Chapter 48
So much gold was an astronomical figure for her. Even for the Su, Liang, and Han families, it was a fortune, but in terms of the national reserves, it was nothing. She could already imagine the debates raging within their ranks over this transaction.
Once she secured the gold and left the outpost, she dove deep into the forest, running into the territory of level 8 monsters. After circling around to ensure no one was following her, she transformed into a goblin and used Shadow Step to reach the teleportation array at the Undercity. Next, she would seek out her goblin friends in various main cities.
With 40,000 pounds of gold, she could exchange it for 111,111 gold coins. If she spent a bit more time haggling with the goblins, she might even get a better deal, but that was just her assumption.
"850g for one coin? Come on, my friend, you can't be serious. Do you know Bill, the wealthy guy in the Undercity? He traded with me for just 170g."
"Then go to him."
"But I want to be friends with you. 850g it is."
As Yu Xunge stepped out of the goblin area, she felt the need to learn some conversational skills from Zhao Shuying.
"200g for a gold coin?! Why don’t you just rob someone?"
"I didn’t want to trade in the first place; you’re the one asking me. Do you know Bill from the Undercity?"
"…Yeah, what about him?"
"I heard he spent all his savings on gold and couldn’t even afford food for a while."
"…Yeah, I heard that too, but he makes 50g in gold for every coin he crafts. That’s like earning a free coin every two days, which adds up to 852 coins in a year."
"Plus 50 silver."
"…Right, 852 gold and 50 silver. In ten years, that’s 8,525 gold. So, are you trading or not? 850g for a gold coin, that’s my final offer. No one else is willing to give you such a discount."
"Fine, I only have 1,000 coins here."
Some goblins in the main cities were poor, while others were wealthy, but their bottom line was firmly set at 850g for a gold coin. Pushing for a lower price could easily anger them. As she went around, she realized that Bill was indeed the richest; she hadn’t encountered any goblin willing to trade 20,000 coins in one go, which significantly slowed her progress.
She could disguise herself twice during the day, each time for an hour. She had originally planned for an hour to be enough to exchange her coins and explore the exotic main city of Zelan Star, but it turned out to be insufficient. Goblins like Bill, who could trade 20,000 coins at once, were rare. She had to chat with each goblin, exchanging 800 or 1,000 coins here and there. With hundreds of goblins in each main city, she had to talk to them one by one.
She could only visit one main city each day, and it had to be split into two trips. The remaining time barely allowed her to check out the city’s restaurants and find local chefs to learn their specialty recipes.
Yu Xunge rolled up her sleeves, sleeping during skill cooldowns. As soon as the five-hour cooldown ended, she would disguise herself and head into the city to chat with goblins and exchange for gold coins. Fortunately, the main cities had time differences, so she could always find one that was just entering daytime. With nearly four hours of work each day, she managed to exchange for 30,000 to 40,000 gold coins.
After a few days, Yu Xunge felt she knew more goblins than she did colleagues in the entertainment industry.
Returning to the Undercity, she transformed into a cow-cat she had found in the dwarven main city of Ironforge, which looked almost identical to the one she had transformed into when she first arrived in Zelan Star. She then hopped onto a table at outpost 0003 and announced her name, saying she was looking for Zhao Shuying.
Zhao Shuying arrived quickly, as if she had been waiting for her.
Seeing the 100,000 gold coins from the transaction, Zhao Shuying finally relaxed. There had been a voice of doubt within her that questioned whether Yu Xunge would take the gold and disappear in Zelan Star.
Yu Xunge was unaware of this, or perhaps she thought of it but didn’t care. After getting another 40,000 pounds of gold from Zhao Shuying, she continued her role as a gold coin buyer.
**Chapter 52: Consumption**
On January 11th, Yu Xunge was so exhausted that she felt like she had lost weight. She felt she had never spoken so much in her life; she suspected she could now hold simple daily conversations with goblins without a translator.
However, she felt immensely satisfied. Not only had she exchanged her 10,000 pounds of gold for 27,777 gold coins, but she also earned 22,222 gold coins through kickbacks. Adding the seventy-odd gold coins she had left after learning recipes, her total wealth finally broke the 50,000 gold mark.
She felt she could spend a lifetime with this amount.
After handing over the 200,000 gold coins, she also received a 1% commission, which was 2,000 gold.
Now, she had 52,073 gold and 87 silver, along with 778 pounds of gold.
Yu Xunge felt a bit shy as she took the money pouch. At that moment, the dark circles under her eyes seemed to fade: "Pleasure doing business."
