The Fourth Disaster: People become gods through high martial arts and gaming

Chapter 177 Specialized in Martial Arts
Inside the owner's lounge.

As Lin Qi asked the question, Meng Wei hesitated, as if he wanted to say something but then stopped.

"Is there a problem?" Lin Qi asked, looking at Meng Wei, who was speechless for a moment.

“No, that’s not it.” Meng Wei shook his head, somewhat embarrassed. “To participate in the Red Moon Chamber of Commerce’s power ranking, all you need is a Red Moon Token to prove you’re a power. The Iron Heart Gang originally had one, which was kept by the gang leader, Fu Yihai. However, when the martial arts school disciples killed Fu Yihai, the Red Moon Token was destroyed along with it.”

"Is there any way to obtain the Red Moon Token?" Lin Qi frowned upon hearing this.

The technique of manually crafting a railgun can indeed grant players extraordinary destructive power, but the side effects are also significant. Almost all the loot acquired from other players needs to be extensively repaired, leaving very few usable items.

Now, both the warehouses in Chiyue Mountain and the martial arts school are filled with A6-level weapons, protective gear, and armor.

A6-level armor is fine; it has a significant function, and repairing it is acceptable. However, A6-level weapons and protective gear, even if repaired, are practically worthless; very few players in the entire martial arts school would exchange for them. They have become pure junk, not even worth repairing.

Even now, he's still worried about how to deal with all the scrap that fills the warehouse.

"To obtain the Red Moon Token, you need to purchase it from the Red Moon Merchant Guild." Meng Wei didn't hide anything, only smiled wryly, "However, the Red Moon Token sold by the Red Moon Merchant Guild requires 100,000 tons of energy ore to purchase."

"Ten thousand tons of energy ore? Are you sure they're not robbing us? Or are those forces all stupid?" Lin Qi looked at Meng Wei and felt that these people from the Red Moon Chamber of Commerce were wasting their talents if they weren't bandits.

A typical micro-energy vein only has reserves of 20,000 to 30,000 tons, and even large gangs in the wild might not be able to control one.

The Red Moon Merchant Guild asked for 100,000 tons, equivalent to four miniature energy veins. Even if they sold the number one guild in the wilderness of the City of Light, they might not be able to gather that many energy ore.

The Red Moon Tokens sold by the Red Moon Merchant Guild are clearly just an entry fee. A single entry fee is worth 100,000 tons of energy ore. This is a knife that can harvest the major forces in the city even faster than the city's high-ranking officials.

“It is indeed very expensive. According to the Red Moon Merchant Guild, if a force cannot even produce 100,000 tons of energy ore, it is not qualified to do business with them. Our Iron Heart Gang spent many years to buy one piece.” Meng Wei nodded and explained, “And the major forces in the city have no choice but to buy it, after all, the Red Moon Merchant Guild is the only one in the entire city that sells those B-grade battle armors that are not sold to the public.”

“The warriors of the major forces may die out, but those B-grade battle armors can be preserved forever. Not to mention that the Red Moon Merchant Guild sells a lot of good things, not just B-grade battle armor.”

"For example, the Red Moon Merchant Guild sells Type II potions that are impossible to buy on the market. The way they are sold is the same as the B-grade armor, with limited sales based on ranking. All the Type II potions in our Iron Heart Gang are bought from the Red Moon Merchant Guild."

"Even Type II potions are for sale?" Lin Qi couldn't help but understand why the major powers in the city would buy such expensive Red Moon Tokens.

Although the Martial Arts Association also sells Type II potions, the monthly limit is extremely small. A martial artist is only allowed to purchase five Type II healing potions and ten Type II energy potions per month, which is simply not enough for a martial artist.

For someone who controls a region, if there is any other place where it is sold, they will definitely try to get their hands on it. Every bottle is a bonus, since it will affect their path as a martial artist.

"No wonder Estina was so confident before. The resources of a martial artist are not something that ordinary martial artists can easily earn." Lin Qi couldn't help but recall Estina when she recruited him. When he refused, she showed no dissatisfaction whatsoever and simply left, even giving him the impression that she was watching him make a fool of himself.

