556 Exchange List
Earth.
This was the Earth civilization’s home planet. Other than the Pearwood Group headquarters, there were also the Redmond Group branch, the Cloud City Association branch, the Oohook Chamber of Commerce branch, and so on. More than 100 large factions had established branches here, and it was already the most prosperous planet in the 12th Star Zone of the Oohook Star Alliance. A large number of spaceships came and went every day.
Earth’s property prices had also skyrocketed to an unimaginable level over the years.
“Welcome back, Master.” The villa door opened, and the smart bot greeted warmly.
Meng Tian Qingyuan nodded slightly and walked in. “Prepare Meal #3 for me.”
“Alright.”
The robot closed the door before preparing the food and wine. Moments later, a sumptuous meal was placed on the table.
Meng Tian sat alone at the dining table and quickly started eating. This was a habit he had developed since he was a child on Iwaizumi—he ate quickly with full concentration.
After finishing all the food, Meng Tian felt a sense of satisfaction from the bottom of his heart. When he was young, eating his fill was a form of happiness.
Then, he poured himself a glass of wine and held it alone in thought. I’ve been on Earth for 35 years.
Meng Tian thought to himself, Just because Senior Sister is close to me and has dated me a few times in reality, this has attracted so much trouble.
It’s expected—the Pearwood Group has a net worth exceeding 1 trillion. As the head of the Pearwood Group and Lord Wu Ming’s only daughter… She is pursued by countless scions of large family clans in the Hunter Cosmic Sector. Dozens of the craziest ones have moved to Earth.
On Earth, there’s strict surveillance by the planet’s security system, as well as by the Pearwood Group. Those people don’t dare to violate the law. If I were on another planet, I would probably be assassinated countless times. Meng Tian smiled.
Threatening me?
I’ve never cared about the Qingyuan family. I’m really not afraid of threats. Meng Tian drank and was in a good mood.
He had been very happy on Earth all these years.
First, freedom! He had a freedom he had never enjoyed since he was born. Without anyone to control him, he could slack off and lie down as much as he wanted. He was no longer exploited for his income.
He felt alive.
His practice of swordsmanship was filled with excitement, joy, and freedom.
Secondly, he also had goals: to earn the right to stand beside his senior sister and propose to her!
Although I’m far inferior to Lord Wu Ming, I’ve passed the mysterious land’s test and have been recruited by the Secret Sword Society. The peripheral members recruited by the Secret Sword Society usually have a 10% chance of becoming an Origin lifeform. Meng Tian’s eyes were filled with fighting spirit. I believe that I will definitely become the most outstanding peripheral member of the Secret Sword Society. I will definitely become an Origin lifeform.
The day I become an Origin lifeform is the day I propose to Senior Sister, Meng Tian thought. After drinking the glass of wine in his hand, he entered the virtual chamber.
He could enter the virtual world anytime and anywhere, but he still had to put up a show.
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In a mansion on the top floor of a skyscraper, a handsome silver-haired man looked at the projection in front of him—it was a surveillance video of Meng Tian Qingyuan.
“How can a b*stard child produced from a biological womb assembly line be worthy of Miss Xu Lixing?” the silver-haired man muttered under his breath. “Only the core members of the top families in the Hunter Cosmic Sector are qualified to pursue her. Otherwise, it will be an insult toward her.”
“Young Master, I believe Miss Xu Lixing will understand this better with time. Meng Tian Qingyuan is not from the same world as her,” an old servant said with a smile.
The silver-haired man nodded. “I, Yasin Novan, am the third heir of the Novan civilization. My father is a Lv. 10 Origin lifeform, and only by being with Miss Xu Lixing can we help each other.”
“What have the other 15 been up to recently?” the silver-haired man asked.
“We can’t monitor their residences. All of them have interference equipment,” the old servant reported.
The silver-haired man nodded slightly. “Compared to that b*stard, the other 15 pose a greater threat.”
