I! Cleaner!-Chapter 353 - 0301 Weighing Gold Gathering (Part 1)_1

"You didn’t think wrong. Those things that look like dolls are actually living beings, and those miniature estates are, in fact, genuine estates."

After picking up the money pouch from the floor and tossing it to Leon, the lazy young man began to explain,

"The True God of the Scales Gold Sect is a rather pragmatic deity. Although he appreciates the faith offered by humans, he prefers his followers practicing his principles over their kneeling and bowing. In short, concepts like ’wealth,’ ’exchange,’ ’value,’ and ’commercial activity.’

So the gatherings of the Scales Gold Sect are less like congregations and more like unrestricted trade fairs.

Believers and devotees of the True God come here to buy and sell what they have to trade, as a form of alternative prayer. Each person invited to the gathering receives a temporary money pouch, filled with conceptual currency for shopping."

"Conceptual currency?"

"It’s... well... explaining it is a bit complicated. Why don’t you open the pouch, and I’ll give you an example?"

"Ah, okay."

Following the method taught by Senior Tom, Leon touched the cat paw badge on his chest, then touched the similar emblem at the seam of the money pouch. The pouch in Leon’s hand opened on its own, revealing a pile of colorful and strange currency inside.

"Wow, you’ve got quite a wealth of ’assets!’"

Peering at Leon’s bulging money pouch, the lazy young man raised an eyebrow in surprise, then pointed at the shiny gold coin on top,

"Look here, the front of these conceptual currencies features designs like hearts, swords, holy grails, crosses, tarot cards, and so on, each representing valuable things such as emotions, strength, health, faith, secrets, and more.

For instance, this coin, with the scepter symbol on the front, represents a power that can be traded. The lion on the back should refer to the Ryan Family’s Lionheart Crest.

So if I’m not mistaken, this coin represents your identity as the Duke of Lionheart. If you wish, you could use it to purchase items at the gathering square.

Whoever obtains this coin could replace you as the Kingdom’s Duke of Lionheart... That’s what I mean by ’conceptual currency.’"

What?!

After hearing the lazy young man’s words, Leon was immediately taken aback, then he asked incredulously,

"The Scales Gold Sect can even do something like this?"

"Of course, they can."

The lazy young man raised an eyebrow and said,

"Don’t underestimate the power of wealth. The concept of wealth isn’t just limited to humans. From an anthill to demons in the Abyss, for any society with a structural hierarchy, wealth is a significant concept.

So, even though the True God of the Scales Gold Sect isn’t skilled in combat and can’t win a solo fight against our director, his hierarchy is not low, and he’s considered a very powerful True God. Doing something like this isn’t difficult for him."

"But... wouldn’t this be using ’abnormality’ to interfere with the Kingdom? Doesn’t the Purification Bureau care?"

"Of course, they care. Transactions at the level of a duke aren’t allowed, but if it’s a low-level identity trade with minimal impact and the royal family doesn’t voice objections, most bureaus are reluctant to interfere in such matters."

After glancing inside his own money pouch, the lazy young man continued pulling Leon toward the center of the square, explaining,

"The Scales Gold Sect is considered a relatively mild faction. Even when they cause trouble, they rarely go overboard, and their abilities are quite special. They allow cleaners to conveniently acquire useful items or repair lost life spans and limbs from missions.

So most bureaus turn a blind eye to this faction, only taking strong actions when they clearly cross the line, warning them not to go too far.

For instance, if some fool took your coin and didn’t exchange it at the Scales Gold Sect but tried to use it themselves to become the Duke of Lionheart, the Scales Gold Sect would suffer greatly...

Oh, by the way, is there anything you want? As long as it’s not too expensive, I can help you buy it."

Something I want... Wait! Aren’t we here to rescue someone? Why are you shopping?

...

"Senior Tom!"

Faced with the lazy young man’s sudden shopping proposal, Leon, worried about Emma’s safety, couldn’t help but softly remind,

"Emma’s danger hasn’t been averted yet, and we don’t know how long she can last under the Snake Spirit’s grip. Shouldn’t we look for her first?"

"Don’t worry. We’re looking for her right now."

Gesturing toward the Colosseum-like building in the square’s center, the lazy young man explained without moving his lips as he browsed the goods on the shelves,

"See that hollow ring-shaped building? The place we’re at now is just the outskirts of the Scales Gold Sect’s gathering. That’s the core area where Emma might be trapped.

The badges we got are just the basic believer badges. We need to complete enough ’purchases’ on the outskirts to upgrade these badges before we gain the privilege to enter the core area. So buying things is tantamount to searching for her."

With a shopkeeper’s delighted expression on the roadside, taking away most of the jumbled items on the stall, the lazy young man turned back to Leon with a smile, soothingly saying,

"I know you have a good relationship with Emma, and you’re worried about her, but you’d better not rush.

Although I’m also a Level One Cleaner, I’m not the combat-heavy type like Emma. Most of the anomalous objects I possess are functional, with hardly any direct combat abilities, and I can’t take on a Holy Spirit in head-to-head combat.

So it’s best for us not to act rashly now. Instead, preserve this identity and infiltrate the core area of the gathering without alarming the Scales Gold Sect hierarchy... Come on, you go pick something, and I’ll pay for it."

"Okay... But you should choose something, and I’ll pay!"

After considering the significance of the currencies in the pouch, Leon suggested,

"To me, the duke identity isn’t worth much. If you need to use currencies like health or strength to buy something here, it’s better if I pay. Otherwise, it might affect your performance later on."

"No need, I can’t run out of money!"

Surprised, the lazy young man glanced at Leon before shaking his head to refuse the offer. Then he opened his own money pouch to show Leon.

Damn, that’s a lot!!!

"I was prepared before we came in."

Under Leon’s astonished gaze, the lazy young man with a mountain of colorful coins in his pouch confidently said,

"Remember the ritual I performed before entering? Using a copper weight, a small silver mirror, and two gold teeth as the main materials? That’s a wealth ritual called ’Balance Rite.’

From the moment the ritual fully took effect, the next person to give me money would have their wealth equally divided with mine, and coincidentally, the next one to give me money was the badge made by that Scales Gold Sect cat spirit.

So, during these three hours of the Balance Rite, I can tap into the wealth of the Scales Gold Sect cat spirit at will. If we weren’t worried about taking too much and getting noticed, we could even buy everything here!"

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