Lightning Is the Only Way

Gravis mainly just walked around the city for the following year. He was sightseeing, but also informing himself about the general prices. He had to get a good grip on the prices to properly evaluate what he should charge.

A big criterium for the price was the number and evaluation of the Certificates in front of each shop. The prices of a forge with the Certificate of Honesty generally were about 20% higher than the forges without one. Gravis guessed that the reason for that was that many people were generally willing to pay 20% more if it meant that they could fully trust that shop. After all, people didn't like being scammed.

Another important criterium was the Certificate for Middle World Equipment. The shops with a high evaluation had prices nearly 50% higher than shops with a low evaluation. Yet, that was nothing in comparison to the shops with the perfect Certificate.

The shops with the perfect Certificate often wanted around ten times the money of the shops with a high evaluation. Gravis guessed that these shops probably catered to the rich minority of people that had money to throw around. Fewer customers but more money per customer was their philosophy.

The World Weapon forges also had insane price margins. Yet, there was an issue. Gravis could only make equipment up to two levels above him, and the resulting weapon might become imperfect. After all, perfectly hitting a nail with a bit of strength was easier than when using all of one's strength.

Most World Weapon forges created weapons up to the peak of the Immortal Emperor Realm. Meanwhile, Gravis could only create World Weapons for the lower half of the Immortal Realm. This meant that his customer base for World Weapons was tiny.

Because of that, Gravis decided to make the prices of his World Weapons lower than everyone else with a high evaluation for their World Forging Certificate. With Gravis having a perfect Certificate, he should be able to find some customers.

As for general equipment prices, Gravis also decided on going a bit lower than forgers with a high evaluation. For many forgers, time was money since they needed to spend hours on every weapon. A forger generally wanted to have enough customers that they could continually forge without having a queue or without having any downtime.

This was not true for Gravis. The more customers he got, the better. If he only requested about 80% of the regular prices of forges with a high evaluation, he would get far more customers than any other shop with a similar evaluation. Gravis could make weapons in seconds. The more customers, the better!

After around a month of informing himself, Gravis noticed something very peculiar as his eyes narrowed. Then, a sneer appeared on his face.

After that, Gravis vanished.

Gravis reappeared in a different kind of space. White mist was constantly flowing around, and a ton of different kinds of merchandise filled the space. The Energy density in this space was also incredibly high.

Instantly, someone appeared in front of Gravis. It was a young man with fiercely shaped eyes. Yet, his fiercely shaped eyes only showed nervousness, confusion, and fear.

"Greetings, Senior," the man said very carefully as he bowed deeply. "Could you please tell me the reason for your visit?"

man with a grin. The person in front

was inside the Spirit Space of

able to do that to Gravis with his wood element since Gravis was a major Realm below him back then. Now, Gravis could do the same to

as rude and aggressive as it got. It

recognize me?" Gravis asked with

power. Additionally, he hadn't seen this

Senior," he said with a bow. "I can't place you

a sneer. "About 22 years ago or so, you scammed me," Gravis said. "I bought a scanner and a Life Ring from you for some ore from a lower world. Yet, you stole my Research Adept badge during the

to cultivate in the highest world. Even if the person didn't

that,

with his early Nascent Nourishing Realm, it was impossible to lie before an Immortal.

you. So, you either give the Research Adept Emblem back with a bit extra, or I will take whatever I

Such a Research Adept Emblem was worth over 500 Immortal Stones! He

Can I pay you back later?" he

Spirit Sense stretched out of the man's Spirit Space and encompassed the Sky Community. After that, Gravis cross-referenced the different kinds of things

conclusion. His Research Adept Emblem was worth around 700 Immortal Stones, while this poor bastard only had a collective 27 Immortal Stones in his possession. This was not even

a new person appeared inside the

help as soon as he had

Or beggar, more precisely.

one of the beggars in the actual city, a

at

transformed into fear when he felt

'Fuck that!'

Whoop!

beggar was gone, leaving the young man in

back to the young man. "Now,

man said in panic. "Killing is not