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Even shops that resell adventurer items would have to give him a 1% discount or give them away for free.

"Narian, who is this person?"

"Listen, these are the elites from the five academies of the Empire. They just fought their way out of the Black Rot Forest, so they're in a sorry state."

The armored man gave an explanation, and the members of the adventure team who had quietly gathered around all turned around.

No wonder he's so arrogant.

"Just him?"

"Idiot, the Empire's prestigious universities have summer holidays. He's working on his summer monster-hunting project, so of course he's acting alone."

"Goodness, students have holidays, but I've never had a break in my life. Every day, the moment I open my eyes, I'm busy looking for food."

"He's a magician, he'll probably be able to enter the mage tower someday, what are you?"

"Then what should we do?"

“We are from a different world than him, so there’s no need for us to have any interaction.”

"Eat and drink as you please, he'll leave when it's light."

Despite saying that, Narian, the most respected member of the entire camp's adventure team, still gave Jiang Heyi a piece of beef he had just hunted.

Jiang Heyi was well aware of the awe that ordinary people in Anna, as well as most adventurers struggling to survive on the edge of life and death, held for mages.

Even if there are mages in the team, upon hearing about the "Mage Tower" and the "Five Great Academies of the Empire," even these wild mages inevitably feel inferior.

Every young mage who can enter the empire's highest academy is exceptional.

Many of them come from families of high-ranking mages in the empire, and have powerful connections.

Dealing with them requires extreme caution.

As for wanting to take action against him...

Jiang Heyi was dressed in tattered clothes; the only valuable thing about him was himself.

Adventurers come out to make a living, and they kill for profit.

Killing him just to anger the empire's high-ranking mages is something only a madman would do.

"Where is this?"

"Black Rot Forest".

Where is the Black Rot Forest?

The leaders of the several adventure groups were taken aback and exchanged glances again.

"No doubt about it, they really are students."

Only a student could ask such a clear-headed, foolish question.

This guy goes out hunting monsters and only looks at the map of the hunting destination, not the map of the surrounding area.

The attribute of being directionally challenged and getting lost perfectly matches their imagination of elites from the Imperial Academy.

Very capable, but lacks common sense.

Chapter 559 Missing Mom

When Jiang Heyi first met the armored man, Narian, he took out a map he was carrying.

"You probably entered from the Water Smoke City in the northwest of the Black Rot Forest, passed through the Black Rot Forest, and arrived here..."

His fingers moved across the yellowed leather made of animal hide, then paused.

Jiang Heyi examined it carefully for a while and found that there was no mention of Fengjia City, so he realized that it was a regional map.

Where is Windpod City?

Narian was stunned, and the person next to him answered for him.

"Wind Pod, the southernmost part of the Empire that borders the Forest Elves? That's quite a distance from here."

"Aren't you supposed to be hunting monsters? What are you doing there?"

Jiang Heyi remained calm and composed: "The monster hunting segment is over. Next, we should visit the forest elves."

Someone couldn't help but say, "The assignments from the Imperial Academy are really not easy to complete."

After inquiring about the location of the nearest city-state and learning that it was only about half a day's walk from here, Jiang Heyi felt relieved and continued eating.

The surrounding adventure groups were all wolfing down their food; judging by their eating habits, they were no less impressive than any food vlogger.

Jiang Heyi looked troubled.

Rabbit meat is hard to eat; even after being lightly roasted, its original gamey smell is difficult to mask without seasoning.

For some reason, the beef from Anna's native region doesn't taste nearly as good as it did in the past. It's rather dry, and once it loses a little moisture during roasting, it becomes tasteless and bland.

He suddenly remembered that the cooking skills in the game provided detailed information on the properties of many local Anna ingredients.

This part looks like the cuttlefish has finished cooking its back.

Whoever arrives at the same time as him should be blessed, for even without seasoning, he can still do his best to save them.

In order to obtain the energy needed by his body, Jiang Heyi could only numb his spoiled palate to adapt to the food.

It is difficult to go from luxury to frugality.

Several members of an adventure team nearby were secretly observing him.

Students from the five major universities in the empire are rarely seen by ordinary people, so it's natural for everyone to be curious.

"He looked like he was having a hard time eating."

"It would be strange if you could get used to the food."

"Unlike us, who consider eating fresh meat every day a delicacy, the academy has people in charge of our meals. Just the seasonings we know and don't know cost more than the money spent on maintaining weapons and buying props."

If there was any hesitation before, her terrible sense of direction and her expression of difficulty swallowing food completely dispelled everyone's doubts.

Jiang Heyi was unaware that his spoiled mouth had indirectly helped him. His mind was still preoccupied with how to quickly reach Fengjia, and... how to make money.

This is an urgent problem. Everyone at the boundary between the virtual and the real possesses knowledge comparable to the level 9 combat power of the Anna World.

As the body is immersed in magic, it will gradually awaken.

But they remain vulnerable until level 6.

