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

Chapter 308 The Kunlun Pillar of yesteryear is now used as a ruler to measure the sky!
City of Light, Red Moon Merchant Guild.

As the elder of the Blood Pattern Clan watched Wu Zhuoqun leave the VIP room, a young man of the Blood Pattern Clan, dressed in luxurious clothes and wearing a white mask, also entered.

"Elder Kui Lang, Wu Zhuoqun has left." The white-masked youth reported cautiously. "Wu Zhuoqun is now the deputy commander of the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy's garrison, responsible for some routine affairs of the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy. It seems that he was unable to make a decision on this huge transaction and should have gone back to report on the situation. However, with such a high price this time, I am worried that the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy may give up on buying that inheritance metal plate, which is of little use."

As the store manager of the City of Light branch, he conducted extensive research immediately upon receiving the Heritage Metal Plate sold by Isaac.

While the body-strengthening techniques are indeed amazing, capable of enhancing the body's resilience beyond its limits, they are extremely difficult to cultivate, and even with the aid of healing potions, the mortality rate remains high.

The further you progress in the training, the more difficult it becomes to reconstruct cells. Moreover, the effects are of little use to martial artists above the Bone Forging Realm. It is far less useful than wearing a second-tier battle armor, making it a rather useless secret technique.

Therefore, the metal plate for the Body Strengthening Secret Technique has always been kept in the warehouse of the Zhuguang branch and has not been sent to the headquarters.

He even considered how to sell the inherited metal plate, but no force in the City of Light could offer ten times the stipulated price, so it could only remain unsold.

He was personally very happy that Obsidian Martial Arts School wanted it now. After all, not only could he get rid of a useless entity, but he could also earn tens of thousands of energy crystals for the Chamber of Commerce, which was more than the income of the Chasing Light branch in two or three years.

Elder Kui Lang smiled and said confidently, "I've seen that inheritance metal plate. It is indeed quite useless. But it's hard to imagine that such a civilization would create such a useless secret technique. This secret technique may need to be combined with other secret techniques to produce a powerful effect. Among the secret techniques that our guild has obtained, there are quite a few like this."

"The fact that Obsidian Martial Arts Academy is willing to pay a high price for this useless secret technique means that Obsidian Martial Arts Academy must have obtained the corresponding secret technique. If they can obtain this secret technique, the overall strength of Obsidian Martial Arts Academy will be able to reach a new level. Previously, Obsidian Martial Arts Academy made a lot of money from various forces. Since Obsidian Martial Arts Academy wants it so much, it should be to deal with the Smiling Skull's full-scale extermination in the Mountain of the Dead. After all, the Smiling Skull lost one of the Seven Guardians and was really angry. After the people in the Mountain of the Dead are wiped out, it is only a matter of time before he sends people to continuously attack and kill people from Obsidian Martial Arts Academy in the Fog Mountain area."

"I didn't ask them to trade the other half of the secret technique to us. I only asked for some guard robots and a super-limit-level martial skill, which was already very lenient with them. In return, we got a hundred guard robots from the prison and a super-limit-level martial skill. This is a great achievement. Not only can I return to headquarters, but you, the shop owner, might even be promoted to regional store manager."

"Elder Kui Lang, I've heard that the people from the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy are a bunch of lunatics. If they go crazy, they might attack us directly." The white-masked youth was still somewhat worried after hearing this. After all, this sale had broken the rules of the Red Moon Merchant Guild. Other forces might tolerate it, but lunatics like the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy might not.

"So what if they're a bunch of lunatics?" Elder Kui Lang said disdainfully. "They may have become local tyrants in this Misty Mountain region, but in front of the Red Moon Merchant Guild, they're nothing more than crawling infants. Not to mention, we're in the city, with the ironclad rules set by the Domain City. What can they do to us?"

The Obsidian Martial Arts Academy may be a powerful force in the Mist Mountain region, but in front of this elder of the Red Moon Merchant Guild, it is nothing at all.

If it weren't for the ironclad rules set by Domain City, Obsidian Martial Arts School would have been gone long ago. How could they have dared to so arrogantly wipe out all the people from Earth Star Pharmaceuticals in Red Moon Town, let alone kill the Seven Guardians of Smiling Skull? Are Earth Star Pharmaceuticals and Smiling Skull truly without anyone?
Similarly, as long as he stays in the city, the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy dares to send a large number of martial artists to deal with him. The ironclad rules of the Domain City also apply to the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy. Unless the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy no longer wants to operate in the Fog Mountain area and hides in a place not managed by the Domain City, it will suffer endless pursuit and killing by the Domain City in the Fog Mountain area.

Not to mention that once Obsidian Martial Arts School is no longer under the protection of Fog Mountain City, Earth Star Pharmaceuticals and Smiling Skull will make their move immediately.

Dare to touch him?
That's just asking for death!

"However, to prevent Obsidian Martial Arts School from doing business with other branches, in my name, you should inform all branches that Obsidian Martial Arts School is now on the blacklist, and all stores are prohibited from doing any business with anyone from Obsidian Martial Arts School!"

"Yes! I understand."

