"Welcome back."
The city guards' farewell made Li Mu quicken his pace, putting more distance between himself and this place that wounded wallets.
He followed the Demon Dragon's tongue to its lower jaw, where the largest trading market in Demon Dragon Free City was located.
He had come here not only to buy some Spark Energy blocks, but also to complete a transaction.
The Gnome Shop, Gnome Toolbox, and other sparks he had listed on the Spark Network had found buyers days ago. The buyer had shown considerable sincerity, with only one condition: Li Mu had to personally deliver the goods to Demon Dragon Free City.
The buyer's reason was simple: they wanted to save on the Spark Network's expensive delivery fees.
However, Li Mu was certain there was something wrong with this buyer. How could it be such a coincidence? The Spark World was so vast, yet the buyer interested in the Gnome Shop happened to be in Demon Dragon Free City. He had never believed in coincidences. Behind every coincidence lay some kind of inevitability.
Although he suspected something was amiss, he had still come in the end.
There was no helping it. The buyer had offered too much.
Since he had already met the buyer in the virtual Demon Dragon Free City on the Spark Network, Li Mu went straight to find them in reality. It was a shop specializing in all kinds of sparks. Any shop capable of doing this had stable sources of supply; behind it was either a Spark Captain or a fairly powerful Spark Hunter group.
Li Mu pushed open the door and entered the Starlight Spark Shop. The shop owner, who had been playing a game behind the counter, immediately looked up.
The moment the owner saw Li Mu, his eyes lit