Now, after hearing what Meng Wei said, he understood everything.

Before he began cultivating martial arts, he thought that having energy ore was enough. But after cultivating the second level of the Shocking Breathing Technique, he realized that having energy ore alone was far from sufficient.

Even if he had mastered the second level of training, and even if he had reached a proficient level, using energy ore that was somewhat violent and contained many impurities would likely still cause him injury. However, if he used a type II energy potion with pure and mild energy, cultivation would be much safer and more efficient, although it was slightly inferior to energy crystals.

This is why it is easy for major forces in the suburbs to cultivate quasi-martial artists, and the difficulty of cultivating martial artists is much lower than that of forces in the wild.

“Master, I’m afraid the Red Moon Merchant Guild route is not an option for us for the time being,” Meng Wei said. “I suggest we first improve the recruitment benefits to attract some experts to join us, and then privately inform them that they can practice martial arts-level training methods. This will greatly reduce the chances of being targeted by the four major powers.”

Announcing directly to the outside world that Obsidian Martial Arts Academy will directly teach training methods to become a martial artist will definitely cause a huge uproar, with a large number of people coming to sign up, and its expansion will only be a matter of time.

If the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy hadn't provoked the four major powers before, this kind of thing would at most be secretly targeted by the major powers. After all, no power in the city would watch others grow stronger. If more martial artists were to emerge, the resources of the Red Moon Chamber of Commerce would also decrease, so they couldn't just leave it unattended.

However, if the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy openly grows stronger, not only will the four major powers openly target it, but other major powers will also try to assist them, which would be quite disadvantageous for the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy.

"No plans, just the same." Lin Qi shook his head slightly, very confidently, "You will still announce this matter tomorrow."

"Master, what if the four major powers attack? If they cause trouble on our territory, we won't be able to do anything about it," Meng Wei asked worriedly. "Moreover, if we do this, other powers will secretly help the four major powers to do things."

Lin Qi said calmly, completely unfazed, "Don't worry about that. Tomorrow, you will recruit some long-term patrol teams in the martial arts school. I will give you the authority to do so. Each person will receive 3,000 points and 500 contribution points per day. You can decide how many to recruit. I will also equip these patrol teams with some special weapons. You will also need to manage these weapons well. When they finish their shift, you will need to collect them."

"Is this alright? That's a near-martial artist wearing B2-level or higher armor." Meng Wei looked at the confident Lin Qi, still somewhat worried.

If this B1-level extreme beginner martial artist were to face an extreme quasi-martial artist wearing B3-level armor, he would probably suffer a great loss. If two or three of them attacked at the same time, he would probably lose his life.

It seems unreliable for him to simply recruit some disciples from the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy to guard his territory.

"Don't worry, they can protect your safety." Lin Qi patted Meng Wei on the shoulder, seeing him off.

As Meng Wei left, Lin Qi also walked out of the lounge and went directly to Yi Ye Fu Yun's lounge.

"Master, what brings you here?"

Inside the lounge, Yi Ye Fuyun, who had been tinkering with a medium-sized machine tool, looked at Lin Qi, who had just entered the room, with great curiosity.

"I've got a task for you," Lin Qi said, getting straight to the point and taking out three large golden treasure chests. "I want to use these golden treasure chests to forge a batch of electromagnetic guns specifically for patrol teams."

All three gold-grade treasure chests are made entirely of B6-grade top-tier ore, Rem Titanium. If they could be made into an electromagnetic gun, the effect would be undeniable.

Originally, he wanted to make his own B6-level weapon, but now he can only maintain the Iron Heart Gang's territory first. Besides, the three treasure chests are not big. If he really used them to make weapons, he wouldn't be able to make many. But if he used them to make electromagnetic guns, he could make a lot more.

"A job quest?" A Leaf of Clouds glanced at the three gold-grade treasure chests and immediately beamed with joy. "Is this going to tell me how to forge gold-grade weapons?"

(End of this chapter)