I'm A Wasteland Giant Chapter 223 – Chapter 223: Chapter 222: Ominous Right Eye Surprises!

Chapter 223: Chapter 222: Ominous Right Eye Surprises!

Translator: 549690339

“Respected seniors, please do not show yourselves unless you encounter a life-and-death crisis!”

Hearing this, all the God Spirit-level powerhouses present who were there to escort Du Gang looked at each other in dismay, and fell into silence.

After a while, someone couldn't help but respond.

“Fair enough!”

Then, they started to chat in the void.

“This guy looks innocent, but why does he keep getting into mischief?”

“Isn't that the truth? Last time he went to South Mountain, he sneakily drank ten bottles of someone else's wine. This time, he dressed up like this, who knows what he's planning to do!”

“What else can he do? He's probably planning to play some dirty tricks. His reputation as an Ancient God is too overwhelming, he probably won't get any fights, hence this disguise….”

“I'm guessing he will challenge all the Sector Lords…”

Since they had already heard the conversation between Du Gang and Yao Zixuan earlier, they had a clear understanding of Du Gang's purpose. They knew that he was out to make money, so they weren't surprised.

At this moment, Du Gang's face was covered in black soot, making him look like a lump of charcoal. He wore a black combat suit and held a Mountain-Opening Axe in his hand.

This was his disguise for this trip, intending to make a good show of it and earn more money.

For the sake of his role, this time, he decided not to use anything related to the Ancient God.

Even the Mountain-Opening Axe was a Rank One Divine Artifact that he had Qingyu purchase from the Black Market for nearly a hundred thousand Saint Crystals. Although not very powerful, it was not weak either, and quite fitting for his image.

“From now on, call me Old Black!”

“Hehe.”

Du Gang giggled incessantly, already fantasizing about swindling a load of people.

He didn't know how to disguise, so this was the simplest and fastest image he could come up with.

The black soot on his face was bought at a high price and had the effect of blocking any Mental Power probing. Absolutely no one could recognize him.

“The only regret is, there's no beard!”

Du Gang felt a little remorse. He had modeled his image after Li Kui from the Water Margin in his memory, but while Li Kui had a full beard, he had none.

Just then, there was an old man with a black beard, flying towards South Mountain.

From his attire, it was clear that he was planning on attending the grand event at South Mountain.

Seeing this, Du Gang chuckled and flew towards him at a high speed.

“Ouch!”

The old man suddenly saw a flash of golden light, followed by a sharp pain in his chin, causing him to cry out in pain.

It had been a long time since he last fought, and had forgotten to guard himself in battle. He didn't have a bit of precaution.

It took a while for the old man to react after the flash of gold disappeared from sight. He angrily shouted: “Who ambushed me?!”

“Come out, I've already found you!”

The old man glared around, but he couldn't find his attacker wherever he looked.

Still not willing to give in, he continued with his tried and tested approach in his youth, sneering, “No use hiding, I've seen you, that guy over there…”

“Hehe, your shoe is sticking out…”

“You, the one looking down…”

“What are you staring at? I'm talking about you!”

“Still hiding?!”

After muttering to himself for a while and seeing no movement, the elderly man frowned, confused, “Could it be that there's really no one there? Or did they already leave?”

“That's not right, why would they leave after ambushing me?!”

He took a closer look and realized that he hadn't been injured and nothing valuable was taken from him, because all his belongings were in his inner world, and he wouldn't carry anything valuable on his body.

Suddenly, he sharply turned around, grinned maliciously, and swung a green light in one direction.

“Haha, got you!”

“Boom!”

The green light exploded, and a rat as big as a bull was blown out.

“Squeak squeak squeak!”

The rat gave a few panicked squeaks before quickly burrowing into the ground.

“A rat?”

The old man was puzzled, but then he realized, “Wait, how could an ordinary rat withstand my attack?!”

Remembering this, he quickly chased after the rat, dived into the rat hole without a second thought…

Du Gang, who managed to snatch a beard, happily stuck it onto his own chin and took out a mirror to admire himself.

“Black!”

“As black as charcoal, great, with this, absolutely no one will recognize me!”

Du Gang was very satisfied with his look, “Perfect!”

As for attending Yu Shuiyao's meeting, the beauty's gathering? Earning money through scams is far more tempting!

In this manner, Du Gang, full of joy, dashed towards South Mountain.

Upon reaching the outskirts of South Mountain, he was shocked by the sight in front of him.

As far as the eye could see, there were people everywhere, young and old, even including quite a few old men like the one he had encountered before.

All of these people were at the Sector Lord level, here to see if they could get some opportunity. Some of them weren't even at the ninth rank of Sector Lord level.

Looking at this scene, Du Gang was momentarily speechless, “You're not even at the ninth rank of the Sector Lord level, what do you expect to get from here?!”

While he was despising others, others were also sneering at him.

“Where did this charcoal come from…”

“Who?!”

