Chapter 219: Martial Hall Specialties And Monsters
“Twelve hours for one energy crystal?”
“Hall Master Lin, are you sure?”
Igor and Dona could not help looking at Lin Qi, feeling that Lin Qi was joking.
A gravity room that could be adjusted up to twenty times gravity, yet twelve hours only cost one energy crystal. This price felt even a bit cheaper than renting the gravity room of the Martial Artist Association.
The ten-times gravity room of the Martial Artist Association cost one energy crystal per day.
That price was already the normal rental price. If you wanted to use the gravity room more, you had to buy usage rights from others. The price was also about one energy crystal for twelve hours.
But the gravity room of Obsidian Martial Arts Hall had a twenty-times gravity environment, and its effect was much better than that of the Martial Artist Association’s gravity room.
“Of course I’m sure.” Lin Qi nodded.
Although he had not been to the gravity room of the Martial Artist Association, he more or less knew the rental fees.
One energy crystal per day, that was really expensive.
Even though there were already over ten thousand martial arts hall disciples mining the small energy vein in Crimson Moon Mountain, on average they only produced one crystal a day. It showed how precious energy crystals were.
Now he charged one energy crystal for half a day. This price was already not low, equivalent to one day of mining by over ten thousand people, while his own consumption was only fifty units of energy ore per hour.
Although Igor and Dona were Bone Forging Realm experts, the energy crystals in their hands were not cabbages. If the price was too high, they might not rent.
And he was badly short of energy crystals. After all, players’ demand for the gravity room was too high, and the effect of the Body Strengthening Secret Technique was indeed astonishing. The three current gravity rooms were far from enough. B2-grade alloy to modify beginner gravity rooms was easy to get, he could directly melt down damaged B2-grade weapons, but energy crystals were not something he could obtain just by wanting them.
“In that case, I’ll book one month, twelve hours a day.” Dona looked at the confident Lin Qi and spoke without the slightest hesitation.
“One month?” Lin Qi said with some surprise. “I don’t do credit here, and since you’re booking one month, you have to pay it all at once.”
He had originally thought that Dona and the others would rent for a few days at most. After all, energy crystals were also precious to Bone Forging Realm experts. He did not expect Dona and the others to be so wealthy, which made him somewhat underestimate these Bone Forging Realm experts from powerful races.
“Brother, lend me your crystals. I’ll pay you back together later.” Dona could not help looking at Igor and said bluntly.
“Here.” Igor glanced at his younger sister and could only, heart aching, take out a metal box from his clothes and hand it over directly.
Dona’s martial talent was a bit better than his. This time she even had a chance to pass the assessment and enter a domain city, maybe becoming a new city lord after the city lord of Wanxing City.
Now that the assessment was approaching, the clan actually planned to invest a large amount of resources in Dona, hoping that she could enter a domain city. At this time, with a twenty-times gravity cultivation environment and a not expensive price, there was naturally no reason not to rent it for her.
“Hall Master Lin, count them. There are thirty energy crystals in total.” Dona took out part of her energy crystals. Her beautiful eyes looked at Lin Qi, as if saying he was not allowed to go back on his word.
Lin Qi counted and confirmed the quantity was correct. These two should be rich. He then further pitched, “Do you want to add a pear?”
“Pear?” Dona looked at Lin Qi in confusion, not understanding what he was up to. “You mean the fruit?”
“Yes.” Lin Qi nodded and took out a Vitality Fragrant Pear that had been stored in the system warehouse, smiling as he said, “But the pears in our martial arts hall are not ordinary pears. They are merited… no, they are cultivated from the essence blood of a large number of lord monsters. Eat one, and you can stay refreshed for two hours. It is absolutely essential for cultivation.”
Although the Vitality Fragrant Pear he drew was originally intended as a reward for players, facing such a big spender, it would be a pity to let the opportunity slip.
Especially now that he had beginner meditation rooms. Although their effect could not compare to Vitality Fragrant Pears, they had the advantage of lasting longer. Rather than rewarding players with Vitality Fragrant Pears, it was better to convert another beginner meditation room.
“Cultivated from the blood essence of lord monsters?” Dona looked at the seemingly ordinary Fragrant Pear in Lin Qi’s hand and believed it somewhat. “How much is this?”
