After dinner, Lu Yu and Guo Cunrui finalized the method of their transaction.
Guo Cunrui would first send a bank card loaded with 15 million to Lu Yu.
Of course, Lu Yu wouldn’t have it sent to his home but to a nearby pick-up point instead.
Then in the game, Lu Yu would give him half of the Gold Coins, and Guo Cunrui would tell Lu Yu the bank card’s password. Lu Yu would go out to verify the password, and if it was correct, Lu Yu would give him the remaining half.
Both parties agreed to this transaction process. Lu Yu reminded Guo Cunrui that if he died in the game, he would die in reality as well. Guo Cunrui acknowledged this fact, and they reached an understanding.
As they left the Celestial Immortal Guest Restaurant, Lu Yu thought of something and asked, "Where did your game helmet come from?"
Guo Cunrui was taken aback for a moment, then said, "You log in with a game helmet?"
He shook his head and said, "I’m not using a game helmet to log in. Not long ago, I accidentally came across a broken Small Jade Sword, and I enter the Shenwu World game through it."
It didn’t seem strange to him that Lu Yu entered the game with a game helmet. From what he understood, the ways to enter this game were varied, but they all had one thing in common—it was through some object that players connected to the game world.
"Small Jade Sword?" Lu Yu was also taken aback when he heard this. He quickly recovered but harbored deep doubts in his eyes; this game world was becoming increasingly complicated.
Originally, he thought the Shenwu World game was truly a virtual game created by Su Peng’s family, but later he grew suspicious. Half a month ago, he discovered that powers in the game could be used in reality, though greatly diminished.
Back then, Lu Yu still believed that Su Peng’s family was the one orchestrating everything in the game. Later, he met Yu Xiaoman, who mentioned she obtained a game helmet through a lottery, and he didn’t think much of it.
But now it seemed that Su Peng’s family was merely participants in the game and not the controllers.
So why did Su Peng bring him into this game? What happened during the three years since Su Peng had disappeared?
More and more questions surfaced in Lu Yu’s mind. He glanced at the bustling crowd around him, feeling slightly bewildered.
Looking up at the Martial Cultivators flying swiftly through the sky, Lu Yu’s gaze gradually grew resolute.
No matter what the final outcome might be, as long as he had enough strength, he could shape the result to his liking!
Lu Yu’s determination to become stronger was unwavering.
In that moment, he had an epiphany and added 10,000 experience points to Fierce Tiger Fist.
[Skill Upgrade!!! Fierce Tiger Fist (Godlike Skill) → Fierce Tiger Fist (Unmatched)]
[Congratulations to the player for comprehending the Martial Arts Essence, Fierce Tiger Fist—Tiger’s Might]
[Congratulations to the player for achieving the feat—Comprehension of Essence]
[Achievement Reward Obtained: 5,000 Experience Points]
A large empty space suddenly appeared around Lu Yu, and nearby people instinctively felt a bit uncomfortable, feeling an inexplicable pressure, subconsciously avoiding the area within a meter around Lu Yu. This created a sudden clearing in the lively and crowded street.
Guo Cunrui stood at the entrance of the Celestial Immortal Guest Restaurant, looking at Lu Yu standing out from the crowd, suddenly feeling a slight pressure. It was the kind of feeling one gets when facing someone with a stronger presence, something he hadn’t felt in a long time.
At his level, after weathering countless storms, he wouldn’t feel pressured even when facing someone a hundred times wealthier or in a higher position, as he was used to it.
But when he looked at Lu Yu, he felt that pressure from his younger days when facing a big shot. Guo Cunrui’s heart grew hot, realizing he had attached himself to a real big shot.
The Tiger’s Might around Lu Yu gradually retracted, and the crowd slowly began to move closer, though still maintaining some distance. People around did not feel anything amiss, as unless one was highly skilled, it was hard to notice one’s subconscious behavior.
At most, they found it odd that Lu Yu stood in the middle of the street rather than questioning why they avoided walking too close to him.
Walking among the crowd, seeing people subconsciously make way for him, Lu Yu found the Tiger’s Might Essence quite practical.
