As the old saying goes, "A single coin stumps a hero." Wang Lu laughed at himself. As a self-proclaimed professional adventurer, he was really stumped by a single coin.
His decision to withdraw his hand was mostly due to his intuition, but Wang Lu did not regret it, because he felt that he had made the right bet.
What was the value of the Lady Boss's copper coins? Wang Lu did not know, but its value should not be limited to the Peach Blossom Village, right? To be honest, before the shadow mentioned a single coin, Wang Lu had only regarded the copper coins as ordinary copper coins. However, this almost mandatory tuition fee aroused his vigilance.
In games... no, in many adventures, there was such a setting. If the items obtained at the beginning of the adventure could be kept until the end, they would often have an incredible effect. This copper coin seemed to be such a magical item. If he used it in the middle of the adventure, he would definitely regret it at the end of the adventure.
The more Wang Lu thought about it, the more he felt that his conjecture was correct. However, the next problem was that he had to get past the difficulty of a single coin. Where could he find another coin?
Of course, this problem was simple. He just needed to find the Village Head. His favorability towards him had already been maxed out, so there was nothing difficult to ask.
"Money?"
However, when the Village Head heard Wang Lu's request, his brows wrinkled even deeper than the sea.
"If you want anything else, that would be easy, but this money... I've never seen it before. If there is an exchange in the village, it is usually barter. There has never been an item of equivalent value like you mentioned. "
Wang Lu clicked his tongue, thinking that this piece of trash was really unreliable.
So it was better to rely on himself.
"Village Head, it doesn't matter if we don't have money. If we don't have it, we can just invent it."
"Ah?!" The Village Head was confused.
Wang Lu explained, "Although there are not many people in the Peach Blossom Village, it is rich in resources and transactions are frequent. If we don't have an equivalent value, it will be very inconvenient. How about we use your credit as a guarantee and issue a set of currency for everyone to use."
The Village Head was stunned, "Issue... currency?"
"That's right. Use shells, precious metals, and the like. If you think it's too troublesome, you can just use paper as a guarantee. Once there was a monetary system, the village's resource allocation would be more efficient, and the productivity would be greatly improved. The quality of life of the people would also reach a new level! As for me, who single-handedly created this economic miracle, you only need to give me a copper coin! "
The more Wang Lu spoke, the more excited he became. He thought to himself, "Sure enough, this stupid mission still needs to be solved in this stupid way. God knows where the mission's copper coin is hidden. I'm too lazy to guess or look for it. I'll do it myself!"
Unexpectedly, even though Wang Lu talked non-stop for a long time, the village chief shook his head after a long silence.
"No."
Wang Lu almost jumped up. "No!? Do you know what you're saying? "
The village chief continued to shake his head. "The issue of currency is not feasible."
"F * ck, why can't it work? Could it be that everything I said just now was fed to the dogs? Don't worry, we can start again … "Wang Lu showed amazing patience.
"Young Master Wang, I understand what you're saying." The village chief sighed. "But this matter is indeed out of the question."
"Give me a reason first."
"…" This question seemed to stump the village chief. After a long time, the village chief said hesitantly, "The ancestral law cannot be changed."
"The ancestral law cannot be changed? Are you constipated?! "Wang Lu was so angry that he jumped three feet high." You have the nerve to say such a stupid reason? Did the data overflow because of me farming Favorability? "
The village chief said again, "I know it's very good, but I don't like it."
"F * ck, you're an old man in your fifties or sixties. Aren't you afraid of losing your life or having a heart attack by acting cute?"
It was unknown whether the village chief would have a heart attack, but Wang Lu was about to have one.
As an adventurer who had a tacit understanding with the level designer, he had an overwhelming advantage on the Immortal Path. However, at this time, the designer's idea suddenly deviated from his, which was very painful.
What was more painful was that the designer was playing a hooligan. The village chief usually had a normal level of intelligence, but now he couldn't even speak human language. It was as if he had been poisoned by Auntie Liu and Madam He Lu. If there was no trick in this …
"Well, let's not beat around the bush. What do you want? Just say it."
The village chief looked confused. "What do you want?"
"…" Wang Lu frowned and kept silent for a long time. His eyes swept over the village chief, which made the old man uncomfortable.
"Forget it. Just pretend that I never came today."
—
At the same time, above the clouds.
"… I don't think it's a good idea to do this."
A black shadow hesitantly observed the changes in the clouds above the Peach Garden. The conversation between Wang Lu and the village chief could be clearly seen here.
