NOVEL NEXT WORLD Chapter 289: Trade!
(This chapter is an additional update for the book friend [Huangpu Tiancheng], thanks to Lao Tie for the unwavering support, rewarding 100 coins every day for nearly two months, Lao Xu bows in gratitude~~)
(The chapter number is wrong again, (╥╯^╰╥)~)
"Rest assured, sir, my goal is the stars and the sea. The mere Evil God, once I enter the Sea of Realms, must be beheaded dozens of times!"
The Evil God seduces with benefits, doesn't it?
What Lord Zi wants in return, can a mere Evil God provide?
After all, the Evil God is not a true Deity or Demon, but merely a group of Demigods that have taken control of parts of the chaotic rules.
They are incredibly powerful, yet only slightly stronger than the Holy Domain Emperor. Compared to the half-god beings with divine or demonic bloodlines, they are weaker.
Such Evil Gods can only offer the maximum benefit of the power of the part of chaotic rules they control when they seduce their targets.
If professionals gain control of part of these rules' power, it could break through to the level of the Holy Domain Emperor, but they would be forever trapped at that level.
From then on, they would lose the qualification to climb the path of Deities and Demons forever.
Zi Liyuan isn't so shortsighted, especially when he has a fragment of a divine core in his possession.
That's a divine fragment, a piece of the true source of Deity and Demon power!
As long as he fully comprehends it, as long as he takes control of the death rules, he might become a true Death Deity or Demon!
Isn't that potential countless times stronger than that of a mere Evil God?
"Good lad, remember the words you said today."
Old Huang nodded in approval, his eyes showing satisfaction, and then stopped talking, started drinking tea, and signaled Colonel Liu to start negotiating.
Sitting firmly behind Old Huang, Lao Liu got the hint, and, without beating around the bush, began to negotiate the trade with Zi Liyuan decisively.
After a battle of wits, both parties agreed on a satisfactory price for the materials obtained from the Wokou Military Base.
Overall, the military obtained a large batch of basic materials, while Zi Liyuan secured certain privileges and permits beneficial to his arms company.
The first trade concluded with a pleasant conversation between the two parties and then the second round started.
This round was about delivery, and Lord Zi still owed the military a large number of [Heart of the Lord] and resource items.
This delivery took even more time than the previous verbal sparring.
The previous items were mostly basic resources, but this time was different.
[Heart of the Lord] is incredibly precious. Even a single discrepancy would warrant a strict investigation by the military.
Not to mention, Zi Liyuan also made up for it with a massive pile of several hundred silver hero-grade items!
This time, thanks to the scorched-earth policy enacted in the Gaozyouguo, he had obtained a huge amount of valuable goods.
Thereby, the items Lord Zi traded with Lao Liu were not confined to silver-quality equipment but included a large number of silver-grade tools as well.
Of course, these were things he had no use for. Otherwise, why would he give them to the military?
"How come all the items are Fourth Order silver ones this time?"
After checking each item one by one, Lao Liu naturally noticed something odd.
To know what the Original Source Treasure Chests given to Zi Liyuan contained, Lao Liu had a clear understanding.
It also included a test for Lord Zi.
But the items gained in this trade were all high-quality Fourth Order silver items, which was far from normal.
"When I obliterated the Wokou, I got a lot of such items, better in quality than from opening the chests. It's useless for me to keep them, right?
So I'm giving them to the military. It can put them to good use, and it's a way of showing my gratitude for your assistance. It's a small token of appreciation."
Lord Zi said calmly, with no hesitation in his boasting, as if he had no guilt about telling tall tales.
Could he tell the truth?
He had exchanged the [Heart of the Lord] for silver-quality equipment and tools.
The difference in value between the two was huge. If he told the truth, wouldn't he be hung up and beaten to death?
"Very well, young Zi, you've done well. I thank you on behalf of the military."
Old Huang, who was sitting nearby, saw the list of traded goods and heard the lad's speech, feeling completely satisfied.
But Lao Liu, with a stern and expressionless face, took a while to pack up all the items neatly.
Do you think Lao Liu believed the brat's tall tales?
Just with the Original Source Treasure Chests, the kid had raked in most of the benefits from the military!
Just one more [Heart of the Lord] would be far more powerful than tens or hundreds of silver-quality equipment or tools!
Therefore, this test failed.
If the same approach were used again, it would certainly fail again, so this time, they had to play hardball!
Lao Liu wasn't going to give up until he had thoroughly checked out this kid!
"This time, we've gathered resources from military warehouses in three nearby states and brought over eight thousand Original Source Treasure Chests. Can we trade?"
The expressionless Liu Guozhong reopened the trade interface and dumped eight thousand Original Source Treasure Chests onto it all at once.
A thousand Original Source Treasure Chests as a test allowed this rascal to get a huge amount of goods from the Wokou and hedge against discovering anything.
But with eight thousand Original Source Treasure Chests, Lao Liu didn't believe the youngster had over eight thousand silver-quality items to cough up!