Chapter 3393: Black CrystalEditor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

"Void remnants are the by-product of Black Crystal explosions in the Void Land. They carried void energy and were very useful to us, Evil Gods. They could help me quickly recover my origin. He was selling that piece thirty percent cheaper than market price, so it was most likely black-market goods."

"What about the currency here? What did the 50 refer to?"

"Black Crystal." Zane lowered his voice and carefully took out a small piece of black crystal the size of a fingernail. "This."

Fang Heng took the Black Crystal and examined it in his hand.

The crystal was entirely pitch black. Looking closely, he could see faint traces of a dark-blue glow hidden within the crystal.

It was some kind of energy crystal.

Fang Heng released his mental strength to sense it and found that the internal energy density was not high, and the absorption and conversion efficiency were very low.

Simply put, it was not suitable for him to absorb.

He returned the Black Crystal and asked, "Spatial strength?"

"Yes, it did contain a little spatial strength," Zane nodded and explained. "Black Crystal was the hard currency of the Endless Domain. The one in your hand is the highest grade—S-level Black Crystal."

"This thing could be used as money, and we, Evil Gods or believers, could absorb it directly to quickly recover our strength. The effect was extremely good, and it had no side effects."

"Interesting. Where was it refined?"

"The outer periphery of the Endless Void’s end. That region was extremely dangerous and had long been occupied jointly by the Five Main Gods, who restricted outsiders from entering. The Five Main Gods had controlled most of the Black Crystal production for ages. Only a small amount circulated through various channels, so the raw material became very precious and was eventually used as currency."

Zane couldn’t help turning back again to glance at the stall selling the void remnant, his heart itching.

"Fang Heng, brother, why don’t you walk around first? I need to step away for a bit."

Fang Heng saw his expression and asked, "What? You can’t bear to leave it?"

"I want to look for Pena and see if she has an idea."

Xia Xi smiled slightly and asked, "You want to borrow money from her?"

"Yes."

Zane nodded, his old face turning red. He, a dignified Evil God, needed to borrow 50 Black Crystals?

When had he ever been so pitiful?

He coughed lightly to ease the awkwardness, "She knows many channels, and she’s much wealthier than me. I’ll borrow a little from her. Whether I return it... We’ll see later."

Fang Heng asked, "Is it very important?"

"Huh? What is?"

"That void remnant. Is it very important to you?"

"Of course. Fang Heng, brother, I was sealed for so long, my strength is terribly weak, and bringing you all around with long-distance teleportation consumes a lot of strength. I need to replenish it."

Zane’s eyes revealed a trace of longing. "I checked just now. That void remnant still held a lot of energy. If I absorbed it, it would let us perform dozens more teleports."

Xia Xi chuckled, "What does that mean? Are you complaining that we used up your energy?"

"No, that’s not what I meant."

"I know, Zane. Leave it to me. You don’t need to borrow money yet." Fang Heng spoke calmly and pointed toward a distant stall. "That thing—was it valuable?"

"Huh?"

Zane turned and looked in the direction Fang Heng pointed.

The stall displayed bags filled with black sandy dust.

The three walked over.

Though only a single carry-bag, it felt heavy in the hand.

"Black Crystal dust."

Zane bent down to check, reached into the bag, rubbed some between his fingers, and explained, "It also contained a bit of void strength, but the concentration was extremely low, with many impurities. Absorbing it was troublesome. The quality of this one was good—it had been refined."

Zane wanted to say this stuff was basically garbage waste, used by poor people.

But just as he was about to speak, he suddenly remembered...

Good grief, wasn’t he a poor guy now?

"You have good eyes, customer. My crystal dust is top-grade A-level goods."

The stall owner was hidden under a wide gray robe, face unseen, voice muffled. "If you really want it, I’ll give you a twenty-percent discount."

"Zane, how many Black Crystals do you have left? Buy all of it."

"Huh? All?"

"Yes, I need it."

Why buy this?

Zane did not understand, but he didn’t ask further.

He barely had money anyway; buying was buying.

"Boss, if we buy more, can you give a bit more discount?"

He bargained with his last three Black Crystals for quite some time and finally bought ten bags.

"Come again."

The ten bags were heavy. Zane threaded them together with a thick hemp rope and slung them over his back.

"Let’s go. Back to the room."

Huh? Going back again?

They had barely visited a few stalls...

Zane still didn’t understand, but reluctantly glanced again at the stall selling void remnants before following Fang Heng back.

Not far behind them, two auction house guards were secretly observing their every move.

...

Out of regard for Pena, the auction house provided three rooms free of charge.

The rooms were on the high-floor scenic level.

Once inside, Zane placed the crystal dust bags on the floor and asked curiously, "Fang Heng, brother, what are you buying this stuff for?"

"To make money."

Fang Heng spoke lightly. He walked to the hall and waved his hand. The carpet and chairs were instantly swept aside by an invisible force, revealing an empty area.

Huh?!

The moment he heard "make money," Zane trembled.

Having interacted with Fang Heng for a while now, he knew Fang Heng’s ability to seize money was impressive.

Did he also have talent in actually making money?

"Whoosh!"

The God’s Eye in Fang Heng’s right eye spun rapidly.

Complex alchemy runes spread across the floor of the hall, quickly forming a huge phantom of an alchemy magic array.

"Alchemy magic array?"

Zane was curious.

He knew Fang Heng’s attainments in alchemy magic arrays were extremely high.

But how did this relate to making money?

Xia Xi also watched the magic array on the ground.

She faintly guessed something, and a trace of surprise appeared in her eyes.

The magic array completed quickly.

Fang Heng looked toward the piles of Black Crystal dust.

With a nudge of mental strength, one of the bags floated up and hovered above the array.

"Chi!"

The bag tore open, and the black sandy dust poured into the center of the array.

"Whoosh...!"

With Fang Heng’s mental injection, the entire alchemy array lit up instantly.

The Black Crystal dust was lifted by an invisible force, suspended in mid-air, spinning rapidly.

"Chi... chi chi..."

As the magic array spun, strands of black-white impurities were stripped away from the rotating dust and burned to nothing by the array’s power.

In just half a minute, the impurities were gradually stripped away, and the remaining Black Crystal sand began to condense and form crystals in mid-air.

What the?!

Zane’s mouth slowly fell open, his eyes filled with disbelief.

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