Hearing this, Chen Zhou seemed to see a glimmer of hope and quickly said, "So, as long as my level reaches that certain point, I can control demonic energy?"
"According to our intelligence, that's indeed the case, but none of us know for sure, since none of us have ever seen it. The only ones we've seen who can control demonic energy are the systems of this Burning Ground and the Demon City. For example, wasn't the teleportation array we just saw built for us by the Demon City system controlling demonic energy?" the middle-aged merchant said honestly.
Chen Zhou nodded silently, realizing that's how it is.
Chen Zhou secretly made a decision: he had to reach that level! Only then would Shanghai truly be his stage! So this time, Chen Zhou didn't rush into the array diagram area, nor did he say much to the middle-aged vendor; he immediately entered the cultivation technique area.
"However, there's another condition. It's said that to use the demonic energy here, you need to learn a demonic cultivation technique," the middle-aged merchant suddenly remembered and said.
When learning a demonic cultivation technique, Chen Zhou silently memorized these conditions. Even if these conditions were unnecessary, Chen Zhou still memorized them, because it was better to remember than not to remember. What if they were true?
"Hey, shall we choose a cultivation technique?" the middle-aged merchant said somewhat reluctantly, but since Chen Zhou had already entered the cultivation technique area, he felt embarrassed to refuse and had no choice but to follow Chen Zhou into the cultivation technique area. Originally, the middle-aged merchant was thinking of exchanging some tools and weapons, since these were the more practical items.
Over the years, he had seen many people exchange for cultivation techniques, but he himself had not even been able to successfully cultivate.
Therefore, for a middle-aged merchant who doesn't practice cultivation techniques, exchanging for cultivation techniques is the worst option. Oh no, I misspoke. For him, the array diagram area is the most useless, so he has never been inside it.
Chen Zhou looked at the various cultivation techniques that appeared before him. All of these techniques had a uniform black exterior and were surrounded by a thick layer of black energy. Chen Zhou finally understood why the demonic energy in this Shanghai store was so dense.
"The cultivation techniques here are all technical ones; I haven't seen any techniques for cultivating demonic energy," Chen Zhou said, puzzled. The middle-aged vendor had just said that one needed to cultivate demonic energy techniques.
"You think these kinds of cultivation techniques are so easy to find? The mechanism of this Magic City store is that if a certain cultivation technique is chosen, it will automatically retrieve a different one from the inventory to replace it. The fact that it's not here means that all cultivation techniques of that type have been chosen. Only when that person dies and their body is recovered by Magic City will the cultivation technique be separated and put back into the Magic City store's inventory," the middle-aged merchant said.
Chen Zhou nodded. He hadn't found anything he particularly wanted in terms of cultivation techniques, and then prepared to enter the weapons section.
"Is there anything you like?" the middle-aged vendor asked curiously.
"None of these techniques are as useful to me as my own." As soon as Chen Zhou finished speaking, the middle-aged merchant immediately knew what Chen Zhou was referring to. Wasn't it the technique that allowed him to use fire? The middle-aged merchant was also wary of Chen Zhou's fire technique, which was indeed very powerful.
"There are so many good things in this weapons section!" the middle-aged merchant murmured.
"The Bronze Three-Ringed Blade of Death, exchangeable for 300 Magic Coins."
"The Crimson Blood Mandarin Duck Swords can be exchanged for 300 Magic Coins."
"A bronze staff of eyebrow level, exchanged for 300 magic coins."
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Chen Zhou glanced around and was surprised to find that every weapon here cost over 300 magic coins! In other words, you couldn't exchange a weapon for less than 300 magic coins! Chen Zhou's combat armor only cost 100 magic coins. If it weren't for the middle-aged merchant, Chen Zhou probably wouldn't even be able to pay back his debt of 100 magic coins, let alone 300.
This is enough to show how valuable this magic coin is.
“You already have the Black Sword. You know, I spent 300 magic coins to get that Black Sword, so it’s more than enough for you. So we don’t need to exchange for weapons. Come with me and take a look at the Qimen Dunjia here!” the middle-aged merchant said excitedly, looking at the Qimen Dunjia beside him.
"Agarwood Crutch, exchange for 300 Magic Coins." The middle-aged merchant read out the contents of the item in front of him. Chen Zhou followed the merchant and looked at the item in front of him. Some of them were not very clear about it. For example, the agarwood Crutch that appeared was a hook with a very strange shape. There was not even any description on it. So if someone who did not know anything about it accidentally obtained this agarwood Crutch, they would not know what it was used for.
"What's the use of this?" Chen Zhou asked directly, not even knowing what it was for. The middle-aged vendor simply stood there and didn't move.
"This thing is very useful, I've read about it in a book," the middle-aged vendor said to Chen Zhou. Chen Zhou then realized the vendor had a large collection of books. Could it be that the vendor's books were about the items in this Shanghai store? Chen Zhou was somewhat surprised.
"Are all your books about this 'magic city'?"
“Indeed, especially that book about this Shanghai store. I bought it for 300 magic coins back then,” the middle-aged vendor said proudly. Chen Zhou nodded silently. It was probably because this middle-aged vendor had that special book that this happened.
It seems that the middle-aged vendor's knowledge of this Shanghai store comes from books! He probably also discovered the loophole based on his knowledge from books. Chen Zhou is now realizing the importance of reading.
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