Lu Yu did not fully accept the news conveyed by Lulutis. It was not that he did not believe Lulutis, but that the environment in which she grew up made her full of distrust towards the nobility, and all remarks about the nobility needed to be scrutinized.
Everything must be witnessed with your own eyes, as you are the brain of this journey.
The traveling merchant fleet did not rest at night, but changed shifts and continued towards the royal city.
The night sky in another world is very beautiful. Without light pollution, the sparkling "fine sand" on the sky is so beautiful that people can't take their eyes away.
Lu Yu wanted to admire it for a while longer, but sleepiness had already set in.
After a tiring day, he urgently needed to regain his strength to cope with various things that might happen after arriving in the royal city.
However, Lu Yu didn't sleep well. Sharing a car with others would be a torture if he met a group of people who didn't care much about cleanliness.
Among the passengers sitting on the left and right of Lu Yu, one exuded a strong smell of sweat, and the smell was refreshing to the other.
The other wound had rotted away, and blood and yellow pus were squeezing out of the affected area all night long.
The environment was harsh, which also caused Lu Yu to sleep and wake up all the time.
It wasn't until early the next morning that the two carpoolers got off the bus in a town they were passing through. Lu Yu had a wider space and he dared to take a deep breath.
Taking advantage of the moment when the merchant stopped to sell his goods, Lu Yu glanced at the bustling crowd on the street.
Sure enough, the closer to the royal city of the Yasi Dynasty, the greater the population density.
After asking the merchant about the official departure time, he found that he still had time. Lu Yu touched the topaz in his pocket and walked into the shop with a coin sign on the opposite corner of the street.
When he walked out again, he already had a number.
"Six silver coins."
This is by no means a true price.
After the merchant arrived at the next city, Lu Yu found two shops and asked about the price.
This time, in order to ensure that he would not be discounted because of his accent, Lu Yu specially communicated by handwriting.
This time, of the two shopkeepers, one gave seven silver coins, and the other gave nine.
After learning that the royal city was less than half a day's journey away, Lu Yu returned to the shop where nine silver coins were issued.
Lulutis asked: "You are going to take action now, don't you plan to go to the royal city to have another look?"
The closer to the royal city, the higher the price of this topaz, which made Lulutis plan to keep the topaz in her hands first.
While Lu Yu was writing on the paper provided by the shop owner, he communicated with Lulutis quietly.
"We have to start spending money as soon as we enter the royal city. You don't think I'm going to stay in a hotel or bar, do you?"
"Are you planning to buy a house directly?" Lulutis was stunned, "Wouldn't it be better to rent?"
Lu Yu did not answer Lulutis's question, and his bargaining with the shop owner had become intense.
Lu Yu, who had killed ten silver coins, and his boss, who was only willing to give nine silver coins, refused to give in.
After a stalemate with each other for a while, Lu Yu realized that there was no room for raising the price and chose to close the deal.
The boss didn't even mention the tokens when he increased the price, and he refused to give in. He probably saw through at a glance that he was in urgent need of money.
He was at a disadvantage in this transaction. After all, Lulutis had no idea about the price of topaz, and he had no access to the price information of this item for the time being.
"To answer your question just now, I don't plan to rent a house. Even buying a inferior house is better than renting."
"Lulutis, if you think about it carefully, we are outsiders. When leasing horses, there have been situations where we needed to mortgage equivalents before leasing was allowed."
"When it comes to buying a house, it's hard to guarantee that you'll be asked for a guarantee from an intermediary, and the guarantee by an intermediary is too deep. I don't want to rent a house and support an ancestor at the same time."
"At the same time, you must sign an agreement when renting a house. Normally, the landlord will require the tenant in the agreement not to damage the internal structure or furniture of the house."
"We are outsiders and are in a vulnerable position. If when we check out, the other party accuses us of damaging the house for various reasons and demands compensation from us, what will you do?"
Lulutis was a little dizzy.
"We will definitely suffer a loss when buying a house, but at least it will be a short-term pain."
"Renting seems to save money, but the probability of running into potential trouble is very high. Cutting with a dull knife is very painful."
"at the same time…"
Lu Yu said seriously: "From the moment I enter the royal city, I become a noble."
"As a somewhat arrogant nobleman who cares about face, he must live in a house of his own even if he pays the full price for it."
On the way, Lu Yu thought clearly.
From here on, he will officially enter the show.
A nobleman is not what you claim to be, that is.
When others cannot verify your identity, and your behavior and words do not match their expectations, you are a suspicious person.
Lulutis teased: "But we entered the royal city in a carpool... You, a noble noble who wants to face you, have been embarrassed from the beginning."
