[Getting an Entrance Ticket!]
In the next few days, is almost as boring as anything could be. My day begins by going to the Ore Cave and then the Crystal Cave consequently for a total of five days until I stopped on the sixth. During that period, the stash I managed to store in my Compartment actually reached quite a good amount.
Every single day, I push myself hard to fulfil my own quota of 10 carts daily on the Ore Cave, and a minimum 10 minutes on the Crystalized Rock and at least 600 Crystals each single day. and very quickly, I've managed to get around three thousand of crystals, about 155 Brass Rods, and also about 300 Crystalized Stones at the end these few days.
With two thousand of Crystals of two colours is available for me to refine, I've decided to had it done earlier, before a check for any extras for me to absorb after I reach the quota I've required for next month. Withdrawing the first 1000 Red Power Crystals, I start to refine them. Five at a time, about two minutes each, as I've managed to finish refining them in the time of seven-plus hours.
Among that 200 tries, I've succeeded 55 times and managed to activate the Level 5 Bonus for three times. As I felt like I could still continue, I go for another 500 crystals and managed to get another 26 times success and one more Level Five Bonus Activation. In total, I've managed to get 85 Medium Grade 10 Red Power Crystal for today.
It seems like the 1000 crystals I absorb yesterday started to give me some good reaction. seems like I should have this kind of enjoyment more often. It seems that with the slight increase in my physical body strength, I could continue, but to reduce the failure caused by my slight fatigue, I goes for the Crystalized Stones instead, as I refined all of them into a total of 84 Crystalized Stones (0.05gm), before I call it a day and return to my room.
The next day, I do the same with the 1500 Green Physical Crystals and spent some time to assimilate 1000 crystals after the refining works. Maybe because the level of my Crystal Refining had increased by another two percent yesterday, my success rate today is even better compared to yesterday 81 success. I actually managed to get a total of 85 success today with four activations of Level 5 Bonus. In total, I obtained 89 Medium Grade 10 Green Physical Crystals in a single day.
With another [+5.00] increase in my Strength and Physical, I wake up in the next morning, energetic and spirited to see what I should do for my remaining four days before my next month of employment begins. Since I already obtained enough crystals for the quota, should I actually go to the Alchemy Workshop?
I considered my options for a while before I finally decided not to go. Yes, the attraction of learning skills to create potions and elixirs for my usage is great, but one most important concern remains. The current me is barely skilful to even obtaining at least a thousand of crystals or hundreds of Brass Rods easily in a day of work, added to the expensive materials for potions and elixirs, wouldn't I get a disadvantage in future?
I should focus on one before moving to another. that's what I think.
As I have no advance skill to support my needs, I will forever remain in this bottom layer where most of the people stay until their death. I need to focus more on important matters. The choice to become a Maker, a Producer or Manufacturer. With my tenacity, I actually chose the path of becoming a producer instead.
Although the Producer and Manufacturer are quite similar, their differences could be said as Quality first, Quantity second for the Producer, and Quantity First, Quality Second, compared with the Manufacturer. With my Pedlar Setup Ring, I have the benefits of learning more skill than others, so it should be better if I chose Quality instead of Quantity. Added with the sales volume is controllable, it would be easier to control the pricing as well depending on the market needs.
If that's the case, I should start to look for some advantageous benefits that could push my production into a higher quality stage, before I could start selling them for money. In the same time, I will need to start learning more skills that allow me to quickly improve!
Marketplace! Blacksmithing Workshop! This two is the correct place I should more attention on! I should go and have a look now!
But the moment I am so spirited to pay a visit to the marketplace, the sky had already turned black, cloaked at almost midnight. "What???" the time just walk past without notice. Having no choice, I returned to get a rest and waits for the next day. The moment I wake up next morning, I charge immediately towards the Marketplace without bothering anything else and entered the main entrance to the bazaar square.
"Halt, did you have an entrance ticket from the main entrance?" a guard suddenly stopped me from getting into the trading area. Full of questions, I asked. "Do we need an entrance ticket to enter the Marketplace? It is not free?" the moment the guard heard me, he immediately has one reaction. "Are you new here? Buying an Entrance ticket is a must if you wanted to enter the Marketplace to check for treasures, or else, go visits those at Outer Market, over there it is free for trade and exchange, but there is no guarantee that the item you purchase is exactly the quality you are looking for." he said.
"Thank you brother Guard." I thanked him and leave. What the hell? They actually charge an entrance fee as well as the sales commission. Fine, I should check what's available on the Free Market before I go into the Town Hall to purchase their so-called entrance Ticket.
The Free Market is unexpectedly well organized, with a total of five rows, twenty vendors on each row. A total 100 different vendor for all kind of stuff. From ores to crystals, there is plenty item is available for sale, but some of them, undeniably, fake even from my inexperienced eyes.
But it doesn't mean that nothing good within this 100 store. Through my Scan Skill to properly check all the items on their table, I end with two different stores, purchasing the item I needs. At the end of the visit, I purchased 50 Brass Rod (1%) for the price of 40 Black Spirit Crystals, and a 100 Lower Grade Yellow Speed Crystals for my own usage. The Yellow Speed Crystals are slightly harder to mine, as one needs to enter the Yellow River Cave to look for it specifically. This is also why its rate is at 4 Lower Grade 10 Crystals for a Black Spirit crystals, In total, I spent another 25 Black Spirit Crystals to purchase all of it.
Others are all rubbish, as I've decided to leave and went to the town hall for a visit. Within, there is a separate area for purchasing the entrance ticket for all different locations. Though their prices vary depending on their benefits and also difficulties, since there are a few different segments, people usually choose the one suitable for them easily without worries.
