The Post Sky Tipping Era
Chapter 447 - 316: The Trade

Chapter 447: Chapter 316: The Trade

Until evening, Teacher Anna, the intelligent robot, finally concluded the eight-hour lecture. Luckily, she is a robot; a human lecturer would probably collapse on the podium from exhaustion. And indeed, this lesson turned out to be very enlightening, as they learned a great deal of classified information and became aware of the appalling future situation.

Among the revelations, what really shocked them was the detection of traces that might belong to deities in certain parts of the world. Of course, they might not be actual deities but rather Cultivators who stand at unattainable heights. However, be it deities, Cultivators, or some sort of humanoid monsters, the crises they bring with them are unprecedentedly enormous and could potentially lead to human extinction at any moment.

So, compared to the future hardships, the current crisis is really nothing to fret over.

However, the topic of world peace is not something these newcomers should be discussing. What they need to do now is to seize every opportunity for growth without slack or delay, for when the real crisis arrives, it would be too late.

After the lecture ended.

Everyone had their own matters to attend to and began to leave in a hurry.

Li Yi was no exception. He planned to spend some time in his Cultivation room to break through to the Gang Refining Realm first, but as he and the others were leaving the building, his phone suddenly rang. He looked at it and found it wasn’t the phone he brought with him but one issued by the Golden Academy.

With some curiosity, he answered the call.

Immediately, a voice came from the other end: "Are you the one who wants to trade the Life Extending Pill for my storage bag? I agree to the trade. Which Cultivation room number are you in? I’ll come to find you."

Upon hearing this, Li Yi’s expression changed, and he immediately remembered the matter.

Originally, it was a casual gesture; he didn’t expect to actually gain something from it. It seems the value of Life Extending Pills is greater than he imagined. Nevertheless, it doesn’t matter to him; he has plenty of Life Extending Pills, and if he could trade one for an urgently needed treasure, it would be worth it.

"I’m in room number 64 of Block C." Li Yi thought for a moment before giving his address.

"Block C? Alright, I got it. I’ll be there soon; just wait a minute," the voice said and then immediately hung up.

Li Yi looked at the phone and discovered that this phone was also linked with the academy’s marketplace, enabling him to contact other Cultivators for trade at any time.

Soon.

When Li Yi returned to his residence, he found a car parked at his doorstep and a young man leaning against it. The man was wearing a leather trench coat, seemingly stitched together from the skin of an Extraordinary Creature, with a faint shimmer running through it, which looked quite special.

The man, who might have been waiting for Li Yi for some time, was idly smoking.

However, the man, seemingly ordinary, was actually a genuine expert of the Soul Realm; though he concealed his aura, the difference in life order could still be felt when getting close.

"Are you the one who called me earlier for the trade?" Li Yi approached and asked.

"Are you the one who wants the storage bag? Hello, my name is Wang Fan." He flicked his fingers, and the cigarette instantly turned to ash under the influence of some force. Then, the man named Wang Fan gave a slight smile and extended his hand.

"Li Yi." He also replied with a measure of courtesy.

Wang Fan said, "Are you certain that you have the Life Extending Pill? No offense, but I just need to confirm. After all, Golden Academy currently doesn’t have an elixir that can directly increase Life Span, and yours supposedly adds a hundred years at once."

"I indeed have it," Li Yi said. "If you don’t believe it, you can verify it after the trade."

"Life isn’t something I lack, but the Life Extending Pill is very important to me. In some places, it’s a highly valuable strategic resource. I just need to confirm this, as I don’t want to end up with a fake. By the way, how many do you have?" Wang Fan asked.

"Just one," Li Yi replied straightaway. "It wasn’t easy for me to come by this, so it’s not possible to have many."

He would not admit to having many, firstly to avoid the other party getting ideas and secondly to avoid being undercut.

"Just one? That makes things a bit difficult," Wang Fan frowned, but then he added, "Never mind, bring your Life Extending Pill with you, I need to get someone to verify it."

"You can’t make the decision?" Li Yi asked with some surprise.

Wang Fan chuckled, "I can make the decision about the storage bag, but not the Life Extending Pill. Don’t worry, as long as the Life Extending Pill is authentic, I will trade with you right away, I won’t make you run in vain."

Li Yi thought for a moment and then nodded, "Alright, wait for me, the items are in my room. I’ll fetch them."

"No problem," Wang Fan indicated.

After Li Yi returned to the Cultivation room, he took the Life Extending Pill and the Life Plate.

"Get in," Wang Fan was already seated at the driver’s position and signaled.

Li Yi had barely sat in the car.

To his surprise, the car floated into the air upon starting and was not a common gasoline-powered vehicle. Moreover, the speed of the car was extremely fast, reaching three hundred yards in less than ten seconds. Only an Evolver with such reaction capabilities could drive this; a normal person would likely face a fatal accident.

Quickly.

This man named Wang Fan drove to another Cultivation room in Block B and stopped in front of it. However, this Cultivation room was much larger than Li Yi’s. Li Yi understood that in Golden Academy, the higher the realm of the Cultivator, the larger their Cultivation room, as they need more cosmic energy. A small Cultivation room could no longer satisfy them.

Of course, aside from strength, having money also means you can apply to purchase a new Cultivation room.

Li Yi got out of the car and took a look.

Room number 99.

