In particular, what infuriated Cantory was that Lin Li didn't even look at him from the beginning to the end, and treated him like air. If he had gone through an intense battle, he would at least feel better even if he lost in the end, for at least he would have caused some trouble for Lin Li. However, the reality now was that he was like a clown who was jumping and yelling at the side, but was completely ignored by Lin Li. That was a great humiliation!
At the thought of this, Cantory's anger became more and more irrepressible, and he even had the urge to fall out with Lin Li on the spot.
However, just as Cantory was on the verge of exploding, Harquess, who had been standing at the side, pulled him back in time, and said, "Okay, Cantory, let's get down to business. Don't waste time here."
On the one hand, Harquess didn't want to see Cantory get hurt. After all, he was a good friend that he had known for many years. On the other hand, he was also worried that he wouldn't be able to answer to his father and the elders if things got out of hand. His father and the elders had instructed him to build a good relationship with Lin Li, but in the end, not only did he fail to fulfill their instructions, but he even made things develop in the opposite direction. In that case, he could forget about being a Young Prince.
After being pulled back by Harquess, Cantory finally calmed down a little. He stared at Lin Li who was in the crowd, and gritted his teeth. "Okay, hmph, I'll let him be smug for a while!"
Harquess secretly shook his head when he heard that. His good friend was great, but his vision was too narrow, and he could only see what was in front of him. However, if it weren't for the exhortations of his father and the elders, he would probably be in the same predicament. At the thought of this, Harquess couldn't help but look at Lin Li again, still unable to believe that Lin Li's attainments in inscription were so great that even his father and the elders had to admit that they were inferior to him.
Just as Cantory left, Lin Li happened to get the box of Netherworld Pearls. As for the cooperation, Lin Li didn't agree to it. Anyway, the Netherworld Servant's Blessing Potion could only be formulated by the Tower of Dusk, and anyone who wanted to go to the Netherworld Sea would have to buy it from the Tower of Dusk. He didn't want to monopolize the Netherworld Sea through cooperation, either. Otherwise, he would have to do it himself instead of cooperating with others.
Although the resources of the Netherworld Sea were very attractive, there were also countless Undead Oceanic Race there. It wasn't something that one or two forces could monopolize. If the force that went to explore wasn't strong enough, even if they had the Netherworld Servant's Blessing Potion, they would only be able to explore the outer regions of the sea.
Hence, to Lin Li, the most beneficial thing was not to monopolize the resources, but to let more and more forces explore the Netherworld Sea on his behalf. As long as the Tower of Dusk controlled the Netherworld Servant's Blessing Potion, the other forces would be working for the Tower of Dusk no matter how many of them went to explore the Netherworld Sea.
After obtaining the Netherworld Pearl, Lin Li continued to browse the stalls in the secret trader's market with Connoris and Angelano. However, this time, Cantory was no longer following them. Although Lin Li had never taken Cantory to heart, he felt much more at peace without Cantory's incessant chatter.
Lin Li got the Netherworld Pearls from the secret trader at a tenth of the price. Almost half of the 30-odd Netherworld Pearls had reached the peak of the Legendary-level, which was enough to greatly increase the combat power of the Retribution Knights. Even a Sanctuary powerhouse would not dare to fight against a team of Retribution Knights whose combat power had almost reached the peak of the Legendary-level.
However, that was only Lin Li's first harvest in the secret trader's market. The huge secret trader's market had only just begun, and there were definitely more precious and useful things waiting for him to discover.
Indeed, Lin Li began to spend a lot of money in the following period of time. Millions of gold coins were spent like flowing water.
At a secret trader's stall, Lin Li bought some rare metals that contained water elemental power, which could be used to help Angelano modify the Alchemy Colossus. Previously, they had bought a rare Divine Sea Pillar from the Gift of the Sea. If they simply equipped the Alchemy Colossus with it, it would only give the Alchemy Colossus the ability to fight in the sea. However, if they matched it with the Divine Sea Pillar and replaced some suitable parts for the Alchemy Colossus, the power of the Divine Sea Pillar could be truly exerted.
