Big Cat Can Be Pet, Five Taels Per Time

"Inferior goat hair brush, twenty copper coins. A ream of yellow paper, thirty copper coins. Mountain ink, fifty copper coins. White stone inkstone, thirty copper coins, clay porcelain water pot, five copper coins. Total one hundred and thirty-five copper coins!" The book boy, hearing Shi Feizhe's words, instantly spoke listlessly.

Another poor guy!

Just yesterday, Old Brother Zhang met a raggedly dressed person who bought dozens of taels worth of stuff in one go! Why can't I meet someone like that! The book boy grumbled in his heart.

"Uh... is there anything cheaper?" Shi Feizhe asked again. The truth was, he was living off his savings. Although he had a few taels of silver, he didn't know how long he would stay in Three Talents Town.

Food and lodging all cost money! When he was in Yi Yang City, he had experienced the embarrassment of a single copper coin being able to stump a hero. The feeling of being hungry and unable to sleep was truly unbearable.

"No!" The book boy's face immediately fell, looking very unhappy. He felt like he was wasting his time!

"Do you have hard charcoal pencils?" Shi Feizhe had seen hard charcoal pencils in Yi Yang City.

"Those are used by rough people like carpenters and masons, this is a study! No! No!!" The book boy shook his head and said.

As if hearing Shi Feizhe wanted to buy charcoal pencils, a burly man with a full, fleshy face in the corner looked up at Shi Feizhe, then continued copying books.

"Then I'll take a ream of yellow paper!" Saying this, Shi Feizhe began to take out money, carefully counted thirty copper coins, and gave them to the book boy.

The book boy also quickly took a ream of inferior yellow paper from the bookshelf, gave it to Shi Feizhe, and then went outside the study and started shouting: "Fragrant Heart Study exclusive..."

A ream of yellow paper, as it was called, referred to the thickness of the paper being like the thickness of a knife, about 1.5 centimeters thick. This ream of paper was about the size of a book, and each sheet was relatively thick and of poor quality. Shi Feizhe counted, and there were only a dozen or so sheets.

He didn't know if paper was generally expensive in this world, or if paper was particularly expensive in Three Talents Town.

After leaving the study, he went and bought two hard charcoal pencils, and only then did Shi Feizhe go to Three Talents Manor.

Hard charcoal pencils were made from burnt willow sticks, about the same thickness as a pencil, and were mostly used by carpenters and masons for their work. Every time they were used, one's hands would be black, which was quite unseemly, and the writing was difficult to preserve, so few people used them for writing or copying secret manuals.

But at this point, Shi Feizhe didn't care about being seemly or not. He needed a secret manual now, to record it, and then practice step by step.

The closer he got to Three Talents Manor, the more people there were. Following the flow of people, Shi Feizhe arrived at the entrance of a manor with flying eaves.

There were two large stone lions at the entrance of the manor, and the gatehouse occupied about four or five rooms. In the middle of the six red pillars were two gray-red double doors.

It looked very imposing!

On both sides of the gatehouse were walls about two people high. A nanmu plaque hung on the gatehouse, with the three large characters "Three Talents Manor" written on it.

"Queue up for registration! Queue up for registration!" The gatekeeper of Three Talents Manor, with bulging muscles and a loud voice, stood at the entrance, signaling the people at the entrance to queue up.

"I am Zhan Ming of Three Talents Manor, greetings to all the heroes and good men from the Jianghu!" He first cupped his hands and bowed to all sides, then said:

"Our Manor Lord Zhan has publicly displayed martial arts secret manuals, anyone can go to the West Manor to see them! But all the heroes and good men who come and go must abide by a few rules. It is convenient for us, and also convenient for everyone!"

"First, the martial arts secret manuals are all in the West Manor, you can all watch and discuss them, but do not go to the East Manor. That is where Manor Lord Zhan and we live, there are female family members inside, which is inconvenient. If you accidentally enter, and we kill you as bandits, don't blame us for not saying so in advance!"

"That makes sense!" The people queuing for registration echoed.

They had come for the martial arts secret manuals in the West Manor. If they sneaked into the East Manor and were killed as bandits, they truly deserved it!

