Chapter 667: Trade
"Buzz, buzz, buzz..."
The longsword's blade struggled wildly between Bai Mo's thumb and forefinger, emitting a metallic wail that set teeth on edge.
This contraption, capable of converting kinetic energy, was difficult to grip directly, unless one were to apply force far exceeding its limits and simply shatter it.
Thus, he was actually gripping it with his psychic power, then using 'A Thousand Miles in a Foot' to compress space, reducing a one-meter distance to a single millimeter, making it appear as if he had seized the longsword with just two fingers.
...
"Side Mission: Kill the man before you. Reward Points: 10,000. Hint: This mission is a cooperative task with the Hell Squad."
"Main God, you old bastard... You're screwing with me again."
The struggling captain of the Heaven Squad suddenly heard the Main God's prompt and only then realized that the individual before her was far from a simple reclusive master; he was actually a major BOSS that required the cooperation of two teams to defeat.
Yet, having received no prior information, she had charged forward alone, delivering herself up for slaughter.
"The situation is urgent; I can only use this for now."
From her left hand, which wasn't gripping the sword, she pulled out a bottle radiating a faint, ghostly blue light from within a spatial ring, preparing to hurl the potion at Bai Mo with the utmost speed.
A hint of reluctance lingered between her brows.
After all, it was a wondrous item valued at 5,000 Contribution Points! Was she truly going to waste it just to escape?
...
"Wait," a half-girl "grew" from Ming Qi's back, only her upper body emerging from the main body's shoulder as she spoke.
Bai Mo watched the other, who resembled conjoined twins, and slightly loosened his psychic grip.
"My deepest apologies, my foolish younger sister, who only knows how to fight, has caused you trouble."
"..."
The scene before them was quite disturbing: a girl with only an upper body, "grafted" onto another woman like a plant.
However, unlike Ming Qi, who possessed a rather neutral, muscular physique, akin to a humanoid leopard, the girl who "grew" from her appeared like a porcelain doll.
"Who's foolish now!"
"Don't interrupt!" The half-girl casually patted Ming Qi's head, as if no one else were present.
"Esteemed sir, I believe we can discuss a matter of cooperation..."
"The mission..."
"Silence!"
"Very well," he said, casually releasing his hold on the silver longsword.
After regaining control of her longsword, the muscular girl Ming Qi moved aside, regretfully wiping her blade, while the half-girl detached from her, growing her own legs.
However, the most perplexing part was that her legs grew out with her skirt... there was no delightful scene to be witnessed, though no one present seemed to mind such a minor detail.
"I am Ming Qi Ling. May I inquire about your esteemed name, sir?"
"Bai."
"Mr. Bai, we possess sufficiently powerful resources on our side to facilitate various forms of cooperation." The young girl began to "flaunt her tiger skin," attempting to create an equal footing for negotiations.
As the one among Ming Qi's various personalities specialized in external negotiations, she typically appeared in the form of a harmless little girl, which could minimize the other party's wariness to the greatest extent.
At the same time, because her true spirit was still residing within Ming Qi's body, she had no fear of this current body being killed.
"Whether it is extending lifespans, altering bloodlines, or cultivating divine techniques and secret arts, our 'Qi' organization can achieve it all." Ming Qi Ling desperately tried to use information asymmetry to create an aura of mystery.
Items exchanged with the Main God were not prohibited from being re-exchanged with NPCs, as long as no information related to the Main God Temple was revealed.
After all, there were even "Teammate Cards" which could directly transform natives into Reincarnators...
Hence, many Reincarnators chose to act as middlemen, leveraging their familiarity with storylines to sell items exchanged from the Main God Temple to NPCs at exorbitant prices, profiting from the price difference.
For instance, if they knew a certain master in a certain world was deeply devoted, and his wife suffered from a serious illness, some shrewd individuals with business acumen would redeem the appropriate potions from the Main God Temple in advance, ruthlessly "shearing" the natives.
Unfortunately, this was currently a "Mist Plane," and without the advantage of a storyline, their business dealings were inevitably somewhat constrained.
"Let's proceed directly to the exchange lists." Bai Mo had no interest in going through things one by one, directly tossing a mental crystal to the other party.
The document contained a list of items available for exchange within the Holy Progenitor System, complete with detailed explanations.
"Sis, I think the organization behind this guy might be richer than the Main God..."
"..."
Normally, the Main God would automatically block information related to itself, preventing anyone outside the Reincarnators from knowing, but today, this blocking seemed to be failing.
Even for Ming Qi Ling, a Reincarnator with exceptionally developed mental power, a list thousands of pages long could not be perused in a short while.
Thus, she also tossed a pre-prepared list to Bai Mo...
The two civilizations had no prior intersection, so the overlap in their lists was minimal. Both sides were very pleased to gain access to new items.
"Second sister, come and look, this cannot be something a human from a spiritless plane could have created!"
"Could it be that the other party isn't a native either?"
"Behind that man, there's at least an entire cultivation civilization supporting him. He's undeniably a Transmigrator."
"No wonder the Main God is so insistent on killing him; it turns out rivals are always enemies..."
"If he truly is a peer, do we have a chance to..."
"Don't speak of it, and don't speculate wildly. Its might is no laughing matter. Until we have absolute certainty, we must wait."
Ming Qi's various consciousnesses held a small meeting within her body.
Being a Reincarnator was no good thing; only an extreme few lunatics would enjoy constantly teetering between life and death, searching for some damned thrill or some damned meaning of life.
If they weren't completely unable to resist the Main God's erasure, they would have long since revolted.
"If the Main Quest fails, we will be deducted double the mission reward points; if we don't have enough, we'll be erased. If we abandon this mission, we'll need to pay a penalty of one hundred thousand points."
"The profits from this trade alone will definitely exceed two hundred thousand points. I propose abandoning the mission and instead commencing large-scale transactions with the target."
"True Dragon blood, Phoenix essence blood, Xuanwu essence blood, White Tiger essence blood... Is this person's home a divine beast zoo?"
"And Innate Vermilion Fruit, Chaos Gourd, even Ancient Life Tree seeds can be exchanged?"
"But I don't recall the Ancient Life Tree being an apple tree..."
"It's hard to say, this backer might be even more formidable than the Main God."
"Is it possible he's just bluffing? Even with tens of millions of points in the Main God Temple, it might not be possible to collect all these items."
"The prices here aren't cheap either; a million Contribution Points for one portion of essence blood..."
The divine beast essence blood appearing on the exchange list was naturally put up for sale by the Four Holy Beasts, eager to buy back their freedom.
Although Bai Mo had promised to return their freedom after conquering the Sun, correspondingly, they also needed to pay an extremely hefty ransom.
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