Du Gang quickly found the offender, a teenager about seventeen or eighteen, glaring at him maliciously, “Kid, do you have a death wish?”

“Yoho, your charcoal face wants to have a go at me?”

The teenager didn't say anything. But a burly man with a scar on his face next to him laughed brazenly.

Du Gang glanced at him and sneered, “Intentionally leaving a scar on your face makes you look tough? You want to fight? Come on, I'll play a round with you for a million Holy Crystals.”

“Hahaha!”

Immediately, the surroundings were filled with laughter.

No one thought that Du Gang could really take out a million Holy Crystals, they simply thought he was taunting the scarred man.

Hearing the laughter, the scarred man was very dissatisfied. His hand clenched into a fist and he angrily stated, “If you want to fight, then bring some sincerity. What's the point of all talk?”

It dawned on Du Gang that not everyone was as rich as him. Even people like Little Hawk King carried no more than ten thousand Holy Crystals. His bid of a million was indeed excessive.

He chuckled,”All right, then. How much do you want to stake on our fight?”

“Humph!”

The scarred man snorted contemptuously, looked Du Gang up and down, determined that he wasn't wealthy judging by his attire, and smirked, “How about a hundred Holy Crystals?”

“Sss!”

Everyone in the vicinity suddenly inhaled sharply.

“Oh my gosh, they're actually betting a hundred Holy Crystals!”

“Unbelievable, can they really produce that many Holy Crystals?”

Du Gang was momentarily taken back by the surrounding comments.

A hundred Holy Crystals are a lot?

I have thirty-eight million Holy Crystals, am I arrogant now?

Soon, he realized that these people weren't just posing, they actually thought a hundred Holy Crystals was a lot!

The scarred man laughed, “Kid, you're scared, aren't you? You don't even have a hundred Holy Crystals and you dare roam around outside. If you apologized to me now, I would let you go.”

Luckily, this time he had brought all his possessions with him, making a show was more than possible this time.

This charcoal kid doesn't look high-class with his entire outfit. He probably hasn't even reached the Ninth Rank Sector Lord Level.

“Tsk, tsk, tsk!”

The crowd shook their heads, warning their young companions, “Do you see this? When you're out in the world, you need to stay low-key, otherwise when you meet a ruthless person, you'll not only lose face, but also possibly lose everything!”

Du Gang was kind of bored. These people were too poor. If a hundred Holy Crystals were considered a lot, then how long would he have to fight with them?

In this kind of situation, he could only challenge them, not bully them. If he defeated everyone, he doubted that he could even amass ten thousand.

No, he had to find someone wealthy!

However, he didn't refuse — a hundred Holy Crystals were just a mosquito-sized gain, but still flesh nonetheless.

Of course, he only accepts as a payback for the man's arrogance. He has taken him as his display object, so he has to teach him a lesson, and let him know that he mustn't be arrogant in the future.

“A hundred Holy Crystals? All right, I accept, come on!”

“Haha, if you admitted defeat earlier, wouldn't it have been simpler?”

The scarred man subconsciously thought Du Gang had backed down, but soon, he realized that Du Gang had indeed agreed.

“What did you say?”

He could hardly believe his ears — could this charcoal-black kid really produce a hundred Holy Crystals?

“Are you kidding me? Show me your hundred Holy Crystals!”

Du Gang scoffed, then scooped out more than a hundred Holy Crystals from his bag.

“Will that do?!”

“Ah… this!”

Without exception, all the people in the vicinity were shocked. They stared wide-eyed at the Holy Crystals in his hand, disbelief written all over their faces.

“He really took out a hundred Holy Crystals!”

“Not just that, his handful of crystals definitely contains more than a hundred Holy Crystals…”

What shocked them more was how casually Du Gang took out a hundred Holy Crystals, as if he had loads.

“So cool…”

The teenager from before couldn't help but exclaim when he saw this scene.

This scene had left a deep imprint in his heart.

Underneath the skeptical gazes of the crowd, he pulled out a handful of Holy Crystals so nonchalantly.

Not to mention the onlookers, even the scarred man was shocked beyond words.

“You…you…you…”

He stuttered three times, but still couldn't spit out a full sentence.

Du Gang didn't have the patience for this, “Are you going to fight or not? Do you have a hundred Holy Crystals? If you don't, then do as you said before and apologize to me. Then, I'll let you go.”

“Humph!”

The scarred man's face instantly turned cold. Call this charcoal black man grandpa? That's impossible. Even though he is married, his secret crush is right beside him and he absolutely cannot lose face at this moment.

“Just a hundred Holy Crystals? Fight!”

With that, a tightly bound bag appeared in his hand.

He loosened the string tying the bag very carefully and slowly poured the Holy Crystals in his bag into his palm.

“A hundred Holy Crystals, take a good look!”

However, from his every move, people could tell that these one hundred Saint Crystals were not a small sum for Scarface.

So when both sides were compared, the superior one was immediately obvious!

