Chapter 715: We Rely on Willpower! (Bonus Chapter)
Jiangnan was speechless. "Come and kill me, brother?" — who would want to get tangled up with her? Might catch her craziness!
Anyway, he'd already made off with the spirit beads. With a teleport, he took everyone and left, heading straight for the E Guo Explorer Camp.
Seeing Jiangnan's group leave, Feituo finally breathed a sigh of relief. If they'd actually started a fight in Nightless City, who knew how many buildings would've been destroyed! Mi Ye would definitely lose it.
Ai Wei grinned and sidled up. "Hey? Where are we staying? The Abyss doesn't open for another day, right?"
Feituo's face darkened. "Stay? You can stay in a damn pit! You troublemaker!"
Ai Wei glared. "Who are you yelling at? Taste the pain! Tian Chili!"
Feituo: "(ꐦರ益ರ) Ai! Your grandma…"
Are you sent here just to mess with me?
Another boom rang out from the spot, dust flying everywhere.
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They made their way to the E Guo Explorer Camp. Before they even got close, they heard a loud crackling sound. In the courtyard, two to three hundred people were shirtless, red-eyed, and pounding on each other. Even a few girls in sports vests were joining in.
"Boom!" With a loud crash, a wall burst open. A burly man with a hairy chest flew out, hurtling straight at Jiangnan. He quickly raised a spatial barrier.
"Thump!" The burly man hit hard, fell to the ground, and spat out a white tooth. Then he got up and charged back into the yard, roaring, "Eat my sword! Huaxia Di Yi Jian!"
The crowd in the yard shouted back, "Baidi Sheng Jian! Follow me with the sword!"
They were fierce, fist to flesh.
Zhong Yingxue: ∑(°口°๑)
Xia Yao: (*ﾟﾛﾟ)!!
"Th-they... why are they speaking our language?"
Is this really the E Guo Explorer Camp?
Jiangnan facepalmed. "It's E Guo language. You're hearing the misheard version. Don't you know our language can translate everything?"
That so-called "Baidi Sheng Jian Academy" is probably just a transliteration.
Wu Liang's eyes widened. "There's such a thing? I didn't know!"
Jiangnan rolled his eyes. "How did you all learn Chinese? Mila, what's 'grandmother' in Eagle language?"
Mila said sweetly, "Grandmother!"
Jiangnan smiled. "And what's the transliteration?"
Mila: (๐˃᷄ꇴ˂᷅) "Gun your mother's!"
Wu Liang and Xiong Er: (⸝⸝꒪ͦ㉨꒪ͦ) "Puh wa—!"
They nearly sprayed blood. That's how you transliterate?
Don't corrupt Little Mila!
Chinese is truly profound. They learned something new.
The fighting in the yard continued. Jiangnan walked up. "Which one is the captain of the Baidi Sheng Jian Academy? I need to talk."
A burly man with a thick beard was *bowing his head* to a muscular blonde girl — literally headbutting each other. They were gripping each other's shoulders and smashing foreheads together with "clang clang" sounds, faces covered in blood.
The beardy man said, "Huh? That's me. What do you want?"
Jiangnan swallowed. This scene completely stunned him. How much hatred do you two have?
"Can you take a break first? I have something to discuss."
Before the beardy man could answer, the blonde muscle girl's eyes lit up. "Ha! Opening!" *Clang!* She headbutted him, blood spurting from his forehead. He swayed like a drunk and staggered over to Jiangnan.
"Hello! Captain of Baidi Sheng Jian Academy, Yuri Torasky!"
Jiangnan's eyes went wide: Σ(ŎдŎ|||)ﾉﾉ
"What driver?"
The beardy man frowned. "Torasky? Hard to remember?"
The blonde muscle girl came over too, wiping blood from her face. "Vice-captain, Yuke Toranvsky!"
Wu Liang, Zhong Yingxue, and the others were about to burst from holding in laughter. Are these names for real?
Jiangnan wiped his sweaty forehead. "So... she must be your sister, right?"
Yuri was surprised. "How did you know?"
Jiangnan covered his face. How could he not know? Those aren't names — they're driver's licenses! You two probably graduated from the same driving school!
Yuke looked puzzled. "Nan Shen, right? What do you want? If nothing, we'll go back to fighting."
Jiangnan quickly said, "Wait, I'm selling beans! Magic beans! 3 jin for only 15 diamond-rank spirit beads. You'll definitely need them in the Abyss!"
