Starting with Growing Mushrooms-Chapter 461 - 362: The Terrifying God of Merchants, Speculation and Countermeasures
Amid the surprised gazes of countless guests, they saw a door suddenly appear at the back of the shop.
The door creaked open.
A mysterious figure clad in a black cloak stepped out from within, the cloak itself seemingly another form of divine power, possessing constantly changing characteristics.
In just a few moments, they saw the cloak continuously transform, emitting various auras.
Various divine powers alternated and changed.
The mystery of God.
The new birth of the Longevity God.
The unknown of destiny.
The divine power of evolution.
The weightiness of magic...
It was as if beneath the cloak lay various divine spirits familiar to them.
All the guests observing the merchandise had their pupils shrink intensely, thoughts racing rapidly, as they looked at this scene in shock:
"What?"
"I just felt that beneath the cloak was God Himself!"
"No, I felt the Goddess of Destiny was underneath the cloak!"
"What is this situation? Could it be some unknown divine power with the ability to change?"
"It’s likely paired with this merchant’s divine power."
"Wait! Doesn’t that make it omniscient and omnipotent like God?"
"No, the characteristics of each divine power don’t overlap, God is unique, which means His divine power can only simulate auras but doesn’t possess real strength like God."
"Ah, so God cannot disguise but can use your power, whereas He cannot use your power yet can disguise as you!"
"Hmm, if it’s merely the power of disguise, then this divine object ranks very low, probably just low to mid-level divine objects, unable to compare with God’s ultimate divine objects, not in the same league of ability."
The crowd kept speculating and discussing in secret.
In terms of rank, the ultimate wisdom of God is clearly more powerful.
Or, among all known series of ultimate divine powers, God’s power is among the strongest of the ultimate batch.
"Welcome, everyone."
The ancient god with the black cloak smiled, "I can trade certain theoretical void concepts, bringing various systems of magical treasures to this era!"
"You need not worry, I will remain neutral, merely a simple merchant, and as the God of Merchants, I possess no combat power whatsoever."
"My battle strength is even weaker than the Goddess of Destiny."
He said softly, "The Goddess of Destiny may seem to lack combat power, but indeed their destructive capability is invisible and terrifying, whereas I have no destructive capability in any aspect!"
This statement was truth.
The God of Theft lacks destructive capability.
But I am just a false God of Merchants, the real God of Theft steals things from you, turns you into a fool.
Yet this statement also incited greed in some people’s eyes, for the God of Merchants must be filthy rich, with unknown wealth and without combat expertise?
Wouldn’t it be more convenient for them to rob?
One has to say, the folk customs in this world are pure.
In an instant, their thoughts of zero-cost purchase, the idea of robbing this store grew more bold.
Only some relatively rational strong people shook their heads slightly:
"These guys are blinded by greed, as I believe a merchant has no combat power, after all, every series of divine objects has weaknesses, merchants not fighting is normal."
Yet, how terrifying can the connections of a merchant be?
Furthermore, a competent merchant must be versatile, would invest in various young strong individuals!
Previously in the Cyber Company, those merchants were the most adept at investing and betting, making good connections, if you provoke this merchant, you have to consider if a funded strong person will take your head to repay a favor.
Moreover, some people’s minds went deeper.
Very clever, they already began to wildly speculate:
"Something’s off! Previously God gained several divine objects inexplicably, even gave a space divine object to the Angel Queen of the Wisdom Angels, considered a swap for the wisdom divine object he possessed."
"Where did God’s extra divine objects come from? Initially, we thought they came from the Longevity Divine Spirit’s handiwork, these divine objects from prehistoric times."
"Now looking at it, could they have been bought from this shop? Or perhaps investments from this God of Merchants?"
Looking at the shop’s treasure, the[Enduring Ages]under the glass, they feel it’s quite possible these divine objects God purchased from here!
A storm raged in their minds.
The smarter one is, the more fearful they become, after speculating wildly, feeling they’ve guessed the truth.
"Cannot provoke, what if we rob this shop, and God comes out? What if He uses us to repay a favor?"
The crowd looked at this merchant draped in a black cloak, hearts ringing with alarm.
To return from the great chaos of the previous era, to restart and survive to this era, likely isn’t simple!
Following this line of thought, they continue to speculate, another storm in their minds:
The God of Merchants likely has no ability to evade chaos.
Then how did he survive till now?
A sudden thought jolted their hearts: the Longevity God.
Perhaps this merchant took favor from the Longevity God, thus borrowed protection to survive until now.
Terrifying indeed!
The more they thought, the more terrifying, the more shocked, sorting out many previously unresolved mysteries from various subtle hints.
In their eyes, this being claiming to be the God of Merchants, versatile, formidable, with favors owed from all powerful ancient gods, is an absolute non-provokable entity!
Though he may not fight, like the Goddess of Fertility, he attracts trouble.
His merchant status might rank alongside the current Goddess of Fertility.
"It seems the Divine Object is unique, the Divine Object from the last era, the Creator God will not forge another in this era."
"Therefore, the gods of the last era had no transmission in their hands!"
"How did they establish the Magic Net then? And which Divine Spirit replaced the Goddess of Fertility’s signal network status?"
"Perhaps it was..."