Zhao Shuying sighed, "You’re the richest among us players now."
Yu Xunge had talked so much these past few days that her lips felt chapped: "Maybe. I finally have enough to buy skills."
Zhao Shuying pulled out a booklet: "Want to buy? This is our internal skill crystal."
Yu Xunge's eyes lit up, and she reached out to take the booklet, only to have Zhao Shuying press her hand down.
Zhao Shuying smiled shyly: "You know, this is a paid item… You won’t regret spending money to see all this information. Many people want to buy it but can’t; it’s confidential."
Yu Xunge: "…How much?"
Zhao Shuying: "1 gold."
Yu Xunge: "Do I look that easy to fleece?"
Zhao Shuying patted her hand: "What kind of talk is that? This is a friendship price!"
Yu Xunge gave a smile that resembled a forced grin: "The friendship price you mentioned last time was exactly the same as the market price."
Zhao Shuying didn’t feel embarrassed at all: "Because we had just met for a day, where’s the real friendship?"
Yu Xunge was momentarily speechless: "…50 silver, take it or leave it!"
Zhao Shuying reached out for the money while quickly shoving the booklet into Yu Xunge's hands.
Yu Xunge eyed her suspiciously: "You’re not taking a kickback, are you?!"
Zhao Shuying looked confused: "Who doesn’t take kickbacks these days? Don’t you?"
Yu Xunge fell silent.
She did! And she even took it twice…
Looking at the booklet, Yu Xunge was truly amazed. In her previous life, she had lived for three years, thinking she knew enough about divine gifts, but this booklet contained even more.
However, it only had skill descriptions, with no additional information. Most were priced below 1 gold, with only a few special or high-damage skills selling for a lot, and some even had no price listed, requiring further discussion.
For instance, on the first page, she saw her own skill stone.
**[Happiness Again]:** After use, it can modify the target's luck value, lasting for 5 hours. (Price: Negotiable)
A simple description, no cooldown time, no divine gift level, and no skill source.
Yu Xunge couldn’t help but marvel at how the Special Affairs Bureau really knew how to do business.
She bought two divination-type skill stones.
**[Spirit Pen, Spirit Pen, Tell Me]:** After use, it can divine the answer to your sought question; the difficulty of the question will directly affect the detail of the answer. (Price: 3 gold)
**[Am I Going to Die?]:** After use, it can divine the fortune of your next action. (Price: 1 gold)
She didn’t have high hopes since she had the ability to block divination, but she still bought them. They were a bit pricey, but for those in need, the price was worth it.
Moreover, the prices gave a rough idea of the skills' usefulness.
After bidding farewell to Zhao Shuying, she immediately used **[Spirit Pen, Spirit Pen, Tell Me]**.
Holding the skill stone with both hands, she thought: I want to know if Yu Xunhuan still has a chance to turn things around.
A fog enveloped her mind, and as she pondered the question, the skill stone slowly shattered in her hands, the fog gradually clearing to reveal an image.
In the image, Yu Xunhuan stood in the center of a formation in the Su family’s basement. Not far away, in another formation, lay a bloodied man. He wore an eye patch, and messy hair obscured half his face, with blood smeared across the lower half. He was cursing, and though she couldn’t hear the words, she could tell from his lips that he was reciting the genealogy of Yu Xunhuan. She felt he looked somewhat familiar but couldn’t immediately recognize him.
But this place, this formation, she knew well; she had lain there in her previous life. Wasn’t it the formation that stripped away divine gifts?!
Where did Yu Xunhuan get such an evil formation from, and when…?
She couldn’t discern the date in the divination image, and even the clothing they wore didn’t provide much insight. The Su family’s interior was kept at a constant temperature, spring-like all year round, but she could determine that this time was definitely not recent.
Because the blood used in this formation wasn’t ordinary blood. She had witnessed the entire process of the Su family drawing the formation in her previous life, using the blood of a level 15 boss, along with several high-level gems crafted through **[Jewelry Processing]**.
Even if the formation was compromised, it wouldn’t be reduced from magical blood to ordinary blood, and there certainly wouldn’t be any gems.
Knowing what Yu Xunhuan’s next step was, Yu Xunge’s mood didn’t sour; instead, it brightened. She could once again shatter Yu Xunhuan’s hopes and watch him crumble. What could be more satisfying than that?
She found Zhao Shuying, who was having a meal with her sister on the first floor, and picked up the booklet to buy two more **[Spirit Pen, Spirit Pen, Tell Me]** skill crystals.
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