10: Mysterious long sword, elementary body skills, and leaving the city again!

Li Ziyu took the quotation from Tang Xuan, glanced at it, and nodded.

It was tens of thousands more than he had imagined, totaling two hundred thousand.

The price of the Shadow Cat accounted for the majority of this.

One hundred and ten thousand.

It was probably a favor Zhenwu Pavilion was doing him.

Tsk, he earned two hundred thousand in just two days.

If this were before, he probably wouldn't have saved that much in ten years.

A Warrior truly is a profession that makes money quickly!

He chatted with Tang Xuan for a while.

It was clear that Tang Xuan wanted to befriend him early on because of his age.

However, Li Ziyu also learned a lot of basic information about Warriors from Tang Xuan.

"Boss Tang, does your store accept the corpses of Second Grade Fierce Beasts?" Li Ziyu asked tentatively.

Although he didn't know his current qi and blood level, with the system by his side, being able to hunt Second Grade Fierce Beasts was probably not far off.

He had a good impression of Tang Xuan, so he inquired about the price in advance, harboring the thought of future cooperation.

Tang Xuan's eyes flashed when he heard Li Ziyu's words.

He remained outwardly calm, but a tempest had already risen in his heart.

He asked tentatively, "Is little friend preparing to hunt Second Grade Fierce Beasts?"

"Not now, maybe in a few days."

"After all, I don't have a decent weapon or Battle Skill yet. I'll go after I've replaced my weapon and Battle Skill."

Li Ziyu took a sip of tea and stood up from the sofa.

He pushed open the door and walked towards the counter in the hall.

"Boss Tang, I plan to use all two hundred thousand to buy weapons and Battle Skills. I'll go check out the counter."

"Oh, oh, good! I'll take you over!"

Tang Xuan seemed to snap out of his thoughts, gave a jolt, and quickly said to Li Ziyu.

He naturally followed Li Ziyu out of the hall.

Looking at Li Ziyu's back, a hint of shock flashed in Tang Xuan's eyes.

Listening to Li Ziyu's tone just now, he couldn't tell if he was boasting or stating a fact.

But could someone really hunt Second Grade Fierce Beasts before the age of seventeen?

Second Grade Fierce Beasts were beings capable of tearing apart armored vehicles and tanks with their bare hands.

Tang Xuan thought it was impossible.

At least in a small place like Xu Jiang City, there were no such geniuses.

Tang Xuan shook his head, no longer thinking about it.

He just felt that Li Ziyu's words were merely a young person's casual remarks, eager to show off.

If you have money, of course you have to spend it, especially with such a large sum of two hundred thousand.

Li Ziyu didn't know what Tang Xuan was thinking; at this moment, he only felt high-spirited.

No other reason.

Having money makes one feel lightheaded.

It was like someone who only earned three thousand great xia currency a month and had to be frugal with every purchase.

Suddenly found his salary increased to one hundred thousand a month.

He just wanted to buy, buy, buy.

A moment later...

"Hiss! A First Grade Alloy Battle Blade costs five hundred thousand great xia currency?"

"A copy of the Gale Knife Battle Skill costs one million great xia currency?"

"What the heck, Boss Tang, are you sure you're not running a black market!?"

Seeing the prices of weapons and cultivation techniques marked on the counter, Li Ziyu's eyes widened, and he looked at Tang Xuan, who was accompanying him, with an incredulous expression.

Tang Xuan, being stared at by Li Ziyu, shrugged helplessly and said, "Old Brother Li, this is the market price right now."

"My First Grade Battle Blade is made of First Grade asma alloy. One catty of First Grade asma alloy is almost fifty thousand great xia currency, and I used four catties in this."

"Plus forging fees and such, selling it for five hundred thousand is already considered cheap in the entire Xu Jiang City."

"Being a Warrior is inherently a money-burning profession. For high-grade weapons, selling them for hundreds of millions or even billions is normal."

Li Ziyu's face was a bit unsightly.

He indeed didn't know much about the market prices of Warrior weapons and Battle Skills.

After all, his original self wasn't even an official Warrior, so he didn't have access to such price information.

Hence, it wasn't in his memory.

However, he did have a vague impression of the asma alloy Tang Xuan mentioned.

He knew it was a new type of alloy developed by humans after the advent of fierce beasts.

Its hardness was several times that of steel.

It was a popular weapon material among Warriors, also divided into grades one to nine.

Alas, though.

He had thought that with two hundred thousand in hand, he could at least get a decent weapon and a Battle Skill or something.

But it turned out he didn't even have enough money for a regular First Grade Alloy Battle Blade?

