nucmednet Chapter 31 Hair
Chapter 31 Hair
"this..."
As Ding Yi looked at the words in front of him, the excitement that had just arisen in his heart was extinguished by a bucket of cold water before it could even erupt.
The lump of clay I molded myself is worth at most a little over an ounce. Even if it's strengthened into gold, it can only be exchanged for ten ounces of silver. To raise the registration fee, I would need to consume four years of my lifespan, which is an astronomical price!
"No, no, let's try again."
Ding Yi kneaded the clay in his hands, wiped away the inscription, then shaped it back into the form of silver and inscribed the word "silver" on it.
[Currently, upgrading requires 3 months and 7 days of lifespan. Upgrade now?]
Damn it! It takes five months to upgrade the same weight of silver. I might as well just upgrade it to gold!
Ding Yi cursed under his breath, casually tossed the mud outside the door, and stood up, feeling somewhat agitated, pacing back and forth in the room.
After circling the table a few times, Ding Yi suddenly thought of another idea. He sat back down at the table, took out a tael of silver from his waist, put it in his hand, and stared at it intently with a frown.
[Currently available for enhancement, but requires 1 month of lifespan to upgrade. Enhance now?]
One month? It's not unacceptable.
This time, Ding Yi didn't hesitate and immediately chose yes.
[A large piece of broken silver]
A small, ordinary piece of silver can be used to buy some delicious food.
Feeling the increased weight of the silver in his hand, Ding Yi raised an eyebrow.
Although there was no scale, Ding Yi weighed the silver in his hand and found that it weighed about three taels, possibly close to four taels. In other words, this enhancement had directly tripled the weight of the silver.
"Thank goodness, we can hold on."
Ding Yi breathed a sigh of relief and immediately upgraded all the remaining silver. In the end, he spent three months of his lifespan to obtain about 12 taels of silver.
"It's a pity that the enhanced items can't be enhanced again, but it's okay, I'll never have to worry about spending money."
Ding Yi looked at the pile of loose silver on the table, then packed it into a cloth bag, drank a few sips of water, and hurriedly left.
As evening approached, Ding Yi returned to the courtyard. Only after he closed the door and sat back down in his chair did a hint of joy appear on his face.
He carefully took out several cloth bags from his chest and then emptied the contents of the bags onto the table.
"Splash..."
As Ding Yi poured the silver, small pieces of silver fell onto the table, making a crisp clinking sound.
These silver fragments were obtained by Ding Yi after spending the afternoon searching several places and exchanging them for enhanced silver.
Moreover, because it is a decentralized exchange, it is very safe, and since the amount is small, it will not attract any attention.
In this way, since these silver coins have been exchanged once, they have changed from second-hand goods to "first-hand goods" and can be enhanced.
Thinking of this, Ding Yi excitedly rubbed his hands together, then picked up one of the pieces and began to strengthen it.
After a short while, the silver coins on the table had accumulated to more than forty taels. However, this round of enhancement had cost Ding Yi nearly a year of his lifespan, leaving him with only about 15 years left to live.
"It's too difficult; this lifespan isn't nearly enough to sustain me."
Ding Yi sighed inwardly, but he knew this was the fastest way to make money, so he didn't complain anymore. Instead, he gathered the silver on the table and put it into a cloth bag.
"I'll go to the Bai family martial arts school to register first thing tomorrow morning. I refuse to believe that a mere martial artist can stump me, Ding!"
Ding Yi thought to himself, then got up, stretched, and slowly walked towards the bedroom.
He had been traveling for the past few days and needed to rest well tonight. Tomorrow's registration was no small matter, and Ding Yi would naturally take it seriously.
into the night.
Inside a small house in Mitani-bo, a family of three was fast asleep on two beds joined side by side.
Before going to sleep, they mixed a tranquilizer pill with water and then took it separately.
Although the dosage was reduced, it was still able to resist most of the Yin and Yang evil spirits. This method was also commonly used by the poor residents of the outer city.
At the hour of Chou (1-3 AM), the three people on the bed all sensed something, their brows furrowing slightly. Clearly, they were all affected by the Yin-Yang Sha in their sleep.
The child was alright, being only of school age and still ignorant about matters of male and female yin and yang. He simply turned over, mumbled a few words, and then fell into a deep sleep again.
The couple next to them, on the other hand, were sweating profusely, their skin flushed, and their hands clasped tightly together, clearly in extreme discomfort.
To minimize the impact on their children, they would give most of the medicine to their children each day, while they themselves would drink the rest, which made their resistance to the Yin-Yang evil less strong.
It's hard to imagine how these outer city residents lived under the influence of Yin and Yang Sha, especially since a man and a woman were in the same room, making it even harder to resist.
As men, unless they are born with a disability, they must find a wife to carry on the family line. This is a deeply ingrained belief in this world, and it is something that mere Yin-Yang Sha cannot resist. This is also the most unsolvable aspect of Yin-Yang Sha.
However, both of them were well aware that they could get through this situation by enduring it a little longer. After all, they had drunk the medicine, and even if the amount was not enough, it would at least alleviate a lot of the pain. They were used to this kind of pain, and it was nothing compared to the pain of life.
But tonight, they gradually realized something was wrong.
The Yin-Yang affliction, which usually lasts for an hour, has intensified tonight. What's even more frightening is that a chill suddenly appeared out of nowhere in the once warm house, and this chill was bone-chilling, causing the couple to shiver involuntarily.
"The boss!"
The woman was the first to wake up from her dream. She sat up abruptly in bed and called out to the man next to her.
The man woke up groggily, pulled the blanket tighter around him, and then asked with some confusion:
"Huh? Why is it so cold?"
"Wake up! Quickly cover the child up. It's strange, is he still dreaming?"
The woman snatched the blanket from the man's hand, muttering to herself as she prepared to cover the boy next to her. Just as he turned his head, her pupils suddenly contracted, followed by a high-pitched scream.
"What's wrong!"
Upon hearing the woman's scream, the man immediately sat up in bed and hurriedly asked...
"Tian'er, Tian'er!!"
The woman, her face filled with panic, pointed at the little boy on the crib next to her and said in a trembling voice.
By the moonlight, the man followed the woman's finger and saw a scene that sent chills down his spine.
The boy's entire head was covered by something dark, and this thing was constantly wriggling out of the boy's mouth, as if it were alive.
"Tian'er!!"
The man lunged forward frantically, grabbing the black thing on the boy's head and trying to pull it off, but he couldn't budge it; it was as if the thing had taken root in the boy's head.
"This is... hair??"
The man felt the smooth texture in his hand and murmured to himself. The next moment, he suddenly felt an itch on the back of his head, as if something was growing wildly from under his scalp.
"Ahhhhh!!!"
A piercing scream suddenly rang out from the small house, but strangely, the noise failed to attract the attention of the surrounding neighbors, as if the entire Qingfeng County had fallen into a deep sleep.