Chapter 157: The Price Dropped

After the familiar feeling of weightlessness, Bao Jing finally stepped again onto the smooth floor of the Mission Center.

Lin Zhi Jing followed closely behind, adjusting the silver‑wire glasses on his nose bridge.

Yi Yang and Ji Jiangci stood on his left and right, protecting Ye Xi'an as she walked out of the spatial gate.

The Mission Hall of the Zhu Shen Xing Mission Center bustled with people, various information screens flickering, and the noisy atmosphere made everyone feel very at ease.

"First, get rid of the excess dream stones."

Ye Xi'an spoke, her voice tinged with the excitement of soon returning home.

Lin Zhi Jing scanned the bustling Mission Hall and said, "Just take out a portion; such a large quantity of dream stones might attract attention."

"What about the rest?" he added, "We can't just sell it later, that's too troublesome."

"We can sell it online."

Ye Xi'an's eyes lit up as she said to Lin Zhi Jing, "Do you mean opening a shop?"

Seeing Ye Xi'an's excited expression, Lin Zhi Jing couldn't help but want to kiss her, but since they were out in public, he restrained himself.

"Um, that's about right. Later we'll contact the delivery station, and then we can sell things from home."

With a way to sell the dream stones, Ye Xi'an no longer rushed to sell them to the Mission Center; she casually took a dream stone block as tall as a person from the space and placed it into the machine's basket.

Although the dream stone she took out was already small, it still drew side glances from some nearby beastmen.

After all, it had been a long time since anyone had found dream stones recently.

During the waiting period for the system's appraisal, a beastman soon approached; he wore a black‑gold uniform, a dazzling diamond chain at his waist, and a silver line drawn across his nose bridge, giving him a high‑tech look.

"May I buy some dream stone from you? I only need a small piece like this."

The beastman clenched his fist to show Ye Xi'an, his movements a bit awkward, because if it were any larger he couldn't afford it.

By buying the dream stone, he could court the female he liked and then join her clan.

Ye Xi'an unhesitatingly produced another piece, though its size was a bit larger than what the beastman had mentioned.

"How about this?" This was already the smallest dream stone she could produce.

"Um… " The beastman, embarrassed to ask if there was a smaller one, forced himself to say, "How much is this?"

Ye Xi'an was startled; she didn't know the price either, so she turned to Ji Jiangci, who was best at such matters, and asked, "Jiangci, how much is a dream stone this big?"

"Ask him if he'll buy it for fifty thousand."

"Fifty thousand?" Could selling a stone for fifty thousand be too steep?

"Well, the last time I came dream stones were only a few thousand, but now they're scarce and valuable; maybe he'll buy. If not, you can lower the price a bit, but you can't sell them cheap."

Ye Xi'an's mouth twitched, her face showing a shrewd merchant's look; fortunately Ji Jiangci is from her family, otherwise they'd be badly ripped off by him later.

Ye Xi'an raised her hand, five slender fingers held up before the beastman, and said, "Fifty thousand, do you want it?"

The beastman's previously cheerful expression froze for a moment; Ye Xi'an thought her price was too high and was about to lower it, when the beastman impatiently shouted, "Yes, yes, yes!"

The beastman's face broke into a grin again, his mouth stretching almost to the back of his head, "I'll pay right now!" He spoke at lightning speed, fearing Ye Xi'an might regret it a second later.

Even the surrounding beastmen watching the spectacle became a bit restless upon hearing Ye Xi'an's price.

Ji Jiangci's slightly aged eyebrows furrowed; it was the first time he doubted the price he had set.

After paying, the beastman stared at the dream stone in his hand in disbelief; he had bought such a huge stone for fifty thousand—had he gotten unbelievably lucky today?

"May I buy a bit more?" The beastman's eyes sparkled, clearly showing he had snagged a bargain.

Ji Jiangci stepped forward, blocking Ye Xi'an, his once‑present visage now gone, unable to serve even this final purpose.

"The dream stone earlier was kindly sold to you by my wife; if you want to buy now, it must be at the normal market price."

Ji Jiangci took a dream stone about half a palm from Ye Xi'an and said to the beastman, "My wife is kind, so I can give you a further discount; what's your acceptable range?"

The beastman tentatively quoted, "Two hundred thousand?"

Ji Jiangci's heart jumped; it was over—the earlier price had indeed been far too cheap.

Ji Jiangci reclaimed the dream stone and said decisively, "Not selling it."

"Hey! Two hundred fifty thousand!"

Ji Jiangci remained unmoved, quietly waiting for the system's valuation.

When the price appeared, everyone in Ye Xi'an's family froze.

Ye Xi'an numbly counted the zeros, "Is this one hundred million?"

"Yes," Yi Yang swallowed hard, then turned into a Labrador and ran away.

"Impressive," Bao Jing silently picked up the clothes Yi Yang dropped after reverting to his beast form, though his hand kept trembling.

Ji Jiangci bowed his head and apologized to Ye Xi'an, his warm, aged face looking a bit fragile, "I'm sorry, I didn't expect the dream stone price to inflate so quickly."

"Hah, what's the big deal," Ye Xi'an said cheerfully; she couldn't help but feel that with her current power she couldn't hide it, after all she possessed a dream stone as big as a palace, and this little one was truly beneath her.

"But aren't we suddenly filthy rich now?"

How many hundreds of millions does this amount of dream stone convert to? Did she perhaps activate some cheat code?

Lin Zhi Jing laughed, rubbing Ye Xi'an's head, "Yeah, but those dream stones of yours probably won't sell quickly; there's too many, the market can't absorb them, and if you sell a lot, the price will drop later."

"Can I sell them all to the Mission Center?"

"No," Lin Zhi Jing said, pointing at the collection progress on the screen, where various ore limits flickered, one of which was dream stone.

Dream stone collection progress: 5/100.

"When the progress is full, they stop accepting."

"Then it's fine; I'll fill the progress for them first."

After Ye Xi'an filled the dream stone progress, her account gained an extra 20 hundred million.

All the way, Ye Xi'an couldn't stop smiling; this sudden wealth was so wonderful that she felt a bit of indigestion.

"Are we heading home?" Bao Jing asked, standing beside Ye Xi'an.

"First, let's go to Sister Qiu Yi's place."

Ye Xi'an turned on the Light Brain and sent a message to Qiu Yi.

Ye Xi'an: Qiu Yi sister, are you at home?

Qiu Yi: Here.

Ye Xi'an: I'm coming to you!

Qiu Yi: Okay.

Ye Xi'an put away the Light Brain, pouted, what a cold, aloof rich lady.

Arrived at Qiu Yi's mansion.

A tall female in a sleek black‑and‑white training uniform stood at the gate; she had a neat black bob, sharp eyes, and exuded an aura of "do not approach strangers."

It was Qiu Yi.