Transaction Complete

The Middle-Aged Man was dressed very carefully, but his face was pale and unhealthy.

"You want to do business with me?" The man put down his teacup, looked up at Gu Ding, and his gaze was clearly appraising.

"That's right." Gu Ding nodded. He could clearly see the intensity of the aura above the other party's head. That intensity was no less than that of a True God of the Tenth Sequence. This meant that the other party should be able to break through his current cultivation level and reach the Tenth Sequence True God at any time.

"Do you know my business rules?" the Middle-Aged Man asked casually.

"I don't know, but I don't mind listening." Gu Ding shook his head directly.

"I don't do business with strangers of unknown origin. That one rule alone is enough to shut you out." The Middle-Aged Man gently stroked the teacup in his hand, a slight smile playing on his lips as he looked at Gu Ding.

"But you've already invited me in, so you've broken that rule yourself." Even through the mask, the Middle-Aged Man could tell that Gu Ding's expression was definitely one of a smile. "Also, my name is Gu Lotte. Now that you know my name, I shouldn't be considered a stranger of unknown origin anymore."

"Alright, why did you come to me?" The Middle-Aged Man stared intently into Gu Ding 'Gu Ding eyes through the mask on his face, as if trying to see something in those eyes.

"Because of this batch of food, no one else can eat it, and as for whether you can eat it, I'm not sure right now." Upon Gu Ding this, the Middle-Aged Man's expression clearly showed some surprise.

"What is this thing?! So precious?!"

"It's not that they're precious, but rather that they're plentiful," Gu Ding corrected.

"A large quantity?" The Middle-Aged Man suddenly realized that Gu Ding's earlier statement that he might not be able to finish it was a lie. A large quantity likely meant that the other party had found a batch of items in some secret realm. Usually, in such cases, a few hundred items would be considered a lot. This quantity was far from being too much for others to handle.

"If you're interested, I can take it out and show it to you." Gu Ding felt that if the other party still wasn't interested in the deal, then he would have no choice but to go to the next major city.

"Since you've said so, then let's take it out and have a look." The Middle-Aged Man knew that Gu Ding wouldn't give up easily, so he simply let Gu Ding take out the so-called "large quantity" of goods. Then he would tell him what a truly large quantity meant.

Gu Ding, however, was unaware of the other party's thoughts. He assumed the other party was interested in making a deal and immediately took out all 80,000+ storage items.

More than 80,000 palm-sized storage devices were piled up inside the Black Tower, forming a towering mountain.

Upon seeing this mountain entirely composed of storage equipment, the Middle-Aged Man was dumbfounded. It took him a long time to recover. "This entire mountain... is filled with storage equipment?"

"That's right." Gu Ding nodded.

"How many items are there in total?" the Middle-Aged Man couldn't help but ask.

"Eighty-three thousand six hundred and eighty-seven items." Gu Ding gave a series of extremely precise figures. "Among them, there are twenty-four thousand six hundred and sixty-eight Pseudo Spiritual Object, fifty-nine thousand and eleven low-grade spiritual items, and eight mid-grade spiritual items. If you really want to do this business, you can find a professional appraiser to appraise them later."

"These are all empty storage devices. You don't have anything else, do you?" the Middle-Aged Man speculated, because it was impossible for Gu Ding to have so many Storage Space without a single item.

"Of course, there are also a large quantity of weapons. The vast majority of the armor is spirit-grade." Gu Ding nodded, a grin spreading across his face beneath his mask. He knew the other party was already interested in the goods. "So? Interested in making this deal?"

The Middle-Aged Man immediately stood up and extended his hand to Gu Ding. "Hello. My name is William."

The conversation with William then went more smoothly.

Gu Ding sold all the items for over 20 million Violet Blood Crystal at 80% of the market price.

Gu Ding was fairly satisfied with the price, since he had no use for these items.

William was naturally delighted; with just a simple transaction, he could net at least five million Violet Blood Crystal.

"Don't forget to contact me if there are any more good things like this in the future." After William readily transferred the money, he put all the items into his Storage Space.

Although Gu Ding nodded, he knew that such an opportunity was unlikely to come again, unless a second Abyss Blood Pool appeared in this world.

The transaction was completed, Gu Ding was about to leave when he suddenly heard William's voice.

"Over the years, you are the second person I can't figure out."

Gu Ding stopped and asked with a noncommittal smile, "So, there was one before me?"

"That's right. The first person I can't see through is the current Palace Master of the Heavenly God Palace." William nodded. "However, you are different from him. He gives people the feeling of being so powerful that they look up to him, while you give people the feeling of being mysterious."

"Actually, I also have a question I want to ask you." Gu Ding turned around and looked at the other person.

"What is it?" William raised an eyebrow.

"Why did you choose to stay at the Ninth Sequence when you could break through to the Tenth Sequence True God at any time?" Gu Ding's question was very direct. "I just have this question. You can pretend you didn't hear me if you don't want to answer it."

As Gu Ding was about to turn and leave, he heard William speak again after a moment of silence.

"Because I dare not break through... You should also know that all true gods who reach the Tenth Sequence in this world will disappear. I am afraid that once I break through, I will suffer the same fate, so I have suppressed my cultivation for hundreds of thousands of years."

The other party's answer was somewhat unexpected for Gu Ding. Of course, he knew that there was no such thing as Tenth Sequence True God in this world. He just didn't expect that there would be someone like William who could suppress his cultivation to the level of Ninth Sequence True God and dare not break through.

"Over the past millions of years, all the Tenth Sequence True God have vanished, and no one knows where they went. Whether they ascended to other worlds or perished, this question has long been one of the world's greatest questions, but no one knows the answer."

"So, I've been hiding in this underground world, and I don't even dare to cultivate. I just suppress my aura all day long to avoid attracting the True God Tribulation and accidentally breaking through to the Tenth Sequence. But even if I don't cultivate, as time goes by, my aura will become stronger and stronger, and sooner or later I will attract the True God Tribulation. I know that in my current state, I can only hold on for a few more decades at most."

Gu Ding felt a pang of sadness upon hearing this, and immediately shook his head, muttering to himself, "Perhaps everything will end this year..." (To be continued~^~)