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Zhang Yun quickly obtained 840,000 Purple Heart Stone from the elder who was in seclusion and did not concern himself with worldly affairs.

That's right, it's not about replacing it with a contract, it's about getting it.

Because of the lack of communication, these elders still considered the Purple Heart Stone to be trash. They were more happy to have someone help them dispose of it than to let it take up space.

But there was nothing that could be done about their own people; the people guarding the warehouse were all incredibly idle and couldn't possibly miss such big news.

"However, I am different from you. You only know how to foolishly sell Purple Heart Stone to make money, but I know how to make money from money!"

Zhang Yun observed that he was aware of everything around him.

He discovered that the price of Purple Heart Stone was indeed rising, and that it wasn't just jewelers buying it anymore.

The bidders are anonymous; you can't tell who they are just by looking at their online names, but each of them has hundreds of billions in their accounts.

Zhang Yun himself had no idea that there were so many wealthy people in Taiheng!

"I have to get involved!" Zhang Yun still has 840,000 pieces, so naturally he hopes the price of Purple Heart Stone will continue to rise.

So, what should we do?

"First of all, I also need to get involved in the acquisition of Purple Heart Stone, but I don't have any money. My 30 billion is still sitting in my account!" Zhang Yun was pondering when he suddenly saw on the forum that someone was doing loan business.

He used to never even glance at these kinds of ads. After all, would a member of the prestigious Zhang Family like me be short of money?

But now, he really wants to give it a try.

Following the contact information left on the forum, Zhang Yun went there and explained his purpose.

"Look at my qualifications, how much can I borrow?"

"If you use your Purple Heart Stone sales contract as collateral, we can lend you 50 billion!" The loan shark's nickname was Brother Dao, and his profile picture showed a somewhat haggard middle-aged man.

"So much!" Zhang Yun was startled. "I have 30 billion, and I can borrow 50 billion?"

"Of this 50 billion, 30 billion is for the goods, and the remaining 20 billion is the value of your Zhang surname!" Brother Dao said. "Also, do you have any unsold Purple Heart Stone here? You can use those as collateral. The price of Purple Heart Stone has risen sharply recently, so you can borrow more money!"

"You can do that?" Zhang Yun was taken aback, then immediately nodded. "I still have 840,000!"

"The current price of Purple Heart Stone is 675.2 million each. Adding your Zhang family's reputation, I'll say 70,000 per stone, so you can borrow 58.8 billion. Rounding it up, I'll give you 60 billion. Adding that to the previous 50 billion, that's a total of 1.1 trillion. Is that enough?" Brother Dao asked.

"You guys are so rich?" Zhang Yun was completely shocked. He had only thought he was a loan shark from a small forum, who would have thought he had so much money?

"Hehe!" Brother Dao chuckled shyly, "We don't have that much money. This is all spare cash that everyone has, so we're here to manage it! By the way, if you have any money in the future, you can also give it to us!"

"You lend money out to make money?" Zhang Yun asked. "How much can you make?"

"It should be around 25% to 30% every year!" Brother Dao said.

"Tch!" Zhang Yun immediately lost interest. "You only earn 30% a year? I can earn this much in such a short time!"

"Forget it, I'm not interested!" Zhang Yun said.

"Don't rush into a decision, sir. We can cooperate again later if you have any ideas!" Brother Dao said with a smile.

"Alright!" Zhang Yun nodded, after all, the price of the Purple Heart Stone couldn't keep rising indefinitely.

After placing the contract into the collateral space, Zhang Yun saw that his Deep Blue account had an additional 110 billion taels of silver.

He didn't see any cash, but Zhang Yun didn't care. No one could owe the Zhang Family money, and besides, 110 billion taels was such a huge number that he wouldn't even have room to put it if he really wanted to withdraw it!

With 110 billion in hand, Zhang Yun initially considered finding a supplier himself, but then he thought, "I already have Deep Blue, why don't I just ask them directly?"

"Deep Blue, how many people are selling Purple Heart Stone online right now, and at what price?"

"Currently, there are 64 merchants selling Purple Heart Stone, with total sales of around 66,000 taels, and the sales volume is still rising. Would you like to see a graph?"

"Display!" Zhang Yun had no idea how much technological sophistication was contained in Deep Blue's short sentence; he was instantly captivated by the graph in front of him.

This graph is divided into red and green, with red representing an upward trend and green representing a downward trend.

However, currently only red is visible in the image.

The fact that it's only red means that the price of Purple Heart Stone keeps rising!

"Buy it for me immediately! 110 billion! Buy everything I can!" Zhang Yun shouted hastily.

"Is it a spot transaction or a margin transaction?" Deep Blue asked.

