Sword Shatters Stars

Chapter 108: Reclaiming Wealth?
"You two grown men! You take even longer to take a bath than we do!"

He was so impulsive and eager to drink and eat that the giant tree mutated beast ate all the scallions and meat.

Fang Yuan and Lin Xiufeng were in high spirits after planning their long-term future by joining the Tianwu Group.

The group unfolded their paper umbrellas and returned to the inn for a meal.

We discovered that there are various types of mutated animal meat available here, but they are expensive.

A pound of meat costs ten grams of gold; that's cheap.

The most expensive meat costs 100 grams of gold.

"What the hell? Is this meat made of gold?"

Zhao Youyue thought it was outrageous.

The innkeeper explained, "Because of its delicious and tender texture, it's not easy to obtain. Even if you want to try it, we don't have any right now. Usually, you have to order six months in advance to guarantee that we can get a little bit."

Lin Xiufeng deduced that since the Tianwu Group controlled the exports, they could naturally bring valuable items such as gold jewelry, miniature robots, and watches back to Tianlan Star.

It's clearly a case of using mutated beast meat from the Heavenly Martial Realm to exchange for valuable items that tempt countless hungry people!
Such a thing!

Can Lin Xiufeng get the job?

Absolutely impossible!
"Give me two pounds of this, two pounds of this, two pounds of this..."

Zhao Youyue ordered a few items, then Renxing added two more, and Lin Qiru also added one.

Fang Yuan said that was enough and there was no need to add more.

"Lin Xiufeng, what about you?"

Zhao Youyue held up the menu and asked, guessing that he might not want to suffer a loss and would rather refuse.

"...There's already so much meat, I'll add some vegetables." Lin Xiufeng indeed refused to order meat.

But as hot dishes were served, mineral oil was used to heat and keep them warm.

This food is so delicious...

Lin Xiufeng felt that it was good to splurge occasionally.

I still feel like I've lost out!

He suddenly remembered the price of a bottle of water in the desert.

Isn't this meat just selling for the price of water in the desert?
"Let's buy more seasonings in the city so that when we cook meat soup outside, the flavor will be richer."

Zhao Youyue was taken aback by the sudden suggestion, then laughed.

Everyone at the table laughed.

Renxing paused for a moment before reacting and saying:
"That's right! We're joining the Heavenly Martial Corps soon! Why are we still worried about these things?"

Lin Xiufeng said something she was particularly concerned about:
"The presence of so many buildings in the northern city indicates that a large number of Heavenly Martial Souls reside there. It seems that the branches of the Lin Hai Family will also give outstanding Heavenly Martial Souls the opportunity to come to the Dream Continent."

"The kind of opportunity to be treated like a slave, obeying orders for years?"

When he brought this up, he dismissed it with disdain.

Zhao Youyue didn't want everyone to talk about these unpleasant topics, so she said:
"Let's wander around the city first and find out where the Heavenly Martial Corps headquarters is. We'll go find my uncle together later."

"Aren't you in a hurry?" Renxing was surprised.

"There was nothing to rush. Anyway, my enemy isn't Tianwu Po. Besides, I'm not here to kill for revenge. I just don't want this person to have a good life."

Zhao Youyue has been much more cheerful lately, and everyone thinks it's because of the glow of love.

Since she suddenly became more willing to talk about these things, I impulsively asked:
"Doesn't this sound like an ex-boyfriend who betrayed our love?"

"Nonsense!" Zhao Youyue reacted fiercely, very angry, clearly unable to accept such an association!
"That's going too far, being so willful. You're trying to connect someone's enemy with that kind of relationship."

Lin Xiufeng also thought this was outrageous; if it were him, he would have exploded too!

"I'm talking nonsense! Don't be angry."

Realizing she was in the wrong for being willful, Zhao Youyue calmed herself down and said with a smile:
"I won't talk about these things when I'm happy."

The inn has a wide variety of alcoholic beverages, including the expensive Tianlanxing plum wine.

After eating and drinking to their hearts' content, a small pile of gold jewelry was gone...

The group of people looked at the gold and felt a pang of heartache.

"This is outrageous! Absolutely outrageous! We promised each other we would never be cheated like this again!"

The three women made a heartbreaking vow.

Lin Xiufeng listened, but didn't believe it at all.

The group strolled around the city and discovered that there were many shops.

The pharmacy has a wide variety of bone meal, and if one pharmacy doesn't have a certain type of bone meal, another pharmacy might have it.

In addition, there are many handcrafted wooden and mineral playthings and handicrafts.

The clothing store had a good selection of clothes, both new and secondhand.

The new prices are outrageous; clothes are being sold like gold.

Lin Xiufeng couldn't help but complain:
"This is using the Heavenly Martial Realm as a channel for recovering monetary assets!"

"They're encouraging everyone to come in. They buy high-value items here for exorbitant prices, which can be taken back to Tianlan Star to sell for currency. The recycling chain is very complete! The Tianwu Souls who work here only get contribution points, which is practically no cost!" Zhao Youyue and Lin Qiru both laughed as they listened. Renxing didn't quite understand these things, but Fang Yuan explained them to her, and she vaguely understood, thinking that's how things were.

