Transferred seventy-four thousand starcoins into his own bank account, Brian Carter began browsing other trading websites, preparing to buy some medicinal herbs for his cultivation, and at the same time, to purchase some high-tech items that didn’t exist on Earth.

“Ten pieces of Golden Crow Grass, ten Luminous Fruits, buy more Green Vine Jujube Pits, let’s get thirty.” Shadow said easily, as if these things cost nothing at all.

Brian Carter endured the pain in his heart as he kept clicking to purchase, feeling a pang each time he clicked.

There was no other way. Now that Brian Carter had lost the ability to advance on his own, the only way to improve his cultivation was to rely on these medicines.

Seventeen types of medicines plus a set of alchemy utensils actually cost sixty-three thousand eight hundred starcoins. The wealth he had just acquired was gone in the blink of an eye. This wasn’t spending money—it was burning money!

“So low-level. In the past, I wouldn’t even look at these medicines, but now I have to make do with them.” Shadow sighed.

Brian Carter was speechless. Coming from a poor background, he was still far from being as extravagant as Shadow.

After leaving the medicinal market, Brian Carter started wandering around the general goods market. The general goods market was like a flea market on Earth, mostly selling second-hand goods. With limited funds, Brian Carter couldn’t afford anything high-end, so he could only look for opportunities at the street stalls.

Without a virtual helmet, shopping in the market was very inconvenient. Countless items were densely displayed on the light screen, and after a while, he felt dizzy.

Lighting a cigarette, Brian Carter forced himself to keep looking. After all, the internet fee here was ten thousand federal credits per hour, and Brian Carter didn’t want to waste a single minute.

“Wind Eye Ring!” Shadow exclaimed, “Level two, made from Cold Cicada Stone. This is a great item, buy it.”

“What’s it for?” Brian Carter asked.

“It’s very useful,” Shadow said. “You have speed abilities. When you run, can you feel the resistance from the air?”

Brian Carter nodded, “Of course.”

“This Wind Eye Ring is designed to reduce the resistance caused by air friction. Anyone with speed abilities needs to wear this kind of ring. According to my calculations, the medicines you just bought should be enough for you to break through to the Starlight level and reach the initial Constellation level. By then, your speed will exceed a hundred meters per second. Without the Wind Eye Ring, just the air resistance alone would be enough to wear you out.”

Brian Carter nodded slightly. He hadn’t expected this item to have such a miraculous effect. With it, he could overcome air resistance to a certain extent and make even better use of his speed ability.

The price column said “negotiable,” and the item description column said “Wind Stabilizing Ring.”

“It says here this is a Wind Stabilizing Ring, not a Wind Eye Ring,” Brian Carter pointed at the light screen.

“This person doesn’t know the trade,” Shadow said disdainfully. “Wind Stabilizing Rings and Wind Eye Rings serve the same purpose, but Wind Eye Rings are superior. In terms of price, a Wind Eye Ring costs at least eighty thousand starcoins, while a Wind Stabilizing Ring is at most ten thousand.”

“I see.” Hearing there was a bargain to be had, Brian Carter immediately perked up.

Chapter 0008 The Rothschild Family

“This Wind Eye Ring uses a rare Cold Cicada Stone as its material. Cold Cicada Stone looks very similar to the White Orchid Stone used to make Wind Stabilizing Rings, but its grain is denser and its patterns are more beautiful. This seller clearly isn’t an expert, so he mistook a Wind Eye Ring for a Wind Stabilizing Ring. An ordinary Wind Eye Ring costs at least eighty thousand starcoins, not to mention this one is made from precious Cold Cicada Stone. I estimate you couldn’t buy this ring in a shop for less than two hundred thousand starcoins,” Shadow explained.

“Two hundred thousand! This ring is worth that much?” Brian Carter was amazed. The ring looked quite ordinary, yet it was worth more than a precious gem.

Shadow looked utterly unimpressed. “That’s nothing. Being a warrior is a money-burning profession. The potions you need to take, the equipment you need to wear—every single one is piled up with money. Take the medicinal herbs we bought today, for example. I plan to use them to make you a batch of basic cell activation potion. Do you know how much that potion costs in a shop?”

Brian Carter shook his head. He had no concept of the prices of these things.

He typed “cell activation potion” into the search bar, and thousands of results quickly appeared on the light screen.

The cheapest basic cell activation potion cost thirty thousand starcoins per bottle, while the intermediate ones cost at least one hundred and fifty thousand starcoins.

According to Shadow, these herbs could be used to make at least ten bottles of potion. If he bought them all from a shop, it would cost at least three hundred thousand starcoins, while buying the raw materials and a set of basic herb mixing utensils only cost sixty-three thousand starcoins in total.

That meant that just in this one matter, Shadow had saved Brian Carter over two hundred thousand starcoins!

“Do you get it now?” Shadow said proudly.

Brian Carter nodded vigorously. “Yeah, I admit your poetry is terrible, but in other areas, you do have some skills.”