I Am Also An Extraordinary Creature
Chapter 87 - 85: Two Different Things_1

Chapter 87: Chapter 85: Two Different Things_1

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For the matter of handling the gold, Zheng Yichen naturally sought out the barkeeper who was involved in a wide range of related businesses. The barkeeper looked at the item Zheng Yichen produced, pondered for a moment, then took out a tablet to check, "It’s not difficult to deal with these items, and there’s no need for too much scrutiny regarding their origin."

"There haven’t been any gold thefts recently, so these can be taken." The gold that Zheng Yichen produced weighed approximately three kilograms.

The barkeeper did the math for Zheng Yichen. Based on Hazy City’s gold price and the purity and purchasing price of this gold, it could sell for around 1.4 million. This was only an estimate, of course, and the price based on the gold Zheng Yichen had provided in the past needed further confirmation.

Zheng Yichen didn’t have to wait long; after the barkeeper contacted some people, buyers immediately came over. The purchase price was not the same as the buying price, and since those purchasing gold would profit, they naturally didn’t mind spending some money on transportation to offer their buying services here.

"Next time you can directly come to our shop. In this place, this guy still takes a cut," said Big Beard, who was checking the purity of the gold in the back hall of the bar, not forgetting to mention to Zheng Yichen as he handed him a business card.

"There aren’t many reliable gold shops around, I’m just taking a referral fee," laughed the barkeeper, unfazed by Big Beard’s comment. Their relationship seemed pretty good.

Zheng Yichen took the business card left by Big Beard. "Hmm... the gold has quite a few impurities mixed in, don’t melt a bunch of things together next time. I’ll give you 1.36 million, should I transfer it directly to you?"

This price was within Zheng Yichen’s expectations. With this money, he could live quite comfortably in Hazy City for a long time—over a million could easily buy a house in the lower city district, and it wouldn’t be difficult to buy near Dusk Cathedral either. The area wasn’t lacking in visitors, but it wasn’t a place that attracted much attention in Hazy City.

Otherwise, Zheng Yichen should have known about it from his previous time in Hazy City.

"Go ahead with the transfer."

There weren’t many restrictions on large transactions in Hazy City, or rather, the limits on transaction restrictions were quite high. Over a million wasn’t within the restrictive range.

Now that he had money, Zheng Yichen went to look at houses that very day. He chose a nice two-story villa near Dusk Cathedral, which also included a basement. The houses in the vicinity were similar. It wasn’t the closest to Dusk Cathedral, but this villa was just right.

However, a million wasn’t enough to buy it...

"Hahaha, don’t worry, no gold theft cases have come up recently, so I can handle any amount of gold," said Big Beard, laughing heartily as he talked to Zheng Yichen, who had returned to seek further business. It was similar to what the barkeeper said—as long as there were no gold thefts reported in Hazy City.

If someone brought in a large amount of gold, it wouldn’t be an issue. Are there any in the outer city? What does the outer city have to do with Hazy City? If there’s a connection, just come and report it. If not, then it doesn’t matter.

Looking at the gold pieces Zheng Yichen brought out, Big Beard’s beard twitched: "Well, let’s leave it at that."

He could tell at a glance that the gold Zheng Yichen had this time was the same as before—all different sources of gold melted together.

This block of gold weighed about five kilograms. After selling it, Zheng Yichen would have enough money and a significant surplus.

Zheng Yichen also inquired about the selected location. Nothing out of the ordinary had happened nearby, and the quality of the houses was also quite good. Overall, the security was acceptable, but one shouldn’t expect it to be like the upper city district just because it’s in the lower city district.

The house came with furniture, but Zheng Yichen had someone replace everything. By the time he moved in, it was already two days later.

Katrina looked at their new home, which was much larger than the place Zheng Yichen had lived in before. Seeing this new home, the young girl couldn’t resist hugging Zheng Yichen and kissing him on the face, "Are we going to live here forever?"

"Yes, I’ve checked the map. The transportation from here is good, it won’t take much time to get to Dusk Cathedral, same for the subway. There’s also a courier station nearby." Zheng Yichen checked the time and, under the slightly rolling eyes of the Forest Witch Eileena, picked up the girl who was clinging to him.

"Let’s go see our bedroom."

"Young people, ah." The Forest Witch Eileena came to a mirror to look at herself. She was much older than Zheng Yichen and Katrina, but she had always lived in the forest, hardly ever encountering the opposite sex. Seeing the passion of young people, she couldn’t help feeling a bit... restless.

Shaking her head, Eileena went down to the basement to have a look and immediately felt that it was an excellent place. The basement was far better than what she had in her world; the ventilation was very smooth, and the space was more extensive, able to store many things.

After checking, she couldn’t resist the temptation of online shopping. She had never tried it before, but in the era of the internet, as long as one searched with keywords, one could always find what they wanted.

Once she found the items she was looking for, she couldn’t help buying them, along with books on chemistry, botany, biology, and the like. It didn’t matter whether she could understand them; if she saw them, she added them to the cart.

