After complaining, Lu Yao thought about it again. Emerald Town was visibly poor. There didn't seem to be any powerful magicians in the town. There were a few adventure teams and knights who took on individual escort missions, but those people never patronized the nail salon.
Lu Yao wanted to try making magic manicures, which would require repeated debugging and observation, and modifying the magic circle and magic power values based on experimental feedback.
She herself was barely a half-magician and could experiment personally during the production process, but she still wanted more test samples.
Instead of spending money to find an unreliable third-rate magician in town, it is better to directly hire a dragon that comes to your door and is irresistible.
Lu Yao nodded, "Okay, I'm willing to hire you. The monthly salary is three gold coins. If you accept, you can start work tomorrow."
Three gold coins are enough to feed a family of three in Emerald Town for half a year, and a frugal family can even feed them for a year.
Lu Yao would definitely not offer such a high monthly salary to an ordinary clerk.
Because he was a dragon, she offered him a high salary.
But for dragons, three gold coins are not enough for a manicure.
Lu Yao made up her mind that if Harold thought the salary was too little, she would give up and she couldn't afford to hire him any higher.
Harold suddenly threw the book away and sat up from the sofa. His dark blue dragon eyes were shining, as sharp as sapphires. "Are you serious?"
Lu Yao nodded.
Harold bared his white teeth, picked up the book on the sofa and waved it, "I'm staying here tonight. I want new books tomorrow. There are no more after this."
Everyone knows that Lu Yao comes from another world, and the view outside the window of the nail salon is completely different from this world.
And that seemingly ordinary shop door was surrounded by a thick and strange aura, supporting the operation of the gate of time and space.
“…” Lu Yao was speechless.
Is this inviting a dragon or an ancestor
When Si Jin came to his senses, he heard that Harold was tricked by Lu Yao into becoming a "child laborer" with three gold coins. It was simply unbearable to watch.
On second thought, he was a little concerned about Lu Yao's magical talent, so why not become a clerk and stay in the store to test his luck
It doesn’t matter if the hiring fee is low; he doesn’t lack treasures anyway.
Si Jin raised his hand and said, "Shopkeeper, one guard is not enough. Harold has to go home sometimes. At least two people should take turns. What do you think of me?"
Lu Yao shook his head: "Not for now."
The store didn't need security, and Harold was hired solely to research new types of manicures.
One dragon costs three gold coins, and two dragons cost six, which is too expensive.
The nail salon has had pretty good revenue these days, saving up forty or fifty gold coins.
But apart from Lixiu and her two friends, 99 percent of the turnover was contributed by dragon guests.
There are almost no potential guests in Emerald Town; it's so poor.
Lu Yao thought to himself that he had to be frugal before developing a new market.
After all, she also has a snack bar which costs a lot of money.
After the canteen on the third floor of the snack bar was opened, the daily cost of purchasing ingredients rose to nearly 10,000. The warehouse also exploded once, and because they were afraid that the warehouse would not be enough, they did not occupy any extra grids, and the extra time was transferred to Lu Yao, and his exact lifespan increased to 4,000 years.
The finger bones given to her by the devil are very interesting. With just a thought, she can separate the time she wants.
However, since there is no alternate dimension in this world, she still cannot use that time to make money.
For the time being, the snack bar is a bottomless pit and she needs to make more money to fill it.
But I made a million from selling rings, which was enough to support me in the short term. But I don’t know what the next store will be like. The more savings I have, the more confident I will be.
Thinking of this, Lu Yao felt that it was time to post another post on the forum about quitting the habit.
She fished out her cell phone, took out a new black ring from the warehouse, took a detailed video, and posted it on the Paradise Forum. This time the asking price was two million.
After posting it, she didn't rush to read the comments.
The last one was on the market for a long time, and this time the price has doubled. A truly interested buyer won’t appear too quickly.
After Lu Yao finished posting, he realized it was already very late, so he stood up and said, "I'm going home."
Si Jin, who was left aside, said: "…"
Si Jin stopped her, "Why can't I?"
Lu Yao said tactfully: "It's not your problem. It's mainly because our shop doesn't have much business and we can't afford to hire too many people."
Rather than guards, she actually wanted to recruit apprentices.
