65: Wanbaolou, ten thousand taels of gold

Huaxia Main City has a total of 999 city gates, each corresponding to a teleportation altar.

The location of the first teleportation to the Main City is random.

However, before teleporting, Huang Chen instructed everyone to first go to the Myriad Treasures Tower to upgrade their backpacks, and then meet up at City Gate 886.

Once they reached City Gate 886, as long as they set an anchor point at the teleportation altar there, they could directly teleport back to this location whenever they came to the Main City in the future.

The reason for choosing City Gate 886 was that in the previous life, this was the nominal headquarters of the Official Faction of the Huaxia Clan.

The Official Faction was undoubtedly one of the largest forces in Huaxia, far surpassing other factions in terms of numbers and levels.

Thus, their demand for equipment would reach an astonishing degree.

Huang Chen currently possesses 5 extremely powerful Halos, which will greatly reduce the difficulty for Forbidden City when clearing large-scale dungeons in the future.

The output of equipment and other items will also be substantial.

Establishing a good trade relationship with the Official Faction now is the most crucial step for Forbidden City's future development.

Even if the equipment is sold slightly cheaper in the future... it doesn't matter.

Consider it contributing a small bit of strength to the Huaxia Clan.

Huaxia Main City!

Compared to the dilapidated ruins of the Satellite Cities, the architecture of Huaxia Main City appeared incomparably magnificent.

The buildings were generally ten stories or higher, and the streets were incredibly wide, each spanning a hundred meters.

The ground was paved with flat bluestone, people flowed through the streets like weaving threads, and NPC shops lined both sides.

Like Novice Village, the Main City has NPCs maintaining order, so it is not as chaotic as the Satellite Cities.

However, current Trial Takers lack funds, so they cannot buy property or stay in inns.

Every night, the entrances of these shops all become resting places for the Trial Takers.

After entering the teleportation formation, Huang Chen was directly transported to the City Gate Altar 349, estimated to be thousands of kilometers away from Altar 886.

However, given Huang Chen's current speed, he would arrive in less than half a day.

I should go upgrade my backpack first; 20 slots are nowhere near enough.

Huang Chen identified a 30-story building beside the street and walked toward it. This was his first destination after arriving at the Main City.

Myriad Treasures Tower!

The owner of the Myriad Treasures Tower is the Jin Clan, rumored to be wealthy enough to rival a nation within the Star Abyss.

Rumor has it that while the Jin Clan's individual combat power is low, every member is skilled in the art of commerce.

After the Jin Clan was eliminated from the trials, the entire clan was left behind in the Star Abyss.

Relying on their talent for business, they have virtually monopolized the treasure trade in the Star Abyss for trillions of years.

During this time, some powerful clans wanted to take the Jin Clan under their wing and lead them out of the Star Abyss.

However, the Jin Clan refused. According to them, they would rather be trapped in the Star Abyss forever than become someone else's servant.

After Huang Chen walked into the Myriad Treasures Tower, a young maiden of excellent appearance and demeanor immediately stepped forward to greet him.

"Welcome, honored guest!"

Huang Chen nodded slightly in return.

The receptionists at the Myriad Treasures Tower undergo the strictest training; once you enter their doors, regardless of your wealth or status, they will treat you with courtesy.

Currently, most people who come to the Myriad Treasures Tower are just looking, and those who can actually make a purchase are one in ten thousand.

The young maiden led Huang Chen to the counter while asking:

"May I ask, honored guest, have you come to the Myriad Treasures Tower today to sell a treasure or to purchase one?"

"I'm here to upgrade my backpack."

Huang Chen chuckled lightly and stated his purpose directly:

"Expand my backpack capacity by 100 slots!"

"100 slots?"

Hearing Huang Chen's words, the young maiden's beautiful eyes flashed.

Expanding by 10 slots requires 10 Gold Coins, but expanding by 100 slots requires 200 Gold Coins.

Is there a Trial Taker this wealthy already?