Unexpectedly, this charred black fellow, who is not very good-looking, possesses such a fortune. No one knows what his real strength is.

Everyone sighed and stepped back, making room for the two to fight.

Du Gang was too lazy to waste time and directly asked, “Hey, are you ready?”

Scarface quickly put away the bag in his hand, and then pulled out a long sword, solemnly saying, “Come on!”

It's about a hundred Saint Crystals, which is also very important for him.

Seeing that he was ready, Du Gang flashed over to his side instantly and reached out for his sword.

“Whoosh!”

Snatching the weapon with bare hands!

The long sword that was originally in Scarface's hand was now in Du Gang's hand, and the blade was pointed at his neck.

“Tell me, if I cut you with this sword, will you die?!”

Scarface felt the chill at his neck and was terrified. He immediately raised his hands and surrendered.

“Bro, I admit defeat, please show mercy!”

But Du Gang smiled and said, “I was asking you…”

“Yes yes yes…”

Scarface hesitated a bit, but finally said, “Bro, the thing in your hand… is a sword!”

“Sword?”

Du Gang looked down and found that it really was a sword, albeit an ugly one. He glanced at the man and laughed, “You seem like you're more suited for a knife!”

“Hmph!”

At this moment, a woman dressed flamboyantly, who Du Gang thought was participating in a fashion show, snorted, rolled her eyes at Scarface, and then turned away.

“Li Li, don't go!”

Scarface hurriedly called her.

Du Gang suddenly realized that this guy took a sword to show off in front of women.

This is another sycophant!

Well, none of my business!

He sneered and said indifferently, “Hurry up and give me my one hundred Saint Crystals!”

“Yours?”

Scarface was stunned for a moment and quickly realized that the one hundred Saint Crystals were what he had lost. He immediately made a sad face, “Bro, can we forget about it…”

Du Gang chuckled and shook the long sword in his hand, laughing, “What do you think?!”

Seeing this, Scarface had no choice but to take out the bag from his inner world and reluctantly handed it to Du Gang.

“Bro, can you give me back this sword? It's worth quite a bit…” Scarface pleaded pitifully, looking at the long sword in his hand.

“This is my spoils of war, what do you mean give it back? I don't understand!”

Having gotten the Saint Crystals, Du Gang couldn't be bothered with him anymore. He casually picked up the bag and the long sword, and merrily left.

It was only then that the audience, who had been stunned from the start, finally spoke up.

“My God, this black…black-faced young man is actually this strong?!”

“I didn't even see how he did it, he just won all of a sudden!”

“Yeah, this man's strength is terrifying, he's just unfathomable…”

“Damn, someone like this, shouldn't they be staying in the inner circle? Why are they jamming with us in the outer circle?!”

At this moment, for all these people, it wasn't solely about participating in the tea party anymore, because the tea party was too high-level and they were obviously unable to participate.

So, most people gathered nearby in this sea of people, to socialize, go on dates, set up stalls, and perform. They all used this opportunity to the fullest!

“How come Scarface ran off?”

“What's he waiting for if he doesn't run? Is he staying here to lose face?!”

At this time, the elders who had previously cautioned the juniors, continued, “Did you see that? When you're out, you have to keep a low profile. Otherwise, when you encounter a ruthless person, not to mention losing face, you might even lose your life…”

“Especially when you encounter the kind of person who doesn't look spectacular but likes to play weak to catch the opponent off guard, it's a nightmare…”

As Du Gang walked around, he discovered that most people only had Sector Lord level strength, and there were few with Second Rank Law Sector Lord.

This was normal. Ordinary people, having cultivated to the Ninth Rank Sector Lord, had exhausted their lifelong potential. So how could they have the energy to cultivate the second Law?

Just like Du Gang and people like him, who could reach the strength above Second Rank Law Sector Lord without cultivating the second Law, often had a special physique.

After wandering for a long time, Du Gang finally gave up. The peripheral section here was too low-end. Even if he kept fighting, he wouldn't make much money.

So he continued towards the South Mountain. The closer he got, the fewer people there were setting up stalls and performing on the road.

After all, the closer one got to the entrance of South Mountain, most of the people were genuinely interested in climbing the mountain.

Unlike the previous crowds who were mainly there to join the fun and incidentally communicate with their peers.

Suddenly, just as he was about to reach the foot of South Mountain, a hawking voice selling something nearby attracted Du Gang's attention.

“Selling Source Stones, fresh out of the oven Source Stones!”

Upon hearing this, he immediately stopped and looked in the direction of the voice.

Source Stones?

He was a bit shocked. Is there someone selling Source Stones over here?

This thing isn't cheap, a single one is said to cost at least a hundred divine crystals, meaning it's valued at no less than a million saint crystals.

He turned his head and sure enough, a man was spreading out his wares on the ground – all kinds of stones of different sizes.

“Source Stone?”

Du Gang frowned, repeatedly sweeping his mental power over them.

But to his surprise, his mental power couldn't penetrate them.

