Yang Yi fetched a piece of cloth, wrapped Broken Iron in it, and stuffed it into the Greedy Stomach.
For now, unless he was facing a large creature, he was better off not using this weapon.
The main issue was its demanding requirement: 9 strength.
But if he could raise his base strength to 6, things would be much easier. After triggering Madness, he would be only 1 strength short, which he could make up with a potion.
Next, he needed to make the most of his time and increase his strength!
After buying Broken Iron, Yang Yi had only 18,000 left.
He planned to spend the remaining money on miscellaneous supplies and look at bows while he was at it. If he was short on money, he could make up the difference with resources.
He checked the World Channel but found nothing good.
In the current market, ranged weapons were more sought after than melee weapons, with demand generally exceeding supply, especially for guns.
He privately messaged several people, only to find that their weapons had already been sold.
Finding a suitable bow would probably be difficult.
But Yang Yi had plenty of time to wait. He would be fishing at sea for the next few days.
With no suitable ranged weapons in sight, Yang Yi started buying other miscellaneous supplies, mostly inexpensive necessities.
He spent 120 stone on a piece of flint.
Then he bought two sets of down clothing for 1,200 Conch Coins, two padded hats for 800 Conch Coins, and finally four pairs of fleece-lined boots for 2,000 Conch Coins.
He bought down clothing despite already having sweaters because he feared the Extreme Winter Sea would be too cold.
If the wool sweaters and trousers were not enough, they could put the down clothing on over