Chapter Eleven: Purchasing the Magic Core

  He went into his room and took out the silver he had saved for many years. After counting it carefully, there were also forty-seven gold coins.

  "Unexpectedly, there's still so much! This guy usually doesn't use money often, it's normal that he has this much." Yi Chi felt like he was holding a handful of energy points instead of gold coins, and couldn't help but laugh happily, throwing all his worries to the back of his mind.

  "Now that I'm going out, no one should stop me, right?" You know, in the past, Yi Chi had to report every time he wanted to go out. When his father was around, he would ask for his permission, and when his father wasn't around, he would have to ask Sixth Elder instead. After all, Sixth Elder was specifically in charge of managing their group of juniors.

  He brought all his family's belongings with him, and Yi Chi ignored the servants who were pointing at him and some of the Yi family members who looked down on him. He pretended he didn't see them, out of sight, out of mind.

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  As soon as they stepped out of Yi Jia's gate, Yi Chi felt a lot more relaxed.

  "Maybe it's because I don't have a sense of belonging to this family, I always feel so suffocated." Yi Chi thought.

  The North District of Floating Feather Castle is the largest economic hub in the entire city, encompassing all industries of the four major families and some small shops owned by individuals.

  Yi Chi felt everything was novel after crossing over and going out for the first time.

  But this time he came on official business, and it's not a good time for sightseeing.

  He didn't dare go to the Easy family's shopping district, so Yi Chi found a small, independent clothing store that didn't belong to any particular family and walked in.

  "Welcome, sir! What would you like to buy? Our goods are all top-notch, I guarantee your satisfaction!" The shop owner, seeing a potential customer, eagerly came forward to introduce his wares.

  Yi Chi listened to him say so much and also heard a meaning that their store's things are cheap and of good quality.

  Smiling slightly, Yi Chi didn't mind the shop owner's enthusiastic introduction and began to browse casually.

  "Boss, do you have that black cloak and mask here?" Yi Chi looked around for half a day but couldn't find what he wanted, so he asked the boss proactively.

  "Ah, you want that thing? We have it, but they're all cheap goods. Or I can order a high-end one for you?" After hearing Yi Chi only wanted to buy a raincoat, the shop owner's interest waned, after all, raincoats aren't high-priced goods and are very cheap, not much profit to be made.

  "No need, just give me a ready-made one directly, how much money, just say it." Yi Chi heard that Li Ma didn't waste words and didn't care about the boss's suggestion to place an order. He needed it now, what's the hurry?

  "Alright, Ah Xi! Stop dozing off and go get a set of black robes and masks." Upon hearing that Yi Chi didn't need to order high-end goods, the boss lost interest in even greeting him and directly ordered his drowsy partner to fetch the goods while he himself sat back down to drink tea.

  "Heh heh." He shook his head, not minding the boss's arrogant attitude. Yi Chi knew that in this world, as long as there was profit to be made, people would fawn over you, but without it, they wouldn't even bother to reason with you.

  Before long, the fellow brought over what Yi Chi wanted, paid with some loose copper coins from his own body, and under the fellow's resentful gaze, he wrapped up his cloak and mask and left the store.

  Found a secluded corner with no one around, Yi Chi put on the hood and mask he had bought, and after circling around several times, he finally entered a monster goods specialty store.

  This store is much different from the clothing store just now, occupying a three-story stone building of over 10,000 square meters. The first floor sells some low-grade items, the second floor requires some status, and the third floor can only be accessed by VIP customers. The things there, Judging from the Easy Pool, must be absolutely high-quality, and later his six-level magic core transaction will probably have to go up to the third floor.

  As he walked up to the counter where the Magic Cores were sold, Yi Chi was greeted by a beautiful shop assistant with a smile all over her face.

  To women, Yi Chi is always very rational, no matter how beautiful you look, and it doesn't matter what he does.

  He simply nodded politely at the shop assistant and began looking at the goods on the counter.

  A few radiant magic cores were placed under the magical seal on the counter, not afraid of being robbed by others. Those patrolling Dou Shi weren't there for nothing.

  "What's the price of this first-class magic core?" Yi Chi asked in a hoarse voice.

  He didn't look down on Yi Chi just because he heard that he had only bought a first-class magic core.

  The shop assistant, still with that sweet smile, replied: "Our store's first-class magic cores are divided into three categories based on their magical strength. The first category is the magic core with scarce magic power, which costs 70 silver coins. The second category is the medium-magic-power magic core, which requires one gold coin. The third category is the magic core with abundant magic power, which requires two gold coins."

  Firstly, this is the first time Yi Chi has heard that magic cores are sold based on their strength.