Yuke shook her head. "Too expensive. We're not buying."
Jiangnan was stunned. "This is already the lowest price! If you don't buy, how will you resist the Original Sin Poison in the Abyss?"
Yuri wiped the blood off his face, his expression firm. "By willpower!"
Jiangnan: (≖_≖) ...
Xia Yao quickly cut in, "You can't rely on willpower alone! See, you've already been affected by the anger Original Sin Poison, fighting so fiercely. You need the Small Soybeans to detoxify!"
Yuke scratched his head. "It's not a big deal. We fight like this at home all the time. Isn't this normal?"
Yuri nodded. "Even in the Abyss, we'll overcome the Original Sin Poison with willpower. We don't need soybeans. Not buying!"
Jiangnan covered his face. Where did these iron-headed guys come from? Everyone else is so worried about the Original Sin Poison, and they don't care at all?
"Then I'll lower the price to 10! Just buy a little, okay?"
Yuri and Yuke both shook their heads. "Not buying. We don't need that stuff."
Jiangnan got anxious. This won't work! If he can't sell them, he'll lose money!
"What about five?"
They still shook their heads.
Jiangnan gritted his teeth. "One! One spirit bead is fine, right?"
Zhong Yingxue and the others couldn't hold back their laughter. He's practically shoving it into their arms!
Feituo, who spent 30 diamond-rank spirit beads on the Small Soybeans, would have an interesting expression if he knew.
Yuri said, "Not even one. Even if you gave them for free, we wouldn't eat them. Willpower conquers everything!"
Jiangnan glared. "Pfft, wishful thinking! Who would give them away for free?"
In this day and age, people won't even take free stuff?
Yuke smiled. "If nothing else, we'll get back to it?"
And with that, they started headbutting each other again.
Jiangnan turned away: (๑•̀◠•́)و "Dammit!"
"Can't trick any pocket money!"
These iron-headed brats were impervious. He had no choice but to leave helplessly.
Wu Liang grew serious. "Nan Ge, did you notice their physical condition?"
Jiangnan nodded. "Yeah. Among all these academies, no one can match the Baidi Sheng Jian Academy in physical fitness."
"When we enter the resource layer, we need to watch Yuri and the others closely."
This trip had two purposes: first, to make money; second, to gather intel and have a clear picture.
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The next morning, Dandelion began selling the magic beans at various shops in Nightless City, priced at one diamond-rank spirit bead per jin. Immediately, mercenary guilds and unaffiliated explorers snapped them up. While buying beans, they couldn't help but thank Jiangnan — Nan Shen was such a good guy! The price was so affordable!
But when Black Steel Danny heard the news, his eyes turned red and he almost cracked on the spot.
[From Danny Brown: grudge +1000!]
He had spent 15 diamond-rank spirit beads on beans, and now, not even a day later, the price had dropped like a dog? Then buying them ahead of time was completely useless! Such a loss!
It was like buying spicy sticks for 15 yuan, and before you even eat them, someone else can get them for 1 yuan. Suddenly the spicy sticks weren't delicious at all. Jiangnan, can't you be human?
Danny felt awful. He also remembered that Jiangnan had tricked him into a promise, sworn in the name of a Paladin. "Pfft, what kind of righteous and wise Boss Jiang is that? He's clearly a scammer!"
The grudges overflowed.
But by afternoon, not a single diamond-rank spirit bead could sell. The price dropped again to three platinum-rank spirit beads per jin. And it kept selling out! Spicy sticks for 5 cents now...
And Feituo, who had spent 30 yuan on spicy sticks, was smashing things in his tent in a rage.
"Aaaaah! Jiangnan, you wait! Cheated me out of my spirit beads? Once I get into the Abyss, I'll kill you!"
[From Feituo...]
The moment he remembered that he had bought them out of spite, Feituo got even angrier.
Meanwhile, in the Yu Guo Explorer Camp, in the Holy Maiden's room, Haiti sat on the bed hugging her frog wallet, crying nonstop.
(☍﹏⁰。): "Wuwuwu~ My pocket money! Little Frog, you've gotten so thin!"
No matter how Roberte tried to comfort her, Haiti couldn't stop the tears.
That night, countless people lost sleep over this affair.
But Jiangnan, beaming, hummed a little tune and headed straight for the seawater desalination plant in the west of the city. Mei was already waiting there.
They had no idea that the spicy sticks were about to be delivered for free. Even 5 cents was too much...