Chapter 21: Price Fluctuations of Market Commodities!

Below the post, there were countless comments from lords, most of whom agreed with Ouyang Guan's point of view and praised him for being able to share intelligence so selflessly, while a few were questioning Ouyang Guan, trying to manipulate market prices.

No other reason, although Ouyang Guan's post looked very objective, it harmed the interests of many lords.

Especially those merchant lords who sell resources!

Once this post came out, various resources on the market ushered in a wave of decline, while Energy Points instead became a hot resource!

"This Ouyang Guan has some skills!"

"Is he trying to bring down the prices of all commodities with his own strength?"

"He has even offended all the current resource merchants!"

Qin Luo was a bit puzzled, "What good does this do him?"

Logically speaking, Ouyang Guan knows so much information, he should belong to the ranks of high-end lords, and he must be a merchant lord who needs to ship a large amount of goods. Suppressing commodity prices is completely a behavior that harms others and does not benefit himself!

If one excludes the angle of Ouyang Guan being selfless and analyzing objectively.

Then there is only one possibility: Ouyang Guan possesses a large amount of Energy Points, or he has a convenient channel to obtain Energy Points. From this point of view, commodity prices are sluggish, and the purchasing power of energy increases, so Ouyang Guan can profit from it!

It's not that Qin Luo is using a small mind to measure a gentleman's belly.

It is that in this Chaos Continent with the theme of hegemony, although everyone is a lord, they are in a competitive relationship with each other.

Sharing some intelligence that belongs to the advanced or secret obviously allows other lords to receive the intelligence, make development rules in advance, use resources reasonably, take fewer detours, and thus grow stronger faster.

Conversely, after other lords grow stronger, wouldn't that threaten himself?

So Ouyang Guan's resource theory, although it benefited many lords, seems to show no benefit to himself. Isn't he cutting off his own path?

This is obviously not normal human thinking.

Unless Ouyang Guan really possesses the character of a saint, that is another matter!

However, this has little to do with Qin Luo.

At least Qin Luo also harvested some valuable information from the post's analysis.

Rare mineral resources, as important strategic materials for future territory development, will become a must-compete item!

Whoever can possess key energy resources is equivalent to controlling the lifeline.

Closing the forum, Qin Luo opened the trading market.

But seeing the commodity prices on the market, Qin Luo couldn't help but curse.

The reason was none other than the fact that the price of food on the market had fallen by half.

Commodities with 1 Energy Point for 2 units of food were everywhere.

Even worse, some hung out a price of 1 Energy Point for 3 units of food.

Besides that, the prices of most commodities had fallen to varying degrees.

Especially stone and wood, which had fallen to a price of 1:6!

Qin Luo also discovered that not only did a large amount of meat food appear on the market, but there was also a super amount of grain like millet, soybeans, and sweet potatoes.

After some understanding, Qin Luo learned that some lords were lucky enough to land in fertile land, and there were a large number of wild grain crops around the territory.

Just by harvesting them, one could get a large amount of grain.

"It seems that the decline in food prices has the reason for Ouyang Guan's post, and also the reason for a large amount of grain flooding into the market!"

Qin Luo pondered, "It seems Ouyang Guan was right; the continuous decline in prices is an inevitable trend. Wanting to rely on selling meat food to harvest a large batch of Energy Points is no longer realistic!"

On the first day, only a very small number of powerful lords or lords with an adventurous spirit dared to take the first step and go outside the territory to hunt wild monsters.

Most lords adopted a conservative strategy, which led to the situation of more wolves and less meat, so food prices remained high.

But by the second day, lords could recruit the second wave of units and began to conduct adventurous exploration, killing wild monsters.

Now, at least more than half of the lords have successfully hunted wild creatures and obtained meat food.

"Although basic resources have high consumption, the difficulty of obtaining them is also small, the threshold is low, and almost every lord has a channel to obtain them!"

"Therefore, the price of basic resources will only continue to fall and it is difficult to rise again!"

"Just as Ouyang Guan said, rare resources will be the target for all lords to compete for in the future!"

Qin Luo thought for a while; the plan to explore the Red Iron in the Red Wolf Grotto Nest and discover the rare resource mine must be realized as soon as possible.

Even if he is just one step ahead, he can obtain unimaginable benefits from it.

Now the market price of Red Iron is going against the trend among a crowd of falling commodities, even higher than yesterday.

This is a great opportunity to make a big profit.

If after a period of time, other lords are also able to discover and mine Red Iron ore, then the price of Red Iron will surely plummet like basic materials.

"Today's goal: upgrade the Elite Barracks, mine rare minerals!"

Qin Luo put the food on the market at a price of 1 Energy Point for 2 units.

As for whether it can be sold, Qin Luo doesn't care at all.

It's best if it can be sold; if it can't be sold, it's not too late to lower the price.

Besides, even if it can't be sold, he can keep it for his own use.

After all, upgrading the barracks requires a full one thousand units of food!

Just as Qin Luo was about to close the trading market, he suddenly thought of something.

In the search bar, he searched for 'Barracks Heart'.

He originally thought he would gain nothing.

Who would have thought that there were actually lords selling them!

【1 Barracks Heart, selling price 1000 Energy Points, or 100 Magic Crystals, Note: Serious inquiries only, refuse to add friends】

"One thousand Energy Points, that's simply a lion's opening of the mouth!"

"And one hundred Magic Crystals, even if they are only Ordinary Grade, are equivalent to two thousand Energy Points!"

Qin Luo sighed lightly.

There were not many lords selling Barracks Hearts, only a dozen or so.

But even the lowest price was eight hundred Energy Points each.

Seeing such a high price, Qin Luo still felt that relying on himself was more practical.

He only had 600 Energy Points left in his hand now.

"Let's look at the prices of other commodities!"

Qin Luo browsed again.

Now on the market, 1 Magic Crystal (Ordinary Realm) price is between 15-20 Energy Points, 1 unit of Red Iron is between 8-10 Energy Points, 1 unit of Bronze is 15-18 Energy Points.

As for Purple Silver and Adamantite, he didn't see any lords selling them for the time being.

"Upgrading the Elite Barracks requires 100 Magic Crystals, upgrading to Ordinary Three-Star requires 200 Magic Crystals!"

"I will temporarily keep 300 as a reserve for emergencies, and the rest can be sold and exchanged for Energy Points!"

"As for Red Iron and Bronze, although I have 610 units of Red Iron, unless I find a Red Iron mine, it is safer to keep them in my hands!"

Qin Luo planned while putting 263 Magic Crystals on the shelf, selling them at a price of 18 Energy Points each.

He also sold ten pieces of unused Ordinary Grade equipment, at a price of 20 Energy Points each.

After finishing all this, Qin Luo closed the trading market.

Not long after, nearly one thousand Undead Skeleton Soldiers gathered in the territory, led by Wang Yi and Wang Er, who had just broken through to the Black Iron Realm last night.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 22 =====