Free Web NovelThe Easter egg was arranged by the Gambling Stone Building themselves, and it wasn’t impossible to manipulate things behind the scenes.
As long as the Easter egg was moved to ★ 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 ★ a skill stand that Little Silver Flower’s attributes couldn’t reach, it couldn’t be so powerful as to absorb Skill Stones across attributes, could it?
So, this reason was somewhat flimsy.
“I understand what you mean, but I don’t accept favors without merit.”
Zhou Li'an was startled, then heard the young girl continue, “But I do have my eye on a Skill Stone in the Treasure Collection Room.
It’s the Heavenly-Rank skill, One Inch of Time.
Therefore, I am willing to purchase this Skill Stone at market price.”
Regardless of the other party’s objective, Mingxi wasn’t foolish enough to refuse such a good offer.
However, she also didn’t like receiving favors for free or owing a strange debt of gratitude.
Therefore, a clear business transaction made her feel more at ease!
Zhou Li'an was a smart man and immediately understood her thoughts.
He didn’t say much, just nodded and said, “Alright, but the market value of One Inch of Time, this Heavenly-Rank skill Stone, might be a bit high; it will cost 26 billion star coins.”
Mingxi didn’t hesitate for a moment, “Alright.”
She had already anticipated it; Heavenly-Rank skill Stones were inherently priceless, and a sky-high price of 26 billion was truly reasonable... not at all.
It was too expensive.
It felt like the flesh in her lungs was aching.
However, once the words were out, Mingxi had no intention of backing down.
She could only silently thank the Heavenly Ladder Challenge! Thank Immortal University!
Otherwise, she really wouldn’t have been able to come up with that much money, especially since she had just lost nearly 10 billion.
In fact, her family’s entire fortune had been drained; her account balance was less than 26 billion, and she barely managed to pay by mortgaging an S-grade energy crystal.
After today, she was once again a penniless pauper.
Truly poor.
Her star coins account balance was only 23,980 left.
Goodness!
She was back to square one.
The beautiful girl of love and wealth thus rapidly withered.
With a pained expression, Mingxi maintained her elegant demeanor as a rich and beautiful woman, “I won’t go into the Treasure Collection Room.
Manager Zhou, please help me retrieve the Skill Stone.”
Although she didn’t feel any malice, Mingxi was genuinely worried about the “hell gate” that the Treasure Collection Room might have specially opened for her.
Even if she was overthinking it, she wasn’t going to go in this time; her original goal was just One Inch of Time.
Zhou Li'an was slightly taken aback.
Then he smiled and nodded, “Alright, please wait a moment.”
Watching Zhou Li'an leave, Mingxi’s brows furrowed even deeper.
There seemed to be nothing unusual.
So where did this strange feeling come from?
Zhou Li'an returned quickly, holding a box in his hand.
As if knowing what Mingxi was worried about, he didn’t immediately hand the box to Mingxi, but instead opened the box, then opened the isolation cover, revealing the Skill Stone inside.
Then he took out a skill detector, scanned it, and showed Mingxi the content displayed on the instrument.
“Miss Ming, please take a look.”
Mingxi had actually already had Guangguang scan it.
“Alright, thank you.”
After confirming that what she received was not a counterfeit product and did not carry any fatal viruses, Mingxi sent the Skill Stone into the Time Realm.
Although she was sure the Skill Stone was fine, she still sent it in to let Guangguang disinfect it.
Being a little more suspicious was a sign of respect for her own life and the lives of Golden Yuanbao Seven. ƒreeωebnovel.ƈom
“Then I will take my leave.
I apologize again for the many inconveniences caused to your establishment today.”
Although in the extraordinary era, repairing a private room or rebuilding a floor would take less than an hour at the slowest, she had indeed affected others’ business this time.
This was also the main reason she was willing to buy the Skill Stone at a high price, rather than being determined to ‘stock up’.
After all, she was in the wrong (her skin wasn’t thick enough).
“Miss Ming, please wait.”
Zhou Li'an stopped Mingxi from leaving, and before Mingxi could enter hostile mode, he explained, “I personally have a private matter I’d like to cooperate with you on.”
Mingxi looked at him, showing an expression of ‘You speak, I’ll listen first’.
Zhou Li'an took a deep breath, then slowly began, “Miss Ming, have you heard of the Yue Ling Clan?”
Mingxi nodded.
Isn’t Senior Qian Bingning a branch of the Yue Ling Clan?
It was mentioned before that the Yue Ling Clan is the most noble branch of the Kabu Clan; their inheritance dates back the furthest, reportedly over six thousand years ago.
At that time, Blue Star was still in a primitive state.
So, if the Yue Ling Clan’s so-called ‘inheritance’ wasn’t fabricated, then the history of Green Field Civilization’s development is actually much longer than Blue Star’s.
Of course, the answers given by Blue Star historians are almost always—unverifiable.
It’s just unknown whether they are burying their heads in the sand.
“Then you must have heard of the Yue Ling Clan’s heir competition, right?”
Mingxi raised an eyebrow at him, “Are you trying to invite me to be an external helper for one of the Yue Ling Clan’s heirs?”
“Miss Ming is indeed exceptionally intelligent.”
It really was true.
Mingxi actually became somewhat interested and couldn’t help but ask, “Which heir do you want me to support?”
“It’s my younger sister, Yue Ling Suiwan.”
Mingxi was surprised and subconsciously scanned his head; it wasn’t green at all.
Seeing her confusion, Zhou Li'an voluntarily explained:
“She is my half-sister, from the same mother.”
Perhaps it was because he had a request for Mingxi, or perhaps his family’s situation was well-known.
Zhou Li'an did not hide his background, briefly recounting his family’s dramatic story.
His father had an affair during marriage, and his mother, in a fit of anger, ran off with a young lover and a child, directly sneaking onto a battleship that was about to depart to support Green Field Star.
She fled Blue Star directly, not even giving his father a chance to chase after her.
His pregnant mother arrived on Green Field Star, which was still in a chaotic state at the time, and experienced a rather tumultuous life.
Surviving on an alien planet with a big belly, she met several talented young men during the process and had many romantic love stories that Zhou Li'an only wanted to complain about.
These talented men included, but were not limited to, the captain of the battleship his mother initially snuck onto, the domineering chief commander responsible for Blue Star’s colonization efforts on Green Field Star at the time, a powerful and handsome Beast Tamer who preferred to remain anonymous, and a young master of the Yue Ling Clan, who was like royalty on Green Field Star.
Finally, for the sake of planetary peace and humanity, his mother chose to marry that Yue Ling Clan young master.
Soon after their marriage, Blue Star and the Kabu Clan officially signed a truce and colonization agreement.
Mingxi was utterly dumbfounded after hearing it all.
What kind of Mary Sue literature was this, where the pampered wife runs off with a child, all domineering young masters love me, and I just want to save the world?
It was both explosive and exhilarating.
Golden Yuanbao was even hyped up, and it was the one who pestered Zhou Li'an to ask about the identities of those talented men.
Mingxi suddenly shivered.
With this bizarre plot, could she actually be transmigrated into a book?
Was one of these talented young men her father?
Or even worse, was her father one of the cannon fodder in the love triangle between Zhou Li'an’s mother and the talented young men?
Mingxi’s face was expressionless: “...” freeweɓnovel.cøm
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