[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-high-martial-arts-across-two-worlds":3,"chapter-high-martial-arts-across-two-worlds-high-martial-arts-across-two-worlds-chapter-102":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","High Martial Arts Across Two Worlds",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2361073,4616,"Chapter 102: Financial Storm","high-martial-arts-across-two-worlds-chapter-102",102,"\u003Cp>Cang Luo thought the netizens’ remarks made perfect sense: according to the game, the Flame-Devouring Wolf was a hybrid beast combining warrior and mage traits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No, given that the Flame-Devouring Wolf can spit smoke to create mist, it should also be classified as an assassin and support type.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, the Two-Ha was a versatile, all-around beast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet precisely because the Two-Ha was too well-rounded, it lacked any standout strength—it had no ability to instantly kill beasts of the same tier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Flame attacks were useless against the Iron-Scaled Lizard; its wolf claws couldn’t pierce the armor; biting with its jaws was pure nonsense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cang Luo sighed: the Iron-Scaled Lizard was clearly the Flame-Devouring Wolf’s natural enemy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though he could exhaust it with infinite Qi, that would waste too much time and lack spectacle—thus unacceptable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cang Luo awkwardly addressed the camera: “You’re right—I’ll take action myself and show you what I’ve achieved in these two months of cultivation.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Let you see how powerful a Ninth Layer Warrior truly is!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saying this, Cang Luo fixed his gaze on the Iron-Scaled Lizard, activated the satellite camera’s motion-tracking function, held his phone in one hand to record, and with the other gripped his sword as he dashed swiftly behind the beast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In no time, aided by the Two-Ha’s harassment and support, Cang Luo easily pierced the Iron-Scaled Lizard’s most vulnerable spot and cleanly slew it with his blade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After killing the Iron-Scaled Lizard, Cang Luo struggled to peel off its scales and store them safely—they were loot worth thirty low-grade Qi Stones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, Cang Luo dug out a silver-gray beast core from behind the Iron-Scaled Lizard’s skull.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cang Luo held the beast core up to the camera and explained: “See this? It’s the energy core of a beast—a first-tier beast core. Beast cores are one of the materials used to refine elixirs, and can also be consumed directly.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ordinary people who swallow it can strengthen their bodies, but only in small doses—too much will cause them to explode. Warriors who consume it can condense Qi Wheels and increase their cultivation base...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Cang Luo finished speaking, netizens flooded the screen with comments asking the price of first-tier beast cores, their specific effects, and whether eating too many could turn someone into a warrior.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cang Luo swallowed the Iron-Scaled Lizard’s beast core in one gulp and said casually: “You can rest easy—first-tier beast cores aren’t expensive. They’re worth the same as low-grade Qi Stones, roughly equivalent to 14,000 RMB.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cang Luo calculated this based on one low-grade Qi Stone equaling ten taels of silver, and ten taels of silver equaling one tael of gold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gold on Earth is worth about 280 yuan per gram, making one tael worth 14,000 yuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He paused, then continued: “The effect is simply body strengthening. If you take one per month, after a year you’ll likely easily win every strength-based Olympic event.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But beast cores aren’t Casting Qi Pills—no matter how many you eat, you won’t become a warrior.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cang Luo’s answer relieved most Earth netizens. Though 14,000 yuan was expensive, it wasn’t unaffordable—most families could scrape together enough to buy one or two.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If what Cang Luo said was true—that one could win an Olympic gold medal after a year of consistent use—they’d sell everything to buy them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But they weren’t fools. They knew Cang Luo meant competing against ordinary athletes who hadn’t consumed beast cores.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone realized that after the two worlds connected, either not all athletes would take beast cores, or they’d be banned as performance-enhancing drugs—rendering the advantage meaningless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, a wave of saving up to buy beast cores after next year’s world connection swept across the internet, then spread globally...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, another netizen posted a comment: “Second-tier beast cores must be better than first-tier ones—how much do they cost?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cang Luo answered honestly: “I haven’t consumed a second-tier beast core yet, so I don’t know its exact effects. But its price is five times that of a first-tier one; third-tier is five times the second-tier, and so on.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“However, seventh-tier and higher beast cores are rare—their prices aren’t simply multiplied by five.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Netizens nodded on-screen. They understood: high-tier beast cores couldn’t be priced like low-tier ones—rarity dictated value.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides, some things couldn’t be bought even with money—like cultivation resources.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Netizens felt lucky if they could afford beast cores for body strengthening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So they began calculating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First-tier beast core: 14,000 yuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Second-tier beast core: 70,000 yuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Third-tier beast core: 350,000...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The more they calculated, the more they gasped—eighty percent of netizens admitted they couldn’t afford second- or third-tier beast cores and declared they’d settle for first-tier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Indeed, the average annual income of a Chinese civilian was only a few ten thousand yuan—after expenses, how much remained?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not to mention mortgages and car loans—who could afford it? Even netizens from wealthy nations were deterred by the prices.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, wealthy second-generation netizens were ecstatic, naturally choosing second- and third-tier beast cores as millionaires—or even billionaires.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These wealthy second-generation individuals believed Earth’s future would likely evolve into a cultivation civilization, a world where martial prowess reigned supreme.