On the other side, a woman in white sneered, "For this kind of cheater, it's already merciful of him not to ban him."
The black shadow couldn't stand it anymore. "You have the nerve to say that he cheated? It was obviously the flaw in the design of your Peach Garden Village that was found by him. "
The woman in white said awkwardly, "What flaw? Little Ling 'Er, if you don't understand, don't talk nonsense … Can an elder's flaw even be called a flaw?"
The black shadow just sneered. "He changed the Immortal Path without permission, patted his chest in front of the elder and said that this level was no less rigorous and exquisite than the Cloud Wave Map and the Netherworld Path, which have been passed down for thousands of years. When there was a problem, he secretly came and forcibly interfered with the process …"
"Hey, hey, hey, little Ling 'Er, why are you so protective of him? Have you forgotten our sisterhood for so many years?"
"Hmph, he helped me win that bet, so of course I have to speak up for him. Also, I say, if you can't afford to play, then don't play. As a dignified elder of the Heavenly Sword Hall, you don't even have this little bit of responsibility?"
The woman in white suddenly became angry out of shame. "Heavenly Sword Hall? Ha, that idiot Sect Leader still hasn't given me a subsidy for the Heavenly Sword Hall. Why should I have the responsibility of the Heavenly Sword Hall? I'm just being shameless! When you give me a bonus, then I will become a righteous master! "
"… Although the Lingjian School is big, you are probably the only one who can say such words." Facing the woman in white's shamelessness, the black shadow couldn't help but admire her.
While they were talking, the woman in white had already commanded the village chief to force Wang Lu away. She clapped her hands and laughed. "I want to see what other tricks you have this time."
Then, an old man's cold voice sounded behind her. "I want to see how you are going to explain this to the Disciplinary Elder."
The woman in white's smile instantly froze. When she turned around while trembling, her smile became extremely forced. "Hey, isn't this Sect Leader Senior Martial Brother? Honored guest, I'm sorry for not welcoming you earlier, I'm really …"
"Honored guest my ass! This is my home! "
"Really? I thought it was my home. Recently, my sense of direction has been getting worse. Senior Martial Brother, do you want to give me tens of thousands of spirit stones to cure it …? "
"Before I cure your bad sense of direction, I'll first cure your audacity! Previously, you randomly changed the Immortal Path, and this time, you took advantage of my absence to change the Immortal Path. Tsk tsk, don't even think about your salary this year. "
"What the f * ck!?"
"Also, you said that as an elder of the Heavenly Sword Hall, you haven't received any subsidy. This is indeed not good."
The woman in white's hope was rekindled. "So …?"
"So you don't have to be an elder anymore. Just cultivate in your Non-Phase Peak. When you reach the Yuanying Stage, I will reopen the Heavenly Sword Hall. At that time, I will definitely give you the full subsidy!"
"What the f * ck! Senior Martial Brother, I am wholeheartedly doing this for the good of the sect, and also for your sake! "
"If you say this again, I will also deduct your basic pay!"
"Senior Martial Brother, you can't distinguish right from wrong. You will definitely regret it later!"
— —
After driving away the troublemaker woman in white, the supreme leader of the Lingjian School turned his head again, only to find that the black shadow had disappeared.
The leader sighed. Knowing that there was nothing he could do, he turned his attention back to the Immortal Path. The immortal artifact that controlled the entire Immortal Path was messed up by the woman in white. However, when the leader reached out and touched it, the traces left by the woman in white disappeared.
However, the leader pondered for a moment and added something to the Immortal Path.
"Although Junior Martial Sister likes to cause trouble, since there really is a loophole, it is indeed better to seal it. But … doesn't that copper coin look a bit familiar? Forget it, I'm not wearing my glasses, so I won't look at it. "
— —
On the other side, Wang Lu, whose sure-win method had been forcibly blocked, also realized that this method was not working.
Although he despised the shameless method of the Lingjian School, if the opportunistic method was not working, Wang Lu would not hang himself for a long time.
"Then, I will carefully think about the main method … If I want to get the money from the mountain, what else can I do? If I want to get the money, I must at least deposit the money first. Could it be that in this village, there are some clues that I have missed? … Damn it, obviously there is no clue!? I am a professional! "
Wang Lu angrily slammed the table, showing his full confidence in his professional ability.
He had prepared for a whole month in the Peach Blossom Village. Although he did not leave the village, he had grasped all the details of the village. It was impossible for him to miss anything. Otherwise, he would not have been able to create the One Wave Flow strategy. But now, it was clear that he had reached the end of the road. If he could not find a way out of this, the Immortal Path would end here.
