books44 Chapter 892 Everything Costs Money (2)
Chapter 892 Everything Costs Money (2)
Chapter 892 Money for Everything (Part Two)
Everything costs money (Part 2)
In the main hall.
Guided by several guards on either side, the two entered a side hall through the passage.
Inside was a fairly spacious small hall.
There were quite a few people waiting in line in the small hall at this time.
It seems they all need to use the Rainbow Sky Teleportation Array to travel elsewhere.
Han Yi had no choice but to patiently wait in line and move forward little by little.
Fortunately, with Gao Jue, the chatterbox, around, time flew by.
The seemingly long queue soon turned into a call for Han Yi and his companion. "Next!"
A woman with fox ears, dressed in a red dress, sat at a pale yellow long table, her face impatient and her tone unfriendly, seemingly somewhat irritable.
"Go to Kunyuan." Han Yi didn't waste any words and went straight to the point.
The fox-eared woman remained silent, then spread her hands, placing her palm in front of Han Yi.
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Han Yi didn't make a move. The other person's small hands were quite beautiful, delicate and fair, with a few wispy downy hairs. In his previous life, if he were a Fu Rui fanatic, he probably would have pounced on them on the spot.
"Give it to me! What are you standing there for?" The woman was getting impatient. "How can I register your information if I don't give you the soul card?"
"A Soul Card?" Han Yi was taken aback, but quickly realized that it must be the black crystal card that Song Du had given him when he entered the city.
He flipped his hand and handed it over. The fox-eared woman took the soul card, swiped it a few times on the circular jade wall that was flashing white light beside her, and then said coldly.
"From Hongji to Kunyuan, the fee is two thousand Star Marrow."
"Two Thousand Star Marrow?" Han Yi's eyes widened instantly, almost thinking he had misheard.
Even after plundering the entire fortunes of the two prominent families, Gongye Yun and Xie Guangning, they only managed to obtain a little over a thousand points of Star Essence.
After entering the city, I spent some more money on miscellaneous things, and I still had less than a thousand star marrow left.
This is actually quite a lot of money.
Star Essence, an exclusive currency of the Hundred Veins, is exchanged within upper-class circles and used for commodity trade and resource exchange; it is extremely valuable.
The Moonlit Jade he took out back then was only worth the equivalent of one hundred Star Marrow, yet it made Li Feibai extremely envious.
Moreover, judging from Li Feibai's wealth, one hundred Star Marrow is already a fraction of his savings, let alone one thousand Star Marrow.
This basically represents most of Li Feibai's wealth accumulated over the years.
"Even the traction array from Suyue Mountain only yields a few dozen star marrow per person when it reaches the North... How could this be..." Han Yi couldn't help but ask.
He originally thought a thousand star marrow would be more than enough, but it ended up being more than double.
"So you know it's a tethering array?" The fox-eared woman's voice was grating, sounding somewhat sarcastic. "Teleportation. This is a teleportation array!"
"This..." Han Yi frowned, puzzled.
The difference between traction arrays and teleportation arrays is just a difference in name; aren't they both forms of teleportation?
"Brother Han! Brother Han!! That's good! That's good!" Gao Jue quickly stepped forward and explained in a low voice, "Teleportation arrays... have always been this price, while traction arrays are cheaper... but they are not the same thing..." He spoke quickly and quickly.
The traction array primarily serves outsiders heading to the northern lands, mainly handling various bulk commodity trade.
The goods here... are actually the slave trade.
In this situation, the transmission is more like transportation than transmission.
Send as many people as possible at once, as many as possible, as fast as possible, even if the process is a bit rough, it doesn't matter.
The difference between traction arrays and teleportation arrays lies here.
Teleportation arrays are point-to-point, highly precise, one-to-one teleportation systems that are gentle and silent.
Most importantly, it will not damage the soul.
The way the traction array moves doesn't care about spirits or souls; it may be crooked and wobbly, but as long as it gets people there, that's all that matters.
This can cause minor damage to the soul.
If too many minor traumas accumulate, they can manifest as irreparable damage to the soul.
Han Yi seemed to be deep in thought upon hearing this.
When the group of people in their caravan arrived in the North by tethering formation, it's no wonder they all fainted and it took them a long time to wake up.
But why didn't he feel dizzy back then?
A strong physical body seems to mean more than just strong physical defense; it also helps with the protection of one's mental and spiritual well-being.
"Of course... that's just the surface reason..." Gao Jue added quietly from behind, "Pregnant women, or those with young children at home... and those who perform special missions for the Holy Palace... all receive fee reductions... so we privately speculate that the reason single-person teleportation is so expensive... might be to spread out these costs..."
"..." Han Yi was speechless for a moment. He only realized after arriving in the North that life was completely different from what he had imagined.
First, there were people like Li Feibai who wouldn't do anything without money; then there were the Ronghua Mansion members who believed that money could solve everything; and finally, there were the various inside stories described by Gao Jue.