He had just resolved many of the doubts weighing on his mind and established his resolve to become stronger, making his thoughts clear. Taking advantage of the calm mind state that came with leveling up Fierce Tiger Fist, he had a sudden insight, comprehending the essence of Fierce Tiger Fist.
The difference between Martial Arts Essence and Martial Arts Phenomenon lies in that the latter is a Spiritual Qi manifestation that naturally appears when spiritual-level martial arts reach a certain stage, reliant on the Spiritual Qi through which it is enacted.
As long as Spiritual Qi is abundant, even a stone can turn into a demon; naturally, martial arts can also mutate, and that mutation is the Spiritual Qi phenomenon, which form correlates with the original intent of the martial art’s creator.
For instance, the martial art stick technique created by Guan Shan bears a mountain as its phenomenon, while the swordsmanship created by Guanhai Chao has the tide and tide sound as its phenomena... most martial arts phenomena are .
But Martial Arts Essence is different; if you can comprehend it without being told, you can, and if not, no amount of explanation will suffice. It’s a highly mystical thing, and the effect of comprehended essence relates more to the individual than the martial art’s creator.
The core of Lu Yu’s comprehension of the Tiger’s Might Essence is—Dominance.
In compliance, one thrives; in defiance, one perishes.
Being unsatisfied with the result and forcibly altering it to fit one’s desire is also a form of dominance.
Feeling the surroundings too crowded, his subconscious repelled people to create the space he wanted, yet another display of dominance, one he was unaware of, assuming the distance was merely due to the Tiger’s Might.
In truth, this was his subconscious way of not allowing anyone to come too close.
Finding a shop that bought and sold treasures, he sold a Fire Spirit Fruit for 3,200 Gold Coins to accumulate the 150,000 Gold Coins for Guo Cunrui.
The market price for Fire Spirit Fruits was around 3,000 Gold Coins. Due to the premature end of the Fire Rain Mountain secret realm, the scarcity caused a slight price increase, though not by much. After all, Fire Rain Mountain wasn’t the sole place producing Fire Spirit Fruits across the entire Tianfeng Province or the whole Great Zhou Dynasty.
After selling one, Lu Yu still had nine Fire Spirit Fruits left. He didn’t plan on selling the rest, having already sold Fire Crystal Stones, wanting to keep some Fire Spirit Fruits to replenish Fire Spiritual Qi when urgently needed.
Not being a Qi Cultivation Realm Martial Cultivator, his means of replenishing Spiritual Qi were quite limited. As for selling them for a profit in the game marketplace...
Soon to obtain 15 million, Lu Yu thought better of it, as the profit from trading items between two worlds was ten times higher. Why bother with smaller profits?
"Indeed, monopoly is the most lucrative business," Lu Yu silently thought to himself.
Lu Yu had already figured out how to make a fortune by trading between worlds. Selling Gold Coins was just the beginning. He certainly couldn’t continue to sell Gold Coins, as in this world Gold Coins had their uses too.
For instance, when exchanging Spirit Stones, the system marketplace had no option for Spirit Stones, so one had to obtain them through gameplay, or for some rare items in the system marketplace with "0" stock, money was still needed.
The inability to reverse exchange was likely because Spirit Stones were a currency. One could use RMB, Gold Coins, and Spirit Stones to recharge Points but couldn’t convert Points back, due to system marketplace restrictions for which Lu Yu had no solution.
[Guo Cunrui: I’ve already delivered the bank card to the location you specified.]
So quickly? Lu Yu glanced at the time to ensure he wasn’t dreaming. They had been apart for less than half an hour, yet he was already notified that the bank card had been delivered to the designated spot.
Could it be that you live nearby? Lu Yu was puzzled, quickly making his way back to his residence to log out from the game.
Of course, Guo Cunrui didn’t live nearby. The distance between his location and Lu Yu’s Blue Ocean City was far, requiring a four to five-hour flight. He just made a phone call and had the company general manager in Blue Ocean City apply for a new card and place it at the location Lu Yu mentioned.
The main time loss was due to applying for the card and travel. After all, one could only go so fast in the city; flying wasn’t an option.