“Could it really be a source stone?”

At this moment, a number of people had gathered, all of them knew about source stones, but had never seen one in person.

“Mental power can't penetrate it, this is really a source stone!”

“My heavens, a product from the Primordial Continent is actually here?!”

“You know, even on Penglai Island, it's not easy to see a source stone!”

The surrounding people exclaimed in shock, staring at the man in utter astonishment.

The stall owner was a large man, looking rather plump, but his complexion was good, his face glowing red.

“Everyone, take a look, these source stones cost me a lot of money, if you're interested, you'd better hurry up!”

Someone gasped for breath and quickly stepped forward, asking: “How much for this source stone?!”

Source stones are valuable, and those who knew about them were generally very wealthy individuals.

People who hadn't heard of it, upon hearing the words “source stone”, showed no reaction and dispersed.

The chubby priest seriously replied: “This source stone is from Rock Square. Although it is just the remnants that others didn't value, it's still quite expensive. If you want one, it will cost you ten divine crystals each!”

“Ten divine crystals?!”

Everyone present was stunned.

Even passersby were attracted and stopped by the sound of it.

“What? Ten divine crystals for a stone? What's going on?!”

Many people voiced their doubts.

Then, someone scoffed: “Ridiculous. This is a source stone. Even a hundred divine crystals wouldn't be considered expensive!”

Du Gang nodded secretly. Indeed, the one piece Yu Shuiyao had obtained was said to be worth a hundred divine crystals.

But in the end, it turned out to be an ominous eyeball-looking thing.

Thinking of this, his eyeball felt a throbbing pain. Even though he knew it was a psychological reaction, Du Gang couldn't help but touch his right eye.

Despite the thick layer of coal dust on his face, he could still feel the cloudy pattern on his right eyelid through touch.

After the explanation from the passerby, others also learned that this stone was indeed so valuable.

“But, if this is from the Primordial Continent, how did you get it? And why did you bring it all the way to the Pangu Continent…?”

Passersby didn't quite believe that this ordinary fat priest could have such high-level items, and more than one at that.

“Hehe!”

The fat priest laughed, “Although I am young, I have elders working in Rock Square…”

“Ghost-Hand Old Li, don't know if you've heard of him, he's my master…”

“Ghost-Hand Old Li?!”

Someone found the name familiar and quickly said: “Isn't that the senior who was in charge of unlocking the source stones at the last Open Origin Conference?”

“Is there really such a person?”

Someone curiously asked.

Soon, a very elegantly dressed young man, who looked very rich, sneered: “Of course, Ghost-Hand Old Li is the source unlocking master at Rock Square, he's in charge of unlocking the stones…”

“If he's his disciple, it's very possible…”

At this time, the fat priest nonchalantly said: “So, does anyone want to buy any?”

At this moment, the elegantly dressed youth quickly said: “Even though these are remnants and have been left over by others, if we really unlock the source, it could be worth a minimum of ten thousand divine crystals. If we unlock something else, it could be worth even more…”

“What? Ten thousand divine crystals?!”

Most of the people present hadn't heard of source stones, so they were all shocked when they heard this.

Those who knew the price of the source nodded affirmatively: “If you unlock the source, it's naturally worth ten thousand divine crystals, but it's indeed difficult to do so with these leftovers. However, it's all about luck. If you get lucky, it's a huge win!”

Hearing everyone say this, the passersby finally believed it.

At this moment, the elegantly dressed youth hesitated, “I don't have ten divine crystals, equivalent to one million saint crystals, but…”

“I have a divine artifact from home, I wonder if it would suffice…?”

Hearing that the elegantly dressed youth wanted to buy a source stone got everyone interested, and they started to watch eagerly.

The chubby priest casually said: “Bring out the divine artifact, let me see!”

The elegantly dressed youth quickly brought out a divine artifact. It was a long sword, shining with golden light, obviously worth a lot.

“That's a real divine artifact!”

Most of the people present had discerning eyes and recognized it immediately.

“But it's only a Rank One divine artifact, it should not be worth much…”

The chubby priest took the divine artifact and examined it, then nodded: “This divine artifact is only a Rank One and is only worth fifty to sixty thousand saint crystals at most. It's not enough to exchange for this source stone!”

“What?!”

The elegantly dressed youth immediately looked disappointed. Clenching his teeth, he said: “Priest, this is the only divine artifact I have. Can you please make some concessions and let me have one source stone?”

Hearing his words, the onlookers got excited and started speaking up for the elegantly dressed youth.

“Priest, it will be really difficult to sell this source stone here. Plus, it's just a leftover. It's rare for anyone to buy it. Just sell it for the divine artifact!”

“Exactly, sixty to seventy thousand saint crystals for a leftover source stone are more than enough!!”

Everyone was chattering away as if they were the ones making the purchase.

The young man in the uniform was also watching the fat Taoist with anticipation.