This northern land... the lower three layers of the hundred veins...
It's all about money.
Money talks, no money... go out and find your own way.
"Not enough money? Next one." The fox-eared woman could tell at a glance that Han Yi was short of money, and waved her hand impatiently without any politeness.
Helpless, Han Yi could only step aside.
The woman picked up Gao Jue's soul card, performed the same operation, and calmly announced a number.
"Eight hundred. Star tickets or star marrow? We accept both. Change is fine too." "Eight hundred? Last time it was five hundred, why is it this much..." Gao Jue was so anxious that he jumped up and down, shouting.
"Last time? When was the last time?" the woman sneered, seemingly glancing at the information in the soul card. "Last time your wife was pregnant, and she has already given birth. How can it be the same price? If you want a discount, then upgrade to another one. Don't wait until the child grows up and you can't get any discount at all."
“Okay…” Gao Jue’s face was full of heartache. One child was enough to keep him busy and running around. Where would he find the extra money and energy to have a second one?
He rummaged through his body for a long time, painstakingly collecting eight hundred Star Essence, before reluctantly handing it over.
Judging from Gao Jue's pained expression, it was clear that even for a businessman with some wealth, this amount of money was not a small sum.
Also.
Eight hundred Star Marrows are roughly enough to buy a Soul Weapon Fragment. Even the worst kind, it's still a Soul Weapon Fragment that can alter one's innate divine will abilities.
For an ordinary person, this is an astronomical figure. They couldn't accumulate that much even after several lifetimes of hard work.
No matter how wealthy Gao Jue is, he can't withstand this kind of drain.
However, judging from Han Yi's personal experience...
The vast expanse of the North, with its cities and areas where life gathers, is far less sparse than that of the Central Plains.
Movement between each other...
It is also much more dangerous.
Leaving aside the most common ferocious beasts and man-made disasters.
The most dangerous thing in the North is the terrifying natural disasters that could occur at any time, and no one can predict them.
Not everyone can be like Han Yi.
Even after being trapped in a snow disaster, without food or water, he was able to withstand the onslaught with his powerful physique and fly at full speed for five days and five nights, forcibly breaking out of the snow disaster area without any supplies.
so…...
No matter how expensive the teleportation array is...
Even those from Baimai had to grit their teeth and swallow their pride, forced to pay up and bow their heads.
Inside the small hall, the fox-eared woman's expression softened after Gao Jue paid the money.
"Alright. Go to the main hall and wait. Don't feel bad about spending this money. The Holy Palace maintains peace in the vast North, protecting it from foreign invasion. There are so many troubles outside, and all sorts of benefits are distributed... Aren't all these things for the sake of our Hundred Lineages? When you spend money now, you're spending it on ourselves. Consider it an investment in advance."
The other party spoke with great righteousness, even invoking the name of the Demon Saint Palace.
Gao Jue could say nothing, and he couldn't say anything at all. He could only give an awkward laugh and leave quickly with Han Yi.
"Brother Gao, please go ahead with your work. I'll take my leave now. Hope we can meet again sometime. If you have time, I'll treat you to a drink."
Since the matter had not been resolved, Han Yi did not intend to stay any longer and planned to go out for a walk to think of other solutions.
This teleportation array... still needs to be built.
He still feels lingering fear when he recalls the continuous blizzards he encountered after leaving Suyuejiao.
Even he didn't want to experience that again.
It's not that I'm worried about my life being threatened.
The key issue is that the snow disaster covers an area that is boundless. When you are in it, you can't see the end at all. As far as the eye can see, there is only a vast expanse of white, which stretches for thousands of miles.
Looking up, one sees a vast expanse of ice and snow, seemingly reaching to the sky, seemingly unreachable.
In this situation where he could not sense any other presences and his vision was obstructed, coupled with Han Yi's naturally poor sense of direction.
Again.
There is still a very high probability that you will get lost or go in the wrong direction.
Getting lost again...
We were lucky this time.
It can land near a city with a teleportation array.
Next time, if I get lost again and end up in some unknown, remote mountain forest area...
By then, the convoy had arrived in Kunyuan well in advance, while Han Yi was still wandering aimlessly in the vast snowfield like a headless fly…
That would be a huge problem...
"No problem, no problem. Having another friend means having another path. Just don't forget to come to me if you ever need anything." Gao Jue still had a smile on his face and his attitude was gentle.
For someone like him who builds connections for others, having more friends means having more connections that might come in handy someday. So he tries not to offend anyone, and even if he's unhappy inside, he won't show it on the surface.
of course.
Perhaps it was because he had vented his frustrations and felt relieved after saying so much.
"Of course, of course, as long as Brother Gao would be so kind as to accept my invitation." Han Yi's tone carried a hint of apology.
He felt a little embarrassed because the other person had chatted with him for so long for free and shared a lot of useful information.
After exchanging a few more polite words, they parted ways, smiling and saying goodbye.