Chapter 3010: Exchange of Resources

The high‑end resources of the local merchants' guild must be exchanged with Primordial Power, while ordinary resources are exchanged with Divine Crystals.

The resources Ye Liuyun and his group covet also basically require a great deal of Primordial Power to obtain. Many bandits can only sigh in admiration, as they do not have that much Primordial Power.

The strong members of Li Qingyang's bandit troupe, in order to conceal their strength, did not deploy any Flying Boats.

Seeing that there were no competitors, Ye Liuyun quietly instructed Tang Xinyao and the others to exchange only a small amount of resources before leaving the merchants' guild.

Even so, Liu Yan was greatly envious. Ye Liuyun's group had eliminated two cities, so their earnings must be substantial.

After leaving the guild, Ye Liuyun released a clone cloaked in an Invisibility Cloak. The clone now wields Heaven and Earth Power and stronger Spatial Power; still cloaked, Liu Yan did not notice it.

After evading Liu Yan, the clone used the Thousand Illusion Technique to alter its appearance, returned to the guild to make a spree of purchases, and spent a lot of Primordial Power to exchange for a large amount of high‑end resources.

Now Primordial Power has become a very ordinary resource for Ye Liuyun's group. The thief cat stole more than ten merchants' guilds and Chengzhu Fu, so they have plenty of Primordial Power. Not only do they keep enough for their own cultivation, the surplus can be used to exchange for even better resources.

Especially some genius earth treasures that enhance Soul, bloodline, and Physical Body; each can quickly boost everyone's overall strength, saving at least one or two years of cultivation.

Although Ye Liuyun's strength in these aspects is already relatively high, he will not stop improving, especially since those around him also need it. Therefore, not only does he need it himself, he also brings a share for his companions. Tang Xinyao and the others will later come to exchange with him as well.

However, this time the clone's exchange immediately attracted the guild's attention. The guild's operators, of course, would not act directly against their customers, but they could leak information to let others act, then take a cut of the profits.

So after the clone finished exchanging resources and left the guild, it realized it was being watched.

But it did not panic; as it walked, it employed Spatial Power. Upon entering the void, it immediately donned the Invisibility Cloak, wrapped itself in Heaven and Earth Power, and vanished before the pursuing strongman.

The strongman tracking him was not weak either; he was a Unified Seventh Layer Martial Cultivator. When he entered the void, he found the person gone; when he emerged to check, he sensed a burst of Spatial fluctuation but could no longer locate anyone.

In fact, the clone was directly shifted into the Space World by the original's Cross‑Space Golden Pupil, so the strongman only detected the spatial disturbance without knowing where the clone went.

He released his Divine Sense, fully probing the nearby void, yet he never detected any further spatial fluctuations.

"Didn't expect him to be a Spatial Power master!" the strongman muttered, a hint of resentment, and immediately used his Divine Sense to monitor all the bandits.

After Ye Liuyun's group arrived at the tavern, they did not enter a private room; they simply took a large table in the main hall. He also wanted to casually gather information about what the Martial Cultivators here were discussing.

The strongman's Divine Sense swept over, and he noticed it, but showed no flaw in his expression. Since the strongman could not locate him by appearance, he need not worry. His aura had already contracted, so the strongman likely could not discern any difference.

Sure enough, the strongman, seeing the mismatched appearance, immediately passed them by. In the end he merely assumed his target had left the city and went to search near the fleet.

He knew that those exchanging resources could not be locals, and today the guild's visitors were all those bandits, so he went nearby to investigate.

But his probing immediately drew the alertness of experts such as Chang Yuxing, who all turned their attention to him.

He also sensed that some powerful Divine Senses aboard the Flying Boat had fixed on him. He judged that he alone could not contend, so he retreated.

He regretted in his heart that he acted too late. Had he not worried about the bandits intervening, an earlier move might have prevented the clone's escape.

Ye Liuyun now mused internally: "Fortunately I have many methods; I can use the Cross‑Space Golden Pupil to retrieve the clone, otherwise the local strongmen would have spotted it."

It seems the Fire Seal Star System is the same; if one's strength is insufficient, even exchanging a few resources is dangerous. Henceforth one must be more cautious and not flaunt wealth.

Liu Yan had already ordered food and wine, struck up conversation with a Martial Cultivator at a neighboring table, sent over a few jars of wine, and got the others talking.

The Martial Cultivators here usually talk about matters of the Wasteland Sea World, and when they go on expeditions, the Wasteland Sea World is their top choice.

According to them, the Wasteland Sea World consists of ancient ocean fragments, not a complete planet. Yet the sea‑beast realms there are very high, and legends speak of sea beasts that can transform into demons.

Even ordinary sea beasts are larger than a city, so a casual spray of water can trigger a tsunami, with formidable power.

Of course, the Wasteland Sea World also holds many valuable items; those who enter can pick up a few things and make a modest profit upon exit. The Martial Cultivators I talked with once collected some underwater medicinal herbs, but being of low realm, they only watched the strongmen's spectacle and promptly returned.

"The Wasteland Sea World, even for Martial Cultivators in the later stage of the Unified Realm, is fraught with danger! If you go, at least half of you will die!"

"Indeed. If you truly encounter such powerful sea beasts, sheer numbers won't help; total annihilation is possible! Even our Unified Seventh/Eighth Layer strongmen dare not claim they can return once they go."

Those people also knew they were from a bandit troupe, so they kindly warned them.

"How much of the Wasteland Sea World has been explored so far?" Ye Liuyun asked the Martial Cultivators.

"Explored? Ha ha, who dares to say it's fully explored! Even places frequently surveyed by strongmen are not declared fully explored. They've only probed the shallow seas; much of the deep sea remains untouched."

"No one knows how vast the Wasteland Sea World truly is. I estimate that less than ninety percent has been truly explored! Most of the deep sea remains uncharted."

"The Wasteland Sea World is a Treasure Vault, filled with countless treasures; it depends on who has the fate to claim them! It's also a cannibalous den that no amount of strongmen can fill!"

Ye Liuyun looked at the Martial Cultivators' expressions; indeed they were not deliberately trying to scare him, but simply believed it that way.

Ye Liuyun glanced again at the surrounding Martial Cultivators, all sharing the same attitude.

"How did the Prime Star Bandit troupe locate that Treasure Vault? Do they truly have that capability?" Ye Liuyun wondered.