To speed up this process, materials and items that enhance magic power are essential.

This is not a game. If you want to find a safe place to stay, it is best to buy property in a large city-state with guaranteed security.

He can exchange his knowledge for cash, but it's best to do so in a big city.

There's nowhere to be found...

We can't possibly walk the whole way, there are too many unexpected things that could happen along the way.

As Jiang Heyi was pondering this, someone sat down next to her.

He tried very hard not to show any disgust, after all, the other person was a bit "smoky".

After a long, sweaty day, in the hot weather, and considering that outdoor activities usually don't involve daily showers, the smell was really irritating to the eyes.

Even if it's a fairly attractive woman, around 20 to 30 years old, a normal person's reaction would be to want to stay away.

Jiang Heyi, however, restrained himself.

As a student of the Imperial Academy, he should indeed show some arrogance, but not too much, lest he indirectly offend everyone here.

He made a symbolic pursing of his lips, subtly letting those peeking over notice that he was indeed somewhat unwell, before immediately returning to normal.

"No need to introduce yourself, just tell me what you want to do."

Jiang Heyi interrupted the other party's spellcasting, and the woman, sensing the situation, reached into her bosom and took out...

It looks like a scroll?

"I would like to ask..."

The woman was momentarily at a loss for words when it came to addressing Jiang Heyi.

"Potato."

"what?"

"We've only met by chance, there's no need to investigate my name. Call me whatever you want, I don't mind."

“Oh, okay.” The woman readily agreed. “Brother Potato… Mr. Potato, could you please take a look at the specific effects of this scroll? Otherwise, I dare not trigger it.”

She paused for a moment, then quickly added, "I'm willing to pay a certain fee for this."

Jiang Heyi became interested.

What's there to be afraid of triggering with a scroll? Once you know the effect, just inject any magic power into it, right?

It couldn't be a scroll that was deliberately locked by the maker, could it?

Given the environment of the Anna world, that scroll is extremely rare, at least Tier 6 or higher. In the early stages of Stellaris, it would be a valuable item to use against the Stitched Monsters of the Temple of the Clarity.

He took the scroll and felt relieved.

The reason the woman dared not was simple: the annotations on the scroll were all in foreign languages!

This is Argonne, another continent adjacent to Anna, which appears in the later DLC of Proof of the Stars.

Most magicians are literate, unlike illiterate ordinary people.

But mastering multiple languages ​​and the scripts of other continents is an ability possessed by only a very small number of people.

Without making a sound, Jiang Heyi glanced around out of the corner of his eye and raised an index finger.

"A Lion King silver coin."

"This is... so expensive?"

Jiang Heyi added, "Give me another serving of the beef you hunted."

Sure enough, murmurs arose from the surroundings.

Anna's trading system involves the circulation of multiple levels of currencies and tokens.

Lion King silver coins are widely recognized as high-value currencies, and their price is not easily suppressed by coin dealers in the currency exchange market.

One Lion King Silver Coin can at least guarantee an adventure team three days' worth of food and drink.

As the most mentally taxing task before transmigrating, Jiang Heyi, as the president, took it upon himself to tackle it without hesitation—if only Cuttlefish and French Fries were here, they would be more skilled at it.

The woman gritted her teeth and took out a silver lion coin covered in mud.

"Please tell me first, where does the text above come from?"

Jiang Heyi spoke with a slightly lazy tone: "Produced by the Argonne Continental Language System."

The woman must have asked someone else beforehand, but the person could only tell that the text came from Argunna, but could not translate it further.

Seeing that Jiang Heyi answered accurately, he breathed a sigh of relief, and the silver coin landed in Jiang Heyi's palm.

"As for the effect, does it require a special triggering method?"

Jiang Heyi shook his hand, sending the scroll back into the woman's grasp.

"A regular elemental shield scroll, the effect depends on the element used to activate it, and the effect... is very poor to me."

The woman was greatly disappointed. Clutching the scroll, she returned helplessly to her adventure group.

Jiang Heyi, wanting the beef, naturally landed by the campfire where the woman was.

The armored man, Narian, quickly cut up a portion and handed it to Jiang Heyi.

Although spending one Lion King silver coin only resulted in a disappointing outcome, it at least put an end to everyone's worries.

Carrying it around is like carrying an antique; you feel it's valuable and dare not use it easily.

It was as if they were carrying explosives, afraid of accidentally triggering them, and everyone turned into rockets.

"How did you obtain it?" Jiang Heyi asked.

The woman smiled and said, "When we were exterminating the monster, we found a lot of bones and relics under the rubble where it built its nest. They can be considered as spoils of war."

"Then keep it safe." Jiang Heyi lowered his voice. "It's a [High-Level Wind Attribute Vortex] that only a 6th-level mage can create. Once triggered, it can form a whirlwind around your body. Guided by your magic power, it can be used for both offense and defense. It's a pretty good scroll that combines offense and defense."