The Peerless Ring

Butchering Knife: Can be used to dissect animal corpses, priced at 1 gold coin.

This was the cheapest item Jaxon saw in Mr. Liu's general store. The fact that even the cheapest item cost one gold coin made Jaxon realize immediately that his two gold coins didn't have much purchasing power here. He wasn't sure if it was because his two gold coins were too few or if the prices of the items were just too high.

Regardless of the reason, one thing was certain: Mr. Liu was a shrewd businessman!

So, although the general store had a variety of items, Jaxon ended up leaving with a disheartened expression.

"Welcome to sell me more good stuff anytime, and I'll give you a fair price!" Mr. Liu called out loudly to Jaxon from behind as he left.

Jaxon just curled his lips and ignored him.

Returning to the village chief's house again, the old village chief was lying in a lounge chair in front of the door, leisurely basking in the sun.

"Grandpa Chief, I'm back," Jaxon said.

"Back already?" The old village chief slightly opened his eyes and looked at Jaxon, "Got money?"

"Yes," Jaxon took out the two gold coins from his pocket and placed them in front of the village chief.

The village chief glanced at the two gold coins in front of him and then at Jaxon's earnest face, and said, "Just this?"

Jaxon could sense the contempt in the old village chief's words and felt a bit embarrassed. It seemed that two gold coins really weren't enough.

Come to think of it, with these two gold coins, he could only buy two butchering knives in the general store. It was obviously not enough to lease the large expanse of land on the hill behind the village.

"You sold what to Old Liu for these two gold coins?" the village chief asked.

"The corpse of a demon fox and the corpse of a mottled evil tiger," Jaxon replied honestly.

"What?" The village chief immediately stood up from his lounge chair, his eyes wide open, and said, "He only gave you two gold coins for those two corpses?"

"Yeah," Jaxon nodded.

"This Old Liu is really something, he takes advantage of everyone he meets," the village chief lamented, "Your two corpses could have been sold for at least twenty gold coins, and probably even more. Especially the corpse of the mottled evil tiger, which is quite valuable. You know, mottled evil tigers are not easy to catch. The whole body of that creature is a treasure. If you take it to the city, the corpse of the mottled evil tiger alone could sell for more than fifty gold coins."

This swindler!

Upon hearing the village chief's words, Jaxon was so angry that he felt his teeth itch. He had thought Mr. Liu was sincere, but it turned out that the businessman had cheated him out of a lot.

Jaxon also realized once again that this was not an ordinary game world. The people here had their own thoughts and were not just program data. He would have to be more careful when dealing with them in the future.

"Actually, you didn't have to sell both corpses to Old Liu," the village chief gave Jaxon more advice: "If you get any more beast or demon corpses in the future, you can dissect them. Sell the meat to Aunt Wang, who is the top chef in our village. If the teeth and claws are sharp enough, you can sell them to Old Sun, who is our village blacksmith and can forge weapons. As for the fur, you can sell it to Miss Wu, who is our village seamstress. She would be very interested in those furs."

Jaxon looked at the village chief in a daze and said, "If I dissect them like this, then there would be no need to go to the general store at all, right?"

Every part of an animal's corpse could be sold to someone, so there was no need to go to the general store at all.

"Yes," the village chief said matter-of-factly.

"Why didn't you tell me earlier then!" Jaxon gritted his teeth. If he had sold them to other people, he might not have been cheated and could have made more money.

"I was just about to tell you, but you rushed off without giving me the chance to remind you," the village chief leisurely said.

Jaxon was left speechless. He blamed himself for being too eager earlier. Knowing that the two corpses could be sold for money, he hadn't listened to the village chief's full advice and ended up being cheated.

"However, if you want to dissect those animal corpses, you must know the skill of butchering. Otherwise, if you mess up the fur, teeth, and other parts, no one will want them. Only Aunt Wang in our village knows how to butcher," the village chief reminded him.

Jaxon could understand this. As a beginner, without the skill of butchering, he would definitely mess up the corpses. With poor appearance, they wouldn't sell for a good price.

"Chief, how much does it cost to lease the vacant land on the hill?" With a way to make money, Jaxon now had the confidence to ask about the specific price.

"Five hundred gold coins a year!" the village chief said, "As long as you give me five hundred gold coins, the vacant land on the hill is all yours to lease. You can plant whatever you want there."

"Five hundred gold coins? That's so much?!" Jaxon exclaimed.

He knew that not every monster killed would leave a corpse, which he had already figured out. So, making money wasn't that easy. Five hundred gold coins, when would he be able to gather that much?

"Is this a lot? If it weren't for the fact that you're an old acquaintance, I wouldn't rent it for less than five thousand gold coins!" the village chief put away his smile and said, "Do you know how big the vacant land on the entire hill is? You can not only plant the vegetables and fruits you want there, but also raise fish and livestock."

The village chief's words made Jaxon even more tempted. If he could raise livestock, then the meat for his barbecue business in reality could also be solved. This was a good thing.

So, without much hesitation, Jaxon made up his mind to lease the entire vacant land on the hill. After some bargaining, he finally convinced the village chief to let him start planting on the vacant land first and pay the full amount within a month.

With the village chief's consent, Jaxon left contentedly, planning to go to Aunt Wang's place to learn the skill of butchering.

Seeing Jaxon leave, the village chief also had a satisfied smile on his face: "The land on the hill has been abandoned for many years and is often visited by wild beasts and demons. No one has been willing to reclaim and plant it for a long time. I didn't expect to be able to lease it out and get five hundred gold coins for free every year. I'm such a qualified village chief, haha."

Naturally, Jaxon was unaware of the village chief's smugness, but he did have a need for the vacant land on the hill, so even if he knew, he probably wouldn't care.

At the moment, Jaxon was only thinking about making money as soon as possible and starting to plant, so as to use the things in this space to change his real life.

Learning butchering was naturally very important for him, who wanted to make money.