I Inherited 5,000 Years of Family Property-Chapter 1374 - 1378: Someone Is Collecting Junk

Chapter 1374: Chapter 1378: Someone Is Collecting Junk
"What a fool, trying to take advantage of me? Not in this lifetime!" Zhang Menglong swaggered away from the group of supreme beings, while the unlucky guy from earlier took his place as the center of attention.
Those martial arts techniques and insights might be good, but to Zhang Menglong, they were practically worthless. He had way more advanced martial arts techniques, far superior ones.
He didn’t need any martial arts insights either, because the word "bottleneck" simply didn’t exist in Zhang Menglong’s dictionary. That’s what being an ultimate lifeform is all about!
The supreme beings were probably fighting over those things by now, and by the time they remember him, who knows how many years would have passed.
"But this is a bit tricky, having so much wealth attracts attention. With my current realm, any random birdbrain might want to cause me trouble."
Zhang Menglong pulled out a mask, a little trinket he found among Dorn’s collection. It could simulate the aura of a supreme being without getting noticed. Of course, it was just for show, but in times like this, it could come in handy.
In other places, it would be hard to find even one or two supreme beings in the entire world, but here, in this place, supreme beings were everywhere, and true gods were as common as dogs. Seeing a supreme being was the most normal thing.
Even if others saw that Zhang Menglong was loaded, without knowing how strong he was, they probably wouldn’t dare make a move.
Moreover, there’s an unspoken rule here. Everyone’s struggling to survive, and oftentimes in the Nine-story Tower, they need to work in teams. So everyone here could be a key strength, and fighting to the death is prohibited!
This middle world is smaller compared to any other world. According to today’s news from Nado, the population here is around 50 million. Coincidentally, once some people die, new ones arrive, maintaining about the same overall number.
Fifty million may be a lot, but for any world, even a small one, it’s too few. A random intelligent civilization could have populations in the billions.
So this middle world doesn’t require much space, with general areas for living and leisure, and the other half for trading.
The so-called trading market is just an open area, but any small vendor you pick out could be a top-tier supreme being.
The items sold here are diverse, including special goods from various worlds, precious metals, rare medicinal herbs, and most importantly, things obtained from the Nine-story Tower.
In the Nine-story Tower, they receive something for passing each level, guaranteeing a fixed reward.
Of course, if you’re daring and creative, there are many opportunities to find treasures on every level.
It’s like playing a dungeon raid, with a set reward and some random rewards too.
"Hey brother, want to take a look at what I’ve got here? You might find something just right for you," a supreme being warmly greeted Zhang Menglong.
Zhang Menglong bent down, looking over 21 items at the stall, but only one really caught his interest.
It was a long rod, around 20 or 30 centimeters in length, completely black and looking utterly ordinary.
Yet, at the sight of it, Zhang Menglong felt a hint of reverence in his heart.
"Brother, you have a good eye," the supreme being said. "I got this from the Nine-story Tower. It should be a fragment of a weapon once used by a perfect creature."
"Oh?" Zhang Menglong’s eyes brightened. A weapon from a perfect creature? That ranks far above supreme weapons.
"It’s a pity it’s just a broken weapon, not much use, maybe just a bit sturdier," Zhang Menglong mumbled, ready to walk away.
"Wait, brother, this isn’t just any ordinary broken weapon!"
"Oh? What’s so special about it?" Zhang Menglong suddenly became interested.
"This weapon can deliver an attack akin to that of a perfect creature!" the supreme being said. "If you encounter danger in the Nine-story Tower, this might save your life."
"An attack comparable to a perfect creature?" Indeed, that was something extraordinary. Although Zhang Menglong found it hard to gauge the power of a perfect lifeform’s attack, considering the last time an Observer appeared and wiped out a supreme being with a single slap, a perfect creature’s attack might be dozens of times that of a supreme being.
If it truly was something like that, it would be a lifesaving trump card in crucial moments.
"How about it? If you want it, it’s only 20,000 starstones.
"Alright, I’ll take it."
"Ah?" The supreme being was stunned. He had basically set an asking price for negotiation, not expecting Zhang Menglong to agree without bargaining, sealing the deal with one decisive stroke.
Fearing Zhang Menglong would change his mind, the supreme being quickly exchanged cash for goods.
"Brother, you really wasted those starstones," a passing supreme being advised earnestly.
"Why do you say that?" Zhang Menglong asked.
"It’s true the piece can strike like a perfect being, but to trigger that energy, you’d need the unique power of a perfect creature, which we simply can’t harness!"
"But that’s not entirely true," the man smiled. "Didn’t someone manage to use it last time?"
"Last time, someone found a container in the Nine-story Tower capable of storing the energy of a perfect lifeform, and it was by sheer luck they could trigger it. Could you just find such energy anywhere?"
"The energy of a perfect lifeform, could it be the kind of destructive energy? If so, I might be able to activate this thing," Zhang Menglong thought with impatience, eager to test it out somewhere now.
"This thing is only sturdier than others. Here, everything sells by weight, and your small piece is worth only a few hundred starstones at most. You were greatly overcharged.
"Get lost, don’t interfere with my business!" The exposed supreme being was suddenly furious, "Our transaction is complete, you can’t back out now even if you want to."
"I didn’t say I wanted to back out," Zhang Menglong replied. To ordinary folks, it was just buying a somewhat resilient weapon, but for him, it was almost like purchasing a one-time-use magical treasure!
Even if it’s one-time-use, having multiple of them could still be of great use. Judging by what the other supreme being said, these weapon fragments seemed quite common here.
With that in mind, Zhang Menglong directly set up a stall, but only to buy things and not to sell.
He’d pay 1,000 starstones for each fragment of a perfect creature’s weapon, no matter how many there were!
Immediately, a large crowd gathered. Despite the weapon’s sturdiness, it wasn’t as handy for those martial artists compared to their usual weapons, so they didn’t care about the fragments at all.
The basic price for those things ranged from 300 to 500, and 1,000 each was basically a large bounty price.
No one expected that someone would be buying such junk!