Hoh — — -
The black fog once again disappeared without a trace.
Inside the bar, everyone's appearances had returned to normal, but they were still staring at Gu Qing Shan with unwilling gazes.
The young woman scoffed and asked: "You think you're expensive?"
Gu Qing Shan replied: "Of course, I'm the richest person in the club, so everyone else has to rely on me so that they don't have to hang up all the bills"
The young woman walked up, sat down in front of the bar, and excitedly stared at Gu Qing Shan: "I didn't think you'd be a red card — — but in this world, you can't take back what you've said, do you understand?"
"That's right, everyone has to be responsible for their own words" Gu Qing Shan nodded, expressing that she understood.
The young woman giggled: "Little big bro, if you say you're expensive, then you must have a price tag — — I really want to see just how expensive you are, please give me a price"
"Are you sure you want to do this?" Gu Qing Shan asked.
"This old lady doesn't lack money, as long as you're willing to give me a price, I'm willing to buy you — — now you have no reason to refuse me, even if it's only for one night, I'll buy you!" the young woman declared.
She reached out her long green tongue full of barbs, licked her lips, and laughed maniacally: "You'll always have to pay for what you've sold, today will be the day you die, ahahahaha!"
Gu Qing Shan also laughed.
He took off a small pouch from his waist and threw it on the bar.
"Take a good look, this is my money pouch, as long as you can fill it up with gold, I'll come with you"
All was quiet.
Everyone exchanged glances, even the young woman was a bit surprised.
This guy isn't trying to find a reason?
Does he not know what will happen to him?
The young woman glanced at the small pouch, then gestured to the bartender: "Check it"
The bartender carefully checked it and said: "There's no problem"
The young woman then turned to Gu Qing Shan and said with a smile that wasn't a smile: "Little big bro, you're going to die"
Gu Qing Shan smiled: "In our line of work, the customer is God, of course, as long as you pay enough"
The young woman deliberately sighed and said, "Little brother, money is not a problem. The problem is that you don't have the life to spend it."
She fished out a handful of gold coins and threw them into her purse.
Hualala —
The pleasant sound of metal clashing rang out, and the money bag gradually bulged.
Under everyone's watchful eyes, the money bag was about to be filled.
But he didn't!
The money bag deflated again when it was almost full.
The young woman was startled.
"Bartender, didn't you say the purse was fine?" the young woman asked.
The bartender grabbed the money bag and looked at it, then carefully looked at Gu Qing Shan, and said in a low voice, "There is nothing wrong with the money bag, but this person probably signed a loan contract with some kind of existence, and he used all the money he got to repay the debt. If he does not repay the debt, the money bag will never be full."
The young woman glared at Gu Qing Shan and bellowed, "How dare you trick me!"
Gu Qing Shan shrugged and said, "I've already said that as long as you can fill up this purse, I'll go with you. Did I lie to you?"
The young woman was stunned.
Indeed, that was the only condition he mentioned.
But who would've thought he still owed money?
The smile on Gu Qing Shan's face faded and coldly asked: "What? Not enough money? You don't have any money, yet you're trying to fool around with others? "
The young woman couldn't take it anymore and coldly sneered: "Fine, just you wait, I'll help you repay the debt, then I'll think about how to torture you"
She took out a handful of gold coins and put them into the purse.
The purse bulged up, then deflated.
She took out another handful of gold coins and put them into the purse.
The purse bulged up, then deflated.
She took out another handful of gold coins and put them into the purse.
The purse bulged up, then deflated.
The young woman couldn't help but slap the bar and angrily shouted: "You scoundrel, just how much money did you owe outside?"
Gu Qing Shan shrugged: "You'll know after you pay the debt"
The young woman glanced at the people around her.
They understood and took out all the money they had.
… but it was useless.
Even though everyone had taken out their money and put it into the purse, Gu Qing Shan's purse was still deflated.
Gu Qing Shan looked at the void of space and saw lines of crimson text hovering there:
[You've completed today's repayment]
[You still owe the Book of Seabed 3000 years and 2 days of income]
Tch — — -
Who would've thought that owing money could be used as a skill to screw people over …
Gu Qing Shan silently thought as she glanced at the young woman across from her.
The cold sweat on the young woman's face had already gathered into a stream, dripping down to the ground.
She was currently riding a tiger and couldn't back down, but there was no way to stop this process.
— — -just now, both sides had reached a verbal agreement, and the payment had already begun. If she tried to use 'not enough money' as an excuse, it would only be considered a breach of contract.
— — in other words, she didn't have any legitimate reason to escape.
And she was the one who initiated this!
"Let me go" the young woman suddenly said.
"Hm?" Gu Qing Shan lazily glanced at her and said: "In this world, once a person says something, they can never take it back, do you understand?"
The young woman froze.
The people around them were speechless.
This was what the young woman said before, but it was now coming out of his mouth.
In just a few minutes.
Offense and defense switched places.
Life and death switched places.
A faint layer of black fog appeared in the bar.
"I beg you, let me go" the young woman hurriedly begged.
Gu Qing Shan sighed and replied: "You were the one who asked for this entire thing, what can I do even if you beg me?"
"Say your conditions! As long as you say something else, I'll have a way to temporarily not die! "the young woman shouted in fear.
— — -the black fog was silently spreading towards her body.
"Fine, my condition is that you tell me how to leave this place" Gu Qing Shan said.
The young woman's expression changed and loudly shouted: "Change your condition — — -"
As soon as she said so.