Previously, she had personally watched disciples of Obsidian Martial Arts Hall hunt the Shadow Leopard King. She had wondered why those disciples rushed up and sucked the blood of the Shadow Leopard King. So it turned out it was to cultivate Fragrant Pears.
“Two energy crystals each.” Lin Qi said with a smile.
A Fragrant Pear drawn at the cost of one thousand martial arts hall disciples, no matter how he looked at it, should be worth two energy crystals.
“How much?” Igor unconsciously raised his voice when he heard that.
In the market, even five bottles of Type 2 Energy Potion could not be worth one energy crystal, while a Type Three Energy Potion made from lord-level monsters was only worth one energy crystal.
This was just a Fragrant Pear cultivated with the blood of a lord monster. At most, it would be good if it could be worth one energy crystal. Two crystals was simply robbery.
“My Fragrant Pears are fair in price, and I guarantee once you eat one, you will want a second.” Lin Qi saw that Igor was about to shout the word swindler, yet remained unconcerned. “Besides, this Fragrant Pear is the treasured item of our Obsidian Martial Arts Hall. If not for the fact that you two are honored guests of our hall, renting the gravity room for a whole month in one go, I would not have planned to sell this Fragrant Pear at all.”
“Fine, I’ll take one.” Dona was also curious about the Fragrant Pear cultivated from lord monsters by Obsidian Martial Arts Hall. She directly took out two energy crystals, planning to test its effect.
Seeing Dona make the purchase, Igor did not say anything more. After all, the gravity room they rented was quite cheap, so two energy crystals could be considered compensation to Obsidian Martial Arts Hall.
Qin Mu, who was leading the way at the side, watched the transaction between Lin Qi and Igor and the others, and felt hesitant inside.
When Lin Qi previously invited him to join Obsidian Martial Arts Hall, he had actually been very torn. After all, Lin Qi’s rise was very fast. Perhaps in the future, Obsidian Martial Arts Hall could become the pillar faction of the Human Race in the City of Light Chasing. Joining earlier would always be beneficial.
He was just not sure how strong Obsidian Martial Arts Hall was in cultivating martial artists.
But after seeing Xia Ling and the others using Levitation, and seeing that Obsidian Martial Arts Hall actually had its own gravity room, he was truly tempted.
The benefits of a gravity room were self-evident. Even Bone Forging Realm experts needed it very much, let alone martial artists. And even if he joined the city guard, he might still be unable to cultivate in the gravity room. At most, he would receive more tempering in the city guard.
However, he had already reached the Microscopic Realm. Not only was his fine control over his body excellent, his control of qi and blood was also strong. It was only that he had previously lacked resources and cultivation methods, so he had been unable to become a martial artist.
If he could have a better cultivation environment, he might well achieve the Bone Forging Realm on his own.
“Hall Master Lin, is the gravity room freely open to ordinary disciples of the martial arts hall?” Qin Mu asked in a low voice.
“Of course. As long as one is a disciple of our Obsidian Martial Arts Hall, as long as they have enough points, they can use the gravity room.” Lin Qi nodded and explained to the clearly interested Qin Mu, “Of course, using crystals instead of points is also fine. One energy crystal can rent it for two days.”
“For martial arts hall disciples, one energy crystal to rent for two days?” After hearing this, Igor even had an impulse to join Obsidian Martial Arts Hall.
But as the future young clan leader of the Half-Beast Race, Igor had seen the greater world. Although one energy crystal for two days was extremely cheap, as long as he became young clan leader, the resources he obtained would be far beyond mere energy crystals.
After all, as a powerful race of Wanxing City, the Half-Beast Race not only was qualified to share in some of the large underground energy veins, they also controlled a medium energy vein. Once he became young clan leader, even spending two energy crystals a day would be a minor issue.
“Hall Master Lin, I have decided. I will join Obsidian Martial Arts Hall right now.” Qin Mu, after hearing this, made up his mind.
In that moment, he, who had reached the Microscopic Realm, could clearly feel that even Bone Forging Realm experts like Igor had been moved by Lin Qi’s conditions. With such resources in Obsidian Martial Arts Hall, he would be a fool to give it up.
“Good, then our martial arts hall guard corps will gain another captain.” Lin Qi smiled at the resolute Qin Mu.
He had originally thought he would have to spend more time to persuade a Microscopic Realm expert like Qin Mu to join. He had not expected that just because Igor and Dona came today, Qin Mu would directly decide to join.
