I Live on the Land in Global Games
Chapter 285 - 281: Pawnshop Gossip

Chapter 285: Chapter 281: Pawnshop Gossip

Little Stone collapsed flat and split down the middle into two smaller ones, exposing a belly identical to the stone: Nope! ~(´•ᴗ•`)~

Well, I’m just a stone to begin with, so it’s normal to be made of stone inside and out.

"Have you eaten enough?" Mu Ying asked.

Little Stone: (¯﹃¯)

Understanding, Mu Ying resignedly started to grind again.

Raising kids is tough!

Luckily, Little Stone wasn’t that big of an eater; about two bowls-worth and it was temporarily full.

Mu Ying took it to see Tongbi 559.

He provided the exploration equipment, so it was best to update him.

"Back already? How’d it go?" Tongbi 559 stood up with anticipation upon seeing her appear.

Hoisting up the apparently lifeless Little Stone, Mu Ying said, "There, meet Little Stone, a small Underground City that nearly starved to death."

"It worked?" Tongbi 559 excitedly examined the unimpressive-looking stone, "So this is the Underground City? It really looks just like a stone!"

"Its body was wrecked by hunger. It needs to be fed stone milk, ground by the hands of a Contractor for quite some time before it can recover; then it will need stone powder for a while. Once it grows a bit, it can seek to inherit from Ghost Spring. If successful, I’ll definitely share some with you, provided that Ghost Spring is still there and working," Mu Ying said.

Finding Little Stone was possible thanks to Tongbi 559, who provided a lot of information and even the Wall Peeping Mirror. He deserved this.

559, with a glint of amusement, said, "I really picked the right person – you’ve got guts!"

The smartest thing he did was not getting greedy; he entrusted the task to the most suitable person, who turned out to be not stingy.

Although the Underground City is precious, you need to be alive to take it, have the resources to feed it, and the abilities to keep it.

"Since I’m so gutsy, could you give me a fair price on these items?" Mu Ying pulled out the items she collected from the Underground City.

These included a bronze coffin containing a corpse, several wooden coffins, the two Poison Needle Boxes with notes inside, and the odd manuscript of a poet which she had almost finished reading. Her prior expectations were a letdown – might as well sell them for some cash.

There were also some ordinary jewels and decorations from the Queen of Guland, keeping only the Space Ring, several Long-lasting Lamps, and the miniature model of the Guland Underground City.

Finally, she even took off the Cowhide Chest Armor and other protective gear she was wearing; she didn’t need them anymore thanks to Little Red.

"Are these items all from the Underground City of Guland?" 559 asked.

Mu Ying nodded, "These were worn by Queen of Guland herself!"

"Don’t fool me. Queen of Guland was a historically famous female tycoon, and these jewels seem hardly fitting for her," 559 said skeptically.

At that, Mu Ying had to retort, "Can you imagine Queen of Guland regularly living in the tomb of the clothes and crowns of her young lover? It wasn’t even as big as your pawnshop."

"What? What’s the full story? Tell me about it. Who isn’t curious about historical celebrity gossip, especially when it’s about someone who disappeared suddenly?"

Mu Ying glanced around, "These items are taking up space here. How about we finish our deal first?"

559: "..."

How had he thought she was generous earlier? Had he been blindfolded?

Without a good price, the story might as well be forgotten.

Reluctantly, 559 pulled out an abacus, "The bronze coffin isn’t worth as much as before; several have been unearthed recently, decreasing their value, even if there’s a body inside. I’ll give you 5 Gold Coins for it. The wooden coffins with bodies, 10 Silver Coins each. Although you said the boxes have poison needle mechanisms, the needles are gone now, but the notes inside are interesting – 5 Silver Coins each. These manuscripts are in good condition and valuable for research – 25 Gold Coins for them. You say these jewels were used by the Queen of Guland, but they are neither striking nor exquisitely made. Let’s call it 10 Gold Coins. These pieces of equipment are of too low quality; I can only go as high as 1 Silver Coin... a total of 47 Gold Coins and 11 Silver Coins, absolutely a fair price."

"50 Gold Coins, final offer, how about that? I’ve temporarily sealed off the Underground City; there’s still good stuff behind. The coffins excavated right now are just from the civilian tombs back then, and there are noble tombs further in. I’ll sell all those to you when the time comes. Be quick about it!" Mu Ying bargained, primarily because five gold coins for a bronze coffin was too cheap; Old Mao and the others sold theirs for at least double this amount last time.

Tongbi 559 clutched his chest in pain, "Who bargains like you do? That’s ruthless!"

"Anyway, you won’t be at a loss," Mu Ying said.

Tongbi 559 snorted and pulled out a money pouch, "If you weren’t a Lord, I’d really love to recommend you join the Copper Coin Trading Company, just for your miserly nature!"

Money in hand, he declared himself a miser or a lover of wealth; in any case, he had profited.

Such a vast territory required frugality. Money was needed everywhere!

In the warehouse, she selectively ignored the pile of territory income.

Other than the informed Tongbi 559, she couldn’t discuss the matter of the Underground City with anyone else, but she actually enjoyed complaining and discussing it with him.

Tongbi 559 was a great sidekick.

After gossiping about the Queen of Guland, Mu Ying left the copper coin pawnshop, satisfied.

What to do next?

Mu Ying felt a bit lost.

Mana Value was gone, there were no spells to practice, and there seemed to be nothing in her territory that needed her attention; she actually had free time!

Why not go to Moon Lake and bask in the sun?

It had been a long time since she turned into a turtle to sunbathe.

With such lovely springtime sun and such beautiful scenery, it would be a shame not to enjoy the sunlight.

She teleported in a flash to the Lotus Platform in the middle of Moon Lake and transformed into a turtle as she leaned forward.

Comfortable!

Squinting, she enjoyed the lovely spring afternoon.

Little Stone: Hungry, hungry!

Mu Ying: "..."

Her turtle shell hadn’t even warmed up yet!

She forgot, Little Stone got hungry quickly, and her sunbathing session was abruptly curtailed from the start.

Mu Ying sighed and teleported back to her territory.

The two little turtles that had struggled to climb up looked at the empty Lotus Platform and cocked their heads.

"Plop~" "Plop~"

With a relaxation of their short legs, they fell back into the water.

Players passing by Moon Lake spoke to their friends, "Was that the Lord just now? Why did she leave in such a hurry? She used to sunbathe for hours, even days, before."

"Don’t know, it’s been days since we’ve seen her around. I heard she was thoroughly searching the Ghoul Tomb for secret chambers recently, wonder if she found anything."

"That place has been turned upside down; even doors with Secret Magic Locks have been forcibly opened by people. What could possibly be left? Didn’t you see the announcement about the Fishman God Statue earlier? The Lord must be finding ways to deal with it!"