"Eh? But Senior, I haven't paid the three spirit stones for shrinking down the Ancient Heavenly City's fragments," the steel manifestation said in confusion.
"There's no need to worry about that, someone paid in your stead. As for who that person is, I'll be keeping it a secret for now," the Almighty Merchant said calmly. He then handed over the three fragments to the steel manifestation.
"Someone already paid for it?" The steel manifestation received the three fragments and said, "Hm... Ok. By the way, Senior, how long can these three fragments stay in this shrunken state?"
The Almighty Merchant replied, "With the technique I used, these three fragments should stay in this state for at least another day."
"Thank you, Senior." The steel manifestation carefully stored the three fragments in his pocket.
The Almighty Merchant nodded and said, "Then, that concludes this transaction."