23: Chapter 23 Su Qingyue believes Lin Muyang is being kept by a sugar daddy.

Hearing Uncle Hong's blunt speculation, Su Qingyue, the usually composed class teacher, couldn't help but fall silent for a moment.

She raised her hand to rub her brow and sighed somewhat helplessly as she explained, "Uncle Hong, he is a student in my class, Lin Muyang. We just happened to run into each other at the mall entrance. Could you please stop always making wild guesses about people's relationships?"

"Oh, oh, I see, I see! It's an old habit; I can't help but overthink whenever I see young people together. My apologies, young brother, and you too, Eldest Miss." Hearing this, the burly Hong Wuliang revealed a slightly simple and honest smile, scratching his buzz cut sheepishly.

"I ran into him just as I was coming in. I heard he wanted to sell some equipment, so I brought him up." Su Qingyue pulled the conversation back to business. "Uncle Hong, you're an expert in this field. Help him appraise these items; don't let him get the short end of the stick."

"No problem at all!" Hong Wuliang slapped his chest, producing a dull thud, his voice hearty and loud. "Since he's a student brought here personally by the Eldest Miss, he's certainly not an outsider! Young brother, whatever equipment you want to sell, just bring it out. Leave it to me, Hong Wuliang; I guarantee the price will be fair for everyone!"

"Mm, sorry for the trouble, Boss Hong." Lin Muyang nodded, his expression calm.

Then, under the slightly curious gazes of Su Qingyue and Hong Wuliang, he gently lifted his left sleeve, revealing an exquisitely crafted silver-white bracelet on his wrist, inlaid with tiny gems and emitting a faint aura of nature.

?

Su Qingyue and Hong Wuliang exchanged a glance, both somewhat surprised.

Was the item Lin Muyang wanted to sell this bracelet?

The style of this bracelet was clearly for women, and it looked extraordinarily delicate. It didn't seem like ordinary mass-produced equipment; it looked more like an artistic ornament or some kind of special magical item.

In fact, this bracelet was a storage item carried by the Elf Princess Lilia. The hundreds of pieces of equipment and skill books Lin Muyang had obtained from the Dungeon today were all safely stored within the bracelet's vast space.

In this era of Class Awakening, spatial storage items—whether rings, bracelets, or necklaces—had extremely complex manufacturing processes and rare materials. Consequently, their prices remained high, making them true luxury items.

With Lin Muyang's current net worth, he absolutely could not afford even the lowest-grade storage ring with a capacity of one cubic meter.

And as a princess of the Elven Royal Court, the storage bracelet Lilia used was naturally a masterpiece of Elf Race craftsmanship. Its internal storage space exceeded a thousand cubic meters. If its value were put up for auction in the human world, it could likely fetch an astronomical price of billions of Magic Crystals!

Of course, no matter how short of money Lin Muyang was, he wouldn't sell his elven girl's belongings. He was just borrowing it temporarily to transport today's massive haul of loot.

Thus, under the inquisitive gazes of Su Qingyue and Hong Wuliang, Lin Muyang began to silently communicate with the space inside the bracelet. He took out the equipment and skill books he had gathered today one by one, arranging them neatly on the spacious floor of the office.

Initially, as Su Qingyue and Hong Wuliang watched Lin Muyang continuously bringing items out, they were a bit surprised that a student who had just awakened his class could have so many things to sell, but they weren't overly shocked. Perhaps he had good luck, or perhaps he had a team supporting him from behind.

Ten pieces...

Thirty pieces...

Fifty pieces...

One hundred pieces...

Even when the equipment and skill books on the floor had piled up into a considerable small mountain, Lin Muyang's movements showed no sign of stopping.

The relaxed expressions on Su Qingyue and Hong Wuliang's faces gradually vanished, replaced by a hint of astonishment.

This quantity seemed a bit beyond common sense. Even if a newcomer who just awakened their class swept through the low-level secret realm area, it was impossible to get so many drops in such a short time!

Furthermore, as the equipment piled higher, they keenly noticed that within the heap, items emitting a silver luster—and even many flickering with the more noble and dazzling golden light of Gold-rank equipment—began to appear!

Bronze, Silver, Gold...

This span of quality, this massive quantity...

The shock in their hearts began to spread like a rising tide.

Just as they were feeling a bit dazed by the sight before them, Lin Muyang's "transportation" work continued!

Two hundred pieces!

Three hundred pieces!

Four hundred pieces!

When Lin Muyang finally stopped, the area in the center of the office was completely filled with various types of equipment and scroll skill books. The height even exceeded that of an adult, looking like a small fortress built of wealth and power!

At this moment, both Su Qingyue and Hong Wuliang were rendered completely silent by the "mountain of equipment" before them!

A strange silence fell over the office, leaving only the faint noise of the city coming from outside the window.

Even though Su Qingyue was a Level 60+ Elemental Swordsman who had seen much of the world, and even though Hong Wuliang was the owner of a large mall who had handled countless goods and possessed rich experience—

This scene, which completely defied common sense, truly exceeded the limits of their decades of knowledge!

