Humans are devouring and selling off the heavens.

Chapter 31 Xu Qing, a Conscientious Merchant (2-in-1)

After Zheng Zha finished his repairs, the surviving members and their wives gathered at Zhang Jie's house.

"Haha, I never thought we'd come back alive." Zhang Jie laughed, putting his arm around the classically beautiful woman and clinking glasses with the others.

"Ah, I have never tasted food and wine so delicious."

Saito looked at the steam rising from the food and felt the satisfaction of swallowing it; it all felt so real.

That's the feeling of being alive.

Of the fourteen newcomers, only Qi Tengyi and the handsome young woman with the cold face survived.

In this smoky, bustling environment, the survivors of the Curse of the Dead felt alive again.

Upon hearing Saito Hajime's words, Zhang Jie first took a deep drag on his cigarette, then sighed as he exhaled the smoke:
"It's all thanks to Zheng Zha. Sigh, I never thought I'd drag you down again..."

Zheng Zha thought Zhang Jie was complaining about his weakness and inability to help him, so he smiled wryly:
"No way, I just didn't expect that strengthening everyone's gene locks would increase the difficulty of the dungeon..."

Despite Zheng Zha's comforting words, a strange emotion flashed in Zhang Jie's eyes, and he hugged the classical beauty in his arms even tighter.

"That's just my guess."

Chu Xuan picked up the conversation, holding an apple, taking a bite before saying:

"However, if the main god truly intends for us to evolve through life and death, then it is absolutely impossible for us to become complacent after being strengthened."

"Given that Alien and Ju-on are only 5 people apart in difficulty, yet there's such a huge difference in intensity, the Supreme God must have its own scoring mechanism. I just don't know what it uses to score them..."

Everyone fell silent upon hearing this, especially Zhang Jie, who was usually cheerful but now remained silent...

"Sigh, if those beasts hadn't destroyed the Buddhist scriptures, Brother Zheng wouldn't have had to risk his life like this," Saito said indignantly, taking a sip of his drink.

Originally, with the Buddhist scriptures found in the world of Ju-on, plus the sun brooch, everything was fine for the past few days.

But who knew that in the terrifying environment surrounded by ghosts, several newcomers actually went mad, wanting to possess the Buddhist scripture for themselves, and when they couldn't get it, they destroyed it.

Upon hearing this, Zhang Jie replied with a disdainful expression:
"Heh, kid, you're still too green. What are you dreaming about? What use do you think Buddhist scriptures are to that Kayako? Do you think the God of God will let us get through this so easily?"

At this point, Chu Xuan, Lingdian, and several other elders also showed expressions of approval.

They killed the Alien Queen in the previous horror movie world, and all they got was a D-rated side quest.

Upon entering the Ju-on instance, they were immediately given an A-rank side quest in exchange for killing Kayako.

In this situation, how could the Supreme God possibly allow them to be dismissed with a Buddhist scripture?

"Haha."

Laughter rang out; it was Zhang Jie laughing loudly again. He looked at Zheng Zha:
"Zheng Zha has now obtained an A-level side quest, so he can exchange it for dragon blood now, right?"

Zheng Zha smiled when he heard this.

Although he narrowly escaped death this time, he also developed the advanced power of "explosion" - "destruction".

Moreover, he also received an A-level side quest and a full 10,000 reward points!
The others also each received two C-level side quests, plus three thousand reward points.

"Even so, I still don't know how to handle team fights." But after his initial excitement, Zheng Zha frowned again.

Upon hearing this, Zhan Lan, who still retained a somewhat frail air, couldn't help but smile:

"Sigh, when I think about how the Alien Queen only has 3000 reward points and a D-level side quest, while I have a positive one point, it's actually worth 9000 reward points and a B-level side quest. I feel like the God of the Main God is really good at pricing."

Hearing Zhan Lan's self-deprecating words, everyone fell silent.

The team battle information appeared at 10:00 AM.

[Killing the enemy team and having a member who has unlocked the gene lock will grant 7,000 reward points and one B-level side quest. If the entire enemy team is wiped out, each member of the surviving team will receive one C-level side quest reward.]

[The loss of one team member will result in a negative score, while the loss of an enemy member will result in a positive score. The final score multiplied by 2000 will be the reward points for the remaining members of both teams.]

These are the team battle rules given by the Supreme God.

With such a huge reward, it's impossible not to kill. The next team battle will definitely be a life-or-death struggle, and there will be absolutely no other way.

In this silent environment, after finishing his meal, Zheng Zha opened the Zhutian Pavilion panel in his mind.

…………

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With a whoosh, as time returned to the present, the instant Xu Qing agreed to receive him, Zheng Zha reappeared in the Zhutian Pavilion.

Looking at Zheng Zha, who had returned to the Pavilion of All Heavens, Xu Qing smiled slightly and said:

"Mr. Zheng, it's been a long time. How have you been?"

"Thank you for your concern, Pavilion Master Xu."

After the two exchanged pleasantries, Xu Qing asked with a smile:

"Mr. Zheng, if I may be so bold as to ask, how many teammates do you have now? What horror movie did you just experience? And how many reward points and side quests did you get?"

