104: Chapter 104 Another Soulfire Transaction

The communication connected, and Zhou Mingzhi's slightly weary yet hearty voice came through the earpiece: "Lin Ye? Are you looking for me because you have resource needs?"

Lin Ye did not exchange pleasantries and went straight to the point, his tone calm and resolute: "I need high-tier soul fires. The current C-tier soul fires have too little spirituality, and they no longer have much effect on nourishing the spiritual wisdom of my subordinate familiars, completely failing to keep up with the pace of advancement."

Zhou Mingzhi on the other end of the phone instantly understood upon hearing this, and after pondering for a moment, truthfully informed him of his own limit: "I understand your needs. I do have channels to produce high-tier soul fires on my end, but the production capacity is limited. The current limit of my Divine Kingdom is three hundred A-tier soul fires per day. This is the maximum value that the current law carrying capacity can support; any more would damage the fundamental origin of the Divine Kingdom."

He paused and continued to add: "The inventory I currently have on hand totals one thousand five hundred A-tier soul fires, and all of them can be transferred to you."

One thousand five hundred A-tier soul fires happened to be five days of full-production inventory; while the quantity was not top-tier, it was already all the family fortune Zhou Mingzhi could currently bring out.

Lin Ye did not hesitate at all, replying neatly and decisively: "Alright, trade all of them to me. I will use the A-tier malicious energy crystals in my inventory for an equivalent exchange, and the difference will be made up later."

A-tier malicious energy crystals were rare and heavy, far exceeding ordinary soul fire resources in value. Using them to exchange for this batch of A-tier soul fires could totally be considered a fully sufficient high-configuration, but since you need it, it couldn't just be calculated like that.

"No problem, send me your location. I will call the Jifeng express delivery later, and before tomorrow morning, the soul fires will be delivered to your location on time." Zhou Mingzhi immediately agreed, neat and decisive throughout.

Having finalized the transaction, the two exchanged a few brief pleasantries before hanging up the communication.

Lin Ye sat quietly in the cultivation room, waiting patiently. During this time, his divine sense occasionally scanned the Divine Kingdom to observe the adaptation status of the three new subordinate familiars and the spiritual changes of the high-intelligence familiars, quietly waiting for Wang Hu to complete his metamorphosis.

Time slowly passed, and in the blink of an eye, noon had passed.

After a full several hours of deep cultivation and polishing, Wang Hu finally completely sorted out all hidden dangers in his own Divine Kingdom, successfully completed a new round of Divine Kingdom optimization and familiar nourishment, moved his mind, exited the Divine Kingdom immersion state, and opened his eyes.

His aura was steady and profound, and his Divine Kingdom's foundation was several times thicker than before. It was hard to conceal the joy on his face, and he found Lin Ye at the first moment, his eyes filled with gratitude: "Brother Ye, this batch of resources is too awesome! My Divine Kingdom has stabilized a lot, and the combat power of the familiars has also increased by a huge margin!"

Lin Ye nodded slightly, his expression indifferent: "It's only a temporary reinforcement. Your Divine Kingdom's foundation is still too weak."

Wang Hu's shortcomings were very obvious: insufficient Divine Kingdom carrying capacity and weak law stability. His upper limit was tightly locked, and even with the blessing of high-tier resources, it was very difficult for his familiars to break through the grade shackles.

At the same time, the three types of B-tier familiars under his command and his core combat power, the A-tier Crimson Flame Heavenly Ape, were also long stuck in advancement bottlenecks, urgently needing exclusive materials to complete a morphological transition.

"Eat lunch first, and after eating, I'll take you to the Federal Trading Market." Lin Ye spoke calmly.

The two simply resolved their lunch and, without a moment of delay, set off directly for the largest official trading market in Quanzhou.

Lin Ye and Wang Hu now held generous credit points and were well-off, completely without the need to meticulously calculate, and felt fully confident in their hearts.

His goals were very clear: First, gather a full set of high-tier materials to enhance the Divine Kingdom's carrying capacity and reinforce the Divine Kingdom's laws, raising Wang Hu's Divine Kingdom upper limit from the root.

Second, gather the exclusive advancement resources for the advancement of the three types of B-tier familiars and the morphological transformation of the A-tier Crimson Flame Heavenly Ape, helping Wang Hu completely make up for the short board of his familiars' combat power.

