Chapter 131 - Chapter 131: Chapter 125 Trading Sunshine (Please vote for monthly tickets!) (2/2)

“Now, the technology of Lorne people has advanced even further; they can now bottle sunlight, making the business of selling sunlight far easier from now on.”

He continued to smile, his voice rich and deep, “The emergence of the Spirit Realm has driven many to madness, mutation, and death, yet it has also spurred continuous technological innovation. I quite fancy this world where danger and opportunity coexist!”

The “Solar Gold” trade, which has existed for a long time over the Aphotic Sea, is exceedingly famous.

That sea area is a rather special one among the Nine Seas, perpetually devoid of sunlight, with most regions blanketed in darkness. Many citizens of the Aphotic Sea might even go a lifetime without ever seeing the sun.

The wealthy nobles of the Aphotic Sea are willing to pay a high price to obtain physical sunlight, to witness its bloom in the darkness and to feel that much-desired warmth.

For hundreds of years, Lorne and the Qi Yao People, who have mastered the technology of “Solar Gold”, would infuse sunlight into the metal, then take it to sea over the Aphotic Sea, selling the Solar Gold to the nobility among the sea folk.

“Solar Gold” is cumbersome to produce and costly, ultimately only a minority of Aphotic Sea people can afford it.

But new technology that bottles physical sunlight could potentially change everything, and even allow the common people of the Aphotic Sea to afford sunlight.

Below the White Sea lies the Aphotic Sea. Having read about the Solar Gold trade, Byrne was well aware of how lucrative the business of selling sunlight could be, especially since Nasir Town was also a port town.

He was tempted immediately.

“I want to trade.”

“So do I.”

“And me.”

The second and the third voices belonged to “Moon River Stone” and “Star Metal”, and they were both obviously very interested in this revolutionary new storage technology.

However, Byrne quickly felt embarrassed.

He was somewhat unable to offer enough stakes for payment; “Moon River Stone” and “Star Metal” had each put forward a Class 4 Extraordinary Material.

Not to mention Class 4 Extraordinary Materials, even Class 3 Extraordinary Materials were highly valuable for the Fischer family; it seemed that trade was still possible only for knowledge of the Spirit Realm.

“Knowledge of the Spirit Realm, that’s good, give it to me.”

“Solar Gold” was clearly very interested in all knowledge of the Spirit Realm.

Byrne shook his head and said,

“But I have a condition. The knowledge of the Spirit Realm I’m about to give you is very precious; you must give me another Class 4 Extraordinary Material in return.”

“Oh? That’s not out of the question, but I need to see what this knowledge of the Spirit Realm you write down is first.”

“Solar Gold” hadn’t completely refused, but also hadn’t fully agreed.

“That’s fine, you can look at it first, and then we’ll re-establish the price.”

So Byrne nodded, silently wrote down the precious knowledge of the Spirit Realm, and traded it to “Solar Gold”.

The content included information about the special, mysterious effects produced when Extraordinary Exponents traveled through the many different “Spiritual Gateways” in the Spirit Realm.

For example, passing through the “Gate of Shadow” might render one’s state abnormal, and if one went through the “Gate of Calamity”, one would inevitably encounter misfortune within thirty minutes, whereas those who passed through the “Gate of Revelation” could see fragments of the future related to themselves…

Since the Chairman had the power to discern lies, there was no need to worry about the authenticity of the Spirit Realm knowledge, but Byrne felt deep down that the knowledge of the Spirit Realm he was writing down on paper was being eyed by everyone, and the Chairman would end up exploiting it for free.

After reading it, “Solar Gold” nodded in satisfaction and said,

“Indeed, the content is very precious. Although most of the information is no longer secret, the remaining parts are still quite useful.”

“However, giving another Class 4 Extraordinary Material, I feel like I’m at a loss. How about I give you two Class 3 Extraordinary Materials instead, Mr. Mithril? What do you think?”

The various mysterious effects after passing through the Spiritual Gateways had gradually become common knowledge. Most of the new Spirit Realm knowledge Byrne offered was not very valuable.

After all, there were adventurers in the world every day who were not afraid of death, continuously entering and leaving the Spirit Realm. Basic knowledge would sooner or later become completely worthless.

Byrne nodded, speaking calmly, “That will do.”

The other people present didn’t seem to have any intention of trading; although everyone was unaware of what the Spirit Realm knowledge actually was, they understood from the discourse between the two that it was the type of information that would gradually become known to many.

The remaining members of the Alchemy Council seemed to currently have a low desire for exploring the Spirit Realm, not urgently wanting to acquire Spirit Realm knowledge of unclear value.

Byrne thought the trade was over, but then the elderly “Time Stasis Stone” suddenly said,

“I also want to trade for the Spirit Realm knowledge you possess, and I’m willing to give a Class 4 Extraordinary Material ‘Shadow Sea Stone’ as compensation.”

“Deal! The trade is on!”

Byrne nodded with great joy. It was splendid to find someone willing to take the bait since basic knowledge of the Spirit Realm was sure to decrease in value!

Come to think of it, “Shadow Sea Stone” only existed atop the Aphotic Sea and the Spectral Sea, a rather rare Class 4 Extraordinary Material, yet “Time Stasis Stone” had already traded two of them without much hesitation, both with “Solar Gold” and himself.

He couldn’t help pondering, could it be that “Time Stasis Stone” had many “Shadow Sea Stones” on hand?

Thus, Byrne acquired the alchemy technology for “bottled physical sunlight”, two Class 3 Extraordinary Materials, “Bizarre Flower” and “Eye Fiend Spirit Brain,” and a Class 4 Extraordinary Material, “Shadow Sea Stone”, through the trade of Spirit Realm knowledge.