"Sir, had you just arrived from elsewhere? Would you like a guide?" the ground crewman asked enthusiastically.
Anyone who could stuff a spacecraft into a storage space had to possess staggering wealth. Even if he could not collect docking fees, serving as the man's guide would still bring decent earnings. If luck favored him and the guest spent a little, he could make several years' salary at once.
Qin Heng glanced at him and said blandly, "Are you a local resident?"
The man nodded repeatedly. "Yes, yes. My name is Lai Yang. I'm a senior commoner of the Feng Xi Clan, one of the Native Human Clans. I have transit privileges and can take you almost anywhere!"
Qin Heng nodded slightly. "Find me a lively place to stay. I'm passing through and plan to remain here for a while."
As he spoke, he casually tossed out several blood-red metal coins.
These were not Mist Coins, but Scarlet Coins, which had a far wider range of use. They were accepted at all trading venues throughout the Great Scarlet Sky River. Just a few small coins were worth more than thirty thousand Mist Coins, already a considerable windfall for an ordinary Transcendent Realm cultivator like Lai Yang.
Flying Snake Third Elder had carried six types of currency. Four were minor currencies, circulating only within the Flying Snake Race and nearby regions. He had many Mist Coins—over a hundred million in cash, along with a circulation card. Then there were these Scarlet Coins, a little over a hundred thousand in total, the smallest quantity among them.
Yet those hundred-odd thousand coins were more than enough for flaunting wealth. A single one could be exchanged for several thousand Mist Coins. So long as he did not purchase anything precious, Qin Heng could squander them