You Have New Gold Soul Coins Deposited

Chu Zhao was broke. None of the System's rewards had involved money so far, so once she confirmed the Evil Soul Master was truly dead, she remembered a certain profession.

An expert corpse-looter.

"Hope you've got plenty of money on you. More, even more."

This Evil Soul Master actually had a Storage Soul Tool on him. It was not very large, and aside from a small chest of Soul Coins, it contained nothing but the skulls of infants and toddlers. Chu Zhao was nearly scared out of her wits when she saw them.

"Pervert!"

After cursing the dead Evil Soul Master, Chu Zhao easily dug a deep pit in the ground with the Death God Scythe and buried all the skulls from the Storage Soul Tool inside.

As for the Evil Soul Master himself, it was already merciful of her not to chop him into pieces. She would leave him behind as an extra meal for the Soul Beasts of the Star Dou Great Forest.

After resting for a moment, Chu Zhao had recovered the stamina she had just expended. She immediately left the Star Dou Great Forest with her spoils—she still had a mission to complete!

Just after Chu Zhao left, Xiao Wu arrived with a massive creature in tow. However, she saw only the Evil Soul Master's corpse and no sign of Chu Zhao.

She quickly passed through the area and searched elsewhere.

Yet no sooner had Xiao Wu left than another group of uniformly dressed people arrived. Their target was clearly the Evil Soul Master, and they all stopped.

"Someone actually killed him before we got here, yet they didn't cut off his head to claim the reward. Looks like whoever got rid of him wasn't from our Spirit Hall."

"Who cares who killed him? They got rid of a menace for the people."

"We've gotten a free bargain, then. This guy's head is worth two thousand Gold Soul Coins!"

Unaware that she had missed out on two thousand Gold Soul Coins, Chu Zhao was happily counting her own loot of less than a hundred Gold Soul Coins and planning what to buy.

She definitely had to complete the Farming and Wellness System's missions, but she could not buy farmland near Holy Soul Village. It would be too hard to explain where she had gotten so much money.

But it could not be too far away either, so Chu Zhao chose somewhere near Notting City, not far from her Novice Village—Holy Soul Village.

Notting City was located in Fasinuo Province. Agriculture was underdeveloped throughout the province, and many places were wasteland, making it ideal for Chu Zhao to complete the Farming and Wellness System's missions.

Using her hard-earned spoils, she bought ten mu of land in a relatively remote area. After casually scattering wheat seeds across it, Chu Zhao heard the Farming and Wellness System's announcement: the mission had been completed.

The reward had barely been issued when another System mission arrived.

Daily mission: Inspect the wheat field every day. Water, fertilize, remove pests, and harvest at appropriate times. A little surprise may occur.

Chu Zhao, who had been about to return to Holy Soul Village, stopped again and looked toward the wheat field.

Daily inspection mission completed. Mission reward: 10 Gold Soul Coins deposited. Money Jar unlocked. Soul Coins may now be stored.

"Does this System know what I'm thinking? I just said I had no money, and then it gives me this mission."

Looking at the ten glittering Gold Soul Coins she had taken from the System's Money Jar, Chu Zhao felt like she had struck it rich.

Ten Gold Soul Coins a day meant three hundred a month, three thousand six hundred and fifty a year...

She would never be short of money again.

"Let's try watering them too."

She acted as soon as she thought of it. Chu Zhao bought watering tools and began watering her wheat field.

Watering mission in progress. Reward: 1 Silver Soul Coin deposited. Silver Soul Coins +1, +1...

The watering rewards were only Silver Soul Coins, but small gains added up. After watering all ten mu of land, Chu Zhao had received one thousand Silver Soul Coins—equivalent to ten Gold Soul Coins.

Watering took more effort, though, and it was not something she could do every day.

"Wait, do plants on Douluo Continent sprout this fast? I only just planted them, and they've already sprouted after one watering?"

