Crack, crack, crack~
Huh?
A thin crack opened in the ground, then rapidly spread.
With a sound like muffled thunder, the entire house collapsed.
The tremendous commotion drew everyone nearby over.
Before long, two figures emerged from the rubble.
Li Ping'an calmly patted the dust off himself.
The landlord stood holding a basin of water, his mouth hanging open, seemingly still too astonished to recover.
Li Ping'an walked past him and slipped an equivalent amount of silver into his pocket.
Failed~
Li Ping'an and Old Ox walked along the street, partly to get some air and partly to figure out where things had gone wrong.
The things they had scavenged from the Black Market and street stalls were ultimately not very reliable.
They would have to find a dependable method.
Li Ping'an wandered around Great Yu's Capital City, not knowing where he was going.
He walked and stopped at random.
He was not particularly anxious, either. As far as Li Ping'an was concerned, he had nothing else to do anyway.
Studying medicine, learning to refine pills, learning to concoct medicines-perhaps he would learn painting and playing tunes someday, too...
Living in this world, a person always needed something to do.
With a craft under one's belt, one could earn enough for a bite to eat.
Let alone with so many crafts.
Just like that, more than two months passed.
A luxurious carriage traveled through the thickly falling snow.
The north wind howled. Winter had arrived in Great Yu's Capital City.
Inside the carriage sat a young man wearing a white padded coat, with two hand warmers beside him.
The young man's name was Wang Yushu, and he was the son of a prince in the Capital City.
He could be counted among the royal nobility.
He had great talent