Afternoon.
Cheng Han did not stay home idling away his retirement. Instead, he left the house, intending to make a trip to the Vegetable Market.
There was no need to keep a constant eye on the "cat squad's search for the Life Priest."
By now, he had accumulated a considerable depth of supernatural knowledge. The "Spirit Spear Pearl" he had crafted himself possessed automatic detection capabilities.
After the Sheriff's training, this cat squad was fully capable of judging from the Spirit Spear Pearl's various reactions whether the Life Priest was nearby.
In short, they were a group of highly professional Cat Clan members.
As Cheng Han walked down the street, he noticed that the aftereffects of the string of spider beheading cases had gradually faded.
The faces he saw were almost entirely free of the previous panic and nervousness.
This moved him to reflect. "This must be the resilience of ordinary people. Despite repeated disasters, society can always recover quickly."
As he neared the Vegetable Market—
Cheng Han suddenly heard passersby discussing something.
"Rong Mushrooms went up in price today. Not a single stall is selling them for less than four Copper Coins. That's far too expensive!"
"Ugh, these people really know how to take advantage of a crisis!"
Cheng Han raised an eyebrow and muttered softly, "Vegetable Bullies? Interesting!"
Rong Mushrooms were one of the most common fungi in this world. They looked like a clump of tangled fibers, hence the word "rong," meaning fluff, in their name.
They were easy to cultivate and yielded quite abundantly. Their usual market price was two Copper Coins per pound, and they had always been a common food on the tables of low-income families.
Under normal circumstances, there were plenty of vendors selling Rong Mushrooms. It was unlikely that they would all