Bronze Silver and Gold are the currency used in Glory Kingdom. Usually, two to three thousand Silver coins would be sufficient for a commoner family's annual expenses. The value of items in Glory Kingdom is measured with Silver coins. For example: battle armours, demon crystals, demon beast furs, elixirs and various other items.
The Chinmaya Palace's annual school fee would be around three thousand Silver coins. For a commoner family, this would be a huge expense for them. But a lot of commoner families would rather live frugally and send their children to the Chinmaya Palace. This is because, once they become a Fighter or a Demon Spiritualist, even if it's only Bronze rank, they can change their family's fate.
A Nadi rank Fighter, if they join the army and become a soldier, would have an annual salary of about five to six thousand Silver coins. At the same time, they can also venture into the St. Ancestral Mountains and gain more benefits from it.
Karan belongs to the Sharma Family. It is a relatively declining Aristocratic family. The ancestor is a 1-star Gold rank Demon Spiritualist. The family's annual income is around six hundred thousand Silver coins. The family's annual expenses is very large. Just the expenses of the children's school fees would be around three hundred thousand Silver coins. This, along with various other expenses, often made the family struggle to make ends meet. With no choice but to sell some of the family business to support themselves, the Sharma Family was able to get all of the younger generations into the Sects and best of them in Chinmaya Palace .
The ancestor once said that only an outstanding member of the younger generations could get the family to rise once again. Even if they had to live with a high toll, they would let every single young generation the largest nurturing they can give.
As a member of the Sharma Family, he also wanted the family to grow stronger and become Glory Kingdom's top level.
After his Soul fused with Great Thief God Soul, Karan's memory had a lot of powerful cultivation techniques. Before that, he would have to make some money to buy a few primary soul crystals. In order to test their soul realm's attributes he needs a soul crystal. Then, he can decide on which cultivation technique to give them for practice . If the cultivation technique matches one's soul realm attributes, then training would be more effective.
Dong! Dong! Dong!
The bell went off throughout Chinmaya Palace. Cla.s.s has ended.
The Chinmaya Palace's students rushed out of the huge gates, and pa.s.sed through the bustling street in front. The merchants sounded off one after another.
"Latest Bronze rank battle armours! With Snow Wind Patterns inscribed on them! n.o.ble ladies and gentlemen, are you interested?" A vendor with a grey tunic greeted the crowd with so much enthusiasm. This had soon attracted the attention of many students. Bronze rank armour isn't something an ordinary student can afford. However, within the Chinmaya Palace, there's still a lot of children of n.o.bility. Some of them are extremely loaded, and they can sell to those rich students if they were lucky enough.
"Look, Bronze rank armour with Snow Wind Patterns inscribed on it!"
The students were excited and talked to one another. A pair of gauntlets were exuding a deep blue light. The surface was covered with mysterious carvings and revealed a faint chilling frost.
"How much is this?" One student asked in a low voice.
"Sixty thousand Silver coins!" The vendor said while smiling.
"Good heavens, so expensive!"
An ordinary family couldn't even acc.u.mulate sixty thousand Silver coins in ten years.
"This is Bronze rank armour with Snow Wind Patterns inscribed on it. The Snow Wind Pattern was drawn using the blood of a Snow Wind Eagle. The Eagle was at its prime before being killed. The Snow Wind Eagle isn't easy to hunt. Their characteristics also made the gauntlets gain a strong attacking ability. This is definitely a suitable armour for Snow Wind type Fighters or Demon Spiritualists!" The vendor bragged as he introduced the armour.
Many students looked at the pair of gauntlets with nostalgia, but they still left. Such an expensive item isn't something they can afford.
"If Bronze rank armour alone costs sixty thousand Silver coins, then wouldn't Silver rank armour and Gold rank armour be even more expensive?" Bheem muttered. His monthly allowance was only about five hundred Silver coins. Bheem's family has a lot of business, so Bheem can be considered well off. But even if Bheem had some money, Bronze rank armour isn't something he can afford.
As Karan ,Bheem and Yudhishthir walked, they looked around. This street was filled with all kinds of items. No matter what item, be it expensive or cheap, can be found here.
"Karan, what are you planning?" asked Bheem, confused while Karan looked around.
As they were talking, a figure arrived in front of the vendor.
"Look, it's Shen Yue!" Bheem stated, directing Shen Yue's location with his mouth, "And also Ye Ziyun!"
Karan looked towards that direction. He only saw Anju and a few girls happily chatting. That pretty face and sweet smile of hers was full of suns.h.i.+ne. Among the group of girls, Anju's smile was definitely the most dazzling, which made everyone look at her. Everything around here became more vibrant because of Ye Ziyun's existence.
Shen Yue also looked at her from time to time.
"Very good, I'm lacking Bronze rank gauntlets. Wrap this Bronze rank gauntlet up for me," Shen Yue lightly said to the vendor.
"YES, YOUNG MASTER!"
The vendor immediately grinned upon hearing Shen Yue's words and quickly wrapped the gauntlet up.
"Here's six gold coins."
Shen Yue took out six Gold coins. A single Gold coins represents ten thousand Silver coins.
He made sixty thousand Silver coins look light. With an 'I don't give a s.h.i.+t' kind of expression he placed the bronze rank gauntlets into his interspatial ring.
Several girls around him let out light m.u.f.fled voices. He easily took out sixty thousand Silver coins, so rich! Several of the slightly pretty girls had the look in their eyes brighten up. They threw flirtatious gazes at Shen Yue. However, Shen Yue treated them as though they were invisible. He proudly looked towards Karan's group of three. Then, he looked towards Ye Ziyun. His eyes clearly said, 'I only have eyes for you.'