The next day, Zheng Yichen glanced at Katrina, who was still asleep with her head on his arm, picked up his phone on silent mode, and the messages that popped up left him momentarily silent. He was tempted to storm into Eileena’s room right then and ask the witch how she managed to spend nearly three hundred thousand in one night.

"Hm? What’s wrong?" The girl who was slowly waking up saw Zheng Yichen’s troubled expression, touched his face with her hand, and asked softly.

"You keep resting, I’m going to find out about something."

Zheng Yichen put on a robe and went to find Eileena. The more mature-bodied Forest Witch, wearing a thin nightgown, opened the door, looking slightly puzzled at Zheng Yichen, "Coming in?"

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"I have a bit of a problem," Zheng Yichen pulled out his phone. He wasn’t too concerned about the money Eileena spent; it was more that the money came so quickly it didn’t feel real. There were still some gold reserves at home, but what bothered him was that Eileena, a newbie to online shopping, had bought a bunch of useless things.

Inside Eileena’s bedroom, Zheng Yichen looked at the shopping list in the shopping app on her phone. Just the books alone cost tens of thousands, not to mention some other equipment.

"Actually, there are some things I can’t buy," Eileena said as she sat next to Zheng Yichen and scrolled to the shopping cart in the app. Zheng Yichen couldn’t help but twitch the corners of his mouth, "You don’t want to set up a witch’s hut, you want to open a research institute?"

"A research institute?"

"...Let’s just stick with these items for now, and talk about the rest once you get a better understanding of this world."

The things Eileena had bought were actually enough, relatively speaking. Demand is something that keeps upgrading with one’s conditions.

When conditions were poor and you had nothing, making do was fine. But now that conditions have improved, you can’t skimp on what you used to compromise on. Once you stop compromising, other needs will arise that require making do, necessitating better things.

Now she could spend nearly three hundred thousand on equipment, and later that could rise to three million.

Eileena nodded, "Okay, besides equipment, those materials aren’t a problem, right?"

Zheng Yichen hummed in agreement, "The common ones aren’t expensive. Bats, poisonous insects, and the like can be bought at nearby farms. If you purchase from the same city, they will be delivered very quickly."

The materials required for a witch’s magic potions are quite odd: bat blood, toad’s eyes, eyes of other creatures, hearts of certain animals, etc. In her world, these things are not easy to obtain. If collected deliberately, one would definitely get a kick on the door from the church if reported.

Yet in Hazy City, as long as you pay, it’s doable. Even better, get connections with some biological labs and collect their ’trash’ without a cost.

The first time Zheng Yichen mentioned this, Eileena was so thrilled she felt blissful to the point of giddiness. She was absolutely determined to follow Zheng Yichen and find other extraordinary creatures. His words weren’t deceptive; generally, in modern societies, such things are indeed not hard to buy.

Materials related to ordinary creatures are cheap, but those from extraordinary creatures are a different story.

Zheng Yichen looked at the invoice for the books that cost tens of thousands, "Are you going to finish reading those books?"

"Of course, I can finish them. The knowledge in this world is just too... inexpensive," said Eileena with a complex expression. To obtain these books in her world? Dream on. It’s not about whether you can buy them, but whether they exist at all.

Those botany and biology books—aren’t each of them a product of extensive research? Yet here you can buy them casually, and they don’t seem expensive. When purchasing, the stock for these books was in the hundreds.

"That’s the benefit of changing times, plus the knowledge you mentioned is all common stuff. I need to step out."

Big Beard’s Gold Shop.

Big Beard raised his eyebrows slightly as he watched Zheng Yichen come in again. Slightly skeptical, he typed something on the computer next to him, looking up recent news about gold. The gold price in Hazy City had always been stable, mainly because the consumption of gold was not low here, and the research institutions also had significant consumption.

"Hmm... You haven’t taken up tomb raiding, have you?" Big Beard asked skeptically, "You know that’s not a good thing to get into."

"No, no, no. Why would I do that?" Zheng Yichen immediately shook his head, and seeing Big Beard’s I’ve-read-a-lot-you-can’t-deceive-me expression, he continued, "Actually, I’ve gotten involved with a young and beautiful wealthy woman..."

Big Beard looked at Zheng Yichen in disbelief. Zheng Yichen gave a smack of his tongue and placed the gold on the table, "Anyway, the source of this gold is absolutely without any issue. You just say whether you’ll take it or not."

"Of course, I’ll take it." Big Beard looked at the news related to gold on the screen—mostly about some gold mine about to be tapped out, or a new mine found somewhere, or someone at a certain scenic spot having incredible luck finding natural nugget gold. All such news made Big Beard just shake his head—it’s all the same tricks.

"What I mean is, if you’re really short of cash, just bring more next time, so you don’t have to run back and forth and give me a heartache holding onto it," he said.

Buying gold is one thing, but who runs over day after day?

"That’s it, if it wasn’t for someone being a ’spendthrift,’ I wouldn’t have made the extra trip," Zheng Yichen explained.

Big Beard looked at Zheng Yichen with some speechlessness, "You were just talking about some wealthy woman."

"That’s a different matter," Zheng Yichen said with an unfazed face as he received the transfer from Big Beard, completing the transaction.

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