Lu Yu retorted: "I am a traveler. I eat and sleep in the open air. I can naturally endure the difficult travel conditions."
"But when I enter an area where people are active, I pursue short-term comfort and ease, and I want to save face in front of other people. This is not conflicting, right?"
Lulutis choked.
She found that whenever she discussed these things with Lu Yu, she could never speak better than him.
The depressed Lulutis wanted to wave her tentacles, but she immediately remembered that she was in the backpack...
The dignified seventh-level magician can only hide in his backpack and look at the outside world through a small hole.
So frustrating...
The convoy drove on a plain for half a day. Under the warm sunshine of the spring afternoon, Lu Yu saw the outline of King Yasi's royal city.
Different from the cities he had seen before, the walls of the royal city were very high and equipped with a moat.
This also made Lu Yu couldn't help but think about it.
Maybe the reason why the previous city had no walls was not because they were big-hearted, but because the king of the Kingdom of Yas did not allow them to build walls?
The guards made no move to search the luggage, and had no intention of checking their identity. They just stood blankly on both sides of the city gate.
This also made Lu Yu, who originally planned to get off the car to avoid the search, choose to continue taking the merchant's car into the city.
"If they're not doing anything, why are they standing there?" Lu Yu's head was full of questions.
Looking back, Lulutis seemed to have said before that because there are many adventurers and travelers, most countries on this land are very open during non-war times.
After all, in such a world, exploration, adventure, and searching for possible strange things and unwitnessed miracles are the life of most people.
Lu Yu felt that this was something that the rulers of this world would like to see.
These adventurers are the lamps they put out, illuminating everything around them, and brought back all kinds of rare materials they needed, supplementing the gaps in the cargo for the business trip.
This group of passionate and adventurous people are often the restless elements in the group.
The more they know about the outside world, the more dissatisfied they are with the numb and muddled life, and the less able they are to integrate into the ordinary people.
The moment their attributes are stripped away and they completely belong to this world and the earth, the concept of country is diluted.
They fight, fight, rob, and take risks for their dreams, money, and survival.
They are free and have no sense of belonging.
Let such a group of people travel freely, adventure around, and die in the deserted wilderness, under the flames of dragons, and in the traps of goblin underground labyrinths.
The skull became a decoration for the banshee, the body became a puddle of mud at the feet of the giant, and the magic flowing in the slime's body...
How great.
The reason why they go against themselves is hardly for ideals and changing the status quo, which are too difficult to implement.
Only profit can impress adventurers.
And they do hold wealth in their hands, and can weave a huge web that makes adventurers willing to work for them.
There are adventurer unions everywhere, and this is probably the result of their tacit approval.
After all, for the fragmented feudal systems under some political systems, adventurers have always been a force that can be won over with their own interests. This is the same for every party.
After understanding this, Lu Yu also understood what the guards at the door were doing.
As the first prosperous place that Lu Yu came into contact with when he came to this world, Yas Royal City was undoubtedly qualified.
The sun is about to set, and the stalls selling all kinds of food on both sides of the street are shouting vigorously. From time to time, they will go to the middle of the road and hug one or two pedestrians affectionately, offering food for them to try.
Among the crowd, Lu Yu saw many creatures of other races.
When Lulutis gave an example of the summoning ceremony, the Cat's Ear tribesman mentioned passed by Lu Yu.
This boy from the cat-ear tribe is not much different from a normal human being. The only thing that catches his eye is the pair of cute cat ears on his head that tremble from time to time, and the cat tail that keeps shaking behind him.
Lu Yu took a careful peek and said in confusion: "There are a pair of cat ears on the head, and there are also ears on both sides of the cheeks, so which ear works?"
Lulutis saw Lu Yu asking questions, and she was so mad that she started the small class mode.
"They all work, but the human ears don't work as well as the cat ears."
"The Cat-Ear Tribe is a category of the Beast-Ear Tribe, and they are also demi-humans in our general term."
"All the Beast-Ears have blood differences."
"The boy from the Cat-Ear Tribe you just met has a stronger human bloodline, so as a demi-human, his appearance is closer to that of a human."
"I mentioned pure-blood cat people before, right? If the bloodline of pure-blood cat people is stronger, then the mixed-blooded cat-eared people will have more details in their appearance."
"For example, it will have cat's pads, thick hair and so on."
I understand, the rarer the human bloodline, the closer it is to furry, which is easy to understand.
Seeing many people around him cuddling with boys and girls from the Beast Ear Tribe, including many furry and nearly pure-blooded Beast Ear Tribe people, Lu Yu felt that this place should be a paradise for some people.