Chu Zhao had not planned to seriously complete this mission in the first place, because she did not know how to farm at all. She had no idea what to plant when, or when to water and fertilize.

But now, it seemed she might actually have some talent for it.

That day, Chu Zhao went up the mountain to gather herbs as usual and happened to run into Tang San, who was heading down.

They had encountered each other many times before, but this time was different, because Tang San suddenly called out to her.

"Thank you, Chu Zhao."

"Me?"

Chu Zhao was completely baffled. She pointed at herself with one finger, unable to understand why Tang San was suddenly thanking her.

"Thank you for what you said to Grandpa Village Chief." I really do want to go to Notting Academy to study.

But Tang San did not say the rest aloud. He merely smiled at Chu Zhao.

"I need to go back and wake my father for dinner. Goodbye."

Chu Zhao said nothing as she watched Tang San's back disappear down the path, then shook her head.

Tang San might have said he would listen to Tang Hao no matter what, and that it was fine if he did not go to Notting Academy.

But anyone who knew the plot understood that Tang San was not someone content with mediocrity. Otherwise, in his previous life at the Ba Shu Tang Sect, he would not have secretly learned the inner sect's ultimate techniques as an outer sect disciple.

Not to mention that after awakening his martial soul, the ambition in Tang San's eyes was impossible to hide.

She had neither provoked nor offended him. She had no desire to become the person blocking his path.

Ever since that conversation with Tang San, Chu Zhao and Tang San began seeing each other more often.

A few days later, Tang San came to find Chu Zhao with a basket full of herbs on his back.

"Chu Zhao, I'd like to ask you for a favor."

"Tell me first."

Chu Zhao did not agree right away. She was not stupid.

"I'd like you to take me to Notting City. I want to sell these herbs too. But I won't take advantage of you for free. I can give you thirty percent of the earnings."

Tang San, with an adult soul inside his body, understood social etiquette well and was quite generous.

"You don't need to give me any of the earnings. This basket of herbs is only worth around twenty Copper Soul Coins. You're probably short on money too, so keep it for yourself."

Traditional medicine on Douluo Continent was very underdeveloped, and ordinary herbs were scarce. The cultural gap was simply too severe. In a place like Notting City, the only herbs one could gather that anyone would buy were the most common varieties, dried and brewed as herbal tea, so their prices were low.

Otherwise, Chu Zhao would not have had only a few Copper Soul Coins on hand before.

After bringing Tang San to Notting City, Chu Zhao headed straight for a shop that bought herbs. Her estimate had been correct: Tang San's basket of herbs sold for twenty-one Copper Soul Coins.

It was not much, but Tang San was still delighted. He counted out six Copper Soul Coins and tried to press them into Chu Zhao's hand.

"No need. Keep them and buy yourself something. You should remember the way by now, so you can come on your own next time."

"No. We agreed on this from the start."

Chu Zhao insisted on refusing, but Tang San insisted on giving them to her. In the end, Chu Zhao accepted the money.

After dividing the money, Tang San looked up at the sky and said,

"I remember the way back, so I won't trouble you anymore. Let's part here."

The exchange rate between gold, silver, and copper here is 1:100.

I remembered the original work using that ratio too, but when I checked again, I found it was actually 1:10. Yet 1:10 makes no sense at all. It is absurd!

If the original's 1:10 ratio were used, a work-study student could earn 10 Copper Soul Coins from cleaning for one afternoon. In ten days, that would be 100 Copper Soul Coins, or one Gold Soul Coin. Then what would they need Spirit Hall's subsidy for? Also, a blacksmith only earns 1 Silver Soul Coin a month, so a work-study student cleaning for one afternoon would equal a blacksmith's monthly wages? Everyone should just go clean at Notting Academy. It is so much easier.

Although 1:100 is not entirely reasonable either, it is easy to remember and somewhat better than 1:10.

So after consideration, the ratio will remain 1:100.