Chapter 102: Financial Storm

Facing Facing Cang Luo felt the netizens made a lot of sense; according to the game, the Fire-Devouring Wolf was a hybrid beast of warrior and mage.

No, considering the Fire-Devouring Wolf could spit smoke to create fog, one must also add the attributes of assassin and support to it.

Looking at it this way, Er Ha was a jack-of-all-trades, a versatile beast.

However, precisely because Er Ha was too comprehensive, it lacked specializations, lacked the ability to kill in one strike, and lacked a ultimate move capable of instantly slaying beasts of the same stage.

Flame attacks were ineffective against the Iron-Armored Lizard, wolf claws could not break its defense, and using wolf jaws to bite was sheer nonsense.

Facing Facing Cang Luo sighed; the Iron-Armored Lizard was simply the Fire-Devouring Wolf's natural enemy.

Although one could wear the opponent down with infinite Yuan power, doing so would waste too much time and lack spectacle, so it was not advisable.

Facing Facing Cang Luo addressed the camera awkwardly, saying, "You make sense; I will act personally to let you see my cultivation results over these past two months.

Let you witness how powerful the Warrior Stage 9 truly is!"

Having spoken, Facing Facing Cang Luo fixed his gaze on the Iron-Armored Lizard, activated the satellite camera's motion capture ability, held a phone in one hand to film, and held a sword in the other as he rushed rapidly around to the rear of the Iron-Armored Lizard.

It didn't take long; with Er Ha's harassing assistance, Facing Facing Cang Luo easily pierced the weakest spot on the Iron-Armored Lizard's body and effortlessly beheaded it with his sword.

After killing the Iron-Armored Lizard, Facing Facing Cang Luo laboriously stripped the scales from its body and stored them; these were spoils of war, worth thirty low-grade Yuan Stones.

Then, Facing Facing Cang Luo dug a silver-gray demon core from behind the Iron-Armored Lizard's head.

Facing Facing Cang Luo placed the demon core before the lens and explained, "Look, this is the energy core of a beast, a first-stage demon core. Demon cores are one of the materials for refining pills and can also be consumed directly.

Ordinary people who consume them can strengthen their bodies and health, but they can only take small amounts; otherwise, they will explode and die. Martial artists who consume them can condense Yuan Wheels to increase their cultivation..."

After Facing Facing Cang Luo finished speaking, netizens flooded the screen with bullet comments asking how much a first-stage demon core cost, what its specific effects were, and whether eating too many could make one a martial artist.

Facing Facing Cang Luo swallowed the Iron-Armored Lizard's demon core in one gulp and said lightly, "You can rest assured about this; first-stage demon cores are not expensive, equivalent to low-grade Yuan Stones. Converted to Renminbi, it is roughly fourteen thousand yuan."

Facing Facing Cang Luo calculated this based on the price of one low-grade Yuan Stone equaling ten taels of silver, and ten taels of silver equaling one tael of gold.

The price of gold on Earth was about 280 yuan per gram, so one tael was 14,000 yuan.

Pausing for a moment, Facing Facing Cang Luo continued, "The effect is simply strengthening the body and health. If one consumes one per month, after a year, one would likely easily win all power-based Olympic events.

However, demon cores are not Zhi Yuan Dan; no matter how many you eat, they will not make you a martial artist."

Facing Facing Cang Luo's answer made most netizens on Earth breathe a sigh of relief; although the price of 14,000 yuan was high, it was not unacceptable, and most families could bite the bullet and buy one or two.

If, as Facing Facing Cang Luo said, persisting in consumption for a year could lead to winning an Olympic gold medal, then one would go bankrupt to buy, buy, buy.

However, everyone was not a fool; they knew that when Facing Facing Cang Luo said one could win an Olympic gold medal, he was comparing against ordinary athletes who had not consumed demon cores.

Everyone could imagine that after the two worlds connected, either not all athletes would consume demon cores, or demon cores would be banned outright as stimulants, rendering it meaningless.

Thus, a wave of saving money to buy demon cores after the two worlds connected next year swept across the entire internet, then spread globally...

At this moment, another netizen sent a bullet comment asking, "The effect of a second-stage beast's demon core must be better than a first-stage demon core, right? Then how much does a second-stage demon core cost?"

Facing Facing Cang Luo spoke the truth, saying, "I haven't eaten a second-stage demon core yet, so I don't know the specific effects, but its price is five times that of a first-stage demon core, and a third-stage demon core is five times that of the second, and so on.

However, demon cores of the seventh stage and above are already rare items; their prices are not simply multiplied by five."

Netizens nodded before the screen; naturally, the price of high-grade demon cores could not be calculated like low-grade demon cores; everyone understood that rarity drives up value.

Besides, some things cannot be bought even with money, such as cultivation resources.

Netizens felt it would be good enough to be able to buy demon cores that strengthened the body and health.

Thus, netizens began calculating one by one.

A first-stage demon core is 14,000 yuan.

A second-stage demon core is 70,000 yuan.

A third-stage demon core is 350,000...

Not calculating was better; upon calculating, netizens immediately gasped in shock and backed off, with eighty percent of netizens stating they could not afford second-stage and third-stage demon cores, saying buying first-stage demon cores was enough.

Indeed, the average annual income of an ordinary person in Huaxia was only a few tens of thousands of yuan; after expenses, how much could remain?

Let alone mortgages, car loans, and the like; how many people could afford it? Even netizens from developed countries with higher incomes were discouraged by this price.

Those netizens who were second-generation rich were extremely excited; as millionaires, or even multi-millionaires, they naturally chose to buy second-stage and third-stage demon cores.

