Chapter 144: The Balance Transaction

The agent's consciousness arrived in a space within the nether.

This place was vast and boundless, with no visible edges. Gray mist permeated it, and paper money danced across the sky like falling snow. Countless grave mounds stood within, some large and some small, hidden away in the mist.

Suspended above the grave mounds was a massive Ancient Bronze Coin, radiating Weird fluctuations; compared to it, his consciousness's Transformation Body was as tiny as an ant.

Every time he came here, the agent's eyes were filled with admiration and longing.

Truly, this is the real Buying Life Money!

If one day...

He prayed to this Ancient Bronze Coin, conveying his intent, and began to take out a loan using his authority as an agent.

"Granted."

An evil, playful, and indifferent voice exploded in his mind, echoing repeatedly; the sound was so loud and had such strong penetrating power that it even passed through his skull and reverberated in the outside world.

His heart leaped with joy—it worked!

His consciousness quickly returned to Reality, and he had already borrowed an additional ten thousand in loans. This was the maximum amount an agent of his level could borrow; with this much money, he didn't believe he couldn't buy the life of that Living Dead!

The agent left, and this place fell back into silence.

Present World, atop the Grave Mountain.

The owner of the Ancient Residence was feeling a bit panicked at this moment; could it be that even this guy couldn't do anything about that Living Dead? Just what kind of Sacred entity was this Living Dead? Was she going to completely abandon the Ancient Residence and continue fleeing?

No, that Ancient Residence could not be abandoned.

It contained a great secret; this was her opportunity!

"What are you panicking about? I have already found a solution."

The agent's gaze turned back to the owner of the Ancient Residence, and he smiled faintly. Now that he had an extra ten thousand in Buying Life Money, combined with the money he had thrown out earlier, he was afraid that even a Great Innate could be bought; the Living Dead was no longer a concern!

However, the interest rate for taking a loan from Buying Life Money was truly black-hearted.

"Nine out, thirteen back" wasn't even enough to describe it!

He hoped to find enough secrets on this Living Dead, otherwise, even if he bought the life of this Living Dead with a loan, he would still suffer a huge loss! Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel angry, believing that all of this was the fault of that bitch, the owner of the Ancient Residence!

"You've already found a solution? That's good!"

The owner of the Ancient Residence said with pleasant surprise.

"Hurry and buy the life of this Living Dead; I will definitely repay the one thousand money I owe you!"

Hearing this, the agent couldn't help but feel annoyed. You bitch, I only managed to buy the life of this Living Dead because I took out a loan now; what does this one thousand money even count for? I'm losing so much on this deal of yours!

No, he couldn't afford to lose!

He pondered whether he could maneuver things to buy the owner of the Ancient Residence as well, turning her into his slave to make up for his losses; anyway, without the Ancient Residence, her value wasn't very high.

Of course, for now, he still had to deal with this Living Dead first.

Thinking this, his mind stirred. Sheets of Buying Life Money actually condensed out of the Void, covering the sky above the entire Grave Mountain, and then they all flew together toward Li Heng's direction.

Now I have plenty of money; let's see how much you can take!

The agent sneered inwardly.

At this time, Li Heng stood quietly in the Void; all the Buying Life Money had been exchanged by him into Chips sufficient to purchase the Weird Official Report, totaling over nine thousand two hundred, just eight hundred short of ten thousand.

But did this seem to have emptied the wallet of the Weird behind it?

He had waited until now and hadn't discovered any new Buying Life Money coming over.

Li Heng felt a bit regretful; it seemed the Weird behind this was a poor person, not even having ten thousand, and yet it still wanted to buy his life? Such a shameful Weird should hurry up and go borrow from a loan shark.

Just as he was deep in thought, Buying Life Money appeared before his eyes again.

His eyes lit up; it came again, this was truly generous! Moreover, the Buying Life Money that came this time was even more numerous and denser than before; it didn't look like that stingy style from earlier at all.

Could it really be as he thought—that it took out a loan?

Li Heng smiled slightly and cast the thought out of his mind. Whatever, the Weird behind this was definitely a kind person for liking to send him money so much.

Kong Que felt a bit numb seeing the Buying Life Money before her.

She couldn't quite understand what the agent behind this Buying Life Money was doing. Normally, this Buying Life Money would be enough to buy this man's life, but until now, this man's life still hadn't been bought, and now even more money was being sent?

Was this man's value really that high?

It seemed her own judgment was also very high, Kong Que thought with self-satisfaction.

However, she immediately came to her senses and became alarmed, anxiously advising Li Heng, "You really shouldn't take it; the agent behind this must have ulterior motives for sending so much Buying Life Money!"

Li Heng remained unmoved and continued to scoop it up.

Very quickly, it reached ten thousand!

However, this Buying Life Money was clearly very miraculous, seemingly containing some kind of rule. Since it couldn't buy his life, then the more, the better.

He continued to scoop while, following a sensation from the nether, he cast the ten thousand sheets of Buying Life Money he had obtained into this Weird Official Report, just like throwing stones into water.

Instantly, Li Heng felt a wisp of his consciousness being pulled into a mysterious space that was not the Present World. The space was filled with gray mist, and before him stood an upright balance, while on the opposite side of the balance stood a black human figure.

On his side of the balance were stacked ten thousand Chips of Buying Life Money.

On the black figure's side lay the Weird Official Report, resting quietly.