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a world ruled by martial prowess, cultivation resources were paramount.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Consuming second- and third-tier beast cores would leave first-tier users far behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Over time, the strong would grow stronger, the weak weaker, and the wealthy second-generation would forever remain wealthy second-generation, while the poor would forever remain poor...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cang Luo understood this truth: fairness never existed between people; the endpoint of a poor man’s lifelong struggle might not even reach the starting point of a wealthy second-generation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All the poor could do was raise the starting point of the next generation. As for surpassing those born into wealth and power?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Impossible!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cang Luo stared at the comments and sighed deeply—he wanted to do something for those like himself, born into poverty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a moment’s hesitation, he suddenly said: “I’ll tell you something: the silver-to-gold exchange rate on the Yuanwu Continent differs from Earth’s. Silver is more valuable here—ten taels of silver can be exchanged for one tael of gold.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But on Earth, you need nearly a hundred taels of silver to get one tael of gold... Do you understand what I mean?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some netizens didn’t grasp it immediately and asked: “What do you mean? What’s the connection between Yuanwu’s silver-gold rate and Earth?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before Cang Luo could explain, another netizen typed: “You’re stupid! Cang Luo means we should hoard silver now—after the worlds connect, trade Earth’s silver for Yuanwu’s gold, then buy beast cores...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No more talking—I’m going to hoard silver.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The netizen was right—Cang Luo indeed meant exactly that. He’d only just thought of this profit method a few days ago and had planned to keep it secret.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But then he remembered the saying: “Possessing a valuable treasure invites danger.” If he hoarded silver in large quantities, he’d attract attention—and enemies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So Cang Luo decided to publicly reveal the secret—he had plenty of other ways to make money anyway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Cang Luo revealed the Yuanwu Continent’s silver-gold exchange rate, viewership in his livestream plummeted—not due to technical issues or lack of entertainment, but because netizens had all gone offline to hoard silver.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the capital of Huaxia, a jewelry street specializing in gold and silver.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This street was the capital’s largest gold and silver market, drawing millions of local and tourist visitors daily, with gold and silver transactions reaching billions per day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Today, as usual, the street was packed. Tourists from around the world browsed jewelry; shopkeepers enthusiastically and orderly attracted customers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The owner of a silver jewelry shop beamed—her wrinkles seemed to vanish as a generous customer had bought out her entire stock without haggling, leaving her with a massive profit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The customer claimed he had business among the Miao people and needed large quantities of silver jewelry—asked if she had more, and said he’d take whatever she had.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The shopkeeper, stunned by his generosity, didn’t suspect anything and assured him she had stock—but needed time to restock, asking him to wait.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The customer nodded, packed his purchases into his car, and said: “Notify me when the goods arrive,” then hurried off to the next silver shop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After he left, the shopkeeper’s phone rang—it was her husband.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She smiled brightly, pressed answer, ready to tell him about her big sale and celebrate tonight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But before she spoke, her husband’s frantic voice came through the speaker: “Wife, close the shop immediately—no more sales today! Silver prices have surged!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Massively—almost tenfold! Close the shop! Close the shop! Then go buy silver elsewhere—don’t tell anyone...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then go buy from other shops—remember not to reveal...」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The shopkeeper froze, then screamed and collapsed onto the floor, staring blankly, stammering: “H-how could this happen?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I—I just sold out all my stock...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then she burst into tears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Similar scenes unfolded across the globe—those who first learned of the silver price surge were all viewers of Cang Luo’s livestream.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They rushed to gold and silver markets, buying up silver before shopkeepers received the news...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cang Luo didn’t yet know his well-intentioned revelation had brought devastating losses—even bankruptcy—to many silver jewelry merchants on Earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Worse, this silver price event quickly escalated into a global financial storm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fenglin Huoshan Headquarters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Weiguo rubbed his temples, furious: “Third time! Third time!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That brat Cang Luo—why won’t he listen? Didn’t I tell him not to leak information that could destabilize Earth?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Does he think this is fun? Does he think it makes him look superior as a transmigrator?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First time: Cang Luo revealed the racial composition of Yuanwu Continent, turning Huaxia into Earth’s enemy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Second time: Cang Luo revealed the price of Casting Qi Pills, causing global protests from civilians who couldn’t afford them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Third time—just now—he revealed that silver on Yuanwu Continent is worth at least ten times more than on Earth, triggering mass panic-buying of silver and market chaos.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even triggering a global financial storm...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It even triggered a global financial storm...\u003C\u002Fp>",1654,"2026-06-21T06:04:04.528Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","6834fbaa642300d54485b400e7c35e35a9004bf8e930f3ccf8cb340b6721d695","high-martial-arts-across-two-worlds-chapter-103","high-martial-arts-across-two-worlds-chapter-101",157,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fhigh-martial-arts-across-two-worlds-cover.jpg"]