Ziwei suddenly realized that he had said the wrong thing, looked embarrassed, and started to cheat.
Zhang Xiaoman didn't say anything, just looked at her silently.
Ziwei finally couldn't hold it any longer and had to admit:
"Okay, I did say... forget it, there's actually nothing I can't tell you. Many people already know it anyway..."
She sighed and said slowly:
"At this stage, the Protoss Council is not stable. The eleven elders plot against each other, join forces, and restrict each other. They completely ignore the interests of the entire alliance and only seek the position of the great elder."
"To seek the position of great elder, what do you mean..."
"Yes, the Great Elder of the Star Council has disappeared for thousands of years! Not only the Great Elder, but also the entire race behind the Great Elder has ceased to exist!"
Ziwei spread his hands and reluctantly told the truth:
"Actually, this is no longer a secret. Many people know that the Star Spirit clan was killed by the Demon Lord... But what people don't know is that the Star Spirit Council is becoming more and more chaotic today. If it continues like this, Sooner or later it will lead to disaster..."
As she spoke, she looked at Zhang Xiaoman, then at Akatus and Sirna, and said:
"You guys... I'm telling you this because I treat you as friends. Don't go out and talk nonsense to others! If someone knows about this matter, I'm afraid there will be some trouble..."
Seeing this, Zhang Xiaoman felt a little moved.
Although this woman can be a bit naive at times, she does treat herself and others as friends.
Such a deducted person can actually spend so much money to stay in a hotel. From this point of view, it can explain the situation.
"Okay, don't worry, I won't tell others these things, and neither will they."
Zhang Xiaoman responded.
Although his face looked calm, his heart was actually filled with turmoil.
The great elder of the Star Spirit Council is the Star Spirit, and he has disappeared for tens of thousands of years!
He suddenly recalled that when he first met Naifaya, the other party seemed to have said similar words.
Now Zhang Xiaoman has a very strong memory. Often, even if he hears something inadvertently, he can recall it when he needs it.
He remembered that when he met Naifaya for the first time on Aquamarine, the other party's expression was very surprised when he saw Jiu Jiu, and he even said such a sentence subconsciously.
"Star, star spirit...? How could it be a star spirit!? The star spirit has obviously been destroyed by the demon lord!"
It was only then that Zhang Xiaoman learned something. The origin of this little thing, Jiujiu, seemed to be unusual.
It is not just an orange skill extracted by the system. It has its own race and background. It is a star spirit from the second universe.
"No, I'm not so sure yet..."
Zhang Xiaoman shook his head.
Jiujiu may indeed be a star spirit as Naifaya said, but it does not necessarily come from the second universe.
After all, Niyang had expressed surprise when he saw Jiujiu, and the other party's name for the little guy was different from Naifaya, calling it "Sky Fox".
Where exactly the tweets came from is still uncertain, and the little thing himself is too confused to explain.
But what is certain is that it should really be a star spirit. Zhang Xiaoman still trusts Naifaya's judgment. He seems to have an innate ability to identify, even for a semi-extraordinary person like himself. He can see it all.
"If Jiujiu is a star spirit, then if I bring it to the Dark Star Alliance, will it..."
Zhang Xiaoman's heart began to become active, and little thoughts gradually emerged.
It is definitely impossible to say that you are not greedy for the various resources here.
Not to mention that he can completely control the Dark Star Alliance with his tweets, but if he can gain a certain degree of voice and benefits through this, Zhang Xiaoman will definitely be willing to give it a try.
"No, don't be too impulsive..."
However, the next second, he secretly shook his head.
Not to mention that he has no way to go back for the time being and cannot bring Jiujiu here. Even if he succeeds in planting World Tree branches in both worlds, what will happen after he brings Jiujiu here?
Since the Demon Lord has killed all the star spirits, will Jiujiu be hunted by the other party when he comes here?
Although Zhang Xiaoman has a dark star ring that can block tracking, can he guarantee that Jiujiu will always be with him?
Once something goes wrong, the result will be unacceptable.
Moreover, even if we take ten thousand steps back, the Demon Lord cannot sense where Chiu Jiu is under his influence, but will the elders of the Star Council really admit Jiu Jiu's identity?
This is obviously an unknown.
Even if Zhang Xiaoman has never played power, he is still the leader of the Star Alliance after all. He knows how attractive power is to a person.
Especially the current situation is just like the imperial power in ancient times.
The old emperor was arrested and the new emperor ascended the throne. As a result, you, the old emperor, were released again. So what awaits you is to regain control of the government, or will you be isolated or even persecuted by the new emperor?
In short, everything is not as simple as imagined, and long-term planning is still needed.
On the side, after seeing Zhang Xiaoman's silent and thoughtful look, Ziwei couldn't help but wave his newly grown hand in front of him.
"Hey, what are you thinking about? We're here!"
"Are you there?"
Zhang Xiaoman came back to his senses and looked around.
I saw a crystal formation at my feet, with complex and exquisite figures carved inside. Suddenly, I passed through the teleportation array and came to another area.
"here it is……?"
"Didn't you say you want to sell some materials in exchange for star coins? Here, up front."
Zhang Xiaoman looked at the building not far away again, and a big question mark appeared on his head.
"I know, but since I'm selling materials, why did you bring me to the Dark Souls Association? Shouldn't I go to the trading center?"
Ziwei chuckled.
"What...I forgot to tell you. Since you are going to the trading center to sell materials, you must pay taxes. So I will take you here to register as a dark spirit user first, and do some strength certification by the way. In this way, the taxes you need to pay when making transactions will be reduced accordingly, isn’t it a good deal?”
"Oh? Is there such a good thing? How much weight can I lose?"
Zhang Xiaoman became interested.
