Starting with Growing Mushrooms

Very soon.

Sakya left in a specially designed spaceship just like that.

Only the Kobold scientist and the God of Merchants remained for detailed discussions.

Rustle—

The spaceship continued to fly outward.

After flying for quite a while, Sakya finally couldn’t hold it in anymore, his face turned deadly pale, and he suddenly spat out a mouthful of golden blood.

Obviously, he was severely injured.

From the spacecraft’s communication, came a voice transmitted through hyper-frequency high-dimensional technology: "Lord Sakya, you are really reckless."

"I told you, that was an experimental product, even you are severely injured, relying solely on your strength to force the experiment’s success, what if you really encounter an enemy?"

The voice on the other side was his life assistant, looking extremely annoyed:

"What you are facing are gods! Those incomprehensible deities!"

"You are really too reckless, you are my spiritual leader! If something unexpected happens, it would be a disaster."

The other side continued to scold him, nagging incessantly like an old mother, "At such an old age, you are still so reckless, it’s simply unreasonable!"

Sakya lay weakly in the chair, "There’s no choice, King Guguang, this kid, still needs to be saved, if I don’t come, it could really be troublesome."

He immediately went back to the room, not only because he was introverted and didn’t like to talk, but also because he didn’t want to expose his injuries.

"But, gods, huh?"

Sakya scratched his head, "Really interesting creatures, it seems coming here was quite fun."

"What’s the situation on the other side?" the assistant asked.

"It was stolen."

"Huh?"

"Only inconsequential items, they can soon be cultivated again."

Inside Sakya’s heart, his timidity seemed directed at outsiders, but once familiar with certain people, normal communication was possible,

"However, he seems unable to see that I am injured, it’s very mysterious, because usually only those with a significantly higher realm wouldn’t be able to see it."

The assistant sipped a drink on the other side: "Does that mean this god is very weak?"

"Not exactly."

Sakya said, "The God of Merchants seems very special, he is the only god without a clear realm?"

According to the information, the Goddess of Destiny all have clear realms, even if they don’t have much combat power.

But her Destiny Divine Power’s strength is also divided by realms.

However.

The God of Merchants, seems to have no realm at all.

"No attack power, then what does the strength of his realm matter?"

"His defensive power is actually negligible, even if the defensive power is 0, he can recover from injuries through Gold Coins."

Sakya thought about it and clearly felt that Gold Coins were the effective health bar of the God of Merchants,

"He has no combat power, so it seems quite normal that he can’t see my injuries."

He thought about it, not wanting to care too much.

Rescuing Prince Guguang was enough.

"Moreover, I successfully transmitted for the first time, though I got injured, it provided the lab with valuable initial data."

The other side got more upset, "You nearly died, for Pete’s sake, please take care of your life."

...

...

Thus, this battle ended just like that.

Subsequently, Liu Jun and the Kobold scientist talked for half a day, thoroughly planning the trade details.

Then, they set up branch pawnshops, making him the first branch manager.

Then.

They put various treasures, memories, knowledge, and the Daoist Body of King Guguang on sale, as products on the shelves.

Once they pay, they can buy them back.

As for King Guguang’s Daoist Body?

Even though Liu Jun really wanted it, he didn’t choose to keep it.

That would make him seem petty and expose his outwardly strong but inwardly weak nature.

As long as the business is running.

Once trade starts, there won’t be a lack of powerful bodies to send into the pawnshop to become equipment?

It’s unnecessary to be greedy for small gains.

"War doesn’t necessarily mean physical warfare."

"It can also be a trade war."

Liu Jun felt that leveraging the Divine Spirit characteristics of the God of Merchants, was the right way to get an opportunity.

—You don’t want your enemies’ Heavenly Will to get the military supplies funded by my God of Merchants, do you?

If you don’t cooperate with me, go find a competitor.

So, powerful civilizations like Magaras and Surya, which made even their heads tingle, were thus threatened by him without a fight!

Just that simple.

However, this was based on the God of Merchants’ trait of being unerasable, allowing them to speak nicely with him.

Liu Jun sighed inwardly, "Indeed, the God of Merchants is just cheap."

However, arms dealers are indeed the most profitable, there’s no denying it.

All he needed to do was wait for the money to roll in.

"The main business is done."

"Next, it’s travel time, to wander and see the world in this universe."

Liu Jun didn’t think much more, planning to let those local pawnshop branches ferment well, spread across regions, and form trade routes.

Next, Liu Jun started to explore this frontier universe, to experience local customs and cultures.

And indeed.

Not in a planetary form, but supercontinent plates, these terrestrial countries are quite interesting.

Heavenly Will as the indigenous, rules this universe.

And those dimensional uprisings, are the foreign invaders, wanting to disrupt the peace of this world, to make the world continue to rise in dimension...

"So, from the perspective of this universe’s natives, those guys are the villains?"

