Swallowing the Stars: Ten Thousand Times Return for Taking on Disciples

Chapter 34 Selling the Fruit of Life
Qianwu City, Treasure Pavilion.

When Lu Qingshan first came to Qianwu City, he traded here once, selling several Force weapons and obtaining a five-star membership in the shop. So this time, he came here first.

"Welcome to the Treasure Pavilion..."

As soon as Lu Qingshan entered the store, a sales assistant greeted him.

"Where is your supervisor, Ruyan?"

Lu Qingshan asked a question.

These sales associates have limited levels of expertise. The items he wanted to buy and sell this time were too valuable, so he didn't waste time and went directly to the supervisor with whom he had a relatively pleasant transaction last time.

"So, you are a guest of Manager Ruyan. I will inform her now."

Before Lu Qingshan had even finished his cup of tea, Ruyan came down from the second floor. When she saw Lu Qingshan, her eyes lit up slightly, and her beautiful face broke into a sweet smile.

"My lord, how can I, Ruyan, be of service this time?"

Supervisor Ruyan walked over and sat down opposite Lu Qingshan.

Lu Qingshan smiled faintly, remaining unmoved by Ru Yan's provocative gaze.

Do you have any treasures here that represent the accumulated power of a Domain Lord for sale?

"My lord, our Treasure Pavilion sells items that allow domain lords to accumulate Origin Force. I wonder which type you would like..."

As she spoke, she used a smart projector to display all the products that Lu Qingshan needed.

"Moon Essence Spirit Grass... worth 10 billion cosmic coins per root."

"Blood Dragon Fruit...130 billion cosmic coins each."

“Mysterious Ice Jade Marrow Fruit...one for every Hunyuan.”

"Seven-Colored Glazed Fruit...one for every ten Hunyuan."

"Dragon Blood Bodhi Seeds...one for every 100 Hunyuan."

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The most cost-effective E-grade nutrient solution is not sold here; it is obviously a limited-edition product of the Virtual Universe Company and is not easy to obtain.

The other treasures are basically rare and precious materials produced in the secret realms of the universe.

You get what you pay for. For example, the most expensive Dragon Blood Bodhi Seed can directly elevate a Domain Lord from the first level to the peak of the ninth level.

But the price is equally prohibitive.

One hundred Mixed Yuan Units!
It should be noted that the total wealth of an ordinary realm lord is only about 10 Chaos Units. Even powerful realm lords who accept the recognition of the Origin Law rarely have that much money.

A single Dragon Blood Bodhi seed can bankrupt a realm lord.

There's also the Seven-Colored Glazed Fruit, which comes from the Seven-Colored Secret Realm. This is an extremely dangerous secret realm in the Qianwu Universe Kingdom, where only powerful Realm Lords are qualified to venture. Countless Realm Lords have perished there, so the rare and precious natural treasures produced there are naturally exceptionally valuable.

A single Seven-Colored Glazed Fruit can raise Lu Qingshan's strength from the sixth level of Domain Lord to the ninth level, and it's similar to a nutrient solution, with no side effects. The only drawback is that it's too expensive.

Ten Hunyuan, why don't you just rob them!
Ultimately, the impoverished Lu Qingshan only had two choices: Blood Dragon Fruit and Mystic Ice Jade Marrow Fruit.

As for the cheapest Moon Essence Spirit Grass, it's a case of "you get what you pay for." It can enhance strength, but the effect is very limited, so Lu Qingshan didn't think much of it...

"Give me ten dragon fruits."

Lu Qingshan made his choice quickly.

Although a single Xuanbing Jade Marrow Fruit far surpasses the Blood Dragon Fruit, requiring only one to advance two ranks, the price is still a bit high. The price difference for ten Blood Dragon Fruits is only slight, but the combined effect of ten is almost twice that of a Xuanbing Jade Marrow Fruit. The thrifty Lu Qingshan would definitely choose the one with the higher cost-performance ratio.

In any case, a slower rate of improvement makes it easier to adapt to changes in one's own strength.

