yournovel Chapter 1901 - 1894: 500,000 Ninth-Grade Crystal Cores
Chapter 1901 - 1894: 500,000 Ninth-Grade Crystal Cores
"There are so many!"
Just looking at those pictures made everyone drool uncontrollably.
This was food they had never seen before, not even in their dreams. Many people’s dream was to have the chance to taste what meat was like.
"These spicy chicken wings look really delicious."
"Yes, this finger-licking original chicken... just imagining the texture when biting into it must be wonderful."
"Don’t underestimate this lamb skewer; there’s not much meat on it, but just from the picture, its taste is beyond our imagination."
"And this Dongpo pork, oh my, does meat really have such elasticity? I once had the fortune to taste some base-produced meat, which was dry, hard, astringent, and unpalatable."
"But the price... it’s just not something we can afford."
The food was indeed tempting, but seeing the price left most people feeling powerless.
These things are truly exorbitantly priced!
This finger-licking original chicken, about the size of a fist, all meat, costs 5 level nine crystal cores!
The lamb skewer is 50 level eight crystal cores per skewer.
Spicy chicken wings, 4 level nine crystal cores a pair.
Roast lamb leg, roast whole lamb, all sold by weight, at 4 level nine crystal cores per pound!
One must know, even those Dao Realm experts typically spend at most one or two hundred level nine crystal cores a month. A Saint Grade elixir can’t even buy one level nine crystal core.
Even hiring a Divine Cultivator of the Ninth Grade for a day only costs a few Eighth Grade crystal cores.
Perhaps only the extremely wealthy could afford it.
"If we miss today, even if we have money later, we might not have the chance to eat this meat again." After thinking it over, those Dao Realm experts almost immediately made a decision.
Today, even if they spend all their crystal cores, they must eat to their heart’s content!
"Give me two servings of finger-licking original chicken, two pairs of spicy chicken wings, 10 lamb skewers, and a 20-pound lamb leg."
"Thank you, boss, for your patronage!" Zhang Menglong beamed, "Since you’re buying so much at once, I’ll waive the change and charge you 100 level nine crystal cores, and throw in a bowl of beef soup!"
These things cost Zhang Menglong almost nothing but he was immediately earning as many crystal cores as Banak’s survival team would earn in half a month.
"Give me the same portion as him, and I also want 3 grilled fish. I want to try this foil-baked brain."
"What are these garlic oysters? Give me a few to taste. And these abalone, what’s this fish?"
...
As more and more meat was displayed at the stall, the number of buyers increased. Those with money could eat meat heartily, while those without could buy a small skewer to get a taste. In less than half an hour, Zhang Menglong’s profits had exceeded 10,000 level nine crystal cores!
Not only Zhang Menglong’s stall was thriving, even the surrounding stalls near him saw improved business. The rule that traffic is king applies universally in any world.
Everyone arriving at this trading market headed straight for Zhang Menglong’s stall, while the stalls with the best location at the market entrance were gradually ignored, becoming desolate.
At this point, Banak had finished his shopping and appeared somewhat distressed because news from the gathering indicated some people struggled to suppress their Soul Shard symptoms. The planned 150,000 suppressors were far from enough; they needed at least 180,000.
Even though Banak was a Dao Realm expert, along with other Dao Realm members in the survival team, they couldn’t leave the team to hunt alone.
If they left, the team might get raided by other survival teams.
Though spatial dislocation was rare, Phantom Profound Beast invasions were all too common occurrences.
A Ninth Grade Divine Cultivator Phantom Profound Beast required dozens of Ninth Grade Divine Cultivators to handle. A Peak Divine Phantom Profound Beast could rampage through and leave a survival team’s temporary residence without worry, so they had to guard the team.
Honestly, collecting over 200 level nine crystal cores a month was risky. If relying solely on the survival team, earning 100 level nine crystal cores a month would be impressive.
But now, he had no immediate solution for obtaining the 30,000 suppressors for the Soul Shard issue.
Perhaps he had been too focused earlier and missed the stir in the trading market, but now he suddenly noticed the crowd at Zhang Menglong’s stall.
"Could Brother Gu Xiao have caused some trouble?" Banak suddenly felt uneasy and squeezed into the crowd.
But Zhang Menglong was perfectly fine, standing by his stall. In front was a barbecue rack, a pot to his left, a pile of charcoal to his right, and the delicious aroma of meat wafting around.
"This..." Banak walked up, "Brother Gu Xiao, what’s this..."
Zhang Menglong had mentioned selling things here, but Banak hadn’t known what he was doing; now he understood!
Coming from the outside world of Endless Land, he had brought a lot of meat!
His mentioned grilled sausages turned out to be pure meat food!
Looking at the heap of crystal cores beside Zhang Menglong, Banak’s eyes widened.
"Is this over ten thousand level nine crystal cores?" Banak muttered to himself. Even the wealth accumulated over thousands or tens of thousands of years by a typical Peak Divine Martial Artist might not reach this amount.
Yet Zhang Menglong had earned it in just half an hour!
"Banak! Brother!" Zhang Menglong called out excitedly, "I can barely handle this alone, come help me!"
"Me?"
"Help me grill meat and collect money," Zhang Menglong said.
"Alright! Alright!"
Although Banak didn’t understand how Zhang Menglong managed to bring meat to Endless Land, that was not his concern now.
The priority now was making money!
...
Within two and a half days at the stall, Zhang Menglong even caught the attention of the Fortress City’s City Lord.
Of course, he didn’t do anything outrageous.
Zhang Menglong’s high profile turned his stall into focus for everyone, doing anything would be visible, so he wouldn’t disrupt the reputation he painstakingly established.
But he astonishingly spent ten thousand level nine crystal cores, directly buying a heap of meat!
These ten thousand crystal cores, if absorbed by Zhang Menglong alone, might propel him directly to Level Eight Divine Cultivator!
They planned to use the final half day to buy another batch of supplies, and over the two-day stint, Zhang Menglong and Banak had earned over 50,000 level nine crystal cores!
Their immediate actions involved splitting tasks, Zhang Menglong handed Banak 10,000 level nine crystal cores, while his mission was acquiring the most crucial material for the Soul Dividing Pill—the Spectral Grass.