"Sure." Xiao Chen nodded. He had been longing for the Warrior's Guild and the Warrior's Market since he was young, but he was not strong enough. Even the young master of the Xiao family was too embarrassed to come here. Now that he had the opportunity, he naturally wanted to experience it!
The Martial Artist's Market was a cultivation resource retail store jointly established by the Martial Artist Guild and the Hong Clan's Chamber of Commerce. Speaking of the Hong Clan's Chamber of Commerce, there was not a single martial artist who did not know of the Hong Clan's Chamber of Commerce. The Hong Clan's Chamber of Commerce was the largest cultivation resource provider. Just like the Martial Artist Guild, it was a colossus that could not be provoked!
Even the local aristocratic families or ancient martial arts aristocratic families did not dare to act rashly in front of them. They had to abide by the martial arts rules and trading rules set by them. Otherwise, they would be the public enemy of the entire martial arts world!
The main business of the Hong Clan's Chamber of Commerce was the wholesale of medicinal herbs and the auction of top-notch cultivation resources. Although this kind of retail store was quite profitable, the Hong Clan's Chamber of Commerce would usually choose to cooperate with the local Warrior's Guild. The Hong Clan's Chamber of Commerce would supply the goods, and the Warrior's Guild would be responsible for the sales.
Xiao Chen and Zhu Yingxiong walked out of the Trial Mission Trading Hall and walked towards a magnificent shop. On the shop's signboard, a few big words were written in flamboyant calligraphy — Hong Clan's Songning Branch!
The aristocratic families were quite rich, but compared to the Hong Clan's Chamber of Commerce, they were nothing. Just the person in charge of the Hong Clan's Songning branch was probably a high and mighty villager. It was said that even the patriarchs of the aristocratic families had not met this person. Only the Warrior's Guild's President Songning was qualified to meet him.
There was a dazzling array of things in the market. There were all kinds of cultivation resources, precious herbs, precious medicinal liquids, precious pills, everything that one could think of. Martial Techniques and weapons of cultivators were also on sale. Of course, the prices were also very high.
But what was interesting was that if you used cash to buy things, the price was usually not cheap. However, everything had a price of points, which was the price of the Warrior's Guild's mission points. Usually, it was 10% or even 20% off!
Come to think of it, mission points were much more important than cash! Of course, points could be used to issue missions or make announcements in the Warrior Guild. These could not be done with money, unless one used money to buy points from others. However, the price one had to pay was not as simple as 1: 1. In the black market, points could be sold for 1: 1.5 or even 1: 2!
"Tsk tsk … I didn't expect a Tier 1 Body Tempering Potion to be so expensive. Five hundred points per bottle!" Zhu Yingxiong looked at the price of a Body Tempering Potion. This kind of first-grade body-tempering solution was useful for martial artists below Stage 3. In order to break through, Zhu Yingxiong used five bottles of first-grade body-tempering solution. That was a total of 2500 points!
This kind of high-grade medicinal liquid did not have a price tag. In other words, according to the exchange price, it was equivalent to 500,000 yuan per bottle. However, in reality, there was no market for it. If you didn't have points, don't even think about buying it!
No wonder when Golden Fur Lion King extorted ten bottles of first-grade body-tempering solution from Old Master Chen Wushen, he felt so pained!
As for Zhu Yingxiong, he only earned 50 points after completing the mission, which was exactly one-tenth of the price of a bottle of body-tempering solution! This was only for breaking through to Stage 1. If he were to break through to Stage 3, how many bottles would he need? This was simply burning money!
"A first-grade body-tempering pill?" Xiao Chen saw a first-grade body-tempering pill near the bottle of body-tempering solution! Seeing the price of the first-grade body-tempering pill, Xiao Chen's tears flowed uncontrollably!
He clenched his fists, his heart filled with nostalgia and gratitude! He remembered that when he was young, there was a period of time when his father and second uncle would come to the Warrior Guild every day to accept training missions. At that time, Xiao Chen did not know that they were there to earn points.
One day, the two of them returned happily and gave Xiao Chen a pill for him to consume. Back then, Xiao Chen was still young and did not know the effects of the pill. However, after consuming it, he found out that it was called a first-grade body-tempering pill!
Compared to the first-grade body-tempering solution, it was easier to break through the barrier between ordinary people and martial artists, allowing one to officially embark on the path of martial arts cultivation!
However, Xiao Chen's physique was not suitable for martial arts cultivation. A first-grade body-tempering pill could not change this fact. At that time, when Xiao Chen saw the disappointment and helplessness in his father and second uncle's eyes, he did not understand why. However, now he understood. This first-grade body-tempering pill was exchanged for two consecutive months of training missions!
This pill actually cost a sky-high 10,000 points, which was 20 times the price of the body-tempering solution! In other words, if converted to the market price, it would cost more than 10 million points! At that time, the Xiao family had not started a business yet. These points were accumulated by his father and second uncle from completing one mission after another. In the end, they were wasted on him!