They carefully looked at the God of Merchants, "He is the God of Transmission from the prehistoric era, replacing the Magic Net era by establishing the merchant network and trading platform!"
However.
The convenience level of the merchant network surely cannot match the Magic Net of the Goddess of Fertility.
After all, they believe the versions are becoming increasingly advanced.
The Age of Gods with merchant networks in ancient times is definitely inferior to the current age of magic networks in the Age of Gods.
"Do not provoke, this is another God of Transmission." They mused.
It can only be said that the wiser one is, the more they love to think, easily binding themselves with various deep backgrounds for this God of Merchants in an instant.
Moreover, it is entirely reasonable.
At this moment.
Liu Jun wasn’t aware of their musings, he just looked at Xu Changsheng, "Since that’s the case, come with me."
Soon, under the gaze of admiration from everyone, Xu Changsheng and the God of Merchants entered through the door.
The two quickly sat down, dishes were laid out on the table, and they began this costly dinner.
Liu Jun sat at the dining table, unexpectedly reminded of the pre-crossing Buffett dinner, also spending a large sum to dine with the richest man.
My role now, in a sense, truly is the richest man.
After a few simple exchanges, Xu Changsheng moved to the main topic, "Senior, you are an ancient god like the Longevity God, from before the Era of Chaos Destruction, correct?"
"You could think of it that way." The God of Merchants ambiguously replied.
Xu Changsheng smiled, "I imagine it must have been a splendid era, newborn, merchants, they were the cornerstone of the entire era!"
"The merchant network comparable to today’s transmission Magic Net."
Xu Changsheng kept analyzing the situation of that era, "The gods of that time had no Magic Net, relying on merchant divine power to engage in transactions with the people, they as gods, performed equal exchanges with those on earth..."
"Just like the story’s demon, the gods in the sky, trading with people again and again."
In Xu Changsheng’s words, he described a wondrous mythical era connected through the merchant network.
Much like now, the Longevity God’s newborn divine power corresponds to this era’s humans, innately carrying three tiny divine objects: essence, energy, and spirit.
Thus, they do not need to rely on the Magic Net for divine power, the divine power in their bodies can self-recover, so they only cultivate themselves.
While humans of that era estimated to innately possess "merchant" divine power, everyone was a merchant, interconnecting to forge a merchant network.
At this point, Xu Changsheng revealed his goal, "So, I wish for you to implant the merchant divine power within me using newborn, and we can collaborate, with me possessing the merchant power, acting as a delegate for merchants, conducting business outside!"
Liu Jun was slightly taken aback.
Xu Changsheng truly is quick-minded, he unexpectedly has this move.
Just like the Fire God spreads his fire divine power for those mortals to use fire.
This merchant, spreads his shop power for outsiders to establish small shops and conduct business.
This is akin to having a main store of his own, while others act as franchisees, opening little branches, functioning as salespersons, conducting business outside.
Newborn + shop divine power, thus, inside his body equates to possessing a small pawnshop!
"You may."
God of Merchants smiled, "You are indeed remarkable, managing to guess our prehistoric gods’ model, during that era without the fertility goddess establishing a Magic Net, we did build a similar gods network with newborn + merchants."
"It was a glorious and magnificent era."
He revealed a hint of nostalgia, "However, since you want this power, are you prepared to pay the price of it?"
"What is the price?" Xu Changsheng straightforwardly asked.
"One thousand treasures in the shop." God of Merchants replied.
"Agreed!"
Xu Changsheng felt it was worth it.
The membership cost for a franchised pawnshop as a representative, was one thousand for him, thus others wanting the same representative would also need one thousand.
Therefore, future representatives of God of Merchants in commerce won’t be numerous!
Xu Changsheng gained benefits, secretly concluding, "With this, my goal for this trip is halfway achieved, carrying a pawnshop with me, hunting outside becomes convenient, can instantly bring into the shop, sharing gains from various commodities!"
Capture someone, bring them inside, to extract every bit of use.
What sort of shop is this?
This is working out to be a Soul-Calling Banner, the Emperor’s Banner.
In Xu Changsheng’s view, opening new stores and making money is secondary, now he has acquired this privilege, he can directly throw some powerful beings inside, extracting various conceptual treasures.
No need to go through the merchant.
He can leverage the branch manager’s authority, internally digest various treasures.
Xu Changsheng was content, suddenly he proposed, "I actually have another suggestion, I noticed your pawnshop lacks currency as a general equivalent."
"Indeed." God of Merchants shook his head, "My divine power cannot alter this, without currency, we can only barter, hence it is a pawnshop."
"I have an idea."
Xu Changsheng smiled, "The divine object I recently acquired, accumulating over time, complements this just right, it’s a money bank, the money inside can serve as general currency, completing this merchant system."
"Once I retrieve this divine object, I can serve as a currency provider, engaging in mutually beneficial cooperation with you!"
God of Merchants grinned slightly at this:
"Indeed so! But endure this ordeal, succeed in reclaiming your divine object, I believe whoever becomes the owner of that divine object will offer the money bank, providing currency and collaborating with me!"
Xu Changsheng nodded, stood up to leave,
"I will succeed."
"And then with the time money bank, establish an Immortal Path civilization sandbox, as a miniature Creator of Immortal Path, creating currency named Immortal Stone, and by completing the Immortal Path magical treasure system, open up a sound new epic era!"