The Divine Sea Pillar contained a very powerful ocean nomological power that could mobilize the power of the ocean for one's own use. It would be a great waste to only use the Divine Sea Pillar to allow the Alchemy Colossus to fight in the sea. If the Alchemy Colossus could really use that power, its combat power would probably not be much worse than that of ordinary Sanctuary powerhouses, except for the fact that it could not create a Domain World.
In particular, Lin Li still had some Divinity Metals. Although he could not replace all the parts of the Alchemy Colossus, it would still be of great help to the Alchemy Colossus if he used it on some key central parts. Although the Divinity Metals were not outstanding in nature, they had growth attributes that other metals did not have. If Divinity Metals were added during the modification, the Alchemy Colossus might really grow to the Sanctuary-realm one day.
In addition to those rare water-attribute metals, Lin Li also bought a lot of precious herbs from the market. Due to the scarcity of pharmaceutics Gurus in Anril, some very precious herbs could not be used by ordinary pharmacists at all. Hence, the prices of those herbs were not too exaggerated. In fact, some of them were even sold at a discount.
Due to the characteristics of the marine environment, those herbs were basically inclined towards the water attribute. Logically speaking, water-attribute herbs were mostly used to prepare restorative potions. However, there was a difference between static and dynamic water, and the water elemental power in the ocean was inclined towards violence. Hence, those water-attribute herbs were good materials for preparing potions that could increase magical attack power.
Lin Li spent more than three hours in the secret trader's market on the first floor before he finally finished exploring the entire market. He had already spent hundreds of millions of gold coins. Of course, transactions were not purely conducted with gold coins. For example, magical crystals were also considered a hard currency in transactions, and Lin Li had no shortage of magical crystals.
However, just as Lin Li was about to head to the second floor, he suddenly stopped in his tracks near the door that led to the second floor. It was because he suddenly sensed a vaguely familiar aura coming from the side.
Lin Li turned his head to look in the direction of the familiar aura, only to see a luxuriously dressed noble playing with a dagger in front of the stall of a secret trader wearing an eagle mask not far away. The aura that he was familiar with was that of the noble when he pulled out the dagger slightly. As he put the dagger back in, the aura immediately disappeared without a trace. It seemed that this was the reason why he did not notice the dagger when he came over from the stall.
However, although Lin Li wanted to take a closer look at the dagger, he did not show it on his face. He was very clear that when dealing with merchants, one must not let the other party see that one was interested in their goods no matter how much one desired it. Otherwise, these profiteers would definitely raise the price immediately. If one did not pay a few times more than the price, they would not be called profiteers.
Lin Li did not explain to Connoris and the rest, and pretended not to care. He returned to the stall that he had just left. While seemingly sizing up the items in the stall casually, he secretly spread his mental strength to probe the dagger in the hands of the noble.
Although Connoris and Angelano were puzzled, they were, after all, cunning foxes. Hence, they did not ask Lin Li much, and simply followed him back. Besides, based on their understanding of Lin Li, they knew that he had probably taken a fancy to something again.
At this moment, Lin Li had already begun to probe the dagger with his mental strength. However, what surprised him was that the dagger's unassuming scabbard was able to block his Mental Energy from entering. Not a single strand of his Mental Energy could penetrate the scabbard.
Fortunately, the noble who was holding the dagger seemed to have heard Lin Li's thoughts, and actually pulled the dagger out slightly. At the instant that the dagger was unsheathed, Lin Li immediately seized the opportunity, and his mental strength immediately touched the dagger.
However, as the results of the mental strength probe were transmitted back, Lin Li could not help but have a slight change in expression, and his heart was instantly filled with shock.
The Hunter's Blade! It's actually the Hunter's Blade! Lin Li simply could not believe the results of the probe. His main Hunter account in the game Endless World was wearing the Hunter King Set, which was definitely the best equipment in the entire game. The Hunter's Blade was one of the Hunter King Set. Although it could not compare to the Stars of Fury and the debris of the stars, it was also one of the top weapons on the list.
