Chapter 608: Chapter 609: Shopping at the Merchant’s Store, Unexpected Gains

The Wood King Mansion’s store was enormous, and as soon as Lin Zhen entered and glanced around, he found some promising discoveries.

After receiving a million, Lin Zhen came in again.

“Chris, are you sure taking those medicines will help me advance my Star Power?”

“Of course, my master, as a Black Hole Beast, you should also be able to sense what kind of things would benefit you after devouring them.”

Lin Zhen nodded. In the Original World, in addition to normal cultivation, there was a faster cultivation method, which was taking elixirs.

After refining these elixirs, they contain the essence of the Heavenly and Earthly energy, and consuming one can compare to months of hard cultivation.

There are many considerations and taboos for others to take medicines for advancement. For example, after taking one, they need to digest and absorb them for a while before they can continue to take a second one. Overall, it is faster than normal cultivation, but it isn’t excessively fast.

If it takes three years for the Star System Level 1 to advance to Level 2, taking medicine for cultivation might only take one year, but removing the side effects of the medicine afterwards would also be a hassle.

But Lin Zhen had a feeling that he should be able to devour a large amount of medicine.

He didn’t pay much attention just now, hoping that these medicines wouldn’t be too expensive.

After spending 700 years in the Mirror Space, Lin Zhen didn’t gain much. Although his breakthrough to the Star System Stage was fast, he was still somewhat behind overall.

Lin Zhen needed a method to quickly increase his strength, and devouring was his biggest trump card!

As he entered the store, someone sneaked up to him.

“Brother, I have some good goods here, want to take a look?”

“What good goods?” Lin Zhen asked.

“Take a look, absolutely good goods.”

This person took out a small chip.

“Implant this into your Dimensional Universe, and you’ll be able to see things that you can’t normally see. From the Butterfly Sisters fighting against Wolfmen, to the Mermaid Girl being brutally tortured by the Tentacle Monster Ugly Men, to the supreme goddess of Pandox Planet serving the Black Bear Monster after being conquered. The battle is intense, the 4D scene stimulates your senses, it’s definitely worth it, only nine hundred eighty-eight…”

Lin Zhen’s face darkened, and he threw the chip back and strode forward.

It turned out to be someone selling porn discs.

Lin Zhen didn’t linger, and went directly to the elixir counter.

On the rows of elixir shelves, exquisite small boxes held various spirit pills.

Each elixir had a clear description, effect, and a price.

Some elixirs could temporarily increase one’s speed, some could improve strength, some could burn Star Power, some could remove elixir toxins.

Of course, the most common type was the elixir for cultivation itself, used to enhance Star Power.

“Hand me that Juyuan Powder to take a look.”

“Sir, please take your time. This is the largest elixir store in the entire Wood King Mansion region. Even if you purchase inside the Dimensional Universe, you will still pick up your goods here, and we save on the handling fee.”

Lin Zhen nodded, took the Juyuan Powder and sniffed it. A surge of spiritual energy hit him in the face.

“One pill is equivalent to a month of hard cultivation. What a good thing!”

There were ten pills in this small bottle, worth one million, one hundred thousand each.

Lin Zhen hesitated for a while, put down the elixir, and spent all his money on just one bottle, leaving him with nothing.

“Sir, there is also a top-quality Juyuan Powder over there, which is also for use during the Star System Stage. One pill is equivalent to two months of cultivation, and the side effects are small, three hundred thousand per pill.”

“Why is there such a difference in the effects of the same Juyuan Powder?” Lin Zhen picked up the bottle and asked.

“Because they are made by different Alchemists. A Third Grade Alchemist’s Juyuan Powder is definitely stronger than a Second Grade Alchemist’s, right?”

Looking at this three million per bottle elixir, if Lin Zhen consumed two bottles now, he could probably advance to Star System Level 5.

Putting down the Juyuan Powder, Lin Zhen made up his mind.

In the future, he will need to devour a large, no, a massive amount of medicines.

If he relied on purchasing them, no amount of money would be enough. The best method would be for Lin Zhen himself to learn Alchemy.

To study Alchemy, Lin Zhen had an advantage, which was to grow his own medicinal plants.

Lin Zhen had already thought of a planting location, inside the Dark Star.

As a real planet, the Dark Star was extremely vibrant, even more so than the inner worlds of other World Kings.

Lin Zhen also had the Heart of Star Plants, the perfect place to grow medicines.

“Chris, give me a list of materials needed to refine Juyuan Powder, and plant all the medicinal materials on the Dark Star.”

The medicines had ingredients listed on them, and Chris quickly made a list for Lin Zhen.

Following the formula on the list, Lin Zhen began purchasing.

“Five hundred portions of Qingling Grass seeds… one hundred portions of Frost Mist Grass… one hundred portions of Dragon Saliva Fragrance… fifty portions of Secret Red Flower…”

Seed prices were very cheap, so over a thousand portions of seeds were quickly purchased, and Lin Zhen’s one million became three hundred thousand.

After strolling around the store for a while, Lin Zhen found some more interesting items.

Spiritual Power training potion!