All of them came from very noble backgrounds and had very high statuses, but they still pursued Xu Lixing fervently! It was because… Xu Lixing could bring them too many benefits. They had many competitors in the family.
The elders and younger generation of the family wicked away many resources, so the resources they truly controlled were limited.
Xu Lixing? Under Li Miaomiao’s delegation of authority, Xu Lixing was virtually in complete control of the Pearwood Group! The Pearwood Group expanded very quickly, and its assets now exceeded one trillion cosmic dollars.
Xu Jingming only had one daughter! His daughter monopolized almost all his commercial resources, so she naturally had many suitors.
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In the virtual world.
Li Miaomiao—who was wearing tattered cloth clothes—walked alone in the vast wilderness with a dirty face. Suddenly, jackals appeared amid the prairie in the distance and stared at Li Miaomiao.
“Gnolls?” Li Miaomiao looked at them. Gnolls were notorious in this wasteland; they only knew how to kill and plunder.
These gnolls roared and quickly surrounded Li Miaomiao.
Li Miaomiao didn’t flee but chose to charge over.
Swish!
She instantly drew the thin sword at her waist, and, as fast as lightning, she stabbed through the heads of the three closest gnolls.
Li Miaomiao’s figure was like the wind amidst the gnolls’ encirclement. With a flash of her sword, gnolls collapsed one after another, and the other gnolls quickly fled with howls of fright.
Li Miaomiao flung the blood off her sword and sheathed it before walking into the distance alone.
She only went offline after arriving at a small hotel in a dwarf town.
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She arrived in a world with a blue sky, white clouds, and grass. She saw Xu Jingming sitting alone on a chair and studying.
“Miaomiao.” Xu Jingming looked at his wife. “Are you done practicing your swordsmanship today?”
“Yeah.” Li Miaomiao nodded. “There are too many systems for sword practice in the universe. I’ve benefited quite a bit from learning the foundations of different systems.”
“You weren’t so much in love with swordsmanship back then,” Xu Jingming commented with a smile. “Didn’t you like singing?”
“Singing is work, a way to make money.” Li Miaomiao sat to his side. “I don’t have to worry about money now; I can do whatever I want! In fact, I liked playing games as a swordswoman back then. It’s just that the games back then… weren’t realistic enough.”
“Moreover, my husband is the most dazzling genius of the cosmic human race. I naturally can’t be weak being his wife,” Li Miaomiao said with a smile. She looked at the books and knowledge beside her and felt that they were Greek.
“Has Lixing been alright recently?” Xu Jingming asked.
“Of course, she’s good. She has so many suitors,” Li Miaomiao replied. “Oh right, you’ve been away from Earth for more than 100 years. Did the Primordial Research Institute say when you would be back?”
“Not for the moment.”
Xu Jingming gazed at his wife. “I can’t leave. We can only meet in the virtual world.”
“It’s all the same,” Li Miaomiao said with a smile. “You can save countless humans on habitable planets at the front line. Compared to the people living at the front line, Lixing and I are countless times better.”
Xu Jingming nodded when he suddenly received a message. He casually tapped it—
“Junior Brother, the Eternal Academy will officially launch the credit exchange in a month! The credit exchange list has just been made public today. You can make preparations in advance.” The message Yijiu sent also had detailed information on the exchange.
“Thanks,” Xu Jingming replied before opening the accompanying document and checking the detailed exchange list.
Eternal Academy was one of the three strongest factions of the cosmic human race. The number of Lv. 10 Origin lifeforms they had in this era was even greater than that of the Primordial Research Institute and Spacetime Island.
“1: Nightmare-level Abyss Battle Armor (100 in total). Exchange price: 100 million credits. Everyone is limited to one set. Limited to personal use.”
The Abyss Battle Armor was exclusive to Eternal Academy.
Their battle armor was the most practical of the three strongest factions. After obtaining it, one could unearth extraordinary combat strength in a short period of time. However, their potential was generally inferior to the Primordial Battle Armor.