Tang Xuan noticed Li Ziyu's predicament.

He said a few words and agreed to sell him the alloy Battle Blade, priced at five hundred thousand, for two hundred thousand.

But Li Ziyu did not immediately agree.

Thirty thousand great xia currency was not difficult for him to earn.

It was truly unnecessary to owe a favor for that thirty thousand great xia currency.

Li Ziyu walked around the counter again.

He thought that if it didn't work out, he would go to other places to look, or perhaps not change weapons for now and just make do with the steel Battle Blade he currently had.

Just then.

At the corner of the counter.

A long, narrow, rusty Battle Blade caught Li Ziyu's attention.

Although this blade looked like a Knife Skill, it also bore some resemblance to a sword.

Its length was greater than that of an ordinary Knife Skill, reaching an astonishing 1.5 meters.

It was somewhat similar to the Pukou used in ancient times in his previous life.

Although this Knife Skill's appearance was mottled, Li Ziyu's gaze was immediately drawn to it.

He pointed to the rusty long Knife Skill and asked Tang Xuan, "Brother Tang, how much is this weapon?"

"Why is it left here gathering dust? Is there some special meaning to it?"

"Oh, this long Knife Skill was pawned here a few months ago by a scruffy-bearded man."

"He said it was passed down from his ancestors."

"I originally didn't want to take it, but that scruffy-bearded man said his ancestor was a peak Second Grade Warrior."

"So I thought, since the price he wanted wasn't expensive, and I might be able to find a hidden gem, I took it."

"As it turned out, after studying it for several months, I confirmed that it's just an ordinary Knife Skill, not even First Grade."

"Tsk, I misjudged. Brother Li, if you want it, just give me the cost price, one hundred thousand great xia currency."

...

Li Ziyu walked out of Zhenwu Pavilion, carrying the rusty long Knife Skill on his back.

His intuition told him that this Knife Skill was not ordinary.

He couldn't say where the intuition came from, but he just felt it was extraordinary.

Moreover, Li Ziyu had already tested it.

The hardness of this Knife Skill was many times stronger than his original one.

Since he couldn't afford weapons made of asma alloy, Li Ziyu simply bought this rusty iron Knife Skill.

Before he left.

Tang Xuan still felt embarrassed, thinking that Li Ziyu had gotten a raw deal from him.

So he also gifted him a copy of an Initial Body Technique Battle Skill.

"Although Initial Body Technique cannot be considered a true Battle Skill, if you were to buy it, it would cost fifty thousand great xia currency."

Things like Elementary Knife Skill, Initial Body Technique, and Elementary Swordsmanship are called basic Battle Skills.

In fact, they cannot truly be considered Battle Skills; strictly speaking, they are just introductions to force exertion techniques.

Basically, everyone who intends to become a Warrior will more or less master one or two of them.

The price is not expensive, fifty thousand great xia currency per copy outside.

And there are only Elementary ones; if you want to continue mastering Intermediate or even Advanced ones, you can only comprehend and break through on your own.

Besides these basic Battle Skills.

There are also things that can be called Battle Skills, and those are incredibly expensive.

And sometimes they are priceless.

Just what Li Ziyu saw at Zhenwu Pavilion.

The lowest-grade First Grade Knife Skill type Battle Skill, Gale Knife, cost one million great xia currency.

And not only that, it also required the user to have mastered Intermediate Knife Skill as a prerequisite to learn it.

"This is simply outrageous! First Grade Battle Skills are already this expensive; if there are Second Grade and Third Grade ones above that, wouldn't they be astronomical prices??"

"Warriors, indeed, are so money-consuming!" Li Ziyu sighed as he walked towards the city wall.

But it wasn't all bad news.

Tang Xuan had just told him an exciting piece of news.

This was the first time Li Ziyu had heard this news.

If one passed the assessment for a First Grade Warrior, the Martial Arts Association would gift a copy of a First Grade Body Tempering Battle Skill!

After cultivation, it could make one's own qi and blood more solid!

"It seems that Great Xia has also gone to great lengths to cultivate Warriors, not only providing subsidies but also giving out cultivation techniques."

"It seems I need to go to the Martial Arts Association to get certified as a First Grade Warrior!"

However, the Martial Arts Association was already closed, so if he wanted to go, he would have to wait until tomorrow morning.

With the system by his side, Li Ziyu planned to go outside the city again to hunt some Shadow Cats for money.

After all, his Knife Skill had now improved to Intermediate, so he wasn't afraid when encountering Shadow Cats.

He was very envious of that Gale Knife cultivation technique.