However, all the Dragon Clan appointments had been completed in the past two days, and there were no new guests. She wanted to wait and observe the situation before considering recruiting an apprentice.
Si Jin felt that this was an excuse. She could earn three or five gold coins for doing a set of manicures, so how could she not be able to afford to hire someone
Si Jin suddenly remembered that he hadn't paid for the manicure he had today, "How much is my manicure?"
Lu Yao also remembered this. At that time, all the dragons were gathered around to look at Si Jin's new manicure, and Elvy was talking to her again. She forgot about it when she was interrupted.
It is estimated that Si Jin has not left the store yet, so the system did not remind him.
This manicure is simple in design, but what is valuable is the extreme crystal and that pinpoint starlight.
Lu Yao rubbed his fingers together and carefully quoted the price: "One hundred gold coins."
Afraid that Si Jin would find it expensive, she added, "Starlight is very rare, and I only have one drop."
Si Jin pulled out a golden purse from his pocket and said, "I'll give you a thousand gold coins."
Lu Yao: “…”
Is this the rich dragon
Si Jin stuffed the gold coins into Lu Yao's arms, making them so heavy that she bent forward.
He helped her up and said proudly, "You can hire me now, right?"
"… "
One dragon is for hire, two dragons are also for hire, it seems that it is not impossible.
Lu Yao's mind became active. Refining dragon-specific glue and researching magic nail art both require materials from this world. Some rare materials are expensive, and she was a little hesitant at first. She planned to play a long-term game and buy them little by little, fearing that the nail salon would not be able to make ends meet.
With these gold coins, you can buy a batch of rare materials with confidence.
Lu Yao nodded and said, "Okay, the treatment is the same as Harold's. You can come together tomorrow."
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The dragon parents picked up their baby dragons, walked out of Emerald Town, and prepared to return to their respective dragon nests.
Dragons are very territorial, and when they are ready to settle down, they will find a secret place they like and away from other dragons to build their nests, even if they are far away from each other.
It was getting late and the adult dragons wanted to return to their nests immediately, but the baby dragons were unwilling to transform back into dragon form, causing the dragon parents a headache.
The dragon was already angry that the young dragon accidentally mixed with humans, and now it was unwilling to turn back into a dragon. The hot-tempered Dominic flicked his tail, shaking the earth and mountains, "Sasha, your mother is still waiting for us."
Their dragons are beautiful and powerful, much more attractive than the fragile and cunning humans. Dominic couldn't understand why Sasha didn't want to turn back into a dragon.
Field looked at Tina, his tone softer than Dominic's, tenderness in his beautiful eyes: "Tina, tell your mother why you don't want to turn back into a dragon?"
The other dragon parents were confronting their cubs. The cubs realized later that they had gotten into trouble and kept their heads down without saying a word.
Teacher Mu Xin probably knew that she had already seen the sparkling claws, which were inlaid with emeralds.
But even as a teacher, he had no right to interrupt when the dragon was about to teach his cub a lesson.
"Now that the cubs have been found, I'll take Sen Sen back first. See you later." Mu Xin took Sen Sen away first. She was very curious about this nail art, and when she flew to the barren mountain with Sen Sen on her back, she couldn't help but stop and grab the little green dragon's claw to study it.
As soon as the teacher left, the young dragons became even more helpless, and their parents became a little angry. Five or six dragon tails swung together, and the air began to distort.
The other young dragons stood with their hands behind their backs, feeling wronged but not daring to speak. The little golden dragon Kaka stood up, clacking and clacking, and stretched out his claws: "If I turn into a dragon, the sparkles on my claws will break. I just made it, I don't want it to break."
Five or six little dragons immediately showed their sparkling claws.
Dragon parents: “…”
The air was silent.
Elga, the little golden dragon's mother, held up her child's paw and took a look. No matter from which angle you looked at it, even in the dark night, the nail inlaid with gemstones sparkled. "Which human made this?"
Kaka nodded with sobs: "That shop is a nail salon. It will make your nails shiny and bright."
Elgar's eyes were glued to Kaka's nails and it was a little difficult to move them away. After a long while, he spoke: "Forget it, forget it. Stop crying and go home."
The dragons had different expressions, but in the end they all carried the children back in silence.
-
It's a new day, and the sun is shining.
Feisa got up very early. She hadn't slept so comfortably in a long time.
