Chapter 44 Low-level NPC
Lu Jiu and his group then continued along the route they had planned before. In Jinghe District, they found that there were more lakes there, unlike their place where there were more fields.
Maybe this is the characteristic of each region.
There were the most lakes along the way, and occasionally professional players could be seen clearing the wild areas. Usually, these people were attracted by the bicycles ridden by Lu Jiu and his friends.
Lu Jiu thought that since a team from the city-state knew about the bicycle, he should not hide it and just ride it openly.
Sometimes I would stop and chat with those people. So far, I haven't met anyone who said he would kill them for stealing their bicycles. It seems that the people in Jinghe District are quite peaceful.
The place we came to this time is called Gaoqiulin.
Gao Qiulin was next to a city-state called Longjiao City. They were originally passing by here, but after being away for a few days, they were really free and wanted to go shopping in the city-state.
However, they cannot pay to stay here overnight, they can only take a look.
Lu Jiu and Chen Jufeng can, as they are already permanent residents of Xuantian City. They can just stay in a guesthouse in other city-states. They need to give up their permanent resident status before they can be stationed in other city-states.
But Zhuang Yun couldn't do that. He was a temporary resident. He was a temporary resident wherever he paid the housing fee, and the housing fee he had paid in Xuantian City before was also invalid.
Let’s take a look at Longjiao City, which is a second-level city-state.
Entering from the grand city gate, you will see a bustling street with stalls. There are all kinds of shouting on both sides of the street, and behind the stalls are rows of buildings.
There are only three shops here, namely a pharmacy, a forging shop and a tailor shop.
It happened to be noon, and due to the long-term three-meal eating habits, the food shops were very busy at this time.
Lu Jiu and Chen Jufeng went their separate ways to look for what they liked to eat. She ran to a shop selling cold cakes, which had several flavors.
"Give me a serving of red bean jelly." Lu Jiu handed the middle-aged proprietress five copper coins. There was a sign with the price written on it in front of the stall.
The price of red bean jelly is 2 copper coins, and the extra 3 copper coins are the deposit to prevent customers from eating the bowls and spoons and not returning them to the stall. 3 copper coins may not be much money for many residents, but it is not worth it to exchange 3 copper coins for a palm-sized bowl and a small spoon.
"Okay, take it, girl. Come back for more if you like it." The proprietress handed her the cold cake swiftly.
Lu Jiu took the red bean jelly and moved two steps to the side so as not to block others from buying food.
The small bowl feels cool in the palm of your hand. Gently scoop a spoonful of the cold cake and it tastes soft, sweet, and a hint of coolness spreads in your mouth. The proprietress's cooking skills are really good.
The jelly in the bowl was quickly finished. Lu Jiu chose to continue and picked out the crystal jelly. She ate three flavors before stopping. She returned the bowl to the proprietress and handed her the three copper coins back to her.
"Boss, your jelly tastes great. I'll come again next time." She was telling the truth. Before leaving, she would buy all the flavors and eat them slowly later.
"As long as it tastes good." The proprietress smiled with satisfaction.
The sweet taste continued to linger in Lu Jiu's mouth. After taking a few steps, he saw Shen Jufeng walking towards him with long legs. Zhuang Yun had not seen him yet.
"You're pretty fast too." Lu Jiu teased him, but the other person's expression didn't change and he glanced at her.
"Let's go check out those three shops together."
Lu Jiu nodded. Of course she had to go and see what the shops in this city-state were selling. She sent an email to Zhuang Yun, telling him that they should go to the forging shop first.
Many people on the road stared at Shen Jufeng, mostly girls, while the boys had some wariness in their eyes, after all, he didn't look like an ordinary person at all.
They soon arrived at a forging shop called Red Dragon. Lu Jiu raised his right eyebrow. Red Dragon? How much does this city lord love dragons?
Maybe many people were having lunch, so the store was a little deserted. A few shop assistants stood in the store like robots, very old-fashioned, and had a completely different feeling from the NPCs in the shops in Xuantian City.
Maybe this is a low-level NPC.
The shop only has one floor. After looking around at the items here, most of them are ordinary-level equipment, with a few brown-iron-level equipment. The prices are also higher than theirs, almost more than twice as high.
Lu Jiu didn't take a close look at the equipment. Instead, he was very interested in several NPCs. "They really are like robots. They are completely different from the NPCs over there."
Shen Jufeng didn't care. Originally, the NPCs in Xuantian City were all high-level. If there was no difference between low-level and high-level, then why spend the gold coins? "If there is no difference, then your gold coins are wasted."
Lu Jiu thought about it and realized that it was a good thing that she chose the advanced one, otherwise she would have no ideas of her own and it would be tiring for her as the city lord to give orders.
There were few items here, so they finished looking at them quickly. Just as the two were about to leave, other people came in. When the two sides met, the people opposite were stunned for a moment.
"A new face." A man in black said as he led the group, and the others followed in.
Shen Jufeng stood in front without leaving any trace, slightly blocking Lu Jiu, "I happened to be passing by Longjiao City, so I came in to see the world."
The man in black listened and nodded. "It seems you are also professional players, from a nearby city-state?"
Shen Jufeng nodded without saying anything more.
The man in black looked at Lu Jiu several more times, nodded to himself and walked into the store.
The two of them also left the forging shop, and Lu Jiu muttered, "That must be the team from this city-state."
"Who knows? But judging by the man's demeanor, he must be quite powerful in this city-state. You have to know that not every city-state's lord hides information."
Lu Jiu recalled the previous power divisions in Phantom City, as well as Team Xiang whom they met later. They were all the city lord's men, and perhaps those few people were also.
Shen Jufeng looked around for a drugstore and said, "Let's go to the drugstore. I don't think it's necessary to go to the tailor shop." The quality of the forging shop is just like that, and the tailor shop is not likely to be comparable to Xuantian City.
There were also several robot-like NPCs standing quietly in the pharmacy in Longjiao City. Lu Jiu saw that the store manager looked like a Barbie doll, and was reminded of the beautiful and lively store manager of his own city-state pharmacy.
As expected, Lu Jiu was very disappointed with the medicine here. It didn't add much energy or blood, but the price was quite high, an exaggerated five times that of theirs.
After the two of them finished looking at the pharmacy, Zhuang Yun also found them.
The three of them were preparing to leave the city. They were strangers in the eyes of the city-state team, and they didn't know anyone here, so it would not be good for them to stay here for too long.
As soon as I walked to the gate of the city, I saw the professional players I met in the forging shop before.
The leading man in black spotted Lu Jiu and the others at a glance.
Lu Jiu naturally discovered them as well. Now it seemed that most of the team had gathered together, and they might be going out of the city to clear the fields.
Next to the man in black stood a young woman with a ponytail. The two looked 40% similar and must be blood relatives.
"Brother, why haven't you seen those three people?" The young woman asked, her eyes fixed on Shen Jufeng.
The man in black replied, "They're from the outer city. We've seen them at the forging shop before. They said they were just passing by to take a look."
(End of this chapter)
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