Otherworld Bone Dragon Operation Guide

Chapter 46 Sifang Chamber of Commerce
A response came quickly: two blue and one green flares. This was followed by a fleeting, giant magical symbol that looked like four interlocking rhombuses.

“It’s the Four Directions Chamber of Commerce,” Zi Jin explained to Su Ming. “It’s the largest chamber of commerce here, and they’re requesting a meeting.”

"If they can't threaten us, does that mean our supplies are secured?" Su Ming asked.

“Of course. Merchants come here with something in mind,” Violet replied. “Such a small request as supplies is certainly not a problem.”

"very nice!"

The scholar twirled his cane and flung three green signal flares into the sky, the signal message: Permission granted!

The other side fired an orange and a green flare, signifying the end of communication and a greeting. Violet only replied with an orange flare, and then the scout quickly rode away on his dragon eagle.

“Their liaison officer will definitely be here soon.” Dispersing the flare runes, the scholar tied her hair up with a hair tie. “Could you get me some more formal clothes—not a suit or a dress, just something that makes me look more presentable and efficient—”

“I understand that, sure,” Su Ming replied.

The girl only has one set of clothes right now. As for pajamas, Su Ming got her a red floral dress with a Northeastern style. It's time to solve this problem.

“You need to get one too, then we need to tidy up, clean, and organize the things on the ship,” Zijin planned. “We also need to clear out a reception room.”

"Is it some important figure coming?" Su Ming asked, puzzled.

Zi Jin shook her head. "It has nothing to do with the status of the people who come. If we can handle the details well, it means that we are well-coordinated and can handle matters with ease." She explained to Su Ming, "We no longer lack deterrent power; what we need to show is our strength."

"Oh, I see, it's about putting on a brave face."

Instead, Zijin looked at Su Ming very seriously and said, "Don't underestimate yourselves, we are the real fat guys!"

The cleaning and tidying were naturally handled by the scholar's zombie team. Su Ming simply copied the layout of the audience room from a traditional meeting room, setting up the basic structure, and then left the rest to Zi Jin for refinement.

Then he started to control the troublemaker and began working on the clothes.

It's 2 PM Earth time. Going to a clothing store at this time is a big problem for a skeleton, and an even bigger problem for the store being visited.

He decided to send Miao Xin out to scout ahead first, while he himself took out his phone and started searching.

"When will the guests arrive?" Su Ming asked Zi Jin.

The girl ran up to the radar and took a look. She even selected a small spot and casually performed an enhanced scan and zoom in. "This ship should be theirs. It's 110 kilometers away and traveling at 12 knots—it will take 5 hours."

As expected of a scholar, his learning speed is making Su Ming feel threatened.

Zijin also turned her head and secretly breathed a sigh of relief. After watching it so many times, she was glad that she hadn't made a mistake.

Su Ming counted on his fingers: five hours, which meant he had to finish before 7 p.m.—at that time, clothing stores on Earth would still be open for business.

The shop was closing soon, which gave Su Ming a bit of a headache. It wasn't worth disturbing public order for a few pieces of clothing.

Miao Xin drifted around for a while and found the mall, then ran to the clothing section. Passing by a camouflage clothing store, Su Ming took a liking to a set of black camouflage tactical uniforms. They looked quite smart and would be convenient for various daily tasks.

However, this wasn't quite suitable for Zijin. Using Miao Xin's perspective, Su Ming visited several stores before finally choosing a mid-length beige suit dress.

There are two similar outfits: one is a regular A-line skirt, and the other is a very unique asymmetrical design—the left half of the skirt is a flat skirt, while the right half is a pleated tulle skirt of the same color, which is very stylishly pieced together.

Meanwhile, the troublemaker had arrived at an ATM. He went into a cubicle, locked the door, and then took out Miao Xin's bank card and the cash he had previously looted from the sanatorium director's house—about 50,000 yuan—and deposited it all. Su Ming logged into the service platform and, for 60 yuan, hired a delivery guy to buy clothes for him at a store.
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"Zijin!" On the Zhiyuan, Zijin was setting up the reception room when Su Ming walked in with a soft ruler in his hand.

"Ok?"

"Height, weight, shoulder width, and bust, waist, and hip measurements." Su Ming handed over a measuring tape. "Please provide these details; we're buying clothes for you here."

"Buy?" Violet asked, puzzled. "Didn't you steal everything before?"

“That’s a loan! Scholars—” Su Ming argued, “Alright, clothes are cheaper, there’s no need to rob this.”

Zijin was somewhat reluctant, but she still cooperated and measured the data.

"With my figure, would it be easy for me to buy clothes in your world?" she suddenly asked.

"I really don't know much about this," Su Ming said, somewhat stumped by the question. "But clothes for pretty girls should be easy to buy, right?"

"Your flattery is quite good," Zijin said calmly.

"I've been single for over twenty years, and I never thought I'd be praised for my eloquence," Su Ming said with a self-deprecating laugh. "By the way, do you like pleated skirts?" he asked. He noticed that the girl's dress was almost entirely unadorned.

“I don’t like it. The simpler, the better,” Violet replied.

A black skeleton servant at work caught Su Ming's attention. Like the white skeleton, it was also covered in a faint, eerie light, giving it a high-class feel and making it distinctly different from the other skeletons here.

"A new skeleton?"

"Yeah, I haven't had time to do it before, I only had time to summon it today."

Su Ming looked at it and became increasingly puzzled. "Why is it black?"

"You forgot, you burned it yourself."

Did you burn it yourself? When?
Su Ming suddenly realized the answer. He jumped up, pointed at the skull, and shouted, "Galio!"

“Yes. Servants summoned using the corpse of a Holy Mage as material have good potential for developing intelligence,” Violet explained. “With patient nurturing, they can serve as butlers, and even operate some equipment—so I made another one.”

Su Ming turned to look at the white skull from before and suddenly understood why Violet had said she had seen Russell. He gave the scholar a thumbs up, expressing his sincere admiration.
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Back to the troublemaker, Su Ming sent over the tag number and size of the camouflage uniform. The purchase went smoothly; the delivery guy sent a QR code, Su Ming used Miao Xin's phone to scan and pay, and the delivery guy received the uniform.

However, when they got to the suit dress section, the salesperson told them that the size needed to be changed.

"Your client is a bit too thin; we need to slim down her waist and adjust her shoulder width as well," she explained. "The changes will take until tomorrow to be ready."

"I can't wait that long." Su thought for a moment, then told the salesperson to tell him how to modify it, and paid and picked up the goods directly.

Just as the deliveryman was about to start delivering the goods, Su Ming stopped him because he realized that he had only bought the outer packaging and forgot to buy anything else.

Fortunately, it was discovered in time.

Su Ming gave the deliveryman more money and let Miao Xin go with him to a nearby shop to continue shopping.

(End of this chapter)