Shield-type treasures, armor made of special materials, and items that let people fly through the air completely overturned Lu Yang's previous understanding. Likewise, the prices marked on them made him shrink back.
Every item listed could be bought with money, but it had to be a currency called Astral Coins. He had never even heard of Astral Coins.
Lu Zhongyou explained, "Astral Coins are the currency required for the Mechanical Plane to connect with other planes. At present, the only way to obtain Astral Coins is by exchanging materials, such as toxins from special Demonized Creatures on this planet, the poison of the Hydra Emperor, or other rare items. In short, they are all things that are extremely uncommon even in our world."
Lu Yang nodded in understanding. A smile appeared at the corner of his mouth as he glanced at Bingke and said to Lu Zhongyou, "Looks like this guy is a profiteer."
Lu Zhongyou smiled and asked, "How so?"
Lu Yang said, "It's simple. The Astral Coins this guy issues are the currency of his plane. In other words, he's the only one who has them, so he has the power to set their value. Whatever value he says Astral Coins have, whatever they can be exchanged for, that's what they're worth. We have no right to object, do we?"
Lu Zhongyou nodded and said with a smile, "That's true."
Lu Yang said, "But what if they leave someday? Where are we supposed to spend the Astral Coins in our hands then?"
Lu Zhongyou found Lu Yang rather clever and said with a laugh, "That's why we signed an agreement with them. Bingke used part of his rare equipment as collateral and placed it in the academy headquarters' warehouse. Only then did we gain the means to defeat