Once Qin Mu grew stronger, the martial arts hall guard corps would be able to stand alone in the City of Light Chasing. Players would no longer have to guard the martial arts hall and Crimson Moon Mountain every day. Then he could further let players go out to adventure and collect all kinds of resources.
After Lin Qi saw Igor off, Dona immediately went to the hall master’s exclusive primary gravity room to cultivate. Qin Mu finished his entry procedures at Obsidian Martial Arts Hall and, starting tomorrow, would follow Meng Wei and Xia Ling and the others to undergo martial artist training in the guard corps. The entire Obsidian Martial Arts Hall returned to its former calm.
In the City of Light Chasing, as the sun set, inside a steel skyscraper in the city center.
“What did you say? Of those two from Wanxing City, one left and one stayed. What exactly does Wanxing City mean by that?” An elegant noblewoman with a pair of red wings looked in confusion at the golden-furred ape clan man beside her.
“I don’t know the details of their conversation.” The golden-furred ape clan man shook his head slightly. “But right now, those two from Wanxing City seem to have a pretty good attitude toward Obsidian Martial Arts Hall.”
“You mean Wanxing City does not really mind the Chiyue Town established by Obsidian Martial Arts Hall?” The elegant noblewoman’s eyes lit up slightly.
“It is possible they reached some sort of agreement.” The golden-furred ape clan man added, “That might be why those two from Wanxing City had such a good talk with Obsidian Martial Arts Hall.”
“Since Obsidian Martial Arts Hall can agree to Wanxing City’s conditions, we can naturally agree as well.” The elegant noblewoman said indifferently. “There are not many towns that naturally possess a small energy vein. If Wanxing City wants half of the energy ore, I don’t mind. I only want that land to settle my clansmen.”
“If you have no problem with it, then let’s act.” The golden-furred ape clan man looked at the agreeing elegant noblewoman and said with a smile, “Those three little monsters have probably already received the news. As long as we give things a slight push, ensure that Hall Master Lin does not make a move against them, and give those three a few benefits, they will be happy to agree.”
“There is no need to give those three any benefits.” The elegant noblewoman smiled. “I have someone on my side who can directly persuade those three to act. We only need to keep Lin Qi from making a move.”
“Those three little monsters are very shrewd. Are you sure that person can convince them?” The golden-furred ape clan man was somewhat skeptical.
Those three in the city guard were already in terms of status not inferior to Bone Forging Realm experts in the guard. They were not people who could be casually ordered around. Especially since the three of them definitely knew that the two races were aiming at Chiyue Town. If they did not take a bite for themselves, there was no way they would act. After all, once at the Bone Forging Realm, the cultivation resources they needed were greater, so of course they would earn whatever they could.
“He is someone from our Winged Tribe, a talent who rose all the way up from the Wilderness gang White Feather Gang. He is very skilled at persuading others. Previously, he was the one who convinced those rogues in the city to unite against Obsidian Martial Arts Hall. Unfortunately, Obsidian Martial Arts Hall hid its strength too deeply, leading to Sharp Tooth and Steel Bone failing.” The elegant noblewoman explained. “So he intends to make up for it this time and has taken the initiative to accept the task of persuading those three little monsters.”
“Relying only on his mouth?” The golden-furred ape clan man immediately laughed. “What if he fails?”
“Of course it’s not just his mouth. Years ago he had good luck and obtained a small portion of a lord monster’s remains.” The elegant noblewoman laughed as well. “He plans to use those remains to persuade the three little monsters.”
“The remains of a lord monster?” The golden-furred ape clan man nodded. “That is indeed quite an attraction for those three little monsters.”
Even for experts at their level, killing a lord monster was not easy. For martial artists who had not reached the Bone Forging Realm, even just the remains of a lord monster were extremely valuable. It was indeed possible to persuade those three little monsters.
“Since you agree, I will leave this matter entirely to him.” The elegant noblewoman, seeing that the golden-furred ape clan man had no objections, casually sent a message to Isaac of the White Feather Gang, instructing Isaac to take action.
Outside the City of Light Chasing, at the White Feather Shop in the suburbs.
“Gang leader, what did the clan leader say?” Mans looked at Isaac, full of anxiety.
