The inn's first-floor hall.
Chen Mu sat leisurely in a corner, sipping tea.
But his ears were pricked high as the True Hearing Technique silently circulated, gathering all kinds of gossip.
Old Hao, frowning as he smoked, sat beside him, along with Shang Huan, who had grown increasingly plump.
"Four White Jade Coins a month, and that's only for lodging. Add food and cultivation, and it'll cost at least nine White Jade Coins a month." Old Hao complained with a bitter face.
"The expenses are simply too high!"
Chen Mu sighed outwardly and nodded with a similarly miserable expression, but he did not care much inwardly.
Back at the Heaven-Reaching River Lower Courtyard, his monthly cultivation expenses using the Exquisite Jade Disk had already reached ninety White Jade Coins.
Now that his Jade Seed was filled with stored mana, he basically had no need for the Exquisite Jade Disk as long as he did not consume too much. His expenses had immediately shrunk.
His lodging and food costs were not even one-tenth of what they had been before.
"Even though I earned a little clearing land at Moon Embracing Mountain, I can't keep spending like this."
"I heard quite a few Spirit Shuttles in Geng District are hiring people to unload cargo. They're also hiring people to board ships and hunt Mutant Beasts in the water."
"Want to go take a look together?" Old Hao asked as he smoked, looking at Chen Mu.
Unloading cargo and catching fish?
Forget it. With that time, he might as well study the secrets of alchemy.
"Forget it."
Before Chen Mu could refuse, Shang Huan spoke up in rebuttal.
"They'll only pay you three or five White Jade Coins a month. What can that even do?" Shang Huan cracked open a roasted pine nut