Throughout the afternoon, the two shuttled between major counters and resource shops in the trading market.

High-tier Divine Kingdom stabilization materials, carrying-capacity-expanding ores, bloodline-purifying origins, and exclusive familiar advancement rare treasures that ordinary prodigies found difficult to seek—whenever Lin Ye took a fancy to them, he directly bought them, completely sweeping away the previous predicament of resource shortage.

From law solidification jade and territory-expanding sand to the Burning Heaven Fire Seed exclusive to the Crimson Flame Heavenly Ape and the original soul essence for the B-tier familiar's transformation, all required materials were completely gathered without a single omission.

As the setting sun sank and dusk gradually dyed the sky, the afternoon's shopping spree came to a successful conclusion.

Looking at the mountains of high-tier scarce materials piled up in his storage space, Wang Hu couldn't help but let his breathing grow hurried, his eyes filled with shock and excitement.

These resources were a foundation that he might not have been able to accumulate completely in the past several years.

The two did not deliberately look for exquisite meals; they casually found a catering shop on the street and simply resolved their dinner.

During the gaps in their meal, Lin Ye's eyes sank slightly as he secretly calculated in his heart.

Zhou Mingzhi's production capacity of three hundred A-tier soul fires per day might seem like a lot, but it simply couldn't support the consumption of his more than three thousand high-intelligence familiars.

If he wanted to quickly raise the spiritual wisdom of all core familiars to the mature mindset of an adult, this bit of resources was just a drop in the bucket, and the progress would be dragged down infinitely.

If he wanted to speed up, he had to find more and higher-tier soul fires and divine soul origin resources.

Official channel resources were limited with fixed production capacity. Only the black market, where dragons and snakes mixed and resources were everywhere, might have scarce high-tier soul fire stock or other resources. Lin Ye planned to try his luck.

Dinner ended, and the night completely enveloped the earth.

"We've finished eating. Change places; let's go to the black market." Lin Ye stood up, his tone resolute.

Wang Hu hurriedly stood up and followed, his gaze curious and apprehensive: "The black market? Brother Ye, are we going there to find resources?"

"Mn." Lin Ye nodded slightly, his gaze profound, "Zhou Mingzhi's supply volume is too low to meet my needs. Let's try our luck at the black market to find higher-tier soul fire resources or other resources that can help me."

As his words fell, their figures melted into the dusk, stepping steadily toward the secret black market area in the south of the city.

This black market was hidden deep in the dim alleys of the old city district in the south of the city. There were no official signboards, no regular layouts, and the alleys intertwined in a complex maze. Under the night, it was even more dark, damp, and misty.

Here, dragons and snakes mixed, and all sorts of people gathered. It was not bound by federal rules, and official control could hardly reach it. High-tier resources that were scarce on the surface and secretly banned special origin supplies could often be found here. Of course, what filled it the most was still the overflowing low-tier miscellaneous goods everywhere.

Stepping into the black market range, the surrounding crowd suddenly became complicated. The ears were filled with whispers of low-voice transactions and vendors whispering to attract customers. All kinds of motley origin auras intertwined and mixed; malicious energy, poisonous breath, soul Qi, and spiritual power crisscrossed, rushing straight at them.

Many concealed stalls were casually set up on both sides of the alleys, covered with a tattered black cloth, displaying all kinds of soul fires, low-tier Divine Kingdom materials, and discarded familiar fragments. Although dazzling, they could hardly catch the eye of top prodigies.

Lin Ye led Wang Hu to slowly shuttle through the crowd, his gaze quickly sweeping across all stalls on both sides, his expression highly focused, solely for the purpose of seeking the traces of high-tier soul fires.

This stroll lasted for a whole major part of the night.

From the early descent of night to the depth of late night, most of the stalls in the black market were fully toured. The soul fires seen by the eyes were all C-tier and B-tier low-grade goods, sparsely mixed with a small amount of ordinary A-tier soul fires. Their spirituality was thin and their origin was motley, far inferior to the mass-produced goods in Zhou Mingzhi's hands.

This kind of low-tier soul fire was already a rare cultivation resource in the eyes of ordinary prodigies, but to Lin Ye nowadays, it didn't have the slightest value at all.