Walking out of a pawnshop, Tao Yu had tucked away a hefty sum of five hundred Gold Pounds.
"This pawnshop’s exchange rate is so exorbitant. I wonder if it’s possible to counterfeit so Gold Pounds when I find ti to return to the modern world."
He had exchanged gold for approximately five hundred Gold Pounds at this establishnt much like a pawnshop.
It was probable that he had been sowhat shortchanged, but in a place that had a unified currency, it was too conspicuous to always use gold nuggets.
It was better to exchange for so local currency.
Moreover, having once visited a tavern to buy an identity, Tao Yu had managed to roughly understand the normal prices in this area.
One Gold Pound was equivalent to twenty Sules, one Sule was equivalent to twelve Pennies, and the price for an ordinary steak in a tavern was about five or six Pennies, hence the purchasing power of Gold Pounds was quite substantial.
This money wasn’t Gold Coins; rather, it was a form of banknotes with the highest denomination being ten Gold Pounds. Based on the purchasing power of everyday items, the buying power of a ten Gold Pound note was nearly ten thousand yuan.
Tao Yu had forty of the largest denomination notes and one hundred Gold Pounds in various other denominations.
With the technology at the State Capital, counterfeiting money from this era shouldn’t be a problem, right?
However, in a world with extraordinary abilities, it’s uncertain whether there would be any special anti-counterfeiting asures on the money, and like here, the larger amounts also realized functions like cheques and electronic transfers.
Anyway, I’ll give it a try when I go back. For now, it seems the purchasing power of the currency here is quite strong.
"It’s a pity that extraordinary abilities usually can’t be directly asured in currency. It would be good if they could just be purchased."
Tao Yu sighed inwardly.
Luckily, that dwarf didn’t seem to have much money on hand, so maybe information could be pried from her with money.
He sniffed, the faint odor of industrial pollution in the air still unpleasant.
But Tao Yu had already captured the scent he had left on the dwarf.
"Use as little as possible, as little as possible."
Tao Yu kept reminding himself to use as little power alien to this world as possible.
Yet he still followed the guidance of that trail and arrived at an apartnt building.
The dwarf had co here—it seed she wasn’t visiting friends but had returned ho.
Now, as night fell in this world, Tao Yu thought it over and decided to go straight to the point!
Although the dwarf’s strength was decent, Tao Yu still felt confident, unafraid of her getting agitated.
To put it plainly, even if his own strength was no less than the other party, and even if he were just a regular person in terms of physical fitness, pure fighting skills alone were enough to handle quite a lot of trouble.
There’s no need to worry about safety issues. Being sincere and adding a bit of Gold Pounds should make the other party more willing to talk.
With money in his pocket, Tao Yu felt emboldened.
He followed the scent to a doorway, where he could faintly hear two people inside but felt no sense of danger.
"Spirit Perception has also beco much weaker. I can’t beco too dependent on it."
As Tao Yu thought this, he knocked on the door politely.
"Who is it?"
A sowhat lazy voice ca through the door.
It was soone else, Tao Yu pondered.
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"Hello, I’m looking for Miss Xu."
There seed to be a pause after hearing Tao Yu’s words, then he heard voices whispering softly.
"God, Xu, soone’s looking for you. Sounds like a guy, and he has a pleasant voice."
"I don’t know."
After a brief exchange between them, Tao Yu heard the dwarf hustle to the door.
The sowhat old door creaked open.
And Xu, with her ssy blonde hair, imdiately recognized Tao Yu.
"You? You followed ?"
Xu’s face was cautious, and she was a little shocked on the inside. Had she really failed to notice she was being followed?
Her palm pressed down, and she gripped the concealed military spike.
As a woman living in such an environnt, she had her own ans and instincts for self-defense.
But the mont she reached for the spike, Tao Yu’s hand was already on her shoulder.
"Calm down, Miss Xu, I an no harm," Tao Yu said sincerely.
At this, the owner of the lazier voice inside also sensed that sothing was amiss and began to approach.
"What’s going on? What harm?"
Feeling the pressure of the hand on her shoulder and the crucial leverage point that prevented her from mustering strength, Xu was inwardly shocked. An extraordinary?!
Did so officials discover us...?
"He’s an extraordinary, be careful."
"Oh, that’s it. I’m a wild extraordinary, turned into this way quite by accident. It’s not easy to co across my own kind, so I got a bit excited and sought you out. I hope you don’t mind," Tao Yu climbed on the bandwagon.
Seeing that the two of them were still full of wariness, Tao Yu’s other hand flicked out two ten-Pound notes.
"I’d be imnsely grateful if you could help clear up so confusion."
Then Tao Yu saw the expressions on both of their faces soften rapidly.
Although the dwarf was still on guard, her hand had already left the spike.
The owner of the lazy voice also cleared their throat and said,
"Co in and have a seat, it’s a bit ssy in here, don’t mind it, there are so things we shouldn’t discuss outside..."
Tao Yu now had the ti to size up the other party. At a height of one ter sixty-five, they were much taller than little shorty Hugh, with wavy brown hair draped over their shoulders and a pair of light blue eyes that held a hint of laziness. There was also a faint sll of smoke lingering about them.
However, they seed not to be in the best spirits, with dark circles under their eyes and an overall sense of exhaustion.
"Thanks, you have no idea how lost an outsider feels when they first arrive in a foreign place. I didn’t start to feel at ease until I t this lady."
"What did you leave in my hair when you touched it?"
Hugh, after all, had been around the block a few tis, and while sotis reckless, he had his own experiences to draw on.
