dognovel Chapter 11: The Discovery of the Spirit Jade!
Chapter 11: The Discovery of the Spirit Jade!
The next day, Zhou Wei got up very early and changed into the superior palace maid's clothes prepared by Hongxiu and others.
I strolled out onto the street without much fanfare!
The process went smoothly, except that when leaving the princess's residence, they were stopped and questioned by the guards at the gate.
"Steward Zhou, do you have a pass to leave the manor?"
Zhou Wei turned to look at Ziyu, who immediately took out a token.
The guards stepped aside and let the two out.
Zhou Wei asked curiously, "Do we need a token to leave the princess's residence?"
“That’s right, Sister Wei! Anyone who wants to go out of the manor to make purchases must apply for this token from Aunt Hongxiu. However, Aunt Hongxiu is the head steward, and I am the princess’s personal attendant, so the two of us can leave the manor at will with our tokens.”
Hearing Ziyu say this, Zhou Wei was somewhat displeased!
You guys, Number Two and Number Three, all have tokens, why don't I?
Is that correct?
Without a second thought, Zhou Wei took the purple jade token.
“This token is mine now. You can ask Hongxiu for another one.”
"Ah...this..."
Ziyu looked troubled, but seeing Zhou Wei's expression, she could only swallow her words.
Currently, in the entire Princess's residence, besides Jiang Yueli, Zhou Wei is the most powerful.
Ziyu had no choice but to obey.
As Zhou Wei walked, she mentally organized yesterday's gains.
[Congratulations, host, on completing the mission to help your superior, Jiang Yueli, punish the Third Prince.]
[Bonus Skill: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.]
[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Being at the bottom is certainly a bitter pill to swallow, after all, we're not the Great Sage yet! But with this skill, no one can break through your defenses! The host can choose to actively activate or deactivate it.]
When Zhou Wei first saw the reward, she was a little confused.
Did you think that modern systems are so humane, not only issuing tasks but also caring about the host's physical and mental health?
It only dawned on me after reading it carefully.
This skill...
Cow!
Isn't this just an invincible turtle shell?
If no one can break through my defenses, then my defenses are invincible!
This is different from pain shielding.
Even after pain is blocked, the damage is still there. It's like the Third Prince whipping himself; his leg will bleed, but he just won't feel the pain.
But if he had the [Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles] skill, the Third Prince's whip wouldn't be able to whip him anymore!
Zhou Wei currently possesses three skills.
Pain Shield, Golden Right Foot (Advanced Version), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
Having these three skills to conquer the world is simply incredibly awesome!
Don't tell me, you really shouldn't tell me.
Wow, it's so addictive!
Where are the other female protagonists with good fortune?
I, Zhou Wei, can't wait to fight!
Of course, it wasn't just the skills rewarded by the system that satisfied Zhou Wei.
Zhou Wei was also very excited about the 30,000 taels of silver notes she had plundered from the Third Prince yesterday.
Back in her room, she opened the system shop, wanting to see what good things she could exchange for with the huge sum of 30,000 taels.
The result was that even with 30,000 taels of silver in the system's shop, you couldn't even buy a wrapper.
"System, your store's inflation is too high!"
[Host, the system shop contains only the finest items in the world, so the requirements for exchanging them are quite high.]
That's no exaggeration!
Longevity pills and marrow-cleansing pills—these miraculous items are all available in the store.
This confirms the system's capabilities.
However, the exchange rate is also quite astonishing!
Take the most basic beauty pill as an example, one pill costs 100,000 taels of silver.
The effects of the Beauty Pill are just like its name suggests; consuming it will instantly give you a beautifying effect.
From now on, you're not on the same level as everyone else.
Not only do you get beauty filters, but you also get free filters!
It's like the internet has come to life. If this were sold to livestreamers in modern times, Zhou Wei would definitely become the richest woman in China.
But now, this thing is useless to her.
As a woman, is beauty important? Of course not.
The most important thing is strength!
Zhou Wei was drooling over the miracle pill!
Taking this powerful pill will give you the strength to lift a cauldron weighing three thousand catties. This is the essential item for us strong women to conquer the world.
Unfortunately, the starting price for ability-enhancing pills is 300,000 taels of silver.
For Zhou Wei right now, this is an astronomical figure!
