"Fifth, elves don't know how to raise children, let alone respect their parents! I can tell you definitively that elves have no concept of parents at all. This is because pure-blooded elves are a kind of creature between plants and animals. After a female elf gives birth to an elf seed, she plants it in a hole in the sacred tree of the elf kingdom. Once the elf seed sprouts, it becomes a new life. So the little elves all grow up on their own. They don't know who their parents are, and they have no concept of raising children!"
After rattling off such a long string of words in one breath, Huoqian was bent over and panting heavily.
Stone was completely dumbfounded and couldn't say a word for a long time.
"One last thing, elves aren't actually as valuable as you think. Even at human auctions, the highest price they've ever reached is 1 million purple gold coins. And the reason they fetched such a high price that time was because two noble ladies were arguing. In reality, for a small elf, 10,000 purple gold coins is already considered a very high price."
Huoqian finally finished speaking, stood up, and patted his clothes: "Alright, let's go!"
"Waaah..." The stone suddenly opened its mouth and burst into tears.
Huoqian was startled again. Even with his good temper, he was about to explode: "Stone! What are you trying to do now?! Are you coming or not?!"
Stone cried so hard it was earth-shattering! She was so miserable; she actually believed Baozi's nonsense and went to raise a spirit that was destined to lose money! Waaah, it was such a loss! She had never done anything so stupid in her past life or this one!
/(ㄒoㄒ)/~~ I can't live like this anymore!
"Gaga, Kagaral, Baozi thinks Master must be obsessed with money!" Baozi, still lying on the ground, gave a very reliable answer.
Huoqian tilted his head and thought for a moment. "That's right! The main point of Shitou's rambling just now was that he wanted money, wasn't it?"
With a deep sigh, Huoqian thought that Stone's reincarnation was truly incomprehensible! Even at her most eccentric, she was still at least a reasonably normal human being! Sigh…
"You just want money, don't you?" Huoqian walked resignedly to the stone and said with a wry smile, "If you want money, just say so. The Dwarf Kingdom may not have much else, but it has plenty of gold mines, silver mines, and even purple gold mines!"
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Extra chapter tonight! \(≧▽≦)/~ Lalala
Chapter 87 What a huge lump of gold!
Stone was dumbfounded, staring blankly at the fire tongs, looking completely bewildered.
"Stone? Stone!" The fire tongs waved in front of Stone's eyes, but Stone didn't even blink.
"Gaga, Kagararwa! Master is so happy he's gone crazy! Wahahaha, so Master is a greedy devil!" Baozi smugly twisted his body and danced a circle on the ground.
Stone raised his foot and stomped hard on Baozi's plump, white body, then looked at Huoqian with a beaming smile: "Seventh Brother, Brother, Brother~~~"
Huoqian shuddered with disgust and asked tremblingly, "What's wrong?" He was wrong. He had always thought that the fierce stone was very scary, but he never thought that the gentle stone was even scarier!
"Hehe, um, do you mind if I ask you how much gold, silver, and purple gold you have?" Stone chuckled and leaned closer to Huoqian, completely unaware that Huoqian had already stiffened up.
"Well, as much as you want, that's all you need!" Huoqian swallowed hard, then decisively took several steps back, reminding him, "It's almost dawn, you'd better hurry!"
"Then hurry up!" Stone pounced on Huoqian, his small, warm body pressed tightly against Huoqian, pulling him onto the elevator in one go: "Let's go up and get the gold, silver, and purple gold ore!"
Baozi was nearly scared to death by the stone: "Giggle! Master has forgotten about Baozi! Master doesn't want Baozi anymore! Baozi doesn't want to live anymore! Doesn't want to live anymore!"
Just as Shi Tou was about to press the elevator button, he suddenly heard Baozi crying. He paused for a moment, then remembered that he still had a rather useless pet named Baozi!
"Instead of wasting your time crying, you'd better come up here!" Stone was too lazy to come down and carry Baozi again. Besides, this little rascal is quite capable! He can jump and hop around without any problem.
Seeing its owner's impatient expression, Baozi decided it was best to rely on itself! Acting cute depends on the time and place. And most importantly, it depends on its owner. And it seems its owner...
Waaaaah, Master! Baozi misses her old master so much!
/(ㄒoㄒ)/~~
He took the elevator again. Perhaps because he had something on his mind, Stone didn't feel too uncomfortable this time. He followed Huo Qian for a long time, and just when Stone was starting to doubt that his legs were about to give out, they finally arrived.