The black fog on the ground abruptly rose and enveloped the young woman.
She let out a high-pitched scream. She could no longer maintain her form and turned into a pile of burning bones.
"Aaaaah, no! I don't want to be eaten! "
The corpse unwillingly screamed from within the flames.
Boom!
The flames abruptly expanded, forming a giant hand full of sharp nails that dragged the corpse into the void of space and vanished without a trace.
Silence.
Everyone in the bar went completely silent.
"She's dead" the bartender muttered.
Gu Qing Shan immediately stood up.
"My friend is paying for my drink, it's his birthday today — — so I'm not going to pay for it"
The bartender looked at the driver.
The driver glanced at Gu Qing Shan, but didn't say anything.
Gu Qing Shan quickly stood up, walked to the door of the bar, pushed it open, and went out.
The entire process was done in one go, seemingly slow but actually urgent, there wasn't even a chance to stop him.
Clang!
The door closed behind her.
As the cold night air hit her, Gu Qing Shan sighed in relief.
Fortunately, they didn't manage to react in time.
— — -I've already ordered two drinks, and I don't have this world's currency on me. If I'm asked to pay, the only legitimate reason I can use is that the driver is paying for it.
If the coachman found a reason to change the payer, she would probably end up like the young woman, with no legitimate reason to explain herself.
Going to someone else's shop and not paying for it, that's called acting shamelessly, no reason is a valid reason.
— — indeed, this is my greatest weakness.
Money.
My greatest weakness right now is that I don't have any money.
I don't have much time.
I'm not familiar with this place either.
Is there a way to avoid this weakness?
Gu Qing Shan walked forward, facing the cold wind on the street.
It was already late at night.
There were almost no people on the street, only occasionally would a horse carriage pass by in a hurry.
A horse carriage?
Gu Qing Shan stopped and changed his direction.
While walking, he was thinking and quickly returned to the carriage shop at the entrance of the town.
"Hello, customer, after you've paid the parking fee, you may retrieve the horse carriage that was parked here"
The carriage shop owner told her.
"— — -don't be in such a hurry, I want to sell the carriage" Gu Qing Shan replied.
"Sell? May I ask which horse carriage is yours? "the owner asked.
Gu Qing Shan carefully looked at him and asked: "You don't know which horse carriage is mine?"
The owner shrugged: "Customer, there are so many people who park here every day, I can't possibly remember all of them"
Gu Qing Shan went silent.
The owner's expression didn't seem to be fake, as if he really didn't know which horse carriage was his.
This could only mean one thing — — -
But I can't say for sure right now, I need to probe a bit more.
Gu Qing Shan walked into the carriage shop, glanced at the for sale and rental information on the sign inside, then walked around the shop a few times before calling out to the owner:
"Excuse me, can you help me take a look and see how much these two carriages can be sold for?"
The owner looked at him.
"You want to sell the carriages?" the owner asked.
"Yes" Gu Qing Shan replied.
The owner came over, looked around the carriage, and said: "10 gold coins, no more"
Gu Qing Shan said: "That's a bit too low, at least raise it a bit more"
The owner shook his head and said: "I'm only offering a reasonable price, friend"
"I've also studied the market, the price you're offering is indeed a bit low" Gu Qing Shan insisted.
The two of them talked for a bit longer, but the owner still wouldn't budge. In the end, Gu Qing Shan had no choice but to accept this price.
Gu Qing Shan sighed and pointed at the other carriage next to them: "What about these two carriages?"
The owner glanced at them and casually said: "Their carriage is much more luxurious than yours, the structure is reasonable, and the materials used are solid — — - if it was me, it would cost at least 15 gold coins, not a single coin less, that's a loss"
"Alright, 15 gold coins, deal" Gu Qing Shan said.
The owner froze.
He looked at Gu Qing Shan, then at the two carriages.
"Are they both yours?" the owner asked.
"No, the 15 gold carriage is mine" Gu Qing Shan answered.
The owner pointed at the first carriage and asked: "Then — — -"
Gu Qing Shan casually said: "Ah, the 10 gold carriage is my friend's, he hasn't arrived yet, so I'll help him ask first"
"This carriage of yours — — - 15 gold coins is too much" the owner struggled to say.
"Not only is my carriage luxurious, but it's also reasonable, the materials used are solid, so I won't ask for much, only selling it for 15 gold coins is a loss — — - but I don't care about that bit of money, since you also need to make a bit of profit, how about it?" Gu Qing Shan smiled and said.
The owner was speechless.
In the end, 15 gold coins is still a profit.
"… Alright, deal" the owner said.
"Wait a minute, I won't accept money, can you give me something in exchange?" Gu Qing Shan asked.
— — as soon as money came into her hand, it would be taken away by the book.
"What do you want?" the owner scowled and asked.
"I want a place to stay, 3 meals a day for 1 month — — - and a few free transportation vouchers" Gu Qing Shan said.
"Deal!" the owner's scowl loosened.
Gu Qing Shan felt a bit assured.
It seems the [Fear Apocalypse] has a complete set of rules.
Although it's fearsome and terrifying, it doesn't only revolve around me as an enemy.
For example, the owner of this carriage shop, from start to finish, he only talked about business and didn't cause any trouble.
If that's the case …
Only a few specific people knew his identity and would specifically target him.
If I can find out the secret behind these people, I'll have a chance to leave this place …
(End of this chapter)
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