Chapter 168 - 168: Buying Magic Cores Over The Internet
{Warning: At the end of this chapter there is a short R-18 scene}
Theo, who was currently inside the Dimensional Room, was admiring the beautiful Yuki as she slept.
Nevertheless, his thoughts kept wandering to ideas to strengthen himself. He could even be considered the strongest here in Ravena City right now, even among the Sect members that came, but that didn't mean there was no chance of an even stronger being appearing.
In his opinion, it was likely that someone powerful would be attracted to "Panic" or some other event that he was not aware of yet. Anything was possible, and those possibilities were what he feared most. Therefore, he could never be fully satisfied with his current strength.
It was for that reason that he bought so many Magic Cores and still wanted to get even more. There was also the existence of Mana Stones that are widely used in the larger cities. He had already seen them being sold on the internet, but the price tag is a bit higher than for Magic Cores, as they were both more flexible and more versatile in their usage.
A Mana Stone was not linked to "Something" or "Someone." A Magic Core, however, retained a trace of the soul and impurities of the former owner. This decreases the actual value of Magic Cores, but a flame bearer could purify the impurities of the Magic Cores and would increase the starting price by several times.
"Thinking about it, I have almost 2,000 platinum coins, that is, almost 2 million gold coins in the "Panic" account…" Theo pondered as he recalled the balance of the Panic account. He discovered some time ago that his cell phone could buy items, and they would be stored inside it. It was very similar to a game inventory, where the things he purchased would appear in it and were always available for retrieval.
In the most basic cell phones, the item is also stored in their account, but they do not have the option to withdraw the items purchased with their cell phones if they are not specialized. They would instead need to go to a place of delivery and pay a fee for the services provided.
Also, to remove it with your cell phone, a user's cell phone needed to have a complex dimensional formation to link to where you want to pick up the item. When the seller provides access to it, the purchaser could then move the item to their inventory and remove it from the separate space it was located in. When they did this, a formation would be manifest where the cell phone camera was pointed at, and soon after, the item would appear.
This is also considered the best and safest means of buying and selling. And it also has the advantage of secrecy for all of your online shopping. Because the dimension is separate, the moment you remove the item, it can be said that the delivery is almost impossible to track.
By the time the item enters your inventory, only the user who purchased the item will have access to it. Of course, it does have exceptions. Some of the greatest experts in the Spirit Kingdom who understand the "Dao" path of spacetime can get a sense of where the item went.
But it must be understood that these beings would not bother with such petty things as trying to steal from someone. Especially since the entities that manage this separate space are not beings that they would ever want to provoke.
"Hm… with these 2,000 platinum coins, I can buy almost 100 million Apprentice Kingdom Magic Cores. And that would also be of great help for the tests that I want to try next. Even if it doesn't give the expected result, I'll still increase my cultivation a bit more." Theo pondered again.
He could see a lot of those Magic Cores for sale on the internet. And especially these low-end ones with a standard value of 50 silver coins per Magic Core were very affordable. Also, hardly anyone was interested in buying them, so there were billions of them being sold at this level.
Fiddling with his phone with the "Panic" account, Theo soon decided to buy the Magic Cores. They were a total of 90 million Magic Cores from the Apprentice Kingdom purchased, comprised of 10 million for each of the 9 different attributes: wind, water, earth, metal, fire, ice, lightning, darkness and light.
After confirming his purchase and moving everything to his inventory, Theo had spent a total of 1,800 platinum coins.
The amount of Magic Cores that were purchased was enough for him to achieve a significant increase in his cultivation. "With that, I can also test whether I can obtain a new affinity or not." He couldn't help but be hopeful about that possibility.
If it really was a 1 to 1,000,000 chance of awakening a new affinity by consuming a Magic Core, then Theo was thinking of trying it with his <Devour> skill. They had never been used this way before, or at least he couldn't find anyone with such an ability that went public about it and tried to do the same.
He knew it was just a gamble trying it and didn't really know if it would work or not, but if he could potentially get a new affinity, it was a chance he was willing to take.
And he also thought of gradually purifying some Magic Cores, so that later he could let Yuki and the others use them. Although they could cultivate and absorb Magic Cores during their cultivation and only take the essence, the time required for this was even longer than if he were to use his flames to purify them himself.
Theo still has the White Lion King totem on his chest. Although he didn't figure out how to use it yet, he still thought that the moment he did, he could very well purify the Magic Cores even faster.
*Ahhhh~
"More what…" Theo, who was fiddling with his cell phone, didn't notice Yuki moving a little and… his cock entered her when she moved just then. Theo even thought that she was awake, but to his surprise, she was still asleep, despite letting out a moan from her mouth the moment his cock entered her.
Despite having a slight expression of pain and moaning in response to the penetration, she didn't move away, and her cave kept Theo's little guy inside her. The walls of soft, wet flesh continued compressing him there, squeezing him so hard that he even thought it would melt from how comfortable and tight she was at the same time.