Chapter 6: The Mysterious Key

Riding in a carriage.

A dozen minutes later.

Gunie alighted from the carriage in front of the Duran Club on Duran Street in the Antukang District, south of the Sog Ruins City.

Just as he stepped down from the carriage.

Gunie saw not far away a youth dressed in heavy tank armor forged from black "Black Iron Metal," with a burly physique like a small giant, dismounting from a超凡 creature, a "Black-Scaled Demon Horse."

It was fortunate that the Black-Scaled Demon Horse was a domesticated supernatural species, able to bear the youth's enormous frame.

The youth's height was a terrifying two meters and twenty centimeters by sight.

He was so imposing that many people around cast their gazes upon him.

The burly youth seemed accustomed to this and paid no attention to the stares.

The youth's eyes casually swept around.

The next moment, the burly youth's gaze fell on Gunie not far away.

"Lord Gunie." The burly youth nodded slightly in greeting.

"Good evening, Sir Philosopher Knight." Gunie also nodded slightly.

Gunie was very familiar with this youth; the two had conducted many private transactions.

His name was "Paul Korchagin," a noble scion with Behemoth bloodline.

He was also a member of this gathering.

Though he looked tall and muscular, appearing rather rough.

In reality, this fellow named Paul was thoughtful and shrewd, with a highly distinctive personal style.

The two walked together toward the Duran Club.

They presented their membership cards and entered the club.

They went straight to the salon meeting room that their small group had specially rented.

"Any specific news about this gathering?" Gunie asked on the way.

Shrugging his shoulders, Paul shook his head.

"You know that guy, Elie. Not very strong, but he keeps his mouth shut tight. He won't tell us a single word until the last moment."

"That's true." Gunie chuckled softly.

Then, Gunie lowered his voice.

"A complete Supernatural Knight Breathing Method—interested?"

Paul was taken aback at this.

Just a month ago, Gunie had asked him about Supernatural Knight Breathing Methods.

Although he himself possessed a Knight Breathing Method, and an intermediate one at that, he didn't have such a Supernatural Knight Breathing Method manual.

Now, in the blink of an eye, the other was offering to sell him a Supernatural Knight Breathing Method.

"What an unfathomable guy," Paul muttered to himself.

"What type?" Paul inquired.

Almost all supernatural texts were consumables; it wasn't a matter of simply copying one for someone else.

This naturally meant that the number of supernatural texts was not large. Sometimes, when texts were scarce in the market, prices would soar.

Naturally, if one encountered a suitable text, one would usually not let it slip by.

"It leans toward both soul and body, a dual breathing method, with the soul aspect taking precedence. If we weigh the importance, soul intensity accounts for sixty percent, body intensity forty percent."

Through the idle accumulation of the "Pious Knight Breathing Method" during this time, a flood of information had come to Gunie, and he had gained deep insights.

His understanding of the "Pious Knight Breathing Method" had deepened considerably.

"It suits Faith Knights and ascetics, but it's best for those who master spells, elements, and similar abilities—Spell Knights, Element Knights, and even Spell Warriors and Element Warriors are quite suitable."

Compared to the Church's divine authority supernatural era, where the Church controlled access to mystical power.

The path of supernatural sequence professions was rigid, stagnant, and inflexible.

Over a thousand years, it had seen insufficient innovation and development.

In the current Steam Supernatural Era.

The combination of various supernatural abilities and professions had given birth to many new types of supernatural professionals unlike those of previous eras.

Such as the knights, warriors, and even shadow walkers that Gune just mentioned, who master spell incantations, elements, and even contract abilities.

They are all new types of supernatural beings different from those of the ancient era.

Among these newly emerged supernatural professions, some are flashy but hollow inside.

While others shine brilliantly in the age of supernatural steampunk.

The spell incantation and elemental knights, spell incantation and elemental warriors that Gune just mentioned are all excellent new supernatural professions in the steampunk supernatural era.

However, both spell incantation and elemental knights and spell incantation and elemental warriors require considerable soul strength and a robust physique.

But the main problem is that these new types of supernatural sequences do not have a perfect cultivation path pioneered by predecessors for them.

Those who follow these newly pioneered supernatural sequence professions are essentially crossing the river by feeling the stones.

Relatively speaking, their numbers are not large.

Thus, the market for the "Pious Knight Breathing Method" in Gune's hands is obviously not going to be very big.

"Dual breathing of soul and body?" Paul pondered for a moment and nodded slightly.

"Sounds quite good. Perhaps I might consider collecting it."

Gune: "..."

"How many effective catalyst receptions can it still undergo?"

"If the soul strength is decent, at least two or three more times."

"Two or three times, though a bit few, is still not bad."

"Two hundred gold pounds." After some deliberation, Paul gave a suitable price.

Two hundred gold pounds. Gune considered it for a moment and nodded slightly.

"Deal."

Generally speaking, for a low-level supernatural scripture, the price for one catalyst reception is around 100 gold pounds.

For two or three receptions, a price of two hundred gold pounds, coupled with the fact that the audience for this supernatural scripture is not that broad, this price is already quite acceptable.

In the Yulan Empire, and even across the entire Oya Continent,

the gold pound is a significant currency unit.

One gold pound can be exchanged for ten silver dragons.

And one silver dragon is worth one hundred copper cents.

The purchasing power of one copper cent is slightly weaker than that of "one yuan" before Gune crossed over, but not by much.

Take the working class, for example: a month's income is only twenty silver dragons, which is two gold pounds. And this income is already quite good in small places.

If one can earn a monthly income of three to five gold pounds, then one can live a somewhat decent life.

Yet the price of a supernatural scripture that can undergo two or three catalyst receptions is as high as 300 gold pounds.

This shows how exorbitant the prices of supernatural items are.

These are high prices that ordinary people can never afford.

Even Gune, over the past six months, through hoarded potions and materials obtained during adventures, has only accumulated less than a hundred gold pounds in funds.

Now, this "Pious Knight Breathing Method" has brought him an income of two hundred gold pounds.

Naturally, Gune would not refuse.

With so many gold pounds in funds, Gune's own plan has made considerable progress.

After agreeing on the transaction time, the two entered their small group's meeting room together.

At this moment, four people had already arrived in the salon meeting room.

Besides Yulai'er·Kojin,

there was also the short-haired, black-leather-armored, young but mature boy "Aili."

The light red-haired, red-robed "Lanxi'er," who held a lava crystal staff and was said to have completed the inheritance of supernatural tokens.

And the taciturn, cold-tempered "Heiluo," who possessed extraordinary spellcaster talent and was preparing to follow the elementalist path.

Seeing the arrival of Gune and Paul, Aili checked the security around the salon meeting room, then sat back down and began to speak.

"Since everyone is here, this meeting will officially begin."

Listening to Aili's deliberately deep voice, everyone was already used to it.

"This time, our target is the direction indicated by this magical key."

As he spoke, Aili flipped his hand, and in it appeared a very exquisite black thornwood box, the entire surface of which was densely embossed with runes.