Chapter 453: Chapter 453

After leaving the school, Du You headed towards the outlying trading market as planned. This place was even busier than the trade in the school, but it seemed a bit less crowded today.

After asking around a bit, Du You discovered the reason; everyone today was drawn to another side because of Liu Xianglong’s territory development plan. That’s why the crowd was somewhat sparse.

"Check if there are any materials related to territorial development available quickly. If I don’t purchase them now, their availability might decrease, and the prices could easily rise." Du You was not merely contemplating idly.

Whenever someone gets the qualification for territorial development, it always triggers a frenzy. Some people hoard the basic materials needed for construction while others fantasize about owning their territory. As a result, these products witness a crazy price spike, and with the current trend, no one would want to sell them cheap anymore.

Upon reaching the market, Du You found that the prices hadn’t risen yet. Without a second thought, he anonymously bought some items and had them sent to the relay station, from where he would retrieve them.

These common materials were mainly for territorial construction, things that could adapt to different environment in the Other World, or some special materials difficult to find, which were just what many special buildings required.

Building special structures isn’t as simple as constructing a house with stones; special materials are needed for the process.

Du You had no clue about this before. Had he blindly started building without being aware of this, it could have resulted in severe consequences. Negligence would lead to the territory collapsing even before it’s built.

Especially for individuals like him, who don’t collaborate with others while building their territories, this could take a serious toll.

Suddenly, Du You saw a blueprint. Without a second glance, he immediately bought it at the asking price. After he sells the items he has on him, he would certainly not be short of red crystal coins.

After securing it, Du You examined the properties of the blueprint itself.

Blueprint for Pharmaceutical Factory: A factory capable of concocting various potions.

While the description was too simple, Du You could understand the efficacy of this item. He already owned the potion recipe for Quicksand Spring. Now with this pharmaceutical factory, he could put the recipe to use.

Du You wanted to continue searching for blueprints, unfortunately, he found none afterward.

Barely two hours later, Du You noticed that all kinds of materials related to territorial construction were rapidly decreasing on the market. He wasn’t sure if they were getting hidden or exchanged, or both.

In short, all sorts of materials were getting scarce in a short span, and their prices began climbing. Any possible blueprints were virtually nonexistent now.

Du You shook his head and finally gave up the idea of continuing his search for blueprints. ɴᴇᴡ ɴᴏᴠᴇʟ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀʀᴇ ᴘᴜʙʟɪsʜᴇᴅ ᴏɴ 𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹·𝗳𝗶𝗿𝗲·𝗻𝗲𝘁

He turned around, left the marketplace, and started dealing with the miscellaneous items he had on hand.

As the prices of territorial construction items surged, other commodity prices increased as well. Many weapons, equipment, and materials also experienced a price increase, a situation Du You hadn’t anticipated.

Eventually, by the time Du You sold all the unnecessary items he had on him, he found out he had earned 50% more red and white crystal coins than expected.

"I really should thank this senior." Du You smiled. Indeed, good things come to those who wait.

Though he was held up at home for three days, it seemed petty in comparison to his current profits. Had he missed this opportunity, he wouldn’t even be able to obtain a territorial construction brochure.

Perhaps when he’d be ready to construct his territory, a scarcity of various materials might put up tough obstacles in his way. Sometimes, luck truly does work in mysterious ways.

If the Other World didn’t affect Earth, his Home World, Du You would have thought the luck he gained in the Other World was working on Earth, since everything he did just went so smoothly these days.

After selling his miscellaneous items, Du You replenished some potions required for his own use. During this period, he used up a lot of physical strength potions and magic power recovery elixirs, given he had killed that many Demons, the usage was undeniable.

Most of the potions he originally carried were nearly used up.

Afterward, Du You headed for the auction house. Since he made profits through the exchange of items there previously, he would go over and check whenever a good item was available. Spending a bit more didn’t matter if it got him good stuff in return.

On Du You, he still had a few high-quality red weapons, of course, all of which he couldn’t use.

What frustrated Du You was that he couldn’t find any magic ring better than his own. Eventually resigned, he only managed to buy two special quivers.

Auto-Recovery Quiver: Automatically condenses wind attribute elements to form arrows, has the capacity of holding five hundred arrows, recovering one every second, the total weight remains one kilogram. (Red)

This item was pretty good, indeed a boon for an Archer. It was boggling where he got it from, there were five quivers in total here, Du You exchanged for two, to equip his younger sisters later.

Even though both his sisters had the skill to condense their own arrows, this would ultimately consume less and additionally, they wouldn’t need to carry an abundance of arrows. Each quiver indeed carried five hundred arrows, it was mind-boggling how they fit.

Moreover, the condensed arrows weren’t ordinary; they were of red quality, much better than any alloy arrows.

Also, the arrows condensed from magic could also undergo the same process on these arrows, both mutually enhancing, their combined power was extraordinary. Lin Yucha and Lin Yushi’s magic arrows were not in conflict with wind attribute elements, they could be used in combination.

The bows of the two sisters were already very good, so there was certainly no need for Du You to exchange them.

Next, Du You exchanged for two talismans.

Swift Wind Amulet: Increases speed by 17, increases evasion, comes with a speed burst skill. (Dark Red)

Deflection Amulet: Deflects long-range attacks, reduces the enemy’s hit rate. (Dark Red)

Both these talismans could effectively enhance the combat and survival capabilities of the sisters, so Du You secured them. He was planning to allow Lin Yucha to use the Deflection Amulet, increasing her safety during long-range combat.

The Swift Wind Amulet would be given to Lin Yushi, which would further increase her attacking prowess, fully showing off the power of her combat Archer class.

Unfortunately, for the items coming up next, either they were unaffordable, unusable, or if they were affordable and useful, didn’t impress Du You. Indeed, equipment was truly scarce.