Suddenly Became Rich

"Do you think you're some kind of winged Giant Lizard? If you think so, I'll help you exchange them. The current market exchange rate is High-Grade to Mid-Grade at 1:61, and Mid-Grade to Low-Grade at 1:47." Wang Hai was very familiar with the market for High-Energy Crystals. The exchange rate was never fixed. How could a situation like One Gold Coin to One Hundred Silver Coins possibly occur?

This stuff would fluctuate slightly based on the market. Unless there was a major change, the floating ratio wouldn't be too large.

"What about from Low to High?"

"51:1 and 74:1."

"That's so predatory!"

"Nonsense! Who would exchange High-Grade High-Energy Crystals for no reason? The Mid-Grade and Low-Grade common goods circulating in the market are sufficient." Wang Hai rolled his eyes and said as a matter of course, "So don't exchange them if you don't have to... it's a loss."

"And I can guarantee that if you just casually show off a piece of High-Grade High-Energy Crystal, you'll know what trouble is within half a day."

"Holy crap, is this thing really that valuable?"

Should I find some time to discuss this with Yakumo Yukari?

"What do you think? Even a Bountiful Mine can't produce much of this High-Grade stuff in a year. Over eighty percent of it is Common Low-Grade Goods, and if over ten percent is Mid-Grade, it's already considered a Good Mine. This thing is extremely rare. I don't know what Elder Zhuo is thinking, suddenly going crazy and willing to pay such a huge price to buy it."

"Are you jealous?" Jiu Ming glanced at him slightly.

"Tsk tsk, believe it or not, if you were weak, and word got out that this thing disappeared, it wouldn't be long before someone in this school thought about killing you and hiding somewhere to live a good life?"

Wang Hai said with a tsk-tsk sound. Honestly, he was truly envious and jealous. He himself had only touched High-Energy Crystals of this caliber a few times!

"Hmm, I see. In short, I'll leave the exchange to you. How about I give you the tip?"

"...I really don't know what you're thinking." Wang Hai waved his hand and took the High-Energy Crystals thrown by Jiu Ming, not saying anything more. "Wait for me a moment."

Not long after, Wang Hai came back with a large box. "The box is included. High-Energy Crystals normally lose energy slowly if just left out. This box is made of Insulating Material, so it's fine to put them inside. I'll count it as a full 2900 Low-Grade High-Energy Crystals for you."

"Heh, I thought it would be two thousand eight." Jiu Ming reached out and placed his hand on the box. The entire box instantly turned into a Sealed Card. The name... well.

Name: Box Full of High-Energy Crystals...

Alright, simple and clear.

Watching Jiu Ming swagger away, Wang Hai's mouth twitched fiercely. This damn...!

"Elder Zhuo, you really just trust him like that?" Although he felt Jiu Ming wouldn't cheat him, this transaction was too big, so Wang Hai was conflicted.

"Elder Zhuo?" After a long while without a reply, Wang Hai's face darkened. Looking closely, the Old Man was now immersed in his novel again!

"Stop messing around, I'm at a crucial part!" Zhuo Hongxin waved his hand slightly. Wang Hai's hand, which was trying to snatch the book, was slapped away.

"I say, Elder Zhuo..."

"Oh, young people really can't wait, can they? If it's real or fake, won't you know by trying?" Zhuo Hongxin waved his hand impatiently and directly slapped a Sealed Card onto the table. "Coincidentally, I have something that needs you to run an errand for me, but now... isn't this a good opportunity?"

As they were speaking, Wang Hai's expression changed slightly. The moment he wanted to turn and run, he was firmly grabbed by a thin, dry hand. He struggled with all his might, but the thin, dry hand didn't even tremble. Zhuo Hongxin grinned at him, revealing a row of neat white teeth, "Come, come, Little Wang, help me deliver something."

...The Old Man took down the strong men...

"Uh, Elder Zhuo... I was almost beaten to death!" The next day, Wang Hai, full of righteous indignation, came to settle accounts with Zhuo Hongxin. However, the old man was very calm.

"Little Wang is back. Did you deliver the item?"

"...Of course!" Wang Hai's mouth twitched fiercely. The feeling of being forcibly thrown into the Gap yesterday was truly f***ed up. Not only was he almost scared to death by the dense red eyes inside, but as soon as he came out, he was met with a barrage of attacks from the other side.

They treated him as an unidentified attacker. After much explanation, he finally managed to clarify things after taking a beating.

The cards, which looked like they were from a children's card game, were actually real. Zhuo Hongxin had indeed sent him to another city with 'Instant Thousand Miles'. He suddenly felt it was a waste. Traveling back and forth only cost him money, but the old man's move directly consumed three High-Energy Crystals. In terms of money, it was at least tens of millions, damn it!

"That's good. Although the consumption was a bit high, I can still handle it... Hmm." Zhuo Hongxin stroked his chin, seemingly lost in thought. "Little Wang, don't go. We haven't done what we agreed on yesterday."

