A Curious Case Of Mobs Extra

We spend a whole day running around the city settling all my to-do lists. There are a lot of things that I overlooked in preparing for the start of my classes. For example, I need to buy a lot of books and notebooks for my future classes. Luckily, Eva agrees to lend some of her old books. Unfortunately, I still need to buy most of the books in my elective since Eva only select Herbology and Ancient Language as her elective before.

I spend around twenty-five Rivs each to buy the books for both classes. Right now, my acc.u.mulated wealth falls into fifty Rivs. The one hundred golden coins given during the registration process is equaled as one hundred Rivs. Here I thought they have silver, or copper denomination. So basically, I'm piss poor and needs to have an income to support me.

For the cultivator, every bit of money count. That is why seniors on the train rushing to take the fish corpse. one and a half fish means that he can buy a Mana Gathering Pills. I guess I will try to find a way to pocket some money. Probably using the vast uncultivated land on the island. I need to find out where can I rent that land and maybe find out where I can find some workhorse or tractors.

Exploiting my meager past knowledge about culinary expertise seems stupid when I found out the transmigrated person is abundant in this sect, let alone in this world. There are even a f.u.c.k.i.n.g KFC, even though now it use KFD which stand for Kentucky Fried Dodo. No need for me to say anything about the deliciousness of that Dodo. Their slogan even upgraded! Fingers biting good, be careful!! The best part, that it was just a branch. Meaning the headquarters is somewhere else, somewhere not in the sect.

By that logic, someone who know about the chicken recipe got transmigrated in this world and exploit it the hell up and become so successful, the branch for his store is everywhere. Let not count about the X wing taxi from the star wars I have seen before or the holographic artifact that can be used as a mobile phone complete with snake game too. Eva urges me to buy one, but I refuse because I don't have enough money to do anything else if I buy one of those things too. There is a rumor that a development smartphone has been completed and there will be launch as soon as ten years in the future. So maybe, I can start to save some money in the future so when the smartphone hit the market, I have enough money to buy one. Eva was dejected because she can only contact me using the old magic, familiar messenger magic.

So, it safe to say that, otherworlders are quite common in this world and the normal creating whiskey or alcohol, soap or hygiene product, or fast food trope is heavily used by otherworlders. There is no chance what so ever for me to exploited and having some profit for the near future.

Therefore, to made some money in this world, I need to take another approach. The approach that any main characters can't think of. To be a supplier of ingredients and raw materials for locals. There are tonnes of things that need to be done before I can do it but I can see it as a viable short term plan. Who knows, maybe I have some opportunities doing this type of business. I urge Eva to spend sometimes to survey the wet market first and see what was provided by other sellers.

The wet market is enormous and hectic. However, there is an order behind all of the chaos. There are several sections of the market selling its specialties. Fish section, butchered meat section, live animals section, fresh fruit and vegetable section, grains and process grains section, cooking oil and herbs sections, and lastly, process food ingredients section such as cheese, fish oils, soy sauce, and other things process by other people. The market was a wet dream for such a person like me whose passion is cooking. Everything I can think of exist here. This is heaven for food-related business owner but a nightmare for people like me that wish to start earning some money.

On the bright side, I'll have a place to market my product once I decide what to sell. On the other hand, I need to produce a unique product to penetrate the existing market. Maybe I can stick to something mundane and common but high in demand so even with new entries, my product will be sold out. I need to bear higher starting cost though. I guess keeping the fillet is not an option. I need the seed money to start my business.

If the orb is already activated, I don't need to worry about all of this. Activating the orb seems a far-fetched idea for me because of my status as an extra character. Starting a cultivation is not a safe and secure process if you do it wrong. Even the slightest mistakes can made me crippled for life. I don't have plot armor to change my mistakes into fruitutious encounter. Better for me to wait and be patient in my cultivation, there is no profit in rushing the cultivation. I don't have a tournament or betting fight to win. Just in need of some money to continue to have a good life.

Pack!!

"Oww! why did you do that, senior?" I asked her while rubbing on my forehead. Never underestimate a cultivator flick. It may give you a severe concussion if you're not careful enough.

"That what you get for not listening for a strong beautiful girl talking to you." Huffed Eva from me not listening to her jabbering.

"I'm sorry senior, what is it that you ask me about?"

"Urgh...I said, did you registered with the department of communication yet about connecting your pendant with your bank account and sect intranet network?"

