A Hundred Billion
Upon reaching the staircase, Lin Feng noticed that the crowds had thinned considerably. The staircase itself wasn't automatic. The three of Lin Feng easily ascended to the third floor.
Upon entering the third floor, Lin Feng suddenly felt a sense of openness and clarity.
In the spacious hall, small groups of people strolled around the counters. And like the Zijing Castle in Diyi City and Hongye City, each counter had a person in a purple robe sitting in front of it.
Lin Feng randomly picked a counter with a sign that read "Buying Amethyst" and walked over.
"Want to sell Amethyst?" The purple-robed man, whose eyes had been closed, immediately opened them, glanced at Lin Feng, and asked.
"Of course we sell Amethyst! What would we be doing here if we weren't selling Amethyst?" Beibei exclaimed loudly. "Old man, we have plenty of Amethyst, but I don't know if your Zijing Castle can handle it all?"
"A lot?" The purple-robed man wasn't angry at being called an old man by Beibei. Instead, he smiled and said to Beibei, "But no one has ever doubted the wealth of our Zijing Castle. Even if you brought the entire Amethyst Mountain Range, we could handle it." The purple-robed man was actually joking with Beibei.
"The entire Amethyst Mountain Range?" Beibei's eyes widened. "If I had the wealth of the entire Amethyst Mountain Range, I would definitely buy out your Zijing Castle."
"Ahem, this Zijing Castle is the property of the great Zijing Chief Sovereign. You'll have to ask the Chief Sovereign first if you want to acquire it." The purple-robed man chuckled before turning to Lin Feng and asking, "How many Amethyst are you asking for?"
"Ten billion." Lin Feng held up one finger and said, enunciating each word clearly.
Although Lin Feng and Beibei each possessed nearly 20 billion Amethyst, Lin Feng did not intend to sell them all at once. After all, Amethyst had a uniform price throughout the entire region, neither depreciating nor appreciating over the years. Its price was far more stable than gold on Earth. Holding onto it wouldn't result in a loss.
Moreover, besides selling Amethyst for money, it can also be used for cultivation. In particular, Lin Feng's Coiling Dragon Ring has the function of instantly refining Amethyst. For Lin Feng, using Amethyst for cultivation is much more cost-effective than using Soul Gold Bead.
During the journey to Huiyue City, Dilia discovered that the earring she wore on her left ear was Sovereign Artifact soul defense, and it also had internal space. At Lin Feng's suggestion, Dilia tried to put the Amethyst inside and refine it. To her surprise, it actually worked. She never expected that this earring could instantly refine Amethyst.
With this discovery, Dilia naturally began refining Amethyst extensively to strengthen her soul. However, since she had become a god through Refine Divine Spark, her soul essence had not been baptized and transformed by the Laws of the World, so the enhancement was not significant. Even so, after refining a large amount of Amethyst, Dilia discovered that her Godhead and soul were more in harmony. The Mysteries she had been unable to integrate with before were now showing signs of harmony.
"Ten billion Amethyst crystals?" The purple-robed man was taken aback.
"What? You think your Zijing Castle can't handle 10 billion?" Beibei said. "Didn't you just boast that you could even devour the entire Zijing Castle Amethyst Mountain Range?"
"Just kidding, just kidding." The purple-robed man's eyes narrowed with laughter. You see, they were responsible for purchasing Amethyst and they also received a commission. Although the commission was very low, only one in a hundred million, those who could come to the third floor to sell Amethyst were all big customers with more than one hundred million Amethyst.
Even with the lowest price of 100 million Amethyst, they still get a commission on each Amethyst. A single Amethyst sold through the Zijing Castle is worth 10,000 Inkstone.
He could get 10,000 Inkstone as commission for 100 million Amethyst, and 1 million Inkstone as commission for 10 billion Amethyst. How could he not be overjoyed?
"Here are 10 billion Amethyst, please count them." Lin Feng took out a Space Ring and tossed it to the purple-robed man.
The purple-robed man hurriedly took it, performed a blood oath ceremony, and began to examine it.
Although this purple-robed figure was only Midgod, his divine sense was not to be underestimated. He quickly counted the crystals, finding exactly one hundred billion Amethyst, not a single one more or less.
"According to our Zijing Castle's acquisition price, one Amethyst is worth seven thousand Inkstone. These ten billion Amethyst are worth seventy trillion Inkstone." The purple-robed staff member was very skilled and quickly took out a Space Ring and handed it to Lin Feng, saying, "Here are seventy trillion Inkstone."
"Seventy trillion Inkstone?" Nisi was so shocked that her mouth dropped open. As far as she knew, the total assets of the entire Boyd Clan were only a little over forty trillion, less than fifty trillion Inkstone, but the Space Ring in front of her now contained seventy trillion Inkstone.
As far as Nisi knew, Beibei had even more Amethyst in his Space Ring. If all of these Amethyst were exchanged for Inkstone, then...
Nisi felt that she had been surprised more times than she had in the past million years combined with Lin Feng and his group. Although she felt that her nerves were becoming more and more thick-skinned as the number of surprises increased, there were always things that would stimulate her nerves even more.
Lin Feng took the Space Ring handed to him by the purple-robed man, sealed it with his blood, and began counting the money.
