Chapter 1841 - 1840: General Store, Rare Materials!

"This..."

Ding Lan and Shuang’er paused upon hearing this and looked at Qin Feng with eyes filled with confusion.

"What’s wrong?"

Qin Feng asked, puzzled.

Ding Lan scrutinized Qin Feng and said, "It’s been so many years since we last met, and you’ve changed so much, it’s like you’re a completely different person, you’ve become... a lot smarter."

"Maybe I’ve become more cunning!"

Qin Feng sighed softly.

He also wished to live as carefree and innocent as he did back then.

But life, alas, had made him grow smart.

"And more charming too..."

The pair added.

Qin Feng turned to look at both of them and noticed they were gazing at him with starstruck eyes. Hastily, he withdrew his deep, alluring gaze and changed the topic, saying, "Come on, there’s a general store over there, let’s take a look."

Ding Lan and Shuang’er quickly followed and asked, "By the way, letting those four sect members attract monsters to make money, what are we doing? Isn’t wandering here wasting time?"

"Some time must be ’wasted.’"

Qin Feng said with a smile.

The reason for his strolling was clearly not just to stroll.

According to the game’s setup, seventy percent of the NPCs in small towns are related to the main storyline.

Not to mention various other tasks.

Qin Feng wasn’t interested, nor did he have much time to do them. He needed to head to the Heavenly Termination Domain as soon as possible and look for Nami.

But one thing he was certain of was that more than half of the items found in various shops in the game are extremely useful later on.

Especially some seemingly insignificant things, which often get overlooked.

Back in school, Qin Feng played an online game, where he obtained some rare materials without knowing their use, sold them cheaply for gold coins, only to later realize that they were key to synthesizing high-level equipment. When he tried to buy them back, the prices had increased more than a hundredfold.

In short.

Qin Feng felt that if something was being sold here, there had to be a reason.

Soon.

The three entered the general store.

Inside was everything: clothes, divine weapons, equipment, spirit talismans, magic artifacts, etc., but nothing from specialty stores, just common items and some swords.

For example, there were three gemstones for sale that could be embedded in sword hilts to increase the sword’s attack power for a certain time.

Or even an invisibility talisman he had used before.

"We’ve seen everything here before, and there’s nothing particularly effective. If you want to buy something, it’s better to go to specialized shops," Ding Lan suggested.

Qin Feng shrugged and said, "We’ve also visited those shops, which sell items that increase combat power, endurance, speed, agility, and so on, but they don’t help much with our current strategy of attracting and fighting monsters. From a cost standpoint, the Thunderstorm Pearl is most suitable."

They previously went to equipment shops.

Items can elevate combat power in a short time, but it’s not fit for making money in terms of price.

Stronger magic artifacts were similar, no need to buy them.

"Then the items here are even less useful."

Ding Lan said.

"I’m looking for ’useless’ items."

Qin Feng said with a smile.

Just like when he played games back then, he focused only on upgrading equipment and buying various potions, entirely ignoring those "useless" rare materials, which cost him dearly.

At this point, he saw a bottle marked "Kerosene Bottle" on the shelf and suspiciously asked the owner, "Boss, what’s this ’Kerosene Bottle’ used for?"

"Oh, this is for lighting fires. One bottle can burn for a long time and covers a large area!"

The owner chuckled.

Ding Lan quickly said to Qin Feng, "Don’t buy this, the magic artifact shop sells specialized fire-based artifacts. Their burn range and power far exceed that of a kerosene bottle. This kerosene bottle doesn’t seem great, and it costs thirty thousand per bottle—it seems useless."

The owner seemed worried they might not buy it and added, "Dear customers, these are the only kerosene bottles left, once bought, they’re gone. I can give you a discount, ten thousand per bottle, what do you say?"

Ding Lan looked at Qin Feng and said, "See! The owner urgently discounted it; it must be useless, a waste of money."

"Uh..."

Qin Feng hesitated before directly telling the owner, "Boss, did you just say once bought, they’re gone? Seven days, or a month, three months later, they won’t be restocked?"

"Yes." The owner nodded, "So overall, it’s still very rare."

"Then I’ll take them all!" Qin Feng said.

Upon hearing this, the owner’s eyes immediately gleamed with excitement, saying, "Customer, you have an eye for treasure, I’ll pack them for you right away!"

Ding Lan gloomily looked at Qin Feng and said, "Why buy them? We’re wealthy, but we can’t just waste money!"

"No."

Qin Feng shook his head and said, "I feel they might be of great use in the future."

The reason he bought them was to gamble.

Gamble that these are rare materials from the environment of the Main City.

Previously, Qin Feng had them buy antidotes, magic artifacts, etc., which typically have limited quantities, updating every seven days.

But once these kerosene bottles were bought, they’d be gone forever.

Possibly part of the fabled rare materials.

Though he still didn’t know their use or if he gambled correctly, he had a strong premonition!

Soon.

The owner returned from the warehouse with a bag, handing it to Qin Feng with a smile of great satisfaction, saying, "Customer, here you go, a total of one million bottles."

"Great."

Qin Feng nodded, having Ding Lan pay one million spirit stones.

He continued to ask the owner, "Are there other items here that are sold out once bought?"

"Of course!"

The owner pointed to the shelves, "There are arrow targets, ninety-nine in total; these are Ice Arrows, a million in total, used for arrow towers, but there aren’t any arrow towers around here, so I’ll sell them all to you at a discount. There are also these special bricks, rumored to be accumulated from abandoned Immortal King cities, and..."

The owner pointed out a pile of items.

Qin Feng directly gestured for him to pack it all, saying, "Alright, wrap it all up!"

Exiting the general store.

Ding Lan and Shuang’er were overwhelmed with dismay.

They spent a total of 30 million spirit stones in the general store, yet hadn’t earned much money, now owing the owner.

"Ugh, buying kerosene bottles is justifiable, at least you can make a fire, but why buy arrow targets, they’re useless here, without a range..."

"And those bricks, we’re not building houses..."

"..."

The two were very frustrated.

While Qin Feng continued pondering what the actual uses of these items could be, they wouldn’t appear without reason...