Although the Demon Hunter Guild’s dominance was far from that of the former Scepter of the Gods, its vast influence and numerous members ensured the credibility of the currency it issued, which had even become the common currency for psychics in the United States and some European countries.
Ling Tian swiped his card on the Demon Hunter Guild’s special computer equipment. His basic information appeared, showing a zero balance in his crystal Yuan account.
“Mr. Slem, I have a question I don’t quite understand. This crystal Yuan is issued by your Demon Hunter Guild. How do you determine its value? What if you arbitrarily issue crystal Yuan one day, causing it to depreciate? Wouldn’t these demon hunters lose everything?”
Slem chuckled. “Mr. Lin, you worry too much. Our crystal Yuan is not arbitrarily denominated; its value is tied to certain things.”
As he spoke, he summoned a subordinate. Soon, the subordinate arrived with a tray holding round beads, varying in size from soybeans to mung beans.
Ling Tian immediately recognized these as the energy cores from beasts that had undergone special evolution after being nourished by spiritual energy.
When he first met Ahri, the mutated giant lamprey he had dealt with had such a thing in its head, but Ahri had already eaten it.
“Mr. Lin, Ms. Aurora, we call this item an energy crystal core.
Our Demon Hunter Guild has been continuously researching this item. According to current research, these energy crystal cores can cause other animals and plants to evolve in interesting ways.
Furthermore, these energy crystal cores can also serve as an energy source for some ancient weapons.
We are also conducting research to extract the energy from these energy crystals using special equipment for cultivation and healing wounds. Of course, our current technology is limited, and the efficiency of using it this way is very low…”
Slem was quite talkative. His conversation provided Ling Tian with a lot of useful information. Ling Tian realized that Americans were beginning to pay attention to these energy crystal cores.
From Slem’s words, Ling Tian understood that Americans were already using these items for cultivation and even to power some magical artifacts.
There was also what Slem mentioned about antiques. World civilization was long and brilliant. In the past, when the spiritual energy was abundant, it was not strange for other civilizations to master the crafting of magical artifacts.
“Mr. Slem, there’s something I don’t understand. Why did you suddenly change the assessment standards this time?” Feng Xiaoxi, who was beside him, suddenly spoke. Her tone was not friendly, as if she were settling scores.
“Ms. Christina, you must let me explain. I have my difficulties. The reason for raising the standards was to protect these adventurers and demon hunters.
Most of the missions we’ve issued recently involve clearing crocodiles over 5 meters long and pythons over 8 meters long from the swamps near the camp!
Only pythons and crocodiles exceeding these lengths have energy crystal cores that can be dissected from their brains.
And animals of such size have already mutated and are extremely dangerous. If one’s strength is insufficient, venturing out to capture these animals is like offering oneself as food.
I don’t want any of you new demon hunters to get hurt here!”
“I hope what you’re saying is true!” Feng Xiaoxi still spoke with a hint of displeasure.
“Then, what is the approximate exchange rate between crystal Yuan and energy crystal cores?” Ling Tian continued to ask.
“100 grams of energy crystal core can be exchanged for one crystal Yuan.
And one gram of energy crystal core is priced at 100 US dollars, meaning one crystal Yuan is roughly equivalent to 10,000 US dollars.
If you hunt these crocodiles, pythons, or even powerful demons, you can directly exchange the energy crystal cores obtained from them for crystal Yuan.
Of course, if you are short on money, you can also directly exchange energy crystal cores and crystal Yuan for US dollars. However, if you want to convert them to cash, we will charge a commission, about a 5% handling fee…”
Ling Tian was surprised. This handling fee was not low at all. These Americans were truly adept at making money.
But it wasn’t entirely surprising. Not everyone was powerful enough to hunt these demonic creatures for energy crystal cores and obtain crystal Yuan. They also wanted to access the resources of the Demon Hunter Guild, so they could buy them with money. This was a form of mutual exchange.
“Alright, thank you, Mr. Slem. We’ll rest for a while and then help you clear the crocodiles and pythons around here!”
“That’s great, Mr. Lin. If you need any help, please communicate with me. Of course, if anyone is foolish enough to provoke you, you don’t need to be polite!
I will help you clean up the mess!
Oh, right, the crocodiles you killed during the test might have energy crystal cores in their brains. I’ll have my subordinates extract them and exchange them for crystal Yuan, which will be credited to your account…”
Earlier, Ling Tian and Ahri had each killed a crocodile, and Aurora had frozen the water surface, killing at least several crocodiles over 5 meters long.
The heads of these crocodiles could yield about two to three hundred grams of energy crystal cores, enough to exchange for two to three crystal Yuan.
“No need. We don’t need those. Consider them a welcome gift for you, Mr. Slem!” Ling Tian said generously.
For ordinary adventurers, those crocodiles were almost impossible to defeat. Even for demon hunters with psychic abilities, dealing with them involved significant risk.
However, for Ling Tian, he had countless ways to deal with those crocodiles, and obtaining the crystal cores was very easy.
If nothing else, as long as Ling Tian released the Ice Soul Giant Bear and unleashed its full chilling aura, it could cause rivers tens of meters wide to freeze over instantly!
Instead of taking a small amount, it was better to do him a favor. Ata Slem was so respectful in front of them not just because they were strong, but because that strength brought benefits to Ata Slem, which was why he was so compliant!
Next, the four of them rented a suite in the camp and settled in for the time being, planning to go out and accept missions the next day.
After a simple dinner, Ahri went out to play in the swamp. Ling Tian was not worried about Ahri’s safety at all. This cat demon was powerful. It would be good if she didn’t provoke others. If anyone foolishly angered Ahri, they would only end up in hell.