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Chapter 180: Chapter 122: [Ten Thousand Year Ghost Locust Tree]_2

Having made up his mind, he no longer hesitated. With a mere thought, the Ultra Long-Distance Space Gate Random Deployment Platform before him was activated.

Outside the entrance to the Ruins Market, following intense spatial fluctuations, 42 vortex portals appeared almost simultaneously.

After completing these actions, Song Chi didn't involve himself further. The Power of Laws circulated around him, and in an instant, he transformed from a human form into a Moruo Clan member with a crescent-shaped horn on his head. He then walked directly into a shop by the street.

Having opened the Ruins Market for trade so many times, his mindset had long since become serene, devoid of the nervousness and anticipation he'd felt during the initial few openings.

Inside the Oddity Exchange Shop, he looked around at nearly a hundred variegated Starry Sea Oddities in the shop all by himself.

Positioned in the most conspicuous place above the shop were three oddities emitting a purple glow.

[Time Stone][Millennium Ghost Locust Wood][Molten Crystal]

Undoubtedly, all three were strange objects that couldn't be transformed into ship-mounted components, otherwise, Song Chi wouldn't have put them up for trade.

Among them, the first two were acquired from that battle with the Blood Blade Star Thieves, and they were also the two objects his grandfather and his uncle had received previously.

Song Chi casually mentioned to them that he had a channel to sell the two for the original price, and thereafter, without saying much, his grandfather and uncle entrusted him with both items, showing full trust in him.

Because of this, Song Chi felt a warm sentiment inside; the feeling of having a warm, large family was really quite pleasant.

At the same time, he also made a decision. After the trade at this Ruins Market was over, and before the next Ruins Market trade began, he would take out one of the four remaining Ruins Market Guest Tokens he had and reveal it to his parents, grandfather, and uncle, using it as a cover for his own fortunes.

The explanation would be simple. He would say that during his first expedition to the Alien Star Domain, he had luckily encountered a Spatial Gate deployed by the Zhu Tian Ruins Market, which is how he obtained that Ruins Market Guest Token.

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He had given this decision careful thought.

This way, he could explain the circumstances of his fortunes, and when he continues to provide the family with various resources, he could perfectly account for their origins.

Moreover, this would make it convenient to collect resources needed by family members in the future, accelerating everyone's advancement, a strategy that promised multiple benefits.

The reason he didn't reveal his identity as the Ruins Market Master was simple.

His family would soon be returning to the main family. While he absolutely trusted the elders of his own family, he felt quite differently about the Dinghai Song Family, a clan with nearly three thousand years of heritage, with its intricate internal factions that were enough to make one's head throb just thinking about them.

With a population in the tens of millions, who could guarantee that there weren't individuals with ill intentions, looking only to suppress and exploit their clanmates?

The value of the Zhu Tian Ruins Market and the secret realm behind it goes without saying. The worth is immeasurable, and precisely because of this, it's more likely to attract covetous outsiders. The fewer people who know, the less the risk of exposure.

As they say, human nature is unpredictable. Song Chi didn't want to gamble, and keeping it a secret was the best choice.

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The third purple relic, [Molten Crystal], was one he had purchased from the multifunctional Chenxing shop after acquiring the Senbai Bone Flame, spending merely fifty thousand strands of Zero Rank Floating Land Origin. Explore more adventures at M V L

Beneath the three purple relics were more than twenty blue oddities. A small portion of these were purchased from the multifunctional Chenxing shop, and the rest, apart from a few left over from before, were acquired from the battle with the Blood Blade Star Thieves, also through casual requests made to his family members.

The remaining almost seventy items were all white oddities, sourced similarly to the blue ones mentioned above.

Looking at the more than ninety oddities, Song Chi nodded in satisfaction. It wasn't an extravagant assortment, but there was at least an initial scale to it, unlike when he had just opened this exchange shop and it was rather shabby.

Furthermore, he believed that with each successive opening of the Ruins Market for trade, the scale of this Oddity Exchange Shop would undoubtedly grow larger and larger. In time, not to mention a few scant purple oddities, even orange oddities, or red-level Starry Sea oddities, would appear on the shelves of this shop.

But let's not get ahead of Song Chi, who was currently contemplating a bright future.

