Destiny is ashes

Chapter 457: Development of the Ruins (23)

"It's increased quite a lot." An Jing looked at the prices and found that not only weapons, but even pills and talismans had increased in price a lot.

Those with high usage have not seen any increase, but those with slightly smaller output have all seen an increase in price.

"is not that right."

Huo Qing pulled the purchase list and complained with great dissatisfaction: "Especially the life-saving items like 'Healing Yuan Fu', the price has almost doubled. It seems that a big force is raising the price."

"They always say that the invisible big hand will control the natural market, but when it comes to the critical period, everyone's hands are so tight, it's really unkind!"

“But there is also good news!”

However, speaking of this, Huo Qing raised his eyebrows and became a little embarrassed and excited: "Although the exploration of the ancient ruins is still on the outer layer, there are some clues about the situation inside!"

"This ancient immortal ruins is huge. It is a complete cave world. It is quite dangerous inside. There are many ancient demons and monsters, as well as automatic puppets from the ancient Dao Court period. The cultivators who rashly go deep into it will soon be severely injured. Only a small number of well-prepared teams can come back alive."

"As far as I know, during the first exploration, one high-level Qi Refiner and twelve mid-level Qi Refiners died in the Day Tiger Gang!"

"And the Flame Claw Gang lost a deputy leader at the Foundation Establishment stage, as well as five Qi Refining Realm members!"

"A few days ago, even an exploration team supported by a subsidiary of Luofu Group was trapped in it. A total of three foundation-building people and more than fifty Qi-refining people died!"

——Wow, the number of people who died in the foundation-building stage is more than the number we have in a single war. The cultivators in the Tianyuan Realm still have a profound foundation.

An Jing raised his eyebrows. This was probably the reason why Huo Qing was so excited—many people had died from his former employer, with whom he had a bad relationship, his former enemies, and the Luofu Group that everyone hated.

Once they die, many positions will be vacant. Although the safe zone will be chaotic, it also represents more opportunities.

The recycling hut that Huo Qing is currently in charge of must have made a lot of money recently: as the prices of magical instruments increase, the prices of second-hand magical instruments will naturally increase as well.

As for the embarrassment, it is because of misunderstanding.

"Inside the cave, we did find traces of human existence."

Huo Qing looked at An Jing and scratched his head: "Some people even met the human race in the ruins, but they fled directly on the flying ship and were unwilling to contact us."

"Those humans all have white hair and red eyes. I heard from the news that they must be a branch of our human race that has adapted to the spiritual environment of the cave and changed... It seems that An Jing, you are really not a survivor of the ancient ruins. We have all misunderstood you!"

——Ha, it turns out that the descendants of the ancient immortals have such obvious differences in body shape?
An Jing sneered in his heart. Fortunately, he had not thought of disguising himself as a remnant of the ancient immortals, otherwise it would be embarrassing.

Although he said it last time, Huo Qing's meaning this time represented the thoughts of Tie Shou and Xiu Yu, the two members of the Guiyi Army behind him - they would most likely not continue to investigate An Jing's true identity.

"Hmm...very valuable information. But I think it's more than just ruins exploration."

The information summarized by Huo Qing was already very detailed, but An Jing still felt that there were some omissions.

He picked up the water mirror and read the recent news, keenly noticing many details in this series of news: "There is a lot of news. Chonggang Town has resumed operations, our warehouse has been reopened, and the exploration of the ancient ruins has begun... It is normal for the price to rise."

"But look here, there are also 'rewards for attacking the Golden Crow in Chonggang Town', 'encouraging the construction of wilderness fortresses to provide early warnings for safe areas', and many policies to encourage wilderness development - how much heavy firepower can be used to explore the ruins? I see that all this firepower will be used in the wilderness, to build those wilderness fortresses!"

At this point, An Jing nodded and said firmly: "I think Xuan Ye City is planning to march into the wilderness." Huo Qing thought about it carefully and suddenly realized: "Indeed! Come to think of it, there hasn't been a new 'opening war' for a long time! The last time Xuan Ye City opened up a new safe zone was the 'Bisha Sea' in the north, at least it was something that happened during my grandparents' generation."

"I haven't taken care of the wilderness in recent years. Now that the Golden Crow has appeared, it's time to clear out the surrounding wilderness and open up a new safe zone!"

"That's it." An Jing smiled.

The ancient ruins of immortals, at least a dozen years ago, when the exploration team of the "Initial Cave" was there, some groups had already tried to explore it.

Now it seems that the Luofu Group in Xuanye City concealed the news very well and explored it secretly for more than ten years. This time, it was forced to make it public due to the coordinated efforts of other groups.

Without talking about what the "people of the ruins" in the ancient ruins are, the simple and easy things have long been taken away by the group, and the remaining ones are only some tough bones that have to be filled with the lives of independent cultivators.

Even the fact that the people of the ruins ran away when they saw people, An Jing felt that it was definitely not because they were afraid of strangers, but because they had been frightened by the Luofu Group and regarded outsiders like them as enemies!
"I'm not afraid of the price increase of weapons."

An Jing calculated that the cost had only increased by 30% to 40%, which was still within an acceptable range - but the price increase of the Healing Yuan series was an unexpected gain.

He took out the 'Life-Extending Buds' from the Taixu Magical Instrument, which were stored in the Hard Frost Wooden Box and gradually became unnecessary after the beast tide receded, and handed them directly to Huo Qing: "Sell them all, the money you get will definitely be profitable."

"Five!"

Huo Qing was really shocked. It was incredible that An Jing could take out one of these plant vitality seeds that could remove poison, heal wounds and prolong life before. But now he could actually take out five at once?
"That's for sure, that's for sure..."

He took a deep breath and replied, "Not only can I make some money, I can make a lot of money. But how can I use this kind of treasure to earn merit? I have to barter it for good things!"

"An Jing, you don't know that although this relic is dangerous, it also has extremely rich rewards - the concentration and purity of the spiritual energy in this cave world are closer to that before the demonic calamity. The monsters and beasts inside are all special 'cave species', and the value of their materials is far higher than that of their counterparts in the outside world."

"An Jing, if you have any needs, just tell me directly. With the Life-Extending Buds in hand, we can exchange for anything we want!"

At this point, Huo Qing seemed to have thought of something and reminded: "By the way, there are actually quite a few spirit stone veins in this cave that are almost not contaminated by demonic energy."

"An Jing, if you have a way to sell the spiritual stones in your hands, sell them quickly. The price of spiritual stones will definitely drop in a while!"

——Good, it seems that now I can naturally sell some of the spirit stones that I can’t use.

An Jing raised his eyebrows. He was experienced and thought further than Huo Qing.

First of all, all major groups must know that there are a large number of unpolluted spirit stone veins in the cave. If these spirit stones are brought out by the exploring monks, it will undoubtedly promote a large number of mid-level Qi-refining monks around Xuanye City to advance to high-level levels, and some of the high-level monks may be able to become foundation-building monks.

The strength of the cultivators in the entire Xuan Ye City area will be greatly enhanced - it was at this time that Xuan Ye City launched a policy to encourage exploration and open up the wilderness.

This is a set.

The ancient ruins will consume a group of cultivators, and opening up the wilderness will also consume a group of cultivators.

Through exploration and development, unstable pressure can be released. At the same time, new safe zones can be opened up. The cost is nothing more than selecting a few new foundation-building monks as managers of wilderness towns, and the Purple Mansion within the group will also have its own jurisdiction.

The era of pioneering is coming.

(End of this chapter)