The Easter egg was arranged by the Gambling Stone Building themselves, and it wasnât impossible to manipulate things behind the scenes.
As long as the Easter egg was moved to â đđšđŻđđ„đąđ đĄđ â a skill stand that Little Silver Flowerâs attributes couldnât reach, it couldnât be so powerful as to absorb Skill Stones across attributes, could it?
So, this reason was somewhat flimsy.
âI understand what you mean, but I donât accept favors without merit.â
Zhou Li'an was startled, then heard the young girl continue, âBut I do have my eye on a Skill Stone in the Treasure Collection Room.
Itâs the Heavenly-Rank skill, One Inch of Time.
Therefore, I am willing to purchase this Skill Stone at market price.â
Regardless of the other partyâs objective, Mingxi wasnât foolish enough to refuse such a good offer.
However, she also didnât like receiving favors for free or owing a strange debt of gratitude.
Therefore, a clear business transaction made her feel more at ease!
Zhou Li'an was a smart man and immediately understood her thoughts.
He didnât say much, just nodded and said, âAlright, but the market value of One Inch of Time, this Heavenly-Rank skill Stone, might be a bit high; it will cost 26 billion star coins.â
Mingxi didnât hesitate for a moment, âAlright.â
She had already anticipated it; Heavenly-Rank skill Stones were inherently priceless, and a sky-high price of 26 billion was truly reasonable... not at all.
It was too expensive.
It felt like the flesh in her lungs was aching.
However, once the words were out, Mingxi had no intention of backing down.
She could only silently thank the Heavenly Ladder Challenge! Thank Immortal University!
Otherwise, she really wouldnât have been able to come up with that much money, especially since she had just lost nearly 10 billion.
In fact, her familyâs entire fortune had been drained; her account balance was less than 26 billion, and she barely managed to pay by mortgaging an S-grade energy crystal.
After today, she was once again a penniless pauper.
Truly poor.
Her star coins account balance was only 23,980 left.
Goodness!
She was back to square one.
The beautiful girl of love and wealth thus rapidly withered.
With a pained expression, Mingxi maintained her elegant demeanor as a rich and beautiful woman, âI wonât go into the Treasure Collection Room.
Manager Zhou, please help me retrieve the Skill Stone.â
Although she didnât feel any malice, Mingxi was genuinely worried about the âhell gateâ that the Treasure Collection Room might have specially opened for her.
Even if she was overthinking it, she wasnât going to go in this time; her original goal was just One Inch of Time.
Zhou Li'an was slightly taken aback.
Then he smiled and nodded, âAlright, please wait a moment.â
Watching Zhou Li'an leave, Mingxiâs brows furrowed even deeper.
There seemed to be nothing unusual.
So where did this strange feeling come from?
Zhou Li'an returned quickly, holding a box in his hand.
As if knowing what Mingxi was worried about, he didnât immediately hand the box to Mingxi, but instead opened the box, then opened the isolation cover, revealing the Skill Stone inside.
Then he took out a skill detector, scanned it, and showed Mingxi the content displayed on the instrument.
âMiss Ming, please take a look.â
Mingxi had actually already had Guangguang scan it.
âAlright, thank you.â
After confirming that what she received was not a counterfeit product and did not carry any fatal viruses, Mingxi sent the Skill Stone into the Time Realm.
Although she was sure the Skill Stone was fine, she still sent it in to let Guangguang disinfect it.
Being a little more suspicious was a sign of respect for her own life and the lives of Golden Yuanbao Seven.
âThen I will take my leave.
I apologize again for the many inconveniences caused to your establishment today.â
Although in the extraordinary era, repairing a private room or rebuilding a floor would take less than an hour at the slowest, she had indeed affected othersâ business this time.
This was also the main reason she was willing to buy the Skill Stone at a high price, rather than being determined to âstock upâ.
After all, she was in the wrong (her skin wasnât thick enough).
âMiss Ming, please wait.â
Zhou Li'an stopped Mingxi from leaving, and before Mingxi could enter hostile mode, he explained, âI personally have a private matter Iâd like to cooperate with you on.â
Mingxi looked at him, showing an expression of âYou speak, Iâll listen firstâ.
Zhou Li'an took a deep breath, then slowly began, âMiss Ming, have you heard of the Yue Ling Clan?â
Mingxi nodded.
Isnât Senior Qian Bingning a branch of the Yue Ling Clan?
It was mentioned before that the Yue Ling Clan is the most noble branch of the Kabu Clan; their inheritance dates back the furthest, reportedly over six thousand years ago.
At that time, Blue Star was still in a primitive state.
So, if the Yue Ling Clanâs so-called âinheritanceâ wasnât fabricated, then the history of Green Field Civilizationâs development is actually much longer than Blue Starâs.
Of course, the answers given by Blue Star historians are almost alwaysâunverifiable.
Itâs just unknown whether they are burying their heads in the sand.
âThen you must have heard of the Yue Ling Clanâs heir competition, right?â
Mingxi raised an eyebrow at him, âAre you trying to invite me to be an external helper for one of the Yue Ling Clanâs heirs?â
âMiss Ming is indeed exceptionally intelligent.â
It really was true.
Mingxi actually became somewhat interested and couldnât help but ask, âWhich heir do you want me to support?â
âItâs my younger sister, Yue Ling Suiwan.â
Mingxi was surprised and subconsciously scanned his head; it wasnât green at all.
Seeing her confusion, Zhou Li'an voluntarily explained:
âShe is my half-sister, from the same mother.â
Perhaps it was because he had a request for Mingxi, or perhaps his familyâs situation was well-known.
Zhou Li'an did not hide his background, briefly recounting his familyâs dramatic story.
His father had an affair during marriage, and his mother, in a fit of anger, ran off with a young lover and a child, directly sneaking onto a battleship that was about to depart to support Green Field Star.
She fled Blue Star directly, not even giving his father a chance to chase after her.
His pregnant mother arrived on Green Field Star, which was still in a chaotic state at the time, and experienced a rather tumultuous life.
Surviving on an alien planet with a big belly, she met several talented young men during the process and had many romantic love stories that Zhou Li'an only wanted to complain about.
These talented men included, but were not limited to, the captain of the battleship his mother initially snuck onto, the domineering chief commander responsible for Blue Starâs colonization efforts on Green Field Star at the time, a powerful and handsome Beast Tamer who preferred to remain anonymous, and a young master of the Yue Ling Clan, who was like royalty on Green Field Star.
Finally, for the sake of planetary peace and humanity, his mother chose to marry that Yue Ling Clan young master.
Soon after their marriage, Blue Star and the Kabu Clan officially signed a truce and colonization agreement.
Mingxi was utterly dumbfounded after hearing it all.
What kind of Mary Sue literature was this, where the pampered wife runs off with a child, all domineering young masters love me, and I just want to save the world?
It was both explosive and exhilarating.
Golden Yuanbao was even hyped up, and it was the one who pestered Zhou Li'an to ask about the identities of those talented men.
Mingxi suddenly shivered.
With this bizarre plot, could she actually be transmigrated into a book?
Was one of these talented young men her father?
Or even worse, was her father one of the cannon fodder in the love triangle between Zhou Li'anâs mother and the talented young men?
Mingxiâs face was expressionless: â...â
Forget it, overthinking isnât a crime, but excessive overthinking is a sickness.