Although Lin Feng maintained a calm and composed demeanor, it was all a facade. Seventy trillion! Even someone as indifferent as him would find it difficult to resist.
Although seventy trillion is a lot, Lin Feng quickly counted it using his divine sense.
Seeing Lin Feng put away his Space Ring, the purple-robed man handed over a small card, smiling, "This is our Zijing Castle VIP Card. With this VIP Card, you'll get a 10% discount on anything purchased inside any Zijing Castle in Zijing."
"A 10% discount? This is great!" Beibei Bei snatched the VIP Card from the purple-robed man's hand, examined it closely, and suddenly exclaimed, "This card is actually Highgod Divine Artifact?"
"Not bad." Seeing Beibei's surprised expression, the purple-robed man felt extremely satisfied and explained with a smile, "As Highgod Divine Artifact, the card itself is worth at least hundreds of thousands of Inkstone. Of course, no one who has this card would be foolish enough to sell it as an ordinary Highgod Divine Artifact. Because this card not only allows you to enjoy discounts when buying things in Zijing Castle, it is also a symbol of status and prestige."
Lin Feng took the card from Beibei and found that the card, which was only half the size of his palm, did not have any complicated patterns on the front. There was only a Zijing Flower, representing the Zijing Castle, carved in the center.
Turning it over, there was nothing there, only a line of small print: Huiyue City, Zijing Castle.
After examining it several times, Lin Feng couldn't find any anti-counterfeiting features and asked in confusion, "Aren't you afraid someone will counterfeit these VIP Card?"
Upon hearing this, the purple-robed staff member scoffed, "Even if you could forge it, it wouldn't matter. Each VIP Card has a unique serial number, and we have a specific machine to verify its authenticity every time it's used. Moreover, once we discover someone has forged such VIP Card, our Zijing Castle will investigate thoroughly. So, ordinary people wouldn't dare to forge it. And even those who would wouldn't bother."
Upon hearing this, Lin Feng suddenly realized. He had forgotten that although this world didn't have much technology, many of its technical methods were quite advanced. For example, the Fiend Badge "Identification Machine" was such a device.
"Let's go to the front hall and buy some Godhead and Soul Gold Bead," Lin Feng said, leaving the counter and walking towards the front hall.
The reason Lin Feng waited until he arrived at the city before letting his Fate Divine Clone leave was so that his Fate Divine Clone could take some supplies back to the Yulan Plane.
After all, Godhead and Soul Gold Bead are extremely scarce on the Yulan Plane. Even Jenny is only at the Midgod realm now, and there are no High Godhead for her to refine.
Of course, if Lin Feng were to ask Beirut for it, Beirut would certainly give him a large amount of Godhead. However, Lin Feng was unwilling to do so.
Money is meant to be spent, and having just exchanged seventy trillion Inkstone, Lin Feng was preparing for a big shopping spree.
Upon arriving at the front hall, Lin Feng immediately began a large-scale shopping spree.
First came the Godhead: one thousand each of the lower, middle, and upper Godhead. Then came the Soul Gold Bead, Soul Gold Bead only 100,000 Inkstone —a bargain for Lin Feng at his current level. With a wave of his hand, Lin Feng bought 100,000 beads.
After purchasing these items, Lin Feng bought many other things, such as the Death God Puppet, pills to restore mental energy, and some Divine Artifact and Divine Crystal.
After a massive shopping spree, even with a 10% discount for VIP Card, over 500 billion Inkstone were still spent.
Fortunately, although Huiyue City mainly deals in Amethyst trade, it is still one of the major cities in the Infernal Realm, and it has stockpiled a considerable amount of these common supplies. Otherwise, Lin Feng would have bought up all the goods.
It was already the afternoon of the second day when we left the Zijing Castle.
Lin Feng's Fate Divine Clone did not linger in Huiyue City. Instead, it took the large amount of supplies it had just purchased and fifty trillion Inkstone and left Huiyue City, riding its Metal Lifeform towards Mirror Moon Cliff.
Of course, this time it wasn't just Lin Feng's Fate Divine Clone went back; Lin Feng's Life Divine Clone also followed.
In Lin Feng's opinion, although gathering all the Divine Clone together would make them easier to protect, it would also hinder the individual development of each Divine Clone.
Lin Feng's goal was not to cultivate one system to the Paragon realm, but to cultivate all systems to the Paragon realm. In this way, each Divine Clone should have its own space for development. After all, cultivating to the Paragon realm is not simply a matter of innate talent plus hard work. It also requires constant battles, breaking through in battles, and finding opportunities to reach the Paragon realm through battles.
Therefore, Lin Feng decided that once his Divine Clone was powerful enough to protect itself, he would venture out on his own. There were still many places Lin Feng had not yet been to, including the Four Supreme Planes, the Seven Divine Planes, and countless Material Plane.
Although the Fate Divine Clone and the Life Divine Clone had left, Lin Feng's main body and Beibei were not in a hurry to leave. Although this city was not suitable for living, there were houses for sale and rent. The environment inside was also very peaceful.
Since they now had money in the ring, at Beibei's suggestion, they didn't rent a house this time, but instead bought a small courtyard house and settled down in Huiyue City.