vncnus 78. Changes in Markets and Neighborhoods
78. Changes in Markets and Neighborhoods
After entering the small market, Xiao Yan had to admit that the Beast Gathering was indeed too popular, attracting so many talented people. More importantly, the Beast Gathering was able to accommodate so many talented people.
Although the Gama Empire is also an empire in the Northwest Region, to be honest, it is far inferior to truly great powers and forces.
Where in the entire Jia Ma can you find a Dou Wang or Dou Huang under the age of thirty?
Without genius, one cannot enter the Beast Gathering, and with so many missed opportunities, there's no way to compare with powerful nations. My progress here is largely thanks to Elder Yao's help, and even more so to the extraordinary opportunity of the Red Lotus Karmic Fire.
Those geniuses who survived to the end and escaped safely from the Beast Space were at least significantly stronger than they were three months ago.
For the vast majority of people, entering the Beast Realm isn't about striving for that so-called elusive top ten ranking. The top ten, in the end, are mostly determined by differences in power, something ordinary people can't compete for.
Cultivating with the abundant battle qi within the Myriad Beasts Space is twice as effective with half the effort. Finding the legacy of a Dou Zun powerhouse can pave a smooth path for one's future. One can also make a fortune by picking medicinal herbs. Alternatively, one can directly join the ranks of young geniuses of the major powers within the Myriad Beasts Space and, relying on one's skills, become a trusted confidant of these future pillars of the six major powers.
Regardless of your motivation, success will be beneficial.
So even with a mortality rate of nearly 30%, a large number of people still venture into the Beast Space every year.
Xiao Yan strolled through the small market, somewhat regretting that he had wasted so much time, having barely had a chance to participate in the smaller market areas. There were still quite a few rare and precious treasures available, but their prices were not much lower than outside.
With only ten days left until the end of the Beast Tournament, most people's thirst for elixirs has diminished.
However, once herbs are sold in the outside world, their prices skyrocket. So, while the price of pills in the last small market dropped somewhat, the price of herbs has almost reached the same level as in the outside world.
Of course, although the price was much higher, Xu Yingwu and Xiao Yan continued to buy medicinal herbs. The reason was simple: the Ten Thousand Beasts Space contained many rare and precious items that were hard to find outside. Even if the price was the same, they were sometimes hard to find outside.
These rare and precious medicinal herbs are of great significance to alchemists. With herbs that are normally impossible to collect, they can refine pills that are usually impossible to refine due to the lack of herbs.
Of course, although it was said that Xu Yingwu was treating, Xiao Yan still took care of many things himself.
After all, Su Zhang cared for his junior brother no less than he cared for his disciple Xu Yingwu, so Xiao Yan felt a little embarrassed to ask Xu Yingwu to bleed again.
Xiao Yan strolled alone through the small market, constantly exchanging gold coins and pills for good things, almost without stopping. Even though pill prices had dropped, the profits were still enormous, proving that a qualified alchemist can never be poor!
After haggling with a stall owner for the price of two incense sticks, Xiao Yan traded three grade-five pills for five medicinal herbs of fairly good quality.
Feeling the herbs in his storage ring replenishing again, Xiao Yan felt a sense of relief.
"It's so good to be rich!"
Since Mingmei used all of Xiao Yan's medicinal herbs to transplant an arm into his body, Xiao Yan's personal stash has decreased by nearly 90%. Xiao Yan is even afraid that Yao Lao will wake up and scold him for being wasteful. Of course, compared to his harvest, those herbs are nothing, but medicinal herbs are of great significance to alchemists.
Even the most skilled alchemist cannot conjure herbs out of thin air; rare and precious herbs will always hold an absolute attraction for alchemists.
As Xiao Yan strolled through the small market with great interest, he suddenly noticed a large group of people gathered around a stall. Xiao Yan had no intention of joining them, but a single sentence caught his attention.
"The secret to Xiao Yan's rise to the top of the rankings has been revealed!"
"Ranking of the Top Ten Strongest Beings in the Myriad Beasts Space!"
Xiao Yan raised an eyebrow. Only a handful of people knew about his Soul Transfer Technique. Could there be another part of the Soul Transfer Technique here?
Xiao Yan also deeply regretted the incompleteness of the Soul Transfer Technique. He had benefited greatly from the Soul Transfer Technique in the Myriad Beasts Space, but the most important attack method of the Soul Transfer Technique was completely missing.
Squeezing forward, they reached the center of the stall and found a chubby-looking boy selling jade slips. The slips contained information such as "The Kung Fu Used by the Mysterious Boy Xiao Yan", "Ranking of the Top Ten in the Myriad Beasts Space", "The Origin of the Xuanwen Sect", and "Xu Chengze's Path to Seizing Power in the Echoing Sect".
Xiao Yan casually glanced at the document, relying on the strength of his soul power, and discovered that the technique he used was actually a method to command magical beasts.
In the ranking of the top ten, Lu Zhigao ranked first, Xun'er ranked second, and he himself ranked ninth.
As for the rest, they were all nonsense that could be seen through at a glance, and Xiao Yan couldn't help but chuckle.
Wherever there are people, absurd and illogical ideas inevitably arise, but Xiao Yan remained calm and didn't pay them any mind. Rankings and such things will never cease on the Dou Qi Continent, but many authors' confident pronouncements are merely conjecture. For example, between himself and Lu Zhi, if he hadn't personally witnessed that battle, who would have believed that the number one young talent of the Northwest Region had been defeated by him in his strongest form?
Xiao Yan shook his head and was about to leave when a figure suddenly flashed past him at incredible speed and arrived next to the fat man selling jade slips.
Xiao Yan was also taken aback. That move just now was even slightly faster than his own Three Thousand Thunderbolts.
Upon closer inspection, Xiao Yan saw that the man was only about 1.4 meters tall, with a few whiskers and a somewhat lewd expression.
The short man said in a somewhat shrill voice, "Xiao Yan is nothing but an opportunist. What qualifications does he have to be ranked among the top ten strongest in this Myriad Beasts Space?"
Before Xiao Yan could speak, someone from the crowd said, "Xiao Yan is number one on the rankings no matter what, who do you think you are?"
There were quite a few people agreeing with him, not because Xiao Yan had much influence over them, but simply because the man in front of them was rather sleazy. Although the Myriad Beasts Space has always respected strength, sometimes appearance can have an inexplicable influence.
Hearing the mockery from those around him, the short man narrowed his small eyes, making him look exactly like a rat-shaped monster.
The person who spoke earlier didn't panic when he was being targeted, because the short man's aura was clearly only that of a Dou Wang, and the speaker himself was also a high-star Dou Wang, so he didn't show any fear.
"You know nothing! It won't be long before I become the second most powerful person in the Northwest Region, second only to Lu Zhi!"