Crimson Blood Crystal
This city is called Lagge City.
Upon entering the city, Gu Ding also attracted a lot of attention; his size was simply too striking in this world. Many underage children in the city were taller than him, and their build was almost twice as robust.
Gu Ding chose to ignore the onlookers and whispers. He was already famous before he even entered the Universe Sea, and he often encountered onlookers when he stayed on other planets, so he was already used to this kind of scene.
Without changing his expression, Gu Ding headed towards the trading post in Lagge City, following the route indicated by the Sea Emperor.
Because the inhabitants of this world are enormous, the buildings in this city are also extremely large. The gates of the inhabitants, which are more than two meters tall in the Universe Sea, are more than four meters tall here.
The exchange in Lagge City is a church-style spire building with a silver metal gate that is ten meters high. Although it doesn't have any anti-peeping features, the patterns carved on it are still quite beautiful.
Gu Ding arrived at the door, pushed it open, and went inside.
Hearing the commotion inside the exchange, Gu Ding raised an eyebrow. "It seems the material of this door provides pretty good sound insulation."
Two beautiful young women, each nearly 2.8 meters tall, stood not far from the entrance, dressed in maid outfits; they were clearly the receptionists here.
"Sir, what would you like to order?" The black-haired girl on the left bent down and smiled at Gu Ding, but it was clear that her eyes were full of curiosity when she looked at him.
The other girl didn't ask any questions, but her gaze was also fixed on Gu Ding, her face full of interest.
"I want to sell some monster corpses," Gu Ding said, looking up at the girl.
"The corpses of demonic beasts below the level of Half-Step True God are traded in Room 101 on the first floor. Both purchasing and selling take place in the same room. For corpses of demonic beasts at the Half-Step True God level, it's in Room 201 on the second floor. For True God level demonic beast corpses, we need to contact our supervisor for a face-to-face transaction," the girl explained in great detail. "Room 101 is the innermost room on the left."
"Thank you!" Gu Ding immediately stepped towards the trading room on the left.
After Gu Ding left, the two girls quietly started talking about Gu Ding.
"Eve, that boy was so skinny! My brother isn't even as tall as him, and his arms are thicker than his thighs," the girl on the right said, covering her mouth with a laugh.
"He must have come from some other distant city. I've never seen such a thin fellow in Lagge City before," the black-haired girl Eve nodded in agreement.
"It seems no one realizes that you are actually an outsider. They all think you are malnourished, which is why you look like this," the Sea Emperor whispered with a smile in Gu Ding's ear.
"That's actually for the best. If the outsider's identity is exposed, who knows how these people will react?" Gu Ding replied silently with his consciousness.
They arrived at the door of room 101. Gu Ding pushed the door open and entered.
What came into view was a huge counter nearly two meters high, which completely blocked my view.
A burly man over three meters tall behind the counter scratched his head in confusion. "Huh? Someone just pushed the door open and came in. Where is he?"
Gu Ding's lips twitched slightly. At 1.8 meters tall, he couldn't reach the counter at all, which led to him being ignored. Helpless, he slowly floated up.
The burly man's expression froze when he saw Gu Ding. After a long while, he reached out and grabbed Gu Ding, asking, "Is this some kind of toy doll?"
"You're the toy doll!" Gu Ding dodged the other's grab and retorted.
"Ah, it's a real person?!" The burly man was startled. Then he leaned over and carefully examined Gu Ding. "That's outrageous. What kind of parents could raise such a skinny child?"
"Uncle, can you focus on your job?" Gu Ding said helplessly. "I'm here to sell monster corpses."
"You think you can hunt monsters with that small frame?" The burly man clearly expressed his doubt.
It's no wonder the other party doubted Gu Ding's strength. All life forms in this world possess powerful blood and qi energy, and the intensity of their released blood and qi clearly demonstrates their Combat Strength. Although Gu Ding's physical strength is at the level of One-Star Half-Step True God, he doesn't release his blood and qi energy, leading outsiders to believe he's weak.
"You'll see when you see it. Is there a larger area? This room isn't big enough; I've hunted a lot of monsters." Gu Ding was always a man of action; since the other party didn't believe him, he simply laid out all the monster corpses.
"Not big enough? Then tell me how many demonic beasts you've hunted." The burly man clearly didn't believe Gu Ding's words. His trading room was very large; even if they were Peak-rank God demonic beasts over forty meters long, he could easily pile them up fifty or sixty times. But he felt that Gu Ding's strength was at most at the level of Low-rank God.
"There are more than eight hundred in total," Gu Ding himself didn't know the exact number; it was just the Sea Emperor who had given him that figure.
"Over eight hundred? I don't have any more space here. Take them out in batches, fifty at a time. I'll count them first, then you can take the second batch." The burly man said this with a clearly mocking expression on his face. He was waiting to see Gu Ding make a fool of himself.
Gu Ding nodded and took out more than twenty Low-rank God beasts, and then took out thirty Mid-rank God beasts.