Lin Zhen’s current spiritual power is at 99% of the Cui Mang rank. Generally, martial artists who have reached the Domain King level have spiritual power of the Cui Mang rank.

As for those who have reached the World King level, their spiritual power is either on par with Lin Zhen’s or even higher.

However, he currently doesn’t have money to buy mental power potion or seeds.

“Although I have the Dark Star Space, which is like a cheat for medicinal materials, there is still some time before I can concoct elixirs. For now, I can only focus on one thing.”

After giving up on the mental power potion, Lin Zhen saw something else.

Techniques!

There are actually techniques for sale here.

Lin Zhen’s Nine Layers Spear River has gradually fallen behind the times; after all, it’s just a technique from the New World. It’s suitable for use at the Constant Star Stage, but now that Lin Zhen is in the Star System Stage, he faces opponents who are either Domain Kings or World Kings. He needs a new technique.

But he found that the techniques here were outrageously expensive.

A secret manual for a Hundred Battle Spear Technique costs five million!

A secret manual for a Tyrant Spear Technique costs ten million!

Even better secret manuals are available only when Lin Zhen’s status is upgraded, like becoming a customer of Universe First Bank.

Now Lin Zhen’s deposit in Universe First Bank is still zero, and he can’t buy any great items.

Apart from techniques, Lin Zhen also saw treasures unique to the Original World.

Colored Light Halberd!

Strictly speaking, the Colored Light Halberd is also a top-quality Heavenly Tool, but it has evolved into a treasure because of its unique spirit in the Original World.

In the New World, such treasures cannot be found. Everything in the New World counts as tools, holy tools, divine tools, or heavenly tools, all belonging to the category of instruments and not treasures.

Only such spirit-possessing objects from the Original World can be considered treasures.

The Colored Light Halberd is 3.5 meters long and weighs 300,000 kilograms!

Lin Zhen couldn’t help but feel shocked as he looked at it. Carrying this thing around was like carrying a mountain with him.

Beyond the Colored Light Halberd, there were also items like Overturning Mountain Axe and Splitting Earth Hammer.

Lin Zhen didn’t continue looking. He was worried that if he saw a spear-like object, he wouldn’t be able to resist buying it, but he had no money, causing himself trouble.

The price of the Colored Light Halberd was also six million. It was estimated that not everyone in the Original World could afford it.

The promotion of status, refining of medicines, techniques, treasures! All these require money!

After purchasing seeds, Lin Zhen’s one million was quickly reduced to 300,000. He prepared to leave the store.

After walking a few steps, a man who was reading a book approached him.

“My friend, would you like to check out our goods?”

Having had the past experience of being roped into buying yellow discs, Lin Zhen instinctively thought it wasn’t anything good upon hearing the name of the medicine and immediately shook his head.

The man urgently said, “Sir, this is Void Mountain Spirit Spring water, collected from White Cloud Mountain five million kilometers away. It greatly promotes the growth of plants. I saw you buying seeds just now. Don’t you need some spring water for watering?”

Lin Zhen paused when he heard this. It seemed that the spring water was similar in function to the Heart of Star Plants.

However, since Dark Star possesses the Heart of Star Plants, the growth of the medicinal plants is already quite fast, and Lin Zhen doesn’t need it that much.

Seeing Lin Zhen shake his head, the man continued, “Sir, as long as you set aside a small space in your inner world and pour the spring water in it, even just two tons of it, the spring water will automatically absorb spiritual energy and never run out. Your plants can grow quickly forever after you buy it once.”

Lin Zhen looked at the man, “Do you think I would have an inner world?”

The man hesitated for a moment and then showed a disappointed expression on his face, “Oh! Sorry, I was too eager to sell. I forgot that I should only sell to World Kings, as only they have inner worlds.”

Lin Zhen’s gaze swept across the ancient scroll in the man’s hand.

“How much does your spring water cost?”

“One hundred thousand per ton, but if you don’t have an inner world, this thing dissipates quickly in the outside world. Are you sure you want to buy it?”

“It’s fine. I grow plants just for fun. I enjoy playing with flowers, plants, and antiques when I’m free. Give me two tons.”

“Ha! That’s great. Thank you, sir!”

The man took out a small space bottle, which was used for storing liquids, working under the same principle as a space ring. Inside were two tons of Spirit Spring water.

As Lin Zhen was about to pay, he suddenly paused.

“What’s the book in your hand? It looks quite old. Can I take a look? You know, I like such things.”

“Oh, this is a miscellaneous book, Galaxy Beast Notes, which lists some of the rare abilities of galaxy beasts. Nobody usually reads it. It was left by the elder generation of my family, and I just read it in my spare time. If you like it, I’ll give it to you.”

“Thank you!”

Lin Zhen took the book and completed the transaction with the man.

The man received 200,000, thanked Lin Zhen profusely, and left.

Lin Zhen put away the Spirit Spring water and, with some excitement, looked at the ancient book. This book couldn’t be found even in the Dimensional Universe.

Lin Zhen insisted on getting the book because the first page introduced the Black Hole Beast!