Chapter 46: Suddenly Became Rich

  "Do you think you're some kind of high-flying lizard? If that's what you think, I'll help you exchange it. The current market exchange rate is 1 high-grade for 61 mid-grade, and 1 mid-grade for 47 low-grade." Wang Hai was very familiar with the price trend of High Energy Crystals, and the exchange rates between them were never fixed. How could something like a 1:100 ratio possibly exist?

  This thing will fluctuate slightly according to market conditions, unless there is a big change, otherwise the floating ratio will not be too large.

  "From low to high?"

  "Psalm 51:1 and Psalm 74:1."

  "So dark?"

  "Nonsense! Who would exchange a high-energy crystal for no reason? The ordinary, mid-to-low level ones circulating in the market are enough." Wang Hai rolled his eyes and said matter-of-factly, "So if there's no need, don't exchange it... what a waste."

  "And I'm sure that if you just take out a high-grade high-energy crystal and show it off, you'll find out what trouble is in less than half a day."

  "What the f***, is this thing really worth that much?"

  Should I find time to discuss with Yatsume Murasaki?

  "What do you think? A rich mining area can't produce much of this high-grade stuff in a year. More than 80% is ordinary low-grade stuff, and more than 10% is mid-grade, which is already considered good ore. This thing is very rare, I don't know what's wrong with Old Zhuo that he would actually spend such a huge price to buy it."

  "Are you crying?" Jiǔ Mìng glanced at him slightly.

  "Hmm, do you believe that if your abilities are weak and the rumors of this thing's disappearance spread, it won't be long before some teachers at this school think about getting rid of you and finding a place to hide out and live a good life?"

  Wang Hai said with a sigh of envy, to be honest, he was really envious and jealous, this level of high-energy crystal he himself had only touched a few times!

  "Alright then, I'll leave the exchange to you, or should I give you the change?"

  "I really don't know what you're thinking." Wang Hai waved his hand and took over the high-energy crystal thrown by Jiǔ Mìng, without saying anything else, "Wait for a moment."

  It wasn't long before Wang Hai moved over a large box, "The box is included for free, generally high-energy crystals will slowly lose energy when placed in the open, this box is made of insulating material, so it's no problem to put them inside. I'll give you 2900 low-grade high-energy crystals as a set."

  "Hmph, I thought it was 2800. Nine Lives placed his hand on the box and instantly transformed it into a storage card, with the name..."

  A box filled with high-energy crystals...

  Alright, straightforward then.

  Watching Jiumeng leave with a swagger, Wang Hai's mouth twitched violently, this damn...!

  "Zhuo Lao, you really believe it, don't you?" Although he thought Jiǔ Mìng wouldn't cheat him, this transaction was just too big, so Wang Hai hesitated.

  "Is he dead?" After a long while, Wang Hai's face turned black, and upon closer inspection, the old man had actually fallen asleep again!

  "Stop messing around, I'm watching the crucial part!" Zhu Hongxin slightly waved his hand, and Wang Hai's hand that was snatching the book was slapped to one side.

  "I said Old Zhuo..."

  "Good grief, young people are so impatient! Can't you just try it and see if it's true or not?!" Zuo Hongxin waved his hand in annoyance and slapped a sealed card onto the table. "As it happens, I have something that needs to be taken care of, but now... isn't this a good opportunity?"

  Just as he was saying that, Wang Hai's face changed slightly, and he tried to turn around and run, but was caught by a thin hand, making him struggle hard. The thin hand didn't even shake, and Zhuo Hongxin smiled at him, revealing a row of neat white teeth. "Come on, little Wang, help me deliver something."

  The old man knocked down the strong young man...

  "Ah, Old Zhao... I almost got beaten to death!" The next day, Wang Hai came straight to find Zuo Hongxin to settle the score, but the old man was very calm.

  "Xiao Wang is back, did you deliver the things?"

  "Of course!" Wang Hai's mouth twitched violently, the feeling of being forcibly thrown into the gap yesterday was really terrible, not to mention that he was almost scared to death by the dense red eyes inside, and as soon as he came out, he suffered a series of blows from the opposite side.

  They took him for a mysterious attacker and no matter how hard he tried to explain, he ended up getting beaten badly before they finally understood what was going on.

  That card from a kid's card game was actually real, and he really got sent to another city with Chao Hongxin's 'Instant Thousand Miles'... Suddenly felt a bit wasteful, using it as a transportation tool would just cost some money, but the old man directly used three high-grade energy crystals, which is equivalent to hundreds of millions or even billions of dollars!

  "That's all right, although it was a bit of a waste, I can still withstand it... En." Zhuo Hongxin stroked his chin, seemingly thinking about something, "Little Wang, don't go, we haven't done what we discussed yesterday yet."

  "What! I have a date now, I need to go." Wang Hai's mouth twitched as he forced out an excuse.

