After putting away the Soul Crystal Gu, Zhou Ming picked up the watch on the table to check the time.
"Hmm, this time?" Zhou Ming frowned slightly.
After another round of calculations, he finally figured out the time ratio between the Main God Space and the Main World.
For easier understanding, the world can temporarily be divided into three parts: the Main World, Zhou Ming's personal space in the Main God Space, and the Main God Space's public space.
Firstly, whether in the Main World or the Main God Space's public space, time in the personal space is static.
This means that as long as Zhou Ming is not in his personal space, time in the personal space does not flow.
Secondly, when Zhou Ming is in his personal space, the time flow rate of the Main World and the personal space is consistent. That is, if Zhou Ming stays in his personal space for one day, one day will also pass in the Main World.
Thirdly, the time flow rate ratio between the public space and the Main World cannot be determined, but can temporarily be assumed to be consistent. This is because time in both the Main World and the public space flows continuously and normally, and will not pause just because Zhou Ming is not there.
"Why does the Main God make time so complicated?"
For the current Zhou Ming, it was another unsolved mystery.
Zhou Ming shook his head, pushing all these questions to the back of his mind, and checked his inventory.
One Sword Qi Gu, one Soul Crystal Gu, twenty Leaf Blade Gu, dozens of Primeval Stones, and 2979 reward points.
The Leaf Blade Gu retailed for 330 Primeval Stones at shops, but selling them to shops usually only fetched 290 to 300 Primeval Stones.
However, this was already the highest-priced Rank One Gu Zhou Ming had.
"Tomorrow, I'll go to another Market and sell this batch of goods."
With this goal in mind, Zhou Ming, who had been busy all day, battling wits and strength against the Void Realm, quickly fell into a deep sleep.
Of course, before sleeping, he didn't forget to use that Soul Crystal Gu.
The next day, as soon as Zhou Ming woke up, he left the Family directly and headed to another Market a little further from the Family.
Although it was said to be a little further, it wasn't much further compared to the Market he visited yesterday.
It was just that the two Markets were in different directions, and this Market had relatively fewer shops belonging to the Zhou Family, so its connection with the Zhou Family was not as close as the Market yesterday.
This didn't affect Zhou Ming much; anyway, no matter what shop it was, as long as it wasn't within the Family, the price they offered him was roughly the same, so it didn't matter where he sold them.
He visited several shops and quickly sold all 20 Leaf Blade Gu in his possession. Adding the dozens of Primeval Stones he had before, he accumulated a total of six thousand Primeval Stones.
Then he started shopping spree again.
Compared to last time, when he bought a bit of every Gu to try, this time Zhou Ming was very specific about which Gu he bought.
He bought only disposable consumable Gu!
Generally speaking, consumable Gu only cost one-sixth the price of Gu of the same Rank.
For example, a Rank One consumable Gu usually cost around 50 Primeval Stones, while a Two-turn consumable Gu could sell for 150 Primeval Stones or more.
By the time it came to Rank Three Gu, prices soared. Ordinary Gu usually cost between one thousand and ten thousand Primeval Stones, and it was perfectly normal for a Rank Three disposable consumable Gu to sell for over 800 Primeval Stones.
In the end, he bought four Two-turn Gu and six Rank Three Gu, all of which were the lowest-priced disposable consumable Gu of their respective Ranks. Even so, it cost him over 5400 Primeval Stones.
He didn't spend the remaining less than six hundred Primeval Stones, as daily life and Cultivation also required a good amount of Primeval Stones.
Consuming 1000 reward points, Zhou Ming returned to the Main God Space once again.
Counting the time he returned after completing a mission, this was his fourth time entering the Main God Space, and he had spent a total of 2000 reward points just on this.
But, it was worth it.
After submitting all the Gu in his possession to the Main God, Zhou Ming's reward points soared again!
Rank Three Gu required 1000 reward points to exchange at the Main God. Correspondingly, Zhou Ming would receive 2000 reward points for submitting one Rank Three Gu, so six Rank Three Gu amounted to a full 12000 reward points!
The four Two-turn Gu contributed 2840 reward points.
As Zhou Ming expected, when he submitted the third Two-turn Gu, he had already cumulatively submitted ten Two-turn Gu in the Main God Space. So, the fourth, which was the eleventh cumulative Two-turn Gu, only gave him 440 reward points.
When the cumulative submission of Gu of the same level exceeds ten, the extra reward points change from one-fold to one-tenth.
Regardless, Zhou Ming's assets had now surged, with a total of 16819 reward points, directly compensating for yesterday's expenditure.
"Indeed, trading is more promising than fighting."
"However, these reward points look like a lot, but they're still not enough to support my next exchange."
Zhou Ming muttered.
Anything he exchanged from the Main God could potentially be refined into Gu in the Gu World, which imposed a huge restriction on him.
For example, the Sen Ling Bloodline he exchanged from the Main God had four levels: Low-level, Intermediate, Advanced, and Top-level. Each level required not only a certain amount of reward points for exchange but also a prerequisite of having the bloodline of the lower level.
If he wanted to exchange for the Intermediate Sen Ling Bloodline, he first had to possess the Low-level Sen Ling Bloodline. But once he exchanged for the Low-level Sen Ling Bloodline, it would be refined into a Gu upon his return to the Gu World, preventing him from further upgrading his bloodline.
Other Reincarnators could accumulate reward points through mission worlds one after another, gradually increasing their bloodline Rank.
However, if Zhou Ming wanted to obtain an Advanced bloodline, he had to strengthen it all at once; returning to the Gu World even once in between would render all his efforts futile.
