Global Lords: Starting with Female Hero Fusion

At the village entrance, there are usually Spiritual Energy Vehicles and horse-drawn carriages.

But right now, there was only one carriage, hiding furtively in the distance.

That group of nobles who just came through must have scared them off.

These were all run by the villagers.

Even if they didn’t know each other by name, their faces were familiar.

Zhao Chi passed through the village entrance every day, so he saw them all the time and could be considered an acquaintance.

Zhao Chi walked over. "Uncle Liu, how much for a ride to town?"

Uncle Liu glanced left and right. "Zhao Chi, what were those people here for? They looked menacing, especially that group that came after. I’ve never seen them before."

Zhao Chi said, "The resistance has been causing a lot of trouble lately. They’re here to investigate."

Uncle Liu nodded. "Investigate the resistance? What the hell are they investigating here for! I tell you, these nobles have nothing better to do all day than stir up trouble with their damn random investigations! If I were a noble, I’d be lounging around in Zone 7 every day with a couple of beautiful Alien Race women in my arms. Who the hell would bother running out to the countryside?"

The beautiful Alien Race women Uncle Liu mentioned were definitely not the kind of Alien Race Zhao Chi had just seen.

He was talking about Female Elves, female rabbit people, and the like.

But Zhao Chi completely agreed with what he said.

"Exactly. If I were a noble, I’d do the same."

Uncle Liu laughed. "Haha, right? It might seem like just lazing around and waiting to die, but it’s better than tormenting commoners, isn’t it? Don’t you think?"

"Yeah, it is. So, how much for a ride to town?"

"Things aren’t safe in town right now. I can only take you to the edge of town. 45 Copper Coins."

Copper Coins wasn’t too expensive.

But the old Zhao Chi would have definitely tried to haggle.

It was different now.

"Alright. Let’s go, Uncle Liu."

"Okay, hop in!"

The carriage was very bumpy.

Especially when it went fast.

But it was still much faster than Zhao Chi could run.

There were far fewer people on the road than usual.

But there were a lot more Soldiers.

Zhao Chi’s carriage was stopped and searched once, but these weren’t noble-born troops, just Ordinary Soldiers who were also commoners.

It was a routine check; they wouldn’t give ordinary people too much trouble.

However, you’d occasionally run into some scumbag Soldiers, and then you’d need to slip them a few Silver Coins.

The ride was bumpy, but they arrived quickly.

Maybe because it was still too early, just a little after eight, but half the shops hadn’t opened yet.

Only the breakfast stalls were open, rain or shine.

After all, it was just a town. The only truly bustling area was a single main street.

You could walk from the south end to the north end, and you’d have seen the whole town.

The Eighth Academy was to the north.

The Exchange was in the middle of the main street.

The other shops were quite comprehensive, with weapon shops, tailor shops, general stores, and so on.

They just didn’t have any cutting-edge Equipment or items.

If you wanted to buy good stuff, you had to go to the county seat.

Fortunately, there was the Exchange. Its Supplies were extensive, and you could buy a lot of things there.

You just had to pay a Transaction Fee to the Exchange.

That part was reasonable enough.

The Exchanges were also divided by Level. This was a Town Level Exchange, so of course, it had fewer Supplies.

He entered the Exchange.

It had also just opened, and there were more employees than customers.

Someone came up to greet him immediately.

"Sir, how can I help you?"

"Please send me the list. I need to buy a few things."

"Of course. This way, please. If you decide to purchase something after reviewing the list, you can go to counters 1 through 5."

"Alright, thanks."

"You’re welcome."

After the staff member left, Zhao Chi began carefully browsing the list of Supplies in the system.

Instantly, a huge amount of information flooded out.

The first thing Zhao Chi browsed was Racial Bloodlines.

[Human Race Racial Bloodline] 400 Gold Coins

[Zombie Racial Bloodline] 1,300 Gold Coins

[Giant Race Bloodline] 9,500 Gold Coins

[Lizardman Racial Bloodline] 1,500 Gold Coins

[Shadow Leopard Racial Bloodline] 1,300 Gold Coins

[Ogre Racial Bloodline] 6,000 Gold Coins

[...etc.]

’They’re so expensive!’

There weren’t many Racial Bloodlines, only a few.

After all, good Racial Bloodlines were highly sought after and would be bought up as soon as they appeared.

Unless the price was too outrageous.

The prices Zhao Chi was looking at were incredibly inflated.

’People aren’t idiots. Who would buy these at such high prices?’

Zhao Chi could afford the Human Race Racial Bloodline, but there was no need.

’I’ll leave it for those who can’t accept being an Alien Race and want to change their Race back.’

Next, Zhao Chi searched for Treasure Chests that let you choose your items.

[Self-Selected Medicine Treasure Chest] 6 Gold Coins, 3 remaining

[Self-Selected Material Treasure Chest] 3 Gold Coins, 7 remaining

[Random Item Treasure Chest] 1 Gold Coin

[Random Material Treasure Chest] 30 Silver Coins

[Silver Treasure Chest] 200 Gold Coins

[Copper Treasure Chest] 40 Gold Coins

[Wooden Treasure Chest] 5 Gold Coins

There were other types of Treasure Chests, but none of them were suitable for Zhao Chi.

There were three Self-Selected Medicine Treasure Chests available, but their prices were inflated, so no one had bought them.

After all, after buying one, you still had to pay taxes on it when you brought it back to your territory, so the cost was very high.

And buying Medicine separately wouldn’t cost nearly as much.

However, this kind of Treasure Chest was very convenient.

You could store one in the System Space, and it wouldn’t take up any room.

