By now, it was already afternoon, and Lin Feng definitely wasn't going to make it to school today.
After washing up and grabbing a bite to eat, he returned to his room, turned on his computer, and searched for The Grand Martial World market trading site.
Clicking in, he was greeted by a dazzling array of game items and their prices.
The website was very well-organized, categorizing different types of game items, and allowing users to freely search for what they wanted.
The trading site boasted over ten billion registered users, with around a billion online daily.
Such numbers were unimaginable on Earth.
Lin Feng casually clicked on the weapon category, and the variety of weapons and their exorbitant prices were blinding.
For instance, a lower Yellow Grade sword was priced at 150,000 Dragon Coins, while a medium Yellow Grade saber was marked at 180,000.
There were also spears, maces, hammers, bows, and various other cold weapons available.
The highest grade available was Profound Grade, but these were extremely rare.
There were a dozen Profound Grade weapons for sale, but their prices were outrageous.
[Profound Grade Lower · Greedy Wolf Blood Spear]: Starting price 5 million Dragon Coins + a set of West Hua City school district housing.
Seller Old Dream Star's note: "I got this three years ago. Although I've retired, I couldn't bear to sell it. Now that my child needs to go to school, I'm selling it. Don't bother if you're offering less."
[Profound Grade Medium · Heartless Sword]: Asking for 100 taels of gold + three Yellow Grade lightness skills or Profound Grade martial arts.
Seller Melancholy Prince's note: "I only want game currency, not Dragon Coins. I don't lack money. If you don't have lightness skills, Yellow Grade martial arts will do."
[Profound Grade Medium: Sea Splitting Blade]: Asking for 30 million Dragon Coins + a villa in a first-tier city.
Seller Underworld Emperor's note: "I retired recently to enjoy life. This blade has been with me for over three years and is extremely handy. Miss it, and you'll regret it."
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Seeing these weapon prices, Lin Feng shook his head repeatedly, feeling like it was daylight robbery.
Of course, the fact that these items remained on the trading site indicated that the prices were indeed inflated; otherwise, wealthy buyers would have snapped them up instantly.
However, Lin Feng noticed from many transaction records that the average price of Profound Grade weapons was only about 10-20% less than these.
It probably wouldn't be long before some rich person bought them.
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Besides weapons, Lin Feng also glanced at the prices of cultivation methods and elixirs, which were even more outrageous.
It made Lin Feng feel inferior. Are there really so many rich people on Mysterious Star?
Since he couldn't afford them anyway, he didn't bother looking further and instead focused on activators.
Activators could be purchased directly from the trading market.
Lin Feng currently had assets worth fifteen taels of gold, equivalent to 1.5 million Dragon Coins, which was enough to buy two more activators.
He had promised to play the game with Yu Meixiang and the others, and he wouldn't go back on his word.
Moreover, buying them early would allow him to guide them before he reached level 30, preventing them from getting stuck on the novice map.
There were plenty of activators on the market, with tens of thousands available for sale.
But hoping for a bargain was unrealistic; no one was foolish.
Activators were becoming increasingly hard to find, with their numbers dwindling, while players continued to join the game generation after generation.
This kept the demand for activators high. Last year, the average price was 150,000 Dragon Coins, but this year it had risen to 200,000.
Many game merchants who hoarded activators made a fortune.
Lin Feng glanced at the current activator prices, which had risen significantly.
The minimum price was now 250,000 Dragon Coins.
This posed a dilemma for Lin Feng, as he hadn't yet converted his game currency into Dragon Coins.
Converting game currency to Dragon Coins was actually simple. Players had established banks in the game, all founded by national banks, making them very reliable.
The problem was that the bank for novice map players wasn't in Seven Heroes Town but in the Capital City.
This was because everyone considered Seven Heroes Town to be an ordinary civilian town, and players were unwilling to stay there long, so banks had no interest in it.
In the early days, banks did set up there, but with few players and weak defenses, they were often robbed by thieves and mountain bandits.
Over time, all the banks left.
If Lin Feng wanted to exchange money now, he either had to go to the Capital City or try his luck with players in Seven Heroes Town, but the risk of being scammed was too high.
After pondering for a moment, Lin Feng decided not to buy for now and to exchange money when he had a chance to visit the Capital City.
Closing the trading site, Lin Feng continued to search online for map information about The Grand Martial World.
He was getting closer to level 30, and sooner or later, he would have to leave the novice map, so he needed to check out the other maps.
The novice map was a special map for new players, and once you left it, you could randomly choose another map to go to.
Currently, The Grand Martial World had seven major maps.
[Tianlong Map], [Divine Eagle Map], [Under Heaven Map], [Smiling Proud Map], [Peerless Map], [Heavenly Sword Map], [Linked City Map]
Players could choose any of these seven maps freely, with no level restrictions, and could travel between them at will.
Seeing these seven maps, Lin Feng couldn't help but smile confidently. He had read these novels many times in his past life and knew the plots inside out.
As long as those fortuitous encounters hadn't been taken, he was confident he could find them all.
Moreover, Lin Feng noticed that these maps actually included plots from other wuxia novels.
For instance, in [Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils], characters like Lu Xiaofeng appeared, while in [The Return of the Condor Heroes], characters like Chu Liuxiang and Yuan Chengzhi showed up, and [The First Under Heaven] even featured characters like Wei Xiaobao and Chen Jinnan.
Lin Feng speculated that these map names were just general labels, each containing plots from other novels, making them a mixed bag.
What surprised Lin Feng the most was that, according to players' experiences over the past ten years, these maps had appeared one after another over the decade.
This suggested that more maps might appear in the future.
Lin Feng couldn't help but wonder if there would be fantasy wuxia maps in the future.
For example, Wind and Cloud, Ode to Gallantry, Water Moon Immortal Realm, Legend of Great Tang’s Twin Dragons, and so on.
These wuxia novels had extremely high power levels, almost reaching fantasy levels. If NPCs from these novels were included, they would definitely outclass those in the first seven maps.
But these were just Lin Feng's speculations. For now, he needed to decide which map to prioritize for finding opportunities.
Each of the seven maps had powerful opportunities that could make someone soar to great heights. Lin Feng hadn't made a final decision yet, but he had a good idea.
Besides this, Lin Feng also browsed various information and news about The Grand Martial World online.
Even after ten years, The Grand Martial World remained the most obsessed and pursued topic among humans on Mysterious Star, unmatched in traffic.
Top celebrities, football, basketball—none of them could compare to it.
Whether in-game or out, anything related to The Grand Martial World attracted a lot of attention.
Over the past decade, The Grand Martial World had garnered over 70% of fans on Mysterious Star, with 40% of global internet topics revolving around it.
Even national governments collaborated to organize various events and activities.
For example, the 'Mysterious Star Supreme' held every four years, the 'Martial Arts Tournament' every three years, the 'Huashan Sword Debate' every two years, and the 'Newcomer Championship' every year.
These were all offline competitions organized by national governments, attracting countless attention and viewership each year.
Even the Olympics had long included The Grand Martial World as a competition event, with ten detailed events listed.
There were swordsmanship competitions, blade technique competitions, fist technique competitions... and even lightness skill competitions, internal strength competitions, and more.
In total, there were ten events, meaning ten gold medals, and it's said that countries are discussing adding two more events for the next edition.
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