Chapter 144 - My Base! (1/2)
“Hahahaha, I understand now! So it’s like that!” Zhang Che couldn’t help bursting into laughter outside the cave.
The baseball-sized, multi-faceted crystal laying in his palm at this moment wasn’t black at all!
It had a rich purple-gold luster emanating from within, its appearance resembling a luxurious gemstone. According to his memories, wasn’t the description of purple-gold crystal ore exactly like this!?
In the cavern filled with fluorite, the reason why the purple-gold crystal mineral looked black was exactly because of the fluorite!
It was most likely due to to the pure green light emitted by the fluorite. Shining on the purple-gold crystal mineral, its natural color couldn’t show and it could only appear as black.
Zhang Che wasn’t well-versed in the study of optics, but this was the fact obvious to him. Naturally he could deduce the underlying reason by working backwards.
“I’ve truly struck it rich this time!”
Weighing the purple-gold crystal ore in his hand, it felt like it was about a catty and a half, which was around seven to eight hundred grams. According to the price of ten thousand dollars per gram, that was equivalent to about eight million dollars!
That was similar to the price of an ordinary three-star gold-quality beast card!
In that huge cavern filled with fluorite, heaven knows how much more purple-gold crystal was in there? Zhang Che’s breathing immediately sped up!
It was very obvious that this was a sum huge enough to move anyone. Then, there was a problem…
“Even if there was truly a shocking amount of purple-gold crystal mineral hidden in that cave, how do I bring it out? And even if I managed to do that, it would be another problem to take it out. Otherwise, there’d be endless trouble awaiting me if someone set their eyes on me.”
It seemed like having a fortune was also a problem…
Even so, such troubles were welcome! The bigger the trouble, the better!
Zhang Che stopped thinking about these matters for now. In any case, this huge fortune now belonged to him. That was all that mattered!
He started planning, wanting to turn this cavern into his base of operations in this mountain range. The tunnel that connected the cavern to the Dark-Scaled Lizard Commander’s nest had to be covered up. No one else must ever discover it!
Even the cave entrance outside had to be concealed naturally. Despite the low number of beastmasters travelling this area, not to mention those that actually came to this valley, the problem was that Zhang Che had discovered this place. Not only that, the two unlucky guys that were eaten by the Dark-Scaled Lizard Commander had also discovered this cave!
In the future, there were sure to be even more beastmasters passing by here.
How could Zhang Che possibly not worry if he didn’t conceal the cave entrance?
However, this was not the most pressing issue now. Zhang Che’s stomach was rumbling; he might not have the energy to cover up the cave entrance if he didn’t go find some food right now.
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As a precaution, Zhang Che summoned the trash beast whose name he couldn’t bother to remember and had it guard the tunnel connecting the two caverns. If anyone were to discover the tunnel and tried to explore it, the beast would immediately warn Zhang Che through their spiritual link.
Now that he had the Cold Abyss Flood Dragon, Dark-Scaled Lizard Commander, and Purple Jade Condor, capable beasts that covered air, land, and water combat, Zhang Che truly didn’t have to be afraid of any beastmaster that might appear in this area.
The truly strong ones would have explored deeper into the mountain range to hunt the more powerful exotic beasts. Who would have the time or interest to kill the exotic beasts here, who were merely trash in their eyes?
Leaving the nameless beast behind (Nameless Beast: Actually I do have a freaking name, but my owner daddy despises me and can’t be bothered to remember it), Zhang Che jumped onto the Cold Abyss Flood Dragon’s back and they flew up towards the peak of the mountain that held the cave.
He could only gain a wider perspective if he were higher up. Not only did Zhang Che have to find a large exotic beast, he had to look for a water source, or he wouldn’t be able to proceed with his meat roasting plan.