169: Chapter 168 Don't you want your deposit back?

Gu Han looked at his currently empty balance and let out a long sigh.

The richer he got, the poorer he became.

This time, the spoils of war were extremely suited to Gu Han's diversified Divine Kingdom development route. Most of them could not be sold, and the small portion that could be sold had to wait for a while.

Unable to quickly cash them in, coupled with all the recent forced ripening, purchasing of battle techniques, and resources, money was flowing out like water.

He even set his sights on Tang Wuying, thinking he could directly blackmail Tang Wuying. As a Genius of the Tang Family, he surely still had quite a bit of private savings.

Exiting the Divine Kingdom, Gu Han picked up his handheld device and opened the Abyss Arena software.

Today's dividends had just arrived, a full two hundred million credit points.

This amount of money was an astronomical figure in the eyes of ordinary people, but to Gu Han right now, it was even too little to fill the gaps between his teeth.

He clicked on the task he had previously published in the Bounty Center.

There were several private chats flashing in the backend.

After scrolling through, neither the Myriad Thoughts Ancient Bamboo nor the Soul-Nourishing Jade Lotus were there. The others were available, but their prices were quite expensive.

There was, however, a seller who sent a photo of a fragmented blood jade bodhi.

They actually asked for a price of three hundred million; this price was obviously too high. Gu Han didn't say much, directly paying a ten-million deposit and a one-hundred-million security deposit, and went through the software's cargo inspection process with the other party.

In the end, a somewhat fragmented blood-red bodhi seed was sent over.

Gu Han directly called Zhangsheng over and let it take a few bites first, sparing it from having to do it sneakily later.

Holding the blood jade bodhi, Gu Han carried out hybridization with the Dayen fungi he had prepared long ago.

This was a fungus that grew extremely fast and erupted with a startling amount of spores, making it most suitable for hybridization and large-scale Reproduction.

Soon, the first batch of blood jade fungi took root where they fell. After forced ripening and repeated backcrossing, Gu Han obtained a batch of blood jade mushrooms with exceptional medicinal properties.

Afterwards, he arranged hybridization with the Titan Race and various plants, and only then did he return the blood jade bodhi back.

The one-hundred-million security deposit was directly retrieved.

The other party sent several question marks in a row.

"???? You don't want your deposit anymore? We can still talk, how about two hundred million?"

That returned blood jade bodhi might look fine on the surface, but inside, it was like a young man without restraint, already severely depleted.

Gu Han was naturally pleased; it didn't matter if he didn't want that ten-million deposit. As for the issue of medicinal potency, he would just have Tang Wuying work a little overtime then.

Right now, he just needed to get some money and let the Ant-men sort out the path of Cultivation as well.

The aspect of Spiritual Root and Physique had already been resolved. What was currently lacking the most were divine plants and divine buildings related to spell techniques.

Gu Han stood up and cast his gaze toward the distant territory of the Ant-man Race.

Although the Ant-men possessed Spiritual Roots, their Comprehension Ability was generally too poor. Even if they ate the Myriad Thoughts Ancient Bamboo and the spirit-enlightening flower, it wouldn't be of any use. He was just waiting for the substitute version of Shuihua Qiluo to come out and see how the effects would be after eating it.

The vast majority of Ant-men were not interested in the dry and boring Cultivation, unlike the Spirit Root Mushroom People.

Speaking of the Spirit Root Mushroom People, many people probably couldn't figure out why such foolish Spirit Root Mushroom People could also Cultivate.

The Aptitude of the Spirit Root Mushroom People themselves was definitely Heaven-Defying, but this was just the foundation. Mainly, Gu Han had isolated them in a single area. Following what had been taught previously, coupled with the continuous demonstrations by Qu Nimade,

they had developed a habit of single-mindedly Cultivating Dharma doors without any other worldly desires, usually just basking in the sun.

The IQ of the Spirit Root Mushroom People was very uniform. As long as one accidentally achieved a Breakthrough, the other mushroom people would follow along and learn.

You learned from me, and I learned from you, and the entire group achieved a Breakthrough.

However, Gu Han knew very well in his heart that this bunch of Rank 4 transcendent Spirit Root Mushroom People had a lot of moisture. Not to mention their damage was like scraping sha, their builds were also fragile. If they were truly dragged onto the battlefield, they would easily be cut down.

They could only be used to rush Ranks.

If he wanted to build a genuinely lethal army of Cultivators, he still had to dump resources onto the Ant-men.

"I need to get some quick money."

Sell substitute divine plants again?

No, dumping a large batch of substitute plants again would only attract more prying eyes from the software side.

Go fight in underground matches again?

Gu Han shook his head. Old Granny's reputation was too loud; only matches above demigod level were profitable.

If he were to throw a match and bet on himself to lose, he would also have to use someone else's account to place bets, which couldn't withstand any investigation. The operational risk was simply too high.

"A person won't be driven to a dead end; it seems I can only resort to the final method."

He had just won the championship in the professional league, and the official authorities rewarded him with ten thousand square kilometers of Divine Source. This matter was known throughout Jiang City and even the entire country.

Taking out a portion of it now to sell for money was entirely reasonable and justifiable.

With a thought from Gu Han, he directly extracted one thousand square kilometers of Divine Source and sealed it into a loading card.

This item was an absolute hot commodity on the market and never lacked buyers.

He opened the local services app and directly contacted Jiang City's largest "Dingsheng Auction House".

The auction house offered two models for acquiring Divine Source.

The first was consignment auction. After the monthly auction day concluded and 5% of the transaction price was deducted, he would get the money. This method could fetch the highest price since Divine Source belonged to scarce resources and often fetched several times the premium at auction.

The second was to sell it outright directly to the auction house. The auction house would directly acquire it at a double premium of the market price, settling on the spot. Afterward, no matter how high the auction price was, it would all belong to the auction house.

Gu Han didn't have time to wait for some auction day; he wanted money right now.

He currently had a Divine Kingdom area of over 330,000 square kilometers. Extracting one thousand square kilometers didn't even count as a fraction.

He would not lack resources like Divine Source in the future. The main thing was being able to withstand the enemies coming to invade every time; he didn't want a situation like Demigod Kuanglan to happen again.

Gu Han hated leaving things to luck; converting all available resources into strength was the hard truth.

He directly transacted with the auction house using the second method. A double premium amounted to three hundred billion. After deducting handling fees and personal taxes, he finally ended up with two hundred seventy billion credit points.

Added to the one hundred ninety million on his software account, Gu Han once again had sufficient funds to build up his Divine Kingdom.

At this moment, a loading card was transmitted into the Divine Kingdom. Gu Han opened it to take a look and saw five transcendent crystals.

It seemed that Tang Wuying had already completed the task. These five transcendent crystals were precisely what he had obtained through transactions with people on the software, except that the other party didn't want to use Divine Kingdom transmission, so they could only pick up the goods in reality.