"How despicable!" Bheem growled, "This is a silver bullet attack!"
"Tyrant! Easily throwing out sixty thousand Silver coins, and even having an interspatial ring." Yudhishthir spread out his hands. Shaking his head, he looked at Karan and said, "Karan, people like him are handsome and rich. What can you compete against him with?"
"Hehe. Ziyun doesn't care about that amount of money," Karan casually spoke. He swept his gaze towards Ye Ziyun. She completely ignored Shen Yue's action, and was talking to the few girls beside her. Her eyes were occasionally looking at Xiao Ning'er, but Xiao Ning'er stood absent mindedly to one side.
Xiao Ning'er's expression was cold. She's usually a lone wolf, and doesn't have much contact with the other students.
Karan came to knows that what Ye Ziyun wants the most right now is friends.h.i.+p. They were childhood friends .But as They grew up ,Ye Ziyun still wanted to continue her friendship with Xiao Ning'er, but their ident.i.ties led them further apart instead.
Looking at Ye Ziyun's expression, Shen Yue was somewhat disappointed.
"Fine, Ye Ziyun indeed doesn't care about money. Karan , she wouldn't like females, right? If so, your game's over," Bheem blinked, teasing Karan.
Karan laughed. He naturally won't put Bheem's words to heart. In his previous life, he was Ye Ziyun's only man.
"Let's go, I'm starting my plan!"
Yudhishthir and Bheem expression turned solemn, nodded their heads.
"Bheem, go buy two crossbows and five hundred crossbow bolts ,don't get cheated by hawkers!" Karan told Bheem, "We'll meet up at the school's training ground."
"Okay!" said Bheem nodding his head and feeling a bit curious in his heart. Did Karan buy crossbows and crossbow bolts to Practice in the past, since he is asking for them?
Karan's monthly allowance is only fifty Silver coins, so he doesn't have enough to buy expensive things.
"Yudhishthir, we'll go buy Black Pool Gra.s.s," Nie Li said. Black Pool Gra.s.s has a certain paralysis effect.
Yudhishthir's situation is even worse than Karan's. Naturally, Karan wouldn't let Yudhishthir use his money. So when buying those herbs, Karan was the one paying.
Black Pool Gra.s.s is very cheap. One Silver coin can buy a bunch of it. In addition, Karan also bought some low level fusing agents and went to a small hill at the side of Glory Kingdom to collect some Zoysia Gra.s.s.
"What are you planning to do?" Yudhishthir curiously asked.
Karan laughed mysteriously, "Black Pool Gra.s.s has a certain paralysis effect, but the efficiency is very low. It is generally used to smear on wounds to relieve some pain. As for Zoysia Gra.s.s, it is a very common weed so no one has found a use for them yet. However, if it's used with a fusing agent and Black Pool Gra.s.s, it can greatly strengthen the paralysis effect of the Black Pool Gra.s.s."
Yudhishthir was stunned for a moment and then asked, "How strong is the paralysis effect?"
Karan laughed and said, "It doesn't have much effect on ordinary demon beasts. The effect is worse than a low-grade paralyzing agent. But did you know that the Horned Sheep never eats Zoysia Gra.s.s?"
"Horned Sheep?" repeated Yudhishthir and went silent for a moment. As if he vaguely guessed something, his eyes lit up, "Karan , would you happen to be an alchemist?"
"An alchemist?" Karan thought awhile and laughed, "I guess so."
An alchemist is referring to those who use herbs to refine elixirs or people that allocate prescriptions. Karan isn't an alchemist. In his previous life, but he got knowledge of them by merging with Great Thief God memory. Glory Kingdom's alchemist standards was simply too low. They can't even be considered real alchemists. Karan can look down on those so called 'alchemists' in Glory Kingdom.
Karan started mixing the gra.s.ses and fusing agents, getting a total of six full bottles of the drug.
Chinmaya Palace Training Grounds
The training grounds were established by the Legend rank Demon Spiritualist Lord Ye Mo and the princ.i.p.al of the school, who was a Black Gold rank Demon Spiritualist. The training grounds were surrounded by towering walls. Every year, experts in Glory Kingdom would capture some low level demon beasts and place them into the training grounds. Any Chinmaya Palace student who is below Silver rank, can enter the grounds. Students can hunt the demon beasts inside and obtain fur, demon crystals, and various other beast materials from them and dispose of them freely at their own choice. Some of the poorer students can hunt inside the training ground to help with their family's financial situation.
Karan's group of three haven't even reached 1-star Bronze rank, yet. So the place that they are going to is the training grounds safest area. There are only Horned Sheeps in that area. Horned Sheep are 7th level Demonic Beast .Although Horned Sheeps are very aggressive in nature, they are still herbivores. Therefore, their attacks would only cause serious injuries. So they can be considered safe.
Karan's group of three entered the training grounds after they had their ident.i.ties verified by the guards at the entrance.
Training Grounds Apprentices.h.i.+p Area
Within the spa.r.s.e trees, there would be patches of gra.s.s fields with Horned Sheep slowly pacing them. Their eyes were red. Occasionally, they would p.r.i.c.k up their ears to listen. Once an outsider enters their territory, they would mercilessly attack him.
Suddenly, an abnormal sound was heard. The Horned Sheep closest to Karan's group let out a growl and rushed towards the direction of the abnormal sound.