As he saw everyone's hopes, a look of hesitation appeared on the fat Taoist's face.

“But… my master said not to sell it for anything less than ten Divine Crystals…”

Although his voice was quiet, everyone present, all with strong capabilities, heard him clearly.

Immediately someone chimed in: “Your master set the price based on the Primordial Continent's market, it's not worth that much here on Pangu Continent…”

“Indeed, just make the deal already, if you don't sell it, it's just a rock. If you sell it, you even make a Divine Artifact!”

Hearing this, the fat Taoist's hesitation deepened.

“A Divine Artifact…”

He lowered his head, looking again at the long sword in his hand, quite clearly taking a liking to this Divine Artifact.

Although he tried to be discreet, he couldn't hide his fondness for it.

The crowd, having clearly picked up on this, hurriedly said: “Master, if you sell, the Divine Artifact is yours. If not, it still belongs to the other party!”

Upon hearing this, a shudder clearly ran through his body.

Finally, gritting his teeth, he said stiffly: “I'm selling! I'll just tell my master that I traded this Source Stone for a Divine Artifact!”

Upon hearing this, everyone breathed a sigh of relief and their faces showed satisfaction.

Because, they had indeed helped someone – the young man in the uniform from earlier.

Sure enough, the young man in the uniform looked at the crowd gratefully and repeatedly expressed his thanks.

The fat Taoist, on the other hand, was holding the long sword in his hand fondly, pointing to the six Source Stones on the stall: “Pick any of these six, I can open it for you or you can open it yourself!”

On the stall, in addition to the six Source Stones, there was also an Open Origin Knife placed on the side.

Hearing this, the young man in the uniform was overwhelmed with joy, and he stood in front of the stall, picking up each Source Stone one after another to examine it closely.

Meanwhile, the crowd also squeezed a bit closer to watch along with him.

“Pick this one, it seems to contain something…”

A passerby casually suggested, pointing at a stone.

Soon, someone who was unhappy retorted: “Hey, let him choose himself! He's the one who paid a Divine Artifact for it after all!”

“Yeah, young man, take your time choosing!”

Since he had paid a Divine Artifact for it, no one dared to give unwarranted advice. They let the young man in the uniform choose himself while widening their eyes, trying to spot something different about the stones.

“This one… this one…”

The young man in the uniform was also quite undecided, picking up one stone and putting another down again and again.

The fat Taoist quickly reminded, “We don't do refunds. Once a Source Stone has been exchanged, there are no take-backs. Even if you don't extraction anything from it, I won't refund you…”

At this moment, someone laughed and chimed in: “Of course, I haven't opened a Source Stone before, but I still understand the rules about them! This is the custom!”

Hearing this, the young man in uniform nodded and said: “Don't worry, although I am still young, I will follow the rules! If nothing comes out, I will accept it!”

The crowd immediately praised him: “Well done, young man. You may be young, but you are very composed!”

The young man in the uniform smiled shyly in response.

At this moment, Du Gang had his eyes on one of the Source Stones, or rather he, like everyone else, was interested in one stone with a particularly attractive appearance.

The young man in the uniform, however, was still undecided between the stone with the appealing appearance and another stone.

The crowd, though impatient, didn't dare to make decisions for him and could only quietly observe.

Before long, the young man in the uniform, after a moment of hesitation, picked up the other stone and put down the attractive one.

“Ah!”

At this, someone sighed on behalf of the crowd.

After all, in the view of the crowd, the attractive stone seemed more likely to contain something valuable.

But there was nothing they could do, the young man in the uniform had chosen the other one, and that was the end of it.

Thereupon, the fat Taoist, seeing that the best-looking Source Stone had not been chosen, obviously breathed a sigh of relief.

“Are you sure about this one? You don't want to change it?”

He quickly asked again.

The crowd all tensed up, hoping the young man in the uniform would change his mind.

However, he was stubborn and replied: “I've made my choice!”

The fat Taoist laughed, “Very well, do you want me to open it, or will you do it yourself?”

This time, the young man in the uniform didn't hesitate and said: “You open it for me, I've never done this before, I'm afraid I'll ruin it…”

The fat Taoist nodded with a smile, “To be honest, I haven't opened many either, my master just occasionally brings some back for me to practice…”

As he said this, he scanned the crowd. Noticing their gazes, he chuckled: “I'm just like you guys, I think this one looks better…”

He pointed to the stone with a good appearance and said with relief, “I'm glad the young man didn't choose this one, or else I was ready to take it back myself and open it!”

Upon hearing this and seeing the looks on the faces of the crowd, the young man in the uniform felt like backing out.

However, the fat Taoist didn't give him a chance and quickly picked up the Open Origin Knife.

“Crack!”

A flash of white light streaked across, and instantly, the Source Stone cracked open, revealing its contents.

“Splash!”

This time, a golden light shone brightly, and a rich aura of celestial energy spread out.

“What is that?!”

People further away, feeling this celestial aura, all rushed over.