The hierarchy of monsters in this world is actually quite easy to identify; you only need to look at their size. Low-rank God monsters are all over ten meters long but less than twenty meters. Mid-rank God monsters are all between twenty and thirty meters long. High-rank God monsters are between thirty and forty meters long, and Peak-rank God monsters are all over forty meters long.
Gu Ding retrieved over fifty demonic beasts at once, which surprised the burly man somewhat. However, he immediately got to work, counting the number and checking the condition of the corpses. After looking at them, he was even more astonished. "You killed all these demonic beasts?"
"That's right." Gu Ding did not deny it.
"The bodies are in excellent condition, all killed in a single blow, without any extra wounds. Are there any more?" After saying this, the burly man put all the corpses into a storage device.
Gu Ding then retrieved over fifty more corpses of Mid-rank God. The burly man inspected them again, clearly satisfied with this batch of goods.
Immediately afterwards, Gu Ding began to remove the corpses of the High-rank God beasts.
When the fifty corpses of High-rank God beasts were laid out, the burly man's eyes widened in astonishment. He examined each corpse, muttering to himself, "The condition of these corpses is just too good..."
Gu Ding retrieved the corpses of the High-rank God more than ten times before finally completing the display of all the corpses.
"There are a total of 782 High-rank God -demon corpses, 87 Mid-rank God- demon corpses, and 24 Low-rank God deity-demon corpses. Is that correct?" The burly man's gaze towards Gu Ding suddenly changed.
"That's right!" Gu Ding nodded; the Sea Emperor had already counted this number.
"The number of Blood Bead exchanged for the corpses of Low-rank God is one hundred to five hundred, for Mid-rank God one thousand to five thousand, and for High-rank God ten thousand to fifty thousand," the burly man said. He then began calculating the total price, "That's ten thousand Blood Bead in total. Should I exchange them for Blood Crystals?"
"What is a blood crystal?" Gu Ding didn't ask this aloud, but instead asked the Sea Emperor through his consciousness.
"It's a special mineral vein in this world, formed slowly over a long period of time after the death of some life forms. It contains a large amount of blood and flesh energy and can also be used as currency. Blood crystals actually come in two colors: Crimson Blood Crystal and Violet Blood Crystal. Crimson Blood Crystal are formed after the death of Half-Step True God, so they are less valuable and contain less blood and qi energy; one crystal is equivalent to one million Blood Bead. Violet Blood Crystal are formed only after the fall of a true god, so they are much more precious."
"Although blood crystals contain a vast amount of blood and qi energy, they are difficult to absorb. Therefore, few people use them directly. Instead, they prefer to purchase beast corpses. However, for you, blood crystals should be more effective than beast corpses. This is because blood crystals are crystals formed from the essence of blood and qi, which is much more powerful than the blood and qi energy contained in a beast corpse. People in this world do not have good absorption methods, but this is not a problem for you. You have the Devouring Flame, which allows you to easily refine them without even experiencing energy loss."
The Sea Emperor explained in great detail, but the exchange of consciousness was completed in an instant.
Gu Ding nodded to the burly man and said, "Then please exchange it for blood crystals for me!"
Unless otherwise specified, "blood crystal" usually refers to Crimson Blood Crystal, while "Violet Blood Crystal" is referred to by its full name.
"That's twenty blood crystals. I'll pay you the change with Blood Beads." The burly man said, handing twenty cone-shaped blood-red crystals the size of broad beans to Gu Ding first. Then he swiped a Crystal Card on a machine and handed it to Gu Ding. "I've transferred Blood Bead to this Crystal Card. You can check the amount displayed on this machine. There's no password set. You can encrypt it yourself later."
"Thanks," Gu Ding put the blood crystal and the Crystal Card into his Storage Space. When he received the blood crystal, he could clearly feel the blood energy contained within it, which was much stronger than the blood energy contained in the corpse of a first or second-star Half-Step True God.
"Young man, I didn't realize you were so capable. If you have any more beast corpses in the future, sell them to me!" The burly man finally realized that Gu Ding wasn't as simple as he seemed. "By the way, my name is Bulong, you can call me Uncle Bulong."
"Uncle Bulong, is there a quick way to make money in this Lagge City?" After sensing the powerful blood energy contained in the Crimson Blood Crystal, Gu Ding wanted to earn more Crimson Blood Crystal for cultivation.
"What's a quick way to make money? Most people hunt monsters and sell their corpses for profit. If you want to make money fast, teaming up with some strong players is a good method."
"There's also the option of completing missions. There's a Mission Board City Lord's Mansion, with many missions offering high rewards. However, generally, the missions that aren't too difficult and have generous rewards are snapped up immediately, leaving the ones with high rewards unattended. You can go check it out."
"Then there's doing business. It's enough to make a living, but it's very difficult to make big money," Bulong said with a shake of his head and a smile.
"Uncle Bulong, thanks." Having received this information, Gu Ding turned and left the trading hall. His consciousness connected with the Sea Emperor. "Where is that Mission Board?" (To be continued~^~)