Chapter 5: Wood and Zuiyasi Begin Sharing Scroll Fragments, Zuiyasi Helps Wood Ascend to Third Place with His Fifth-Place Name
Su Xiao deliberately did not submit all the scroll fragments at once, and Zuiyasi’s act of giving the Crow Woman hope at a critical moment was clearly prearranged.
The Crow Woman grinned, having reached this point, she naturally understood what was going on.
How did the Crow Woman buy the scroll fragments from Wood and Zuiyasi? Did she bring a large amount of resources? Not at all. The Crow Woman was no fool, nor would she blindly believe she would succeed.
If she had brought a large amount of resources to kill someone, only to be killed in turn, causing the resources she brought to become tribute to her enemies, she would die with her eyes open in regret.
How did the Crow Woman buy the scroll fragments from Wood and Zuiyasi? The answer was the Void Tree’s contract. She drafted the contract, using the rewards from the ranking after victory as payment, and pre-paid it to Wood and Zuiyasi through the contract. The Crow Woman dared to sign the Void Tree’s contract, but only if she drafted it.
If the Crow Woman obtained first place, she would receive the first-place reward [Origin Stone: World (1/5)]. Unfortunately, this Origin Stone fragment could not be split, so it could only be divided between Wood and Zuiyasi according to value proportion.
This was where Wood made his move. The content of the contract seemed to say: “After the matter is completed, Wood obtains 82% ownership of [Origin Stone: World (1/5)].” But upon careful interpretation, it actually meant: “After the matter is completed, Wood obtains 82% ownership of the ranking rewards the Crow Woman receives.”
The two seemed to mean the same thing, but what if the Crow Woman ended up in second place? The answer was: Wood obtained 82% ownership of [Black Maple Tree Branch (9500 grams)].
Don’t forget, the Crow Woman, who had brought no money or resources, had also bought 5 scroll fragments from Zuiyasi. This resulted in the remaining 18% ownership of [Black Maple Tree Branch (9500 grams)] going to Zuiyasi.
This matter was a conspiracy among Su Xiao, Wood, and Zuiyasi, and the benefits were naturally divided among the three.
Although Su Xiao had a Black Maple Tree, he needed opportunities to obtain several kilograms of Black Maple Tree yield in a single batch. Selling his own Black Maple Tree openly would attract a pack of desperate wild dogs. Before he was strong enough, Su Xiao would not do that.
Moreover, every time he sold his own Black Maple Tree yield at the Starry Sky Seat, because his tree was not tall enough and often ran out of stock, Su Xiao felt several times that the Saintess Seat would bite him over this.
His own Black Maple Tree yield was insufficient for internal sales, let alone external sales. External sales would also lead to endless trouble.
Selling the Black Maple Tree yield from Arcane Eternal Star was no problem. The yield from Arcane Eternal Star’s Black Maple Tree had a unique “Overprint Mark,” which was a long-standing tradition there.
Seeing this mark, one knew it came from Arcane Eternal Star. Therefore, these Black Maple Tree yields could be sold however one wanted without causing trouble. The “Overprint Mark” was a very clever method that greatly increased the value of Arcane Eternal Star’s Black Maple Tree.
The “Overprint Mark” on the Black Maple Tree yield equaled Arcane Eternal Star. Thus, neither buyers nor sellers would investigate the source of the Black Maple Tree yield; there was simply no need. This greatly increased the circulation and value of this type of Black Maple Tree yield.
Therefore, Su Xiao was very interested in the Black Maple Tree yield from Arcane Eternal Star. Although the quality was not good and he would not use it himself, it was considered a rare treasure by others and sold for a lot of money.
“The contract is divided.”
Wood took out three contracts. In the past, he would have definitely made some moves, but considering Su Xiao came from Reincarnation Paradise, he thought better of it. They were all old layers of the mille-feuille; there was no need to compare whose layers were thicker. That would be redundant.
Wood used the contract scroll as a medium to divide the ownership of [Black Maple Tree Branch (9500 grams)], which he had not yet obtained. Su Xiao got 46%, Wood took 14%, and Zuiyasi took 40%.
The extra share Zuiyasi took was Wood’s portion, because Zuiyasi helped Wood reach third place on the ranking.
In fact, compared to the rewards for third and fourth place, Zuiyasi preferred the fifth-place reward of [Soul Crystal Core] × 20. He came from Doom Star, where Soul Crystals were scarce resources, let alone Soul Crystal Cores.
The reason Su Xiao took the largest share was, first, he won the three-way competition. If he had refused, the plan would have come to nothing. So Su Xiao took the lion’s share.
Su Xiao took the contract scroll, confirmed it was fine, and put it away.
On the seats diagonally opposite, Molei and Yueshitu witnessed the entire process. They were stunned, their scalps tingling from the display. At the same time, they wondered: if Kaisa were added to this, wouldn’t the Crow Woman have to pay out of her own pocket?
Molei and Yueshitu thought too simply. In this matter, Kaisa was indeed a participant. If he hadn’t done something that caused him to lose his status as an Arbiter and be forcibly teleported out, the Crow Woman would have had a more than 50% chance of not only handing over her Black Maple Tree yield but also paying out of her own pocket.
Meanwhile, at the Void Arena.
The audience was dead silent. Looking at the seats of Arcane Eternal Star, there was no one there. It seemed the Spellcasters felt they couldn’t bear the shame.
The physical confrontation they had originally anticipated did not happen. The “Scroll Battle” and the previous “Strongest Warrior Battle” were two different modes. If the Crow Woman had participated in the latter, she would have been the top contender for the championship.
In the main painting world, inside the castle’s reception hall.
The second-place reward [Black Maple Tree Branch (9500 grams)]: Su Xiao got 4370 grams, Wood got 1330 grams, and Zuiyasi got 3800 grams. This had been pre-allocated, just waiting for the items to arrive. Su Xiao, Wood, and Zuiyasi all looked at the Crow Woman.
The Crow Woman lowered her eyelids. Not finding Su Xiao in the undersea world, she considered it her own problem, unrelated to others. Being schemed against by the three, she endured it. She had no choice; she couldn’t just rage impotently.
However, what she couldn’t stand was that after Su Xiao and the others succeeded, they divided the spoils right in front of her. What made her almost lose her mind was that her reward had been divided in advance before she even received it.
At this moment, the Crow Woman’s only feeling was that all of this was too unbelievable, like a damn dream. In fact, she should be glad that Kaisa had been teleported out; otherwise, she would have felt the experience was even more surreal.
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