Although he didn't know why Xu Qing asked that question, Zheng Zha still answered them one by one:

“There are 8 of us now. The horror movie we just watched was Ju-on. I got an A-level side quest and 1 reward points, while my teammates each got two C-level side quests and 3000 reward points.”

The Curse? 3000 reward points, 7 teammates... Upon hearing this, Xu Qing stroked his chin and nodded, saying:
"So your teammates took the gene serum, which should have unlocked their genetic potential, right?"

"Yes."

That's not surprising... Xu Qing nodded.

Gene potions can enhance genes and unlock gene locks, so it's not surprising. This was something he had already considered; otherwise, he wouldn't have dared to sell dragon blood and plant spirits at such high prices.

As for why I'm saying this...

Zheng Zha and his friends received far more reward points and side quests than they did in the original Ju-on.

It's likely that after taking the gene potion, everyone unlocked their gene lock, and their scores increased.

In addition, with so many gene locks, and Zhang Jie, the guide, not yet relinquishing his captain authority to become Zheng Zha's soul ring, the difficulty level has changed dramatically.

The difficulty of the A-level side quests... well, if Xu Qing hadn't held back and let Zheng Zha learn an explosive technique, he might have lost his client.

After stroking his chin and thinking for a long time, Xu Qing smiled and said to Zheng Zha:

"Mr. Zheng, with just one A-level side quest and 1 reward points, you can take away your Dragon Blood and Spirit of Plants."

After confirming that the gene enhancement from "Swallowed Star" would also work on "Infinite Terror," Xu Qing actually lowered the price.

"Huh? Pavilion Master Xu, doesn't the Spirit of Plants require two A-level side quests?" Zheng Zha couldn't believe it when he heard this.

A slight smile appeared on Xu Qing's lips:
"As the saying goes, things are valued for their rarity. I just received a new batch of goods, and the dragon blood and spirits of plants are no longer important to me. Take them."

He had just acquired over a hundred plant spirits and a dragon blood production line, which was practically risk-free and highly profitable for him, so he naturally didn't care.

Moreover, after learning about the massive amount of reward points Zheng Zha's teammates possessed, he knew he could never possibly lose out on this deal...

Did you receive a batch of goods?

Zheng Zha was taken aback upon hearing this.

Are they not even concerned about Dragon Blood and Spirit of Herbs, which are far superior to Grade A gene potions?
If Dragon Blood and Spirit of Plants were only slightly superior to the same-priced enhancements of the Main God, they now completely crush the same-priced enhancements of the Main God!
Thinking of this, Zheng Zha's eyes were filled with excitement as he turned his gaze to the dragon blood and spirits of plants on the display shelf.

But the moment Zheng Zha turned to look at the display shelf, his pupils suddenly contracted.

"This is?!"

Zheng Zha's Adam's apple bobbed. Under his gaze, the shelves on the display racks stretched out continuously, becoming vast and boundless, hundreds, thousands, even billions of times larger than the small pavilion he was in, instantly filling his entire field of vision.

Each grid unit was like an independent world, and the scene within it deeply impressed Zheng Zha.

My gaze swept over each unit.

In some units, tens of thousands of Grade A gene-enhancing drugs are piled up like mountains.

In some units, millions of Gauss rifles were neatly arranged...

some……

The various rare and exotic items were densely packed together, too numerous for Zheng Zha to count. Even more terrifying, in some of the compartments, tens of thousands of monster corpses lay strewn about, their enormous bodies towering majestically, tens or even hundreds of meters high, like mountain peaks!

Zheng Zha's gaze suddenly fixed on a unit, and then he gasped—

A monster carcass several kilometers long was coiled up there!

That enormous body was like a solidified mountain. Even though it had lost its life, its aura still carried an unimaginable and terrifying pressure, which was countless times more terrifying than the mountain-like Kayako of the past!
"Monster King?! Octopus Beast King?!" Zheng Zha muttered to himself, his voice filled with disbelief as he looked at the information above.

Is this what Master Xu calls "purchasing goods"?
No wonder he didn't care about dragon blood and the spirits of plants.

Originally, after Zheng Zha killed Kayako with "Destruction", he felt that he had almost become a superman.

But the scene before him made him realize instantly that he was nothing more than a frog in a well...

As Zheng Zha regained his senses, he seemed to wake from a dream. The worlds of different shapes and sizes vanished before his eyes like dream bubbles, returning to the appearance of ordinary display shelves, as if the breathtaking scene had never happened.

The ability to contain a mustard seed within a Sumeru, and a speck of dust within the void, along with the monster corpses resembling a mountain range, gave Zheng Zha a more direct and profound understanding of the unfathomable depth of Xu Qing, the Lord of the Heavens Pavilion.

With a sense of awe, Zheng Zha was about to leave with the dragon blood and the spirit of the plants after the transaction was completed.

But Xu Qing called out to him.

"Zheng Zha, aren't you going to bring some back for your teammates to exchange?"

"Master Xu, please stop teasing me. I don't have any money right now." Hearing this, Zheng Zha, who had just finished the transaction, had a wry smile on his face.

