I'm not just human!

“Our Gold Miners’ Guild never takes advantage of others; this is what you deserve.”

The old man said something quite seriously, and then waved his hand again. The dark red flesh and mechanical parts that had fallen into the nearby seabed trembled and disappeared, taken away by him.

Xia Fa also threw out a black bag containing three million gold pounds to Fu Zeren.

"Pleasant to work with."

Fukuzawa Ren caught it and examined it carefully before raising his head with a smile:

"Pleasant to work with."

……

After half an hour.

City of a Thousand Stars, Night Market.

Colorful lights hung everywhere on the streets, and round baskets woven from palm leaves were casually placed outside the shops, filled with salted fish and dried fish. Hot women in grass skirts swayed their hips as they walked through the bustling crowd.

Others were performing acrobatic feats, such as breathing fire or catching glass balls, attracting a large number of tourists.

Almost every store was surrounded by a large number of customers, who were asking about prices or buying their favorite items.

Among these guests were all sorts of people: humans, centaurs, giants, blademen, demons, and so on. Their professions were also diverse; some looked like pirates, while others clearly came from various large and small factions on the planet Caligi. Their clothing styles were also quite different.

Xia Fa walked through this night market, which was comparable in size to the entire Rum City, looking around with great curiosity.

To his surprise, there were many ordinary people in the night market.

Those performing acrobatics were clearly superhumans, but only low-level superhumans, at most at the fungus or insect level.

Even so, they no longer need to hold alcohol in their mouths to breathe fire; they can simply use their secret bond abilities.

The ordinary onlookers watched with great interest, tossing coins and even banknotes to cheer and encourage the crowd.

But in a shop not far away, someone spent millions of gold pounds to buy a sealed artifact, and judging from its aura, it belonged to a powerful angel.

It seems that in the City of Ten Thousand Stars, ordinary people and extraordinary individuals get along more harmoniously and naturally, and they are no longer surprised by each other.

Of course, some extraordinary individuals couldn't help but look at the cheering ordinary people with puzzled or disdainful eyes, unable to understand why they were so excited about the most basic application of the Fire Contract ability.

"That's true. Many of those who can settle in the City of Ten Thousand Stars are probably descendants of extraordinary individuals, but they just couldn't sign the secret contract, which is why they became ordinary people. They should have a stronger ability to accept these kinds of extraordinary things..."

Xia Fa also joined in the fun, watching the fire-breathing acrobatics with great interest. He discovered that in addition to simply breathing fire, they could also breathe fire snakes, fire dogs, fire birds, and other forms of fire, demonstrating a remarkably meticulous control over the Fire Pact.

That's precisely why it attracts so many tourists.

After pausing to observe for a while, Xia Fa began browsing through the various extraordinary shops and the stalls scattered everywhere.

His goal was clear: either Pure White Light-Chasing Crystal Silver, Dreamlike Deep-Diving Shadow Gold, or Starry Whisper Mystic Titanium—the three sacred metals he currently needed most.

Or it could be a secret treasure or sealed artifact that could support the doll girl Benedict in the past.

Of course, if there are really delicious and appealing dried fish, he will buy them, since he has plenty of money.

The night market in this City of Ten Thousand Stars truly lives up to its reputation as one of the most concentrated distribution points for extraordinary items on the Barron Ocean; it really sells everything imaginable.

For example, right now, Xia Fa saw many extraordinary products at a street stall that were beyond his comprehension, and the owner was still trying hard to sell them.

"The little leather shoes worn by the crazy, morbid school beauty. Anyone want them? There's a chance they'll attract the crazy, morbid school beauty at midnight, but you have to be in good enough shape."

"The white silk woven from the silk of the Ghost-Faced Spider is exceptionally absorbent, you know. Of course, it also has the added benefit of resisting fire elemental attacks, but that's not worth mentioning. Only one hundred gold pounds! One hundred gold pounds!"

"The excrement of the Starry Sky Dragon of the Sky Flame race can effectively repel supernatural beings of angelic rank and below if carried on your person. There's only one left, so don't miss out!"

Besides these extraordinary products that defy common sense, Xia Fa glanced around and saw many other very novel items on the stalls, which even made him want to buy them and study them.

For example, it is said that it can hatch into a bizarre egg called a "hot succubus".

And the giant core left behind by the "Weather Cyclops" can be used to cultivate a Weather Cyclops that only obeys its commands.

Of course, the cost is enormous, since the Weather Cyclops is a supernatural creature between the Overlord and the Starry Sky level, and the cost of cultivating it is no less than that of cultivating a human or demi-human Overlord.

There is also the "Companion Crystal Ball," a secret treasure whose creation method is now unknown. It is said that each person can only use it ten times in their lifetime, and each time they can find their most suitable partner and stay together for life.

In addition, there are countless extraordinary fruits, extraordinary metals, sealed artifacts, secret treasures, secret contracts, and all sorts of supernatural creatures locked in cages... and so on.

As Xia Fa walked along, he found the sights increasingly interesting, even regretting that he hadn't come to the night market in the City of Ten Thousand Stars sooner.

This place... is practically a museum and exhibition of the extraordinary world!

Finally, halfway there, Xia Fa saw yet another product that exceeded his expectations.

It was a transparent bubble floating in the air, with electric wires swirling and flowing around its surface.

But inside the bubble was a spider-like monster.

Spider-like monsters are commonplace in the supernatural world; they're nothing special.