Liu Jun sighed as he walked down the street, looking at the bustling crowds.

The local common sense here is: Capture the rebels!

Because those rebels will seek out their king’s location and then proceed with assassination.

After living here for about three months, Liu Jun, as a traveler, had experienced enough of the local customs and practices.

At this time, various messages were spreading from outside.

Pawnshop branches have already begun to spread across various Star Domains.

Equipment, too, is beginning to be introduced among various strong individuals.

Inside a pawnshop branch.

This place seems to have become like a large supermarket, with countless strong individuals coming and going.

"What kind of technology is this? So powerful, just a ring alone has increased my speed by 20%, is it a percentage increase?"

"Unbelievable, unbelievable!"

"How can I buy things here?"

"Selling equipment."

"How to sell? Bring a strong individual’s corpse here, sell it off, it can be decomposed into talent, memory, ability..."

"This world has gone mad!"

"It’s not necessarily being this kind of bandit, anyway, everything, tangible or intangible, can be sold, everything has value!"

...

People kept discussing.

Every pawnshop, every day is selling a massive amount of equipment, and every day a massive amount of equipment is coming in.

The turnover is shockingly impressive.

And on the other side, Magaras also came to this pawnshop, observing the comings and goings of the people, "The God of Merchants, he has extended his grasp here."

Pausing for a moment, Magaras surveyed these strong individuals from various places,

"Divine Power seems to be a commodity here without a market...much more precious than the equipment here."

He paused, seemingly discovering a business opportunity as well.

Scarcity leads to high prices.

Divine Spirit Power is extremely rare here.

"It seems I can also sell some things." With this thought, he had an idea, planning to sell his own Divine Power to prosper.

Soon, amidst everyone’s stunned gazes, a new product emerged.

"What is that?"

"A new product, is it Divine Power?"

"It’s a monarch claiming to be from the Country of Time, Ma, selling these? You can receive discounts through alliances with his faction?"

"Yes, it seems by helping him establish transmission, widespread transmission, one can receive various gifts of Divine Power!"

Everyone looked at the newly emerged products, discussing feverishly.

To everyone, these were indeed quite novel items.

"Is Ma the God of Time?"

"I don’t know."

Listening to the discussions, Magaras revealed a trace of a smile.

This is cultural invasion!

As long as you help spread and transmit it, then the Tenth Universe can quickly expand the Magic Net to every corner.

In this way, he can realize his grand ambition!

Time continued to pass.

Magaras also entered the scene, stepping into the pawnshop, making money through consignment and sales in this online shop platform.

And not just him.

A large number of online shops emerged on this super large e-commerce chain platform, starting to conduct business and sell various products.

Some forces that refine equipment, research equipment also rose wildly.

"Praise the great God of Merchants!"

"Praise you!"

In an instant, many believers of the God of Merchants naturally began to emerge on this land.

...

On the other side.

The royal capital of the Tenth Cosmos Empire, the Tenth Heavenly Will of this universe, Mingtushan was looking at the information.

"Hmph, according to our informants, the Mother Civilization’s rebel organization has internally established so-called pawnshops."

"There seems to be an entity known as the God of Merchants who is providing support, obtaining many astonishing pieces of equipment."

While the other party installs spies everywhere, his Heavenly Will naturally installs spies into the enemy’s interior too.

After all, there are plenty of civilizations willing to become traitors and submit to Heaven!

Over the years, he has been trying to locate the specific positions of the other party’s three leaders through internal spy informants, so he can personally sweep them away in one fell swoop.

But the positions of the other party’s three major leaders are extremely mysterious, known only by the top-level management.

Though he couldn’t gather such information this time, he received such an odd news detail.

"Forget it, dispatch the army, go to a pawnshop and seize back the shop."

"Yes!"

Once the message was sent, countless troops began to march.

Three months later.

The Heavenly Will’s army soon overturned a business node, successfully seizing a pawnshop back to their royal capital.

Seeing the pawnshop, the Tenth Heavenly Will walked inside, looking at the plethora of equipment, momentarily stunned, muttering, "Things have changed."

He took a deep breath, looking at this shop, "God of Merchants, I also want to collaborate with you."

"Since you are in the business of trade, you should remain neutral, right?"

With his words, a projection slowly emerged inside the shop.

"You also wish to trade with me?" The God of Merchants spoke.

The Heavenly Will boss in front of him surprisingly wasn’t humanoid, but a towering, verdant mountain,

At this moment.

The Tenth Heavenly Will Mingtushan, looked at this emerging figure, "The universe is too large, the signal cannot reach far, at least currently, before the spread of your Magic Net, the transmission cannot reach far."

He paused, "Your true body should be within our royal capital now."

The God of Merchants nodded, gazing calmly at this Tenth Universe’s Heavenly Will boss,

"What, do you also intend to make a move against me."

"The local gangsters are truly too rude."