Then, during a battle, you could choose the exact Medicine you needed based on the situation.

Normally, if the price was right, everyone would buy them.

The same went for the Self-Selected Material Treasure Chests.

They were also very convenient.

But these prices were too high, which was why they were still listed.

They were just waiting for a fish to take the bait.

And they were in luck.

Their wait was over.

Zhao Chi was taking the bait.

Zhao Chi knew it was expensive, but he had the ability to transfer information.

It didn’t matter if the information transfer failed. As long as it succeeded once out of three tries, he would make his money back. If it succeeded twice out of three times, he’d make a huge profit.

Although he had already seized a large amount of Medicine from Zhao Ji, such consumables were essential, and the more, the better.

The Random Item Treasure Chest and Random Material Treasure Chest weren’t very practical.

Since they were random, Zhao Chi couldn’t transfer information from them.

He could only rely on luck.

Most importantly, it was hard to get anything good from them. It was possible, but the probability was very low.

And the price wasn’t exactly cheap, either.

Zhao Chi had money now, but he couldn’t be too wasteful.

He still had a lot of things to buy.

The remaining three types of Treasure Chests weren’t bad.

But they were too expensive.

The Silver Treasure Chest, Copper Treasure Chest, and Wooden Treasure Chest could yield good items of their corresponding levels.

But again, it all came down to luck.

If the price were reasonable, Zhao Chi would have just bought them.

But they were also too expensive.

Almost double the normal price.

’Then let these Treasure Chests wait for their own fish to bite. I’m one fish who can’t afford to take this bait.’

He still had many other things to spend money on.

Next, he filtered for Blueprints.

There were quite a few Blueprints, and all of them were useful.

But not many were suitable for Zhao Chi at the moment.

Many of them were late-game Blueprints, and buying them now would just mean letting them collect dust.

Fortunately, there were three suitable ones.

[High Heel Fashion Blueprint] 8 Gold Coins

[Women’s Shirt Improvement Book] 5 Gold Coins

[Phoenix Cry Saber Blueprint] 12 Gold Coins

The prices weren’t cheap, but Zhao Chi wasn’t going to quibble over these.

It was a shame there were no Improvement Books for the High Heels or the Phoenix Cry Saber.

’The chances of a Blueprint and its matching Improvement Book appearing together are slim, so I’ll just have to buy them separately.’

’I’ll buy the Blueprints this time and keep an eye out for the Improvement Books later. I’ll buy them as soon as I see them.’

There were no suitable Skill Books for now.

High Tier Skills had Spiritual Pressure requirements, so he couldn’t use them even if he bought them now.

Finally, he needed to buy a Refining Workbench.

Only the basic model was available.

But that was good enough.

After picking through things for a while longer, he finally confirmed his shopping list.

[Shopping List]

[Racial Improvement Book] x3

[Technology Improvement Book] x4

[Phoenix Cry Saber Blueprint] x1

[Women’s Shirt Improvement Book] x1

[High Heel Fashion Blueprint] x1

[Self-Selected Medicine Treasure Chest] x3

[Self-Selected Material Treasure Chest] x7

[Refining Workbench] x1

[Various Crafting Materials] Large quantity

[Cosmetics] Moderate quantity

[Daily Necessities] Moderate quantity

[Living Supplies] Moderate quantity

[Goods Payment] 176 Gold Coins

[Commission] 5.28 Gold Coins

[Taxes] 37.6 Gold Coins

[Total] 218.88 Gold Coins

The Commission wasn’t a problem; 3% was reasonable.

It wasn’t a small amount, but it was acceptable.

’But these Taxes?’

’Why is the percentage even higher than last time?’

It was over 21% of the Goods Payment.

’Damn it...’

’The goods are expensive, the taxes are high... The prices are at least double what you’d find on the black market.’

’Whatever, just let it be.’

Zhao Chi closed the system interface.

Just as he was about to stand up, he saw a pair of long legs in flesh-colored stockings.

The legs were beautiful, but not as beautiful as Gu Qing’s and the others’.

But Zhao Chi still stared at them for a long time.

Because he realized the Silk Stockings on these legs weren’t flesh-colored, but made of a pale yellow silk.

It was just because they were so thin that the color of the skin underneath showed through, making the pale yellow difficult to notice.

But Zhao Chi saw Gu Qing and the others’ stockinged legs every day; his identification skills were very strong.

’This color of silk...’

’It must have been produced by Gu Qing.’

Zhao Chi was very familiar with the silk Gu Qing produced.

He could recognize all the shades, from pale yellow to orange-yellow.

But the most important thing was the weave of the Silk Stockings.

It was exceptionally fine.

Much finer than ordinary Silk Stockings.

’So... I made these Silk Stockings?’

As Zhao Chi was still looking, he heard a familiar woman’s voice.

"Zhao Chi, what are you spacing out for?"

He looked up. It was Li Ruanyu.

She was looking at him with a hint of reproach.

"Li Ruan... Instructor Li?"

"What’s wrong? You don’t recognize me after just a few days?"

"Of course not. I recognize you."

Zhao Chi spoke the words, but his mind was racing.

’Why is Li Ruanyu wearing the Silk Stockings I made?’

’The only place I’ve ever sold my Silk Stockings was on Strong Fragrance Food Street. Did Li Ruanyu go there too?’

’It’s possible.’

Zhao Chi couldn’t help but look down at her legs again.

This time, Li Ruanyu took a step back.

"Zhao Chi, you... what’s gotten into you?"

"Oh, sorry, Instructor Li. I was looking at your stockings."

Li Ruanyu asked doubtfully, "Is that so?"

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