Thirty-five pieces of magic stone to buy a piece of magic material for refining tools.
This matter is basically impossible.
Wang's face here in Wu Jingyuan's place can only go as far as him being able to speak with the Jade Pavilion happily, but it is impossible for him to lose even a single piece of magic stone.
"You should also know, Jade Pavilion, that in recent years, the prices of various magical materials have risen sharply. 35 pieces of magic stone are definitely not enough to buy a refining tool base material."
Well, if you have anything else that can be exchanged for magic stones, I can take a look. Since transactions at the Ghost Market don't have to pay taxes to Qingxi Lane, I can offer you the best price.
The economic system of Wu Nan cultivation world is extremely special, and even a slightly better cultivation resource is in short supply. As the currency of the cultivation world, magic stones are also in short supply.
This is a double shortage of supply and demand.
However, there is a unique internal economic cycle system within large families, small clans, and cultivation alliances. This closed-loop system, combined with Wu Nan's special governance model, forms an economic imbalance between large organizations and small ones for scattered cultivators.
Applying this logic, when Honglampu spread its subsidiary under the Merit Hall to the major mining cities of its vassals at the Refining Qi realm, in fact, it appeared as a harvest of Honglampu's internal closed system to all vassals and scattered cultivators in its range.
It can be understood that the harvesting system, with the closed system of Hongdengzhao sect at its core, has stolen too much quality from the greater world.
A large amount of existing resources and future resources are exchanged for merits, becoming the harvest profits of Hongdengzhao, making the market supply even more scarce.
Since the Ten Sects have their own areas of power, using Qingxi Lane as an example, Hongdengzhao dispatches its guards to control the Ghost Market tightly.
The cross-regional circulation of goods from other powers is also strictly limited, and it requires paying a substantial toll fee to bring goods into Hongdengzhao's sphere of influence from the outside.
Perhaps large families and some foundation-level cultivators can exchange resources from other places by physically carrying goods, subsidizing their closed internal systems within their own forces to reduce the backlash of Hongdengzhao wielding the scythe.
But most people can't do it, nor do they dare to do it.
As a result, the scarcity of resources is severe, but the demand has not disappeared.
Under the condition of extreme shortage of resource supply, the originally relatively scarce stock currency has shown relative surplus in the region.
With such supply and demand dynamics, the appreciation of hard currency becomes inevitable.
(This mode exists. Recently, the situation of XLY is an example...... Many third-world countries are like this. Their currency, like magic stones, cannot expand supply due to various reasons.)
"Uncle Wu, but..... What kind of magical materials do you have here and what is the price?"
Yulou was cautious, and as Wu Jingyan kept talking without quoting prices, he didn't feel at ease.
This is not being overly cautious, but rather the cunning and deceptive nature of the cultivation world requires such caution.
"Ha ha, there are two types of ninth-grade spirit gold, namely copper and fine gold. Copper costs one hundred and thirty pieces of magic stones per piece, and fine gold is more expensive, costing one hundred and forty pieces of magic stones per piece."
There are three types of nine-grade stones: multi-colored agate, bloodstone, and tiger-striped rock. These are a bit cheaper, but the cheapest of them, the multi-colored agate, still costs ninety pieces of magic stone.
These magical materials are all whole pieces, and it would be difficult for me to break them up and sell them separately."
After hearing the quote, Yulou was somewhat surprised for a moment.
Compared to three years ago, the price of magical materials has at least doubled!
Taking purple copper as an example, the price has almost doubled compared to a few years ago. You see, not too long ago, some eighth-grade magical materials only sold for around 150 pieces of magic stones.
Hongmei directly sent a piece of black jade and a piece of blood-purple copper for the brothers to use as materials for their refining practice, and also gave them the weapons forged from those materials. This cannot be called not generous at all.
"Senior, can you take a look and see how many magic stones this purple copper bead can be exchanged for?"
From his bosom, Yulou took out the purple copper bead and handed it to Wu Jingyan.
After examining it for a while, Wu Jingyan said.
"This purple copper bead is too small, and the six-layer restriction isn't high, not too high, not too low. I'll give you seventy-five pieces of magic stones for it. What do you think?"
Seventy-five magic stones, which is slightly low but also reasonable. The pear-shaped magical item is a medium-grade item among magical tools, and this price is also reasonable.
But seventy-five plus thirty-five is only one hundred and ten magic stones.
This would only allow for the purchase of the cheapest multi-colored agate or another type of stone, which is a bit embarrassing.
Different from metal magical materials such as cold ice iron and purple copper, stone-type magical materials are not easy to cut and can only be refined into multiple lower-grade magical items.
If there is only one, it will be a big loss if it is accidentally refinated and exploded.
