Free Web NovelChapter 2018: Chapter 2018: Different Regional Prices! Deposit First! Encounter with a Cold Young Woman!
"One thousand jin of Source Stones?"
Mu Jinyu frowned slightly at those words, feeling that price was a bit steep!
Even taking the ultra long-range teleportation array had only cost him a little over three hundred jin of Source Stones.
But then, thinking of how dangerous the Forbidden Dead Sea was, it was actually pretty reasonable for the boat fare to be higher.
Next, Mu Jinyu’s brows relaxed a little as he asked, "Then how much is it to go to the Western Regions?"
The clerk glanced at Mu Jinyu a few times when he heard this, as if doubting whether he really intended to book passage or was just messing with him.
But after thinking it over, the clerk still answered in the end, "To the Western Regions, it’s two thousand jin of Source Stones!"
"Two thousand jin of Source Stones?"
Hearing that price, Mu Jinyu’s brows furrowed again.
So expensive!
It was straight-up double the price for the Southern Domain.
However, after thinking about it, in terms of geography, the Western Regions were definitely the farthest from the Eastern Region, and the sailing time would definitely be longer too.
The price going up to two thousand jin of Source Stones really wasn’t an issue.
After all, the fleet sailing from the Eastern Region to the Western Regions would clearly be taking on greater risks!
"What about the Central Domain?"
Mu Jinyu finally asked about the place he actually wanted to go.
He figured that, in the Canglan Realm, the Central Domain was basically the most central area. If you sailed from the Eastern Region to any other domain, heading straight to the Central Domain would obviously be the closest route; it should be much closer than going to the Southern Domain or the Western Regions!
So the price should be lower than going to the Western Regions, right?
At worst it’d be the same price as going to the Southern Domain.
One thousand jin of Source Stones!
That was a price Mu Jinyu felt he could still accept.
However, to his surprise, the clerk gave him a look and then said flatly, "To the Central Domain, it’s three thousand jin of Source Stones!"
"What?"
Mu Jinyu couldn’t help calling out in surprise when he heard that.
He felt something was off!
The Central Domain was clearly the closest to the Eastern Region, so why was the price the highest?
The clerk could tell that Mu Jinyu didn’t understand the rules of seafaring, so he spoke up to explain, "The Central Domain might be a bit closer to our Eastern Region, but Humans were once driven out from there. The ones living over there now are basically all top-grade Powerful Races, and they don’t like us much. On top of that, the Sea Beasts in that area are also the most dangerous, so if our fleet goes to the Central Domain, the risk is the greatest. It’s actually not as safe as going to the Western Regions, so naturally the price for the Central Domain is a bit higher!"
"So that’s how it is..."
After hearing the clerk’s explanation, Mu Jinyu thought it over and felt it did sound quite reasonable.
Even though the Central Domain was the closest to the Eastern Region, the ones living there were the most top-grade Foreign Races, and the Sea Beasts in the surrounding waters were also the strongest.
If the fleet went to the Central Domain, the risk they’d be taking was indeed much higher than simply heading straight for the Western Regions.
After all, no one could guarantee what might happen once they reached the Central Domain.
If they happened to run into some powerhouse of the Divine Race passing through, and that person, seeing a Human Race ship approach while in a bad mood, just smacked the ship into splinters with one palm...
You wouldn’t even have anywhere to go to complain!
"So have you decided where you want to go?"
The clerk waited until Mu Jinyu had quietly digested all this information before asking.
In his view, someone asking around without a clear destination probably hadn’t actually decided where they wanted to go yet!
People like that were rare, but not unheard of in his line of work.
They were usually people who lived pretty comfortably in the Eastern Region, had good cultivation and Talent, and once they got bored of staying in the Eastern Region, they decided to head out to sea and see more of the world.
And afterward, he never saw any of them come back.
He didn’t know whether they’d died in some random region they’d picked, or if life over there suited them more so they simply never thought about returning.
So, in the face of Mu Jinyu’s repeated questions, the clerk responded to each one without making a fuss, waiting for him to pick a destination.
The clerk figured Mu Jinyu would probably choose the Southern Domain in the end.
Since it was the cheapest.
And also a bit safer!
Even though their fleet had crossed the Forbidden Dead Sea hundreds or even thousands of times by now...
