Translator: Simple MTL Editor: Simple MTL
“Customer, this is what it looks like. This material is from a high-level soldier-class bug-type origin beast, the Purple-Tailed Blue Crystal Scorpion. Among the Purple-Tailed Blue Crystal Scorpion’s beetles, there is a higher-level beetle called the Poison Crystal Beetle.”
The old merchant pointed at the dangerous ‘do not touch’ sign under the wooden box and continued, “Although there is a way to prevent poison, the beetle’s poison is in the form of light particles. The poison on the beetle is not liquid or gas, but tiny poisonous light particles. Therefore, ordinary methods of preventing poison are not feasible.
After seeing the old merchant pointing at the product’s sign, Lugh knew that he had been careless. He nodded apologetically to the old merchant, he asked, “This Poison Crystal Beetle Armor of the Purple-Tailed Blue Crystal Scorpion should only be a part of the beetle armor, but it’s actually priced at 100 gold?”
“Customer, you might not know this, but it’s precisely because it’s only a part of the Poison Crystal Beetle Armor that it’s selling so cheaply.”
One had to know that the Purple-Tailed Blue Crystal Scorpion was not only rare in the wild, but it was also very dangerous to hunt. The Purple-Tailed Blue Crystal Scorpion was a soldier-level source beast, and it was also one of the races with the strongest combat power among the soldiers, that’s why they are expensive,” the old merchant said with a smile.
It wasn’t that Lugh didn’t put in much effort in his knowledge of source beasts, but it was that commoners like him didn’t have much opportunity to learn information on high-level source beasts like the Purple-Tailed Blue Crystal Scorpions.
It was the same for a species like the Wyvern. If it wasn’t for the village chief’s ‘Origin Beast Reference’, Lugh might have mistaken it for a Scavenger Fly and missed out on the opportunity.
Lugh couldn’t help but sigh. High-level Beast Masters were quick to make money. A race’s quality starting from a high-level soldier-level origin beast was a watershed. The price of the materials and origin crystals on a high-quality origin beast would double.
For example, all the valuable materials on a medium-level soldier-level Magic Horned Spider could be sold for about twenty gold coins in total, while a high-level soldier-level Ghost Face Red Widow could easily sell any available source beast material for more than a hundred gold coins, this was why the beginning of the high-level soldier-level was the watershed. This was the difference.
“I’ll take this Poisonous Crystal Beetle, but can it be cheaper? I don’t have that much money on me.” Lugh felt that the old merchant was not deceiving him. Lugh, who was a little tempted by the beetle, tried to bargain.
“Well…” The old merchant narrowed his eyes. He made a hesitant expression. This shop was not as large and formal as the Cloud Medicine Pavilion, and there was not such a strict rule on the price of goods. There was still a lot of room for negotiation.
“If you are willing to sell me a discount, I will also buy that Axe-Edge Flying Beetle back armor that costs 30 gold.” Seeing the old merchant’s hesitation, Lugh struck while the iron was hot.
130 gold was a big deal for the old peddler. This valuable crystal bug fragment had been stored for a long time and had not been sold, not to mention Lugh had bought an additional 30 gold worth of goods. If he let this business slip away like this, he would be really stupid.
The old peddler gritted his teeth and said, “Alright, I will make friends with you. The Poisonous Crystal Beetle carapace will charge you 100 gold, which is equivalent to giving you the Axe-Edge Flying Beetle carapace as a gift. How about it?”
“Alright, deal!” Lugh directly paid the gold coins.
After the old merchant received the money, his face immediately beamed like a chrysanthemum. He quickly packed up the two goods and handed them to Lugh, as if he was afraid that Lugh would go back on his word.
Seeing the old merchant’s expression, Lugh’s mouth twitched. He knew that he had cut the price too high. Obviously, the old merchant had made a profit. After all, the prices of the goods in this kind of shop were overpriced.
Lugh put the packaged Axe-Edge Flying Beetle carapace and Poison Crystal Beetle carapace into the spatial brocade bag and went to a material processing place not far away from the shop.
As the Poison Crystal Beetle carapace was a high-grade material that required complicated processing, Lugh paid a high processing fee of five gold coins. He ground the two insect carapaces into fine powder and put them into two glass bottles as medicinal materials.
After buying the necessary materials, Lugh prepared to return to the village. On his way back to the village, Lugh passed by a shop that specialized in selling origin technique inscription stones.