Thinking of these past events, Xiao Chen suddenly felt a myriad of emotions. He thought of how good his second uncle had been to him and how much he had hoped that he would become a martial artist and become the pillar of the Xiao family. But now, why had he become so cold? Xiao Chen did not understand.
Father, I will look for you. I want everyone to know that it was not your mistake that led to the complete annihilation of the training team! Xiao Chen secretly swore!
If it was the old Xiao Chen, even if he had the intention, he would not have the ability to do so. However, now that Xiao Chen was a Level 4 Refinement Stage cultivator, his strength was shining brightly. It was only a matter of time before he caught up to his father's strength!
"Elder Heaven Ancestor, thank you so much for possessing my body …" Xiao Chen said sincerely.
"Hehe, now you know how good I am as a master!" Elder Heaven Ancestor was very pleased with himself and enjoyed such flattery.
"Boss, don't tell me you want to buy this body-tempering pill?" Zhu Yingxiong saw that Xiao Chen was staring at the body-tempering pill for a long time. Zhu Yingxiong's eyes widened and he asked, "This is something that only the nouveau riche can afford. Even if you and I are from aristocratic families, we need the family head's permission to buy one. It's too f * cking expensive!"
"Yes, I just want to take a look. With my physique, it's useless even if I eat it! I'll pass on this kind of luxury item. "Xiao Chen smiled bitterly and shook his head.
"Luxury item? You call this trash a luxury item? I say, Xiao Chen, are you kidding me? Your medicinal dregs are a hundred times better than this thing! "Elder Heaven Ancestor's voice rang in Xiao Chen's ears.
"Ugh …" Xiao Chen did not expect that his words would make Elder Heaven Ancestor look down on him so much! However, thinking about it, it was indeed true. His medicinal dregs were of the highest quality when used to treat Old Master Jin's illness. Even a second or third body-tempering pill would not be able to achieve this effect!
"Yes, it's too extravagant. I didn't even use it. I only used five bottles of body-tempering liquid." Zhu Yingxiong nodded. "These are used by the nouveau riche martial artists. Our Zhu family doesn't have much money. I think Cheng Mengying's family can definitely afford it!"
Zhu Yingxiong was speaking the truth. These aristocratic families had only started their businesses in recent years. However, no matter how big a city's business was, a few hundred million was the limit. It was impossible to spend tens of millions just to buy a pill. It was too extravagant!
Moreover, most of the hundreds of millions of family assets were real estate. The liquid funds had to be used for business and to support the family's expenses. Generally, even the descendants of aristocratic families had to earn points to exchange for cultivation resources.
There were very few people who actually spent a lot of money to exchange for cultivation resources, unless it was absolutely necessary.
The two of them looked around casually. When they arrived at the medicinal herb counter, Xiao Chen saw the price of the Heart Listening Grass. It was two points or three thousand yuan per stalk. It seemed that the task that Zhu Yingxiong accepted was probably issued by the Hong Chamber of Commerce. Buying low and selling high was the rule of businessmen!
Although this seemed like a huge difference, thinking about it carefully, if a martial artist really needed the Heart Listening Grass, he wouldn't pick it himself just for a stalk of Heart Listening Grass. That was too troublesome!
At this time, there was a sudden commotion in the shop. Xiao Chen and Zhu Yingxiong turned around and saw a middle-aged man surrounded by a few staff members walking quickly into the market!
"Medicine Master Sun, it's Medicine Master Sun!" Exclamations came from the market. Obviously, this middle-aged man's identity wasn't ordinary!
The middle-aged man was wearing a Taoist robe. He had long eyebrows and a beard. His hair was tied up at the back of his head. He looked like an immortal!
"What does this person do?" Xiao Chen couldn't help but ask.
"Wow, boss, you don't even know Medicine Master Sun? He's the chief alchemist of our Songning City's Warrior Market. Most of the pills here are made by Medicine Master Sun! " Zhu Yingxiong explained, "He's a very powerful person. The martial artists who look for him to refine pills have to queue up every day …"
"Get out of the way!" Zhu Yingxiong was beaming with joy as he told Xiao Chen about Medicine Master Sun's deeds. Suddenly, the staff member who was clearing the way for Medicine Master Sun pushed him and made him stumble! This staff member had the strength of Level Five Inner Force. Therefore, even Zhu Yingxiong couldn't withstand such a casual push!
"Thud …"
Zhu Yingxiong fell on his butt and sat on the ground. The staff member didn't even look at him and wanted to pass by!
"What do you mean by this?" Xiao Chen blocked in front of the staff member coldly! This person's domineering attitude infuriated Xiao Chen. Anyway, his current identity was White Fox. He didn't intend to hide his strength.
"What do I mean? He's blocking Medicine Master Sun's way! "The staff member replied coldly," Move aside! "
"A dog relying on its master's power." Xiao Chen said faintly, "What if I don't move? We are the customers of the Warrior Market. Wherever we stand is public. What right do you have to chase us away? "
"Move aside!" The staff member was annoyed when he heard Xiao Chen's whining. He wanted to push Xiao Chen aside as well. However, he miscalculated this time. Xiao Chen stood still!
"En?" The staff member was stunned!
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