Ziwei plucked his fingers and said:
"Under normal circumstances, ordinary people need to pay a 6% tax when selling Dark Spirit materials. If you are a Dark Spirit user, the tax can be reduced by 1%..."
"If you do another strength certification and have a control-level qualification, the tax will be reduced to 4%, the median control level is 2%, and the upper control level will be fully tax-free."
"Oh, by the way, if you sell it to the Dark Souls Association, you don't have to pay tax with the low-level control-level certification."
"..."
Zhang Xiaoman listened to her introduction and had an idea in his mind.
Generally speaking, this is still a world where strength is valued. The higher the strength, the better treatment one receives within the Dark Star Alliance.
"In that case, let's go in quickly. By the way, it shouldn't take long, right?"
Ziwei's eyes narrowed with laughter, and the tips of his purple hair also stood up, and he said happily:
"No, no, it'll be fine soon. Come on, I'll take you there!"
Zhang Xiaoman felt a little strange when he saw her happy look. This woman's hair could change according to her mood. It would stick up when she was happy, and droop when she was depressed. He didn't know what kind of talent it was.
"I'm going to do the strength certification. Why are you so happy?"
He asked the doubts in his heart.
Ziwei looked at him and smiled:
"Have you forgotten? We agreed last time that if you come to the Dark Spirit Star Alliance in the future, I will be your recommender. I will take the recommendation fee and each of us will get half of it. You won't regret it, right...?"
Zhang Xiaoman was stunned.
"Oh, it turns out that the recommendation you mentioned is here. Don't worry, of course I won't go back on it."
When Ziwei heard what he said, he finally felt relieved after being a little nervous.
"That's good, let's go there!"
…
The four of them quickly entered the house in front of them.
This is a huge oval building like a hill. It is the headquarters of the Dark Spirit Association on this planet. The interior space is like an entire small city, and it can't be seen to the end at a glance.
Ziwei is also the first to come to the association, but everyone has personal terminals to guide them, so they won't get lost.
Although the space here is very large, they can easily reach the destination they need to go to by relying on the teleportation points set up at various locations.
"It's really luxurious. I originally thought that setting up teleportation points in the city would be extravagant, but I didn't expect that there could be so many teleportation points inside one building."
Zhang Xiaoman sighed secretly.
He can also build teleportation arrays himself, but the construction conditions are very strict.
That is a method from the Ancient God Continent. It not only requires the support of spiritual veins below, but also requires a large amount of high-grade spiritual stones to be built. In addition, every time the teleportation array is activated, a certain amount of spiritual stones needs to be consumed. Ordinary monks would not easily waste resources on teleportation.
Although the teleportation points within the Dark Star Alliance seem to be somewhat different from the teleportation arrays in the Ancient Divine Continent, they can be deployed on such a large scale and used at will. Just from this point, you can see that this place is extraordinary. This is the result of several years of experience. With millions of years of history, it is just like this for a remote Skull Star. It is difficult to imagine what a spectacular scene the core area of the Dark Star Alliance will be.
With Ziwei as the recommender leading the way, the next thing is very simple, and the certification process is also very easy.
Zhang Xiaoman himself has the strength of a lower control level. He directly proved his strength to the staff here through several control level spells and successfully obtained the corresponding identity authentication.
At the same time, Akatus and Hilna who came with him also went through certification. Since applying to become a recommender requires a lot of tedious procedures, Zhang Xiaoman simply asked Ziwei to register them as well. , this made this woman extremely happy, her hair was almost sticking up to the sky.
After calculating the gains this time, the recommendation fee for each person was 10 million. Zhang Xiaoman and Akatusi each received 5 million. Ziwei received a bonus of 15 million at once.
Now, the status of the three people has also become the registered control level. In the future, when selling dark spirit materials in trading centers and other places, they can enjoy the corresponding tax-free policy.
At the same time, if they purchase supplies from the official website, they will also receive corresponding discounts. If they go to the Darkling Association to accept corresponding tasks, they can even receive additional rewards such as funds and contribution points to increase their remuneration.
These are all benefits brought by increased strength.
"Let's go! Let's go to the trading center! I happen to be short of some materials. I didn't buy them at the market before, so I can only buy them there at a high price."
The group of people once again arrived at the trading center through the teleportation point. This was the area they had just come to. However, this time the four of them did not go to the market on the street outside. Instead, they went directly into the largest building inside. .
At this time, the trading center is the busiest time with huge crowds of people.
At a glance, all kinds of strange-looking people were wandering around inside the building.
Some of these races were ones that Zhang Xiaoman had seen before, such as lizardmen and Lanctonians, and some were weird races that he couldn't name. He even saw one walking upright in the crowd, with hands like A sickle-like insect.
They were all searching for the items they needed through their personal terminals, and then headed to the corresponding shops under the guidance of the terminals.
Although there are many people in the trading center, it is not chaotic because the venue is large enough and the planning is very complete.
Skull Planet is considered a marginal administrative planet, but precisely because of its location, many mercenaries gather here.
After they completed the mission, in order to reduce the loss on the road, they would choose a nearby planet to sell supplies. The Skull Planet took advantage of this geographical advantage, and its economic development was quite good.
Therefore, in this huge trading center, Zhang Xiaoman basically saw all kinds of mercenaries at a glance.
They may not be as well-dressed as the real nobles, but the strength of these people cannot be underestimated. Basically, the number of dark spirits accounts for more than one-tenth. It is impossible for people without two brushes to become mercenaries. of.
"There seems to be an auction today. No wonder there are so many people... Well... I looked at the time and it seems that it starts in three hours. Pole Star, why don't we join in the fun? Maybe we can find it. There are a lot of good things!”
Ziwei looked at his personal terminal and found the reason why the trading center was so busy today.