"Right, I’m really sorry. It wasn’t a good place for conversation at the ti, so I left a scent to help find my way back here. I’m currently using the na Fokke Soshi. It’s just an appellation, you can call Soxy."
Tao Yu didn’t hide his fake identity, which was purchased from Williams anyway. It’s unclear whether he could fool anyone, so it seed better to be upfront about it.
He couldn’t be certain if the two of them were ’good people,’ but as long as there was communication, it was possible to reveal enough information for analysis.
"I’m Hugh, which you already know, and she is Fors. Unfortunately, we are wild extraordinaries, so the information we can offer may not be very plentiful."
"No worries, whatever information you have is good. Do you belong to any circles of extraordinaries? Can you introduce ? And how did you obtain your extraordinary abilities? Of course, if it’s sensitive you don’t have to say, or you could just tell the process, like whether it involved training or consuming sothing."
Tao Yu pulled over a chair and sat down, familiarizing himself with the surroundings. The room was indeed a bit cluttered, and there were so manuscripts scattered on the table with scribblings all over them.
It seed that one of them was a writer, probably the weary-looking lady with dark circles.
As Tao Yu spoke, he casually placed a ten Gold Pound note on the table, as if to signify that this conversation was worth the money!
"Oh, what a generous gentleman, not at all like an outsider. All extraordinary abilities are acquired through drinking Magic Potion, aren’t they? Training? Is that the process of getting familiar with the abilities?"
Fors looked at the Gold Pound note Tao Yu had put on the table, and her attitude improved considerably.
She was a writer, and her latest book had been a bestseller. She had so savings, but not a lot.
Ten Gold Pounds was a significant amount, especially for such simple information, which neither of them minded sharing.
Tao Yu keenly picked up on a keyword, ’Magic Potion’!
It seed that the people here all acquired their extraordinariness through ’Magic Potion’? Or at least that was the extent of their knowledge.
Another external force?
Tao Yu frowned slightly, thinking of Chakra. External forces were a shortcut for many, yet Tao Yu wasn’t very fond of them.
Still, considering the high level of power in this world, he was prepared to learn more about it.
"So that stuff I drank is called a Magic Potion, huh? I felt a bit strange after drinking it, and don’t even know exactly what abilities I’ve gained. You two seem different, too. Hugh, you seem to have more physical strength, while you still seem so vulnerable."
Tao Yu nodded vaguely and then probed with his questions.
"Different thods lead to different outcos. Hugh is more adept at combat. You don’t even know your own approach, do you? What’s your next sequence, and how do you advance?"
Fors’s eyes brightened. If that were the case, then the ten Gold Pounds were well spent, because otherwise, she’d feel uneasy accepting it.
"Ah? Is that so? What happens if I’m unclear about how to advance? Or what if I use your thods?"
"You could die, or maybe, at best, go mad..."
Fors spoke with uncertainty.
Having been exposed to sufficient information, Tao Yu also roughly understood the general idea.
Superhuman abilities in this world are likely obtained by consuming Magic Potions, and advancent also involves consuming Magic Potions. There also seems to be sothing like profession restrictions, where once you’ve chosen a path, you have to continue down it?
If that’s the case, then as long as one has enough resources and Magic Potions, couldn’t one advance as quickly as drinking water?
"Can you advance just by taking Magic Potions?"
"Uh, why do you have that question? Isn’t the discomfort you feel when taking them obvious? There’s a real possibility of losing control and dying. The higher the sequence, the greater the danger. Usually, you have to spend enough ti in one sequence before taking the next step, right? Actually, I’m not very sure, I just know it’s very dangerous..."
Fors shared what she knew; she was only an apprentice of sequence nine herself, but her information generally confird Tao Yu’s guess.
"We do know of a gathering of extraordinaries. If you’re willing to pay, it’s not impossible to bring you there, but whether you can find the items or information you want, that’s your own responsibility."
It seed that, on account of the Gold Pounds, Hugh was willing to take Tao Yu to the gathering.
Great!
It seed that, although Magic Potions weren’t widespread, they appeared not to be too difficult to obtain!
However, Tao Yu’s expression soon tightened slightly as he saw sothing that seed sowhat unbelievable.
But he controlled his expression well and, looking at Fors who was collecting manuscripts, said,
"Oh, what’s that piece of paper? What’s written on it..."
Tao Yu didn’t finish his sentence but pointed at sothing written in Chinese that Fors had exposed while collecting drafts. His face remained composed, but his mind was slightly flustered.
What is this, what’s going on with this world?
"It’s normal not to understand; this is a legendary diary of Emperor Roselle. Rumor has it that it contains magical runes or characters he created that hold mysterious, extraordinary powers, but no one can understand it."
Fors shrugged, and Tao Yu didn’t ask further about who Emperor Roselle was, presuming him to be a famous figure.
And now, it seed very likely that he was a trans-dinsional traveler!
The Chosen One of this world? I wonder if he’s still alive.
"I’m a bit curious, may I have a look?"
"Of course, it’s just so inspiration material for . A friend wanted it, and I was going to give it to her."
Fors shrugged with an indifferent look.
And Tao Yu naturally took the ’diary’ and glanced over it.
It felt less like a diary and more like a journal...
"December 20th, it’s about to start a new year, but the feedback I keep receiving is very puzzling and troubling."
"This world has no oil! Absolutely no oil!"
Indeed, it was a diary, and the traveler wasn’t an upstanding person. However, judging by the title, he must have achieved considerable success.
To be called an emperor in a place that likely houses a True God, he probably was no weakling...
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