"Where is this?" Stone had been walking with his head down, and only when Huoqian said "We're here" did he raise his head and look at the huge door in front of him with a puzzled expression.
The gates in the Dwarf Kingdom are mostly short and wide. The largest gate Stone had ever seen was the double gate of the Wise Men's Academy, which was about two meters high.
But this gate in front of him... well, compared to the university gates worth eighty million that Stone had seen in his previous life, it was utterly insignificant. But compared to the small gates of the Dwarf Kingdom, it was quite tall and large. Judging by its appearance, it was about three meters high and four meters wide.
"This is the ore storage warehouse of the Dwarf Kingdom." Huo Tongs reached out. With a forceful push, the door opened!
"Huh? That easy?" Stone was dumbfounded again. Were these dwarves too trusting of their own people?
Huoqian gave the stone a deep look and said meaningfully, "This is the land of dwarves, not a human kingdom. The dwarves don't even know what stealing, burglary, or a lock is."
"Oh!" Stone suddenly realized. Hmm, that's right, the dwarves aren't the kind of people who are clueless, are they? "So, are we just going in and taking it like this? Are you sure it's okay?"
"If I said it's related, would you refuse to take it?" Huoqian frowned as he looked at Shitou, wondering to himself, "Does Shitou really not remember anything from before? But if she doesn't remember anything, why doesn't she seem surprised at all when I mention the human kingdom? The dwarves really don't know what a 'lock' is!"
Stone chuckled awkwardly. "What a joke! We've already come this far, how could we possibly leave empty-handed? Of course, we'll take as much as we can!"
"Um, let me go in and take a look first!" Stone touched his nose guiltily, but quickly walked in.
Huoqian sighed softly. What difference did it make whether he remembered or not? Whether in his past life or this one, she wouldn't be with him anyway. This… it was better to remember nothing at all!
"Waaaaaaah!"
Don't get me wrong, this isn't Baozi wailing and howling, but Shi Tou being instantly shocked when he saw the mountain of gold and silver treasures!
"My God! So much gold! And so much silver! My God! How much is there?" Stone opened his arms and rushed towards the most eye-catching mountain of gold and silver, excitedly tossing aside the buns he was carrying: "Mountains of gold and silver, Stone is here!"
Huoqian, who followed in next, stared blankly at the crazed Shitou, thinking to himself, "Baozi truly knows Shitou best. This girl, she really is..."
They're obsessed with money!
"Money, money, money!" Stone, completely unaware that Fire Pliers had mentally labeled her as greedy, happily rushed into the gold and silver mountains, but...
"Ouch~~~ That hurts!" Excitedly, Stone rammed her body into Jinshan, fantasizing about the pleasurable feeling of intimate contact with Jinzi. But she didn't expect that, well, Jinzi would bow deeply to Stone. Sorry, he was hard.
Huoqian grinned as if he had a toothache, his lips twitching uncomfortably: "Stone, gold ore is very hard, and what you see is not pure gold ore. Gold ore with impurities is even harder."
At that moment, Stone was struggling to move himself out of a pile of hard gold ore, supporting himself with his hands. Hearing what Huotong said, he immediately got angry: "Why didn't you say so sooner? You had to wait until I was injured to tell me! You're so mean!"
Huoqian protested his innocence, wondering why Shitou was acting so erratically. He clearly thought Shitou had regained his memories. Okay, maybe Shitou only regained a small part of his memories?!
"These aren't 99K gold?" Stone casually scooped up a small piece of gold from the pile of gold ore, looked down and examined it closely. It seemed to be similar to the gold he had seen in the gold shop in his previous life.
"What is 99K gold?" Huotongs was even more puzzled than Shitou.
Um. Stone got stuck on her words. Actually, she didn't know much about gold and silver. If she had to explain it, it would be: "Um, 99K means something like... that the gold content is over 99.9%?" Maybe, perhaps, possibly, something like that, right?
Huoqian was silent for a moment, then told Shitou in as tactful a tone as possible, "That's probably unlikely, isn't it? Gold with a content of 90% or more can be called refined gold. 98% or more is pure gold. As for the 99.9% you mentioned, that's really unrealistic..."
What's so unrealistic about it? She already had a pure gold necklace left to her by her mother! Besides, while pure gold was indeed rare on the market in her past life due to those unscrupulous merchants, it definitely existed!
