"Twin Stars Bar, this is the place."
Guan Tong looked at the sign in front of him, not expecting that in less than a month, the broker "Black Star" had already changed shops.
Two young n were loitering at the entrance, glancing around. When they saw Guan Tong stop in front of the shop, they exchanged a look and walked over.
"Are you the client?"
"Yes, is Black Star in?"
"He is, Brother Black Star is inside, he—"
Before he could finish, Black Star, hearing the commotion outside, proactively ran out and greeted Guan Tong with a boisterous wave. "Hello, hello! Welco, valued custor! Please, co in!"
As he spoke, Black Star had already seen the nickna and points above Guan Tong's head, and a flicker of doubt crossed his mind.
Guan Tong entered the bar. The main hall had quite a few people, all looking familiar—they were the sa faces he'd seen when he t Black Star last ti, probably the latter's bodyguards or similar roles.
This was understandable. An outstanding broker inevitably ca into contact with all sorts of dangerous clients; their own safety was paramount.
"Have a seat!"
Black Star led Guan Tong to an empty table in front of the bar counter and casually asked about Uenoshi.
"That person who ca with you last ti, she's not here today?"
"No, she has matters to attend to."
During this period, as Yelanka's bodyguard, Guan Tong shouldn't have left her side, but the urgent need to improve his own strength was also pressing.
Before coming out this ti, he had left Shadow by Yelanka's side, with their vision constantly shared. If any danger arose, he could instantly Body Swap back. Coupled with Uenoshi's protection, there shouldn't be any problems.
Behind the bar counter, White Star looked at the display above Guan Tong's head, her brow lightly furrowed.
She hadn't been too keen on Black Star eting Guan Tong this ti, believing that if this person really was "Shadow," contact with him could bring many potential risks.
But now, looking at the "Mu Tong, 1" above Guan Tong's head, she wasn't so sure anymore.
Nicknas could be changed arbitrarily; what you called yourself didn't matter. But points were solid and real. If he really was "Shadow"... how could he still only have 1 point after more than half a day since the rule ended? Could it be that with his strength, he hadn't eliminated a single Contestant during that ti?
"I wonder what the esteed custor wishes to discuss in person this ti?" Black Star asked with a smile after they sat down.
"Naturally, a Commission," Guan Tong said. "Our last cooperation was pleasant. This ti, I have a new Commission. I wonder if you'll accept it."
"Could you please tell
what the Commission is about?"
Guan Tong raised his hand, and several crystalline, translucent diamond-shaped blocks appeared in his palm.
"This is..."
"Mind Power Crystals." Guan Tong placed the crystal blocks on the table. "It's an item, or more accurately, a complete set, twelve pieces in total. The effect... is that they can store Mind Power. Each piece can store up to 500 points."
This was an item Guan Tong had bought from the Market that could store and transmit Mind Power.
Even before establishing the "Trace Origin Travel Troupe," he had considered relying on others to transmit and store Mind Power for him, so he almost searched the Ascendant Market on his Terminal panel every day for relevant ability items.
It was just that such items were relatively scarce; they would be snapped up as soon as they were listed, causing him to never be able to buy one.
This ti, he managed to buy it because the seller had set a high price. Those who constantly scanned for deals might have needed to ask their funding managers whether to buy it, and seizing that mont, Guan Tong provided the funds to purchase it.
Hearing this, Black Star picked up a piece to examine. "Looking at it this way, the Commission content is to fill all twelve of these pieces?"
"Correct."
"Easy as pie!" Black Star laughed. "Haha, this Commission is so simple, I almost feel embarrassed charging a fee."
Black Star truly wasn't being modest. Twelve crystals, each storing 500 points, only totaled 6,000 points... Forget mobilizing his connections, just pooling together his own gang mbers could cover more than half of that.
Guan Tong shook his head. "My Commission isn't a one-ti deal. It's long-term."
Black Star was taken aback. "Long-term?"
"Preferably filled twice a day. The duration is indefinite. During this period, I will pay in Ascension Coins per session. Besides the people providing the Mind Power, you will also receive a fee in Ascension Coins each ti."
"..."
The usually eloquent Black Star fell into a brief silence due to shock.
Filled twice a day ant at least 12,000 points of Mind Power! And the duration was long-term... What kind of person would need tens of thousands of Mind Power points every day? And what for?!
"What's the matter, is there a difficulty?" Guan Tong asked.
Snapping back to reality, Black Star hurriedly shook his head. "No, no! Although a total of twelve thousand Mind Power points is not a small amount, given the number of Ascendants I know, as long as the Ascension Coins you offer are sufficient, filling them will be absolutely no problem!"
Hearing this, Guan Tong was very satisfied internally.
The reason he sought out Black Star this ti was precisely because he valued the latter's extensive network within the Xisiya Empire.
As one of the most famous brokers in Xisiya, Black Star must know a large number of civilian Ascendants. By having him act as a bridge in the middle, Guan Tong wouldn't have to trouble himself to find people to transmit Mind Power to him.
Of course, he could actually ask Yelanka for this matter, or have her mobilize Ascendants in a cooperative form... but the latter currently had nurous affairs and truly had no ti to spare.
