Chapter 135: Buyer and Problem
There were 3688 Soul Coins remaining. Su Xiao walked out of the Equipment Enhancement Hall. As soon as he left, the hooded girl beside the witch pulled down her hood, revealing herself to be Gulu.
Gulu approached the equipment enhancement machine Su Xiao had just used. She actually had an [Exemption Badge (★★)] and had planned to sell it when she learned Su Xiao wanted to buy it, but hadn't decided on a price. So she went to discuss it with the witch. When the witch heard about it, she saw an opportunity and immediately intercepted the deal, becoming a part of the transaction.
"Gulu... what are you doing? Even if you use that machine..."
"This is called experience. Bai Ye failed a lot of enhancements just now. He threw in 36 Immortal Stones total. Now this No. 888 Equipment Enhancement Machine is in its hot streak. Open your eyes wide and witness a miracle!"
Bang!
A dull thud came from inside the enhancement machine. Gulu had destroyed a piece of equipment. She immediately pounded the machine with her little fists. After a while, she muttered curses and left.
After Gulu left, the witch's lips curled into an elegant arc. She slowly removed her ring, placed it into the enhancement machine, and added a gemstone. The enhancement began. A few minutes later.
Bang!
Gemstone fragments scattered everywhere. The witch stood there for a moment before putting her ring back on and leaving in a very bad mood. As soon as she left, a scar-faced man who had witnessed everything stepped forward with a confident smile.
Five minutes later, the scar-faced man walked away in a daze, as if his entire family tree had been wiped clean.
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At Reed's Blacksmith Shop, Su Xiao found that the soul equipment hadn't finished fusing yet, and the Wild Hunt Night leather coat also wasn't repaired. He headed toward Trade Street.
Passing through the mist wall at the entrance of Trade Street, Su Xiao found an empty stall and set up shop with Bubu Wang and Beini.
There were many items to sell this time, including: [Black Maple Tree Branch (4370g)], [Scale Guard (Ability Inheritance Stone)], [Sun Stone x490], [Old Dream Egg (Holy Spirit Rank)], [End Meteor], [Elemental Ring Blade: Enlightenment], [High-Tech Lightning Staff (Gold Quality)], [Immortal Chest: Double Calamity].
Besides these, the five-piece [Sun Church Set] was also not worth keeping. Sanity Value was a unique attribute of the World of Paintings, and since it was no longer data-based, and the Beast Calamity was in the past, the most critical point was that the [Sun Church Set] only showed its strength when acting alongside other Sun Church members.
Su Xiao decided to keep the [Church Knight Helmet]. It wouldn't sell for much and could be kept as a souvenir, and he could wear it to disguise his identity. Besides this helmet, he also kept the [Serrated Twin Blades (Holy Spirit Rank)].
These twin blades could be stacked together, with the handles merging into one. Reed suggested that [Serrated Twin Blades] could be fused with [Soul's Whisper]. This was a forging technique Reed had recently mastered from the Demon Blacksmith's books.
Whether to do this depended on whether Reed could find the required ores and materials.
Soon, Beini finished pricing all the items. The stall was almost completely filled. Surprisingly, the [High-Tech Lightning Staff (Gold Quality)] sold first, for 2 Soul Coins. The buyer was shrouded in black mist and left in a hurry.
Among the remaining items, the worst was still Holy Spirit Rank. This caused several Seventh and Eighth Rank Contractors to gather around the stall after a few minutes, discussing in low voices:
"Selling an Immortal Chest? And one with a special suffix? What kind of move is that?"
"What kind? The kind that screws you over. Normally, who would sell something like that?"
"Not necessarily. This guy is selling Black Maple Tree branches. What else wouldn't he do? On top of that, selling an Immortal suffix chest doesn't surprise me at all."
Quite a few Contractors gathered around. [Old Dream Egg (Holy Spirit Rank)] + [Elemental Ring Blade: Enlightenment] + [Scale Guard (Ability Inheritance Stone)] sold quickly, totaling 3150 Soul Coins. Among them, [Old Dream Egg (Holy Spirit Rank)] was the most valuable, but even so, it was only a Holy Spirit Rank item.
The main event came next. The Sun Stones were priced at 75 Soul Coins each. Such a reasonable price led to them selling out quickly, netting a total of 36,750 Soul Coins. It seemed robbing a treasury was the fastest way to make money.
The remaining three items were slow to sell. Many were interested in the Black Maple Tree, but couldn't come up with a large sum of Soul Coins, mostly wanting to barter. The [Immortal Chest: Double Calamity] also attracted attention, but everyone was hesitant.
Finally, [End Meteor], an Immortal Rank weapon with a 1499 rating, attracted a group of burly men. At some point, the atmosphere there grew tense, and one could almost hallucinate hearing "Oh yeah~"
[End Meteor]'s biggest feature was locking someone in a small dark room for a one-on-one duel, and boosting the user's attributes during the fight. Inside a cylindrical independent space, the user could duel the enemy for 5 minutes.