  "Less nonsense, now it's too late to say anything."

  Hmmm, one, two, three... with narrowed eyes, he gazed at the large pile of sparkling high-energy crystals in front of him. Due to his soul body's factors, the energy slowly released from that large pile of high-energy crystals made him feel quite comfortable...

  Although it can't be like an ability user in this world actively absorbing, but passively... I'll make a high-energy crystal bed piled up with crystals another day!

  It's also common to not have enjoyed anything in life, and after death, no one has ever burned paper money for oneself... Oh, maybe family members from another world have burned some, but if they can't receive it, it's pointless, and even if they could receive it, what would they use it to buy?

  Picked up 50 high-energy crystals worth only 20 'yuan', nine lives were directly thrown into the mysterious shop, how to say it, there's always a feeling that storing 'yuan' at a lower level is better than suddenly rising to N.

  With his experience, he has a kind of "brushing score" feeling for nine lives. Then his former seniors may not have encountered such situations, and perhaps those with thick skin can do better than him.

  It's better to be cautious... anyway, these things won't be stolen even if they're left here. Hmm, it seems like it's really necessary to make a sparkling high-energy crystal pile as a place to sleep.

  He stuffed a big pile of high-energy crystals under the sofa cushion where he often slept, and tonight he would definitely have a good sleep!

  "Wow!!!"

  Perhaps it was too comfortable to sleep, the nine-life biological clock was disrupted, and the mysterious shop's lights were not dazzling. The switches were generally operated by the nine-life authority, so there was no 'off-lights' afterglow under which it was like at night.

  Nine lives thinking that it's always been nighttime is no problem.

  So, he overslept and didn't even notice that there was a new "guest" until someone kicked him hard in the stomach!

  "Huh...?"

  His subconscious nine lives stretched out to grab the foot that was stepping on him and gently flicked it to one side... Afterwards, he swore that at the time it was really just a dazed and confused subconscious gentle flick!

  Jiuming wasn't woken up by being trampled on, but was startled awake by a burst of noise and a furious roar.

  As soon as he opened his eyes, he felt that he had never slept so comfortably before. At the same time, he sat up and saw a pink fist hitting his eye socket, stretched out his hand and easily blocked it!

  Then slightly tilted her head, the nine lives sleepy eyes scanned the scenery under the skirt and lightly dodged the leg that was kicking towards his head.

  "What did I just do?"

  "How dare you throw me!!!" The nine lives' voice had just fallen, and a roar was heard in his ear, "And then still dare to pretend to be innocent!!"

  Jiǔ mìng qīng xǐng le.

  Translation: The nine lives have sobered up.

  "What?! The scene before him widened his eyes, and he rubbed his own eyes vigorously, "Am I still not awake? They actually came here in a group?"

  That nine-life youth who had a silly face now has his mouth corners slightly trembling, thinking of the scene where he subconsciously threw away Nagisa Furukawa like an ant earlier, and looking at his current attitude of ignoring her roar, this place won't be destroyed by Spring Day's anger, will it?

  Is this the place Haruhi Suzumiya was talking about?

  And here is... the ghost store manager?

  Looks like it's more like a lazy and useless bum now!

  Huh? What is that?! A gemstone?! Seeing the few high-energy crystals scattered on the ground, the teenager's eyes twitched violently. You've got to be kidding me! It can't be, it must be just glass beads.

  "Long Gate, are those glass beads?" Ah Xū asked with a hint of self-deception to the mysterious San Wu girl beside him.

  "A crystal containing special energy can be used as a source of power, worth N million times that of glass beads..."

  “…I see.” A few cold sweat drops rolled down his forehead, Nagato Hibi had briefly explained and he already somewhat understood the value of this thing. What truly made him break a sweat was that he saw under the edge of the couch cushion where Kurenai was lying, a row of those ‘glass beads’…and because he sat up, he even knocked off a few!

  I'd rather be this useless and good-for-nothing waste!!

  "Suddenly, I feel that a person's fate is decided at the moment of birth..." He let out a long sigh, Ah Xū now wants to lift up that evil sofa cushion and take a closer look at how many "glass pearls" are being pressed underneath that make people like him, who are 'poor', want to rob.

  "How... is this possible?" After confirming that he was indeed awake, Jiǔ Mìng said, looking at the girl in front of him with a disbelieving expression. She had her hands on her hips and a displeased look on her face. This was their second meeting, an absolutely impossible second meeting!!

  "How did you all come here again... Are you here as a group!?"

  "Hmph! Of course, it's all thanks to our tireless efforts!!" As he said this, Jiǔ Mìng saw the team members behind her... they seemed to have let out a collective sigh of relief, and it looked like they had been having a really tough time lately.

  I don't even know how many times they have to open doors every day, go up and down stairs, run to weird places... Ha, I feel a bit sympathetic now.