"Ask the proprietor!"
After pondering for a long time and failing to think of a better solution, Nie Yun moved and left the Storage World.
The Divine Stones on him were certainly nowhere near enough. If he wanted the puppet to become a major aid and successfully infiltrate Red River Gate, he could only see whether the proprietor of Riverfront Tavern had a solution.
Perhaps the underground market could exchange them, just like Red River Crystals.
Upon hearing that Nie Yun was looking for him, the proprietor rushed over at once, his face brimming with smiles.
The young master before him was clearly a wealthy man. He had to curry favor with him and dared not neglect him.
"Can the underground market you trade through exchange Divine Stones?" Nie Yun got straight to the point as soon as he summoned the man.
"Divine Stones?"
The proprietor froze, then shook his head. "The circulation of Divine Stones is controlled by the Nine Great Powers of the Divine Realm. The underground market may be formidable, but it would never dare set its sights on that!"
Divine Stones were the hardest currency in the Divine Realm, like gold in the mortal world, controlled by major powers. The underground market could secretly exchange Red River Crystals and turn a blind eye to it, but circulating Divine Stones was another matter entirely. That was like stroking a tiger's whiskers—nothing less than courting death.
"Then... where do Divine Stones circulate?"
If the underground market did not circulate them, there had to be somewhere that did. Otherwise, where did everyone else obtain their Divine Stones?
"Gathering Wealth Pavilion," the proprietor said.
"Gathering Wealth Pavilion?" Nie Yun's expression turned strange.
Back at the Fire God Auction, Steward Qiu Ming, who had kept bidding against him, had belonged to