.

"Find an alley to sit down and rest."

"yes."

Su Qun looked at the kiwi fruit that Fu Le handed her and asked, "What is this?"

"Kiki fruit, it's full of water, drink it."

"Water?" Su Qun took it in surprise. "Thank you."

The cool touch on her palm made Su Qun feel a little flustered. Fu Le took one out herself, took a small bite, and sucked hard. The cool coconut juice went down her throat, and the discomfort in her throat disappeared instantly.

Following Fu Le's movements, Su Qun's eyes widened as the cool juice entered her stomach. She involuntarily gulped down the sweet liquid, thinking, "So delicious..."

With a satisfied sigh, Su Qun came back to her senses, only to find a thin layer of fruit peel left in her hand.

"Fu, this water is amazing! It makes me feel so good." Su Qun smiled happily. She had never drunk water like this before, even back home. It not only quenched her thirst but also made her feel comfortable all over.

"Okay, let's eat something. Baiji should be here soon."

"Mm." Su Qun nodded and started eating, not forgetting to ask Fu Le if he wanted to eat too.

Fu Le broke off a piece about the size of his thumb, tasted it, and found it tasteless, somewhat like cassava. It should be good for filling his stomach.

"No need, you can eat it yourself." Fu Le refused when Su Qun offered it to her again.

Fu Le ate two more Qiqi fruits and was full.

She used to love eating meat, and her waist, abdomen, and buttocks were chubby. But after coming here, with constant exercise and the help of Qiqi Fruit, she not only grew taller but also lost weight. Her big buttocks also became normal. Moreover, the cycle was very short, only five days. It was as magical as a dream.

The existence of something that defies the scientific principles of human metabolism can only be caused by one thing: these otherworldly foods not only enhance physical fitness but also do not accumulate food residue toxins.

"Fu, I've finally found you." Bai Ji appeared at the alley entrance.

"Baiji, come here, have something to eat, then we'll go to the mall." Fu Le beckoned.

As she approached, Bai Ji was taken aback when she saw the fruit Fu Le was offering her. "What is this?"

"The Qiqi fruit contains a magical water that quenches thirst and satisfies hunger," Su Qun explained.

After thanking her, Bai Ji took the package and, as Su Qun had instructed, took a small bite. She first tasted it, and then reacted just like Su Qun.

Su Qun smiled and handed over millet cakes; in the blink of an eye, ten millet cakes were gone.

Fu Le found it amusing; he had quite a large appetite.

Bliss Mall.

One gram of gold for a horned chariot with a human head. It was open-topped, but very fast. The only difference between it and ancient chariots was probably its speed.

Sitting in the square stone box, Fu Le could see the outside world through the window. As they got closer to the city center, the residents' morale improved significantly. The contrast between their listlessness and their high spirits was very obvious.

The average temperature in this world is 30 degrees Celsius. Everyone wears thin clothes. Ordinary people wear gray linen, while the clothes worn by the people here look very light and thin, somewhat like silk.

"Their clothes are woven from the silk spun by the silkworm beast. They are soft and comfortable, and won't stick to the body even when you sweat. They can be worn again quickly after washing. These clothes are very expensive. Each piece is worth more than two grams of gold. Two grams of gold can feed a person for three months," Bai Ji explained.

"Silkworm Beast?"

"Yes, it's a kind of silk-spinning worm. It's as thick as my arm and as long as two arms. When it's just hatched, it's as long as my finger. Residents raise it to adulthood and then use the silk it spins to exchange for goods in the market."

Can silkworms be artificially bred? What do they eat?

"Of course they can. They eat sand ants, which are common small animals in the desert. They reproduce very quickly. If you raise a few queen ants, tens of thousands of them can appear in a month at most."

Fu Le exclaimed in amazement, "Such a strong reproductive ability?"

Fu Le noticed that some people's clothes were not made of silver silk fabric, but of black reflective fabric. What kind of fabric was this?

"This is made of bird feathers, from the Kui bird, the kind of bird you slaughtered. It's worth a fortune. It's fireproof, waterproof, and can withstand ordinary sword and knife attacks."

Fu Le: !!! Oh my god, isn't that a bulletproof vest?

Good stuff... Fu Le already had the urge to go back to the depths of the desert to kill monsters.

There are many shops and restaurants in the city center, and the meat they sell is all traded with by martial artists.

In this desert region, the scarcest resource is plants. There is only one edible plant, the cactus, which is everyone's only source of vegetables. Fortunately, it matures easily. In terms of appearance, apart from the leaves being as large as banana leaves and having no thorns, it is the same as others.

Fu Le was once again shocked by the scarcity of food in this dimension.