She could only look at it to satisfy her craving.
So, Zhou Wei now has two main goals: one is to become Jiang Yueli's mistress.
Help this princess cause trouble outside, trigger the promotion task given by the system, and receive rewards.
Another way is to work hard to earn money and redeem good items from the system store!
No matter where a woman goes, she has her own Singles' Day.
While making career plans for himself, he followed Ziyu forward and unknowingly arrived at Zouma Street.
Zouma Street was an extremely prosperous commercial street in the capital of the Great Zhou Dynasty.
The gold and silver shops of various major businesses are all located here, making it a bustling and lively place with people coming and going.
Ziyu pointed to the best-located shop on Zouma Street and introduced it to Zhou Wei.
"Sister Wei, this is the newly opened gold shop. The merchant claims to buy and sell rare items from all over the world. If you can think of it, he can find it."
Zhou Wei nodded and followed Ziyu inside, where a servant immediately came to greet her.
"Distinguished guests, what would you like to buy today?"
Zhou Wei took out the items she had looted from the Third Prince from her purse and dumped them all on the counter.
"Hey buddy, these are all high-end items. Can you give me an estimate?"
"Alright, please wait a moment, I'll ask the third manager to take a look."
Before long, a plump old man came out from the inner room, picked up the jade artifacts on the table and began to examine them.
After looking at them, he politely said to Zhou Wei, "Honored guest, these things of yours are basically worthless."
Before Zhou Wei could react, Zi Yu exclaimed in surprise!
"You shopkeeper, are you talking nonsense? Do you even know where this thing came from, yet you dare to say it's worthless?"
The shopkeeper was not intimidated and said directly, "Esteemed guests, our Jinlou Restaurant is open to welcome guests from all directions. How could we possibly cheat our customers?"
"These jade pieces are all second-rate, substandard goods, not even scraps. They just look like antique jade because of the good aging process."
"And these gold artifacts are actually just gold-plated copper, they're really not worth much."
Zhou Wei understood this time.
It turns out the Third Prince was just a guy who put on a brave face!
Covered in scrap metal!
She even spent so long searching, carefully checking whether these items had royal markings.
Looking at it now, apart from the items bearing the royal mark, everything else on the Third Prince Jiang Yuelin is rubbish!
Ziyu's expression turned somewhat strange, and she kept muttering to herself.
He probably never expected that a prince like him could end up in such a miserable state.
Wearing tattered clothes to make a show of it!
"Sister Wei, this..."
Zhou Wei waved her hand; she seemed quite open-minded about it.
Anyway, these things were looted, so if they're worthless, they're worthless!
As long as the 30,000 taels of silver notes are genuine!
Just as the two were abandoning the trash and preparing to leave the Golden Pavilion.
The system's voice came through.
[Ding! A spiritual jade has been detected. It has been nurtured for over three months, originates from a transcendent land, and has remarkable effects on damaged meridians.]
At this moment, the waiter took out a sandalwood box from behind. After opening it, a palm-sized piece of jade lay on the red silk fabric.
As soon as the system notified her, Zhou Wei realized what this jade was!
When the topic of damaged meridians came up, Zhou Wei also thought of Princess Jiang Yueli.
At the beginning of the original book, Jiang Yueli had already been named the Great Zhou Protector Princess.
The emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty also bestowed upon her a luxurious princess mansion for her to live in.
From the moment she left the palace to live alone, she embarked on a path of challenging the destined heroine.
The original book also mentions that Jiang Yueli suffers from severe damage to her meridians.
Now that a piece of spiritual jade that can nourish the meridians has appeared, Zhou Wei must help her acquire it; this is something a qualified person should do.
"Shopkeeper, is this jade also one of the goods you want to sell?"
Seeing Zhou Wei's interest, the third manager immediately nodded: "Yes, esteemed guest, this jade is of warm and lustrous quality, and it is a rare and fine piece of jade. Would you like to buy it?"
"Shopkeeper, I'll take this jade. Purple Jade will pay."
Ziyu nodded and quickly slapped the silver note on the table.
The third manager counted the silver notes and couldn't stop smiling.
I was just about to help Zhou Wei pack the jade.
But a voice interrupted them: "Sorry, we're not selling this jade."