“My God, something was actually revealed in the opening!”

“Yeah, what is that??”

Everyone was shocked by the sight, filled with curiosity about what was inside.

After all, those present had heard of Source Stones, but few had seen them, let alone what was inside.

The fat Taoist was regretful, sighing: “Oh my, what a loss, it's a Source!”

“What?!”

All those present showed shocked faces.

“It's actually a Source?”

The elegantly dressed youth also had the same reaction, but he was even more excited, his face flushing with joy.

The fat Taoist took a closer look and confirmed: “This is definitely a Source, but judging by its size, it is not an entirely full Source. If we consider its value, it might only be worth about one to two hundred Divine Crystals!”

“Hiss!”

All those present took a sharp intake of breath, their faces full of astonishment.

“One to two hundred Divine Crystals, meaning it is worth one to two million Saint Crystals?!”

On the Pangu Continent, the price of some high-end items is still more often measured in Saint Crystals, and people naturally convert to this unit.

“What a big profit!”

“This kid, he's made a fortune today. If his father knew he had such a son, he would probably jump with joy!”

By this time, other newcomers, after hearing the old man's story, also grasped the situation and watched him with envy.

The elegantly dressed youth quickly stepped forward and grabbed the grain-sized Source, saying, “This is mine!”

At the same time, he quickly kept it in his inner world.

Everyone was envious.

“What luck, a Source was actually found…”

Just then, someone suddenly said, “Wait, if there's a Source in this one, what about the other one…

Everyone quickly turned their attention to the other handsome-looking Source Stone.

This move immediately scared the fat Taoist and he yelled out, “No more selling, I'm losing a lot of money, I'm losing a lot of money!”

With that, he started to collect his stall's cloth from the floor, intending to pull out.

“No way!”

“How can you do this?!”

“Yeah, how can you do business like this?!”

People started to stop him, clearly not wanting the fat Taoist to leave just like that.

Because in their eyes, the attractively-presented Source Stone had a great possibility of having a treasure inside!

The fat Taoist, unable to leave due to the crowd's blockage, helplessly stopped in his tracks, “Why do you people…”

“You must sell another one!”

“Exactly, there's no such thing as a vendor who doesn't sell!”

Hearing these angry words, the fat Taoist gave in. At last, he agreed, “Fine, but let me say it first, I'll only sell once more. After that, whether or not there's anything in it, I won't sell any more!”

“Great!”

Upon hearing the fat Taoist's understanding nature, everyone cheered.

The fat Taoist looked around, “Who's gonna buy it this last time?”

Just as he asked, everyone fell silent again.

After a moment, someone finally responded, “That Source Stone definitely contains something. If I had the money, I would buy it!”

Most of the people present were just there to enjoy the fun, the truly rich people were few and far between.

Like the elegantly-dressed youth, there were only two or three of them.

These young people were also hesitant. Although the elegantly-dressed youth exchanged his divine artifact for a Source worth nearly two million Saint Crystals, which was forty to fifty times the value, they only had one divine artifact each. If they sold them, they would have nothing.

The fat Taoist scoffed, “You stop me from leaving, but now none of you can afford it. In that case, I'm leaving!”

With that, he started to pack up his stall again.

“No!”

The crowd quickly stopped him.

They hastily said, “Guys, we've held him back for you, there's clearly something in that Source Stone. Are you going to miss out on this bargain?!”

“Anyone with the money needs to act fast. Don't waste our efforts and let this fat guy look down on us!”

Those two or three young people clearly saw the whole process and knew that the fat Taoist was just prevented from leaving by others.

Suddenly, they gritted their teeth and each pulled out a divine artifact.

“Ha ha, finally someone is buying!”

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, preparing to continue enjoying the spectacle.

“Which one of us is buying?”

The three of them looked at each other, hesitating again.

At that moment, the elegantly dressed youth scoffed, “None of you can afford it!”

“What?”

Everyone was taken aback, looking at him in confusion.

The elegantly dressed youth said, “This Source Stone obviously contains something. Their divine artifacts are only Rank One and are of the weaker kind. Each one is worth at most twenty to thirty thousand Saint Crystals…”

With that, he quickly turned his head to the fat Taoist, “Daoist, I'll buy this Source Stone!”

These words immediately caused those present to become unsatisfied.

“Young man, you've already earned one, why are you trying again?”

“Right, give others a chance too!”

The three young men became anxious, “Yeah, when you didn't have enough money before, it was all of us who spoke up for you, and now you disdain us?”

Under the crowd's joint criticism, the magnificently dressed youth fell silent.

The chubby Taoist also said: “Young man, you'd better not. If you draw out another Source Stone, I might get killed by my master when I go back…”

Hearing this, the magnificently dressed young man reluctantly said: “If you don't buy, you don't buy. But their price cannot be lower than mine, otherwise it's not fair!”

Although people felt that the magnificently dressed young man was taking advantage of the situation, no one refuted.

