Counter Lady: "..."
Naruto: "..."
Both were astonished.
They had never intended to sell it for such a high price.
Naruto's original intention was to leverage the momentum from last night's Dragon Slaying Celebration, selling it for a little more, perhaps around ten silver coins.
The result was a tiny bit more expensive, turning into fifty silver coins!
The key was…
Someone still bought it!
"Is this what it means to have a great scholar debate on my behalf?" Naruto felt a little secretly pleased.
The important thing was that the debate succeeded.
The other adventurers all nodded in agreement, elevating instant noodles, the most common commoner food, to an undeserved height.
Now, instant noodles were a high-class delicacy that only Gold-Grade adventurers could enjoy!
"Fi…fifty silver coins, here."
"Give me a bucket first."
Naruto, enduring the Counter Lady's surprised yet slightly sharp gaze, placed a bulging money bag on the counter.
The Counter Lady slapped her forehead, turned, and reluctantly took a bucket of instant noodles from under the counter.
Naruto immediately unsealed it, added seasonings, poured hot water, and began eating it in the hall.
The aroma of the instant noodles, a food never seen before, combined with the Dragon Slayer's marketing, stacked all the buffs, drawing all the adventurers to watch.
The table where Naruto sat was surrounded by layers of people, packed so tightly that not even a drop of water could get through.
He had never expected that eating instant noodles could have such an effect.
"Gods above, it smells so good!"
"It looks so delicious."
"I want to buy a bucket to try too."
"Alas, it's too expensive; it's enough for me to buy several bottles of healing potions and stamina potions."
"What does it taste like, Naruto, tell us quickly."
"After eating it, are there any bonuses?"
While he ate instant noodles, the surrounding adventurers chattered endlessly, asking questions.
Naruto slurped down the last noodle, then delightfully drank some soup, put down the noodle bucket, and patted his stomach contentedly, answering, "It's delicious."
"However…"
Naruto's tone shifted: "After eating instant noodles, I didn't feel any attribute increase, but the taste was excellent; it's not an exaggeration to call it a delicacy of the human world."
A delicacy of the human world was, of course, a bit of an exaggeration.
But for ordinary people in the Goblin Slayer World who had never eaten instant noodles, it wasn't an overstatement.
"The price is a bit high; adventurers with spare money can try it, but adventurers who are short on cash shouldn't follow the trend and buy it. It's better to save money to buy some excellent equipment to strengthen yourselves and kill more monsters," Naruto said, waving his hand.
"Is it that delicious?"
"Too bad there's no bonus; the price is indeed a bit high."
"I think it's fine; fifty silver coins is acceptable."
"Oh, I'll pass; I can't afford it, I can't afford it."
The surrounding adventurers exchanged words and then dispersed.
After Naruto's "interference," everyone regained their rationality, and their impulse to buy instant noodles significantly decreased.
But Naruto was not disappointed.
Instant noodles, at fifty silver coins a bucket, were not originally for ordinary adventurers; Silver-rank Adventurers would still buy them if they wanted to.
Compared to a bucket of instant noodles that was all hype, new adventurers needed a good set of equipment more.
This was also why Naruto actively disrupted the situation.
"Ah, my heart is still too kind; I can't be a black-hearted merchant."
Naruto took down the Goblin extermination request from the notice board and whispered to the Counter Lady.
"You got the advantage and still act innocent~"
The Counter Lady gave Naruto a slight eye roll.
Ordinary instant noodles, originally planned to be sold for five or ten silver coins, were now selling for fifty silver coins, which was naturally a huge profit.
At this rate, Naruto buying a car and a house and hiring servants in the Goblin Slayer World was just around the corner.
At this moment.
Several Shadow Clones, who were cultivating Ninjutsu far away in the Goblin Forest, automatically dispersed with a "poof," and their experience and memories returned to the main body.
"Have I learned Fire Dragon Flame Bullet and Multiplication Technique?"
Naruto's eyes immediately lit up.
His innate Chakra attribute was Wind, and that day he casually "found" some Ninjutsu scrolls from Hiruzen Sarutobi's home, but they were all Fire Release Ninjutsu, which made the Shadow Clones "devour" them for a while.
Now, he had finally learned the B-rank Ninjutsu—Fire Release: Fire Dragon Flame Bullet.
"I need to find an secluded place to test its power and also see how much my body attributes increased from bathing in Dragon Blood yesterday."
Naruto left the Border Town and hurried to the nearby forest.
While running, he brought up his attribute panel in his vision:
[Uzumaki Naruto]
[Race: Human]
[Level: LV10]
[Profession: Shadow Assassin]
[Strength: 15]
[Agility: 10]
[Constitution: 25]
[Spirit: 20]
[Skills: Three Body Technique (Proficient), Sexy Jutsu (Beginner), Taijutsu (Proficient), Extract Chakra (Mastery), Ninja Tool Usage (Mastery), Fire Release: Fire Dragon Flame Bullet (Beginner), Multiplication Technique (Beginner), Chakra Nature Transformation (Beginner), Chakra Form Transformation (Beginner)…]
(Note: Skill proficiency from low to high: Beginner, Proficient, Mastery, Master, Perfect)
[Equipment: goblin dagger (Green), mist ring (Blue)…]
(Note: Equipment quality from low to high: Gray, White, Green, Blue, Purple, Orange, Gold, Dark Gold, Red, Colorful)
[Assessment: Decisive in battle, with rich combat experience, you are no longer the rookie adventurer you once were. Goblins cannot hinder your progress. Dragon slaying has become a new goal. Now, why not find a Troll to verify what you have learned?]
Naruto's gaze swept over the pop-up window, his face beaming.
He hadn't expected the effect of Dragon Blood to be so significant.
Originally, among the four basic attributes, [Constitution] was the weakest, and [Spirit] was the highest.
After the Dragon Blood body tempering last night, the lowest value of [Constitution] directly became the highest among the four basic attributes.
As [Constitution] became stronger, [Strength] also increased. [Spirit] increased by a small amount, not much, because it was tempered and trained by enduring the pain of refining the body.
Now, [Agility] was the lowest attribute instead.
"Three Body Technique" (Clone Jutsu, Substitution Jutsu, Transformation Jutsu), Taijutsu, and Ninja Tool Usage were all skills that the Shadow Clones leveled up by "grinding experience," without using experience scrolls.
Chakra Nature Transformation should have been mastered before learning Fire Release: Fire Dragon Flame Bullet.
After all, to use Fire Release, one naturally needs to convert ordinary Chakra into fire-attribute Chakra.
As for Chakra Form Transformation.
It had nothing to do with Fire Release: Fire Dragon Flame Bullet, mainly due to the training of "tree climbing" and "water walking."
Tree climbing requires concentrating Chakra at the soles of the feet and releasing an appropriate amount of Chakra through the soles to adhere to the tree trunk.
If there is too much Chakra, it might damage the tree trunk or cause a rebound.
If there is too little, one will fall.
This requires precise control and continuous output capability, which is the basic part of form transformation—controlling the amount and distribution of Chakra.
Water walking training is an even greater challenge because the water surface is fluid, unlike a fixed tree trunk.
At this time, not only is it necessary to control the amount of Chakra, but also to adjust the Chakra output in real-time according to the fluctuations of the water surface to maintain balance.
This involves Chakra control in a dynamic environment, and possibly also the ability to react instantly to Chakra output, belonging to a more advanced application.