After hearing this, the white-masked youth felt that Elder Kui Lang's strategy was indeed brilliant and flawless.

Putting aside the fact that attacking the Red Cross Chamber of Commerce would definitely provoke retaliation from the Red Moon Chamber of Commerce, simply targeting them within the city would leave the Obsidian Martial Arts School with no place to stand.

If the Obsidian Martial Arts School wanted to resist the Smiling Skull's all-out extermination, it had no choice but to accept Elder Kui Lang's offer, a loss it could only swallow with a grimace.

……

Chiyue Town is located deep underground in Chiyue Mountain.

Lin Qi found a place with fertile soil, buried the Seed of Life directly, and poured a bucket of high-level monster blood on it.

"Indeed, the blood of these monsters is also considered the essence of life."

Lin Qi sensed the slightly unusual movement of the life seed and was overjoyed.

He was initially worried about whether monster blood could be considered a life essence, but now the Seed of Life is showing a slight energy fluctuation in the spiritual realm, indicating that monster blood can be considered a life essence.

This means that as long as he keeps watering the monster's blood, he can turn the Seed of Life into the Tree of Life, which will then continuously bear the Fruit of Life.

Monster blood is difficult for other factions to obtain in large quantities, but it's not a problem for players. Just by exploring the wilderness every day, players can bring back a lot of monsters. Not to mention that the number of players has now reached eight thousand, and there aren't enough monsters in the surrounding area to kill. Veteran players either go to more distant wilderness areas or head to the Dead Mountain to hunt lord monsters.

The monster blood currently stockpiled in the martial arts school's warehouses for making potions is almost insufficient, even with the few temporary warehouses the school has set up.

Immediately, Lin Qi ordered a group of martial arts disciples to frantically move monster blood from the warehouse to the ground, while he poured bucket after bucket of it onto the Seed of Life, allowing the Seed of Life to continuously absorb the essence of life.

One bucket... two buckets... three buckets...

After Lin Qi poured hundreds of buckets of blood essence from monsters below the high-level, the Seed of Life grew into a sapling over two meters tall, its branches and leaves crystal clear, like emeralds. On its branches grew fruits the size of fingers, and as it absorbed more blood essence, these fruits grew slowly, just like the Tree of Life.

Finally, as the morning sun rose, after Lin Qi poured out a large warehouse of blood essence, the Tree of Life transformed into a tree over four meters tall. The blood-red fruits on its branches grew to the size of fists, resembling ripe apples, and fell to the ground one after another.

"A thousand barrels of blood essence from monsters below the high-level can produce ten Fruits of Life. The consumption is truly astonishing." Lin Qi looked at the ripe Fruits of Life on the ground and couldn't help but gasp in amazement.

A bucket of blood essence requires killing about one high-level monster to obtain, and about ten mid-level monsters, while low-level monsters require even more, around twenty or thirty.

If all the monsters were high-level, it would take killing a thousand high-level monsters to obtain ten Fruits of Life, which would take about six hours to ripen. This price is undeniably high. Although there are many monsters in the wild now due to the monster tide, even if all players went to King's Mountain and the Wilderness to hunt a thousand high-level monsters, it would still take a whole day. And the time spent on this includes not only the time needed to find and kill the high-level monsters, but also the time spent transporting them back to Crimson Moon Town.

Producing ten Life Fruits a day is not even enough for their own use. After all, the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy currently has a million disciples. With training in the town, many people get injured every day. If they go out to fight, being crippled is commonplace. Ten fruits are not even enough to fill a tooth gap.

"It seems that the only way to increase production is to have players hunt more of those boss monsters."

Lin Qi picked up all the Fruits of Life, and began to think about increasing the yield. He wanted the growth of the Tree of Life and the Fruits of Life to not only increase the quantity of monster blood, but also the quality of monster blood.

Lord-level monsters are not only enormous in size, but their blood also has a much higher energy concentration than that of high-level monsters. If you use the blood of a lord-level monster to irrigate your plants, you can undoubtedly produce more and faster Fruits of Life.

Once the energy produces more Fruits of Life, it will undoubtedly become a hallmark and source of confidence for the Obsidian Martial Arts School, a qualification to conduct important resource transactions with truly powerful forces, unlike now, when there is simply nothing of value to offer.

For truly powerful forces, such as the rulers of a region like Domain City, both the guard robots and the transcendental martial arts are considered dispensable. They would never trade truly important resources. This is why many ordinary forces are envious of the guard robots and transcendental martial arts and are willing to pay a lot, but these forces don't have much of value in their hands, so even if they traded everything, they wouldn't get much in return.

But the Fruit of Life is different. For those big shots in truly powerful forces, the Fruit of Life is absolutely essential. After all, no one can guarantee that they won't become disabled after a battle. If these powerful people become disabled, it will have a significant impact on a force, not to mention the person themselves.

Therefore, these powerful individuals would not miss the opportunity to obtain a miraculous medicine that would prevent them from becoming disabled, given that they would pay a certain price.

Thinking of this, Lin Qi felt even more eager to let players hunt boss monsters in the wilderness and the Dead Mountain Range.

