Douluo, my clone Groudon

Chapter 314 Big Purchasing
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Ignoring the metals he had seen, Tang Wulin discovered several crystals emitting a soft, pale golden glow, seemingly with liquid light flowing inside, inside a transparent crystal dome in a corner.

The crystal was small, only about half the size of a fist, but the energy fluctuations it emitted were exceptionally pure, subtly attracting and amplifying the surrounding soul power.

"Old man, may I ask what metal this is?" Tang Wulin asked, pointing to the pale gold crystal.

The old man put down the magnifying glass and walked over, a hint of barely perceptible arrogance on his face: "This is gold crystal, a special product of the accompanying mineral veins deep in the 'Soul Crystal Mountain Range,' with extremely limited production. Adding a small amount to the battle armor mech can amplify soul power, up to a maximum of thirty percent. It's a true treasure."

"Oh? And what's the price?"

Tang Wulin's heart stirred. The properties of this metal were similar to those of deep-sea silver and blue copper. If the mechanism of action was different, it might be able to amplify soul power and be integrated into the core of future battle armor or mecha.

The old man held up one finger: "Ten thousand Star Luo coins, one gram."

Tang Wulin looked at Gula awkwardly. They had been so focused on looking at the metal that they didn't have any Star Luo Empire currency on them, and Tang Wulin didn't even know if the price was high or low.

He asked calmly, "Old man, do you accept forged metal here?"

"Yes, of course we'll accept it."

The old man raised an eyebrow, seemingly intrigued, but his eyes still held a scrutinizing quality. "...However, our shop doesn't accept ordinary goods."

Tang Wulin smiled slightly, flipped his wrist, and a palm-sized metal block with a warm, jade-like luster and flowing blue and silver halos appeared in his palm.

The surface of the metal block was as smooth as a mirror, faintly radiating a peculiar energy field. It was the Thousand-Refined Jade Silver that he had personally forged, and the fusion rate had reached an astonishing 81%.

"What do you think of this?" Tang Wulin handed over the Thousand-Refined Jade Silver.

The old man's previously nonchalant gaze froze the moment he touched the piece of jade.

He almost snatched it, his fingers trembling slightly as he caressed the metal surface, feeling the perfectly blended properties of the two metals and the immense vitality and resilience they contained.

"This is jade silver!?"

The old man's voice changed, filled with unbelievable excitement. He quickly took out the instrument to test, and when he saw the number eighty-one, he took a deep breath and stared intently at Tang Wulin.

"You're here to sell this treasure, do your family members know?"

"I know." Tang Wulin nodded without explaining.

The old man took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing the shock in his heart. His eyes flashed with a sharp light as he carefully and repeatedly examined the piece of thousand-refined jade silver. The more he looked, the more alarmed he became.

Such a high degree of integration and such perfect quality are rare even in the hands of the Star Luo Empire's top blacksmiths, and their value far exceeds that of most rare metals in his shop.

He pondered for a moment, seemingly calculating the value quickly, before suddenly looking up and staring intently at Tang Wulin: "Young friend, I am willing to exchange this piece of thousand-refined jade silver for one hundred pieces of rare metal of equal weight in the shop, and you can choose any type you like!" He was afraid that Tang Wulin would change his mind, so he quoted a price that he considered extremely generous, even somewhat "loss-making".

It should be noted that the scarcity and popularity of top-grade metals, especially fused metals, in the Star Luo Empire far exceeded Tang Wulin's imagination.

"One hundred dollars?"

Tang Wulin was also stunned. He had anticipated that the Thousand-Refined Jade Silver would be valuable, but he hadn't expected it to be this valuable!
A palm-sized piece of thousand-refined jade silver can be exchanged for a hundred pieces of rare metal? This exchange rate is ridiculously high. You know, with his current forging skills, he can forge hundreds of pieces of thousand-refined jade silver a day, enough to empty this store!
An indescribable light flashed in his eyes, the pure "money-grubbing" gaze of someone seeing a mountain of gold gleaming before their eyes.

"Deal!" Tang Wulin nodded without hesitation, afraid that the shopkeeper would change his mind. This deal was too good to pass up.

Meanwhile, Gula, who had been quietly observing from the side, had long heard about the prices in the Star Luo Empire. Seeing that Tang Wulin had finished the business deal, he took out a hundred pieces of thousand-forged alloy metal, mostly occasional practice pieces made over the past year, with a wide variety of items.

The value of spirit-forged metal is at least ten times that of a thousand-forged metal. If it were brought out now, the shop owner probably wouldn't have any left. Anyway, he's going to stay in the Star Luo Empire for a year, so he's not in a hurry.

With profits hundreds or even thousands of times higher, the status of blacksmiths here is evident.

Gula immediately stepped forward and said to the old man who was still excitedly stroking the thousand-refined jade silver, "Shopkeeper, I also have some metal materials and would like to order a batch of rare metals from you, especially some local specialties."

Upon hearing this, the old man immediately shifted his gaze from the jade and silver to Gula. This young man, with his unique demeanor, exuded an air of unparalleled nobility, and the old man dared not be negligent: "Please tell me, what do you wish to order? And in what quantities?"

Gula's gaze swept over the rare metals in the store that he had never seen before in Douluo Continent, such as "Gold Crystal", "Voice Changer" and "Star Copper". These three metals are the basic metals for making mecha battle armor in the Star Luo Empire, and are almost essential.

Without hesitation, he said, "Prepare ten tons of these three types, and one ton of the other metals first. Is that enough?"

"Pfft..." Tang Wulin, standing nearby, almost choked on his own saliva, staring wide-eyed at Gula. Ten tons? That...that's enough to make battle armor for ten people, right?

The old man was completely dumbfounded, and almost dropped the thousand-refined jade silver in his hand.

But the spirit alloy shimmering with spiritual light in Gula's hand couldn't be faked. He calmly tested them one by one and found that the fusion degree was over 80%. He was secretly excited. The strength of the blacksmiths behind the two of them was even greater than he had imagined at first!

"That's enough! I'll arrange the goods for you two esteemed guests right away. Please leave your contact information, and I guarantee delivery within one day. Hey, waiter, quickly serve tea to these two distinguished guests!" he shouted incoherently at the waiter behind him.

The waiter was also bewildered and hurriedly went to make tea.

"I'll come to pick it up tomorrow." Gula left his room number, not worried at all that the old man might tamper with it. He believed the old man understood that someone who could produce a bunch of spirit alloys was someone he couldn't afford to offend.

In the following time, the entire "Hundred Refinement Pavilion" was busy because of the two of them, while Gula and Tang Wulin had already left.

Having returned from the "Hundred Refinements Pavilion" laden with rare metals enough to bankrupt a small family, Tang Wulin and Gula returned to the Star Luo Hotel with completely different feelings.

Tang Wulin's mind was filled with the uses of those rare metals and the "gold mine" he was about to acquire, while Gula seemed much calmer, as if he had just made an ordinary transaction.

(End of this chapter)