Chapter 373

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Chapter 373: Rising Tides
After entering Era Store, Zhang Mu didn’t rush in, feeling more and more worried than the joy of being ahead of the Caravan Alliance. He felt like there was an invisible net opening up in front of him, and he slowly started to move towards it.
Yuan Rui had already separated from him at this point, and Zhang Mu returned to the living room. This time, the Era Merchant didn’t appear. The familiar remote control slowly floated in front of Zhang Mu’s eyes, and the TV screen on the wall began to display a simple menu.
“No. 001, please choose the type of era transaction.”
“Era Region goods trade.” “Era Universal Merchandise trade.”
Zhang Mu first selected the former with the remote control. Naturally, two options popped up. After selecting to purchase, the contents of Era Region goods on the screen refreshed.
“The Era Store sale list is as follows: Inner Mongolian Yak Horn, priced at 2.5 gold leaf per unit, remaining units: 10.”
“Azure Scarf costs 0.2 gold leaf per unit, remaining units: 50.
“Golden Saddle costs four point zero gold leaf per unit, remaining units: 10.”
Zhang Mu looked at the screen of era goods in front of him, slowly sinking into thought.
The prices of Inner Mongolian Yak Horn and Golden Saddle have slightly increased within the normal range of price fluctuations, while the price of Azure Scarf has dropped by nearly half.
Based on Zhang Mu’s future experiences, if it’s not a general price decline, then the era goods with reduced prices must be purchased.
Therefore, the suddenly reduced price of Azure Scarf must be bought, and a choice can be made between Inner Mongolian Yak Horn and Golden Saddle, trying to use up all the gold leaf in hand.
“Azure Scarf, 50 units; Inner Mongolian Yak Horn, 4 units; Golden Saddle, 2 units.”
With a simple mental calculation, Zhang Mu figured out the appropriate distribution plan because if he were to proceed with his next plan, it would definitely span more than a natural month, so he had to make the most of it now.
“No. 001, purchase 50 units of Azure Scarf, 4 units of Inner Mongolian Yak Horn, 2 units of Golden Saddle, with an eighty percent discount for the first priority, totaling 24 gold leaf. Confirm the transaction?”
In the Era Region market, Zhang Mu couldn’t do anything as all he had was that amount of gold coins, and no one else could help him either.
He wanted to buy all the goods in the Era Region shop, but this wasn’t the first time that he had lots of gold coins. Now he had almost left goods worth fifty gold coins for the Caravan Alliance, enough to distribute among some of them.
“No. 001, if you want to trade at the Era Universal Merchandise store, please go back to the previous level.”
With the system’s prompting sound, Zhang Mu came back to reality, and the real action was about to begin.
After opening the Era Universal Merchandise list, Zhang Mu nodded satisfactorily. The prices fluctuated within a range of ten percent, with some higher and some lower.
With four hundred and sixty thousand elemental crystals, Zhang Mu only needed sixty thousand to clear out the food stock at the Era Store. With a huge reserve of funds, he also managed to acquire all sorts of potions for himself. These were the items requested by the four War Rider leaders, and by giving them half, Zhang Mu could pay for the funds they provided.
Era Merchant didn’t even see Zhang Mu until after he finished his transactions and the system list was closed.
Yuan Rui’s gold coins were only enough to buy two units of Inner Mongolian Yak Horn, so the trade quickly ended.
It was only after they left the Era Store that Zhang Mu finally realized how serious the situation was.
Once here were 18 Era Sub-merchants, but now they are gone, leaving only torches to show they were here.
Why? They knew their intentions, so why did they not take action?
With a serious face, Zhang Mu walked back to the inn, returned to his room, and waited for the auction tomorrow.
Today’s events were too strange, Zhang Mu didn’t even notice the kind waiter boy in the inn when he returned.
The next morning, Zhang Mu went to the Drunken Immortal Building again.
This time, he boldly used Yuan Rui’s mental power to search for the whereabouts of others.
As expected, almost all second-rank energies in the city were gathered at the Drunken Immortal Building.
Looking from outside, the Drunken Immortal Building had changed, it was originally three separate floors, but now it had doubled in size, with a hollow space in the middle surrounded by stairs.
The original first to third floors now seemed to be divided into ranks, the largest layer crowded with first-rank evolvers, while dozens of second-rank strong individuals from Hohhot City gathered on the second floor.
As for the top third floor, the strongest energy fluctuations could be felt, indicating that Su Rui and Huang Yan had also arrived.
“Hey, don’t block the way.”
A rugged voice came from behind Zhang Mu, it belonged to a man from the Mengu tribe, a second-rank evolver, who impatiently looked at Zhang Mu and Yuan Rui blocking the road.
“Can’t you see the auction is about to start? Even if you are a second-rank evolver, they won’t let you in if you’re late.”
The man noticed that Zhang Mu and Yuan Rui were both second-rank evolvers, so he didn’t take any immediate action.
Zhang Mu didn’t speak, but he made way for the man to pass, even though he didn’t move himself.
“Promoted to second-rank and still can’t use your brain?”
Zhang Mu heard the muttering from the man but didn’t pay any attention. He was focused on the Drunken Immortal Building across the street.
Did the auction proceed as normal?
Zhang Mu had thought about this possibility before. The Caravan Alliance must have had inventory, and in the accumulation of these months, they must have gathered enough goods to hold this auction.
So even though Zhang Mu completely emptied Era Store of Era Universal Merchandise this time, it didn’t cause much of an impact.
But this wasn’t Zhang Mu’s true intention. He wanted to lure these people into making a move on him. However, last night and today, he felt like he was being ignored, like he was invisible.
Hohhot City may seem calm on the surface, but there are actually hidden undercurrents.
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