Foreign Land Reclamation By a Vegetable-growing Skeleton
Chapter 1391 - Chapter 1391 Chapter 952 Do They Want to Buy the Black Market

Chapter 1391: Chapter 952: Do They Want to Buy the Black Market? Chapter 1391: Chapter 952: Do They Want to Buy the Black Market? Silver Coin frowned and went off to figure out a solution. How could Negris miss such an opportunity? Taking delight in Silver Coin’s predicament, Negris approached with a laugh: “Hehe, you’re troubled by Divine Plants, aren’t you? Do you even know what Divine Plants are?”

Originally, Negris wanted to drop by and give some advice to Silver Coin, but to his surprise, Silver Coin just shook his head: “No, I’m troubled by several other things.”

“Ah? Bird droppings and volcanic ash? What’s there to worry about? Aren’t they just fertilizer? Why not just buy them?” Negris asked in surprise.

Silver Coin rolled his eyes, a rare gesture: “Buy how much?”

“Buy…” Negris started to say something but stopped, his mouth agape. Knowing Ange’s character, if he needed fertilizer, would he only ask for thirty to fifty tons? Without restructuring all the topsoil here, would he ever call it quits?

If he were to recondition all the topsoil, the demand would start at tens of thousands of tons. Tens of thousands of tons of fertilizer transported through a Teleportation Array?

Back in the Light Sea Plane, Anthony had done this sort of thing, transporting over a hundred thousand tons of food through Teleportation Arrays, but that was done via a World Transfer Station, cutting down the consumption of Demon Crystals by one-fifth, and the Light Sea Plane was also very close to the Master Plane.

The place now was farther from the Friel Empire’s Master Plane than the distance of Eternity Road back then. The Teleportation Array would need one or two transfers, which means, if relying on teleportation, the consumption of Demon Crystals would be more than ten times what Anthony spent buying food from the Light Sea Plane.

Negris instantly felt the pinch. He was the type who thought it’s a real bargain to carry something for ten silver coins, but if shipping costs one silver coin more, he would exclaim it’s too expensive. Now the shipping costs are dozens to hundreds of times the value of the goods, and he immediately lost interest.

Moreover, it wasn’t just a matter of liking it or not, using a Teleportation Array to transport tens of thousands of tons of stuff, unless it’s through a World Transfer Station, even if you smoke out the Teleportation Array, you might not be able to get it done.

Back then, Anthony had burned out six Teleportation Arrays; luckily, he was an Archbishop and could coordinate enough Teleportation Arrays. If there’s only one here, and it’s wrecked, that’s the end of it.

“What should we do?” Negris asked.

Trading in bulk goods is the most difficult thing in business, Silver Coin said with concern: “Once the quantity reaches a certain level, you need to coordinate many things, and it’s not profitable. Rather, high-value special items, such as Divine Plants, you might come across them if you’re lucky, and if not, Lord Nage won’t blame you.”

“That’s true, Ange won’t blame you, but didn’t Anthony say that bulk commodities are very profitable? Fertilizers like bird droppings are strategic resources, shouldn’t they be even more profitable?” Negris didn’t understand and asked.

When they discovered the dragon crash valley, Negris had said it was a strategic resource. He understood that, but his knowledge came from believers. Up against professionals like Silver Coin and Anthony, he would only doubt the completeness of his own knowledge, rather than doubting Silver Coin’s professionalism.

Could his believers even be more professional than Silver Coin?

Silver Coin explained: “Bulk commodities are indeed profitable, but not in terms of the goods themselves. Lord Anthony, with the food granted by Lord Nage, forcefully splintered the Eastern Diocese. If that gain were converted into money, it’s a massive profit. But selling food alone is not profitable. No matter how expensive food gets, one ton for one Demon Crystal is the limit.”

“The real issue with Lord’s orders, where to buy the fertilizer, whether it will attract attention, and how to transport it here, are the biggest headaches. If only Lord’s Divine Realm was still usable, a few round trips and it would be dealt with.”

Ange’s Divine Realm can store about twenty thousand tons of water. Using it for fertilizer, three trips would amount to fifty to sixty thousand tons, which should be sufficient.

Moreover, the Divine Realm consumes very little. Whether it’s a Dimensional Space or a Storage Space, putting things inside consumes energy–Dimensional Space uses Divine Power, and Storage Space consumes Demon Crystals. The energy used to store fertilizer is not less than that of using a Teleportation Array.