But this spider had the head of a blonde beauty, but its eyes were lifeless. It was crawling around in the bubble, and its legs were covered with black hair and serrated barbs.

This... was actually a "weird" one!

In the night market of this City of Ten Thousand Stars, someone is openly selling the bizarre?

"Is this a Wraith Spider?"

Xia Fa had seen this strange phenomenon in some occult books before and understood that its strength was only roughly equivalent to a mere wolf-level superhuman.

Therefore, under normal circumstances, at least in the City of Ten Thousand Stars, which is full of pirates, adventurers and bounty hunters, it is difficult to cause any harm.

But to put it out to sell so openly is still too brazen...

"By the way, it seems that the group from the Chainsaw went to the Solar Volcano to catch the strange creatures. What were they used for?"

Xia Fa suddenly remembered this. They had agreed to return to the City of Ten Thousand Stars with Captain Chainsaw Baker and the others after the battle for the Golden Beacon Scroll, but he had forgotten about it.

He looked away, stopped paying attention, and continued strolling around.

Suddenly, a spiritual intuition stirred within him, and amidst the bustling crowd, Xia Fa's gaze locked onto a street stall across the street.

The stall was made of woven coconut bark, grayish-white and rough, and displayed all kinds of unusual metals of different sizes, clearly indicating that this vendor specialized in this.

Xia Fa immediately spotted one of the extraordinary metals, about the size of a fist, which was dark and looked more like coal than metal.

"Sir, do you like this black coal silver? It's only three thousand gold pounds. How about it? If you buy it readily, I'll give you an extra one hundred gold pounds!"

Black Coal Silver, an extraordinary metal slightly rarer than Mithril, is primarily used to manufacture extraordinary bombs, especially as a combustion accelerant.

A small spoonful of powdered black coal can provide excellent combustion assistance, instantly reaching terrifying temperatures of tens of thousands of degrees Celsius.

Of course, only in this way can the other extraordinary substances inside the extraordinary bomb be ignited and detonated.

This price is normal, but that's not what Xia Fa is looking for.

A sudden spiritual intuition struck him, and he immediately began communicating with the bee of nature hidden in his sleeve.

On his way to the night market, he called Nature's Bee back from the small world, hoping Nature's Bee could help him find some bargains at the City of Stars night market.

Did you notice?

Xia Fa's spiritual intuition conveyed this message.

The bee of nature stirred slightly inside his sleeve:

"I can see that, Master. I didn't expect you to see it too."

Xia Fa nodded slightly:

"Well, this black coal silver is actually just a thin outer shell. If you peel off that shell, inside... it's actually live iron!"

The Bee of Nature immediately said:

"Yes! I was just about to remind you not to buy it, and it seems to be naturally formed, so even the vendor didn't know that."

A piece of live iron, about the size of a fist, is worth at most a few dozen gold pounds. You can imagine how much you would lose if you actually bought it.

Xia Fa shook his head and sighed softly:

"Don't worry, I won't buy it. At first, I thought I would encounter one of those things where I was just wandering around the night market and suddenly found a seemingly ordinary but extraordinary metal hidden inside a sacred metal in front of a stall."

The bee of nature exclaimed happily:

"Many adventure novels written by extraordinary individuals love to use this kind of plot! I've seen it in Michelle's memories; He really enjoys reading this kind of thing!"

Xia Fa laughed heartily, never expecting such a meme to exist in this world:

"Haha, what a coincidence! By the way, have you discovered anything along the way?"

The Way of the Bees in Nature:

"I have found one, but I'm not sure, Master. It's up to you to decide whether to give it a try."

Xia Fadao:

"what?"

The Way of the Bees in Nature:

"There's a piece of live iron the size of a watermelon on that stall over there. It should contain a piece of sacred metal about the size of a soybean, but it could also be empty."

Xia Fa's heart skipped a beat. He turned his head and saw a large, conspicuous piece of live iron on the second stall a dozen meters to the left.

"It's okay, I won't lose much money. I'll give it a try."

Iron powder can be used to create enclosed spaces, isolating divination and spying. Such a large piece of iron must contain something that ordinary people would naturally not be able to discover.

Xia Fa, however, walked forward slowly and deliberately, squatted down in front of the stall, and pretended to pick something out.

This stall sells everything, including several sealed artifacts and secret treasures, as well as extraordinary potions and pills.

"How much does this soil fertility agent cost?"

Xia Fa pointed to a bottle of emerald green potion. Perfect, this was exactly what he needed, and he could use it in his own little world.

Soil fertility agents are only manufactured and produced by those with exceptional planting skills, and are often quite expensive.

"Nine hundred gold pounds per bottle, sir. If you buy ten bottles at once, you'll receive a free pear seed!"

Xia Fa's gaze fell into a deep thought, as if he were pondering something:

"I don't need Paulgo. If I buy all thirty-odd bottles of your soil fertility potion, how much discount can you give me?"

The vendor suddenly became excited, clearly realizing he had encountered a big customer:

"This...this...you're going to use it in the Extraordinary Manor, right? Well then, here's what I'll give you: grind this piece of living iron into powder and sprinkle it around the seeds. It will effectively prevent those extraordinary insects from finding and eating them."

Xia Fa hadn't expected the process to go so smoothly. He had been thinking about how to naturally steer the conversation and subtly buy the piece of live iron, but the vendor had brought it up himself.