“2: Incomplete Wings (only one). Exchange price: 90 million credits. Limited to personal use.”
Xu Jingming tapped gently, and a detailed introduction and even projection of the incomplete wings appeared.
It was an incomplete pair of golden wings! The wingspan was 10.9 meters wide, and it was a high-dimensional weapon created by high-dimensional lifeforms. It was suitable for Origin lifeforms of the Light lineage who had reached the peak of Lv. 10.
“3: One shard (only one). Exchange price: 90 million credits. Limited to personal use.”
He tapped open the detailed information. This shard’s main body exceeded 1.9 billion kilometers in length; it was a small fragment of a powerful high-dimensional weapon. It was extremely difficult to control it, and once one succeeded, they could unleash extremely powerful might.
“4: …”
“5: …”
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“56: Heavenly Python Scale (limited to three pieces). Exchange price: 50 million credits. Everyone is limited to one piece.”
The scales of a high-dimensional lifeform, Heavenly Python.
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“85: Spirit Cleansing Water (limited to 10 drops). Exchange price: 35 million credits. Everyone is limited to one drop.”
Spirit Cleansing Water originated from the abyss in high-dimensional space. Consuming it helped with evolution.
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“97: Eternal Cocoon (limited to 3 pieces). Exchange price: 30 million credits or 3,000 trillion cosmic dollars. Everyone is limited to one piece.”
The Eternal Cocoon was a high-dimensional technological weapon produced by the human race. As long as there was enough material, it could be mass-produced, but the cost was very high.
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“198: Guardian (limited to 10 pieces). Exchange price: 10 million credits or 1,000 trillion cosmic dollars. Everyone is limited to one piece.”
Guardian was a Civilization-level smart bot, and its strength was comparable to a newly-advanced Lv. 9 Origin lifeform.
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“300: Black and White Fruit (limited to 20). Exchange price: 5 million credits or 500 trillion cosmic dollars. Everyone is limited to one.”
Black and White Fruits were cosmic wonders produced by the Seamless auxiliary universe. They were rare.
Xu Jingming read all of it. There were a total of 300 kinds of items to be exchanged, and they were ranked according to the exchange price. Some that could be mass-produced could be exchanged for cosmic dollars, but credit was needed for the rest.
“Jingming, these are?” Li Miaomiao was surprised. “Civilization-level smart bots and high-dimensional technological weapons? Some powerful technological weapons from intermediate cosmic civilizations are all here. It’s impossible for outsiders to buy them.”
“There’s no way to buy one.” Xu Jingming nodded. “This is the list of contribution credits exchangeable at Eternal Academy. As a member of the Primordial Research Institute, I can’t exchange them directly.”
“You want something?” Li Miaomiao understood what her spouse meant.
“I just need my friends from Eternal Academy to help exchange for them. Most of them aren’t restricted for personal use,” Xu Jingming said.
He had his eyes on some items. For example, Heavenly Python Scales—a high-dimensional lifeform—was the origins of Heavenly Python Evolution.
“Do you need the Pearwood Group’s help?” Li Miaomiao asked.
“Haha, there’s no need.” Xu Jingming laughed.
He had accumulated a lot of war spoils over the years, and the Pearwood Group only had a small portion of it. It was relatively easy to obtain some of the items on this list. The only troublesome thing was the Heavenly Python Scale!
This was because there were only three pieces! He had to find the big shots at the forefront of the exchange for help because those top figures usually exchanged for the best. Nothing was left for the people behind them.
I’ve cultivated Heavenly Python Evolution all these years. If I want to break through from Lv. 10 to high-dimensional in the future, Heavenly Python Scales will be very important to me, Xu Jingming thought to himself. It can even help me break through from Lv. 9 to Lv. 10.
If I can’t exchange it immediately, I’ll have to purchase it elsewhere at several times the price. On Xu Jingming’s evolutionary path, some high-dimensional items were very important. For example, Heavenly Python Scales, Primordial Star Flame, and so on were related to the foundation of his evolutionary path.
