T0 Gaming Guild Saves the World.

Chapter 602, Section 601: Peppermint's Enlightenment of the "Tao"

Jiang Heyi rented a general store for Bonnie in Fengjia City and specifically requested that the original owner be allowed to continue operating it.

He claimed he had never visited Fengjia City, yet he could accurately describe the street layout around the grocery store.

She also knew perfectly well that the spider-woman shop owner liked to hang upside down like a bat.

Bonnie knew that the master she followed was unfathomable, and she was used to his prophetic and uncanny ability to foresee the future.

Returning to Devland was no longer her biggest impulse.

She desperately wanted to know what the seven-person team she was following was planning.

The wind chimes swayed, making a jingling sound as they stepped on the ground, and a large witch's hat appeared in front of the two people in the shop, as if it were the real witch.

Bonnie's gaze moved past the cabinet and slowly downwards.

Her skin was abnormally pale, sickly white. The girl looked around and her gaze met Bonnie's, who was also looking her over.

The Spider Girl boss greeted them warmly—their clothes were gorgeous, and the material was obviously expensive.

"I want to sell something."

A bottle of medicine, faintly glowing red, swayed as she placed it on the table.

"Potion, please help me estimate its value."

Down below, things were bustling about, and Bonnie was even more anxious and flustered than the others.

She took out the portrait that her master had drawn by the master jailer before his departure and kept comparing it to the portrait.

The art styles are completely different, but the details correspond one by one.

Fair skin, a witch's hat that resembles her true form, petite, and a magic potion.

Bonnie immediately sent a magical messenger.

"Mint found!"

At this moment, Mint was arguing with Spider Girl about the potion.

Mint's trip to the Imperial Academy was suggested by Metasequoia, who personally sought out the Star Speaker's mentor and volunteered to secure the spot.

The fact that she was able to impress her mentors with her talent, leading them to make an exception and admit her, shows that they recognized the value of Mint as a "grassroots rising star".

However, this very fact has led to a lack of understanding of the normal buying and selling of potions.

In her mind, potions should be something she could concoct, have someone knowledgeable inspect, and then rightfully exchange for money.

In reality, most shops are unable to accept mysterious potions from potion makers of dubious origin.

Mint did not graduate and did not have a potion master certificate provided by the potion department.

The concoctions are not the traditional, standard potions that are safe and reliable, having been proven over time to be effective.

This is not a universal potion. Although it is circulated through mysterious channels, Mint is a stranger with zero reputation and no one to guarantee its authenticity.

The spider girl's explanation gave Mint a headache.

Shops in the imperial capital are always quick to buy back their prototypes.

At this point, she also realized that it was the result of being backed by an academic institution, which naturally gave it credibility.

Those shops would take in practice pieces, and only need to obtain a few bottles of highly effective masterpieces to resell for a considerable price.

These middlemen on the platform profit from the price difference because students don't understand the channels.

I never imagined that selling potions would be so difficult after leaving the academy.

Big cities have their advantages...

After some discussion, Mint resigned herself to her fate.

Before knocking on this shop's door, she had already visited several shops in Fengjia City, and received the same response.

"If customers are confident enough in their potions, why not set up a stall along the trade route and sell them?"

Mint was bursting with energy.

Let's set it up!
Handmade potions are high-quality and inexpensive; she refuses to believe that no one will appreciate their value!

With that, she pushed open the door and disappeared back into the snowstorm.

Bonnie looked at Mint, who was dressed in thin clothes, as she walked out of the door. She was trembling and hesitant while waiting for the Fire Ring spell to take effect.

The master's order was: if you see her, just report it and ignore her.

He clearly cared a lot about the mint, but his command seemed so heartless.

The magical messenger wouldn't reply for some time, but unable to resist her curiosity, she gave a heads-up and quietly followed him.

She lacked the corresponding knowledge of potion basics and couldn't make a judgment, but Peppermint's practical magical foundation seemed less than ideal.

An ordinary mage's body is like a sponge; lacking magic power, it will be soaked in the surrounding magic power. A well-trained mage can absorb it more quickly on their own.

Casting a spell consumes magic power, but skilled mages can absorb and convert it simultaneously.

Peppermint, however, has low absorption and conversion efficiency.

Visibly, the Fire Ring spell was on the verge of collapse several times.

"What a severely unbalanced student! Studying at the Imperial Academy, he only learned potions and didn't practice any real combat?"

Mint stopped in front of a pub, gazing longingly at the warm, bright interior filled with the aroma of food.

Swallowing hard several times, Mint wandered around the tavern like a lost mouse.

Considering her eagerness to sell potions, Bonnie understood.

Mint is hungry.

Just as she had expected, after a long journey through the cold winter from the imperial capital to the southernmost trading city, Mint had spent all her meager savings.

In early spring and early autumn, she could rely on her extensive botanical knowledge to gather valuable materials in the wild to earn money. But in the bleak winter, with snow covering the landscape and everything desolate, her knowledge was of no use.

Even scrimping and saving couldn't satisfy her body's urgent need for warmth, not to mention that she was constantly using her magic to keep warm.

