A mage's journey begins with a battle mage.

Chapter 231 Unexpected Fortune

Even with Jiang Shuzhou's composure, he broke down.

Five hundred thousand in the morning, one million three hundred thousand in the afternoon, who can handle that?

"Boss, do you accept goods here?"

Jiang Shuzhou suddenly said with a mysterious expression.

"What goods?"

The bakery owner's eyes lit up; he hadn't expected such an unexpected windfall.

"It's that kind of thing that makes people happy."

Jiang Shuzhou looked around and, seeing that no one was around, whispered something.

"Of course we'll buy it! You have no idea how much this stuff can fetch when mixed into flour!"

"Come on, boss, close the door. It's not convenient to talk here."

Upon hearing this, the bakery owner immediately closed the doors and windows.

"Let me check the condition. If it's good, I can give you more."

The bakery owner was about to say something when he turned around and saw a tentacle swiftly stabbing towards him.

puff.

he died.

"You'll get your hands on anything, but if you're a baker, just stick to selling your bread!"

Immediately afterwards, Jiang Shuzhou began to loot the corpse.

They managed to scrape together quite a bit of money, probably around 200 billion.

This time, Jiang Shuzhou dared not delay. The value of this thing was depreciating too fast. He was afraid that if his salary was paid daily, he wouldn't even be able to afford bread last month.

"Fire! Fire!"

Moments later, the bakery caught fire.

All traces were swallowed up by the raging fire.

Just a few minutes later, the sheriff arrived.

They began a search and rescue operation to see if there were any survivors.

Jiang Shuzhou was stunned. Wasn't it said that there were no rules in the lower district?

Why are there even sheriffs?

However, what reassured Jiang Shuzhou was that these sheriffs were just going through the motions and had no intention of conducting a thorough investigation.

They didn't even put out the fire. After watching for a while and seeing that there were no survivors, they left.

After waiting for ages, no one came to put out the fire.

Jiang Shuzhou was relieved.

Afterwards, he planned to go to the bookstore.

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"Hey, look at that person, they're so weird!"

"Of course! Who goes to a bookstore to read history books?"

"Does anyone actually watch this kind of thing?"

"Tsk tsk, this one is still the best."

Amidst the whispers around him and the boss's admiring gaze, Jiang Shuzhou remained unfazed, carrying a large stack of books as he walked towards the counter.

"Check out."

"Hello, the total is 178 million yuan."

Jiang Shuzhou was a little numb. This thing was really expensive, but this was the only bookstore in the entire downtown area. You couldn't find it anywhere else.

Jiang Shuzhou inquired around the city and finally understood the situation.

First of all, strictly speaking, this is not a lower city; it is actually a buffer zone.

It is more prosperous and stable than the lower city.

Although murders and robberies occur from time to time, the situation is relatively stable overall, after all, there are even sheriffs.

The reason is that this area is close to the upper town, so for the safety and well-being of the gentlemen, this area has maintained some order to a certain extent.

Once a nobleman's child reaches adolescence, their parents will take him here for a stroll, and then the child will never dare to rebel again; it's very effective.

Gangs also needed such places to sell stolen goods, so this place became a tacitly accepted neutral location.

The name "buffer zone" was thus established.

This is why the bakery owner accepted the goods; he simply wanted to do some side business.

This is why there's only one bookstore in the entire downtown area. After all, bookstores definitely wouldn't be able to open in other places, not even if they sold small royal books.

"Jinx, why did you bring me here? Do you know how dangerous the lower city is?"

A little girl with blue hair led a little girl with red hair into the bookstore.

"Don't be such a spoilsport, Violet. You have no idea how outrageous the collection of books here is!"

Then, she started rummaging through the bookshelf.

"Found it!"

With a cheer, Jinx appeared, holding a book titled "The Art of Explosions" in her hand, her eyes shining.

"Boss, how much is this thing?"

"One hundred million."

"What?! One hundred million?! You're clearly trying to rip us off!"

"It's 100 million. This is something you can't buy outside. You can't find it in the upper city. It contains records of dangerous technologies."

