Chapter 4 I and Gambling Are Enmity
As the saying goes, rice is expensive in Chang'an and it is not easy to live in a big city.

The place where Su Yu lived was provided by the Demon Slaying Bureau. Although it was just two very simple thatched huts, at least he didn't have to spend money to buy a house or pay rent.

However, the Demon Slaying Division does not take care of matters related to eating and dressing.

In the past two years, various disasters have continued to occur among the people, and food prices have skyrocketed.

The salary of the Demon Slaying Bureau is one or two taels of silver without change!
But a bowl of beef noodles on the market costs ten copper coins.

If we calculate based on the fact that one tael of silver can only be exchanged for one hundred coins, Su Yu's salary is only enough to buy one hundred bowls of beef noodles.

Therefore, unless he was seriously exhausted after painting corpses, he would usually be reluctant to eat the beef noodles. On weekdays, he basically lived on steamed buns and pickles.

After swallowing the beast blood pill today, his physical strength and speed have significantly improved.

Only this kind of physique can support him to create more soul paintings.

But his appetite also became alarmingly large.

The improvement in his physical condition gave him the ability to gain a foothold in this chaotic world, but it also required a huge cost of living.

Tonight, he ate seven bowls of rice in one meal.

With this amount of food, it would cost seventy cents a day.

Based on this estimate, his monthly salary is not even enough to eat!

How can this work?
After coming out of the noodle shop, although Su Yu was full and full of energy, he felt a little worried.

After crossing over, although he had the ability of his original body to draw souls into paintings, and swallowed the beast blood pill,
But he had no other way to make a living.

Even if he wanted to do business in this world with the knowledge he gained before traveling through time, he simply did not have the capital.

The monthly salary of one or two taels of silver was barely enough for spending, and his previous life had never saved any money.

Moreover,
This is a strange world where demons and ghosts are rampant and the court is in turmoil.

Things like cement, glass, papermaking, perfume, gunpowder, and penicillin, it would be difficult to achieve a reversal in life by relying on modern knowledge here.

Painting souls and cultivating immortality is the right way!

This is how to do ah?

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but frown.

At this moment, I suddenly felt a slight, almost imperceptible tingling sensation in my chest, as if it was a static electricity reaction.

Su Yu lowered his head and looked into his arms, only to see that the soul painting hidden close to his body was still there, with nothing unusual.

Could it be that the soul painting drawn with demon blood would also generate static electricity?

He was confused, but it was not appropriate to take out the Soul Painting on the street, so he had to keep it in his arms.

Looking up, I saw a silver light flashing in the night in front of me.

silver!

Su Wangsheng was startled, took two steps towards the light, stepped on the light, and then quickly looked to the side.

The best way to pick up money is to step on it first to confirm ownership, and then pick it up!
There was no one around, so he immediately bent down and picked up the silver. He weighed it in his hand and found that it weighed about six or seven taels.

This is six or seven months' salary for him!
Just when I was hungry, pie fell from the sky!

I just ate seven bowls of beef noodles and picked up seven taels of silver.

It seems that after possessing the Demonic Record and obtaining the Beast Blood Pill, even my luck seems to have improved!
Although his appetite increased after swallowing the beast blood pill, with these seven taels of silver, he would not have to worry about food for the time being.

He immediately put the silver in his arms and walked forward humming a song.

As I was singing, a fragrant breeze suddenly blew in from the front.
There was also a faint sound of stringed instruments coming from the wind.

Looking up, I saw brothels lined up on both sides of the long street in front of me, with colorful lights. They were actually brothels.

Smelling the faint fragrance floating in the wind, Su Yu looked at the embroidered buildings on both sides.

This is the high-end club in ancient times!
Weighing the seven taels of silver and dozens of copper coins in his pocket, he couldn't help but sigh softly.

Although listening to music in a brothel is beneficial to the body and mind,

But at least I've just traveled through time, and the most important thing now is to improve myself and become stronger in this shitty world.

Besides, he only had seven taels of silver.
I'm afraid it's not enough to have a drink with the top courtesan here! Forget it...

"I have an incompatible fate with gambling and corruption!"

Thinking of this, he strode forward, deciding not to look at the embroidered buildings on both sides again.

Suddenly, there was a whooshing sound in the air.
Someone from the building next door threw a pebble at his head.

After taking the beast blood pill, Su Yu's senses had become much more sensitive than before. As soon as the stone flew towards him, he turned his head to dodge.

When he turned around, he saw a girl in pink clothes on the next floor, smiling at him with her face covered.

Having lived two lives, although Su Yu looks like a teenager, he is actually mentally an adult man.

He could tell at a glance that the girl in pink was throwing stones at him on purpose, and her seductive eyes were lingering over him, clearly teasing him.

"Why did you throw stones at me, girl?"

The pink-dressed girl waved at him and said with a charming smile:
"Come up and I'll tell you."

Su Yu shook his head and smiled faintly, then simply ignored it and turned around to continue walking forward.

This kind of high-end club is not something he can go to now.

"Young Master is in such a hurry, is he afraid of being blamed by the tigress at home? I didn't expect that such a young and handsome young man would be afraid of his wife!"

The girl in pink simply resorted to provocation.

However, this is useless to Su Yu.

There is no tigress in Su Yu's house now, and if a female mouse comes into his room, she will probably leave in tears.

Seeing that he still ignored her, the girl in pink snorted, seeming very annoyed.

"You don't understand romance..."

Passing through the long street lined with several brothels, Su Yu returned to the two thatched cottages allocated to him by the Demon Slaying Bureau, located deep in the alley.

The simple thatched house is hidden deep in a forest of old trees and bamboos.

There was not even a table in the room, only a shabby wooden bed.

Such a home is only slightly better than a doghouse. Even a mouse would leave here with tears in its eyes.

Chang'an City is a place where every inch of land is valuable, and the Demon Slaying Division can only give him two houses like this to shelter him from the wind and rain.

However, he is much stronger than the apprentice who has not yet become a corpse painter.

Those children who had not yet officially become corpse painters slept on the most rudimentary bunk beds in the Demon Slayer Division, with their heads touching their feet, listening to their companions' snoring, smelling their stinky feet and farting...

Traveling to this shitty world, the work is dangerous and the conditions are tough.

Even on the way to work, there are still Qinlou and Chuguan "disturbing the mind"...

However, since there is the Monster Record, there is also the ability to ascend.

As long as he keeps drawing corpses, he will continue to receive rewards.

In this world where the strong are king, he will always have his own place!
Thinking of this, Su Yu sat on the bed, took out the soul painting from his arms and put it aside.
Then he walked out the door, ready to test his strength.

After swallowing the beast blood pill, his arms now had the strength of a thousand pounds, and he had to test how powerful he was.

He walked to a small tree outside the door and punched out with all his strength.

boom!
There was a loud bang.

The small tree, as thick as a bowl, broke in half, and the upper half of the tree trunk, along with its huge crown, fell to the ground with a loud bang!

Looking at his fist, Su Yu felt pleasantly surprised.

Unexpectedly, after swallowing the beast blood pill, he could break a tree as thick as a bowl with just one punch!
Really awesome!

He was just about to try his speed again when he suddenly heard laughter coming from the bamboo forest not far away.

Giggle...

The voice was crisp, but it was the voice of a girl.

(End of this chapter)