Even if he wanted to cooperate with her, Guan Tong wanted to wait until she finished dealing with the pile of important tasks at hand. In the anti, he would first satisfy his requirents through Black Star's channel.
Guan Tong then gave the purchase price. "I'll pay 1 Ascension Coin for 1 point of Mind Power. If you have the skill to turn around and lower the price, I won't interfere; any extra profit you make is yours. Additionally, for each day's collection quota completed, I'll give you an extra 500 Ascension Coins."
Upon hearing this, Black Star's eyes practically sparkled.
This price was too high!
1 Coin for 1 point of Mind Power? At this price, wouldn't the Ascendants go crazy fighting to sell?
You had to understand, sold Mind Power would recover over ti. Selling 100 points of Mind Power would net you 100 Ascension Coins. Selling a few tis could match the rewards obtained after completing a rule!
And he himself would get an extra 500 per day, which would amount to fifteen thousand in a month—a significant figure for him.
However...
Black Star looked at Guan Tong, inwardly astonished: With this kind of procurent, he would have a fixed daily expenditure of 12,500 Ascension Coins! A month would be nearly four hundred thousand... Wasn't he just too rich??
In reality, he didn't know that if Guan Tong had more Mind Power transmission items, he wouldn't mind doubling the demand at all.
Because for him, keeping a hundred thousand or so Ascension Coins was completely sufficient. The remaining few million he wanted to convert into reserve Mind Power—the more, the better, and the faster, the better.
He had calculated it himself. Currently, he had eight million Ascension Coins on hand. Keeping one million, he would take out seven million to buy circulating Mind Power at a 1:1 ratio, resulting in seven million points of circulating Mind Power.
Then, following a 10:1 ratio, he would convert these seven million points of circulating Mind Power into reserve Mind Power in his own panel through the [Wordless Book]... ultimately storing seven hundred thousand!
Seven hundred thousand points of reserve Mind Power were completely sufficient for his use at this stage. Although not to the extent of squandering it freely, it would be more than enough for both combat and in-depth developnt of his spatial domain ability.
"So, do you accept this Commission?"
"Accept! Of course I accept!"
Such a great opportunity to make a hefty profit—where would Black Star let it slip by? He hurriedly confird his acceptance.
"Then let's start from tomorrow."
Guan Tong traded the crystal item to Black Star and stood up to leave.
"Tomorrow at noon and evening, I will co separately to collect the crystals."
"No problem, take care!"
"Please wait a mont." At this mont, White Star walked out from behind the bar counter and called out to Guan Tong.
Guan Tong stopped and looked over.
Black Star nervously hurried a few steps to White Star's side, lowering his voice. "White Star, what are you doing? Don't cause trouble!"
White Star ignored him, walked up to Guan Tong, and spoke with great respect. "Being able to offer such a generous and large-scale deal, it seems your identity must be quite extraordinary. Accepting your Commission might bring us trouble."
"White Star!"
Black Star anxiously pulled her arm, frantically signaling with his eyes for her to say no more.
Guan Tong looked at her, then at Black Star. "If you're afraid of trouble, why be a broker?"
"Custor, you are absolutely right!" Black Star hurriedly said. "My younger sister doesn't understand things. Please be lenient with her."
"However, what she said isn't wrong either." Guan Tong thought for a mont. "Accepting my Commission indeed carries higher risks than accepting others'. How about this: I'll additionally pay you a 'risk fee' of five thousand Ascension Coins."
After saying this, Guan Tong turned and walked out. Black Star quickly chased after him. "How can this be? We definitely cannot accept extra..."
Before he could take two steps, he suddenly felt his legs blocked by sothing, preventing him from advancing.
Looking down, he saw a mass of pitch-black shadow blocking his path.
A chill ran through Black Star's heart, and all the words he was about to say were swallowed back.
White Star behind him also saw the shadow that had transford into a roadblock. The shadow softened in the next mont, flowing swiftly along the floor, following Guan Tong's departing figure.
"Shadow... it really is him..."
Although she had suspected it earlier, when she saw Guan Tong had only 1 point, she thought it might not be him.
But the appearance of the shadow completely revealed the visitor's identity. Other things could be imitated, but this highly unique ability was unlikely to be sothing soone else could mimic.
Now, truly confirming Guan Tong's identity, White Star montarily didn't know what to say.
She only felt her heart beating faster, unable to believe she had just had an exchange with the legendary World Number One Ascendant.
"White Star, you really..." Black Star turned around and let out a bitter laugh. "Well, now you've done it, made him angry, huh?"
"Angry? But... didn't he say he'd give us an extra risk fee?"
"Stupid!" Black Star sighed heavily. "If it were just about giving a risk fee, would there have been a need for Shadow to appear? Do you think him proactively revealing his identity was a friendly gesture, silly White Star?"
White Star was taken aback. "Him proactively revealing his identity was a subtle threat, warning us not to overstep?"
"Being able to think of that ans you're not completely foolish." Black Star said helplessly. "Forget it. I originally wanted to skim a bit off the top in the middle. He offered 1 Coin per point; I planned to take 0.2 from each point and offer 0.8 outside to buy Mind Power. But thanks to your move, now we can only buy at the original price."
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