"Intra what now?"

"It's like the internet, but only for the internal sect use," Eva explained.

"So...what the internet?" I asked Eva when I clearly know the answer to that question.

"Urghh.... sometimes I forget that you just a native." she sighed as she massaging her temples. "Internet is a place for you to share everything with other people. You can ask questions, answers someone else, read books, journals or research papers. You can advertise your stuff to others and search anything you need that someone else selling too. There is official sect quest board, unofficial too if you know where to look, or just for some entertainment such as videos of magical beast hunting and many more."

"Like a market place? There is another market place that I can go visits?" I asked as I look at her with a puzzled look (as far as I can act though).

"Yeah...yeah...like that, but you can't visit it in real life. It's imaginary and illusionary and you need to activate your pendant at the department of communication for you to use it."

"I don't get it. An illusion that I can use to talk to other peoples?"

"Better for you to just come with me and when you use it, you will understand it better."

"Sure, so what the differences from this illusion and that telephone artifact?" I asked again while we walking toward the communication department.

"A phone is like a direct one on one talking. The intranet or the net is like writing a letter and waiting for someone to replying to that letter. Both of them you need to pay for it though. But the net is a bit cheaper and only need to pay once a year."

She then goes into an overdrive of explanation about all the different plans for intranet subscription. The amount of speed and data differs from each plan. However, even with the urging by Eva, I still decide to just bought the basic plan. It will be not enough to watch videos or doing anything else, but it will be enough to use official quest board and official forums related services such as downloading lessons and tutorials.

After registering the intranet, I finally can see the merit of having one. It is not essential for new disciples because all of this can be access at the library and city halls but having this intranet does wonder. Time and money can be saved using the intranet easily counteract the 20 Riivs yearly subscription fees. The best part was, I can hold paying the fees for another three months. The same services also are given by train department but the credits will be limited for 200 Rivs only.

After all of this hectic day, Eva suggest to end our day at one of her favorite road site vendor that sells cheap ramen. I let her ordered for me since all my life, I never have a chance to taste roadside ramen before except an instant noodle type, that also including my life before transmigration too.

The ramen noodle and my father noodle use different methods. My father uses cutting method to make the noodles but the vendor use pulled technique. The expertise used in making the noodles are equally high. Even for me who grow up watching the noodles made and even tried making it sometimes under the supervision, I still not confident enough to make it for general consumptions. That the story I'm sticking too of Eva suddenly asked me to make some homemade noodles for her.

"Here, taste it. I don't know if you taste it before since your father also a noodle maker, but here is my favorite." She said with a little bit of insinuating voice.

"Thanks, senior. I have seen how he made it before. Its fascinating how even for making noodles, there are a lot of techniques can be used to make them. My father used the cutting method and the kneading process is a lot longer than pulling method as hat uncles used." I stated the differences to Eva. "There is also a pressing method that my father told me before but I never seen it made yet."

"It tastes the same to me." Eva dropped the bombshell on me. I know I need to defend it but, I'm too tired to argue about it. She just helps me greatly introducing left and right of this weird cultivation world that can't decide to be a western or an eastern fantasy.

"I'm too tired to argue about that, so I'm gonna let it slip for now and because you're buying these too."

She just stuck out her tongue in response. "So you just gonna stick too breeding chicken on your backyard and maybe selling some fresh eggs to support your cultivation expense?" she asked referring my decision before to bought 50 pairs of chicken for 200 Rivs at the wet market before.

"For now, yes I do. Its the shortest investment return I can get with my current capitals after selling more than half of the chicken fish you give to me." I explained. The vendor will send the chicken latter with some thrown out planks for me to made some chicken pen with.

"You can always work with us." She brought forward again her initial suggestions. I just looked at her with a knowing look. "Fine, I get it. You don't want to owe us anymore. Today's help already enough. But we don't feel it like that, we certainly don't ask you to pay the debt latter."

"I do, Giving me half the fish already big enough help for me. I can't with conscious asking for more."

"Fine, but I'm sending you to the stations. Those woodworking tools are not that easy for you to be carrying. And I'm gonna pay for the taxi too." Eva declared

I just smile at her antics. We finish up the ramen and took a taxi to the train station. I arrived at my island when the sun already sets. A soft golden sunset glow illuminating the surroundings. No matter how weird this world is, I'm happy to be allowed to be here and never trade it for anything else.