"Margin!" Zhang Yun was taken aback. "What is margin trading?"

"These types of bulk commodities often cannot be traded in real time because they require Flying Boat for transportation. However, tying up large amounts of capital in them can affect the operation of one's own business. Therefore, some merchants have adopted the method of paying a deposit in advance to complete the transaction!"

"How much is the deposit?" Zhang Yun asked.

"50%, 30%, or even 10% are all available!" Deep Blue Lan listed these merchants, and Zhang Yun's eyes narrowed as he looked at the Purple Heart Stone that could be purchased with a 10% deposit.

If I use a 10% deposit for the transaction, then my 110 billion can be used as 1.1 trillion?

I can buy more Purple Heart Stone and make more money!

Seeing the curve still rising, Zhang Yun immediately roared, "Buy! 110 billion! Purchase it all! 10% deposit!"

"Yes!" After Deep Blue's operation, Zhang Yun saw at the bottom of the screen that his number of Purple Heart Stone had skyrocketed from 840,000 to 17.37 million!

"Holy crap!" Zhang Yun exclaimed as he noticed that the red curve had suddenly surged after he purchased so many Purple Heart Stones!

"Holy crap!" It jumped from 66,000 to 70,000!

If I sell all of these Purple Heart Stones, how much money could I get for them?

Zhang Yun did only a quick calculation and arrived at an astronomical figure!

"This!" Zhang Yun was practically suffocating. He felt like he'd wasted his life, never knowing there was such a way to make money so quickly.

But now he's broke, and the price of Purple Heart Stone continues to rise.

Does that mean I won't be able to make any money?

This won't do!

Seeing others make money is more painful than losing money myself!

Continue with the loan!

I now have an extra 16.53 million Purple Heart Stone!

Zhang Yun immediately called Brother Dao, and soon after, another 300 billion appeared in his account!

"Buy, keep buying!" Zhang Yun shouted triumphantly, waving banknotes.

"But!" Deep Blue said, "There are no more Purple Heart Stone for sale on the market!"

"How could they be gone?" Zhang Yun was stunned. "I just saw there were still plenty!"

"They've all been bought!" Deep Blue said.

"These bastards!" Zhang Yun cursed, thinking he had discovered a unique business opportunity, but he didn't expect there to be so many smart people in this world!

However, this won't do. I borrowed 300 billion, and the interest is very high!

"But the price of Purple Heart Stone is still rising, how could anyone sell them!" Zhang Yun pondered, and suddenly thought of a solution.

Nobody's buying it because everyone thinks the price is going to go up.

If I sell in large quantities at a low price, won't that drive down the price?

He immediately instructed Deep Blue: "Sell the Purple Heart Stone I have little by little, start with 100,000, and price them five taels lower than they are now!"

Five taels lower isn't exactly low, but it has already smoothed out the upward curve somewhat.

"Keep bidding, 1 million, price reduced by 100 taels!"

The entire Purple Heart Stone market is worth 30 million, and he sold 1 million worth at once, which naturally affected the stability of the curve.

For the first time, a touch of green appeared on the originally bright red curve!

He didn't know that everyone who pays attention to the price of Purple Heart Stone faces such a curve.

This touch of green caught everyone's eye, and instantly, countless bullish investors panicked. What was happening? Had the price peaked?

"Hmph!" Zhang Yun waved his arms triumphantly. Controlling the global price of a commodity single-handedly gave him an inexplicable feeling of dominating the world and having the power to command.

"Smash it a little more, hmm?" Zhang Yun was about to continue producing Purple Heart Stone when he saw the curve in front of him suddenly turn from red to green, and then plummet!

In just a short while, the price dropped from 66,000 taels to 30,000 taels!

"What's going on!" Zhang Yun was startled. In just that short moment of hesitation, the price had dropped from 30,000 taels to 10,000 taels!

The ghastly green color made Zhang Yun's heart leap into his throat. He hurriedly asked, "Deep Blue, Deep Blue, what happened?"

"That's probably why!" Deep Blue pulled up a video.

It turned out to be a live-streaming room, with a podium inside and a banner hanging behind it that read "Great Ming Kingdom Jewelry Federation".

Zhang Yun keenly sensed that something was amiss.

Then a middle-aged man with thick eyebrows and a bitter expression walked onto the stage.

"Hello everyone, I am An San president of the Great Ming Kingdom Jewelry Federation."

"This live broadcast is to explain some matters related to Purple Heart Stone. We have noticed some abnormal fluctuations in the price of Purple Heart Stone in the market. These fluctuations have seriously affected the normal production and communication of our Jewelry Federation. Here, on behalf of the Federation, I would like to warn everyone that Purple Heart Stone is just an ordinary gemstone. It has no special properties, nor does wearing it grant the ability to use Heaven-grade Divine Ability Peerless Divine Abilities powers. Senju Hashirama's strength comes more from his own talent and hard work!"