Therefore, Zhou Ming had to accumulate a large sum of reward points before he could consider the next step of strengthening.
Having decided to save up a wave of reward points first, Zhou Ming exchanged for a pure Soul Crystal and twenty Leaf Blade Gu, then exited the Main God Space again.
Before advancing to Two-turn, for his own safety, he would not exchange for Two-turn Gu to sell.
Now that his Aptitude had been raised to Grade A, breaking through from Rank One Peak to Two-turn was not difficult at all, and he could certainly advance before the next mission began.
It should be noted that before entering the Main God Space, this was his three-month plan target, and he wasn't even fully confident if he could successfully advance to Two-turn within three months.
Returning to the Gu World, he was still in his own room.
Zhou Ming first consumed the Soul Crystal Gu that had just been transformed from the Soul Crystal, then prepared to continue Cultivating and spend the rest of the day.
At this moment, there was a knock on the door.
Zhou Ming opened the door, saw the person, and smiled slightly, saying, "Captain, why are you here?"
"Where have you been these past few days? I couldn't find you anywhere!"
Standing at the door was a young man in a white robe, exuding the aura of a Two-Turn Gu Master.
Gu Masters in the Family usually formed five-person teams to complete Family missions and obtain Primeval Stones and Family contributions.
Zhou Ming was naturally no exception; his team was a new one, and the captain, Zhou Hao, was the only Two-Turn Gu Master in the team.
Of the other three, two were at Rank One Peak, and one, like Zhou Ming before, was at Rank One Late Stage.
"Oh? I haven't seen you in a few days, and you've reached Rank One Peak?"
Zhou Ming didn't deliberately conceal his aura, and Zhou Hao quickly sensed the change, asking with surprise and joy.
"Yes, I've been living in seclusion these past few days, Cultivating in isolation, precisely to break through smoothly. Thankfully, everything went well, and I finally succeeded in advancing."
Zhou Ming casually lied.
"Good, good, good! Now our operations will be even more secure!"
Zhou Hao said happily.
"What operation?" Zhou Ming had a faint bad premonition and quickly asked.
"Hunting," Zhou Hao said. "The Family is holding a large-scale hunting event in May, and all Gu Masters who awakened in the same batch as us must participate."
"To get familiar with it beforehand and refine our team coordination, I took on a hunting mission. Our entire team will go out and get some good training."
Zhou Ming secretly cursed and quickly shook his head, saying, "Captain, I'm sorry, I can't participate in this mission. I've just broken through and need to go into seclusion again to consolidate."
"What's the use of going into seclusion to consolidate? After just breaking through, you should consolidate your strength in battle!"
Zhou Hao said with some displeasure.
"There are never easy hunters on the grassland, only easy prey, Zhou Ming, a warrior cannot retreat!"
"But hunters also need rest and recuperation. A hunter who doesn't accumulate strength will only end up as prey."
Zhou Ming replied, "Captain, I really can't participate in this operation. If you're really short-handed, just recruit someone else temporarily, or even replace me, that's fine too."
"Zhou Ming, saying that is an insult to the solid relationship of our team!" Zhou Hao said sternly, but seeing Zhou Ming's firm gaze, he knew Zhou Ming wouldn't change his mind.
"Alright then, our operation will start in three days. If we don't wait for you after three days, we'll set off ourselves."
Leaving that remark, Zhou Hao didn't try to persuade Zhou Ming further, nor did he say anything else, turning directly and leaving.
Watching Zhou Hao leave, Zhou Ming closed the door expressionlessly.
He knew very well that such a blunt refusal would inevitably cause resentment in Zhou Hao and create a rift in the relationship between Zhou Ming and the team.
But he had no time to waste on external hunting. There were only a dozen days left until the next mission, and he had to earn more Primeval Stones and reward points during this time, and try his best to improve his strength to cope with the next mission world.
Another day passed.
Early in the morning, Zhou Ming hurried to the third Market.
Compared to the previous two Markets, this Market was further from Warm Pool Valley and more chaotic, with a mix of all sorts of people.
The old Zhou Ming would not even come to such a Market alone. His Rank One Cultivation was nothing here, and although the possibility of being ambushed was small, it wasn't zero.
But now, for the rapid accumulation of capital, Zhou Ming was willing to take the risk.
As with the previous two times, Zhou Ming quickly dispersed this batch of goods. Coupled with the Primeval Stones he had on hand, he had a total of over 6400 Primeval Stones.
After a careful selection, Zhou Ming successfully spent these six thousand-plus Primeval Stones again, exchanging them for a full forty Two-turn Gu, all of which were consumable Gu.
It was not easy to gather forty different consumable Gu in this Market. Zhou Ming ran to several shops and acquired a few more from various stalls, spending most of the day, only completing this goal in the afternoon.
He still kept a few hundred Primeval Stones for emergencies, not spending them all.
As the sun set in the west, Zhou Ming, filled with the joy of his harvest, set off on his way back.
"One Two-turn Gu can be exchanged for 440 reward points, so 40 Gu would be 17600. Adding the 8319 remaining from before, the total is 25919."
"If I do this kind of business a few more times, I could even upgrade one bloodline to the highest Rank in one go."
"I wonder what Rank of Gu this world will refine a top-tier bloodline into. Will it be an Immortal Gu? There's a high possibility, but no, I don't have Immortal Essence, and even if I had an Immortal Gu, I couldn't use it... Haha, what a happy problem."
Thinking such random thoughts, Zhou Ming himself laughed.
Just then, a strong sense of danger surged into his heart.
Constantly chasing and running