Chapter 1646: The Lowest-Grade Stall

"Why not? Put it away!"

Ye Yuan took the Seven Treasures Mysterious Fruit and directly tossed it to Ning Tianping.

Ning Tianping caught it, feeling it was extremely hot to the touch.

Fourth-tier items were vastly different from third-tier ones, often priced in the hundreds of millions.

Without the backing of a major clan, it was hard to sustain such spending.

Having taken twelve billion, the boss couldn't be bothered with the two of them and resumed his haughty demeanor.

He knew that a Return to Void realm carrying so much money would surely have drawn the attention of many.

With Ning Tianping around, it was fine, but if Ye Yuan were alone, someone might target him.

"Brother Ye, I will find a way to repay this money!" Ning Tianping said through gritted teeth.

Ye Yuan waved his hand and said, "Forget it! If you hadn't come out, I believe this wouldn't matter to you, but now, how will you repay it?"

Ning Tianping was momentarily speechless, but Ye Yuan turned to the boss and asked, "Boss, I'd like to ask you something—does the Tianluo Market have any news of Longevity Heavenly Soul Stones?"

The boss raised his eyelids slightly and said with some surprise, "You want Longevity Heavenly Soul Stones? What a coincidence—I have some right here!"

Ye Yuan's eyes lit up, and he said excitedly, "Boss, how many do you have? I'll buy them all!"

The boss looked at Ye Yuan strangely and said, "Do you think Longevity Heavenly Soul Stones are cabbages by the roadside? I only have a piece the size of two fists. If you want to buy it, I'll give you a discount—one billion!"

Ye Yuan nodded and took out another billion divine source stones to buy the Longevity Heavenly Soul Stone.

The boss was repeatedly astonished; he never imagined that this Return to Void realm had more wealth than an average Divine Lord realm expert.

"Boss, do you know where else in the Tianluo Market I can find Longevity Heavenly Soul Stones?" Ye Yuan asked.

This tiny bit of Longevity Heavenly Soul Stone wasn't even enough to fill a gap between his teeth.

The boss asked suspiciously, "What do you need so many Longevity Heavenly Soul Stones for? For cultivation, this piece is enough for you. Besides, even if you have some wealth, you probably can't buy many more Longevity Heavenly Soul Stones, right?"

Thanks to the twenty billion, the boss finally became more talkative.

Ye Yuan smiled and said, "Due to some special circumstances, I need a large quantity of Longevity Heavenly Soul Stones. Please give me some guidance. As for divine source stones, I have my ways."

The boss said, "Longevity Heavenly Soul Stones are extremely rare treasures and greatly beneficial for a martial artist's cultivation. If I weren't in urgent need of money, I wouldn't easily sell them. So I don't know how many Longevity Heavenly Soul Stones are in the Tianluo Market—you'll have to inquire yourself. However... I do know that in half a month, the three major powers will jointly hold an auction, and one of the items is a Boundless Heavenly Soul Stone!"

Ye Yuan's gaze sharpened, and he exclaimed, "Boss, is that true?"

The boss said, "Go and ask around—this isn't a secret. But... the price of that Boundless Heavenly Soul Stone will certainly start in the tens of billions."

The Boundless Heavenly Soul Stone was a higher-grade form of the Longevity Heavenly Soul Stone, providing purer energy and containing greater power.

However, compared to the Longevity Heavenly Soul Stone, the Boundless Heavenly Soul Stone was even rarer to an outrageous degree.

Ye Yuan hadn't expected to encounter a Boundless Heavenly Soul Stone here.

But that meant that to bid on the Boundless Heavenly Soul Stone, the divine source stones required would likely reach a terrifying level.

With the amount of divine source stones he currently had, he probably couldn't even buy a hair of it.

"Brother Ye, tens of billions of divine source stones, this..."

Even Ning Tianping, who had grown up in a silver spoon, was startled by the number of divine source stones.

Tens of billions of divine source stones was a considerable sum even for the Ning family.

Ye Yuan smiled and said, "Originally I wanted to keep a low profile, buy a few Longevity Heavenly Soul Stones, and leave. But now it seems I can't stay low-key."

Ning Tianping shuddered and said, "Brother Ye, you mean to..."

Ye Yuan said, "Let's set up a stall too and do my old trade."

Ning Tianping took a deep breath; he knew what Ye Yuan meant.

However, the boss was dismissive and said, "You're a Return to Void realm—what can you sell to earn tens of billions of divine source stones? Besides, with the Zhengu Heavenly Gate about to open, the city has gathered a large number of martial artists. All the good stalls have been rented out; even the lowest-grade stalls are probably few and far between. For you to earn so many divine source stones is pure fantasy."

"Haha, this kid must be new to the Tianluo Market, thinking it's a cornucopia? Just set up a stall and money will roll in?"

"A Return to Void realm—what kind of goods can he sell to earn ten billion divine source stones? This kid is dreaming!"

The neighboring stall owners, hearing that Ye Yuan also wanted to set up a stall, all wore mocking expressions.

Third-tier items simply couldn't compare in price to fourth-tier ones.

Often, selling dozens of items couldn't match the value of a single fourth-tier item.

Earning tens of billions of divine source stones was basically impossible.

Ye Yuan just smiled and said, "Don't worry, my stall will definitely be very popular."

"Very popular? Haha, kid, you really don't know your place! Forget it, since you won't listen to advice, go ahead and try it yourself." The boss laughed heartily.

...

At the Tianluo Market management office, a Divine Lord Second Heaven martial artist glanced at Ye Yuan and said, "First-grade stall: ten million a day; second-grade stall: one million a day; third-grade stall: five hundred thousand a day; fourth-grade stall: one hundred thousand a day; lowest-grade stall... ten thousand a day. Hmm, the front stalls are all taken. There's only one lowest-grade stall left. Do you want it?"

The so-called first-grade stalls were naturally in the most prominent locations, visible as soon as one entered the Tianluo Market.

With such a stall, if the goods were good enough, one could sell tens of billions in a single day.

And that boss's stall was only a second-grade one.

As for the lowest-grade stalls, they were in the corners, generally ignored by customers. Even ten thousand divine source stones a day was considered too expensive.

Because with a lowest-grade stall, one might not even sell ten thousand divine source stones worth of goods in a day, making it almost a losing proposition.

Ye Yuan was indifferent and said calmly, "I'll take the lowest-grade stall. I want to rent it for half a month."

Ye Yuan paid the divine source stones, took the token, and suddenly remembered something, asking, "By the way, how is the commission collected for the lowest-grade stall?"

This token wasn't just a marker for the spot; it could also monitor the fluctuation of divine source stones at each stall.

Just like in Ye Yuan's earlier transaction, the boss's token had already detected the approximate amount of divine source stones in his storage ring.

For good stalls, once sales reached a certain amount, the Tianluo Market would also take a certain commission.

The higher the sales, the higher the commission!

The three major powers had gone to great lengths to set up this market, naturally wanting to extract more divine source stones.

Maintaining the market's operation required not only providing the venue but also stronger armed protection.

In the Tianluo Market, fighting was strictly forbidden, punishable by immediate execution.

At least within the Tianluo Market, martial artists were safe.

That martial artist waved his hand impatiently and said, "What commission would a lowest-grade stall collect? If you can sell your goods, that's your skill. Go on, go on, I'm busy here!"