My last delivery order in the blizzard was refused, and I lost half a day's wages on top of that.
An old beggar lay curled up by the roadside, while countless passersby gave him a wide berth in disgust.
I cursed myself for being a sucker, but still went over and crouched beside him.
The old man's filthy hand clamped around the pendant at my neck. “Kid, carry me home, and I'll repay you with a great fortune...”
Crooked footprints in the snow led to a bamboo hut halfway up the mountain.
The moment I stepped inside, I froze in place.
What was that thing in the middle of the room... a purple-bronze toilet?
No, it was an alchemy furnace! The old man pointed at it.
“A thousand-year-old treasure of the Medicine King Sect. Want to learn alchemy from me?”
I stared at him. Had the old geezer's brain frozen?
Only an idiot would learn this stuff! ...
The ideas are strange, imaginative, interesting, and worth reading.