A high school graduate who had just completed his awakening ceremony today...

...had brought out a mountain of equipment and skills sufficient to arm several elite squads?!

This could no longer be explained by "good luck" or "having a team"! This was simply a fantasy!

"I thought before that the 'friend' he mentioned was just an excuse, and that it was actually himself..." Su Qingyue gazed at the mountain of equipment and then at the normal-looking Lin Muyang, her heart churning with stormy waves. "Now it seems... I was wrong? These things really don't belong to him?"

"Moreover, everything was taken out of that high-level storage bracelet, which is clearly for women..."

"Could the 'friend' he spoke of be a woman?"

Su Qingyue couldn't help but speculate in her heart.

The other party was not just a woman.

She was also likely a young woman with an extremely powerful family background and personal strength so terrifying it was hard to imagine!

Judging by the delicate style of that storage bracelet and the ancient natural aura it faintly emitted, its owner shouldn't be very old. Could it be a young lady from some hidden great family out for experience? Or an important figure from some powerful foreign race?

"Alright! That's all for now."

Once Lin Muyang confirmed that all the loot in the bracelet belonging to the "sellable" category had been removed, he finally breathed a sigh of relief and stretched his somewhat aching arms.

This constant retrieval of items felt even more tiring than continuous combat in a Dungeon!

At the same time, he rejoiced again. Fortunately, Lilia, as an Elf Princess, possessed such a top-tier storage item; otherwise, just transporting this massive amount of loot would have been a massive headache.

"...Hiss!" The burly Hong Wuliang finally snapped out of his extreme shock. He sucked in a breath of cold air and looked at Lin Muyang with a complex gaze, unable to resist confirming once more: "Young brother... you, are you really the Eldest Miss's student, and you just... awakened today?"

He truly could not associate this mountain of equipment before him with a high schooler who had only obtained his class a few hours ago.

What kind of "friend" would it take to entrust such a terrifying amount of resources for sale on the very first day of awakening?!

Could this kid have awakened as some legendary "Resource Collector" or "God of Luck"?

"Uncle Hong," Su Qingyue spoke up at the right time, emphasizing Lin Muyang's previous statement again, "He is helping a friend dispose of this equipment."

"Ah... right! Right, right, right! Look at my memory!" Hong Wuliang reacted immediately, laughing heartily to mask the shock and awkwardness in his heart. Then he said seriously, "Young brother, this batch of goods... the quantity is truly staggering. Originally, I wanted to appraise it for you personally, but now it seems I'll have to get the professional appraisal team from downstairs to work overtime together."

He patted his chest and guaranteed, "But don't you worry! Just because you were brought here by the Eldest Miss, and because of your 'friend's' amazing scale, I'll give you a 10% markup on top of the final appraisal! Consider it making a friend, and I look forward to future cooperation!"

"Then I'll thank Boss Hong in advance." Lin Muyang nodded, expressing satisfaction with this result.

He thought for a moment and added another sentence as a heads-up: "Also, if everything goes smoothly, there should be this quantity of equipment coming in every day. And as levels increase, the quality and level of the equipment will likely get even higher... Boss Hong, can you handle this volume long-term?"

"Oh?" Hearing this, Hong Wuliang's thick eyebrows rose, and a sharp glint flashed in his eyes.

He carefully sized up Lin Muyang once more, seemingly trying to see something beneath this young man's calm exterior. After a moment, he nodded slowly and extremely solemnly.

"Young brother, since you've said so..." Hong Wuliang's tone became very serious, "Then I, Hong Wuliang, will be straight with you! As long as you have the goods, no matter how many or how high the quality, my 'Hongwu Mall' can take them all! You don't have to worry about the capital chain at all!"

He leaned forward slightly, speaking with a merchant's shrewdness and sincerity: "If your supply is truly as stable as you say, we can establish a long-term exclusive partnership. At that time, not only can we give you a higher premium over the standard purchase price, but for some rare items, we can even help you contact auction houses to strive for maximum profit! What do you think?"

"No problem." Lin Muyang answered decisively. "Regarding the supply, you can rest assured; it's absolutely stable."

Could the supply be anything but stable? For Lin Muyang, who possessed the Supreme Halo system and could cheat through Dungeons, the output of equipment was as efficient and continuous as an assembly line.

Beside them, the beautiful class teacher Su Qingyue's gaze toward Lin Muyang had completely changed.

In that gaze, there was less of a teacher's scrutiny of a student and more of an undeniable curiosity, inquiry, and even a hint of disbelief.

Combining Lin Muyang's words with that priceless woman's storage bracelet, she was almost certain of her previous guess—

Lin Muyang had likely truly befriended an extremely extraordinary "female friend"!

The other party was not only a rich and beautiful woman with a deep background, but more importantly, she—or the team she was in—possessed a terrifyingly efficient ability to obtain equipment resources!

Otherwise, there was simply no way to explain where this mountain of equipment and skill books had come from!

What exactly did this Lin Muyang experience on his first day of awakening? And who exactly was this "friend" he spoke of?