I've Never Touched Money; I'm Not Interested in Money

"Boss, how much is this crystal?"

"Not much. One hundred Gold Soul Coins."

"That expensive? Why don't you just rob people!"

"Buy it or don't. If you're not buying, leave."

Tang San held a dull, lusterless crystal as he argued with the shopkeeper, Flender.

But when he thought of how the gap between his strength and Yang Ming's was growing ever wider, Tang San gritted his teeth and said,

"I-I'll buy it."

Flender lazily stretched, not even lifting his eyelids as he said,

"You don't have enough money. The price has gone up—it's two hundred Gold Soul Coins now!"

Even Xiao Wu, standing nearby, could no longer stand watching. She set down her armfuls of clothes and shot Flender a fierce glare.

"You profiteer! You clearly agreed with Little San just now that it would only be one hundred Gold Soul Coins!"

"Since you put it that way..." Flender raised his right hand and held up five fingers. "Then it'll be five hundred Gold Soul Coins."

"No wonder your shop has so few customers. You're such a crook!"

With that, Xiao Wu made as if to pull Tang San away.

Even Tang San felt that price was outrageous. Five hundred Gold Soul Coins—how long would he have to work to earn that much?

Just then, Yang Ming stepped forward, curled his middle finger, and lightly tapped the counter with it as he smiled.

"For the dignified headmaster of Shrek Academy to treat a student about to enroll like this... isn't that a little inappropriate?"

At those words, Tang San and Xiao Wu froze just as they were about to step out the door.

At the same time, Flender suddenly opened his eyes.

Yang Ming's face was the first thing to enter Flender's sight, followed by the Twenty-Four Moonlit Bridges at