Yulou isn't greedy; getting a piece of spirit gold would suffice.
When the time comes, cut it into multiple lower-grade magical items. Even if it is refried, it will still become two or three items that can be sold to earn some magic stones to replenish blood.
In this way, he and Yu An's refining cultivation can achieve a balance between income and expenditure, enabling them to sustain it for the long term.
One can't keep asking for subsidies from the family forever. The head of the Wu clan has even started selling talismans and amulets, and the Wang family isn't much better off either; Hongdengzhao has taken too much.
He reached into his bosom and took out the gold cup that the head of the family had given him. He asked, "How much can this gold cup be exchanged for?"
"What is the value of this gold cup?"
"This cup has a three-layer restriction and cannot be used in battles. The only thing worth mentioning is that it is made of fine gold, so let's say it's worth forty-five pieces of magic stones."
That's a total of one hundred and fifty-five pieces of magic stones.
Yuan thought for a while and also took out his purple copper bead.
"Uncle Wu, let's count this purple copper bead in as well."
He thought that, at the very least, he needed to exchange for two spirit gold-type magical materials. Otherwise, buying just one would be too humiliating.
"This bead has five layers of restrictions, and its market price is around sixty pieces of magic stones. This way, you will have two hundred and fifteen pieces of magic stones."
This is not a small amount of money. What kind of magical materials do you want?
When Wu Jingyan said that Yulou's purple copper bead only had five layers of restrictions, Yulou looked at Yuan in surprise, and Yuan was proud to stand up straight.
What are you looking at? I am your brother-in-law, and it's no big deal!
Subduing his surprise, Yulou asked.
"Uncle Wu, can I have two pieces of purple copper? I'll pay back the remaining forty-five pieces of magic stones later, and then I'll give you fifty."
"On credit......I can't agree to this in principle, Yulou."
Upon hearing Wu Jingyan's words, Yuan became anxious and took out his tortoise shell, thinking he could use it as collateral.
When Yuan was still clueless about the situation, Yulou had already understood.
"If senior Wu can agree, Yulou will be grateful in his heart and continue to purchase magical materials from you in the future."
Principally not, but it can be.
Practically can, but it's not allowed.
Wu Jingyan wanted to agree to Yulou's request, and now Yulou had done enough posturing. Naturally, Wu Jingyan would go down the hill with him.
"Hahaha, after all, you're a descendant of the Wang family and a favored disciple of Hongmei. I naturally trust you. Here, two pieces of purple copper, take them."
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On the way back, Yuan had already started to calculate excitedly.
"Brother, I feel like we can cut these two pieces of purple copper into ten pieces."
Refine them into the simplest purple copper beads with a three-layer restriction.
The master no longer refines this type of special low-grade magical item. We refine them, and we can also create price differences with other magical items from Huafengju.
There are many solitary cultivators who come to Huafengju every day, but many of them are extremely short of money. They are the best customers!
Yulou shook his head and analyzed.
"The material of purple copper is already quite awkward, and the sale price of bead-shaped magical items is the hardest."
Refining purple copper into beads far falls short of the price of the cold bing iron flying knives that Master refines.
To fully utilize the characteristics of purple copper, the path of breaking law purple copper magical items is a better way to sell.
Cut them into six pieces and add one more layer of breaking law restriction, making it a purple copper magical item with four layers of breaking law restrictions.
If we refine them into two pieces, we can make a profit; if we refine them into three pieces, we can pay off the debt to Wu Jingyan; if we refine them into four pieces, it's a big profit!
While playing with the piece of purple copper in his hand, Yuan was worried.
"What if we ruin five pieces?"
Yulou smiled and answered.
"If that happens, then we'll borrow some magic stones from your father first...... To refine the Dao and make progress, one can't do without more refining."
However, we are all able to refine mid-grade magical item blanks now. In this situation, refining low-grade items shouldn't be difficult.
Moreover, be careful when refining the fourth-layer restriction. If it cannot be refined, give up in a timely manner. We can still maintain the original three-layer restrictions and sell them for forty magic stones. We won't lose money.
Even if the luck is terrible, and five pieces are destroyed, collecting the useless purple copper along with the one that is successfully refined, we can still buy another piece of purple copper.
Therefore, you have no need to worry at all.
After careful consideration, Yuan agreed with his brother.
Six of them will break five, and they can still buy another piece to continue the experiment.
What's there to be afraid of?
It will be done!
Yuan couldn't wait any longer.
"Brother, let's go to Huafengju to start refining now."
Yulou replied.
"Hahaha, no hurry. Tomorrow Master is going to take us out of Qingxi Fāng, and you remember to bring along the Hundred-Mile Ease-of-Mind Amulet."
"With Master there, there shouldn't be any accidents, right?"
"Hard to say."