She stayed at Lixiu's house. When she woke up, the sunlight filled the screen window. She stretched and saw her freshly painted nails, and her mood brightened for the whole day.
Li Xiu was making breakfast downstairs. When she saw her coming down, she immediately greeted her, "Feisha, did you sleep well?"
Feisha nodded, and a hint of relaxation appeared on her usually cold face, with the corners of her lips raised, "Yeah, very comfortable. Thank you."
After having a delicious breakfast together, Feisa prepared to find a place to build a teleportation array.
There is a fountain square in Emerald Town. Although the fountain in the center of the square has long dried up, the streets extend radially in four directions with it as the center.
The nail salon and pharmacy are located on the long street on the east side, about three hundred meters away from the Fountain Square. Along the way there are fruit stalls, bakeries, weapons stores and some taverns.
Lixiu felt that it would be best to build the teleportation array in a wide area to facilitate the movement of people, although she felt that not many people would come to Emerald Town.
Feisa agreed with her idea and chose to build a teleportation array in the center of Fountain Square.
Hearing that someone was building a teleportation array, many residents of the town came over to watch the fun.
Lu Yao went out to buy groceries in the morning and heard his neighbors discussing the matter enthusiastically. He quietly blended into the crowd and watched.
—Although most of the residents in the town were afraid of Lu Yao, the owners of several neighboring shops were quite enthusiastic about her. The town was too poor, and Lu Yao bought goods at a fixed time and fixed quantity every day. She was their big customer, and they were happy to talk to her occasionally.
The black-haired, black-eyed Oriental man was very conspicuous in the crowd. Li Xiu immediately spotted Lu Yao and greeted him, "Good morning, owner."
Lu Yao simply walked over and said with undisguised curiosity, "Good morning. Now that the teleportation array is built, how do I use it?"
Lixiu: "Each teleportation array has a landmark, which will automatically appear on the world map after it is built. When you want to go somewhere else from here, buy a teleportation scroll, enter the corresponding landmark, enter the teleportation array, and you will be teleported to the location on the landmark."
However, teleportation scrolls have teleportation distance and level restrictions. The higher the level and the longer the teleportation distance, the more expensive the scroll is, and high-level ones are extremely difficult to buy.
Low-level scrolls can only teleport a short distance. Many people who want to go to faraway places use low-level scrolls to move there one by one, just like transferring on a tram.
What Fesha gave to Lixu was a high-level scroll that could teleport directly from Emerald Town to the vicinity of Sasha's Pharmacy in Onoton City.
Lu Yao felt it was magical and secretly took note of Li Xiu's words. If she wanted to buy materials in the future, she would most likely need to use the teleportation array to go out.
However, Lixiu said that there was no teleportation array in Emerald Town before, and teleportation scrolls could not be purchased in the town for the time being.
Lu Yao remembered that in the magic book that Si Jin gave her, there was a category called scroll making. She hadn't taken a closer look yet, and it was very likely that there was a method for making a teleportation scroll in it.
I'll go back and look at it later. If I learn how to make scrolls, I can save a lot of money on buying scrolls.
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On the national highway, a team of carriages and horses moved forward slowly. A fierce quarrel was heard from the leading red carriage. To be more precise, it was the girl's one-sided venting of her anxiety.
Anne put down the teacup angrily, her face full of resentment. "Mother, I don't want to go out at all. Why can't you just give in to my wishes? I'm really fed up. Zelan is going to marry Helena, and I've become a complete joke in the magic academy. I don't want to go to school or go out. I just want to rest quietly at home for a while."
Mrs. Sid put down her teacup gracefully, her expression unchanged. "Rest doesn't mean you'll become a stray dog. Mom doesn't want you to go out for social events. I just want to take you to an interesting place to relax. You should change your impatient and straightforward temper."
Anne knew she couldn't disobey her mother, and she became more and more upset.
Mrs. Sid lowered her eyes, the black tea in her cup exuded a rich aroma, and she soothed her softly, "If you feel upset, just take a nap. We should be there when you wake up. It's a very interesting shop. I'm excited just by hearing people describe it. I'm sure you will like it, too."
Anne turned her back to Mrs. Sid, her face solemn and she didn't believe it at all.
Her heart is dead and will not be touched by anything anymore.