279: Chapter 279 Malicious Queuing

After making detailed inquiries, Nie Ning learned that Liuguang City was a capital of Rune Technology.

Many enthusiasts of Alchemy were concentrated in that place.

However, it wasn't close to Blood Rainbow City; traveling there would take a long time.

The 'Transcendent World' was the latest research achievement of Liuguang City, a special spiritual world created by referencing the principles of the Dream World.

The Dream World was a place that truly existed, so the constructed world possessed both illusory and real attributes.

The original expectation was to use Illusory Creation methods to simulate various substances in reality, allowing Transcendents to conduct research in the Transcendent World, thereby reducing the consumption of resources in the real world.

After all, it was very expensive for wizards to conduct research; the resources consumed by every wizard as they grew were astronomical.

For instance, in basic pill refining, the resources lost from failed attempts were difficult to calculate.

If these resources could be saved, it would likely catalyze the emergence of a large number of Transcendents of all ranks in a short period of time.

However, because it was still in the development stage, it could not yet replace reality for conducting various types of research.

But for teaching purposes, it was already more than sufficient.

Furthermore, because the Belvis World was too large and the research time on the Transcendent World had been too short, communication was currently only possible with cities as the hub.

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"How much does it cost?"

After listening to Saya's explanation, Nie Ning asked.

If the Transcendent World was truly this convenient, it would save him a lot of time.

However, if it was too expensive, he would still have to consider whether it was worth it.

Because besides needing instruction, he actually lacked a wizard to do chores.

Xiao Guang was currently not up to the task, and given its personality, he feared it might throw a tantrum and ruin his experimental products.

"It costs twenty mid-grade magic crystals."

Saya said.

"That's quite cheap."

Nie Ning stood up and said with some anticipation.

"Then let's go, we'll check it out together."

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The two didn't delay and soon walked to the specialty store selling spirit bracelets in the west of the city.

"Is it this popular? Didn't they say wizards are all poor?"

Looking at the nearly five-hundred-meter-long queue, Nie Ning was a bit dumbfounded.

How long would they have to wait in line?

"Mainstream things are like this; it's actually calmed down recently."

Saya turned to look at Nie Ning and continued, "If you don't want to wait in line, you can wait over there first, and I'll queue for you here."

After all, he was her client; a small matter like queuing was more appropriate for her to handle.

Nie Ning stood on his tiptoes to look ahead, then directly pulled Saya toward the front.

"My Lord, this is a place where Liuguang City and Yishi Mansion cooperate; we should stay in line at the back."

Saya thought Nie Ning was going to cut the line and said hurriedly.

Recently, many people had been arrested by Yishi Mansion because of such things.

Looking at the guards at the door, they were two Rank 4 Transcendents, and if trouble broke out, there were even stronger ones behind them.

Nie Ning curled his lip: "Who said we're cutting the line?"

Under the unfriendly gazes of the two Rank 4 Transcendent guards, Nie Ning pulled Saya to the entrance of the specialty store.

Without any redundant words, Nie Ning took out twenty mid-grade magic crystals.

Then, under the strange looks of others, he tossed the magic crystals into the hands of two wizards at the door who were preparing to buy spirit bracelets.

"Go back and queue up again."

Nie Ning said with a calm expression.

"Kid, do you think we haven't seen—"

One of the wizards saw this and was instantly filled with rage, but his companion next to him pulled him back.

"They're mid-grade magic crystals! mid-grade magic crystals!"

The companion next to him whispered urgently.

The wizard looked at the magic crystals in his hand, and his face full of anger instantly turned into a smile: "Yes, yes, this spot was held for you. Please, after you, after you."

As if afraid Nie Ning would regret it, he pulled his companion to the back of the line after speaking.

Ten mid-grade magic crystals didn't look like much, but if converted into a thousand low-grade magic crystals, it sounded like quite a lot.

The people in line were full of envy.

Most people were only there to buy a spirit bracelet after saving up, and many couldn't even earn that many magic crystals in a year.

Especially the young Transcendents; they either relied on their parents or on shady deals; very few saved up money themselves.

Mainly, becoming a Transcendent was too expensive; it was too difficult for young people to save money.

Even though wages were dozens or hundreds of times higher than in the Wilbes Republic, the cost of living had also increased by untold amounts.

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Ignoring the others, Nie Ning led Saya to the shop entrance.

Saya looked at Nie Ning's back, a strange glint flashing in her eyes.

She couldn't help it; the way Nie Ning gave money just now was too cool.

With her current means of making money, even if she reached the same strength as Nie Ning, she probably wouldn't be able to squander money like that.

At most, giving a few low-grade magic crystals would be good enough.

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When the person in front finished their transaction, Nie Ning stepped up.

"Give me two spirit bracelets..."

As Nie Ning was speaking, he seemed to think of something and turned to look at the dazed Saya: "Do you have a spirit bracelet?"

Hearing this, Saya's face turned slightly red, and she silently shook her head.

She had only recently made a fortune by following Nie Ning; she didn't have the spare cash to buy a spirit bracelet for 30 mid-grade magic crystals.

"Then make it three."

Seeing this, Nie Ning didn't ask further and turned to the clerk.

"Sorry, due to production issues, there is a limit of one per person."

The clerk replied with a professional smile.

Hearing this, Nie Ning turned to look at the man behind Saya, then took out fifteen mid-grade magic crystals.

The man saw this and understood instantly, his face beaming with smiles: "I understand, I understand. I can come back and buy it tomorrow."

Although there was a limit of one per person, it was actually just to prevent people from buying out the stock and to avoid scalpers maliciously raising prices.

Seeing how sensible the other party was, Nie Ning tossed the magic crystals over.

"Three spirit bracelets, please."

Nie Ning turned back and looked at the clerk politely.

The clerk couldn't help but steal a few more glances at Nie Ning but didn't say anything more.

The man had money and wasn't breaking the law; he was just reasonably utilizing the rules.

After Nie Ning got the spirit bracelets, the man left the scene excitedly and tactfully.

He had picked up 15 mid-grade magic crystals for doing nothing today; this was much better than working hard and saving money.

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Nie Ning walked to the side with Saya, then handed one of the spirit bracelets to her.

"This is your reward for accompanying me here today."

"This is too valuable. You've already spent so much today; you should give it to someone else."

Saya declined, but a hint of longing flashed in her eyes.

Some things were the trend of the times; if you fell behind, you would be crushed by others.

If it weren't for the fact that there were too many places to spend money, she would have bought one herself long ago.

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