In the minds of these second-generation rich, the future Earth would very likely enter a cultivation civilization; that would be the Lord's world.

In the Lord's world, cultivation resources are the top priority.

Consuming second-stage and third-stage demon cores would definitely leave those who consumed first-stage demon cores far behind.

By then, the strong would become stronger and stronger, the gap between the weak and the strong would grow wider and wider; the second-generation rich would forever be second-generation rich, and the losers would forever be losers...

Facing Facing Cang Luo also knew this truth; fairness never existed between people; the endpoint of a loser's lifelong struggle would very likely not catch up to the starting point of a second-generation rich person.

All losers could do was try to raise the starting point of the next generation; as for surpassing those who were born rich or noble?

Impossible!

Looking at the bullet comments, Facing Facing Cang Luo sighed deeply; he wanted to do something for these people who, like himself, were born poor.

Thus, after hesitating for a while, Facing Facing Cang Luo suddenly said, "I will tell you something; the gold-to-silver exchange rate in the Yuanwu Continent is somewhat different from Earth; silver is more valuable than on Earth, where ten taels of silver can exchange for one tael of gold.

On Earth, it takes about one hundred taels of silver to exchange for one tael of gold... Do you understand what I mean?"

Some netizens did not understand at first, sending bullet comments in confusion, "What does that mean? What does the gold-to-silver exchange rate in the Yuanwu Continent have to do with Earth?"

Without Facing Facing Cang Luo explaining, a netizen immediately sent a bullet comment writing, "Are you stupid? Facing Facing Cang Luo means we should hurry and hoard silver, wait until the two worlds connect next year, use Earth's silver to exchange for Yuanwu Continent's gold, and then buy demon cores...

Enough said, I'm going to hoard silver."

This netizen spoke correctly; Facing Facing Cang Luo indeed meant this. He had only thought of this money-making method a few days ago and originally intended to make a fortune quietly.

Later, he thought of the principle that possessing a treasure invites crime; if he hoarded silver in large quantities, it would inevitably attract others' attention and hostility.

Therefore, Facing Facing Cang Luo decided to simply reveal this secret; after all, he had plenty of ways to make money.

After Facing Facing Cang Luo publicized the secret of the Yuanwu Continent's gold-to-silver exchange ratio, the number of viewers in the live broadcast room plummeted. This was not a network problem, nor was it because Facing Facing Cang Luo's broadcast was not exciting enough to attract viewers; rather, netizens were all logging off to hoard silver.

Huaxia Capital, a certain gold, silver, jewelry, and accessories shopping street.

This street was the largest gold and silver jewelry market in the Capital; the daily foot traffic of local customers and tourists from other places could reach millions, with daily gold and silver transactions amounting to billions.

Today, just like usual, the place was packed with people; tourists from all over the world selected their favorite jewelry here, while shop owners energetically and orderly solicited customers.

The owner of a shop specializing in silver ornaments beamed with joy, her wrinkles vanishing as a generous customer had just swept away her entire stock without haggling over the price, leaving her with overflowing profits.

That customer said he had business with the Miao people and needed a large quantity of silver ornaments, asking if she had more stock; he wanted as much as she had.

The owner was stunned by his generosity, suspected nothing, and kept saying yes, yes, yes, though she noted it would take time to gather the goods and asked him to wait there.

The customer nodded, packed up the silver ornaments he had bought and loaded them onto his vehicle, then said, "Notify me when the goods arrive," before rushing off to the next silver shop.

After the customer left, the owner's phone suddenly rang; it was her husband calling.

Beaming with joy, the owner pressed the answer button, ready to tell her husband about the huge deal she had just closed and how they could celebrate properly tonight.

However, before she could speak, her husband's urgent voice came through the receiver: "Wife, close the shop immediately, stop selling today, the price of silver has risen!

It skyrocketed, nearly tenfold! Close the shop quickly! Close it now!

Then go buy from other shops, and remember not to reveal..."

"Ah!"

Hearing this, the owner froze, then after a cry of shock, suddenly collapsed onto the floor, her face blank, stammering: "How, how could this happen?

I, I, someone just bought all the stock in the shop..."

After speaking, the owner burst into loud weeping.

Scenes similar to this occurred frequently all over the globe; the first to receive news of the silver price hike were those watching Facing Facing Cang Luo's livestream.

These people rushed nonstop to major gold and silver markets, frantically buying up silver in large quantities while the shop owners had not yet received the news...

Facing Facing Cang Luo did not yet know that his well-intentioned act had brought unbearable disaster to many silver ornament merchants on Earth, causing losses at the least and bankruptcy at the worst.

More seriously, this silver price incident quickly turned into a financial storm sweeping the entire globe.

Feng Lin Huo Shan Headquarters.

Li Weiguo was in great pain, angrily saying: "For the third time! For the third time!

Why is this kid Facing Facing Cang Luo so disobedient? Didn't I tell him not to reveal any information that might cause turmoil on Earth?

Does he think this is fun? Is he trying to show off that he is a high-and-mighty transmigrator?"

The first time, Facing Facing Cang Luo revealed information about the racial composition of the Yuanwu Continent, causing Hua Xia to become the public enemy of Earth.

The second time, Facing Facing Cang Luo revealed the price of the Zhi Yuan Dan, causing widespread grief among commoners worldwide who could not afford the Zhi Yuan Dan, leading them to take to the streets in protests and marches.

The third time, which was just now, Facing Facing Cang Luo revealed that the value of silver on the Yuanwu Continent was at least ten times that of Earth, causing the people of Earth to rush to buy silver, creating price instability.

It even triggered a global financial storm...