Chapter 77: Bargaining and the Mysterious Black Stones

"Lao Yang, are you a clown sent by the monkeys? 'Match for Zhuge,' my foot! Give me back my money, or we aren't finished!" Wang Pangzi was the first to revolt, cursing as he spoke.

"You're just here to give warmth to the Sun Flower Cleaning Company, aren't you? The key is, you're giving warmth while making us pay for it," another person said through gritted teeth.

"That's a Tier 3 Sun Stone, it's worth a fortune! Do you think they're as common as Chinese cabbage? I don't care, you have to cough up that money for me." Boss Li of the cleaning company, who usually prided himself on being a refined man, had his eyes wide open, looking as if he wanted to eat Lao Yang alive.

Lao Yang was instantly stunned, muttering to himself, "This shouldn't be, this shouldn't be. Where exactly did things go wrong?"

Lao Yang was isolated; these cleaning company bosses revealed their ferocious faces in the blink of an eye.

How many good people can there really be in this line of business? They are basically just smiling tigers with kind faces but evil hearts.

In this struggle, only the Sun Flower King became the biggest winner, laughing until the end.

It had gained many Tier 3 Sun Flowers; these Sun Flowers were split from its main body and under its control, effectively serving as its Imperial Guard, the Emperor's close attendants.

This way, the Sun Flower King didn't have to run around, only needing to dispatch one Tier 3 Sun Flower to hold the line.

After the cleanup was finished, when Secretary Liang took the contract to ask President Feng for payment, President Feng spread his hands: "I don't have money here, but I can offer a barter."

Upon hearing President Feng say he had no money, the previously smiling Sun Flower King's face immediately fell.

Its roots, which served as its feet, suddenly sprang up, leaping high into the air. It curled its leaves into a ball and swung forward, emitting a sound that tore through the air.

If President Feng had spoken a second later, the Sun Flower King's fist would have landed right in his eye socket.

Just then, the Sun Flower King's curled-up leaves unfurled. It used a bright green leaf to brush the thin dust off President Feng's shoulder, a look of incredibly simple-minded honesty on its face.

President Feng's back felt cold; he had just sensed a sky-high killing intent.

It was fortunate he had spoken quickly, otherwise that fist would have landed on him.

"Secretary Liang, let's settle the payment according to the contract terms, no problem, right?"

"I have crystal cores and evolution stones of equal value here."

"Of course, there are also raw stones that might contain treasures, but that depends on your own skills. Don't blame me if you misjudge them."

President Feng turned and led Secretary Liang and the Sun Flower King toward the Shihui Shi Chongshou Gonghui.

"Lord President."

"Lord President."

Some young union members greeted President Feng after seeing him.

President Feng responded with a smile, showing no airs at all.

He arrived in front of a large gate at the Pet Beast Union.

"Secretary Liang, Sun Flower King, I'm sorry, but according to the rules, you must wear these."

President Feng took out two bracelets.

Secretary Liang naturally understood the rules; this must be the protective measure of the Shihui Shi Union.

She took them and put them on; the bracelets automatically adjusted to the size of Secretary Liang's wrists.

The Sun Flower King put the bracelet on one of its leaves.

Afterward, once President Feng passed the iris, fingerprint, and blood verification, the gate slowly opened.

"There are a total of five gates here."

"They can only be opened normally after the iris, fingerprint, and blood checks are all passed."

Behind the doors are surveillance devices, monitored 24 hours a day by infrared detectors.

Only after scanning and confirming everything is correct will the next door open.

When the fifth door finally opened, inside was a dazzling array of crystal cores and evolution stones.

The crystal cores still had bloodstains on them, looking as if they had just been cleared out not long ago.

"President Feng, how shall we conduct the transaction?"

"I don't know the value of these things either, and market prices fluctuate."

"If you let the Sun Flower suffer a loss, and it gets angry, what will happen if it refuses to take your orders when a Beast Tide occurs in the future?"

"You should know that we aren't lacking in markets; the reputation of the Sun Flower Cleaning Company has already been established."

Secretary Liang glanced at the dazzling array of items, her expression firm.

Hearing this, the Sun Flower curled its leaves into a fist and raised it, threatening President Feng a little.

President Feng gave a bitter smile: "How about this? I just logged into the Yan Country trading platform on my phone."

"Let's calculate based on the real-time prices on the Yan Country trading platform."

"I can give you a twenty percent discount."

President Feng was being generous for once; mainly because the finances of Shihui Shi had truly been hollowed out by the cleaning company.

If one were to list the people who hated the cleaning company the most, President Feng would be at the top of the list.

After all, the wool had been plucked down to the skin; if the Sun Flower Cleaning Company stopped taking orders, President Feng felt he would regret it.

They were still in the honeymoon period, so President Feng could accept making appropriate concessions.

At this moment, Secretary Liang's gaze fell upon a pile of black stones.

"What is that pile?"

Secretary Liang asked curiously.

"Those are raw stones we mined from the Shiku Mijin."

