Belphegor gave the black cat two pieces of gold, one large and one small.
The larger one was about the size of a child's fist, while the smaller was only slightly smaller than a standard Gold Bean.
Since the gold was not standard currency and could not be used directly, and Zheng Qing had no idea whether Belphegor had tampered with it, he naturally could not take it back to the dormitory.
So after leaving the Cat Fruit Tree, the black cat headed straight for the Wizard Union Bank office on campus, intending to exchange the gold for Gold Beans or jade coins.
Unfortunately, the bank had long since closed at this hour.
Green's General Store also offered currency exchange services, but on one hand, there were too many people there, and a talking black cat carrying gold would be rather conspicuous; on the other hand, exchanging gold at Green's General Store required filling out relevant identification information, and the black cat could hardly use Zheng Qing's Student Card as supporting documentation.
After prowling along the shadows at the edge of the Pedestrian Street for a while, the black cat spotted the Big Frog in front of Wander Bar.
The frog had its eyes narrowed and seemed to be asleep.
Following several customers inside without a sound, the black cat found a few wizards who had hidden their entire faces beneath their hoods amid the noise and chaos and had a chat with them—they were the "gray wizards" passed around in students' whispers, always buying and selling certain prohibited goods at prices everyone could accept. A few pieces of gold were naturally no problem—the only issue was that the gray wizards charged outrageously high rates. They wanted a thirty-percent handling fee just to exchange some gold!
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