"Second, everyone who enters the West Manor needs to register simply! In the future, if there are disputes involving fighting or murder, it will be easier to track them based on the registration! To prevent the West Manor from becoming chaotic with constant disputes and murders, making it seem like our Three Talents Manor is standing by!"

"Third, after dusk, please leave early, all you heroes and good men! This manor does not provide accommodation!"

"Fourth, the martial arts secret manuals on the stone tablets have not been fully deciphered by this manor. If any of you practice incorrectly and go insane, do not come to this manor to cause trouble!"

"Fifth, there is a Big Cat in the West Manor, it is very powerful, please do not provoke it, lest you lose your life!"

Big Cat? What kind of Big Cat? Shi Feizhe had doubts in his heart.

The burly man finished speaking in one breath, then cupped his hands again to the people in the queue. It could be said that his etiquette was very proper!

Then he started the registration. The registration was also very simple, just the appearance, name, and origin of the person.

As for whether the name was real or fake, it didn't matter, as long as they remembered the general appearance and that this person existed.

There were also a few people from out of town who were uncooperative, but after seeing the muscular man demonstrate the outward emission of true energy, with one hand of ice and the other of fire, they all registered honestly.

These people who had not cultivated true energy, when encountering the burly man, would likely be slapped to death one by one!

Shi Feizhe also registered and entered Three Talents Manor, following the flow of people to the west, and arrived at the West Manor.

Although it was called the West Manor, compared to the high walls and large courtyards of the East Manor, it was actually a flat area with five or six thatched sheds and a few stone benches. In the middle of the flat area were rows of standing stone tablets, on which martial arts secret manuals were carved, about several hundred stone tablets!

It was about nine or ten o'clock now, and there were already quite a few people studying in front of the stone tablets. In the thatched sheds, some people were sitting on the ground, deep in thought.

But more people were gathered around a Big Cat.

It wasn't that everyone hadn't seen cats, but this cat was truly big!

It looked like a gray tabby cat, with tabby markings on its body. The fur from its chin to its chest was white, and its four paws were also white. Its fur was shiny, indicating it was well-fed!

What was astonishing was its size. Shi Feizhe estimated it to be about three or four meters long, like a giant tiger! If it weren't for the gray markings on its body, it could easily be mistaken for a tiger.

At this moment, it was pressing its paws against its abdomen as if tucking them in, its eyes narrowed, seemingly basking in the sun, lazily lying not far from the entrance of the West Manor. It didn't seem bothered by the people watching it.

Next to it, there were also two wooden basins and a wooden sign, with sixteen characters written on the wooden sign.

"Big Cat can be touched, five taels per touch. Welcome to feed, does not eat beef!"

Below this line of text, there was also a cat paw print.

As for the two wooden basins, one contained gleaming silver, and the other contained food scraps, seemingly a cat food basin.

Shi Feizhe, having lived two lives, had never seen such a Big Cat!

So he also stood and watched for a while. It was really hard to say which was rarer, martial arts secret manuals or this thing!

"So this is Cat Master! As expected, it's truly magnificent!" Some onlookers couldn't help but want to touch it, but perhaps their pockets were empty, so they raised their hands and then lowered them.

"You know it?" someone asked.

"Legend has it that Cat Master has lived for several hundred years and is a great demon in the True Person Realm!" the person said. "Experts in the True Person Realm are rarely seen. How can I not be excited to see a great demon in the True Person Realm now!"

"A great demon in the True Person Realm!"

"Lived for several hundred years?"

"Holy crap..."

The onlookers also exclaimed in surprise. The longest-lived martial arts expert only lived for one hundred and forty-nine years. Now, there was a great demon that had lived for several hundred years right in front of them. How could they not be surprised?

Five taels of silver for a touch, it really wasn't expensive! But they were indeed all poor commoners and truly couldn't afford to touch it, so they could only discuss it among themselves.

"Meow~!" Big Cat let out a displeased cry and glanced at them.

The meaning was, Keep your voices down, you're disturbing my sleep!

Cat Master could clearly just take things, but it still lets you touch it. It's too gentle!