Origin technique inscription stones were carved into the origin technique through a special recording inscription crystal. They were treasures used to teach origin beasts origin techniques. Things like origin technique inscription stones were extremely expensive. Ordinary Beast Masters wouldn’t be able to afford such goods.
A look of interest appeared on Lugh’s face. He calculated the cost of buying the materials and source beast food in his mind, and was left with only 340 gold coins.
“This amount of money is probably not even enough for the lowest level of origin skill…” Lugh sighed once again at how Beast Masters spent money like water. Indeed, without money, Beast Masters wouldn’t be able to move an inch.
When Lugh saw this large shop that specialized in selling origin skill insignia stones, he recalled the battle with the Shadow Wolf in the Forest of Despair.
Because Big Mouth lacked the means to balance long-range attacks, he was greatly restricted.
Lugh wanted to use the origin skill inscription stones to let Big Mouth learn new origin skills to make up for this shortcoming.
“Forget it, there’s still some time before dark. Let’s go in and take a look first.” Lugh thought for a while and then walked straight into the shop.
In the shop, there were countless bookshelves. The things on the bookshelves were not books, but origin skill inscription stones that were sealed in special glass boxes. According to the price, they were divided into three floors.
The first floor’s origin skills were undoubtedly the worst, while the second floor was a relatively high-level origin skill. There was no need to mention the third floor. The current Lugh could not afford it, and even with Big Mouth’s current level, it could not cultivate it.
Lugh directly walked into the place where the origin skill inscription stones were placed. There were not many origin skill inscription stones on the first floor, and as far as the eye could see, there were only about 30 types of origin skills. After all, they were just ordinary shops in the town, selling some common goods. The truly powerful origin skill inheritances were all in the hands of aristocratic families and sects, and weren’t easily passed on to outsiders.
However, due to the small number of origin skill inscription stones, it was enough for Lugh to go through them one by one in detail. Under each origin skill inscription stone, there was a detailed introduction and training conditions.
Lugh roughly looked at the origin skill inscription stones on the first floor, and his face instantly fell. Although he had already expected it, when he saw the price, he couldn’t help but feel a chill down his spine.
“This is too expensive. The lowest price is usually more than 100 gold coins, and the expensive ones are even around 500 gold coins…”
Seeing this, Lugh frowned, and he no longer had any expectations of buying the origin skill that he liked.
Lugh only had a total of 340 gold coins, and most of the origin skills here were not suitable for Big Mouth. The origin skill inscription stones that were suitable for Big Mouth were too expensive.
However, Lugh did not leave immediately. He prepared to understand all of the origin skill inscription stones first. Even if he did not like them, it was still pretty good to increase his knowledge.
“Fire Chant, Dark Shackle, Hydrotherapy, Wind Bomb… Although these origin skills can be bought, they can only be learned after mastering the elemental attributes. They are not suitable for Big Mouth.”
Lugh, who did not find any poison attribute source skills, shook his head and eliminated these source skills in his mind.
After a period of selection, Lugh locked onto two of the source skills inscription stones. The two source skills were ‘Low-Level Insect Clan’s Heart’ and ‘Fly Protein Explosion’.
[Low-Level Insect Clan’s Heart: Insect Attribute Source Skill]
[Effect: In a short period of time, the user’s insect attribute ability will be greatly increased. All insect attribute skills will be strengthened. The body’s elemental resistance, recovery ability, strength, agility, and other attributes will all be slightly increased.]
[Learning Condition: ‘Soldier-Class Insect Attribute Quality. (Race and attribute quality are equal. If the quality reaches soldier-class source beast, its innate attributes will definitely reach soldier-class.)]
This could be said to be a great weapon for insect-class source beasts. Unfortunately, the price was 500 gold. The current Lugh simply could not afford it, so Lugh could only bear the pain and give it up.
Although he couldn’t afford the Low-Level Insect Clan’s Heart, Lugh turned his gaze to the origin skill inscription stone that recorded another origin skill.
Regarding the origin skill inscription stone, Lugh was more interested in it than the former. This origin skill was called ‘Fly Protein Explosion’.
[Fly Protein Explosion: Insect-Type Origin Skill]
[Effect: The body of a Fly-type source beast secretes a special protein. As long as this protein is removed from the body of the Fly-type source beast, it will explode in a moment when it is removed from the air. If there is poison in the air, the stronger the poison, the stronger the explosion. This skill is to let the Fly source beast learn to control the special protein in the body and attack the opponent by spitting and secreting.]
[Learning Condition: Fly Source Beast, Unlimited quality.]