299: Chapter 299 The two sides finally meet! An unbelievable price!

After discovering that the affix could be quickly upgraded, Zhang Jian became completely energized.

He directly tested all the Advanced star cores he had on hand.

Decomposing a five-star one gave 80 points of progress.

Decomposing a six-star one gave 160 points of progress!

If it weren't for the fact that he didn't have any seven-star star cores for the moment, he would have wanted to try it out.

Watching the affix progress soar rapidly as various Advanced star cores disappeared, he couldn't care about anything else at all.

He just buried his head in his work and went at it!

By the time he had decomposed almost all the star cores he had accumulated from synthesis during this period, Zhang Jian's eyes were bloodshot.

But the results were gratifying.

The [Decomposition Expert] affix upgraded again, reaching the +6 level.

The effect became an additional 100% + (300%) increase in the quantity of decomposed items.

Zhang Jian casually picked up a one-star star core and decomposed it instantly.

Clatter! Countless star core fragments sprayed out.

A full 250 portions!

Even compared to the Materials used by normal people for synthesis, this already guaranteed a profit of more than double.

And for Zhang Jian, considering that one synthesis only costs 10 portions, this was a pure profit of 24 times!

Plus, with his numerous affix bonuses, normal synthesis methods almost never failed. The profit was even higher.

The affix needed a full 1 million points of progress to upgrade again. Even if he relied on decomposing five-star star cores, the required quantity would be terrifyingly high. At least for now, it was very difficult to achieve. Zhang Jian gave up the idea of continuing to upgrade it.

Instead, he solemnly picked up the sample the other party had traded over: that eight-star star core.

This time, there was no resistance. Light shot out, and energy dissipated. Zhang Jian felt as if he were witnessing the destruction of a planet.

In his mind, an actionable thought appeared, allowing him to choose to decompose it into either a four-star, five-star, or six-star one.

Zhang Jian could mass-produce the other two types using [Heaven-Chosen Synthesis]. He could produce them almost limitlessly. Naturally, he chose the six-star star core.

As the eight-star star core in his hand shattered, countless brand-new star cores appeared out of thin air. Clatter. They scattered all over the floor.

Zhang Jian held his breath and picked them up one by one to examine them carefully. He found that every single one was a genuine six-star star core. And the total quantity reached a staggering 250!

Watching a large pile of six-star star cores, which usually required consuming a massive amount of low-level star cores to exchange for, being produced as easily as Chinese cabbage, Zhang Jian was a bit stunned. This Decomposition affix was quite useful!

But then he thought, the other party had already traded their items, but he didn't have the eight-star star cores he had promised to exchange in stock yet? He had spent almost a whole day messing around to upgrade his decomposition skill and test the decomposition affix. Thinking that the other side might have waited all night, Zhang Jian felt a bit embarrassed.

He hurriedly gathered the Materials and struck while the iron was hot, starting the synthesis. After a full 25 synthesis attempts, Zhang Jian's expression was somewhat helpless.

His luck was bad this time; he couldn't produce an eight-star star core. Even seven-star ones only appeared twice. The rest were all six-star.

Although in terms of value, one seven-star star core could at least be worth 20 six-star ones, this still meant a significant loss when calculated.

Zhang Jian curled his lip. No wonder almost no one tried this synthesis method. This was simply a bottomless pit, a guaranteed losing deal!

Perhaps only those top-tier clans that were completely unconcerned about resources would act so recklessly without regard for cost just to manufacture a nine-star one. Or, it was people with no other options who wanted to gamble big and pray for a miracle.

Yet, even with Zhang Jian's nearly 10-fold high-quality star core production bonus, he was still likely to lose money with this synthesis method. The miracles that others wished for were nothing more than an unattainable dream!

Zhang Jian shook his head. Since he hadn't managed to produce an eight-star star core for the moment, he couldn't just use their star cores for free. He would compensate them with more of the other star cores.

He simply went to the mysterious stone tablet under the guidance of the Will of the Heavenly Dao. After the Will of the Heavenly Dao [Water Blue] awakened the other side, Zhang Jian said with some embarrassment,

"Sorry to have kept you waiting." "As for the eight-star ones, it might take a little more time to manufacture." "I've already used the items, no problem. What grade of star cores do you want? Anything from one-star to five-star is fine."

After the light on the stone tablet flickered, two voices came through one after another. "Are you the big shot who manufactures special star cores? A pleasure to meet you!"

One was a deep voice, carrying a sort of overly familiar politeness. The other was a crisp, youthful voice, filled with joy. "It is my greatest honor to be your believer!"

Zhang Jian blushed. He hadn't experienced this feeling before and was a bit unaccustomed to it for a moment. "You're too kind. Since you chose to establish a contract, we are now on the same side. If you have any requests, feel free to ask!"

His words seemed to surprise the other side. They paused for several minutes before responding. "You are too kind, big shot!"

"It's like this: my son has a talent that allows him to use normal star cores and Advanced star cores to manufacture inscribed eight-star star cores, which is the kind we traded to you before."

"In this process, compared to the market value, the resources we require are definitely a bit less."

"We want to utilize this price difference to manufacture as many inscribed star cores as possible. On one hand, you can use them for decomposition to quickly obtain six-star star cores; on the other hand, we can use this to save up some resources and ask you to help us manufacture more special star cores."

"After all, as your believer, if my son can grow stronger quickly, it will also be helpful to you."

As the other side explained, Zhang Jian learned his identity. Yun Kai, a member of a clan that dominated the Star Domain. He was even once a Clan Chief of a branch clan. Now, he could only be considered a practitioner in the Transcendence Realm whose strength was not at its Peak.

After hearing his explanation, Zhang Jian understood what was going on. He looked down to take stock of his current inventory. Just now, in order to grind for decomposition progress, his Advanced star cores had basically been exhausted. However, he still had quite a few low-level star cores from one-star to three-star.

Especially after hearing the other side say that using their talent to synthesize eight-star star cores took different amounts of time, with higher-grade star cores being faster, he got an idea.

"Then I'll give you a batch of three-star ones." "The value gap between a normal three-star one and an eight-star one is about a hundred thousand times..." "Then I'll set it at..." He was just about to set the price.

The other party interrupted him. "Big shot, although the star cores we provide are also eight-star, they certainly can't compare to the ones you synthesize." "You can just calculate it based on the quantity after decomposition."

The other party's honesty stunned Zhang Jian for a moment. Since that was the case, let me give you a helping hand!

He did some quick mental math again. Normally, the six-star yield after decomposition was 50. Previously, they would have needed to bring over 10,000 three-star star cores to exchange. But with his affix bonus, the value directly multiplied by five, reaching 75,000. Excluding the small loss from spatial transmission during the trade, as well as the time he spent on synthesis and decomposition, Zhang Jian quickly came up with a number.

"How about 50,000?"

The other side replied immediately. "Are you talking about two-star ones?"

Zhang Jian frowned. "Naturally, I mean three-star ones!"

On the other side, there was silence instantly.