Ange used to be lavish, not caring about these consumptions. But now, it’s different. Whether it’s Divine Power or Demon Crystals, there’s a need to save.

Despite just earning one billion Demon Crystals, those are just vouchers; swapping them for tangible goods is not easy. It’s like taking paper money to exchange for gold at the treasury. A few hundred or thousand is easy, but tens or hundreds of millions, they won’t exchange it without thoroughly checking your background.

After some explanation, Negris finally understood where the difficulty lay. On the other hand, there were quickly some leads about Divine Plants. Silver Coin asked a Swift Wind Rabbit with a shake: “Where can I find Divine Plants? If you find it for me, I’ll buy you a carrot.”

The Swift Wind Rabbit rolled its eyes: “Why don’t you check out the black market? It’s not just Divine Plants, there are even Divine Artifacts for sale. Recently, those Wizards have slain so many Gods and snatched a whole bunch of Divine Artifacts.”

At this point, the Swift Wind Rabbit frowned again: “However, Divine Plants generally aren’t in demand, and it’s not certain that they’ll be on the black market. Otherwise, you could try looking in areas like Divine Miracle Ruins or ruins.”

Compared to magical plants, Divine Plants generally aren’t sought after. Without the nourishment of Divine Power, Divine Plants wither quickly, meaning only those that maintain their properties even after wilting are in demand.

If it’s just flowers and plants, you might not even manage to give them away as gifts. What use are they? To brew in water? You’d even have to ask what attributes they possess first. If it’s a Holy Light attribute, wouldn’t a Death Magician drinking it be courting death?

That’s why those Divine Trees in the Heaven’s Square are highly sought after, but the spikes of grain from the Harvest Goddess? Not so much. All you can do is cook and eat them after buying.

Don’t tell me you’re thinking of growing it? Do you think you’re the God of Farming?

Generally, only the Gods have a demand for Divine Plants, but now with the Gods being too cautious to concern themselves with Divine Plants, following the rabbit’s advice, everyone headed to the black market. Immediately, they found many items with a reaction of Divine Power.

“What’s that? A piece of black wood over there, I can only feel some Divine Power from it, but can’t make out what it is,” Silver Coin asked, pointing to a black piece of wood at one of the stalls.

Negris took a look and said: “It’s just a piece of wood, but it’s tainted with Divine Blood, which is why there’s a reaction of Divine Power.”

“Just tainted with Divine Blood? It’s not a Divine Plant? Lord Negris truly is knowledgeable and perceptive, to see through it at a glance,” Silver Coin said with admiration, lightening Negris’s steps.

The black market typically refers to an unofficial market, but the black market the Swift Wind Rabbit talked about is an actual place called Black Market. Openly visible because it’s not in the Master Plane but in the Shattered Abyss.

There are tens of thousands of Plane fragments, large and small, scattered in the Void. Among them, a relatively large hollow piece, resembling a fragmented volcanic rock, is the location of the black market.

“Aren’t they afraid of those Wizards destroying it by being so brazen about running a black market?” the Monarch asked.

The Swift Wind Rabbit hopped forward, saying as it went: “No fear. Do you know how many Teleportation Arrays are here? Sixty-five, maybe even more, because some are not usually activated and only turn on at times of escape.”

“And almost everyone here has a Teleportation Scroll. If there’s a raid, just teleport away. Right, give me a scroll too. You all have one, and I don’t–what if I have to escape?”

Silver Coin touched his ring, pulled out a Teleportation Scroll, and handed it to the Swift Wind Rabbit while asking: “Don’t the Royal Magicians have any way to restrict teleportation? If they restrict teleportation before showing up, wouldn’t they be able to wipe us out?”

The Swift Wind Rabbit nonchalantly said: “Restrict teleportation? The methods of those Wizards to restrict teleportation either make a big commotion, need a long preparation time, or have a very short duration. There’s no such thing as an instant restriction. In the worst case, we just need to move further away before teleporting.”

“No such thing? That’s good.” Silver Coin smiled. It seemed that there were no dimensional creatures like Big Cat around. Otherwise, with its huge mouth, no one could escape.

With no worries about being raided, everyone was ready to enjoy the black market. However, after walking about ten meters, they realized Ange hadn’t followed and turned around to see Ange squatting on the ground, poking the ground.

“Ange, what are you doing?” Negris asked.

Ange pointed to the ground and said, “Volcanic rock, buy it.”

Huh, is he thinking about buying the black market?