"Our Purple Heart Stone jewelry is aimed at the general public, and its price cannot be too high. If the price of raw materials is beyond our means, then we will have to abandon the use of Purple Heart Stone as the material for our jewelry!"

"That's all. I apologize for taking up everyone's public time. Now, private Marseille!"

An San bowed deeply, while Zhang Yun's eyes were already red.

He knew for certain that the price increase of Purple Heart Stone was due to someone wearing Purple Heart Stone and achieving good results at the Li Han Grand Assembly, and that the price of Purple Heart Stone would likely drop once the hype died down.

But to his surprise, before he could take control and before everyone's memories faded, a president of some Great Ming Kingdom Jewelry Association suddenly appeared and said they weren't buying Purple Heart Stone anymore?

This thing is useless to cultivators anyway, so since no one is buying it, the price has naturally gone down!

The problem is, you did lower the price, but I not only staked all my savings, I also took out a loan!

"An San, you deserve to die!" Zhang Yun gritted his teeth in anger, then picked up his phone. He was about to find someone to deal with An San when he saw a large number of "High Energy Warning!" messages suddenly appear on the video feed.

"What's going on!" Having watched countless videos, he naturally knew what that meant, but it was just a live stream; what could possibly be so extraordinary?

Then a young man in gray clothes and a mask quietly came up behind An San, then pulled out a knife and stabbed An San!

His movements were incredibly fast; one stab followed by another, and in a short time he had stabbed An San thirty-three times before the bodyguards finally subdued him!

An San was just an ordinary person who had never cultivated. He couldn't withstand such an attack and collapsed to the ground in pain.

"Ah!" Zhang Yun was completely taken aback; before he could even make a move, someone had already stepped forward!

Now, who am I supposed to take revenge on?

His phone suddenly rang. The caller ID showed "Surrender," and the caller ID showed a middle-aged man with a weathered look on his face.

Zhang Yun finally snapped out of his daze. "Holy crap, what video was I watching?!"

"What's the price of Purple Heart Stone now? Sell them all!" Zhang Yun roared.

"Each one was worth 12,416 taels! They've all been sold, leaving a balance of 21,566,592 taels!" Deep Blue said.

"Two thousand taels, two hundred billion taels?" Zhang Yun was completely dumbfounded.

I started with 30 billion!

I borrowed another 410 billion!

The final result was two hundred billion taels.

Lost 210 billion?

"Ring ring, ring ring"

Zhang Yun answered the phone blankly and heard a familiar voice from Brother Dao: "Brother, I don't think the market for Purple Heart Stone is right. Can you still afford to pay it back?"

"Heh, heh heh." Zhang Yun sneered, "I only have twenty million taels, take it!"

"What?" Brother Dao was stunned, his face immediately turning fierce. "Are you trying to renege on your debt?"

"So what if I am!" Zhang Yun said coldly, "What, you dare to come to my Zhang Family to collect a debt?"

"Good, very good!" Brother Dao: "I've already told you, my money comes from many people. Not to mention that many of the twenty families of Taiheng are involved, even your elders have received investment. Who do you think you owe money to? It's all Taiheng Sect's money!"

"Compared to your Zhang Family, I am insignificant. Then how does your Zhang Family compare to the Taiheng Sect?"

"You!" Zhang Yun's voice caught in her throat, and she looked completely bewildered.

"Alright, I just wanted to remind you to hurry up and raise the money. Four hundred billion sounds like a lot, but that's just mortal currency. If you can pay with a magical artifact, I'll give you ten billion. If you can bring a Dao artifact, I'll give you one hundred billion!"

"Can the value of an Artifact Dao be measured in silver?" Zhang Yun immediately became anxious. "You can't buy that kind of thing no matter how much silver you have!"

"Anyway, this is my price. You can choose not to sell!" Brother Dao shrugged, then said viciously, "By the way, don't even think about killing yourself. It's clearly written in the contract that you borrowed money in your Lineage's name when you took out the loan. So if you die, I'll ask your Lineage for the money!"

A chill ran down Zhang Yun's spine.

He might be able to obtain powerful magical artifacts and Dao artifacts, but what if his Lineage found out about this...?

Death is a small matter, but ruining the Lineage's reputation is a big one. When the time comes to punish them, he, his wife, and his children will all be caught!

"This absolutely cannot happen! I am a cultivator, and I have a long life ahead of me. How can I die here!"

Zhang Yun immediately made up his mind and replied, "I understand!"

"Okay!" Brother Dao nodded, then hung up the phone.