A monk is a melee class that is spread from the distant monastery of Eastern Vorodani. Usually, a group of ascetic monks would exercise their bodies and wills in a rigorous way. They are good at fighting with bare hands and relying on the unique ability and incredible effect of "Qi", which is no less than the force of using weapons, or even faster in its speed.
On the East Land, monks are an important force against giants. Their attacks with "Qi" could penetrate the hard skin of giants and bring greater damages to their enemies. However, there are only a few monks on North Land. Small villages like Venoa can only evaluate warriors under class 5, monks evaluation is far beyond their capability.
"Is there a cultivation system of Qigong in this world as well?" Fang Tang was surprised after Warren repeated the answer that was given by mercenary union.
"Actually, I have found that the human beings in this world are not much different from those on the earth, except that they are living in an environment filled with magical elements. And this environment makes it easier for them to develop a cultivation method by using magic power. According to old Morgan's description, the battled will of warriors in this plane is the body energy stimulated through magical elements. So, I guess those special attack effects are generated by resonance between body energy and magical elements. In general, the only difference is that warriors mainly depend on physical energy, mages rely on spells, priests depend on gods, and monks depend on "Qi""
Jiang Jinjiu is very interested in the Qi cultivation system of this world. Unfortunately, it is really difficult to meet a monk on North Land, and the monks concentrated on cultivation won't be attracted by the news of the treasure either. So he'd better to go to Eastern Country when there are opportunities.
Their visit to the mercenary tavern can be said to be a great success. Either Jona or the appraiser of the mercenary union may spread the news that the misty forest is suspected of having elves' treasures.
Their next stop is market, which is another good place to spread the news.
The address given by Jona is a grocery store called Lawrence, an out-of-the way place, which is in a small alley on the corner of the market. Fang Tang has a special kind of tie to these hidden shops, because Six Flavors Restaurant is also a typical small shop in the alley. Although it has been expanded due to its good business, it's location is still in the alley of the old town.
"Is Mr. Crawfor here?"
The store is not large, but the storey is unexpectedly high, with some strange cages hung high on the ceiling. Hearing their voice, a tall, thin and gray-haired middle-aged man came out of a door with a sign saying "warehouse"".
"Hello, I'm Crawfor, what can I do for you?"
"Jona introduced you to us, and we have some things want to sell." Fang Tang handed the bag ,with some gold and gems in, to the man. In this bag, there are also some products that were made on the earth, such as a delicately carved knife."
After a simple appraisal, Crawfor said, "I'd like to offer 20 gold coins for this dagger and another 20 coins for the rest."
"Is there anything particular about this dagger? I'm just surprised that it could be worth 20 gold coins." Fang Tang intentionally shifted the topic to the knife.
"I can't tell the origin of this dagger, but its workmanship is superb, and the blade is lustrous. There is no sanding trace that can be seen. Even the sword made by the dwarf craftsman can hardly be so smooth."
Fang Tang singgered, the surface polished by the grinding machine is certainly not comparable to the manual polished one by craftsmen.
"I got it. Then I'll keep the dagger, how about 30 gold coins for the rest?"
Crawfor didn't hesitate, but glanced at the knife with some regret, "If you have such things in the future, please take me into your prior consideration. I'm very interested in this unique and delicate item."
"Really? Then do you have any special wines?" After having money in his pocket, Fang Tang turned on his shopping mode .
"Sure, I have the Dwarf's Gimli spirit, the Halfling's Shire liquor, the Elf's Cindala alcohol, and Torre's Brede wine."
Even the cheapest Brede wine also costs 2 gold coins per bottle, and the Cindala alcohol is 60 gold coins per bottle. Based on the gold acquisition price he was given just now, Fang Tang made a rough calculation. As a result, the purchasing power of a gold coin in this world equals to 3,000 yuan on the earth. So, that bottle of 60 gold coins alcohol was actually worth 180,000 yuan.
If they were on the earth, Fang Tang and Jiang Jinjiu could buy a few bottles. Because they are in the initial stage of pioneering in this plane, there will be a greater demand for using money. The money for spirits and appraisal in the tavern just now was paid by Warren.
Having bought two bottles of Brede wine, Fang Tang found three more large shops in the market, and sold the remaining gold and gems, as well as some other items brought from the earth, which were exquisite in workmanship. And he would vaguely reveal that these things were found in the misty forest.
After selling these goods, he found that the price offered in Lawrence grocery store was the most reasonable. The highest price offered by other shops about that knife was 15 gold coins.
Completing all the tasks, they three felt hungry and decided to find a restaurant dining. Having asked many people, Fang Tang found a weird thing, there were neither food vendors nor restaurants in Venoa town. What surprised him more was that there was no such a thing as restaurant in the entire Olund.
If people in this plane want to dine outside, taverns would be their choice. Except wines, it also provides grilled meat and fish, brown bread, wild vegetable and mushroom soup, as well as stewed broth.
Under this condition, Fang Tang had no choice but to choose a tavern that looked not bad. He ordered a grilled fish, a brown bread, and a bowl of wild vegetable and mushroom soup.
Fang Tang was shocked when he saw the maid serving them a dark grilled fish, two slices of black bread, and a bowl of dark soup.
Once they were served, Warren couldn't wait to gobble them. However, Fang Tang and Jiang Jinjiu, looking at these dark cuisines, comforted themselves that even though these food looked terrible, maybe the taste was okay.
After taking a bite of grilled fish, Fang Tang spit it out right away.
"This grilled fish is not made of alive fish, so it tastes very fishy. To remove this fishy smell, the cook put the fish in to cooking wine, which is incorrect. Because he/she didn't leave the fish being marinated long enough, but to grill it directly after stirring the fish in the wine. What's more, the cooking wine has been re-used too many times, so the fishy smell in this wine was quite strong. Therefore, it is impossible to effectively remove the fishy smell. There is nothing good but the strong fishy smell about this fish, failure!"
"The fish scales were not scraped completely, failure!"
"The fish's internal organs were not cleaned up, failure!"
"The grilled fish is overheated, so it's burned outside and raw inside., the biggest failure!"
"The worst and the most disgusting thing is the fish tail, which is not washed at all, and there is even a shit in it. What the hell is wrong with them?!"
Listening to Fang Tang's complaints, Jiang Jinjiu burst into laughter, "No matter how loud you say, people here won't understand it, because they have never watched the movie God of Cookery . And there won't be a beautiful and gorgeous lady chef coming out and giving you a tissue so that you can wipe the shit yourself."
Fang Tang shook his head and gave up his complaining of this dark cuisine, "That's why I use Chinese instead of the common tongue. The food in this world is really terrible and horrible."
"There is a vegetable market here. Let's buy some ingredients and cook them ourselves." Fang Tang patted Warren, who had finished eating a grilled fish.
"Ah?" Warren, who had only half a slice of bread left, looked at Fang Tang bitterly. He was well aware of how delicious Fang Tang's food was. But now he is almost full, what a pity!