“I’m not joking, Zheng Zha,” Xu Qing said seriously, looking at Zheng Zha.

"You alone certainly couldn't protect all your teammates, which is why you exchanged those gene potions for them before, right?"

Seeing Zheng Zha nod, Xu Qing's lips curled up slightly, and he continued:

"But even if you have a lot of reward points, they are limited and cannot be exchanged for the power to keep everyone alive. I believe you are also troubled by this, right?"

After hearing these words, a glint appeared in Zheng Zha's eyes:
"Sect Master Xu, do you mean... you have a solution?"

He is essentially a sentimental person. After these life-and-death experiences together, he has come to like his teammates and wants to survive with them.

But the curse had already slapped him in the face, telling him that it was almost impossible.

In response to Zheng Zha's question, Xu Qing replied with a smile:

"Of course there is a way. I'm about to give you something."

After Xu Qing finished speaking, Zheng Zha saw him wave his right hand in the air, and a piece of paper appeared in the air and floated towards him.

Zheng Zha watched this amazing scene and couldn't help but take the paper.

The paper not only listed items from the Zhutian Pavilion such as Grade A gene potions and spirits of plants, but also indicated the reward points and the price of each side quest.

Not only that, but at the bottom right corner, there is also a large "Number of times 20".

After reading the paper, Zheng Zha couldn't help but ask in confusion:

"Sect Master Xu, what is this?"

Xu Qing smiled and said:

"This is a contract. You just need to bring this contract back. With this contract, each time you use a certain number of uses, your teammates will get something they want."

This is the new ability Xu Qing gained after his power reached the planetary level and he became a two-star pavilion master.

[Contract: An item contract is created by the Pavilion Master. After the client brings the contract back to this world, others can also trade with the All-Heavens Pavilion through the client's contract, consuming one use to obtain one item...]

This is the fundamental reason why Xu Qing was willing to lower the price.

Compared to making a high-priced transaction with just one person, it's definitely more profitable to transact with a dozen or more people at once!
Pinduoduo became an e-commerce giant by focusing on volume, so how could Xu Qing not understand this principle?!

Compared to Zheng Zha's 10,000 reward points, Xu Qing still felt that his teammate's 20,000 reward points were more appealing.

However, Xu Qing's current power is still weak, and he can only create one contract per day with a maximum of 20 uses.

As for why not give it to Klein?

Uh……

Xu Qing had also thought about it.

But Zheng Zha's teammates can at least give him 21000 points.

As for those few extraordinary individuals around Klein... let's not even talk about how they all rely on Klein's connections... right now, if they can even make a Sequence 6, that would be considered a success...

…………

Upon hearing Xu Qing's words, Zheng Zha could not believe it and was deeply shaken.

Just how powerful is the Pavilion Master of the Heavenly Pavilion?
In the God's Space, reward points cannot be transferred to others; you can only purchase items for someone else once at most.

This is the ironclad rule of the Main God Space.

Zheng Zha originally thought that Xu Qing would pull him out of the Main God Space in order to get his reward points.

But now, Xu Qing can bypass the laws of the Main God in the Main God Space simply by drawing a contract?
Coupled with Xu Qing's indifference to dragon blood and the spirits of plants, Zheng Zha finally believed what Chu Xuan said.

"The Pavilion of All Heavens... is an existence above even the Supreme God!"

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel a greater sense of awe.

"Thank you, Pavilion Master."

After sincerely thanking Xu Qing, Zheng Zha was about to leave with the scroll when Xu Qing called him back again.

"Your next match is a team battle, right?"

Zheng Zha was taken aback upon hearing this.

"You know this too, Pavilion Master?"

Upon receiving the reply, Zheng Zha only saw Xu Qing's lips curl into an uncontrollable smile as he took 20 vials of Grade B gene serum from the display shelf and handed them to Zheng Zha.

Before Zheng Zha could speak, Xu Qing said:

"This is not a gift; I'm giving you a task."

"You must kill every enemy you encounter, but before that, make sure they have all unlocked their genetic potential."

Holy crap, this isn't a mission at all.
Upon hearing this, Zheng Zha immediately understood what Xu Qing meant.

He hadn't forgotten the team battle rules set by the Supreme God.

Huh? Enemies?

Isn't that a B-level side quest and reward point?

If you hadn't told me, I would have thought God had put an ATM in a horror movie.

Zheng Zha could already see the huge reward points and side quests beckoning to him.

He suddenly felt that Xu Qing's figure was incredibly tall: How could there be such a good person? Where can you find such a conscientious merchant who thinks only of his customers?
……

"Ah!"

On the other side, in a pile of iron filings half a person's height, Luo Feng, who had been working on screws with dark circles under his eyes for a month, suddenly sneezed.

"Who the hell insulted me?"

Luo Feng was completely baffled. Could it be that he had ruined his health by staying up all night for a month?

I always feel like while I'm carrying a heavy burden, some bastards are enjoying themselves...

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Luo Feng: Have you considered my feelings?

This is the only chapter today, combining two parts.

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