Journey to the West: Tang Monk Conquers Everything-Chapter 502: Not Eating or Drinking for Three Years, Still Poor?

A translucent interface appeared before Jiang Liu, resembling an online shopping page where a variety of items were visible.

There were skill books, items, potions, and of course, equipment, as well as many materials used for alchemy and smithing.

Jiang Liu first browsed through the items for sale in the marketplace, and then his expression became strange because he saw many familiar things.

He remembered, before he had crossed over, he was up all night playing a game, which was a Journey to the West themed online game.

Thus, the treasures sold in this marketplace were many that Jiang Liu recognized.

Eight-Treasure Exquisite Pagoda (Legendary Level): Required Level 70, Attack +3000000, Special Effect: Can trap the target inside the pagoda, Durability 800/800, Price: 480,000 Silver Coins.

Ruyi Golden Cudgel (Legendary Level): Required Level 65, Attack +2800000, Special Effect: Can change size at will, Durability 680/680, Price: 450,000 Silver Coins.

Supreme Treasure Golden Rake (Epic Level): No level requirement, Increase in attack power 10-10000000, Special Effect: Can change size at will, never wears out, Price: 700,000 Silver Coins

Jade Clean Bottle (Epic Level): Required Level 80, Attack Power +10500000, Special Effect: Can contain people and objects, never wears out, Price: 1.2 million Silver Coins.

Seeing these treasures made Jiang Liu's mouth twitch, as Sun Wukong had a cudgel and Zhu Bajie had a rake in their hands. If he purchased them from the store, wouldn't there be two identical treasures in this world?

It seemed—so fun!?

For example, the Jade Clean Bottle, which was a treasure held by Guanyin. What if he bought one too?

Or say he bought a Jade Clean Bottle and then committed murder with it? Wouldn't that easily shift the blame to Guanyin Bodhisattva?

Thinking carefully, it seemed highly feasible!

Of course, apart from these very Journey to the West-identified weapons, there were many more powerful treasures, but just as well, their prices were breathtakingly high.

Golden Flood Dragon Scissors (Epic Level): Required Level 82, Attack Power +55 million, Ignores 50% Defense, Durability 600/600, Price: 2 million Silver Coins.

Immortal-Slaying Sword (Divine Level): Required Level 90, Attack Power +5.5 billion, Special Effect: Ignores 80% Defense, Price: 4.5 million Silver Coins.

Pangu Banner (Divine Level): Required Level 99, Attack Power +13 billion, Price: 8 million Silver Coins.

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Looking at the attributes of these items, Jiang Liu was literally drooling.

The Journey to the West series, the Deification series, and even the treasures from Primordial Legends, all these were available here, and by comparing their attributes, Jiang Liu could roughly understand the hierarchy of combat power at different levels.

For example, Quasi-Saints above level 90, who wield weapons, generally have boosts in the billions of attack power, like the Immortal-Slaying Swords and the like.

Of course, a Divine Level item like the Pangu Banner, which is a top Innate Supreme Treasure, has already surpassed these limits!

And weapons used by Great Luo Golden Immortals at the 80+ level have millions in attack power, like Guanyin's Jade Clean Bottle, just above 10 million, perhaps because the Jade Clean Bottle isn't a weapon but more of an item, like the Golden Flood Dragon Scissors at 55 million.

Finally, the weapons used by Taiyi True Immortals above level 70 are generally at the million level, like the Exquisite Pagoda, and Zhu Bajie's rake hitting the 10 million ceiling.

Of course, Sun Wukong's Golden Hoop only a level 65 weapon, yet it has an attack power of 2.8 million, which is relatively unusual.

Previously, by comparing the Experience Points required for upgrading, Jiang Liu had roughly guessed that the difference between each level, and the discrepancy in cultivation levels, was about tenfold.

Now, looking at the attributes of the equipment sold in the marketplace, it seemed to confirm his guess.

And thinking about his own Brocade Kasaya, if all its seals were unlocked, it would be one of the Five Elements Flags, with a total of 1 billion in defensive power.

Famed to be indestructible below Saints, to a certain extent, it indeed was reasonable.

Moreover, apart from these equipment, there were also many potions, possessing various different attributes.

Like the Divine Level Potion that he previously opened, which dazzled the eyes of wealth flaunters, was also available here, albeit priced extremely high.

Apart from equipment and potions, there were of course skill books, but, for Jiang Liu, the skill books of various professions were not very useful.

Many other magic supernatural powers? Jiang Liu could just ask Sun Wukong and others for them and have them written into secret manuals, so the skill books were pretty much useless.

Finally, there were also many odd and interesting items for sale, like for instance, an item called Universal Adhesive Tape, which was quite fun.

Universal Adhesive Tape (Consumable): Can bind two pieces of equipment from the same origin together, forming a brand new equipment, Price: 100,000 Silver Coins.

