It was already the small hours of the morning.
Yet Gao Shang was not the least bit sleepy. If anything, he was far too alert.
He wanted to take the second piece of whale rubber immediately, but his body clearly had not recovered to its best condition.
At the very least, he needed another two days of rest.
With nothing else to do, Gao Shang opened the system shop again and began studying its wares.
The price discrepancy for whale rubber was enormous. Thanks to that information gap, he had indeed made a hefty profit.
But that did not mean he could resell other goods the same way.
After a general browse, Gao Shang discovered that the prices of most goods in the shop were actually not much different from their market prices on the Douluo Continent.
However, the system shop's greatest advantage was that no matter how rare an item was, there was no limit on how many he could buy.
As long as Gao Shang could afford it, the system would not stop him even if he bought a hundred Lovesick Heartbreak Reds to play around with flower arranging.
The problem was that he had no money now.
So Gao Shang had to keep searching the shop.
He needed to see what else had a price gap with the market on the Douluo Continent.
As long as he found a few more products like whale rubber, he could keep rolling the snowball and get another step closer to buying those god-tier items.
Before he knew it, a warm summer breeze had scattered the morning mist.
The morning sunlight spilled into the courtyard and fell upon Gao Shang.
Creak-
The door to the side room was pushed open.
Sun Meng walked out, rubbing her eyes, clearly not fully awake yet. Yawning, she headed toward the well in the courtyard.
But she stopped after just two steps.
Someone was actually sitting beside the well.
And he was shirtless.
"Boss? Why are you here?"
Sun Meng was a little surprised.
Gao Shang usually kept a regular schedule. It was still far earlier than his usual waking time.
However, as she drew closer, she soon noticed that something about Gao Shang seemed different.
"Huh?"
Sun Meng stared at Gao Shang for a few moments before she could not help saying:
"Wait, boss, how did your skin suddenly get so much fairer?"
She had looked after Gao Shang for three years. Naturally, there was no way she could miss such an obvious change.
Only upon hearing her voice did Gao Shang pull his attention away from the shop.
Sun Meng had already walked up beside him.
He looked down at his arm and said casually:
"Probably because of my Martial Soul. It's normal."
"Really?"
Sun Meng studied him dubiously.
She kept feeling that Gao Shang had not only grown fairer, but even his features seemed a little more refined.
Yet when she looked closely, he did not seem all that different from before.
After looking for a long while without reaching any conclusion, Sun Meng could only set her doubts aside for now.
She first prepared water and a towel for Gao Shang to wash with, then went to the front hall to begin the day's work.
Meanwhile, Gao Shang also closed the system panel.
He had gained quite a lot over the past few hours.
First was the matter of finding suitable products to profit from price differences.
Aside from whale rubber, it was indeed difficult to find anything in the shop whose buyback price was much higher than its normal price.
So Gao Shang could only change his approach.
He would look for things whose prices on the Douluo Continent had been severely inflated by their rarity, then resell them.
For now, there were three main categories of such goods.
Immortal herbs, Soul Bones, and Soul Tools.
Gao Shang dismissed the first two without a second thought.
Most people simply did not understand how precious immortal herbs were.
As for Soul Bones, those were treasures said to bring rivers of blood.
Moreover, when ordinary Soul Masters obtained a Soul Bone, they would certainly absorb it themselves at the first opportunity. Anyone offering one for sale was either short of money or had already absorbed a Soul Bone for that location.
So even if he only brought out a hundred-year Soul Bone, there was a high chance someone would set their sights on him.
If there really were too many greedy people, a single Titled Douluo Experience Card would not be enough to keep him alive.
Thus, his only real option was Soul Tools.
Few people on the continent understood other types of Soul Tools, and Gao Shang was not sure whether he could sell them for a high price.
But Storage Soul Tools would definitely be fine.
Besides, although the method of making Storage Soul Tools had long been lost, there were still quite a few of them around. At least, the core members of the major sects had no shortage of them.
As long as he sold only a few, it probably would not attract too much attention.
At most, others would think he had gotten lucky and stumbled upon some ancient ruins.
With that thought, Gao Shang raised his hand and tapped.
A silver ring set with a sapphire at the top appeared out of thin air in his hand.
"So this is a Storage Soul Tool?"
Gao Shang toyed with it for a while.
"It's quite pretty."
With that, he put the ring on his right ring finger.
The moment the ring touched his skin, it automatically shrank to fit his finger, looking even more exquisite.
Gao Shang tried channeling a trace of Soul Power into it.
The next moment, he sensed an independent space of about one cubic meter.
With just a thought, he could store items inside or take them straight out.
Although the space was small, it was a genuine Level 3 Soul Tool, and its quality was excellent.
After all, under normal circumstances, only a Level 4 Soul Engineer possessed the ability to craft a Storage Soul Tool independently.
Thus, this ring cost as much as eight thousand Gold Soul Coins in the system shop.
But judging by the current going rate for Storage Soul Tools on the continent, this ring could sell for at least fifteen thousand.
However, Gao Shang did not intend to sell it.
Because he needed a Storage Soul Tool himself.
The system space could only store items produced by the system. For convenience, and to conceal the system's existence, he had to prepare an external storage tool.
"Not bad."
Gao Shang raised his hand and looked at the ring on it.
"Next, let's try cultivating."
He stretched, returned to his bedroom, and took out the Basic Meditation Method Su Yuntao had given him.
The Basic Meditation Method was not complicated. It could even be called extremely simple.
With his powerful mental strength, Gao Shang successfully grasped the basics in just over ten minutes.
It was his first attempt at cultivating, and the marvelous sensation made it a little hard for him to stop.
Before he knew it, more than four hours had passed.
Only when Sun Meng's voice came from the front hall did he stop circulating his Soul Power.
"Boss, lunch is ready!"
Gao Shang let out a breath but did not open his eyes immediately.
He silently felt the flow of Soul Power within his body.
After cultivating for so long, his meridians already felt somewhat swollen. This was a sign that his body had reached the limit of what it could withstand.
If he continued cultivating, not only would his Soul Power absorption efficiency decline, but he could also easily leave hidden injuries in his meridians that would affect his future cultivation.
"After taking the whale rubber, my meridians became much stronger, and the amount of time I can cultivate each day increased too."
"No wonder people say whale rubber can improve talent."
But he soon shook his head again.
"It's just that this Basic Meditation Method really is pretty trash. It absorbs Soul Power far too slowly."
Getting up and moving his somewhat stiff body, Gao Shang headed toward the front hall.