I, the Guide to the Omniverse, Usher in Blue Star's Great Ascension! - chapter 15

Even the smallest toad knows that the Toad Spirit clan lacks many things.

They really do pick up the cast-offs of Mortals.

For example, these pieces of cloth.

They can’t make them themselves.

But they love them.

And in winter, ordinary toads hibernate, but they do not.

So they get very cold.

Toads like damp environments, but they are also afraid of the cold.

They have heard that in the world of Mortals, there are many things to keep warm.

But they have only heard about them and have no way to obtain them.

So Xiao Ma, while eating durian flesh, hesitated and said, “I’ll take you to meet my uncle.”

His uncle, Big Geda, is currently the leader of the Toad Spirit clan.

Sheng Ai nodded and told Zhou Zhihui and the others, “Although you are tourists, you can negotiate with the locals for a self-service experience picking Stinky Fruit, but on the way back you can only take 10KG of items. Anything over that can’t be taken, so don’t waste it.”

Zhou Zhihui immediately indicated his understanding.

Xiao Ma then led Sheng Ai to meet Big Geda.

Big Geda lives at the top of Xiaomi Mountain.

There is the largest cave here, very damp, and even before reaching the entrance, a mist of water vapor fills the air.

Outside is a huge pond.

The pond emits a faint chill, and it looks very cold.

Sheng Ai hadn’t even approached before she could feel a wave of cold creeping up her skin, giving her goosebumps.

Sheng Ai couldn’t help but hug her arms.

By the pond sat a strange, large toad.

It didn’t look like the other toads; it was wrapped in a huge piece of cloth.

It covered its whole body, like draping a quilt over itself.

But this cloak was patched all over, with so many patches that the original color was indistinguishable.

On the huge toad’s head was a ‘crown’ made from a tree branch.

Looking at it, it was a bit comical, and also a bit pitiful.

Sheng Ai could tell at a glance that this Toad Spirit was definitely imitating Mortals or those immortals.

“Uncle, the Chief Guide wants to discuss selling the Stinky Fruit from the foot of the mountain with you.”

Xiao Ma respectfully addressed his uncle, Big Geda. Big Geda opened his eyes, and Sheng Ai, imitating the salute she had seen on TV, bowed to the Toad Spirit: “Hello, Toad King.”

This greeting of “Toad King” made Big Geda squint his eyes in delight.

His expression clearly showed he was pleased: “You’re too polite, Chief Guide!”

Xiao Ma called her that, and so did Big Geda.

Big Geda immediately said, “The Stinky Fruit at the foot of the mountain doesn’t taste good, and it’s very smelly. Chief Guide, what do you want to buy it for?”

“It’s delicious,” Xiao Ma couldn’t help but say, “Uncle, it turns out we’ve never known how to eat it. They know how to eat Stinky Fruit, and it’s really tasty!”

Unexpectedly, in their territory, no one had picked these Stinky Fruits for so many years.

They ripened and then rotted, and the next year a new batch grew.

For the first time, Xiao Ma felt heartache.

So many Stinky Fruits wasted!

“Oh?” Big Geda was skeptical. “Even if it’s edible, there are plenty of them. If you want some, just take as much as you like.”

Big Geda was generous: “Xiaomi Mountain has the most Stinky Fruit.”

All over the foot of Xiaomi Mountain, they grow everywhere.

No one deliberately planted them; they just grow especially well.

Every year they grow, and there are more and more.

If others heard this, fruit farmers would probably be furious.

“These are good things. Many people in our place are willing to buy them. You just need to pick them and put them at the bus stop, and you can get our currency. However, the currency is useless here, so you can exchange it for many items of equal value, such as beautiful clothes, brightly colored cloth, or even the crown on your head. Maybe you can buy a real one, a crown made of gold!”
“Is that true?”

As soon as the words left her mouth, Big Geda couldn’t keep up the act any longer. He sat up from the edge of the pond and hopped over to stand right in front of Sheng Ai in a few quick steps.

The Toad Spirit’s oppressive aura was indeed formidable. His height allowed him to look down at Sheng Ai, putting a lot of pressure on her.

But the clear stupidity in his eyes was unmistakable: “A crown made of pure gold, is it like the ones you Mortals have? Really?”

The expectation in his voice was about to break through the sky.

Sheng Ai nodded seriously. “Yes, but you’d probably need to sell a lot of Stinky Fruit to get one. However, I can give you a crown that looks like gold for now.”

“That works too!” Big Geda was so excited that he spun and jumped in place. “Chief Guide, you’re a good person! All the Stinky Fruit at the foot of our mountain is yours. Take as much as you want. How do you want to sell them?”

Sheng Ai hesitated, wondering what price to set.

The System said: [It’s more expensive across time and space. According to the current market price, set the average at thirty-five per jin.]

Sheng Ai said, “Thirty-five per jin! Uh, that’s the value in our currency. You can sell a lot of Stinky Fruit. You just need to have the other toads pick them and put them in baskets.”

“Alright!”

Big Geda clapped his claws. “Chief Guide, from now on you’re the best friend of the Toad Clan. Croak!”

Sheng Ai couldn’t help but say, “You’re too kind, Toad King.”

“Croak croak!”

Called by the Toad King, Big Geda squinted his eyes in excitement and fully agreed to let Sheng Ai handle these matters.

She only needed to bring Xiao Ma along.

Sheng Ai had already figured it out. As long as the Toad Spirit picked the fruit and placed it at the bus stop, the rest would be handled by the Omniverse Corporation.

Sheng Ai also began to understand a bit about the model of The Omniverse Travel Agency: “So in the future, whenever I go to a new place, I can start selling some local specialties?”

[Not everything can be sold online.] The System said, [It depends on the different time-spaces. I didn’t expect Xiaomi Mountain to have durians.]

After all, it was scientifically questionable for such a thing to grow here.

Even the System hadn’t figured out the environment before coming.

Other places were even less clear.

Sheng Ai nodded and immediately followed Xiao Ma down the mountain, energetically arranging for the Toad Clan to sell Stinky Fruit.

Wu Qian wandered around with He Zhou and Aunt He. They hadn’t expected that Sheng Ai’s trip would end up arranging a time-space transaction with the Toad Clan.

But after tasting the Stinky Fruit from Xiaomi Mountain, everyone was full of praise.

Aunt He even said, “This tastes much better than the ones I bought in Hu City.”

Zhou Zhihui analyzed, “Maybe it’s because the environment here is good and there’s no pollution, so the durians grow better.”

Although modern durians have been cultivated and evolved through countless varieties, the fruits in this demon world seemed to have some other bonus.

Maybe it was spiritual energy?

After all, this world had immortals and demons. Even though they couldn’t see anything magical, Zhou Zhihui and the others were still very curious.

They just didn’t dare to ask too many questions.

What if the immortals were sensitive about it?

In a world like this, the saying “there are gods three feet above your head” was no joke.

Meanwhile, in the modern world, only half an hour had passed. He Weiguang just wanted to ask his mother and daughter where they were.

But he found that he couldn’t get through on the phone, and his face immediately changed.