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?"

front of him was not an actual person but the

right. Gravis was inside

since Gravis was a major Realm below him back then. Now, Gravis could do

got. It was basically the same thing as holding a

recognize me?" Gravis

through Gravis' power. Additionally, he hadn't seen this black-haired adult

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

bought a scanner and a Life Ring from you

would die soon since he would have to cultivate

doing that, Senior," the

his early Nascent Nourishing Realm, it was impossible to lie

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

As if he had that kind of money! Such a Research Adept Emblem was worth over 500 Immortal Stones!

this kind of money. Can I pay you back later?" he asked

Community. After that, Gravis cross-referenced the different kinds of things this trader had

end, Gravis came to a pitiful conclusion. His Research Adept Emblem was worth around 700 Immortal Stones, while this poor bastard only had a collective 27

person appeared inside the Spirit

man had called for help as soon as he had

Or beggar, more precisely.

this young man's backing was one of the beggars in the actual city,

at Gravis with cold

his eyes transformed into fear when he

'Fuck that!'

Whoop!

in despair. He left just as

young man. "Now, as for my

man said in panic. "Killing is