“Ah, the sea, the sea! “

Two or three people dashed out of the cabin, slinging their jackets and shirts over their arms, while more ran out from both ends of the boat to jump onto the wet reef.

“You made it out! ” Di’an ran up to them, bursting with excitement. “My god, I knew you guys would succeed and get out. “

The commotion here immediately alarmed the people on the surrounding boats, and they all began to shout.

“Love you, man. ” A few people who had come out of the cabin rushed over to hug the distributor.

But Di’an couldn’t care less about these people. The man, who had been staring with eager eyes, soon spotted the figure of Yang Zicang emerging.

“Old pal! “

He pushed past a few people and ran forward, “I’ve been right here waiting for you, Mr. Buchen. Come on up. “

Amidst the enthusiastic crowd, Yang Zicang leaped onto the rocky platform. He exchanged pleasantries with those who had followed him, learning that the Weiting Travel Merchant Association had already been the first to leave the previous night.

Back within the Supply Station belonging to the distributor, Yang Zicang and the others finally felt a sense of genuine security.

Many had entered. Ran ordered his assistant to usher out the unrelated personnel and then closed the door. He snapped his fingers, and an obscure, shadowy aura immediately seeped from all corners of the room, shrouding it.

“Whoa. “

“Wow, this is a distributor’s shop? Looks amazing. “

Everyone inside the room who had come from the feilü Travel Hotel stared in astonishment at the transformation. The distributor, now clad in blue-green military attire, exuded a drastically different aura. He sat on the swivel chair by the window, radiating an subtle, inscrutable presence.

The entire Supply Station was filled with a hidden, mysterious, ancient air.

“Everyone, I genuinely congratulate you from the bottom of my heart for accomplishing such a feat. Without a doubt, this is a glorious event that will ignite the brilliant experience of all participants. “

As the distributor announced this, a few people in the room who had purchased low-level beacons at other lighthouses turned their gazes toward their respective ornaments.

｛Distributor February · Hoge, relying on his wealth of experience, judges that the radiance I have fostered may already be ready for sale.｝

He Yishu stared at the leather wristband in his hand, overjoyed.

-｛Distributor, January: Kuli, with seasoned experience, judged that the radiance I fostered had or was born of a new Glory Light.｝

-｛Distributor, February: Diqia, with astute judgment, assessed that the radiance I fostered had already met the criteria for sale.｝

The few of them looked up joyfully.

“Just as you said, exactly. I can already hear my distributor raising their offer. “

Many watched them enviously, while others turned their gazes toward the small, unassuming trinkets on Di’an’s table—necklaces, pendant earrings, and the like. They understood these were moon-world alchemical devices used to trade with distributors.

“I’ll offer you all a fair price. As long as you sell this Glory Light here and leave me a good review. “

Hearing Di’an say this, everyone burst into laughter.

From above his vast, cluttered desk by the window, he picked up a handful of various ornaments. “To show my sincerity, if you agree to sign this acquisition agreement with me, these are yours for free. “

“Really? “

“Awesome! Boss, love you! “

Feeling quite pleased, Di’an shot a glance at Yang Zicang before continuing:

“Mr. Buchen, don’t you think it’s about time you signed a long-term deal with me? I am truly, extremely, and sincerely eager to enter a long-term partnership with you. “

He Yishu spoke on Yang Zicang’s behalf: “Mr. Di An, though we all know you’re a good person, your establishment, after all, only sells the lunar radiance of the Second Layer Moon Realm. “

“Everyone, once you acquire a Bloodline Statue, you’ll first need a low-tier lunar radiance to irradiate the statue—you need to be clear on this point. So don’t look down on the radiance of the first few layers. Compared to deep-layer lunar radiance, people of the Old World would rather be bathed in our moonlight. “

The crowd began to murmur among themselves.

Di An looked at Yang Zicang and said:

“Moreover, Mr. Buchen. If you had listened to me last night and traded here, you wouldn’t have encountered such a dangerous situation. “

“This… “

“What I mean is, when it comes to the sale and trade of the Radiance, only us distributors offer the best guarantee. After all, we stand beyond the fate of this world. I believe you already have a sufficiently deep understanding of this, don’t you? “

Yang Zicang hesitated for a moment, then looked up at Di An, who was staring back at him with anticipation.

“Thank you, Mr. Di An. I wonder if you still have any ‘beacons’ that can conduct ‘experience distribution’ with more distributors? If so, I wouldn’t mind engaging in long-term communication with you through them. “

Di An’s heart leaped with joy—this meant Yang Zicang was willing to sign a long-term contract with him!

“Yes, yes, I do! However, this is the last one. “

He pulled open a wooden drawer, took out a small ornament box, and said, “To be honest, I originally planned to keep this as a memento. This truly is the last one. “

Xue Qi watched this distributor out of the corner of her eye.

