Chapter 284

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Chapter 284: Sincere Prayer
The water sources in Era Store in Jiangnan are often polluted, and the extracted Spiritual Essence is impure. It needs to be neutralized with highly pure water extract to enhance its quality.
The Luo River Water is exactly what Era Store in Jiangnan urgently needs. It is usually highly valued and stable, but since Zhang Mu has chosen to head north, there’s no need to worry about it.
Zhang Mu’s current plan is to head straight to Inner Mongolia City. He is somewhat familiar with the walking routes there. It is now the best place inland, having transformed into the capital city of Era City. Zhang Mu doesn’t know what it looks like now; whether it hasn’t been reclaimed at all or has been unified. Communication is completely cut off, and information is blocked, making it a blank spot for Zhang Mu.
This is a great challenge for Zhang Mu because he knows nothing about this route. He doesn’t know what kind of zombie hordes, mutated beasts, or other creatures he will encounter on the way, or how to deal with the evolvers in Inner Mongolia City.
His perspective has widened now. He no longer thinks things are as simple as before. If Lycorisradiata helps him advance to the third rank, it can definitely be said to be the most cutting-edge power in the world at present.
However, the unexpected appearance of Long Qi and Long Er made him realize that the power of the second rank is not enough. There are always stronger individuals out there. His previous belief that those strong individuals ascended to the second rank in a short time seems to be wrong.
Inner Mongolia City is vast, with Inner Mongolia City being the size of several hundred Luo Yang Cities. Talented individuals emerge frequently, so Zhang Mu must be cautious and wary. He won’t know if they are enemies or allies until he arrives there.
“One unit of Spirit of Luo Yang, and two units of Yellow River Carp,” replied Zhang Mu after careful consideration to No. 37. There was no other choice, as even with Zhang Mu’s discount, the Spirit of Luo Yang still required four gold leaves, almost all of the six gold leaves that Zhang Mu had in hand.
No. 37 said with some astonishment, “It seems you have once again taken a gamble on a single choice. It makes sense though, knowing your personality, you wouldn’t purchase both the Luoyang Peony Bud and Luo River Water.”
The process happened quickly, within the exclusive area of Zhang Mu’s Era Merchant Ring, where two Yellow River Carp and a vivid dandelion were displayed. The dandelion seemed to be about to take flight, more lively than the adjacent Yellow River Carp, truly fitting for goods only tradable by junior Era Sub-merchants.
Glancing in Zhang Mu’s direction, No. 37 was no longer surprised by anything Zhang Mu did. No. 37 speculated that Zhang Mu must be the last hope of the planet, so there was nothing astonishing about it.
No. 37 entertained a somewhat silly thought; should he improve his relationship with his Era Sub-merchant? Perhaps if he reached the level of a trial field, he could be taken away by the Era Caravan, ultimately becoming a part of the Era Merchant, just like Zhang Mu.
If Zhang Mu could stand by his side, he could quickly regain everything lost, related to thoughts, related to dignity.
Suddenly, No. 37 abruptly shook his head, stopping the thoughts from spreading further.
What was he thinking? Perhaps his thoughts were becoming too distant?
What was wrong with him? There must be something on Zhang Mu that he hadn’t yet discovered, effortlessly stirring No. 37’s mind to this extent.
And, most importantly, it’s not the first time.
He regained his previous elegance, swapped for a glass of seemingly ordinary champagne, but his expression didn’t look very happy, probably regretting that his beloved Lycorisradiata was going to be left to Zhang Mu.
“So, continue? Era Universal Merchandise has new items, take a look and choose what you like.”
No. 37 slowly drank the last sip of wine and said.
Zhang Mu showed no other emotions, grinned and said, “I can just take whatever I like? No need to pay?”
No. 37 didn’t want to deal with him at all and simply ignored him.
Trading at Era Universal Merchandise requires elemental crystals. Zhang Mu hadn’t been actively clearing out a large number of zombie hordes lately, either because he didn’t have the time or his abilities were insufficient, making it challenging.
However, Zhang Mu had quite a few elemental crystals on hand. Some were from those small, annoying zombie hordes that crossed his path, and the rest were from the fixed rewards of three Era Merchant tasks he had completed in just a month.
However, this ‘quite a few’ was relative, as it made him feel financially tight when he wanted to buy more things.
Zhang Mu was worried because he only had a little over 40,000 elemental crystals in his hand, and he wasn’t sure if it would be enough for what he wanted to buy later.
He didn’t know the initial prices of those things he was about to buy. He had previously chosen basic and less effective life-saving potions at a high price, but this time he decided to go for it without hesitation.
“It’s our first meeting, so please give me a discount,” he pleaded.
Zhang Mu silently prayed that the prices at Era Universal Merchandise would be cheaper.
The mechanical list made of golden threads started to change drastically as Zhang Mu anxiously looked at it in the disapproving gaze of No. 37.
I must have enough with these 40,000 crystals!