"They might contain various treasures inside."

"But I advise you not to touch them. Not only is the price high, but there might be nothing inside at all."

"The risk is extremely high."

"The He Family over in your Jiaying City, didn't they go bankrupt just these past few days because they gambled on stones and lost everything, causing their capital chain to break?"

President Feng shrugged his shoulders and said.

After all, one cut can bring wealth, one cut can bring poverty; fortune and disaster are intertwined.

At this moment, however, the Sunflower King could feel that something inside the black stone material in front of it was attracting it.

Every cell in its body was clamoring to obtain it, to obtain it.

The Sunflower King walked over step by step and stopped at one of the largest black stone materials.

It hugged this stone material tightly with its leaves, revealing a very excited expression.

"If it's this one, I'm sorry, but this is the one with the highest assessed value among the stone materials, and the price accounts for about one-half of the remuneration we need to pay."

"I can give you a twenty percent discount, it just depends on whether you can accept it."

The Sunflower King patted this stone material with its leaves; it was the one.

"One-fourth of the price!"

Secretary Liang began to haggle, cutting the price directly in half.

"No, no, this price is too low."

President Feng hurriedly shook his head.

"Although this stone is large, it is precisely because it is large that it is very difficult for you to sell."

"Compared to other stone materials, this one has a thick layer of dust on it and shows no signs of having been moved."

"Rules are made by people, but rules are rigid while people are flexible; you are quoting this price for something that takes up so much inventory space."

"We cannot accept it, and we will even doubt whether you are truly sincere about cooperating with us."

"If we don't take it, it might just end up stuck in your hands."

"Are you willing?"

"One-fourth of the price, no higher."

President Feng's brows furrowed into a 'chuan' shape.

He looked at the Sunflower King, then looked at that huge, unsellable stone material.

The assessed value still had some padding; it didn't mean there was something of such high value inside, and it was very likely to result in a total loss.

President Feng thought for a long time, and finally gritted his teeth and agreed: "Fine, but I have one condition."

"The Sunflower King must leave a small team stationed in Stone Wisdom City, and I will be responsible for looking after their safety."

"Every time a Beast Tide occurs, I will hire them according to this current quote."

"Of course, you also know our financial situation, so I plan to exchange it for an equivalent amount of guild points for them."

"Whatever items are needed, we will exchange for them directly using guild points."

"How is this proposal?"

"But I have one requirement: there must be a Tier 3 Sunflower King present, otherwise I worry these sunflowers will be hard to manage."

President Feng gave his conditions.

Secretary Liang did not feel comfortable making the decision for the Sunflower King, so she looked at the Sunflower King.

The Sunflower King actually used its leaves to make an OK gesture.

This condition was as good as non-existent; the Sunflower King also had this idea.

Then it patted this stone material, then pointed at Secretary Liang, looking expectant.

"Understood, understood."

"President Feng, can I store this stone material into the Pet Beast Space here?"

Secretary Liang suddenly asked.

"I'm afraid that won't work, because you are wearing this Bracelet, which has already cut off the possibility of you opening the Pet Beast Space."

"But it doesn't matter, I'll do it."

"When you have chosen the items, I will store them into the Pet Beast Space, and after we reach the entrance, we can confirm it once more."

This proposal from President Feng was accepted on the spot by Secretary Liang.

After some haggling, Secretary Liang walked out feeling satisfied.

The Sunflower King also left behind one Tier 3 sunflower to lead a group of Tier 2 sunflowers to guard this place.

The remaining main force was led back by Secretary Liang herself in a grand procession.

Ye Bai got up early; he hadn't looked at the system's refreshed messages for the past few days.

Fortunately, this system had the function of viewing previously refreshed intelligence, otherwise Ye Bai would have cried himself to death.

【1. There are twelve Dragon-Slaying Swords in total, forged from Geng Metal Essence, to slay the evil dragons of the world.】

【2. The Beautiful Country alliance has invented a type of infrasonic weapon. This infrasonic weapon does not cause the slightest harm to people in good health, but for those suffering from heart disease, it can increase the frequency of their heartbeat and subsequently trigger a heart attack. This infrasonic weapon is only the size of a palm and is hidden very discreetly.】

【3. The Blood Gu is a very special type of Gu insect. Only Soul-Guiding Incense will make it go insane and rush toward the Soul-Guiding Incense regardless of everything. The recipe for Soul-Guiding Incense is as follows: (Omitted five hundred words here, otherwise everyone will think I'm padding the word count.)】

【4. Mermaid Tears combined with the Flower Nectar of a Tier 4 sunflower can formulate an antidote for the Two-Headed Silver Ring Snake. Mix the Mermaid Tears and Flower Nectar in a 1:4 ratio to obtain the antidote.】

【5. The crystal core of a Dark Night Mosquito leader has a special effect. A Pet Beast that devours the crystal core of a Dark Night Mosquito leader has a one-third probability of comprehending the skill 'Shadow Transformation', which allows it to sneak into shadows without a sound.】

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