"What!? I have a date, I have to go now." Wang Hai's mouth twitched, and he stubbornly found an excuse.

"Stop the nonsense, it's too late to say anything now."

Hmm, one, two, three. Squinting, Jiu Ming looked at the pile of sparkling High-Energy Crystals before him. Due to his Soul Body, the energy slowly leaking from the pile of High-Energy Crystals made him feel quite comfortable...

Although he couldn't absorb it actively like the Ability Users in this world, passively... He should get himself a Crystal Bed made of High-Energy Crystals someday!

He decided to be vulgar for once. He hadn't enjoyed much in life, and no one had burned paper money for him after death... Oh, maybe his family in another world did, but if he couldn't receive it, it was obviously useless. If he could receive it, could he buy things?

Picking fifty High-Energy Crystals worth only 20 'Source', Jiu Ming directly threw them to the Mysterious Shop. He had a feeling that keeping the 'Source' low was better than a sudden surge to a very high number.

With his experience, Jiu Ming felt like he was grinding points. His predecessors might have encountered similar situations, and perhaps those with black hearts and thick skin could have done even better than him.

So, so... it's better to be cautious. Anyway, these things wouldn't be stolen if left here. Hmm, it seems really necessary to build a sparkling High-Energy Crystal pile to sleep on.

With a rustle, he pushed the pile of High-Energy Crystals under the Sofa Cushion where he usually slept. He would definitely have a good night's sleep tonight!

"Yoho!!!"

Perhaps he slept too comfortably, and Jiu Ming's Biological Clock was disrupted. Although the lights in the Mysterious Shop were not dazzling, and the switch was usually operated by Jiu Ming's authority, so there was no dim light after 'turning off the lights' like at night.

If Jiu Ming wished, it could be night all the time.

So, he overslept, to the point that he didn't even notice a new 'Guest' immediately, until someone stomped heavily on his stomach!

"Hmm...?"

Subconsciously, Jiu Ming reached out and grabbed the foot that was stepping on him, and gently flicked it aside... Afterwards, he swore that he had just flicked it gently in a daze at that moment!

Jiu Ming wasn't woken up by the stomp, but by a clamor and an angry roar.

When he opened his eyes, while feeling that he had never slept so comfortably, he sat up and saw a Pink Fist coming towards his eye socket. He reached out and easily blocked it!

He tilted his head slightly and, with sleepy eyes, glanced at the scenery under her skirt before easily dodging the leg kicked towards his head.

"...What did I just do?"

"You dare throw me!!!" As soon as Kyon finished speaking, a roar sounded in his ears. "And then you dare pretend you don't know anything!!"

Kyon sobered up.

"!? The scene he saw made him widen his eyes, and he rubbed his eyes vigorously. "Am I not awake yet? They've formed a team to come here?"

The boy with the derpy face who looked like Kyon now had the corners of his mouth twitching. Thinking about how Kyon had instinctively thrown Suzumiya Haruhi out like an ant, and then seeing his current attitude of ignoring her roar, he wondered if this place would be annihilated by the wrath of Goddess Haruhi.

Is this the place Suzumiya Haruhi mentioned?

And the... ghost shopkeeper here?

Oh, now he looks more like a lazy, useless shut-in!

Huh!? What is that!? A gem? Seeing a few high-energy crystals scattered on the ground, the derpy-faced boy's eyes twitched. "No way, they're just randomly picking them up, they must be glass beads."

"Nagato, those are glass beads, right?" Kyon asked the magical three-no girl beside him, trying to deceive himself.

"Crystals containing special energy, they can be used as energy sources, worth n million times that of glass beads..."

"...I understand." A few drops of cold sweat trickled down his forehead. After Nagato Yuki's brief explanation, he had a slight understanding of the value of these things. What truly made him sweat was seeing the edge under the sofa cushion where Kyon was lying, with a row of those 'glass beads' tucked there... and a few had even been scraped off because he sat up!

I'd rather be a useless shut-in like this!!

"Suddenly I feel like a person's destiny is decided at the moment of birth..." With a long sigh, Kyon now wanted to lift that cursed sofa cushion and carefully examine how many 'glass beads' were pressed underneath, enough to make someone like him, a 'poor person,' want to rob it!!

"You... how is this possible?" After confirming he was truly awake, Kyon looked at the girl with her hands on her hips and a displeased expression, genuinely disbelieving. This was the second time they had met, and theoretically, a second meeting was absolutely impossible!!

"Why are you guys here again... and as a team!?"

"Hmph hmph! Of course, it's through relentless effort!!" As she said this, Kyon saw the... team members behind her and they seemed to heave a sigh of relief. It looked like they had been having a tough time lately.

I wonder how many doors they open every day, how many stairs they climb, how many strange places they run to... Ha, I feel a little sympathetic.