Although he is still far from the Blood Condensation Realm, the more energy blood essence he has, the better, especially since he is currently unable to produce it.

Just as Lin Qi was pondering whether to hold a monster acquisition event for players, a person stood in front of the martial arts school gate with an indescribable look of anxiety and helplessness on his face, pacing back and forth in front of the gate. This person was none other than Wu Zhuoqun.

"Why are you waiting here? Is something wrong?" Lin Qi asked Wu Zhuoqun curiously.

When Wu Zhuoqun saw Lin Qi, his expression became even more unpleasant: "Master, although the Red Moon Chamber of Commerce is willing to sell the metal plate, the price is too high, and I dare not make a decision. In addition, if we do not buy it within two days, they plan to send the metal plate to the headquarters of the Red Moon Chamber of Commerce."

"Is the price high?" Lin Qi nodded and asked, "What price are they asking for?"

The Red Moon Merchant Guild is notorious for its ruthlessness in the Fog Mountain region. Once they acquire something, anyone else who wants to buy it will have to pay an exorbitant price. Therefore, few forces in the entire Fog Mountain region buy things from the Red Moon Merchant Guild; they usually sell things to others.

Wu Zhuoqun looked at Lin Qi and said nervously, "They want a hundred guard robots and a complete super-limit level martial skill. And this is the price I quoted when I left. If we talk about it later, they will probably ask for an even higher price."

"One hundred guard robots and a complete super-limit level martial art?" Lin Qi was also stunned after hearing this.

The guard robots in the prison are all priceless, much like gambling on jade. You never know, there might be a priceless gem inside, making you rich overnight.

As for the guarding robots, even setting aside whether they can produce inherited or complete martial arts techniques, the combat data they simply record could potentially teach people those extraordinary martial arts techniques, which means there is a minimum guarantee.

One hundred guard robots, even if they don't reveal two or three inherited skills or a few super-limit level martial arts techniques, even just one super-limit level martial arts technique would be priceless, enough to drive a top-tier power crazy.

The Red Moon Merchant Guild's demand for these items is tantamount to asking him for two or more super-limit level martial arts techniques or inheritances.

While the body-strengthening secret technique is indeed precious, it is not easy for major forces to cultivate, and is even somewhat useless. Exchanging it for a transcendent-level martial skill would be a win. Not to mention that in the Star Energy Civilization, the value of the body-strengthening secret technique is far less than that of a transcendent-level martial skill, since the Star Energy Construct Body Secret Technique is very common in the Star Energy Civilization.

As for exchanging for a transcendent-level martial skill, that's just a pipe dream. If someone wants more than two transcendent-level martial skills, the people of the Star Energy Civilization would probably curse that person's entire family.

"In addition, I also received news that the Smiling Skull sent four Seven Guardians to lead a team to wipe us out in the Dead Mountain Range, so that we cannot set foot in the Dead Mountain Range." Wu Zhuoqun said with a grim face, "It seems that the elder of the Red Moon Merchant Guild saw that our martial arts school needs the inheritance metal plate to quickly improve its overall strength, so he offered such an exorbitant price."

He knew a little about the metal plate that the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy inherited. After all, as a member of the academy's guard team, he had also learned the spirit secret technique and the potential secret technique through the metal plate. It was clear that the body strengthening secret technique was a matching secret technique. By changing the cell structure, it could not only make the body stronger, but also allow the cells to withstand more energy. And the energy that the cells could bear was the key to the potential secret technique.

At that time, any disciple in the martial arts school who learns the body-strengthening secret technique will definitely see a significant improvement in their strength.

In his view, Lin Qi was busy collecting the Body Strengthening Secret Technique Metal Plates in order to deal with the Smiling Skull and Earth Star Pharmaceuticals, but he didn't know how the elder of the Red Moon Chamber of Commerce found out. Now it was obvious that they were completely under his control.

"Since the Red Moon Merchant Guild has such a big appetite, I'll satisfy it and see if its stomach is made of iron." Lin Qi said calmly, "Go and inform the city lords of the major cities that I, Lin Qi, the headmaster of the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy, want to make a deal with them."

"Trade with those city lords?" Wu Zhuoqun was somewhat bewildered, not understanding what Lin Qi was trying to do. "Then what will we sell to them?"

"What else? Weapons, of course," Lin Qi said with a smile.

The Red Moon Merchant Guild's main source of income is selling B-grade alloy armor in major cities, thereby reaping profits from various forces within those cities. Therefore, he was curious to know who would buy the B-grade alloy armor sold by the Red Moon Merchant Guild when it proved to be so easily destroyed.

"Weapons?" Wu Zhuoqun seemed to have thought of something, his mouth forming an "O" shape as he asked, "Master! You're planning to sell those electromagnetic guns?"

The electromagnetic gun is an essential weapon for every member of the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy's defense team. It's a legendary weapon for breaking through defenses. If it were to be sold, it would definitely rewrite history and completely change the existing martial arts combat system.

"Okay, go and come back quickly!" Lin Qi nodded.

There's a saying that goes, "If you're not a member of my Dapinghao, you shouldn't be a human being!"
(End of this chapter)