Old Cangtou began to chase Xiao Mu away.

"Alright then."

Xiao Mu left Old Cangtou's grocery shop seemingly stuck between laughter and tears. Just as he was leaving, he heard loud voices coming from the shop, "Closing time, closing time, the Ill Luck in the room is too heavy, I need to cleanse it. All drinks are on the house, please leave, fast!"

Another eccentric!

Xiao Mu helplessly took the address given by Old Cangtou and headed towards Number Three.

The distance between Number Three and Old Cangtou's grocery shop wasn't far and soon, Xiao Mu arrived.

It was a massive room, and "cinema" was scribbled on the front door. A middle-aged man was blocking the entrance while selling tickets.

"Are you here for the movie?"

The middle-aged man asked Xiao Mu attentively.

"Mr. Divine Lamp?"

Xiao Mu asked tentatively.

"Do you know me?"

Mr. Divine Lamp looked confusedly surprised.

"Old Cangtou introduced me."

Xiao Mu took out the piece of paper given by Old Cangtou.

"That old fellow believes in all those nonsensical things."

Mr. Divine Lamp grumbled, seemingly having guessed why Old Cangtou had sent Xiao Mu to him.

"Little Pot, come over here!"

Mr. Divine Lamp suddenly turned and yelled towards the distance.

"What is it this time?"

An impatient-looking teenager appeared, around fifteen to sixteen years of age, exuding a lazy air.

"You brat, can't I call you unless there's something in it for you?"

Mr. Divine Lamp angrily knocked the teenager's head with his fist and said, "Help me watch the shop, I'll be right back."

"Why always me?"

Little Pot looked unwilling.

"Hm?"

Mr. Divine Lamp glared at him, "Try saying that again."

"Feudalistic parental style!"

Little Pot muttered under his breath, but eventually, he trudged over, taking over Mr. Divine Lamp's post and started to sell tickets at the entrance.

"Please follow me!"

Mr. Divine Lamp called out to Xiao Mu with a change of tone.

"Old Cangtou is superstitious, but I'm not. Haha, by the way, what did he tell you?"

Mr. Divine Lamp casually asked while guiding Xiao Mu forward.

Xiao Mu said, "He said I harbor too many grudges."

Mr. Divine Lamp looked Xiao Mu up and down a few times, then suddenly cursed, "That old fellow, spouting nonsense again!"

"Alright! Never mind about him, just follow me."

He didn't ask Xiao Mu why he was seeking him out, probably already having a guess. He took Xiao Mu along, and after about ten minutes, they arrived at a big house.

Mr. Divine Lamp knocked on the door, and before long, it opened. A teenager of about sixteen or seventeen years old poked his head out.

"Newcomer!"

A succinct introduction by Mr. Divine Lamp.

"You're breaking the rules!"

The teenager took a look at Xiao Mu and immediately looked unwilling.

"Give some face, he is..."

Mr. Divine Lamp switched to whispering, leaning over to the teenager.

"Oh!"

The teenager seemed to be convinced and after carefully looking at Xiao Mu a few times, he tossed a mask to Xiao Mu, "Put it on. Visualize a design you want and pick a codename for yourself."

"Thank you!"

Xiao Mu smoothly caught the mask and put it on.

The moment the mask was on, Xiao Mu felt a peculiar sensation.

This mask was an impressive Treasure. It concealed one's face and prevented outsiders from seeing past it to discern the wearer's appearance.

However, the vision of the person wearing it was unobstructed.

He thought for a moment and then began to visualize.

The mask changed according to his visualization and before long, an image of a Giant Stone materialized on it.

"Mr. Stone."

"Someone is already using that codename, pick another one."

The teenager corrected him.

Xiao Mu shrugged indifferently and visualized a tree instead, "Just call me Mr. Mu then."

"Mr. Tree fits better, but whatever."

"Follow me!"

The teenager led the way and gestured Xiao Mu to enter the courtyard.

"Mr. Divine Lamp, thank you very much!"

Xiao Mu turned to thank Mr. Divine Lamp.

"It's nothing!"

Mr. Divine Lamp modestly responded and waved at Xiao Mu before hurriedly leaving.

Xiao Mu followed the teenager, entered the courtyard, and then a large room.

"Another newcomer!"

In the house, there were six or seven people in total, each wearing a mask with a unique design etched onto the front.

