Chapter 146: Touring the Streets
After their meal, the group traveled along the streets of Polarity City in a leisurely manner. They took a stroll down the busy streets, exploring various stalls and shops.
While Li Lang’s party was enjoying the view, he was deep in thought about whether high-quality food could aid in cultivation and why. At the same time, he was beating himself up for his shallow cultivation. The tofu pudding he had entered into Ruby couldn’t be fully analyzed. It was made from Earth-grade ingredients, which meant the Qi was in the realms of Foundation Establishment. He would have to wait for his breakthrough if he wanted the auto-analyzer to work on the pudding.
Even if it did work, I doubt it will tell me much. It’ll just be like the talismans, giving me just the material composition and Qi signature.
Like that, Li Lang absent-mindedly followed along, entering into store after store as they shopped around.
“Welcome to our treasure pavilion! Everything here is for sale. Just let me know if you need help.”
The treasure pavilion was what this world called pawn shops. It had a myriad of goods, including rare items that were hard to come by. The only caveat was that the rarity was taken into account when setting the price.
“Five orange crystals for a Foundation Pill? That’s a lot more than I thought. That’s like fifty thousand Qi-stones!” Long Yi exclaimed.
“It s-says they only t-take orange Qi crystals.”
“That’s not surprising,” Sima Xue interjected. “These are normally kept within an organization and not spread around. The currency being set is nothing unusual either. It’s set so only people with a certain amount of cultivation or background can buy it.”
Seeing Long Yi’s questioning look, Wei Ping elaborated.
“For e-experts, only Qi stones at their level are u-useful to their cultivation. While the organization sets an e-exchange price for their d-diciples, it’s not so easy in the outside world to attain higher grade Qi crystals.”
Wei Ping continued to explain the intricacies of the economy to a frowning Long Yi. The sects and organizations monopolized the Qi crystal mines, so it was hard for others to come by high-level Qi stones. They had many uses, aiding in cultivation or powering formations. It was a waste for these organizations to trade them out to just anybody.