Trading Supplies

Seele tossed the pouch containing Stellar Jade onto the table, then slumped straight down onto the nearby sofa.

"Natasha, why are you collecting all this Stellar Jade?"

Natasha counted the Stellar Jade Seele brought back, a total of 160 pieces, which, combined with the ones in the burlap sack, came to a grand total of 1525 pieces.

"You'll find out tomorrow. Come straight to my place first thing in the morning."

Hearing this, Seele grew even more puzzled.

"What do you have going on tomorrow?"

Instead of answering Seele, Natasha asked a question.

"How did you like dinner tonight?"

Hearing Natasha bring up tonight's supper, Seele couldn't help licking her lips involuntarily.

That white rice was simply too fragrant! It tasted amazing even without any side dishes, and Seele had eaten a full 3 bowls tonight, feeling stuffed to the absolute limit.

"It was delicious! By the way, where did all that super-white rice come from tonight? And it was all-you-can-eat, too. Natasha, did we in The Moles strike it rich?"

Natasha picked up a piece of Stellar Jade and waved it in front of Seele.

"If you want to call it striking it rich, I suppose you could."

"The rice you ate tonight—just this single piece of Stellar Jade was enough to buy it, and it's enough to feed you for a whole month."

Upon hearing this, Seele froze in place, dumbfounded.

What! A stone called Stellar Jade was actually this valuable!

Seele couldn't help thinking of the Stellar Jade she used to casually toss away after defeating the monsters guarding treasure chests and opening them, filling her with instant regret.

Good heavens! Just how much food had she thrown away?!

Seele wanted nothing more than to slash her past self with a scythe—couldn't she have broken that bad habit of throwing things everywhere?!

Watching Seele clutch her chest with an expression of heartbroken regret, Natasha found it immensely amusing.

This Seele, aside from fighting, loved eating more than anything else.

To be precise, not a single child who grew up in the Underworld didn't love good food.

"Tomorrow, we're taking this Stellar Jade to exchange for rice, so come early tomorrow and get some rest early tonight."

At these words, Seele jumped up from the floor, threw the door open, and ran home to sleep.

"See you tomorrow, Natasha."

Watching the door swing back and forth from being closed with too much force, Natasha sighed with a trace of helplessness.

"This Seele is always so hotheaded."

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The next day.

Ye Yun, Hook, and Clara finished breakfast and headed toward Boulder Town.

Before leaving, Ye Yun left Svarog a cell phone and added his contact information.

Whenever Svarog needed to purchase supplies, he would contact Ye Yun.

Near the gates of Boulder Town and Rivets Town.

Natasha waited there with Oleg, Seele, and a large group of members from The Moles.

Seele was getting a bit impatient, having just stood around here doing nothing for over two hours.

"Natasha, what's-his-name again? He isn't going to stand us up, is he?"

Natasha shook her head.

"He won't. That automaton from yesterday came from Svarog's place, so Ye Yun probably stayed over there, and it takes time to travel here."

Hearing this, Seele pouted.

If not for the fact that the other party would be trading a massive batch of supplies with her side in a moment, Seele would have turned around and left immediately.

Over half an hour later.

The figures of three people and a automaton appeared in everyone's field of vision.

"Sorry for the delay, everyone. I'm a bit late." Ye Yun cupped his hands in apology.

Natasha smiled and shook her head.

"Not at all, we only just arrived ourselves."

Hearing this, Seele muttered a couple of dissatisfied words under her breath.

"What do you mean 'just arrived'? We've been here all morning!"

What Seele didn't know was that although her voice was soft, her distance from Ye Yun wasn't all that far.

Natasha, standing beside her, also heard Seele's words.

"Sorry, Ye Yun, Seele just has that kind of personality."

Ye Yun smiled.

"It's fine. Let's go, we'll head to the trade first."

At that, Natasha hurriedly led the way.

The group walked through the streets and alleys and arrived at a warehouse.

Natasha took out the 1525 pieces of Stellar Jade collected yesterday.

"Ye Yun, take a look and see how many supplies these can exchange for."

Ye Yun glanced at the burlap sack of Stellar Jade, directly produced the Exchange Scale, taught Natasha how to use it, and let her figure out what items she wanted to trade for.

Seele found the Exchange Scale fascinating as she watched it, amazed that this little gadget could actually "spit out money."

"Hey, you there. What's-his-name? Oh right, Ye Yun, do you have any more of these scales? Sell me one to play with."

Ye Yun smiled.

"This one is not for sale."

Seele reacted at once.

"Oh come on, don't I know how you people operate? Merchants chase profit—can't I just pay extra?"

Ye Yun still shook his head.

Seeing this, Seele lost interest and ran over to Natasha's side to watch the excitement.

Ten-odd minutes later.

Natasha finished selecting the supplies she wanted to buy.

She handed the purchase form and all 152,500 Star Coins over to Ye Yun.

Ye Yun reached out and released all the supplies Natasha had purchased.

In less than a single minute, the entire warehouse was packed to the absolute brim.

Natasha had to temporarily requisition several nearby houses just to fully accommodate this batch of supplies.

Natasha looked at Ye Yun with gratitude.

"Thank you, Ye Yun."

Ye Yun replied.

"Don't mention it, cash on delivery."

At that moment, Natasha thought of Stelle, March 7th, and Dan Heng.

"Oh right, Ye Yun, four people came to my clinic yesterday—three women and one man, also from beyond the sky. Do you want to go take a look?"

Hearing this, those must be Stelle and the others.

Calculating the time, they should be about here right now.

"Oh? Then I'll go take a look. You go ahead and handle things here."

Natasha called over Seele.

"Seele, take Ye Yun to the clinic."

Seele readily agreed.

Having witnessed this massive ocean of supplies right before her eyes, Seele had completely changed her view of Ye Yun.

You say you waited too long? Wasn't that only to be expected? This was an esteemed moneybags patron, after all! She had better serve him well, hadn't she?

"Got it! Leave it to me!"

Watching Seele's complete attitude shift, Hook leaned close to Clara's ear and whispered.

"Clara, do you feel like Big Sister Seele is super realistic?"

Clara nodded.

"Mm."

Seele walked up to the front of Ye Yun and made a welcoming gesture.

"This esteemed guest, this way please~"

Ye Yun smiled.

"No need for that, Seele. Just act normal."

Seele straightened her posture.

"Alrighty, let's go, go, go. The clinic is this way."

Inside the clinic.

March 7th and Dan Heng had already woken up by this point.

The two of them stood inside the room discussing what to do next.

"I want to go outside and take a look, see if I can find any clues about the Stellaron."

March 7th thought for a moment.

"You go ahead. I'll keep watch over Stelle here; she hasn't woken up yet."

Dan Heng glanced at Stelle on the bed.

"Alright, then I'll go look for clues first. Let's keep in touch at all times."

With that, Dan Heng turned to head out the door.

Right then, a commotion came from outside the door.

Dan Heng paused his steps, watching the entrance with vigilance.

The doorknob was turned, and the door was pushed open from the outside.

Greeting their eyes was a familiar figure.

March 7th cried out in surprise.

"Ye Yun! What are you doing here?"