"Damn it, the money from the mountain, the money from the mountain … Where can I find the money from the mountain? This village has clearly been searched everywhere, could it be … "
Suddenly, a light flashed in Wang Lu's mind.
"Tsk, I actually forgot about that person. My professionalism is crying."
After that, Wang Lu walked out of the courtyard with a self-deprecating smile, just in time to see two losers passing by.
"What a coincidence, hey, you two are close relatives …"
Before he finished speaking, a black shadow descended from the sky, grabbed Wang Lu, and rushed back into the house like the wind.
"I say … that's enough. Don't deliberately provoke others with obscenities every time you meet me."
Wang Lu said, "Who told the Peach Blossom Village's quest design to be flawed? I didn't want it to be like this."
The black shadow nodded in agreement, "So, this time you came to find me, did you think it through?"
Wang Lu smiled, "You can say that I have thought it through. I have already found the money from the mountain."
"Oh?"
"Hmph, at first, I did make a mistake. I thought that the money from the mountain could only be found in the Peach Blossom Village. Later, I realized that I was really stupid. Obviously, the key to the hidden quest is you, an outsider, but I didn't think of such a simple truth. Even if the Peach Blossom Village does not have the concept of money, you, who asked me for tuition, definitely do."
The black shadow also smiled, "That is indeed the truth."
"So, my mission is to get that copper coin from you."
"Hmm, that's a good idea. But this copper coin is not easy to get. Even if you take out 10,000 taels of silver, I will not exchange it with you."
"Don't worry, even if I sell my kidney, I can't take out 10,000 taels of silver, but …"
As Wang Lu said this, he smiled again and then took out something from under the bed.
It was a delicate mahogany food box.
Seeing the food box, the black shadow seemed to be extremely surprised. Seeing this scene, Wang Lu's confidence went from 80% to 100%.
He had finally passed this test.
Of course, this food box was not an ordinary food box. Although the workmanship was excellent and the materials were exquisite, a single food box, even if it was an antique from the previous dynasty, would not be able to sell for 10,000 taels of silver, let alone a copper coin from the Spirit Sword Mountain.
In fact, a copper coin from the Spirit Sword Mountain was priceless. Let alone the gold and silver of the mortal world … even if the young master of an Immortal Cultivation Family, like Xie Qianlong, took out his personal magical treasure, would the black shadow give him a copper coin?
Obviously not.
Thinking of this, Wang Lu quickly realized that perhaps only the things in the mountain could be exchanged for money, and it couldn't be ordinary things, because ordinary things were not worth much here.
And this food box happened to be an unusual thing. Speaking of which, its effect was not that amazing: no matter how much time passed, the appearance, smell, and taste of the food in it would not change much. In the end, it was just a super fresh-keeping box. It could not be compared to some young masters' storm talismans, nor could it be worth 10,000 taels of silver. Even after Wang Lu had eaten all the food in it, this food box would no longer have any practical value. However, in the Peach Blossom Village, this food box was the key to pass the test.
When the Lady Boss gave him this food box, he didn't realize the mystery behind it. However, later on, he realized that the Lady Boss's hint was simply too obvious. A box of food had to last for a week … If it didn't have a fresh-keeping function, would he have to eat the mold as a side dish?
Not to mention that after completing the chain of quests and helping the Lady Boss earn a lot of money, the Lady Boss had not given him anything ordinary. That teasing one copper coin seemed to be related to the entire Immortal Path's hidden quest, so how could the food box be just an ordinary food box?
Casually patting the unusual food box, Wang Lu smiled and said, "I'll sell this to you cheaply. A good price of one copper coin. You won't refuse me, right?"
The black shadow was silent for a long time. Because its body was hidden in the black fog, it was impossible to see its expression.
After a while, the black shadow said, "I didn't expect you to really find it. This food box … I'll accept it."
Since he had accepted it, Wang Lu had passed this hurdle. At this point, this self-proclaimed professional adventurer couldn't help but laugh.
The black shadow also laughed, "I'm just curious. Did you expect this from the beginning?"
"Of course not. I'm just a professional adventurer, not a cheat. I didn't read the guide beforehand. Who would've thought that this food box also hid a secret? I finished the food inside in two or three days, and then I spent the remaining days lying in bed and starving."
The black shadow asked, "Oh? Since you didn't discover the secret of this food box, why did you bring it so far? "
"Because every qualified professional adventurer is a squirrel."
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