Far beyond the Star River, the Primordial Continent, Luofu Sword Sect.

Among the six peaks of the Sword Sect, at the Heavy Sword Peak, atop the Heavy Sword Pavilion.

Since he'd become a direct disciple of the Heavy Sword Peak, Zhou Ping had transformed overnight, becoming the current Third Senior Brother of the Heavy Sword Peak.

Now he resided in the true inheritance hall situated nearest the peak of the mountain, while his cultivation place was within the Heavy Sword Pavilion, where the spiritual mechanism was most pure; he lived a carefree life.

At this moment, while Zhou Ping was cultivating with all his might in the Heavy Sword Pavilion, he suddenly opened his eyes, looked down at the bronze token hanging from his waist, which was flickering with red light.

"Has the new Ruins Market trade started?"

He muttered softly to himself, then sprang up from his meditative state and rushed towards the main hall of the Heavy Sword Peak.

Inside the main hall, after explaining the situation, the Peak Master of the Heavy Sword Peak at the head of the hall, "True Sword Immortal," waved his hand gently. Then, an exquisite storage bag flew out and finally landed in Zhou Ping's hands.

This was a super-large storage bag, with a space exceeding two hundred cubic meters, also something the Luofu Sword Sect prepared monthly for Zhou Ping.

Inside the storage bag were various medicinal herbs, minerals, spiritual mechanisms, and treasures of heaven and earth (Starry Sea Oddities), and Zhou Ping's task was to sell them at high prices within 24 hours after entering the Zhu Tian Ruins Market.

Taking the storage bag, Zhou Ping waved his hand at his waist to activate the Ruins Market Guest Token.

Simultaneously, within the Ruins Market Secret Realm, Song Chi's eyebrows rose slightly as he felt the transfer request coming from the second Guest Token.

After a pause of two seconds, his mind moved, and he agreed to the transfer.

On the second floor of the inn, the second guest room, accompanied by a mild spatial fluctuation, Zhou Ping deftly opened the door and then went downstairs to the free stall area, beginning to place the items from the storage bag one by one onto his own booth.

At this moment, there weren't many creatures in the Ruins Market, so taking this opportunity, he quickly walked through the shops on both sides of the street, and as usual, purchased several sets of military exoskeleton armor, ten First Rank combat robots, and dozens of matching energy batteries.

Seeing this, Song Chi coughed lightly in his mind.

"Is this taking the cyber cultivation path further and further away?"

While pondering, Zhou Ping had already made his way to the Oddity Exchange Shop.

Entering the shop, Zhou Ping swept a glance at Song Chi, in the form of a Moruo Clan member, then went straight to the central counter and pulled out a black cloth bag from the storage bag, followed immediately by a moderately sized wooden box.

"Sir, here are 50 Titanium Crystals, 1,000 portions of Body Tempering Liquid, and 100 boxes of Body Tempering Paste for this time."

As he finished speaking, the cloth bag and wooden box that were in front of him on the counter disappeared together, and at the same time, the bronze token at his waist grew hot, and the just consumed times were restored.

After doing all this, Zhou Ping was about to leave the shop, but when his sight swept over the three strange objects at the top of the shop, his figure suddenly halted, and his gaze fell on one of them, the [Ten Thousand Year Ghost Locust Wood].

In a corner of the shop, Song Chi disguised as a Moruo Clan member felt a move in his heart.

Although Zhou Ping was trying his best to conceal it, how could he fool Song Chi, the Ruins Market Lord? The moment Zhou Ping saw the [Ten Thousand Year Ghost Locust Wood] strange object, his eyes trembled ever so slightly.

Obviously, the [Ten Thousand Year Ghost Locust Wood] must be of great value in the Primordial Continent behind him.

With this conclusion, on the surface, Song Chi seemed unruffled, but inwardly he was all smiles.

Zhou Ping had the entire Luofu Sword Sect behind him, qualifying him as possibly the biggest potential consumer in each Ruins Market trade. Since the opportunity had arisen, Song Chi thought it was only right to skim a substantial amount of profit from him.

He was in urgent need of Second Rank or higher Floating Land Origin, and this was like being offered a pillow when drowsy.

ps: Some readers said the pace was too fast, so let's slow it down a bit, don't call me out for padding the story!