Threat? Hmph!

"Stop! I'm a merchant, not a fighter!" Seeing the girl's expression turn angry after her attack missed, Jiu Ming quickly said.

"Shut up!... Aren't you afraid?"

"Afraid? Pfft!"

What a joke. Standing here and letting you hit me for thirty-five... no, thirty seconds, could you kill me!? If that's the case, what's there to be afraid of? That oppressive aura? Don't be ridiculous. If I don't flinch from the bottom of my heart, how could I be afraid of that kind of thing!

"Then you can die."

Boom... The entire hall shook violently. Jiu Ming twitched the corner of his mouth as he looked at the surroundings that had turned into ruins. He shook his head slightly. Fortunately, he didn't have to pay for repairing furniture.

The abnormal girl in front of him could definitely kill that Snake King, Jiu Ming was referring to the Thunder Snake King who had the Lightning Bead in his hand. Sigh, here we go again!

The ruins, already in a mess from the previous explosion, were once again as if Godzilla had stomped all over them... It was simply inhumane.

"...Alright, guest, please continue."

It was only two attacks. He still had 330 Origin Power. The protection mechanism's activation time was less than one second, but it was still calculated as one second!!

Forget it. Jiu Ming quickly came to terms with it. It was better than being charged by the number of times. It wasn't too much of a rip-off.

With a snap of his fingers, the sofa behind Jiu Ming, which had turned into dust, was restored. He sat down decisively. "Hurry up and go home to sleep after you're done."

He couldn't show weakness in his aura.

"Not tearing it down anymore?" After waiting for half a minute and seeing no reaction from the girl opposite him, Jiu Ming raised his hand. The hall, which had become ruins, returned to normal.

Boom--

You damn woman! Jiu Ming felt his blood pressure rising.

"Take your time looking at this thing. If you're not interested after you're done, just turn around and say goodbye."

With twitching eyes, Jiu Ming tossed a small booklet over. What? Questions you don't understand?

It's okay! Anyone who comes here, as long as they aren't blind or don't have eyes, will definitely understand.

"Hey, hey, what's with that weird look? I'm telling you, don't get any funny ideas." After she finished reading the very thin booklet, she stared at Jiu Ming with a very strange gaze. "And! Don't even think about using any weird methods to get me out of here!"

His intuition told him that such a situation might occur!

"Sweet talk and the like, I'm a man who's been through it all!" Although he might still be deceived, he wouldn't be foolish enough to fall for her innocent acts of acting cute and seeking comfort...

"The thing in your hand."

"Oh? This? I just got it two days ago. I like it a lot. It's very expensive if you want to buy it."

Jiu Ming tossed the Super Energy Crystal in his hand in front of her. A very strange crack suddenly appeared below the Super Energy Crystal. While Jiu Ming was stunned, the crack directly swallowed the Super Energy Crystal...

I miscalculated?

How could that be!

Because of the Mysterious Shop's rules, he had considerable restrictions when taking something that already belonged to someone else. But if it were the other way around, Jiu Ming was also 'protected', and it seemed even more unreasonable. He couldn't convert things he took from others into Sealed Cards, and anything others snatched from him would simply become invalid.

The Divine Sword turned into scrap metal worse than a beginner's weapon, and the Super Energy Crystal in his hand, even if snatched by the other party in this manner, would be just a pretty glass bead in her possession.

Not to mention, this was inside the Mysterious Shop, not the outside world. This was where the Mysterious Shop's rules exerted their strongest influence.

The Super Energy Crystal that should have been swallowed passed through that Gap again, as if touching air, and fell back into Jiu Ming's hand.

You scared me!

The corners of his mouth twitched slightly. In the outside world, this thing would likely have been lost due to his carelessness.

A spatial ability?

"I've decided to name my own price."

His eyebrows shot up. Jiu Ming spoke without politeness. You've provoked me multiple times, and you came at me with such killing intent from the start? Who are you trying to scare? You want to vent your bad mood on others?

"You want money from me?"

"Why is it always about money?" Jiu Ming scratched his head. "Money is the most useless thing here! Heavenly treasures, exotic items, special abilities, anything is fine, but! Don't mention money for anything."

Money, the root of all evil...

This was the nth guest among the ones who came here to mention money?

Name: Gap

Type: Skill

Attribute: Space

Caution: Avoid frequent use

Remark: Be careful Gap doesn't drop you~

Forced Collection Cost Origin Power: 88888.8

Note: When the target of forced collection is a type of ability, the target will not permanently lose that ability... so be careful of being hunted afterward.

Such an irresponsible remark?

That's right, it was that irresponsible. Seeing the ability displayed by the Girl, there were no extra explanations. At this point, it depended on whether the seller was a responsible Shopkeeper.

Ah... so many eights, are you kidding me?

