"Huh, Senior? But I haven't paid the three Spirit Stones needed to shrink the Ancient Heavenly Court Fragments yet," Tyrant Song's Steel Avatar asked in confusion.
"Someone paid on your behalf. As for who, I'll keep that a secret for now," Everything Can Be Sold said calmly. Then he handed over the three Ancient Heavenly Court Fragments.
"Someone paid for me?" Tyrant Song Steel Avatar accepted the three fragments. "Then, Senior, how long will these three Ancient Heavenly Court Fragments stay shrunk?"
"With my skills, these three Heavenly Court Fragments will remain in this state for at least twenty-four hours," Everything Can Be Sold replied.
"Thank you, Senior." The Steel Avatar carefully placed the three fragments in his pocket.
"Then the transaction is officially complete." Everything Can Be Sold nodded, then waved at Song Shuhang. "Fellow Daoist Tyrant Song, until we meet again."
Overall, this transaction had gone fairly well. In light of how smoothly it had gone, he would hold off on blacklisting Tyrant Song.
Everything Can Be Sold departed in style, leaving Fellow Daoist Tyrant Song's Steel Avatar to continue catching crabs by the sea.
Once Everything Can Be Sold was far away, Profound Sage Tyrannical Song's Steel Avatar stopped moving. His power had been cut.
A moment later, Heavenly Emperor Soft Feather emerged from beneath the sea and giggled as she approached the Steel Avatar. She reached out and took Song Shuhang's Steel Avatar by the hand. "Get ready to sync with Senior Song, and then... Senior Song, I'll be taking the Ancient Heavenly Court Fragments. These were mine to begin with, so don't say I stole your deal!"
With that, she grabbed Song Shuhang's "powered-off" Steel Avatar, stepped through a Space Gate, and vanished, making a swift getaway.
As she fled, she also erased the traces