Chapter 42
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Chapter 42: Angry and Buying in a Frenzy
“This spirit mine will henceforth be named spirit stone.”
Yi Chen stood up and commanded, “Gather all the available tribe members and go to the spirit stone mine in the east to extract spirit stones.”
“We don’t need too many at first; just ensure that each tribe member can get a few fist-sized spirit stones.”
“Once gathered, distribute them to all tribe members. Tell them to keep a spirit stone nearby while training from now on.”
“Could it be that spirit stones help improve training?”
The high priest, clearly intelligent, quickly grasped Yi Chen’s intention.
“Yes, they can roughly double the training speed.”
Yi Chen nodded, affirming his guess.
“Then, does that mean that in about three months, the average strength of the tribe members can reach the first level of Spirit Release?”
The high priest looked at Yi Chen in disbelief.
“Yes!”
Yi Chen nodded again.
“I’ll arrange it right away.”
The high priest showed an expression of great joy.
An increase in the average strength of the tribe members was undoubtedly fantastic news for him.
His current power in the Flame Mountain Tribe was second only to Yi Chen’s.
And the source of this power relied entirely on Yi Chen’s expansion efforts.
The stronger the tribe members, the faster they could expand, and his influence would naturally rise along with it.
“Go! Don’t forget about making iron swords. Within a month, ensure that every tribe member has at least one.”
Yi Chen waved his hand and returned to his wooden house with the spirit stones.
Since the spirit stone mine was easy to access, he didn’t need to go there himself.
He just needed to wait for the tribe members’ strength to increase and their influence to expand.
His priority was still to create the swordsmanship.
Back in the wooden house, he sat cross-legged on the wooden bed and tossed a spirit stone to the Little Gold Ball.
The Little Gold Ball thought Yi Chen was giving it a toy and immediately started pushing the spirit stone, rolling it around on the bed.
Yi Chen didn’t bother to instruct it to absorb the spirit energy from the stone.
This little creature’s speed of power increase was beyond imagination.
Now, it had already reached the level of a level 6 fierce beast, with no signs of slowing down in its growth.
He really didn’t need to worry about it at all.
He slightly closed his eyes, suppressing the joy of discovering the spirit stone mine, and adjusted his mindset.
He began to test the acupuncture points from the Qi Sea to his arm, trying to develop a pathway of energy circulation that matched his sword intent.
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As Yi Chen calmed down from the excitement of finding the spirit stone mine and started studying the energy circulation pathways for his swordsmanship, the audience in the live room was still immersed in the shock from his previous comments.
“This energy stone, which Yi Chen named spirit stone, can double the training speed?”
“Oh my gosh! Does that mean in just two more months, I can break through to the first level of Spirit Release and truly increase my lifespan cap to two hundred and forty years? Plus, I could start practicing the Chaos Technique at the Spirit Release level?”
“I never expected this! The spirit stone, which was abandoned by the federal research institute, could actually have such great use and value for training?”
“Indeed, Yi Chen immediately discovered its true value once he got his hands on the spirit stones.”
“I’m going to get rich! I seem to be on the verge of striking it rich. I’ll have a spirit stone mine on the land I bought for the plantation!”
“Wow, that sounds like a sure way to get rich. Although, from what Yi Chen said, just one or two spirit stones should be enough for the tribe members of the Flame Mountain Tribe to use for now, the consumption doesn’t seem too high.”
“But that’s only because the tribe members’ strength isn’t very high right now, so the spirit energy needed to advance a level isn’t much.”
“As their strength increases, the consumption of spirit stones will definitely rise. The price will surely climb as well.”
“Does anyone know where to buy spirit stones? I want to stock up before the prices go up!”
“Yeah! Where can I find spirit stones for sale? I just searched all major e-commerce platforms, and there were none available.”
“Of course, spirit stones used to be worthless, so nobody needed them, and therefore no one sold them.”
“If you want to see them online, you’ll probably have to wait an hour or two.”
“An hour or two? By then, the prices might be very high already. Just look at the stock prices of those mining groups; they have already started to soar.”
“Even if the prices are high at first, they will definitely skyrocket later, so anyone selling will definitely make a profit.”
“All I want now is to buy spirit stones, regardless of the price! A doubled training speed means I can break through to the first level of Spirit Release in just a month, gaining a lifespan cap of two hundred and forty years.”
“It’s already unbearable to know that these spirit stones that can enhance training speed exist, and now that I do know, I feel uncomfortable not buying them.”
The audience in the live room was extremely excited.
In Yi Chen’s eyes, the existence of spirit stones was extraordinarily valuable, and the same held true for all of humanity.
In less than the expected hour, within just twenty minutes, the e-commerce platform introduced spirit stones as a product.
Each stone measured ten centimeters long, five centimeters wide, and five centimeters tall, weighing exactly one pound.
The selling price surged to one thousand per piece.
Immediately, the internet was filled with complaints.
The average income for people in the human federation is about ten thousand a month.
How dare something that was once worthless be priced at one thousand each—it’s practically robbery.
Yet, while the public railed against it, they simultaneously placed orders.
However, their initial plans to stock up on thousands or tens of thousands were all dashed.
In just a few seconds, tens of thousands of spirit stones sold out from one e-commerce platform.
A few minutes later, another platform released over one hundred thousand spirit stones.
The price rose to one thousand one hundred per piece.
The public’s complaints grew louder.
Yet in just six or seven seconds, more than one hundred thousand spirit stones sold out.
One thousand two hundred, one thousand three hundred, one thousand four hundred…
Prices continued to climb.
Despite how many spirit stones appeared on the market, they would still sell out almost instantly.
There was no way around it—the allure of spirit stones was simply too great.
Quickly reaching the first level of Spirit Release meant that one’s lifespan could double, and one could start learning the improved version of the Chaos Technique.
Even though without spirit stones, one could eventually reach the first level of Spirit Release, the temptation to reach it quickly was irresistible.
It was like those virtual online games introducing items to speed up leveling; no wealthy person could resist such temptation.
And the appeal of rapidly increasing personal strength was magnitudes greater than that of merely speeding up a character’s leveling in a game.
It became a point where as long as one could afford it, they had to buy it.
The entire human world fell into a frenzy of buying.
The continuously rising prices further fueled the anger of all humanity.