Why did the Hunter's Blade appear here? Lin Li suddenly thought of the shadow left behind by the Immortal King in the Well of the Sun when he was exploring the Sky Castle. Not only did the shadow use the Stars of Fury and the debris of the stars, but it was also wearing the Hunter King Set that Lin Li had once owned. However, the Stars of Fury and the debris of the stars were condensed by the Immortal King with mana, and so was the Hunter King Set.
That also proved that the Immortal King most likely had the real King Hunter Equipment Set. Otherwise, it wouldn't be so coincidental that there was an identical King Hunter Equipment Set. Hence, the appearance of the Hunter's Blade reminded Lin Li of the things in the game world, and also further linked it to the Immortal King.
However, Lin Li did not rush to ask anything, and instead stood not far away and looked at the item in front of him while listening to the explanation that the secret trader was giving to the customer.
After hearing that, Lin Li realized that the Hunter's Blade had actually flowed out from the cursed island back then. He remembered that the legend about the cursed island had mentioned that although the island was desolate, it was not covered in ice and snow. However, someone dug out a few powerful magical equipment from the island, and it was unknown what they had touched that caused the island to become what it was now. The Hunter's Blade was said to be one of the few pieces of magical equipment that had been dug out back then, and ended up in the hands of the secret trader.
However, the noble customer was obviously not interested in the secret trader's explanation. In fact, he was so frightened that he threw the Hunter's Blade back when he heard the name of the cursed island. When the secret trader wanted to say something again, the noble customer waved his hands repeatedly, and left the stall as if he was escaping from bad luck.
At this moment, Lin Li finally strolled to the stall slowly again. He first looked at the other items, and then seemed to unintentionally look at the Hunter's Blade.
Initially, the secret trader with the eagle head mask was a little disappointed that the customer had been scared away, and kept cursing Lin Li for not knowing his stuff. However, when he realized that Lin Li had also noticed the dagger, he immediately changed his attitude, and said, "Sir, what are you looking at? Every item here is definitely of high quality!"
Lin Li did not respond to him, and reached out to pick up the Hunter's Blade before gently pulling it out of the scabbard. However, as soon as he pulled out the Hunter's Blade, Lin Li's face suddenly became a little sullen. It turned out that there was only half of the Hunter's Blade left.
"Is this the high quality you were talking about?" Lin Li said disdainfully as he shook the half of the dagger in his hand.
However, the secret trader with the eagle head mask did not seem to be embarrassed at all. Instead, he explained, "Sir, don't be fooled by the fact that this dagger is broken. Its sharpness is definitely beyond your imagination. Look, this is the hardness of star iron. You should be very clear about it, but when you cut it, it's like cutting a fruit. "
While speaking, the secret trader with the eagle head mask took back the Hunter's Blade from Lin Li's hand, and slashed at a piece of star iron. Sure enough, it was just as he had said. As he raised the knife, a piece of the hard Star Metal was actually cut off. Furthermore, the surface of the cut was as smooth as a mirror.
However, Lin Li felt a little sad for the Hunter's Blade when he looked at the other party's performance. The Hunter's Blade could be said to be the pinnacle of human craftsmanship, and it might reach the level of an artifact if it was further improved. However, the Hunter's Blade, which had once been in the top 10 of the weapon rankings, was now being used to cut star iron to show off its sharpness. That was definitely an insult to the Hunter's Blade.
"Alright, on the account that it's still sharp, I'll take this half of the dagger. What price are you going to charge me for it?" Lin Li asked, showing a little interest at the right time. If he pretended not to be interested at all and still wanted to spend money to buy it, it would be too easy to arouse the other party's suspicion. The profiteers were not fools.
"6,000,000 gold coins, please take it. It's definitely worth it!" The secret trader with the eagle head mask hurriedly reported the price of the dagger when he saw hope.
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