Beck Subplane

"..."

Even in another world, as long as it was a real world, universal values still had something in common.

Restricted exports?

Not a big problem!

After all, he had spent time in the great melting pot of the modern world. Though most of that time had been devoted to researching ascension, what he had seen and heard had taught him a few tricks.

Yin Ming's mind raced. After a pause, he said, "We know that Demons feed on Soul Crystals!"

"How about this? First, find a Demon and beat it stupid. Then feed it Soul Crystals until it is saturated. Take a strand of its hair and give it to me, and I'll kill it through Abyssal Summoning."

"That way, we can obtain Demon flesh containing Soul Crystal components. We only need to find a way to extract them—"

This step was the simplest for Yin Ming. The Scavenger Gourd could handle the purification.

With such an assembly-line operation, every ten thousand Soul Crystals would lose roughly ten to twenty percent, plus ten to twenty Demons. That was not entirely unacceptable.

Silence...

Black kiln factory: "..."

Living smuggler: "..."

Foie gras farm: "..."

Thank goodness this was another world. Otherwise, they would absolutely sue him for slander.

"Wizard, that won't be necessary..."

Red Nose's lower body inexplicably went cold. He had spent some time in the Abyss.

He had nearly caused a Demon Lord's death with his Backstab. He had thought himself a little Quasit well versed in human nature, but at this moment, he realized that before a true "human," his thinking was still far too naïve.

"Relax! The purification technique should not be difficult. We just need to find a substance that corrodes Demon flesh without reacting with Soul Crystals. Any losses incurred will be on my tab." Yin Ming said generously.

Red Nose: (ΩДΩ)

Was this a problem with purification technology?

Was this a question of who bore the losses?

Red Nose took a deep breath and suppressed the urge to turn tail and run. "Wizard, what I mean is, there's no need to go this far. There is an open subplane in the Abyss where we can trade."

As he spoke, Red Nose took out a metal sphere about the size of a Soulstone. Its surface was smooth, with nothing remarkable about it. He explained, "The subplane opens every New Moon night. All Demons may enter freely, while wizards, warlocks, and Magic Beasts need a subplane invitation."

The subplane was called "Beck." It was called a plane, but in truth, its area was only about half the size of the Landon Duchy.

There were no indigenous living creatures inside. It was entirely a place for extraordinary beings to exchange what they had for what they lacked.

It belonged to the Abyss, yet was not covered by the Abyssal Will.

The rule was that regardless of race or the depth of one's hatred, fighting, hunting, and killing were forbidden.

It could only be used as a marketplace—a special economic zone for the Abyss world's foreign trade?

"Fine! Let my method remain a backup plan for now. After all, I'm not some devil."

Yin Ming pondered for a moment, then agreed to trade in the subplane. Abyssal Summoning carried a certain degree of risk as well. If a token summoning was rejected, it would turn into a random summoning.

A Zero Ring rune could even summon a Demon King. Although the other party would be unable to descend, using a single finger to crush the summoner to death was a common occurrence.

"Then, on the next New Moon night, at Beck Subplane—"

Before Red Nose could finish, Yin Ming interrupted, "Pick three locations. I'll inject magic power into the Soulstone. If it hurts once, we meet at the first location. Twice, the second. Three times, the third."

Could Soulstones be used like that?

Injecting magic power into a Soulstone caused pain like one's soul was being torn apart, and he was actually using it to transmit coded signals?

"Bonewood Tower, Crimson Leaf Gallery, Maple Spirit Ancient Tree."

Red Nose named the three places with a dark expression. Just as he was about to use the Abyssal Sacrifice Rune to return to the Abyss world, Yin Ming suddenly interrupted again. "Wait!"

"Wizard, what else do you require?" Red Nose's muscles twitched all over as he turned around with a stiff smile.

"Lend me some blood..."

The Zero Ring Jungle Giant Lizard's True Blood had gone cold and could no longer be used as True Blood for drawing runes.

Yin Ming had no intention of searching for a second Magic Beast, so he could only make do with what was nearby and take some ready-made True Blood.

Red Nose had returned to the Abyss for three months, and his strength exceeded that of the other Monkey Quasits. Runes drawn with his True Blood should be able to summon Monkey Quasits.

"..."

[Zero Ring: Abyssal Summoning.]

Using Red Nose's True Blood, Yin Ming drew the spell's energy circuits.

He tossed a strand of monkey fur into the rune array and injected magic power to activate it. As wisps of Abyssal aura spilled out, Red Eighteen appeared at the center of the array.

"Wizard, Soul Crystals can't be brought out of the Abyss. Why don't you drink some Bloodline Potion too, turn into a Quasit, and return to the Abyss with me to retrieve them?" Red Eighteen wore a gray leather skirt around his waist as he spoke with wide eyes.

Yin Ming: "..."

In order to remain human, he had even developed the Immortal Path's External Elixir Art.

And now he was being asked to stop being human for ten thousand Soul Crystals?

Yin Ming took a deep breath and asked, "Do you know about the 'Beck' subplane?"

As the confidant of the War Demon Romance, Red Eighteen had heard of the "Beck" subplane. He nodded. "I do! They say it's an open trading plane, but I've never been there."

Red Nose had not lied. Such a place really did exist. Once he found someone to verify whether the invitation was genuine, that would more or less settle it.

"Fine! We'll meet at Beck Subplane on the next New Moon night and trade there."

"But our lord does not allow us to leave the territory."

"Smack... You won't desert, will you? The Soulstones are all in my hands anyway. Are you planning to support him in his old age?"

"Then where exactly?"

"Bonewood Tower, Crimson Leaf Gallery, Maple Spirit Ancient Tree. I'll stimulate the Soulstone with magic power. If it hurts once, go to the first place and meet me there, and so on." Yin Ming said.

Red Eighteen: "..."

You probably don't know that stimulating a Soulstone with magic power was used as torture by other Demon Lords.

Intimidated by his tyrannical might, Red Eighteen chose to endure. He drew the sacrifice rune with blood, and as the rune spells lit up one by one, he stepped into the array and returned to the Abyss once more.

"..."

Though Red Nose did not possess royal blood, his intelligence was clearly higher than that of other Monkey Quasits.

Who knew whether he had experienced something in the Abyss, or whether learning helped Monkey Quasits develop intelligence.

"We should go! Someone will come looking soon!"

Whether it was Abyssal Summoning or Abyssal Sacrifice, the core principle came down to one word: fast. Fire one shot, then change locations.

Yin Ming stored the Jungle Giant Lizard's corpse in the gourd and sprinted toward the Underground City.

"Green, where are you going in full battle gear?" As soon as Yin Ming returned to the Underground City entrance, he saw Johnny Green leading more than a dozen fully armed warlocks out of the Underground City.

"Don't even mention it! Who knows which Abyssal Lord has gone mad!"

Johnny Green wore a miserable expression as he poured out his complaints. "Not once in the past few years did we detect Abyssal aura. How many times has this been in the last few months?"

"Detecting Abyssal aura would be one thing! But every occurrence is at Zero Ring strength, and every single one is within the Landon Duchy's borders."

"Cough, cough... You've worked hard."

Yin Ming gave an awkward smile and headed for the Underground City's Exchange Building. Having Anthony Silvercoin appraise extraordinary items was more reliable than asking most scholars.

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