Just as he was about to retort, Stone suddenly remembered that they weren't on Earth anymore. In his previous life, the biggest problem with 24K gold wasn't the technology, but the greed and fraud of merchants. But in this other world, perhaps there really wasn't a method for refining it!
Seeing that Stone opened his mouth but ultimately remained silent, Huoqian thought he had spoken too harshly. Sigh. Perhaps Stone really had only regained a tiny bit of his memory? Was what he said too harsh?
"Ahem, Stone. I didn't mean you were daydreaming, it's just that what you're saying is too unrealistic, that..."
Stone now understands the saying "the more you explain, the worse it gets." Although Huoqian didn't mean any harm, Stone was still quite angry. Not angry that Huoqian's words were unpleasant, but angry at herself.
In her previous life, the methods for refining metals weren't exactly secrets; at least the refining processes for basic metals like gold, silver, and copper were open secrets within the industry. But, as a great transmigrator, she knew absolutely nothing about it! This...this is truly a disgrace to our great Earth civilization!
Seeing that Stone kept a straight face and a pout, Huoqian stopped talking awkwardly, touched his nose, and pointed to the mountain of gold in front of him, saying, "Stone, didn't you want gold? Take as much as you want! The Dwarf Kingdom's ore warehouses are unlimited, so you can take as much as you want, just don't empty them out."
Reminded by the fire tongs, Stone finally came to his senses. Putting aside his self-pity, Stone decided to move the gold first!
However, upon closer inspection, the stone was found to be deeply damaged.
It is common knowledge that gold is extremely valuable, a fact amply demonstrated both on Earth and in other worlds. In ancient China, while gold wasn't a widely used currency, it was the most secure form of hard currency. A small piece of gold could be exchanged for several cartloads of copper coins.
In Stone's past life, the same principle applied. A few kilograms of gold, converted to RMB, would be a thick stack of cash! In the past, if someone gave Stone a kilogram of gold for free, Stone would be ecstatic. But…
Holy crap, that's a small mountain! It looks like it weighs at least tens of tons! How is she supposed to carry that?!
If you take too much, you won't be able to carry it. You know, gold is extremely heavy!
Taking too little won't feel right; you know, this might be your only chance in your life to rob a vault!
Waaaaah, I'm so conflicted! ~~o(>_<)o ~~
"Stone? Are you going to take it or not? I don't want to sit here with you all day!" Seeing Stone standing there motionless, lost in thought, Huoqian finally snapped, "Hurry up! Get it now!"
"Take it, take it, take it" sounds simple, but do you know how conflicted I am inside?
Oh, right!
Stone slapped her forehead hard, so hard that Huoqian, standing next to her, was startled. Was this girl trying to slap herself to death? Before Huoqian could figure it out, Stone let out another scream:
"Bao Zha!!!"
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☆, Chapter 088: It's a complete mess!
The steamed bun shuddered, rolled on the ground without hesitation, and then decisively turned into a black diamond.
Well, this steamed bun is dead. For nothing serious, burn paper money; for minor matters, summon his spirit; for major matters, dig up his grave...
"Baozi! You damn Baozi! Could you be any more shameless?!" Stone roared in fury, stomping on the black diamond. Unfortunately, she forgot that the black diamond wasn't a steamed bun; stepping on it would make her trip and fall.
"Agh~~~" Stone let out a miserable cry and instinctively reached for the fire tongs standing to the side, for help!
Huoqian stared at the sky speechlessly for a long time before slowly saying, "Stone, can you get up now?"
Stone touched his arms and legs, thankfully, it wasn't too bad. He struggled to his feet and looked at Huoqian with endless sorrow: "Seventh Brother, are you alright?"
Huoqian felt that ever since he regained his memories, encountering stones had always brought him bad luck. Why was that? Was Kagaral born to protect stones from misfortune? If so, his life was just too tragic!
Stone smiled obsequiously, "Seventh Brother, please help me think of a way~~~"
"What's the solution?" Huoqian had just sat up from the ground when he felt a burning pain in his back, so he simply sat on the ground and looked up at the stone to talk.
"It's...it's that one~~~" Stone hinted shyly.
Huoqian was baffled. What kind of crazy idea was she up to now? She had already promised her she could take as much as she wanted, so why was she still…?
"Oh, right!" Huoqian suddenly remembered. He recalled a summer when he was still in Kagarar. He had invited Stone to eat the best cold drinks and snacks in the capital, and Stone had been so hesitant and awkward. After a long pause, she finally said, quite embarrassed, "Well, girls have those few uncomfortable days every month, you know..."