  "I wonder if this magical power is strong or weak, or if it's just an energy point?" Yi Chi thought uncertainly.

  On the surface, he nodded slightly.

  "Bring out one of each of the three categories and let me take a look."

  Don't touch the magic core, Yi Chi doesn't know how many energy points can be exchanged.

  "Alright, sir." The female shop assistant pressed a switch and three magic cores appeared on the counter from a small shelf behind it.

  "Sir, look at this. The first one on the left is a first-class magic core, only 70 silver coins." The female shop assistant said, pointing to the magic core placed on the left.

  Yi Chi also picked it up and admired it.

  "Found Absorbable Energy Body, Absorbed Energy: 2 points."

  After hearing what Yi Tang said, Yi Chi didn't think that buying this type would make much money, so he gave up.

  "This one in between is the second type, which requires a gold coin each." The female shopkeeper saw that Yi Chi had put down the magic core and continued to introduce the second one.

  Pick it up again.

  "Found Absorbable Energy Body, Absorbed Energy: 5 points."

  "Well, that's not bad, one magic core can earn 2 energy points, let's take a look at the next one." Yi Chi nodded, one magic core could earn 2 energy points, he was still relatively satisfied.

  "This last one is of the third class and requires two gold coins."

  Yi Chi didn't mince words and picked it up again.

  "Found an absorbable energy body, absorbable energy: 8 points."

  "What? Only 8 points? Isn't the highest 10 points? And what's with this 'sufficient magic core' nonsense, it's a scam!" Yi Chi felt that this store was somewhat shady as soon as he heard he could only exchange for 8 points.

  Actually, it's Yi Chi who misunderstood others. Basically, there are very few cases where the magic core's power is not consumed at all, so 10 points is just the maximum value of the magic core when it's inside a magical beast, and can't be taken literally.

  "It seems that I can only buy a second-class medium magic core, one gold coin for one, and earn 2 energy points. I currently have forty-seven gold coins, which means I can earn ninety-four energy points. If I do this back and forth several times, I can earn a lot of energy points in a day! After calculating, Yichi felt that he would soon have many energy points, and his strength would increase greatly at that time."

  "Alright, I've seen it. This is forty-seven gold coins. I want this second-class magic core." Yi Chi put down the magic core and directly took out the gold coins. The more excited he was, the calmer he had to be, absolutely not revealing any flaws.

  "Alright, sir, please wait." The female shop assistant was delighted to see that Yi Chi had finally made his selection and was buying forty-seven second-class first-grade magic cores so quickly. She happily picked up the gold coins that Yi Chi had placed on the counter and turned around to get the magic cores for him.

  "Sir, here is your magic core, please check it." The female store clerk took the magic core from the shelf and placed it in a purple bag, handing it to Yi Chi.

  Yi Chi counted the magic cores in the bag, exactly forty-seven, and nodded with a smile. However, the female shop assistant couldn't see Yi Chi's smile because he was wearing a mask.

  "The quantity is correct, we might come back to buy more later." Yi Chi didn't want to draw attention from others, so he wouldn't just buy and sell magic cores in one store. Although there weren't many stores that sold magic cores in this Floating Feather City, there were still five or six of them. If they went to each store twice a day, it would be about right. If they went too many times, it would arouse suspicion.

  After all, if it happens a few times, you can still say that you're just an unlucky soul, but if it happens many times, then something is not right.

  After leaving the store, Yi Chi exchanged the magic cores in his bag for energy points.

  "Found an absorbable energy body, absorbable energy points: 235 points, exchange or not?"

  "Exchange all."

  "Exchange successful, current energy points: 434 points."

  "Exchange everything for gold coins."

  "Exchange successful, remaining energy points: 2 points."

  Exchanged a total of 144 gold coins, Yi Chi's funds suddenly increased greatly.

  Hefting the heavy bag, which contained all of Yi Chi's current assets, 144 gold coins.

  He walked into another store, this one called 'Mo Jin Ke'. The store was not as big as the previous one. Yi Chi, who had been there before, directly bought 144 second-class magic cores.

  "Found an absorbable energy body, absorbable energy points: 720 points, exchange or not?"

  "Exchange all."

  "Exchange successful, current energy points: 722 points."

  Yi Chi smiled, from the initial 199 energy points, it had become 722 energy points in less than half a time.

  "Hehe, keep working hard, today's goal, one million energy points." Yi Chi walked towards the next store with high enthusiasm.

  Under the sunlight, the figure wearing a black cloak had a very long and drawn-out silhouette.

  ......

  Luo Tianli 1999 March 11th, Yi Chi, who had crossed over from another world, took the first step on his magnificent and tear-jerking journey.