Ultimately, it's only a difference of one month versus one year; we can wait that long. Upon hearing Lu Qingshan's choice, Ruyan's eyes lit up. Ten Blood Dragon Fruits—that's another transaction worth more than one Hunyuan unit!

This unknown Futaba Inui shaman was practically her lucky star.

"However, I don't have enough cash. I'll use this Fruit of Life as payment for the goods, and I'll use the rest to buy some other things..."

Lu Qingshan took out the remaining Fruit of Life from his spatial ring.

There was no other way; he had spent almost all his money on himself, and now he was too poor. He only had about 300 billion universe coins, which was far from enough to buy the Blood Dragon Fruit.

"Oh, it's the Fruit of Life; the life force has hardly dissipated..."

Ru Yan's eyes lit up, and she quickly said, "Our Treasure Pavilion is willing to buy this Fruit of Life for 2.3 Hunyuan."

This price...

Lu Qingshan thought for a moment and then nodded.

The price is a bit low. If it were put at a Qianwu auction, it should fetch a price of 2.5 Hunyuan or higher.

However, selling directly to the Treasure Pavilion would save time, so it's not unacceptable. Besides, he currently has too little capital and doesn't yet qualify to attend the Qianwu Auction.

To participate in this kind of high-level, cosmic-nation-level primary auction, the minimum requirement is 10 Hunyuan, or at least a three-star user of one of the two major cosmic banks.

Considering that Luo Feng was only at the Stellar level, he had the funds to participate in such an auction, and even bought the Divine Weapon and the skin of the Demon Slayer Clan, and conceived a Demon Slayer Clan clone, while he himself was about to become a Realm Lord, he didn't even have the qualifications to participate in an auction. Lu Qingshan once again felt deeply impoverished.

It seems that with the two refund opportunities next year, I should probably think about how to make more money.

"Alright, I'll sell it to you."

Lu Qingshan didn't say much.

"Sir, ten Blood Dragon Fruits cost 1.3 Hunyuan. Since you are a five-star member of our Treasure Pavilion, you can get a 95% discount, making it 1.235 Hunyuan units. After deducting that, you will have 1.065 Hunyuan units left. Would you like to order anything else?"

Ruyan's eyes were full of anticipation for the transaction.

After all, with this inflow and outflow, Treasure Pavilion makes more profit, and her commission naturally increases accordingly.

"Your Treasure Pavilion should have Lan Ke Fruit, right?"

Lu Qingshan thought for a moment and then said.

Lanco fruit is a precious treasure used to cultivate plant life. Although it cannot compare with the fruit of life, it is cheaper and has a higher cost performance.

"My lord, the Lanco Fruits you need are in stock in the store. They are usually sold in sets of one hundred, costing two hundred billion universe coins. About two sets of Lanco Fruits should be enough to cultivate the Moyun Vine seedling to the first level of the universe."

"Give me four sets."

Lu Qingshan certainly didn't intend to use these four hundred Lan Ke fruits himself, but rather to give them to his two disciples. In this way, the value returned would be at least more than ten Hunyuan.

Once you've secured the qualification for the auction, there won't be any problems.

The four sets of Lan Ke Fruits cost another 800 billion Universe Coins. Even with a 95% discount, it still used up most of Lu Qingshan's remaining Universe Coins. Now, he has about 200 billion Universe Coins left after selling the Life Fruits. Adding his original savings, his total Universe Coins are about 500 billion.

This doesn't even include the 2500 billion cosmic coins owed to Emperor Ive of the Silver Blue Empire. This money hasn't matured yet, and Lu Qingshan doesn't plan to repay it early, since interest was agreed upon at the time.

Adding to the debts owed by his father-in-law, Lu Qingshan's current cash reserves are now almost zero.

Fortunately, he only needs to wait about half a year for his wallet to become full again.

"Manager Ruyan, would it be alright if you gave me two more seedlings of the Moyun Vine?"

Ruyan smiled brightly and said, "Sir, you are a distinguished guest of our Treasure Pavilion. Two seedlings of the Cloud-Moving Vine are nothing to us, so we will certainly not be stingy."

(End of this chapter)