Before Wang Fan had a chance to knock, the person inside had already sensed the arrival of the two. However, the one who opened the door was a small, beautiful-looking robot servant, similar to Teacher Anna who had given the lecture earlier.

"Please come in, dear guests." The intelligent robot maid greeted them with a sweet smile.

Wang Fan clearly wasn’t here for the first time. He strode right in, and Li Yi didn’t think much of it, simply following behind.

Inside the room.

A scorching breath rushed towards them, and the air was filled with a strange mixture of fragrances. There were so many different scents that it was somewhat overwhelming.

At this moment, Li Yi saw a huge Furnace of Eight Trigrams in the middle of the cultivation room, with incomprehensible runes engraved on it. The runes were flickering with a faint glow, and within it raged a mysterious and fierce flame, burning without any wood or charcoal beneath - it seemed to burn out of thin air.

Next to this Furnace of Eight Trigrams sat a man in a Daoist robe, with his hair tied up in a bun. This man appeared to be around thirty years old, with an immortal-like aura, as if he was a celestial being among men.

"I can’t sense this person’s presence, not even his life breath," thought Li Yi, his gaze slightly stirred. He couldn’t see through this man, and he wasn’t even sure if this person was in the Soul Realm or the Spirit Power Realm.

But some intuition told him that this man definitely practiced both paths of cultivation.

One could not simply measure a person’s strength by their realm alone.

"Wang Fan said, "Xu Wen Dao, this is Li Yi, the newcomer from Zone C. He has a Life Extending Pill, which he claims can extend life by a hundred years. I can’t tell if it’s real or fake; you appraise it."

This celestial-looking middle-aged man was none other than Xu Wen Dao. His gaze landed calmly on Li Yi, sizing him up briefly before saying, "Another Martial Artist?"

He could tell at a glance that Li Yi was an Evolver who also practiced Martial Arts.

His Qi-Blood was just too prominent to ignore.

"Hand over the Life Extending Pill for me to see," Xu Wen Dao requested, extending his hand.

Li Yi simply asked, "What about the storage bag?"

"If your Life Extending Pill is genuine, I’ll give you a better storage Magic Artifact," replied Xu Wen Dao.

With a casual wave of his hand, several items appeared out of nowhere next to him: small pouches, little gourds, and tiny armguards.

"These are all storage Magic Artifacts, and each one has a storage space that exceeds that of a storage bag by tenfold, if not dozens of times. You can choose one of them. As for how large the storage space is, it’s down to your luck, but I guarantee that the smallest is at least one hundred cubic meters," Xu Wen Dao explained.

"Darn, you were selling the worst stuff," Li Yi cursed inwardly, upon seeing this.

He learned that this is the advantage of monopolies, to set prices as high as one wanted. The uninformed would simply think the items rare, never considering that what they deemed scarce might be commonplace to others.

But then again, if he thought about it the other way around.

The Life Extending Pill in Li Yi’s hands was also a rare commodity, with no similar items available in the academy’s marketplace. This meant he could also set the price as high as he wanted, and later use it to obtain materials crucial to him.

Without dwelling on it any further, he composed himself and took out a wooden box containing a Life Extending Pill: "Here’s the item, but I want the storage Magic Artifact right now. If it turns out to be fake, you can come find me to settle the score."

"Deal," Xu Wen Dao declared.

Li Yi immediately tossed the wooden box over, then his Gang Qi took form like a big hand, snatching a storage Magic Artifact from the air. He didn’t choose a gourd or pouch, but instead took the metal armguard, which he found more aesthetically pleasing—he didn’t want to be running around with a gourd or a leather pouch.

"How do I use this?" He then asked.

"Channel cosmic energy into it, and then explore it with your thoughts..." Xu Wen Dao took the wooden box, gave brief instructions, and then opened it to take out the Life Extending Pill. He stared at it for a while, seeing the pill was like a Crystal Ball with dense white fog swirling inside, unspreading, and he sensed a breath of life within it.

Whether it could truly elongate life by one hundred years remained unknown.

Li Yi put the armguard on his wrist, guided cosmic energy with his mind, and the storage Magic Artifact was activated. Instantly, he sensed a vast space, approximately two hundred cubic meters or so. It seemed this man had indeed not deceived him; this random item was far superior to a storage bag.

He then tested further, channeling cosmic energy to establish a connection, and a short stick he carried vanished on the spot, entering into the storage armguard.

"Truly magical," exclaimed Li Yi.

"Your item is genuine; it really can extend one’s Life Span," Xu Wen Dao confirmed.

"Since there’s no issue with the item then I’ll be taking my leave," Li Yi didn’t linger and turned to go.

But, in the next moment.

Wang Fan blocked Li Yi’s path once again.

"What’s wrong? Hasn’t the deal been completed?" Li Yi asked.

"Don’t be in a hurry to leave. We would like to propose another trade with you, if you’re interested," said Wang Fan.

Li Yi turned to look back at Xu Wen Dao.

Xu Wen Dao slowly stood up and said, "Li Yi, although your Life Extending Pill isn’t of much value to me, in some worlds, longevity is a scarce commodity, and you can use Life Extending Pills to purchase objects resembling such storage Magic Artifacts in those worlds."

"In addition to storage Magic Artifacts, there are other Magic Artifacts as well. If you’re interested, I’d like to establish a long-term trading relationship with you."