Watching the roasted deer legs being served to diners in the tavern, the drunken customers eating with greasy lips and constantly sucking their fingertips, Mint swallowed hard.

The aroma of roasted deer leg seemed to come alive, transforming into golden hooks that pierced through the cracks in the tavern's wooden door and hooked tightly into Mint's nostrils.

The sizzling sound of oil dripping onto the charcoal fire, the satisfied sighs of diners chewing, and even the scraping sound of knives and forks scraping against bones were all amplified tenfold in her ears.

Her stomach was convulsing violently, as if a ravenous black rat was gnawing and struggling inside her abdomen.

Mint instinctively pressed her lower abdomen, but this action only made her empty stomach groan louder, so loud that she hurriedly looked around, afraid that passersby would hear her.

I wanted to grit my teeth and turn around and leave, but my feet felt like they were frozen to the ground by the wind and snow, and I couldn't move them.

Bonnie took in Mint's entire view and thought that she could easily use her clothes to swagger in and eat on credit.

Those who do business in the important trading city of Fengjia are not so indistinguishable from the robes of the Imperial Academy.

However, judging from Mint's words, she clearly has principles and is proud enough not to stoop to such behavior.

Dignity can't put food on the table. You can't just starve yourself and collapse in the snow, can you?

The tavern door suddenly swung open, and a surge of heat, carrying an even stronger aroma of meat, overwhelmed the mint.

An adventurer with flamboyant makeup stumbled and bumped into her shoulder, leaving greasy fingerprints on her robe.

The man in the group, drunk, joked, "Hey girl... hiccup... what are you doing blocking the way... what are you doing here in this snowy weather?"

"Playing a snowman? Hahahaha..."

Mint subconsciously sniffed the stain, and her stomach contracted violently from the smell of grease, sending acid gushing up her throat.

She squinted, and the flames burning in her empty stomach suddenly shifted to her face.

Mint caught up with the group of adventurers who were laughing and walking away, and just as she reached the chest of these burly men, she forcefully shoved the leader.

The already unsteady group stumbled and fell like dominoes.

"You little rascal..."

The first person to stand up clenched his fist, but just as he was about to raise it, the cold wind blew away his anger.

What calmed him down wasn't the law enforcement team, but the soft murmurs of his companions.

"Look at her clothes..."

Mint raised an eyebrow and stared coldly at the woman who had stained her robe, lightly touching the stain with her finger.

Pedestrians hurried by in the wind and snow when suddenly several wooden stakes appeared in the middle of the road, attracting the attention of several onlookers.

"A witch...?" The woman's voice became humble.

"Give me the money."

How much do you want?

Mint pointed to the Star Speaker Academy logo on her cuff: "How much do you think we should give?"

A heavy money bag appeared on Mint's body. The adventurer who bumped into her had almost emptied his savings from this hunt before fleeing the scene as if he were running away, afraid that Mint would regret it if he stayed even a second longer.

Little did they know, Mint was even more nervous than they were.

Her heart was pounding, and hunger made her dizzy.

This was the first time she had ever done something like this, and the results were surprisingly good.

In an instant, she understood.

Without even checking how much money she had in her purse, Mint calmly walked into the tavern under the watchful, somewhat awe-inspiring gaze of the tavern owner. She ordered a private room and a table full of delicious dishes.

Bonnie waited a long time, her belly was round from eating, and she finally appeared outside the tavern with Mint, who had also brought takeout.

She quickly sent what she had just witnessed to the jailer's manor.

The message arrived late at night. A magical crow knocked on the window, disturbing Jiang Heyi, who was sound asleep with fries in her arms, and she grumbled and cursed.

I opened the window, and two crows flew into the room.

"Who?"

"Crow, it must be Bonnie... What big thing could happen in Windpod City? Haaah~~~~"

"Master, Mint has been spotted in Windpod City."

Neither of them was sleepy at all, and their yawns were forcibly interrupted.

“No, no, under normal circumstances, Mint should still be running into obstacles in the various city-states of the ruling center before finally running to Windpod.” Jiang Heyi scratched his head. “It’s still winter, how could it be so fast?”

The news reported by the second crow surprised the two even more.

"You've attained enlightenment so quickly?" Fries exclaimed incredulously. "I remember in history, Mint suffered for over a month before she finally let go of her pride and disguised herself as a mercenary little thing in the game, asking everyone she met for money."

No more sleeping! Sleep my ass! Everyone get up and party!
The people who had been woken up looked at each other in bewilderment.

Peeking at the jailer from under the covers, he asked knowingly, "Whose fault is it?"

The jailer raised his hands to show his absolute innocence.

The tetralogic approach grasped the key point.

"Let's not discuss how the butterfly flapped its wings like that, causing the mint to achieve accelerated synchronization and premature metamorphosis. What should we do then?"

Cuttlefish nodded: "Yes, Potato, is this still under your control?"

Potato stroked his chin thoughtfully: "As long as Mint eventually meets us, there shouldn't be too much of a problem... right?"

(End of this chapter)