“Definitely, this time it must not be less than fifty thousand Saint Crystals!”

Nobody objected to the chubby Taoist's price this time, After all, he had already come up with one Source Stone.

The three young men wanted to buy, but they were short on the price, so they were discussing among themselves.

The magnificently dressed young man was getting impatient: “Are you buying or not? If you're not going to buy it, let me!”

“You wait a bit more, even if they don't buy it, they can't sell it to you anymore…”

Given his attitude, no one in the crowd wanted to support him.

Hearing this, the magnificently dressed young man suddenly pointed to a black-faced man next to him and said: “If you guys don't buy it, why not let this guy buy it? The axe at his waist, it's worth something!”

Hearing this, all eyes turned to the individual, only to find a chopping-wood-like axe attached to Du Gang's waist.

“This?”

Everyone looked closely and couldn't make out anything special. They didn't understand the magnificently dressed young man's point.

Suddenly, someone recognized the pattern and exclaimed: “It's a real divine artifact!”

“It's a divine artifact that can hide itself!”

“My goodness, such a divine artifact, no matter what level, is top-notch, right?”

“Yes, this divine artifact… should be a Rank One, but it's on the high-end, worth at least eighty to ninety thousand Saint Crystals!”

Among the crowd, many individuals with discerning eyes recognized the extraordinary nature of the axe that Du Gang wore at his waist.

Upon hearing this, Du Gang didn't fear anything. He casually removed the axe and said with a faint smile: “This axe of mine is indeed a Rank One divine artifact, I bought it for one hundred thousand Saint Crystals!”

“Hiss!”

Everyone in the venue drew in a cold breath.

He really bought it with money!

A hundred thousand Saint Crystals could buy a Second-Rank divine artifact, this guy is…

“Can't judge a book by its cover. This guy, who looks dark and rough, like a charcoal seller, who knew he was so rich!”

Hearing this, Du Gang smirked, but he was a little pleased. This meant that his disguise was effective, no one could recognize him!

Upon hearing this, the chubby Taoist asked immediately: “My friend, will you buy? If you do, this Source Stone is yours…”

Upon hearing this, Du Gang, who initially had no intention of buying a Source Stone, reconsidered.

Fifty thousand Saint Crystals wasn't a lot for him, buying a Source Stone to see what was inside was acceptable!

So, he said: “The price you gave to this young man earlier was fifty to sixty thousand Saint Crystals, so if I buy, it has to be at the same price.”

Upon hearing this, everyone in the venue also advocated for him.

After pausing for a while, the chubby Taoist nodded and said: “Alright, just follow this young man's price. I'll offer a Source Stone for fifty thousand Saint Crystals. Although there is depreciation for your axe, I'll count it as a hundred thousand Saint Crystals to you, which suffices for two Source Stones…”

At this moment, Du Gang took out a clear bottle and said: “Axe? I don't sell my axe. It's just fifty thousand Saint Crystals, I'll pay in cash!”

At this moment, his clear pillow-sized bottle was stuffed full with Saint Crystals.

“Hiss!”

Seeing this scene, everyone was shocked.

Everyone looked at Du Gang incredulously.

“Someone who can carry a divine artifact worth a hundred thousand Saint Crystals around, and who can casually take out fifty thousand Saint Crystals in cash, must have a complicated background!”

At this moment, everyone took a closer look at Du Gang, trying to find out something different from his appearance.

Finally, someone returning from the foot of the mountain exclaimed: “This guy, looks a lot like Old Black, the gatekeeper at the mountain gate!”

“Old Black, the gatekeeper at the mountain gate?”

Everyone was taken aback at first, then quickly remembered who Old Black was, he was the gatekeeper at the foot of the South Mountain.

Comparing Old Black's appearance, the more they looked at Du Gang, the more he looked alike.

“Yes, this guy does look like Old Black!”

“Old Black, I heard is associated with the Li family of Penglai Island, although it's not one of the eighteen patriarchal families, but it's still a powerful clan…”

“This young man might belong to the Li family!”

Everyone nodded as if suddenly realizing something.

“A member of the Li family, that would make sense, after all, the Li family is a large clan, and if he's a direct descendant, taking out such sums of a hundred thousand Saint Crystals is not surprising.”

As for this misunderstanding, Du Gang had no intention of explaining. He came with the intention of surprise attack, so now that people were mistaken about his identity, it was even better – he even found a scapegoat.

At this moment, the chubby Taoist was staring at the clear bottle of Saint Crystals in Du Gang's hand and his waist axe. He was practically drooling, but he quickly wiped it off.

He hurriedly took the bottle of Saint Crystals. After a quick mental count, he knew the number was exactly fifty thousand.

He fawned: “Black brother, come, you can choose any of the Source Stones here. You just pick whichever one you like!”

There were originally six Source Stones on the stall, one of which was opened by the majestically dressed youth, leaving five now.