"It's just 100 million? We'll cover it!"

Jinx said grandly, then rummaged through her bag and took out an exquisite wallet, which was filled to the brim with 100 billion dollars in banknotes.

Jiang Shuzhou was immediately tempted; so much money!

Jinx casually pulled out a 10 billion dollar bill and said magnanimously.

"Keep the change, please."

Then she left.

Everyone in the store, including Jiang Shuzhou, stared intently at Jinx.

"She's so beautiful!"

"She's a girl with personality."

"So rich."

While the others were still concerned about appearances, Jiang Shuzhou showed little interest.

"I want it."

This was Jiang Shuzhou's idea. The money in that wallet was roughly estimated to be close to one trillion. How many people would that require to kill?

Of course, Jiang Shuzhou wouldn't kill the person. After all, someone who could do this must be very wealthy. If the person died, they would most likely come back to investigate.

Besides, why kill her? Is there a bounty on her head?

Jiang Shuzhou decided to use a more elegant method.

That is theft.

"Honestly, they say you shouldn't flaunt your wealth, how could you just take your wallet out like that?"

Violet complained.

"It's alright, I'm carrying a gun. Besides, haven't you practiced breathing techniques? You're not much worse than those guys with Heavenly Armor, are you?"

"That's true. I'm confident I can protect you in a place like this, but you can't do this, can you? If Dad finds out, he'll worry."

"Okay, okay, you... Ouch, don't you have eyes?!"

Jinx was about to say something when she was bumped into.

"Sir, I'm sorry, it was my fault for being blind."

A hesitant, submissive voice rang out.

"Fine, I'm too magnanimous to hold a grudge against such a petty person. You may leave."

Jinx saw that the man didn't seem to be doing it on purpose, so she waved him away.

"Thank you for your kindness."

After saying that, the man ran away in a flash.

"Seriously, am I that scary?"

Jinx didn't seem to care and continued walking.

"Robbery! Hand over your money!"

Jinx smiled slightly, then prepared to take out a pistol from her small bag.

then.

"Where's my gun? Where's my wallet? Where's my lipstick and makeup?"

While he was still in a daze, Violet had already thrown a few punches and knocked the robber down.

"What's wrong? Why aren't you shooting? Didn't your dad give you a good gun? It's a custom-made, large-caliber, high-powered pistol with divine runes engraved on it to reduce recoil."

Violet asked curiously.

"My gun was stolen!"

Jinx was on the verge of tears.

On the other side, Jiang Shuzhou happily counted his money.

"Twelve trillion, not bad, as expected of a young lady, she's really rich."

"Huh? What's this? Lipstick? What shade is it?"

"Blue? An unconventional color? Interesting."

After saying that, Jiang Shuzhou casually threw the lipstick away. He couldn't convert it into cash, and selling it might attract attention.

"This wallet is so cute, all pink and with a little bear logo on it, what a pity."

Immediately afterwards, Jiang Shuzhou threw away the empty wallet. It wasn't worth much, nor was it anything high-end.

"Cosmetics? What's that?"

"A gun? High power, large caliber, and even runes on the back, not bad. Although the color is a bit strange and there are some odd patterns, it doesn't matter, as long as it's a good product."

After tidying up, Jiang Shuzhou stuffed all the good stuff he found into his pocket, casually tossed away the remaining trash, and then turned and entered the alley.

After a while.

"My lipsticks and cosmetics, my teddy bear wallet!"

"My wallet is dirty, my lipstick is broken, all my cosmetics have been confiscated, my gun is gone, and all my money is gone."

Jinx looked at the mess on the ground and muttered to herself, clearly furious.

This was her first time here. She had already learned about the dangers of the place beforehand, but she never expected that the people here were even more treacherous than she had imagined.

"You damned thief, I'll never forgive you!"

Achoo!

Jiang Shuzhou sneezed; it seemed someone was thinking of him, though he wondered who it was.

"Alas, I am such a sinful man."

Jiang Shuzhou sighed, then quickened his pace and disappeared into the darkness.