This weapon had a drawback: the user must master body energy systems like Nether, Nightmare, or Dark Space. Reversing the equipment prerequisites was possible, but the cost was significant.
Over 20 minutes later, three familiar figures appeared among the potential buyers of [End Meteor]. When they showed up, the muscular men stepped back a bit, showing respect. It wasn't fear, but something more subtle.
"Brother Bai Ye, long time no see."
The leader of the Three Brothers of National Football crossed his arms. He wore a half-shirt that was purple, and the most flamboyant part was a heart in the center of his chest.
That wasn't the most impressive part. What was even more impressive was his bodybuilding briefs. All three brothers wore similar outfits, just in different colors.
"Brother Bai Ye, what's the price of this equipment?"
The leader looked at [End Meteor] on the stall. Although he couldn't meet the wear conditions, if he paid enough and found a blacksmith, it wasn't completely impossible.
The Three Brothers of National Football didn't hide their desire to buy [End Meteor]. They knew Su Xiao could guess their idea: using [End Meteor] to lock an enemy in a small dark room. Normally, it was one-on-one, but with the three brothers, all three could enter the independent space and fight the enemy with a three-on-one beatdown, using hammers to pummel the enemy.
"11,000 Soul Coins."
Su Xiao stated the price. [End Meteor] was an unenhanced Immortal Rank blank weapon. Previously, the Immortal Rank 1499-rated [Sin Flame Pendant] sold for 10,900 Soul Coins.
Baha looked at the Three Brothers of National Football, then at [End Meteor]. Somehow, he felt that selling this to them would lead to some unfamiliar, delicate young man suffering something terrible. Thinking about it, Baha shuddered. This was terrifying.
In the end, [End Meteor] was taken by the Three Brothers of National Football for 10,538 Soul Coins. The exact number was because they genuinely couldn't scrape together more.
As soon as [End Meteor] was sold, a white-haired man crouched in front of the stall, picked up [Immortal Chest: Double Calamity], sneered, and said:
"500 Soul Coins."
"..."
"Don't stay silent. There's definitely something wrong with this item. My luck is usually good. I've opened this kind of dirty chest before, with a 2.7% probability, and made a big profit. 500 Soul Coins, take it or leave it."
"9,000."
"You're dreaming. 2,000 at most. If you haggle again, there's no deal."
"9,000."
"3,000 Soul Coins max. Not a single coin more."
"..."
Su Xiao ignored the white-haired man across from him. He took out [Honor Pioneer (Badge)] to upgrade his adventure team's rank.
[Prompt: This upgrade of your adventure team's rank requires 3 minutes and 12 seconds to unlock a new team skill.]
Su Xiao dismissed the prompt. The white-haired man noticed Su Xiao wasn't responding and hesitated. Su Xiao's attitude clearly indicated that [Immortal Chest: Double Calamity] was indeed a "dirty chest," but not too dirty. It seemed something could be opened from it, but the safer option was to sell it.
"4,000 Soul Coins. Not a single coin more."
"Deal."
Su Xiao changed the price, but the white-haired man hesitated, pretending he suddenly didn't want to buy.
"Forget it. I'll play it safe lately. No dirty chests."
The white-haired man stood up to leave.
"3,500. Can't go lower."
Su Xiao changed the price to 3,500 Soul Coins. In reality, due to Su Xiao's Charm Attribute as the owner, opening this chest would definitely result in a debuff. This item wasn't even worth 1 Soul Coin in actual value.
Successfully haggling down 500 Soul Coins, the white-haired man bought [Immortal Chest: Double Calamity]. He believed that old tricks win hearts, and this deal wasn't a loss.
[Prompt: Your Dawn Adventure Team has been promoted to SSS-Rank Adventure Team (Highest Rank Adventure Team).]
Before Su Xiao could open the adventure team list to check, a mail suddenly popped up. It was from Kaiser.
Opening the mail, Su Xiao saw Kaiser's message. The main content was that the [Random Draw Permission] couldn't be activated. More precisely, it wasn't that it couldn't be activated, but that Kaiser himself couldn't operate it.
Kaiser's original words were that as an Arbiter, his brand's credit rating was too low. He often had his Arbiter status stripped, so his credit couldn't be high. Besides that, he had not only messed with the reputation store but also rigged matches in World Wars and packed up his faction's entire treasury. Note: not looting the treasury, but taking the whole thing.
Su Xiao replied, asking if another person could join to make up for the credit deficiency.
Kaiser's reply came seconds later. The content was that another person could join, but that person must also be an Arbiter with extremely high credit. Only then could Kaiser work his magic.
An Arbiter with high credit. The term surfaced in Su Xiao's mind, and he immediately thought of one person: Saber. Saber 100% met the conditions.
PS: (Sorry for the late update. Three chapters totaling 11,000 words. Will try to keep grinding tomorrow.)