The group suddenly stopped in front of a shop.

Then, with mixed feelings, I went inside.

The shop displays a wide variety of armor, shields, helmets, and weapons made from animal bones, claws, and scales.

Lin Xiufeng felt complicated as she watched...

They waited for months at Huanshan Jinghu while waiting for the clones to manufacture the armor!
The results of it?
The results of it?
The result is that the primitive productive forces are working themselves to the bone, while the Tianwu Legion in the northern city has modern productive forces, right?
Fang Yuan checked everyone's information, then breathed a sigh of relief and said:
"There is a significant difference in bone density."

Zhao Youyue and Ren Xing both breathed a sigh of relief; at least their efforts hadn't been in vain.

Lin Xiufeng tried it and found it to be true, so she asked the shop assistant:

Who would use this kind of bone density protective gear?

"The Heavenly Martial Soul is still quite practical."

The shop assistant had noticed their nails earlier and, after requesting a closer look, asked:

"These armors are all handmade. Only a Celestial Warrior could have such high bone density. It's unbelievable that a Celestial Warrior would be willing to waste their Celestial Martial Power to make armor..."

Lin Xiufeng thought about it and realized that there really wasn't one; it was just a copy.

"A, do you sell it?"

"Obviously not." Lin Xiufeng felt this person's question was unnecessary. Knowing the production cost, how could it be sold?

Do you sell raw materials for scale armor?

"What will you use to buy it?" Lin Xiufeng asked in return.

"Whatever you need, I'll find a way to get it." The shop assistant was very confident.

"Gold?" Lin Xiufeng asked tentatively, guessing that the shop assistant probably couldn't get his hands on it, since it was to be sent to Tianlan Star.

“Gold and other precious metals are not an option. No one can supply you with large quantities. In the northern city and the cities of the Heavenly Martial Group, precious metals must be exchanged with the Heavenly Martial Group for other goods. Secondary trading and circulation are not allowed.”

The shop assistant's answer was exactly as Lin Xiufeng had guessed.

In other words, the Tianwu Group is indeed using the otherworld of the Tianwu Realm as a channel to recoup its wealth.

"Let's talk about it when we need it." Lin Xiufeng hadn't really wanted to make an exchange in the first place.

The group was most interested in the bone powder shop, because with the help of Li Li, the leader of the Third Regiment of the Anti-Heaven Central District, everyone knew the location of their next cultivation acupoint.

The tiger-dragon's bones yielded over two thousand grams of bone powder, more than enough to exchange for the bone powder everyone needed.

What's troubling me is the stag bone powder; I don't know which acupoints it should be used to cultivate.

No one in the bone meal shops in the northern part of the city knew about it.

"If you don't know which acupoints bone powder is effective for, is there any way to find out?"

Lin Xiufeng noticed that the shopkeeper seemed easy to talk to, so she took the opportunity to ask him for advice.

"There's no other way, so we'll tear open the skin and flesh around the acupoint and try sprinkling a little bit."

"More than 800 acupoints, are we going to try them out using this method?" Lin Xiufeng really didn't want to suffer like this.

"The effective acupoint information of bone powder was discovered by the Heavenly Warriors through this process."

Lin Xiufeng could only say that he admired the spirit of his many predecessors.

In ancient times, Shennong tasted hundreds of herbs; today, the Martial Arts Master tears open flesh and blood to test bone powder.

After admiring it, Lin Xiufeng decided to keep the Bone Powder for later use, until he encountered someone who knew about it or until Li Li and the Thorn Roses had news of it.

Let's leave the hardship to the brave warriors who aren't afraid of hardship. Lin Xiufeng considers himself an ordinary person who doesn't want to suffer unless necessary.

Having explored most of the northern city, it's time to head north to find someone from the Heavenly Martial Guild.

Zhao Youyue arrived at the entrance of the Northern Regiment and took a deep breath.

Lin Xiufeng joked, "Why do you seem a little nervous?"

"I'm nervous for you, okay! You're so carefree! Aren't you worried that my uncle won't like you and will object to us being together?"

"What's the use of his objection?" Lin Xiufei was surprised. In this kind of matter, he only selectively listened to his parents, so why did he listen to his uncle?

“You don’t understand. My uncle is more like my father than my father. He’s the one who has taken care of me the most since I was a child, and the one I’ve lived with the longest.”

Zhao Youyue took another deep breath and reminded Lin Xiufeng:

"Be serious! Show me your skills at pretending to be a proper, well-behaved child! Don't show your true colors, my uncle is a very serious man! He can't stand men being unserious!"

"Then why do you like people who are unserious?" Lin Xiufeng asked, puzzled.

"You weren't like this at first! I was still fooled by you!"

"Won't we find out soon?" Lin Xiufeng pressed on relentlessly.

"Ugh, you're so long-winded!" Zhao Youyue took another deep breath, deciding she couldn't keep running away, so she stepped forward and explained her purpose.

"Ah! You're Minister Zhao's niece?" Tian Wupo, who was on duty, immediately told them who to ask after they went in, and didn't stop them, letting them all in.

(End of this chapter)