Of course, my first intention here is because of the Marketplace Entrance Ticket. When I check on their pricing list, I finally noticed why is there a requirement of charging for an entrance fee. First of all, they removed the haggling and disturbing people and thieves that posed as a vendor or buyer into the Marketplace to create a safe surrounding within the square peaceful for them to slowly conduct their trades.
They also make sure that all products that will be entering the Marketplace are validity items. A free appraisal will be provided, with estimation on prices as well the usefulness of the item to the person purchasing it. Within the Marketplace, everything tendered for sales and purchases will be listed and also recorded, in case of any disputes in the future from either party.
Lastly, the entrance ticket is valid for a whole week, allowing the ticket holder to either sell or buy products within the Marketplace. This also thoroughly destroyed my intention of window shopping for a while to look for some treasure. Based on my current financial situation, this is not a viable option, as I am still in the middle of improving my financial condition. This is of course because the Entrance Ticket cost 150 Black Spirit Crystals to purchase, and valid for seven days.
Next, I checked on those entrance token to some other caves that are available for sale. Luckily, the information board are quite well organized, as I could easily check on what is available within each Cave, so I could choose a cave that is suitable for me to pay and enter to start harvesting the materials I need.
Location: Yellow River Cave
Price: 5 Black Spirit Crystals
Duration: Unlimited
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Base: Provided Free of Charge
Capacity: 1200 Person
Monster: None
Produce:
Yellow Speed Crystal
Yellow Crystal Sand
Yellow Tin Dust
Yellow Cube Jewel
Location: Black Sand Cave
Price: 5 Black Spirit Crystals
Duration: Five hours
Base: Not Available
Capacity: 100 Person
Monster: None
Produce:
Black Spirit Crystal Sand
Black Spirit Crystal Pieces
Black Spirit Crystal Core
Black Spirit Crystal Thread
Location: Green Stone Cave
Price: 5 Black Spirit Crystals
Duration: Unlimited
Base: Not Available
Capacity: 1500 Person
Monster: None
Requirement: Physical Above (5)
Safety: 9/10
Insurance: None
Produce:
Green Physical Crystal
Stamina Crystal Sand
Crystalized Stone
Crystal Water
Location: Red Blood Cave
Price: 5 Black Spirit Crystals
Duration: Unlimited
Base: Not Available
Capacity: 1500 Person
Monster: Yes
Requirement: Strength Above (7)
Safety: 8/10
Insurance: None
Produce:
Red Power Crystal
Blood Crystal Sand
Crystalized Stone
Blood Water
It seems like the available cave token to buy is only this four. I noticed there is a Black Sand Cave within the list since the product could be obtained within is the Black Spirit Crystal Sand and other Black Spirit Related products, it almost meant like you are mining money within this cave. I head toward the counter to quickly purchase the entrance token.
"Hi there, how can I help you?" the cashier immediately asked how she could be my help today. I told her that I am intended to purchase the Black Sand Cave Token, but immediately, a shout came from the side of the Information Board. "The Black Sand Cave entrance token is sold out, We are so sorry!" and as he finished his word, he walked away without bothering other's whispers.
Looking at the cashier, I changed my mind, and tried to say, Yellow River Cave, please. But before I did, another shout came from the Information Board again. "Yellow River Cave, Red Blood Cave token is sold out as well, Sorry for the inconvenience!" and left. What the F**k! I shouted as the cashier lady chuckled at my actions.
"Young master, here, take a look at this list." The cashier gave me another piece of paper that was distributed to the cashier within town hall to know what kind of offer is opens in their office cashier. It is almost as efficient as how it was used to be in my own country before I reincarnated, but to be honest, this all seems much challenging compared to how I was living in my previous world. I have a target here, at least!
As I looked at the piece of paper, most of them actually belong to the Mines listing. Most of them required status at an even higher rate, so it is impossible for me to select it until I saw the bottommost boxes. The moment I go through the details within, my pair of eyes lit as I slapped my hand on the cashier table and say, I will take this!
Location: Night Glowing Cave
Price: 15 Black Spirit Crystals
Duration: Unlimited
Base: Not Available
Capacity: 500 Person
Monster: No
Requirement: None (Proceed with Caution)
Safety: 8/10
Insurance: None
Produce:
Night Glowing Sand
Night Glowing Stone
Rare: Night Copper Dust
Night Glowing Bead
Night Glowing Pearl
The moment the cashier saw my reaction, she immediately reaches out for the stack of tokens especially created for the user to enter the cave. "How many times would you like to enter?" She asked. The moment I heard the question, I noticed another thing. The entrance fee is one off, so the longer you stayed within, the better. But a number of people allowed within could not exceed 500 people, so If all 500 people within are not coming out, you couldn't enter it anyway.
Luckily, the Ling Hun Town Hall managed to handle this matter quite wisely, so they actually reduced the maximum capacity of the Cave into a lower figure, so even if there is any clash in between, they could still fit more than that amount for a short while if needed. Since this cave is neither cheap or expensive, I've decided to take a total of ten entries.
She quickly processes my request, and at the exchange of 150 Black Spirit Crystals, I received a piece of tablet stone, with a total of ten tokens attached on it. Seems like each time I use the Teleported into the Cave, one of the tokens will vanish from the Tablet Stone until there is no token left. Just like this, I actually spent a total of 215 Black Spirit Crystals for all this in one day. Spending money is easier than earning. Now I know why I am homeless.
I went straight to the Blacksmithing Workshop next, just to check if there are any special Recipes that I could actually obtain from their counter. I checked through some of the lists, and see nothing that could make me feel interested until I actually went into the third pages of the Recipe to learn.