"Oh? If I want to advance to a high-level spiritual energy user right now, can you do that too?"

Colin asked with some interest.

"It's very simple, and the price isn't expensive either, but are you sure you want to do this?"

Lin Ye still maintained his smile; this was a basic skill for a Laborer.

"...Uh, forget it."

Looking at Lin Ye's smile, Colin got a bad feeling.

"Alright, please stop teasing my student. Advancement isn't something to be taken so lightly."

That teacher walked over and interrupted the conversation between the two.

"You're really their teacher?"

Lin Ye looked at the other party with a strange expression, as if observing some novel creature.

"Of course. You don't think I look like a teacher?"

The middle-aged man addressed as the teacher said gently.

"No, I never discriminate against any living being. I just think your side is quite open-minded. The parents don't have any objections?"

This was the first time Lin Ye had seen a school that hired parasitic organisms as teachers.

"...I have never done anything to harm the students."

The middle-aged man said with a stern face.

"Alright then. Would you like to try some special services? Like skin care or something..."

Lin Ye didn't really like the other party's 'outer garment'. The man probably hadn't changed his 'clothes' for a long time; that flesh body looked like it had problems everywhere.

But this also, to a certain extent, corroborated the other party's claim.

"No, thank you."

Jeff very decisively rejected Lin Ye's proposal.

The sales pitch failed, but Lin Ye didn't mind. This teacher looked like a pauper; those few students were his important customers.

Since there were many goods on the shelves, the students looked for over ten minutes before finally selecting the items they intended to buy.

Colin took out a black card and paid for everyone. Unlike Lin Ye's pirated system card, that card was clearly from the system at first glance.

[Obtained 743 trade points]

"Thank you for your patronage."

Lin Ye was very satisfied with this transaction. He still didn't have a stable channel to obtain trade points, and 743 points was already a lot.

He could only purchase items in the advanced trading area for now, and low or mid-tier spiritual energy items almost never appeared there.

Unfortunately, none of the four students intended to purchase special services, causing Lin Ye to miss out on a large sum of income.

Jeff led the four students out of the general store, but they didn't leave this place through a portal. Instead, they began moving towards those giant cross-shaped metal structures.

"Is it okay for them to go over there?"

Yiven stood at the shop entrance, watching the gradually receding figures, and spoke up.

"I don't know either. But since they chose to go there themselves, they must bear the consequences of their choice."

Even Lin Ye was unwilling to rashly approach those giant metal cross structures.

But he didn't warn those customers. After all, he was just a shop clerk. Even if he warned those students, they would only think he had ulterior motives.

"Will it affect us over here?"

Yiven asked with some concern.

"That shouldn't be a concern. As long as you don't leave this general store, you generally won't be affected. At least not before I leave."

The general store was a system facility and also Lin Ye's temporary base. The strong wouldn't attack here, and the weak would only die here if they tried.

"Then I'm relieved."

Yiven returned inside the general store. She didn't want to stay outside right now.

Lin Ye restocked some spiritual energy items, then leaned on the counter to study the uses of the two new Rule Fragments.

Ten minutes later, spatial fluctuations occurred outside the shop door again.

A team wearing brown uniforms appeared outside the general store.

This team had over a hundred people, yet not a single person was talking casually.

A man walked into the general store. He first swept a glance over Lin Ye and Yiven, then began inspecting the goods on the shelves.

"I want this."

The man took a stack of low-tier spiritual energy cards and walked near the counter, then used some kind of instrument to pay the trade points.

[Obtained 1 trade point]

"Thank you for your patronage."

Lin Ye didn't mind the man's spending amount. The man's behavior was completely proper.

"Boss, I'd like to ask something. Did anyone go over there before?"

The man placed a silver coin on the counter, but his finger didn't leave the coin.

"Yes."

Lin Ye answered the other party's question very decisively.

"Can you tell me who they were?"

The man continued asking.

"No. And that's the second question."

Lin Ye took out the Cross Scepter, observing the man's expression.

"Forget it then."

The man left the coin on the counter, turned around, and left the general store.

[Obtained 1000 trade points]

The man's reaction somewhat surprised Lin Ye. The other party seemed not to recognize the Cross Scepter and thought Lin Ye taking out a weapon was threatening him.

Lin Ye had originally thought these people came here to obtain the Cross Scepter. He wanted to simplify the process, but the other party didn't recognize the Cross Scepter at all.

'So the Cross Scepter is just something like a key? Now that the large door is open, these people want to get something inside the door?'

Lin Ye made a relatively reasonable speculation.

Just as he guessed, afterwards, spatial fluctuations kept occurring outside the general store. Wave after wave of customers entered the general store and then left, all heading to the vicinity of those giant cross structures.

The goods on the shelves were quickly sold out. Lin Ye made all the remaining materials into spiritual energy items, only keeping some spiritual energy materials that were useful to him.

After all materials were used up, Lin Ye opened the pale purple suitcase again. But this time, no spiritual energy materials appeared inside. Instead, a map appeared.

The map was covered with cross marks. In the center of those cross marks, a pattern that looked very dangerous was drawn.

It was an overlapping cross mark, layer upon layer of cross marks filling that area.

"I don't want to go take risks over there."

Lin Ye said to the suitcase.

But soon, Lin Ye realized what the suitcase wanted to express.

"You're saying I'll be affected, that even if I don't want to go, it won't work?"

Lin Ye tried to converse with the suitcase, but the suitcase didn't respond. Even by constantly opening and closing the lid, nothing new appeared inside.

"...What are you going to do? Just looking at this outfit makes me feel quite uncomfortable."

Yiven watched Lin Ye put on the Disaster Hazmat Suit and asked very uneasily.

"Actually, I have an even more dangerous protective suit. This one is already the safe model."

Lin Ye had just considered whether to use the Information Armor, but the situation here was unknown. Before figuring out the conditions here, he didn't want to introduce other dangerous factors.