"Honored guest, please follow me."

The young maiden displayed a gentle, spring-breeze-like smile, then led Huang Chen to a private room on the third floor. After brewing a pot of tea for him, she said, "Honored guest, please wait a moment," and bowed before exiting the room.

Huang Chen picked up the teacup, his eyes filled with confusion.

Expanding a 100-slot backpack only costs 200 gold, which is an extremely minor transaction for the Myriad Treasures Tower.

But this receptionist actually ushered him into a private room!

What exactly was going on?

Before long, a hearty laugh came from the doorway.

Following the laughter, a slightly plump gentleman dressed in brocade robes walked into the room and enthusiastically clasped his hands toward Huang Chen,

"Hearing of the honored guest's arrival, I apologize for not greeting you sooner!"

Huang Chen looked toward the sound and immediately noticed the jade pendant carved with the character 'Jin' hanging from the gentleman's waist.

This was a direct descendant of the Jin Clan!

Although he had heard in his previous life that a direct descendant of the Jin Clan was stationed in Huaxia Main City, he hadn't expected to encounter one here.

The direct descendants of the Jin Clan hold significant status within the clan, so Huang Chen dared not be negligent.

He immediately stood up, cupped his fists, and laughed, "Not at all, not at all!"

The two exchanged compliments and both took their seats.

Huang Chen learned that this gentleman was named Jin Wanliang, the eighth son of the current Jin Clan Chief.

Jin Wanliang raised his teacup and took a sip, then got straight to the point, looking at Huang Chen and smilingly asking, "I heard Brother Huang came today to upgrade his backpack by 100 slots?"

Huang Chen smiled slightly and replied, "That's right!"

When Jin Wanliang heard Huang Chen's affirmative reply, the expression on his face flickered slightly, but he quickly concealed it.

He knew exactly what level the current Trial Takers were at; let alone producing 200 gold, those who could produce 1 gold were extremely rare.

What did it mean for this person to be able to produce 200 gold right now?

He was definitely one of the top existences in the Huaxia Clan, perhaps even the Son of Fortune for the entire Huaxia race.

The Jin Clan, having operated in the Star Abyss for hundreds of millions of years, already knew that the Star Abyss was essentially selecting newly born races from the Source Universe.

Therefore, every time the trials began, the Jin Clan would arrange for important personnel to be stationed in the main cities of all newly emerging races.

The goal was to cast a wide net and see if they could find a treasure—a race that would be grateful enough to take them out of the Star Abyss without signing a Master-Servant Contract.

However, taking such a massive clan out of the Star Abyss without signing a Master-Servant Contract requires consuming a great deal of Fortune.

Thus, for trillions of years, the Jin Clan had failed to find such a race.

If someone truly managed to find such a race, that person's status within the Jin Clan would be elevated to a terrifying degree, potentially surpassing the Clan Chief.

Thinking of this, Jin Wanliang looked at Huang Chen with fervent eyes, then cupped his fists and said:

"Brother Huang, we feel like old friends upon meeting today. This backpack upgrade shall be a gift from this younger brother to you. I hope Brother Huang will not despise it!"

After speaking, Jin Wanliang called out "Lan'er," and the young maiden from earlier walked in, holding a Golden Backpack.

Gold? Golden?

Huang Chen immediately widened his eyes, looking at Jin Wanliang in disbelief.

A Tier 1 backpack is black with 10 slots. A Tier 2 backpack is cyan with 100 slots. A Tier 3 backpack is red with 1,000 slots.

The Golden Backpack, however, has a capacity of 10,000 slots and costs... 500,000 gold!

There is no free lunch in the world. Huang Chen quickly suppressed his look of shock, turned to Jin Wanliang, and solemnly said, "I cannot accept a reward without merit. This backpack is too precious; this younger brother cannot bear it."

Jin Wanliang was startled that Huang Chen refused, but then burst into hearty laughter: "This Jin loves making friends more than anything else! If Brother Huang considers me a friend, please accept it!"