This was nothing to him; ten million spirit coins immediately bought it.
Many people, seeing Zhou Yan purchase this source stone, urged him, "Friend, open it, let us see what's inside!"
"Since you're going to open it anyway, why not let us see,"
"Yeah, this source stone has been here for months, we're quite curious."
Zhou Yan also wanted to know what was inside this source stone that gave him an unusual sensation.
"Alright, then I'll open it," Zhou Yan replied.
Everyone was happy, eager to see if this source stone, worth ten million, could yield anything good.
As Zhou Yan channeled his spiritual energy and struck the source stone with force.
"Crack!"
The surface of the source stone quickly began to crack.
But after cracking, it still revealed the structure of a source stone. Zhou Yan was instantly bewildered, thinking he had bought a dud.
"It's a multi-layered source stone!" exclamations came from the surroundings.
"Multi-layered source stone?" Zhou Yan was confused, not understanding what that meant.
But the people around quickly provided him with knowledge, explaining what a multi-layered source stone was.
Simply put, a source stone that contained two layers, or even more, of source stone shells within it was called a multi-layered source stone.
Most ordinary multi-layered source stones had only one layer, but some could reach nine layers.
For source stones with fewer than three layers, it was uncertain whether they contained anything good, but the probability of finding something valuable increased.
As for source stones with more than three layers, as long as one's luck wasn't too bad, something good would surely appear.
"Little brother, I'm willing to buy this multi-layered source stone from you for eleven million spirit coins. How about you still make a profit of one million?"
Someone wanted to buy it to try their luck.
But Zhou Yan refused, "No, I'd rather try my luck myself."
"Alright then." The person didn't insist and continued to watch him open the source stone.
Zhou Yan raised his hand again and struck the source stone with force.
They wanted to see how many layers the source stone had.
If this multi-layered source stone had more than three layers, it would definitely contain something. If it only had two layers, it was uncertain.
Everyone watched the source stone intently.
Suddenly, the source stone burst forth with a brilliant light, revealing something.
Although it was only one layer of source stone, the fact that something appeared meant it wouldn't be a loss.
Everyone looked closely at the item. Someone exclaimed in surprise, "It's a spatial stone!"
"Indeed, it's a spatial stone. This item is quite good, very useful for making space rings."
"Such a large spatial stone is worth at least sixty million."
"A pity, it's only three-star quality. If it were four-star, its price would exceed several hundred million spirit coins."
Zhou Yan hadn't expected that this was precisely the spatial stone he needed, and it was a very large one.
It was as big as a basketball.
Although the quality wasn't high, this item was extremely rare; he hadn't seen any for sale in so many worlds.
"Human, I offer fifty million spirit coins for this spatial stone."
"Alien, you think fifty million is enough? I offer sixty million."
"Sixty-five million spirit coins."
...
Although the spatial stone was of low quality, its rarity meant it was always in short supply in the market. As soon as someone had one for sale, they would rush to buy it.
This was also why no one listed it on the market; it would be bought as soon as it was discovered, with no time for him to purchase it.
"Apologies, everyone. I need this material myself," Zhou Yan refused the kind offers from those around him.
They didn't continue bidding.
After all, while this item was rare, it wasn't an essential treasure that they absolutely had to have.
"Boss, do you sell source crystals here?" Zhou Yan asked.
"Of course, we do. How much do you need?" the boss replied.
"All of it," Zhou Yan answered.
"Alright." The boss immediately responded, then paused and asked again, "How much did you say?"
"All of it," Zhou Yan replied.
"Are you sure? That's worth ten billion spirit coins!" the boss said in disbelief.
Zhou Yan then directly transferred ten billion spirit coins.
Upon seeing the money, the boss beamed with joy and quickly sold all his source crystals to Zhou Yan, saying, "Welcome back anytime."
After acquiring this shop's source crystals, Zhou Yan moved on to the next, buying source crystals and source stones from shop after shop.
This was a time-consuming and energy-draining task, but it had to be done.
Being able to open a spatial stone this time was already a happy event for him.
He realized that once you got into this, you'd get addicted.
It was a thrilling activity; once you obtained something good, you'd want more source stones to open.
He knew this was "gambling addiction."
He wouldn't lose; it was a guaranteed profit.
It wasn't until 11 PM that he found a secluded spot and teleported back to his territory.
Then, in his territory, he began opening the source stones one by one, finding that they all contained source crystals.
Although he had bought a few of the source stones at a higher price, he still didn't lose money.
But these source stones didn't yield anything special, just normal source crystals.
These source crystals he planned to let Diao Chan and the others use for their regular cultivation.
Of course, he could also use them for his own cultivation.
He found Cai Yan and Diao Chan and brought them to the [Lingxiao Palace] for a philosophical discussion, starting a practical session on human evolution.
*Whimper! Whimper!*
...
The next day.
Zhou Yan returned to Ziwei Academy early. Today seemed to be an important day.
Because early in the morning, Chief Instructor Yang Junming arrived at the class. He surveyed the entire class; all one hundred and twenty students were present.
"Very good, all here. Follow me."
Yang Junming came out of the classroom and casually tossed out a paper boat. The paper boat slowly enlarged, eventually becoming a large ship.
"Get on board," Yang Junming said.
Everyone was curious, but they had been here for several days and knew that asking would be futile. They would naturally find out everything once they reached their destination.
After everyone boarded the paper boat, Yang Junming channeled spiritual energy with his hands, forming hand seals, and softly declared, "Ascend!"
The entire paper boat began to fly, heading towards a certain location.
Not long after, they saw students from other classes flying towards the same place in similar paper boats.
He also saw Ye Bufan and others. Lin Tan was the loudest, as if afraid no one could hear him.
They waved at each other.
As they flew through the air, many students called out to familiar companions, engaging in long-distance conversations with students from other classes.
It was a bit taxing on their voices.
The strong wind blew past them, and they all speculated about where they were going.
However, Zhou Yan felt they were likely heading to a special space.
As expected, when the paper boat flew to a certain point, a ripple-like wave appeared, and the entire paper boat plunged into it.
"Where are we going? That must be another peculiar space."
"I wonder what we'll be doing this time. They're all so tight-lipped, you can't get a word out of them."
"Yeah, it's quite exciting. I have a feeling this time isn't simple."
"We'll know what we're doing once we get inside."
...
They were indeed going somewhere, but what they would be doing there remained unknown.
Upon entering, they discovered a very flat grassland with a high platform in the distance. The paper boat began to descend towards it.
(Author: Six chapters finished, no more tonight, don't wait.)