The one sitting in the middle, in a formal suit seated on a high-back chair, appeared to be the master of the place.

The mask he wore bore the image of a mirror.

The one who had just spoken was him.

The youngster walked over to the man in the suit and whispered something to him.

"Mr. Mu, please take a seat!"

As he invited Xiao Mu to sit down, the man in the suit laughed loud, "With this, we have stone, wood, flowers, and a table in our gathering, haha!"

Xiao Mu faintly smiled.

The man in the suit seemed to be a jovial and conversational person, but he was obviously using a voice changer, which made his voice sound unnatural.

Once Xiao Mu took his seat, the man casually introduced himself, "I'm Mr. Mirror, the organizer of this gathering. The rest are Madam Incense, Mr. Stone, Mr. Chuang, Lady Hua, and Mr. Table."

"Hello everyone!"

Xiao Mu greeted everyone without hesitation.

"Greetings!"

The woman whose mask bore the image of a burning incense, Madam Incense, retorted curtly. The others maintained a cold demeanor. Only Mr. Table gave Xiao Mu an extra glance, but he too remained silent.

"Mr. Mirror, can we begin now?"

Someone began to grow restless.

Xiao Mu looked around and saw it was Mr. Chuang, whose mask continued to generate a misty cloud.

This man was burly and stood over two meters tall. Even with a mask on, no one could tell his ethnicity.

"Mr. Chuang seems to be in a hurry. Do you need to go home and cuddle with your child? Haha!"

Mr. Mirror laughed, "If that's the case, let's get started so as not to hold Mr. Chuang up!"

Just then, the air temperature around Mr. Chuang dropped suddenly, and his countenance seemed to darken behind his mask.

But Mr. Mirror didn't think much of it, "Who's in the greatest hurry?"

"I'll go first!"

Lady Hua raised her hand.

Then, the mask with a giant stone on it, seemingly impatient, began to speak, "I need an opportunity to borrow books from the Book Collection Room, and I can pay with Energy Fruits."

After saying this, he looked around.

"Two hundred Energy Fruits."

Lady Hua quoted a price.

"One hundred and ninety!"

Mr. Stone haggled a little.

"Humph!"

Lady Hua huffed and turned her head away, clearly not interested in further negotiations.

"All right, two hundred then, let's make the deal!"

Mr. Stone decided to compromise.

"Two hundred and twenty."

Lady Hua suddenly raised the price.

"What?"

Mr. Stone was somewhat aggrieved, which was discernable even through the voice changer.

"Take it or leave it."

Lady Hua responded indifferently.

"You...you...how can you raise the price?"

Mr. Stone was annoyed.

"Take it or leave it!"

Lady Hua retorted fearlessly.

"Disputes of any kind are forbidden here!"

Mr. Mirror suddenly spoke solemnly, a mighty aura emanating from him as if he were at the peak of the Fifth Realm.

"Fine, two hundred and twenty."

Mr. Stone's voice revealed a touch of helplessness.

"Two hundred and thirty."

Lady Hua raised the price by another ten.

"You…"

Mr. Stone was slightly annoyed, "Fine, two hundred and thirty it is, let's trade!"

"Two hundred and forty, an extra ten because you threatened me earlier."

Lady Hua once again raised the price.

"Deal!"

Mr. Stone was noticeably furious, but ultimately he didn't haggle further.

"Mr. Mirror will serve as the witness!"

Lady Hua sought confirmation from Mr. Mirror.

"Very well!"

Mr. Mirror was not joking this time.

Then Lady Hua and Mr. Stone each took out an identity badge, and in addition, Mr. Stone fetched a storage box from which he took sixty Energy Fruits and placed them into another empty storage box. He handed the storage box filled with Energy Fruits along with his identity badge to a servant beside him who seemed to be made of a puppet.

The puppet servant accepted the storage box and Mr. Stone's identity badge, and together with another servant who had taken an identity badge from Lady Hua, handed them to Mr. Mirror.

"Two hundred and forty Energy Fruits, neither one more nor one less, as genuine as a stunning beauty's youth."

Lady Hua, I will transfer a borrowing opportunity from your identity badge to Mr. Stone's."

Lady Hua nodded in agreement.

Mr. Mirror placed the two identity badges onto a device brought over by a servant from outside, completing the transfer of the borrowing opportunity. He then handed back the identity badges as well as the box of Energy Fruits to Mr. Stone and Lady Hua respectively.

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