After carefully examining these great items inside the marketplace, Jiang Liu had a general understanding of them.

Of course, Jiang Liu's attention ultimately settled on the currency listed for the price. Were the items in this mall being purchased using silver coins?

For instance, the Pangu Banner, 8 million taels of silver! If he were to rob a nation's treasury, could he possibly afford it then?

Moreover, he was not short of money himself; besides money dropping from slain monsters, he had amassed quite an amount of silver throughout his journey.

After thorough examination, Jiang Liu realized what was happening with the money in the mall.

The gold gifted by Treasure Elephant Country and the travel funds Emperor of Tang Li Shimin gave him when he left Chang'an, for instance, all transformed into gold ingots and silver ingots, which were stacked and stored in his inventory space.

However, the money from killing monsters and leveling up was displayed as a line of numbers under the inventory space.

While the money from killing monsters and leveling up could be withdrawn for use as gold and silver, the money in the inventory could not be transferred into the money bar.

"So, the items in the mall can only be bought with money obtained from killing monsters?" After investigating for a while, Jiang Liu understood and promptly opened his inventory space again to look at his money bar.

Having been in the Journey to the West World for almost three years, he had fought many monsters and gathered a significant amount of money, especially during that trip to the Demon Realm where he killed countless members of the Demon Clan.

And in these recent six months, he had run countless dungeons and earned a lot of money.

As Jiang Liu's gaze fell on it, a number appeared before Jiang Liu.

2,574,600 taels and 820 wen.

"Hmm, okay, so this is the money I've earned from killing monsters and leveling up for nearly three years, both coins and notes, 2.574 million taels. What can that buy me?" He murmured to himself as he scrutinized the money in his bar and reviewed the store list.

He could buy a pair of Golden Flood Dragon Scissors, a Cash-Dropping Coin? The Banishing Heaven Seal!

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Most of these treasures from the Era of Deification, shining brightly, were within his reach, but after buying one, he would almost be back to square one!

"So, does this mean that despite the hard work of monster killing for almost three years, I'm still poor?" He glanced at his money, realizing it was only enough for one impressive treasure from the Era of Deification, his mouth twitching slightly.

But then, revising his thoughts, as his strength increased, the monsters he battled became stronger, and so, naturally, the money he received increased as well, and thus, his earning speed should be faster.

Just like at the beginning, the money he got from monsters was only a few coins.

But now, each dungeon run, and the monsters he fought, could yield more than 1 tael of silver.

In one dungeon run, he could explode around five or six hundred taels of silver, and doing ten such runs a day would result in five or six thousand taels, right?

In a month, that could add up to a couple hundred thousand taels, right?

Thinking of this, Jiang Liu felt somewhat relieved, but the Immortal-Slaying Sword, the Pangu Banner, and other treasures from the Primordial Era that required Primordial-Level supernatural powers to wield made him shake his head—the journey ahead was long indeed!

Looking quietly at the mall, having examined it thoroughly before and after, he silently sighed.

He couldn't afford treasures like the Pangu Banner at the moment.

And although he could afford equipment like the Golden Flood Dragon Scissors now, he was not yet at the required level.

Or take the Ruyi Golden Cudgel; he could afford it now, and thanks to the Black Jade Prayer Beads, which reduced the equipment requirements by 5 levels, he could indeed use it.

Yet, to Jiang Liu, with his current capabilities of exploding equipment from monsters, he could explode quite a few pieces of around level 60, and buying them seemed unwarranted!

Through his experiences, Jiang Liu understood that even if he was fighting above his level, the equipment that exploded generally wasn't much higher in level than his own.

Therefore, farming for equipment in the Map of Mountains and Rivers dungeon wasn't that difficult of a task for him.

After pondering for a moment, Jiang Liu felt it was better to save his money for purchasing powerful treasures or appropriate tools or potions in the future, which would be more practical.

Thus, after merely browsing, Jiang Liu memorized some important information about tools and potions but didn't rush to buy anything.

"Xiaobai, what are you thinking about?" Not rushing to buy anything, Jiang Liu exited the mall page, his gaze falling on Little White Dragon, who was lost in thought, and he asked.

Pausing briefly, Jiang Liu then continued, "You're not still thinking about the situation with the Nine-Headed Serpent and Princess Wansheng, are you?"

"Master, it's not them I'm thinking about, but Princess Wansheng's daughter!" Hearing Jiang Liu's words, Xiaobai's face showed a tinge of distress.

"Although her daughter and I have no blood relation, and because she was conceived with water from the Child-Mother River of Women's Kingdom, has no father, but after all, I was the one who brought her into this world. Now, with both Princess Wansheng and the Nine-Headed Serpent dead, she is left parentless and if she continues to follow Dragon King Wansheng, her future seems bleak!" Little White Dragon Aolie said in a low tone.

"What do you think then?" Jiang Liu asked solemnly after a brief silence.