"How bold! Don't you know this Official Report is my item? You actually dare to use Buying Life Money to force a purchase!" The leader of the Sunset Organization looked at the balance before him and immediately realized what was happening.

It was actually a Weird of Ten, a Buying Life Money transaction!

He was shocked and furious; it was one thing that his previous Weird Official Report had gone missing, as the ownership was still his and others couldn't use it. But now, someone was actually using Buying Life Money to forcibly buy his ownership?

This was definitely not a coincidence, but a trap hidden for a long time!

"Speak, who are you in the organization?"

The leader said angrily.

Li Heng stood on the opposite side, slightly surprised. So it was purchased through this form? Forced buying and selling—perhaps this was the rule of Buying Life Money? But this leader seemed to have imagined something.

After thinking for a moment, he disguised his voice again and chuckled.

"Hehe, then why don't you guess who I am?"

"Now he is mine, and you can only rage in your incompetence."

Hearing Li Heng's mockery, the host was once again furious.

"Do you think you've won now? Little do you know, this plays right into my hands! Do you think I have no money here? I tell you, I have plenty of money!"

The host suppressed the anger in his heart and said in a cold voice.

"Then let's see who has more money." Li Heng smiled slightly.

"Hmph! Then just watch!"

The host sneered and, disregarding everything, directly transferred the money allocated by the organization through the obscure rules of Buying Life Money, placing it on his side of the scale.

Although he did not have that much money himself.

However, the ownership of the Weird Official Report alone was worth ten thousand!

He did not believe the person before him had so much money. Unless this person was some agent of Buying Life Money... but that was almost impossible; why would an agent buy the ownership of a Strange?

Not to mention that many agents could not even produce Buying Life Money upwards of ten thousand. Could it be that they would take out a loan for a mere Weird Official Report? Those who could become agents were no fools.

In fact, the host had grounds for saying this.

After his money was added to the Weird Official Report, the scale tilted directly to his side. Li Heng raised his eyebrows slightly, but he did not care and simply increased his bid; after all, someone was sending him money.

In the Present World, Li Heng's true self continuously poured the Buying Life Money he had fished up into the Weird Official Report, transmitting it to this mysterious space and placing it on the scale, causing the scale to return to balance once again.

The host's expression changed abruptly; how could this person have so much money!

Could he really be an agent? But that wasn't realistic!

He gritted his teeth, feeling he had to gamble, and continued to frantically increase his bid, just like a gambler obsessed with a game, his eyes turning red. This official report was vital to him!

The scale began to slowly tilt toward his side, but the next moment it slowly returned to balance... it cycled back and forth like this, switching between balance and tilting for a long time...

The host began to fall into a state of paranoia and madness.

Until he discovered... he had no more money to add.

Li Heng was still adding money freely and easily, as if this money had drifted down from the sky and was no different from waste paper... The host was stunned.

He tried hard to calm himself down, his voice somewhat hoarse.

"Who exactly are you? I admit defeat. Are you from our organization, or some other force? Are you an agent of Buying Life Money?..." A thousand thoughts flashed through the host's mind as he guessed wildly.

The rules of Buying Life Money were very overbearing.

The money added could not be taken back; he had lost big!

"Guess." Li Heng smiled slightly.

"Hmph, I will remember you!"

The host said with an ugly expression, and then his figure disappeared.

Li Heng felt a bit regretful; the host hadn't actually lost his head, so he seemed quite smart. But never mind, he had gained something now. He smiled slightly, and through his obscure perception, he understood that the ownership of the Weird Official Report was now his.

With a thought, this strand of his split soul returned to his true self.

In fact, the host was worthy of being a member of an ancient organization, possessing vast wealth. This bidding transaction had directly consumed seven or eight-tenths of the Buying Life Money he possessed.

Now he only had a little over one hundred and fifty pieces of Buying Life Money left on him.

On him, that Mysterious Power that wanted to plunder his vitality had also piled up like a mountain, wanting to invade his body at every moment, but under the essence of the Great Sun Spirit Body, it was still not worth mentioning.

On Grave Mountain, that agent began to buy life.

Having taken so much of his money, he didn't believe he couldn't buy it!

Moreover, this time, he had bought insurance; he did not intend to collect the life-buying himself, but requested that the main body of Buying Life Money descend a strand of power to collect the life-buying for him personally!

Wanting to renege on a debt under the rules of the true Buying Life Money?

Even those Innate Above could not!

The agent sneered coldly and activated the life-buying procedure.

Immediately, the Buying Life Money in the obscure realm descended a strand of power, which, through the connection of Causality, acted instantly upon Li Heng. This strand of power directly caused the Mysterious Power on Li Heng to undergo a qualitative change, actually ignoring the defense of Li Heng's Great Sun Spirit Body and invading his body.

But Li Heng had long anticipated this situation.

With a thought, he performed Visualization of the Heavens Great Sun and the Boundless Earth, using the two types of Godly Intent of the Great Sun and the Earth to cleanse himself and sweep the surroundings, directly blasting away the strand of Buying Life Money's power, as well as those Mysterious Powers, leaving not a single trace.

The life-buying collection failed.

This fact was reflected back to the main body of Buying Life Money in the obscure realm, and the main body of Buying Life Money then reflected the fact back to that agent, telling him that the cost could not be recovered and that he should handle it himself.

On Grave Mountain.

The agent was stunned, as if struck by a thunderbolt.

The cost could not be recovered, and he still owed the main body of Buying Life Money a lot of money.

He was bankrupt!