He had already explained everything about Obsidian Martial Arts Hall to Isaac. Isaac also felt that he had likely missed something in Crimson Moon Mountain. What he currently held might only be part of what was there, not all of it.
So, in order to seize the other part of the treasure in Crimson Moon Mountain, with their current lack of strength, they could only proactively take part in the struggle for Chiyue Town and then fish in troubled waters.
“They agreed already.” Isaac looked at the message on his smart watch, the corner of his mouth lifting. “Although I exposed the remains of a lord monster in front of her this time, she will never know that I have long since persuaded those three monsters and do not have to pay anything.”
He knew all too well what those three who could not break through to the Bone Forging Realm wanted.
They only wanted to break through to the Bone Forging Realm.
What he needed to do was simple: tell them that Obsidian Martial Arts Hall had a training method that enhanced qi and blood control. As for proof, Mans had already recorded it.
One person controlling thirty-six arrows; such internal force control was simply miraculous.
Of course one person alone proved nothing. But what if many disciples of Obsidian Martial Arts Hall used this internal force control method?
There were many such combat videos from when Obsidian Martial Arts Hall dealt with the Iron Heart Gang. The way internal force controlled arrows and launched attacks was clearly identical.
With such an internal force control method, claiming it did not help with qi and blood control would fool no one. Those three were only half a step away from the Bone Forging Realm, so they would never pass up such a chance.
Therefore, after destroying the martial artists of Obsidian Martial Arts Hall and taking Crimson Moon Mountain, they would cooperate with him to seize this training method from Obsidian Martial Arts Hall, and he would then take the opportunity to secure the other portion of the treasure in Crimson Moon Mountain.
“I will go notify them now?” Mans asked.
“Go, and be careful. Don’t let the three of them see anything off.” Isaac nodded.
Mans then left the White Feather Shop and went to the city proper to secretly contact those three monsters.
Outside the City of Light Chasing, deep in the Wilderness Area.
“Vice President Luo, how are you doing?” Fang Zhen stayed alert to their surroundings while anxiously asking Luo Wu Shang, who was sitting in a cave cultivating. “We gave you all the essence blood we obtained. If you cannot break through, it will be very hard for us to go deeper.”
The others present also looked toward Luo Wu Shang in the cave.
When they exploited the bug with the Two-Horned Leopard, they had succeeded the first and second times. But as they went deeper into the territory of the Two-Horned Leopard, they now could not approach it at all without being blocked by an entry-level lord monster, which they could not defeat head-on.
But it was too difficult to repel a beginner lord monster. Although Lu Fanchen and Ye Qinglu had martial skills that could injure a beginner lord monster, to actually repel such a monster was pure fantasy.
They had thought things over and could not find a good solution. In the end, Luo Wu Shang suggested that if she could be promoted to advanced martial artist and push the second level of the Body Strengthening Secret Technique further, she should be able to repel a beginner lord monster. So they had given all the essence blood they had obtained to Luo Wu Shang for her breakthrough.
Now over an hour had passed with no reaction from Luo Wu Shang. Instead, the dense qi and blood in the area had attracted groups of monsters.
Just as everyone was growing anxious and planning to move, Luo Wu Shang’s qi and blood suddenly surged. The aura of qi and blood rose like a pillar of light, shooting tens of meters into the sky.
At the same time, Luo Wu Shang spat out a mouthful of blood. Her entire body was dyed red with blood.
“Did it fail?” Yi Ye Fu Yun looked at Luo Wu Shang’s miserable state, feeling that the bug had failed.
But then they saw Luo Wu Shang slowly stand up and open her eyes, which held a trace of excitement and joy.
“I did not fail you. I have succeeded.” Luo Wu Shang’s aura was extremely weak, but the smile on her face was obvious to everyone.
And in just two or three seconds, that heavily injured, near-death aura on Luo Wu Shang’s body began to change. After a little over ten seconds, her complexion had returned to a healthy flush.
Just as everyone let out a sigh of relief, Li Tianxing suddenly leaped down from midair.
“Go, quickly! A beginner lord has discovered us and is heading this way.” Li Tianxing called out urgently.
“Good, we are done here as well.” Yi Ye Fu Yun nodded.
“Wait.” Luo Wu Shang walked out of the cave and suggested, “I have now been promoted to advanced martial artist, and the Body Strengthening Secret Technique has also made a breakthrough. Why don’t we test this beginner lord on our way out?”
