CHAPTER 425: CHAPTER 95: MARKET

This idea seems to have some potential.

In the previous Martial Hero World, after messing around with martial arts cultivation, I managed to figure out alchemy and artifact refining as well.

And in this world, although the fundamental power is different, the cultural heritage seems to share some similarities.

The alchemy and artifact refining skills I developed in the Martial Hero World might just thrive in this world.

Moreover, in the Martial Hero World, when I was modifying plants like Star Moon Grass, I gained some insights into cultivating plants that can absorb Spiritual Qi from the air.

"Perhaps, I can go out and explore to cultivate plants that can quickly absorb energy particles from the air... also, I might be able to pick up those skills of array, alchemy, and artifact refining again."

As these thoughts swirled in his mind, Li Weifeng arrived at the market of Pioneer City.

This is the place where martial artists exchange various needed materials.

Since modern industrial products can’t be brought into this world, money has almost lost its usefulness, and only elixirs used for cultivation are hard currency.

Qi Blood Pills, Blood Coagulation Pills, Qi Blood Pills, Bone Tempering Pills, Wrist Protection Pills, and other cultivation elixirs have replaced money as currency.

This is normal, as the Underground Cave World is fraught with dangers.

Going out for exploration today, there’s no telling if you’ll make it back tomorrow, so what’s the point of earning more money? Only strength serves as one’s greatest reliance.

"Don’t miss out as you pass by, top-grade ore materials, you might be able to forge an A-level weapon."

"Demon Beast materials on a cheap sale, top-grade Demon Wolf Hide, making a close-fitting leather armor might save your life in danger..."

"Top-grade First Grade wild boar meat, authentic taste, fast purchase recommended..."

The market was bustling with noise.

Li Weifeng felt as if he had wandered into a food market, although the vendors weren’t selling vegetables.

In fact, even though martial artists were high and mighty privileged class figures in the outside world, their performance in this Pioneer City market was not much different from selling fish and meat in a street market.

"This social culture truly remains unchanged no matter where you go."

Li Weifeng couldn’t help but sigh inwardly.

On each stall were various bizarre materials, plant branches, wild grass, unnamed fruits, and even mushrooms from the forest, along with ores, stones, soil, all sorts of things.

Evidently, these should be the harvests of official martial artists who went out exploring.

However, for many items, even the sellers themselves didn’t know if they were useful; selling them to the official unified mixing and separation for elixir manufacturing offered too low a price, so they laid them out here, hoping someone with knowledge would purchase them at a higher price.

Accompanying the advent of the Underground Cave World, some ancient heritages have found new life.

For instance, the five elements theory of traditional Chinese medicine, some Miaojiang’s Gu Technique, certain strange and eccentric arts, etc., now flourish in this era.

Ores, Demon Beast materials, and those unknown plant branches, in the hands of master blacksmiths, can be crafted into divine weapons that channel Qi Blood power.

These divine weapons can enter the Underground Cave World through the entrance.

The officials collect ores from this world and, supplemented by Earth’s various iron ores, forge them into various alloys to craft alloy weapons that can pass through the Teleportation Gate.

Moreover, in traditional Chinese medicine, some old doctors brew pills that promote Qi Blood circulation according to the properties of Chinese medicine.

With the countless plants in the Underground Cave World, after years of exploration, some theories have been developed, and elixirs that aid Qi Blood cultivation can now be refined.

The elixirs sold by the officials come from such origins.

However, compared to the outdated refining methods of old doctors, the government gathers research personnel to use machines for large-scale production directly.

In the folk, there are always some strange methods applied to certain materials.

Hence, this market established by martial artists provides a foundation for its existence.

Moreover, amidst these inconspicuous stalls, there might be treasures hidden.

Legend has it that someone bought a seemingly inconspicuous dried fruit from a stall, and after consuming it, their Qi Blood surged, breaking through to become a martial artist with unstoppable momentum.

Someone bought a "waste stone" that accidentally shattered on the ground, only to find it contained a piece of First Grade Energy Stone, becoming rich overnight...

Li Weifeng naturally didn’t know the truth of these market rumors.

However, it attracted quite a few ordinary people hoping to get rich quick, wandering around.

Li Weifeng mingled in the crowd, scanning stall by stall, yet besides broadening his horizons, he didn’t gain much.

The martial artists setting up stalls here were basically low-grade martial artists.

These low-grade martial artists only dared to explore within a ten-mile radius of Pioneer City, a relatively safe area.

But these places had been explored by countless martial artists, how could anything eye-catching remain?

Even worse, some vendors even pulled up some leaves outside and sold them as Spirit Materials, which was truly speechless.

"Look quickly, someone hunted a Third Grade Demon Beast Mountain Stream Tiger back!"

A cry of surprise suddenly sounded in his ear.

Everyone in the market raised their eyes to look.

At the end of the road, a burly man in tattered clothing, covered in blood, was carrying a massive tiger carcass, weighing over a thousand pounds, step by step.

Bloodthirsty aura spread, forcing the surrounding people to move aside.

"So lucky, a Mountain Stream Tiger is worth at least several billion, especially since tiger meat and tiger bones are very precious medicinal materials..."

The crowd inside showed envy, squeezing forward to get a clearer view of the man and the tiger carcass.

This situation of hunting a Demon Beast outside and then bringing it back for sale in the market was not uncommon.

But people’s natural curiosity wasn’t easy to overcome; even after becoming official martial artists, their instincts still drew them towards excitement when it occurred.

Like a water current, Li Weifeng was directly squeezed into a corner.

"Oops!"

His foot seemed to step on something.

He quickly turned back, only to see his foot on a trader’s stall, leaving an obvious footprint.

"Boss, sorry for stepping on your stuff by accident."

"It’s fine, just some newly unearthed stones, stepping on them doesn’t matter. Young brother, are you interested in trying your luck?"

The boss, a man in his thirties with a flat head, appeared slightly chubby, with a friendly smile, his voice full of cheerfulness.

Upon hearing this, Li Weifeng’s gaze lowered.

On the stall were strange-shaped pebbles of various colors and textures, with dirt still clinging to them, obviously recently dug out.