Chapter 601 - 434: Completing the Mission, Bountiful Rewards

Xu Qing frowned. He was a bit annoyed, but Yuan Tiankong was the Divine Lord of the Origin Divine Country, after all. Xu Qing could only suppress his displeasure.

However, the nine members of the purchasing department’s Team One who had come with Xu Qing had all lost their wits to the ’sugar-coated bullets’ Yuan Tiankong had prepared.

’What a bunch of useless teammates.’

Xu Qing shook his head internally.

In fact, the thought even crossed Xu Qing’s mind to replace every member of the purchasing department’s Team One after he returned. But for now, it was just a thought.

Because even if he wanted to replace them, Xu Qing didn’t have any better candidates.

「About half an hour later.」

Footsteps approached.

The other guests Yuan Tiankong had mentioned arrived. Xu Qing looked up, and his eyes fell upon a group of people of unknown origin. They had blue skin and a pair of distinctive tentacles on their heads.

"Hm?"

Xu Qing frowned. He fell silent for a moment, searching his memory. ’So it’s the Blue Skin Race,’ he mused. ’To think they’d show up here too.’

The Blue Skin Race.

They were one of the native races of the Unique True Realm. And while the Blue Skin Race wasn’t one of the Nine Great Forces like the True Realm Tower, they were still a top-tier race.

Moreover, thanks to their unique racial Talent, adult members of the Blue Skin Race could travel freely throughout the Thirty-Six Heavens and the One Hundred and Eight Continents of the Unique True Realm.

Therefore, much like the True Realm Tower, the Blue Skin Race was also engaged in ’trade.’

However, the Blue Skin Race still couldn’t compare to the True Realm Tower.

Of course, the Blue Skin Race had its merits. Otherwise, they would have long since been squeezed out of business by the True Realm Tower. The fact that they could continue to survive naturally meant they had something extraordinary about them.

Evidently, these members of the Blue Skin Race were Xu Qing’s competitors this time.

Indeed, the True Realm Tower was one of the Nine Great Forces. Even its Langya Branch Tower was not to be underestimated. There were very few forces capable of competing with the True Realm Tower for business.

The Blue Skin Race had only shown up because of the enormous profits to be made from the Origin Divine Country. Otherwise, they would never have risked offending the True Realm Tower by coming here.

After all, the allure of profit was a powerful temptation.

"Come, come."

Yuan Tiankong beamed, waving his right hand. Several maids immediately prepared seats for the members of the Blue Skin Race. "Everyone, please, have a seat."

"Thank you, Divine Lord."

"..."

The three members of the Blue Skin Race sat down.

At this moment, the three members of the Blue Skin Race were sizing up Xu Qing and his group, while Xu Qing was likewise scrutinizing the three of them. They had clearly become rivals.

"!!!"

Meanwhile, the other nine members of the purchasing department’s Team One jolted and quickly came to their senses, their attention now on the three newly arrived members of the Blue Skin Race.

At this point, they finally understood why Yuan Tiankong hadn’t been in a hurry to finalize the deal with them. He had clearly been waiting for the Blue Skin Race to arrive so he could extract greater profits.

Involuntarily, everyone turned their gazes toward Xu Qing.

Xu Qing took a deep breath.

"Divine Lord."

Xu Qing looked up at Yuan Tiankong, his tone calm as he said coolly, "I have come here today representing the True Realm Tower, and I have naturally brought sufficient sincerity. But Divine Lord, don’t your actions seem to show a lack of it?"

"Ahem..."

Yuan Tiankong gave a light cough and said, "Team Leader Xu, I honestly didn’t expect the members of the Blue Skin Race to arrive at this time either."

"So."

"I’m truly very sorry."

"..."

Xu Qing fell silent for a moment.

Before, Xu Qing couldn’t have cared less about this deal. Whether it succeeded or failed, he wouldn’t have given it a second thought. But things were different now.

If Xu Qing could successfully close this deal, he would immediately receive a large reward of Longevity Crystals. Furthermore, for every subsequent transaction, he would be able to take a cut of the profits.

These were actual, tangible Longevity Crystals.

Most importantly, Longevity Crystals contained a vast amount of True Points. For the same value, Longevity Crystals held the most True Points.

Therefore, for a multitude of reasons, Xu Qing was determined to make this deal happen.

"Divine Lord."

At this moment, one of the members of the Blue Skin Race spoke up. "Divine Lord, our Blue Skin Race has also come with sufficient sincerity. For your batch of Stones of Origin, we are willing to offer ’ten thousand Ten Thousand Years Longevity Crystals’ to acquire them."

"I imagine."

"If this transaction is completed smoothly, it will surely build sufficient trust between us and the Origin Divine Country, laying the foundation for our future dealings."

"Ten thousand Ten Thousand Years Longevity Crystals!"

Yuan Tiankong’s eyes lit up.

The batch of Stones of Origin he was selling numbered exactly ten thousand. This meant the price had reached one Ten Thousand Years Longevity Crystal per Stone of Origin.

So, in terms of price, Yuan Tiankong was very satisfied.

Xu Qing frowned.

Because the funds the Langya Branch Tower had given him were also ten thousand Ten Thousand Years Longevity Crystals.

"I wonder how much the Langya Branch Tower can offer?"

Yuan Tiankong asked.

"Divine Lord."

Xu Qing took a deep breath. He said in a calm voice, "The highest price our Langya Branch Tower can offer is also ’ten thousand Ten Thousand Years Longevity Crystals.’"

"Of course."

"You should be well aware, Divine Lord, that behind our Langya Branch Tower stands the True Realm Tower, and the True Realm Tower is one of the Nine Great Forces of the Unique True Realm."

"If we can complete this deal and establish a relationship of trust, the benefits for you, Divine Lord, will surely be far greater than dealing with the Blue Skin Race."