The First Store System

Chapter 1651: The Store in the Primordial Dimension(2)

Chapter 1651: The Store in the Primordial Dimension(2)

While Vaerith and Zorveth were talking, in one of the prominent locations in the central commercial district, a new building had appeared.

Even though there was ’commercial’ in the district’s name, it was more about the city administration and wasn’t very large. It was titled such because of the commercial bustle on the roads that passed through there.

The market of Namaris was instead the golden district.

Since the central commercial district was filled with different government buildings, the appearance of a new building was news to many.

Anyone who could purchase land there must be a bigshot, as every inch of land there was worth Primordial Fragments. Or the city might be establishing a new government department.

The building was located at the end of the third street, the most prominent street of the Central Commercial District; if someone walked to the end of the third street, they would find themselves standing at the entrance of the city lord’s office.

The third street connected to the Golden District, the market of Namaris.

In Namaris, if someone asked which area had the most expensive land prices. It would be the third street. There, prices were even higher than in the Noble residence district where the actual wealthy residents of the city lived.

Other than the city lord’s residence, the royal administrative office was also on the third street.

Many were surprised to see the signboard on the building and became even more surprised when they saw the name.

That building was none other than the selected location for the store in the Primordial Dimension.

The building next to the store was the commerce department, while the building in front of it was the city guard administrative Office. Not very far from there, the judicial department’s building was there.

While the store itself looked very unremarkable compared to its neighboring buildings, its land area was actually very large.

It was around two hundred meters wide, with its height around fifty meters. It was fully made of blue tiles, as if cut from a single large stone.

"It must have cost a lot of crystals."

Someone commented, with shock evident in their tone.

The currency system of the Primordial dimension was fully developed and different from the Primal and Sacred dimensions. There were no low, high, or supreme grade stones here; instead, the lowest denomination of currency was called Primordial Fragments.

It was a small, rough, irregular fragment with a faint red glow. A hundred Primordial fragments joined to form a Primordial Crystal, and they were a translucent, naturally faceted rock with visible internal veins. Then, a hundred crystals formed to create the Primordial Jade.

The Primordial Jade looked like a dense, translucent mineral with a smooth, slightly waxy appearance and deep internal patterns.

(A/N: There are further denominations, but we will focus on these three for the current time, so I only introduced these three.)

The currency system was divided based on the energy value contained in them. A Primordial Fragment only contained enough energy for one day’s cultivation of a first grade of the Seed Awakening stage of the Primordial Seed level.

The Primordial Crystal contained enough energy required for a day’s cultivation of a first grade of the Origin Flow stage of the Primordial Origin level.

The Primordial Origin was the level that came after a cultivator had completed all grades of three stages of the Primordial Seed level and broken through.

It didn’t mean that just a hundred days’ worth of energy of a Primordial Seed was equal to one day’s worth of energy of a Primordial Origin level cultivator.

The crystal contained a hundred times a fragment’s energy, but its quality was higher.

The currency system was based on quantity, as quality-based exchange would never be able to form a uniform system.

The crowd didn’t stay there for long as any people that was there either worked in some government department or was there for their work in some department.

A new group of people appeared; they had the same reaction, and then they left as well. The scene repeated throughout the day, but the store that seemed to have its doors closed from the inside stayed firmly shut.

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"Sir, the shortfall has been filled."

Myzara rushed in and announced the news before even knocking on the door.

For the entire day, Vaerith had become lethargic and seemed to be on the verge of dying.

A shortfall of three thousand Primordial Crystals was too much for him to bear. He would have to sell his entire worth to make up for that.

He tried to ask his family and other families in the city, but was refused, as even if all twelve families contributed together, they would have to spend 250 Primordial crystals each.

It was an amount that could support their entire family for a year. Even though one Primordial Crystal was only equal to one hundred fragments, there were many things that people couldn’t buy with fragments.

Any resource for a Primordial Origin level cultivator was only sold in Primordial Crystals and not fragments. You can change crystals for fragments, but not fragments for crystals.

He had requested Zorveth in the morning to take fragments as some part of the tax, but he had refused even if Vaerith was ready to pay at the price of 110 fragments per crystal.

He still remembered the chilling warning left by Zorveth before he left.

A member of the royal family was to visit Namaris to collect the tax as the said prince wants to see the Kingdom his family ruled.

If it were Zorveth, he would have tried to help Vaerith as his friend, but with that prince appearing, he could do nothing.

When Vaerith heard Myzara, his pale face immediately brightened up and he looked up.

Myzara was also very excited since she liked Vaerith as a city lord due to his easygoing nature.

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