Sometimes, money just couldn't be saved.
While she still had a bit of money left, Jiang Han hurriedly seized her break time and ran out to the market. She jogged along the familiar curved route, darting into the shops she had planned out beforehand and buying all the materials she needed in one go.
Whenever she was bored, she would take out her notebook and record every place where the ingredients for potion recipes were sold, then arrange the purchase route.
Hugging her shopping bags, Jiang Han returned to Witch House, feeling a slight ache in her heart.
The materials for the Flame Burst Spell were a little expensive. They even required Meteor Dragon reverse scales—2,500 per piece... Normally, they only cost 2,200, but Meteor Dragons had gone up in price recently, by a full 300. Some of the supporting herbs had also risen by 5% per gram. It felt like the authorities had been purchasing these materials on a massive scale lately...
Hmm, buying up all materials below the unrestricted purchase price would definitely drive prices up. Could they be stockpiling supplies for the super-giant space?
That was possible. It felt as though everyone in South City knew something big was about to happen.
As she watched prices rise through her purchases, several witches in red robes first flashed through Jiang Han's mind. The authorities' document witches all wore red, and she had seen those witches buying up materials in bulk at the market just now. Then she thought of the massive space currently under development, though those who guessed something was afoot probably hadn't connected it to that massive space.
The authorities were buying far too many materials. Looking only at ingredients used for seasonings, one might even think they were opening a worldwide chain of restaurants! Looking