Du Gang didn't hesitate. He quickly picked up the well-presented Source Stone that he had noticed earlier and said,

“This one…”

“This black guy is going to make a fortune this time!”

The spectators all sighed with envy, wishing they could be the ones to go up.

But unfortunately, they didn't have money to buy the item.

Du Gang didn't cut it open himself. He hadn't forgotten about the terror of the Open Origin meeting, so he tossed the Source Stone to the fat Taoist and said, “You do it for me!”

Hearing this, the fat Taoist nodded, picked up the Open Origin Knife placed next to him, and began cutting into the Source Stone.

This time, he was very slow in his actions, not like the last time, foolhardily slicing it open fearing the dandy youth might renege.

It was as if he wanted everyone to clearly see the conditions inside the Source Stone. After a single cut, he slowly pulled down, gradually dissecting…

Soon, he revealed the interior conditions of the Source Stone.

Empty as can be!

There was nothing inside the Source Stone!

“What?!”

All the people present exclaimed.

The fat Taoist shook his head and said, “It's empty, there's nothing inside!”

After hearing this, Du Gang immediately showed a hint of disappointment.

However, he didn't seem too upset as he had 38 million Saint Crystals, easily obtained, so he didn't care too much about the 50,000 Saint Crystals.

“What a pity, it's actually empty!”

“Yeah, that Source Stone looked so promising, I didn't expect…”

“That's why it's called gambling on stones, it's full of fantasy. Some things that look unattractive might yield good results, whereas some good-looking ones might not…”

“Poor young master of the Li Family, what a loss, 50,000 Saint Crystals gone just like that!”

“Yeah, that's 50,000 Saint Crystals, enough to buy all three of their Divine Artifacts… ”

While the crowd was talking, they didn't forget to compare with others.

At this moment, the three youths who didn't have enough rank in Divine Artifacts to buy the Source Stone not only didn't get angry at what was said about them, but all wore expressions of relief.

“Thank goodness we didn't buy it, we'd be done for now!”

“Yeah, if I had bought it, my father would have beaten me to death!”

At this time, the fat Taoist said, “Young man, I see you're having a hard time, how about this? I'll take a small loss, you choose two more Source Stones from the last four, and the axe is mine!”

This guy, after the sale, was eyeing the axe around Du Gang's waist.

However, Du Gang shook his head, “Forget it, I'm not buying anymore!”

It wasn't that he was stingy with his money. If he bought the remaining four Source Stones, it would only cost him 200,000 Saint Crystals, which to him, was peanuts.

It's just that, in his opinion, gambling on stones was all for fun. A little gambling adds to the fun, while heavy gambling hurts the body.

Playing once for fun was enough. As for the remaining four Source Stones, even if there was something in them, he didn't want to play anymore.

Gambling on stones was synonymous with gambling, and it was easy to get addicted to it!

So, he had great self-control and didn't continue.

Hearing this, the fat Taoist was a bit regretful and continued to ask, “Are you sure you don't want to exchange? If you don't, I'll leave. If you want to gamble again in the future, you might have to wait until you reach the God Spirit Level and go to the Primordial Continent…”

Du Gang was determined, and naturally, he shook his head and didn't agree.

Seeing this, the fat Taoist, without hesitation, quickly packed up his stand, collected everything on the ground in a second, and walked away without looking back.

Seeing this, the crowd gradually dispersed as they watched his retreating figure.

Yet at that moment, Du Gang suddenly had a catch in his eye.

Startled, in the next second, his right eye seemed to come alive, flickering suddenly. Instantly, brilliant red light filled his vision, and the world he saw changed.

Immediately afterward, he noticed that the dandy youth who was about to walk far away was radiating an endless dazzling light.

Could it be…

A deity?

Du Gang was shocked to discover that the dandy youth in the distance was actually a deity!

Hurriedly, he closed his right eye and looked with his left. However, the dandy youth remained the same as before, unchanged.

Then, opening his right eye again, he saw the image of the deity again.

What…?

At the same time, he noticed that the fat Taoist, not far from the dandy youth, had some sort of connection with him.

“Are they the same person?!”

Du Gang, through the aura between the two, was astounded to find that they were actually the same person.

At the same time, through his right eye, he sensed that the fat Taoist, although connected to the deity, was only at the Sector Lord level of strength!

“Did this guy scam me?!”

At that moment, he thought of many things, the biggest possibility being that he had been scammed!

This is outrageous!

At this moment, he couldn't even bother to consider why his right eye could suddenly perceive these things.

After all, he himself had the most terrifying Ancient God's curse, so he didn't care about the ominous changes in his eye.

“Transform!”

In an instant, Du Gang turned into a cloud of dust and rapidly chased after them.

He wasn't afraid of being discovered. After all, to others, it might appear as if he had used some secret technique to leave.

Daring to trick your Dark Lord, ah damn, dressing up makes you feel like your IQ goes down!

Daring to trick Du Gang is courting death!

Swearing and complaining, Du Gang hurriedly chased after them.

Chapter end