Foreign Land Reclamation By a Vegetable-growing Skeleton-Chapter 1669 - 1230: Can’t Learn, Messed Up

Roger looked at the unremarkable middle-aged man before him, and curiously asked, "Why do you want to buy the location info of this drifting object? What is it?"

Astrology, in Ange’s Master Plane, belongs to a very niche profession because the astronomical changes in the Boundless Space Hole are very few. There are only a handful of observable objects that come and go.

More importantly, the Master Plane no longer has its own God Star, which suddenly reduces the biggest observable object.

All sunlight is the projection of Ancient Godlight onto the planes, so there’s simply no change worth observing.

But here in the Divine Light Alliance, the situation is completely different. Although astrologers are poor, astrology is absolutely not niche. It is a profession many groups are happy to support and is in strong demand. There’s even a dedicated professional association and Astrology Institute.

The ones who need astrologers the most are the mercenary groups of various adventure teams. They explore various void planes on their airships. Without astrologers on board, it’s easy to get lost. Without a Star Map, they wouldn’t even know which direction to fly.

Therefore, many astrologers join the adventure teams as guides after graduation.

If they don’t want to adventure and just want to stay in the Astrology Tower, look at the void at night to make a living, that’s fine too. Some large organizations, associations, mercenary groups, commerce guilds, lords, etc., will also recruit some astrologers to guard the tower.

But these tower-guarding magicians are basically respected old magicians mentoring students. Like Roger, the funding is very limited, and after the mentor takes a large cut, the portion distributed to the students is negligible.

If the mentor is a bit harsh, the students might live worse off than stable hands. To avoid starving, the tower-guarding students will use all available tools around them to try to earn some extra money.

In the Astrology Tower, the most useful tool is naturally the Astrological Mirror. Thus, after completing surveys of key celestial bodies at night, the students use their spare time to complete some private work, such as finding unowned Abysses, Shattered Planes, etc.

Any of the above tasks, if they come across one, could make them rich. If they do come across one, it wouldn’t be passed on to them. They mainly calculate routes, as the relative positions of various planes are constantly changing. Taking the correct route can save a lot of Demon Crystal.

After taking on a private job, using the Astrological Mirror to survey the void occasionally leads to some inexplicable discoveries. If something’s value is unclear, mentors can’t be bothered to seize them, so students can post a message on the association’s bulletin board to let interested parties contact them. After negotiating a purchase, coordinates can be given.

Recently, over the past six months, the Divine Light Alliance has seen the emergence of a magical network—Soul House.

This was ’invented’ by Duke Emre with the Sword of Truth, a soul network utilizing Relay Spirit communication system. Everyone just needs to buy a Soul Fire Pit to access Soul House, post information, make contact, purchase, etc.

Convenient and fast to connect, easy to use, and capable of cross-plane communication, it quickly gained popularity.

Because of the Great Speaker and the Mourning Undead Soldiers, the entire Divine Light Alliance is highly accepting of undead, spirits, and related matters. Coupled with the Great Speaker moving some connections with the alliance’s upper echelon onto Soul House, Soul House quickly became popular throughout the Divine Light Alliance.

The busiest part of Soul House is naturally the bulletin board, where various bounty missions, purchase requests, sales, etc., are posted. The official platform even guarantees transactions for buyers and sellers.

Five days ago, Roger’s student said they discovered something strange. He took a glance at the Magic Imprint--it was a rule-like object resembling an olive core, floating in the void, moving away towards the Boundless Space Hole.

Anything and everything floats in the void, both rule-based and irregular. Some objects are very regular in a spherical shape but are naturally formed.

Naturally formed objects aren’t worth money unless made of precious metals or precious crystal stones; valuable ones tend to be man-made items not formed naturally.

This olive-shaped object, Roger couldn’t ascertain if it was natural or man-made, so he didn’t pay it much mind and casually asked the student to hang it on Soul House. Unexpectedly, this inconspicuous object actually resulted in the other party personally visiting for a trade, which is far more expensive than a guaranteed transaction.

What is this thing? It could actually cause someone to visit in person?

If it were usual times, Orgal might have the leisure to chat a bit, but he was in no mood now, having stayed awake for five days and nights.

Although, for a being of his level, staying awake wouldn’t affect physical health, it still meant his mind was constantly tense, making him very irritable.

He took out ten Demon Crystals and placed them on the table, saying, "This isn’t the trade’s content, take the money, tell me the location, deal’s done."

"Oh dear, if you’re not gonna tell me what it is, then I’ll cancel the deal. You’ve got a bit of money, so what? Get out, get out, take your money..." Orgal’s attitude angered Roger, who was ready to immediately kick him out.

Even though astrologers are poor, Roger wasn’t interested in ten Demon Crystals. This was originally extra money for students, priced far lower than what astrologers outside charge. That’s why students are considered the most cost-effective labor.

Orgal’s team teleporting here cost more than ten Demon Crystals. So what’s that olive-shaped drifting object’s value? Is it worth spending so much to visit personally?

Before he finished speaking, Orgal flipped his hand again, pulling out twenty more Demon Crystals along with the previous ten, placing them on the table, calmly saying, "Location."

"You... what do you mean by this?" Roger’s heart thudded.

Orgal didn’t speak, flipping his hand again with thirty more Demon Crystals, totaling sixty crystals on the table.

"This... I..." Roger was taken aback by this display, somewhat at a loss.

Orgal flipped his hand again, and around seventy more Demon Crystals appeared. There were so many that he couldn’t be bothered to count them, feeling that close was good enough.

Altogether about one hundred thirty Demon Crystals piled on the table. Roger could no longer remain seated. He might disregard ten Demon Crystals, but he couldn’t ignore such a pile.

However, he was very curious why the opponent was willing to pay such a hefty price to find that olive-shaped drifting object.

He hesitantly glanced at Orgal, then at the crystals on the table, then at Orgal’s hand, seeing the other party seemed unwilling to further increase the price. Ultimately, Roger bit his lip, moving his gaze away from the Demon Crystals: "I still need to know what that thing is; otherwise, cancel the transaction."

What if it’s some kind of relic, far more precious than merely a hundred-plus Demon Crystals? Then fabricate a fake coordinate, go drag that thing back himself.

Nice thought, but unfortunately he was facing the Godslayer in front of him, who muttered regretfully, "Why can’t I learn that guy’s skill? Botched it."

As he spoke, Orgal flicked his finger, a wisp of powder landed on Roger, and swiftly, Roger felt indescribable itching on his body, with a layer of fungal hyphae growing on his skin. ƒreewebηoveℓ.com

As soon as the hyphae began growing, Roger felt something boring into his skin—not painful but extremely itchy.

Just as Roger wanted to peel off his skin from the itching, Orgal asked, "Can you tell me the location now? If not, these hyphae will permanently parasitize on you, leaving you neither dead nor alive but itching to death at every moment."

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