They still never dared guarantee that they’d make it back alive each time.
There were just too many variables out on the Forbidden Dead Sea.
The sooner you set foot on land, the sooner you were safe.
However, to the clerk’s surprise, Mu Jinyu eventually nodded and said, "Then I’ll go to the Central Domain. Help me arrange it."
"To the Central Domain?"
Hearing Mu Jinyu’s words, the clerk looked at him in great surprise.
He hadn’t expected that after all that back-and-forth questioning, Mu Jinyu would actually choose the Central Domain.
From the way this young man had frowned just hearing that going to the Southern Domain cost one thousand jin of Jade, he’d assumed the kid didn’t have many Source Stones.
Who would’ve thought he’d be this bold and go straight for the most expensive Central Domain.
After his initial shock, the clerk calmed down again and nodded. "Alright. To the Central Domain, it’s three thousand jin of Source Stones. You’ll need to pay a deposit first—one thousand five hundred jin of Source Stones."
"Okay." Mu Jinyu nodded, then handed over the one thousand five hundred jin of Source Stones.
After taking the Source Stones, the clerk added:
"Right, not many people go to the Central Domain. The price is high, and it’s more dangerous, so there just aren’t that many who choose it. Our fleet can’t always fill the quota every time. You’ll have to wait here in Zhenhai City for a while; I’ll notify you when it’s time."
"Alright."
Hearing this, Mu Jinyu faintly felt that something about it was off. What did he mean by ’can’t always fill the quota’?
If they didn’t fill it, did that mean they wouldn’t sail?
Although it felt a bit strange, he still nodded in agreement.
He didn’t ask more.
He’d just wait and see!
If that was really the case, then he’d just have them refund his money!
After that, the clerk and Mu Jinyu exchanged Communication talisman runes, and then Mu Jinyu was about to leave the shop.
Just as Mu Jinyu stepped out of the shop...
He suddenly saw someone walking toward him from ahead, seemingly heading for this fleet’s shop as well.
That person was the aloof woman who had come to West Sea State with him on the teleportation array.
Seeing her, Mu Jinyu couldn’t help feeling a bit surprised as well.
He’d thought that once they arrived here, they probably wouldn’t cross paths again.
He hadn’t expected to run into her again here.
Was she also taking a ship to another region?
Or was she part of this fleet?
Mu Jinyu wondered to himself.
It wasn’t just Mu Jinyu who was surprised to see the aloof woman.
When that aloof woman saw Mu Jinyu walking out of the fleet’s shop, her expression was also clearly one of astonishment.
It seemed she too hadn’t expected to encounter Mu Jinyu here.
Then the woman’s face twisted into a look of sheer annoyance. She didn’t greet Mu Jinyu, just walked right past him and headed straight into the shop behind him.
"Sigh... I only saw you puking your guts out, is that really worth getting this worked up over?"
Seeing this, Mu Jinyu couldn’t help muttering to himself, then he neither greeted her nor tried to eavesdrop on the conversation between her and the clerk, and instead went off to look for an inn nearby.
He’d wait for the fleet’s notice and arrangements!
Soon, Mu Jinyu found a few inns.
After asking about the prices, he couldn’t help clicking his tongue.
Way too expensive.
Just one night cost ten jin of Source Stones!
Keep in mind, the fee for taking the ultra long-range teleportation array was only fifteen jin per trip, and since Mu Jinyu had taken more than thirty trips in one go, Red Garment Tower had even given him a discount down to ten jin of Source Stones per trip.
Staying one night at this inn, where the inn basically provided nothing, cost ten jin of Source Stones!
And that’s not expensive?
Back in Donghua Province, he’d stayed at plenty of inns.
Room rates there ranged from one Superior Grade Source Stone a night up to several hundred Source Stones.
And one jin of Source Stones was roughly equivalent to Several hundred yuan.
Ten jin of Source Stones...
He could’ve stayed in Donghua Province for ages on that!
What a damned rip-off!
Mu Jinyu simply refused to stay anywhere near here.
In the end, he found an older, somewhat shabby building in a remote corner of Zhenhai City that charged one jin of Source Stones per night.
It was still a rip-off, but at least it was a lot cheaper.
Otherwise, if he didn’t get a room, he couldn’t just wander around the streets all the time, could he?