The mandatory acquisition is permanent, not a one-time limited type. The price difference between limited and unlimited can be tens or even hundreds of times, and it also varies with the user's level.

For example, what's the comparison between a fireball spell mastered by a magic apprentice and one used by a Magic God?

This means the true value of the ability the young girl currently possesses is over 110,000 Origin Power!

Oh my!

This is amazing.

"...Transaction confirmation?" Thinking of the other party's initial unfriendly actions, Jiu Ming asked without much hope, only to be met with a look of utter disdain.

Are you an idiot?

She didn't speak, but Jiu Ming understood the meaning.

"Are you messing with me?" Shaking his head, Jiu Ming picked up the half-packet of tea that had recovered, "Here, here, here, consider this a free gift. Go home quickly if you have nothing else."

"I think we should talk properly now." Realizing she couldn't control Jiu Ming, the Blonde Girl let out a soft sigh, retracted her aura, and revealed a perfect smile, "What do you say, Shopkeeper?"

"En, it's good that we can talk..." Just don't rip me off, Jiu Ming nodded and pointed to the opposite side, "Sit."

Then Jiu Ming finally saw expressions on her face other than the initial murderous intent. It was the kind of expression one gets when seeing something novel. She seemed to have never seen a sofa before?

But girl, your ability to change expressions is amazing...

"Cough, cough, I've just 'opened for business' here, so I don't have many goods, but I prefer to accept commissions--"

Whether to accept or not depends on the matter.

"Is that so? Can you show me?"

"Oh, simple!"

A Fifty-Year Aged Preserved Egg, a fifty-day 'Life Point Card', a Steel Pipe with explosive defense-breaking capabilities, a Defective Electricity ability, and this Super Energy Crystal that she had been staring at.

"There, that's all for now."

A row of Cards was spread flat on the coffee table in front of him. Jiu Ming wasn't worried about the other party suddenly grabbing something and running...

The girl looked at the items before her calmly. First, she completely ignored the Fifty-Year Aged Preserved Egg. Could that thing be eaten!?

Who has such good teeth!

Then came the fifty-day 'Life Point Card'. This made her view Jiu Ming slightly higher. Transactions related to life?

Such instances are extremely rare. It's only fifty days, which she completely disdained. In the course of her life, this amount of time wouldn't even be a drop in the ocean. Only those with short lifespans would have such a strong pursuit for this.

It's just fifty days.

The girl didn't realize that Jiu Ming was just displaying these items. She believed him without needing Jiu Ming to explain or demonstrate their authenticity.

Some rules of the Mysterious Shop...

Then there was the Iron Rod that Jiu Ming claimed could pierce all kinds of extreme defenses, with only one use. It looked good, but it wasn't useful to her at the moment, so she didn't need it.

The ability of Defective Electricity?

What a strange name.

"This thing, just consider it a Superpower you gain after using it, the kind that crackles and sparks."

Jiu Ming pinched the Card. The Card flashed with several streams of light and disappeared from his hand. A string of unstable currents immediately appeared in his hand, crackling and buzzing, looking quite intimidating.

"Just this much? It might scare ordinary people."

With a light scoff, the girl's expression turned disdainful upon seeing the power. The effect was too weak! For her, even if she were proven to be shocked, it wouldn't cause any harm. She could withstand being shocked for an entire day without any issue.

At the same time, she became a little wary. Even abilities could be traded... After the trade, would the original owner's ability still exist?

"Well, it hasn't even reached 1% of the original's power." Jiu Ming shrugged. Weak power? It didn't matter! Since this ability was lightning-based, with this lightning-element Super Energy Crystal, Defective Electricity could probably be amplified to be comparable to Railgun...

"Oh?" A difference of over a hundred times? Then perhaps the original might need to be taken slightly more seriously. "But you don't have the original, do you? You're trying to fool customers with such a defective product?"

"Of course not, I absolutely treat every customer fairly!" Jiu Ming vowed, provided you don't offend me!

"Currently, this is the only extent of it. Guest, after asking so much, this is what you're more interested in, right?"

"Let's be clear. The value of the ability you displayed earlier is about a little over six times that of this item."

Is the multiplier a bit low? Of course not!

Sometimes quantity can overwhelm quality, but more often, quantity can never compare to quality!

Some high-energy crystals of good quality that can be bought are valued between 20 to 50 'Origin' points. A few hundred of them could be comparable to the value of this Super Energy Crystal, so what?

In terms of practicality, even thousands of them wouldn't be able to match the value of this Super Energy Crystal!

Therefore, the difference in the value of 'Origin' points cannot completely define the true value of an item.

"But you don't have six items of the same type."

"Of course. So this matter is a bit difficult to negotiate. Then, Guest, do you have anything of 'low value'? I won't suffer too much loss; I need to consume resources to maintain this place."

"Actually, if it's just this one, it's not impossible. Although it doesn't match my attributes, it might still be of some help..."