Everyone looked over: “What is it? “

By the sunlit window, Di’an opened the box and took out a dazzling gold pendant from it.

Yang Zicang was somewhat disappointed—this item looked far too ostentatious, entirely a luxury crafted from gold and tiny sea-blue gems.

However, Xue Qi’s eyes were filled with little stars.

“It’s gold! And there are sparkling emeralds too. “

“Exactly—this is precious emerald. Countless wealthy heiresses would kill for a gem that could be passed down as a symbol of their status. When they marry into… ahem, well, anyway, even by mortal standards, this beacon is a rare artistic treasure. Mr. Buchen, are you satisfied with it? “

“……“

“Can men wear it too? ” several family members chimed in.

Di’an stammered, a bit awkwardly, saying:

“Ah… this beacon can support simultaneous contact with four distributors. For Fogfolk, appearances are nothing but fleeting illusions, right? If Mr. Buchen is willing to sign a long-term contract with me, I can sell it to you at an ultra-low price. “

“Can’t you just give it away? ” Xue Qi asked.

Di’an nearly jumped out of his skin.

“Huh? This… this thing originally cost at least ten shares of Radiance plus fifty millennia of temporal sequence to sell, and it was only for long-term contract clients. I can only cut it down to five shares for you. “

That didn’t seem unreasonably expensive, Yang Zicang thought, but…

Yang Zicang looked at Di’an. Unaccustomed to haggling, he hesitated before opening his mouth: “I can return this ‘Agate Guardian Band,’ made from the shark fin I have, to you. Can you lower the price a bit more? “

Di’an forced a difficult smile before speaking.

“If Mr. Buchen is willing to sell me the several ‘Radiance Experiences’ born within the ‘feilü Hotel,’ and pledge that during the next hundred years of adventure in Continental Genesis, you will accumulate and sell me at least fifty more ‘Splendid Radiance,’ I can give you this precious pendant free of charge. “

He didn’t mention ‘Flash’ anymore. Any fool knew that Yang Buchen would use that flash to cover the cost of checking into the ‘Presidential Suite’ at the ‘feilü Hotel.’

However, the ‘Radiance’ born in a place possessing ‘Divinity’ is extraordinarily precious! Its value is beyond the reach of ordinary Radiance.

Di’an looked forward with great anticipation, imagining how his performance would skyrocket. Truly, only in this forsaken age, only when all competitors had departed, was it time for a small fry boss like himself to rake in the big money!

Flap, flap! A pigeon landed on the windowsill. Di’an, who was secretly delighted, glanced at it, then quickly spun his chair’s backrest around to block the window, shielding against the pigeon’s gaze.

Everyone looked at Yang Zicang, who was sitting on a wooden chair beside the table.

Di’an also stood there, smiling as he looked at him.

“I’m sorry, sir, ” Yang Zicang said, looking up. “But I’ve already spent all of the radiance that materialized for me within the Fee Travel Inn. “

Diǎn’s smile froze on his face.

“All of it… spent? Wait, didn’t you have at least one just a moment ago… “

As if he hadn’t heard him, Yang Zicang hurriedly continued:

“However, I still have a few experiences that I can use as the fee. “

Diǎn, his heart already turned to ice, felt a flicker of warmth stir again.

Among the crowd, Kim Tae-cheol and the others watched closely.

The young man fumbled in his pocket a few times and pulled out five crumpled inn fee and travel vouchers. He untied the “Shark-finned Zuma Guard Band ” from his wrist and set it all down on the corner of the counter.

“Do me a favor, and knock off a few tens of thousands time-pulses for me. “

“This… ” The distributor, holding the golden pendant in his hand, glanced sideways — his eyelids twitching. These supposedly ‘experiences’ were all just stories about how he’d managed to run for his life, absolutely nothing to do with progressing the divine-plot at all!

And Yang Zicang, sensing the stares from Kim Tae-cheol and the others among the crowd, was practically itching to unload the room fee vouchers before they expired—because if their original owners had already written out their personal tales on the papers and pre-sold them to the distributor, even the most spine-chilling narratives on these pages would be as worthless as post-dated checks: good only for scrap paper.

“Well… I’ll calculate it for you at thirty thousand time-pulses, sir. “

“Great news, Buchen! ” Qi almost hugged Yang Zicang’s arm and shook it excitedly.

Yang Zicang breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. After all, it was fifty thousand Chronos—being able to reduce it by twenty thousand all at once was a good thing. He figured that shark-fin armband must be worth that price.

Thinking this, the young man let out a rare, unnatural chuckle.

“Mr. Di’an, if I remember correctly, Nullified Temporal Ordinals can also be used to pay fees, right? “