Chapter 38: Scorpion dung—a one-of-a-kind business

"Tch! Look at how scared you are!"

"Am I really that bad in your eyes?"

"No matter what, you are my own brother. Although you don't act like a brother on most days, as your younger sister, I wouldn't scam you even if I were scamming anyone else!"

"Don't worry, I guarantee that as long as you listen to me, there's no doubt we'll make a small profit this time!"

"If we're lucky, we might even be able to pull off something big!"

Fearing that Zhang Yi wouldn't believe her, Nudi immediately patted her not-so-firm chest to guarantee it.

"This..."

"How about you tell me your plan first?"

Although Nudi gave her word repeatedly, Zhang Yi didn't know why, but he still felt a bit skeptical of this younger sister who was a reincarnated Nudi.

"Fine, here is what I'm thinking..."

Next, Nudi gave a rough explanation of the plan she had previously thought of to the other party.

In fact, the other party's plan was not particularly complex.

It was simply the most basic method of barter from the early days of human society.

In her view, although the Demon Beasts in the depths of this jungle had opened their spiritual wisdom and had even started learning how to do business from the human world,

they were not human after all, and even with their opened spiritual wisdom, their brains were ultimately limited.

One must know that doing business is a profound discipline; how could a few Great Demons with opened spiritual wisdom learn it just by saying they would?

With their intelligence, they could at most learn the surface level.

This point could be very clearly reflected by that little demon from before.

It was the same act of guiding; if it had been Nudi conducting this transaction, she certainly wouldn't have let Zhang Yi just take out a common spirit fruit and call it a day.

Even if she didn't ruthlessly extort them, she would at least have demanded a share of the profits after the other party received the goods.

But look at this guy; a business deal that was originally full of profit was forced by this little thing into a one-off transaction.

Now it's worse; not only did it not get enough benefits, but it even had to risk offending other Great Demons in the jungle.

The return was clearly not proportional to the risk.

It was precisely because of this that Nudi concluded that the Great Demons in the Yaoshi were probably much the same as this little guy.

Regarding the human world's way of haggling, they were definitely not as skilled as she was.

With this, wouldn't the business opportunity just arrive?

One must know that in her past life, she was the dignified Xianchao Nudi; when it came to shrewdness, these Great Demons were absolutely no match for her.

Therefore, they could completely and openly go to the Yaoshi next, and use the resources Zhang Yi controlled to win big with small stakes through bartering.

When Zhang Yi finished listening to the other party's plan, he was instantly enlightened.

Why hadn't he thought of that!

It must have been because he hadn't found any good items earlier, and his low mood had caused his brain to crash.

One must know that when he was a human in his past life, he had haggled plenty of times with the elderly vendors at the vegetable market.

Sometimes, for the sake of a mere ten cents, he could even bicker with them for over half an hour.

If it came to haggling, he really didn't believe these Great Demons could be his match.

After all, those elderly vendors from his past life were all "battle-hardened" veterans of haggling.

If even they weren't his match, let alone these Great Demons!

Besides this, Zhang Yi possessed a unique advantage over everyone in this world, whether human or demon.

That was a marketing philosophy and business acumen far beyond the understanding of this era.

As long as he was willing, he would surely be able to bamboozle these Great Demons with their incomplete spiritual wisdom!

Thinking of this, Zhang Yi immediately agreed to Nudi's plan.

"Fine!"

"Let's do it!"

"However, as the saying goes, even brothers should settle accounts clearly!"

"We must agree beforehand; since I am the one providing the goods, we must make it clear how the profits are split to avoid trouble later!"

"How to split the profits? Of course, it's a fifty-fifty split!"

"Although you provided the goods, if I hadn't come up with the idea, you probably wouldn't have even thought of it!"

Once the topic of profit sharing came up, Nudi was suddenly full of energy.

She started off by wanting a fifty-fifty split with Zhang Yi.

Zhang Yi would naturally not agree to such an unreasonable demand from the other party.

In his view, he was the one providing the "capital," so he should at least take the lion's share; even if it wasn't a ninety-ten split, it should at least be an eighty-twenty split.

A fifty-fifty split? Don't even think about it.

Furthermore, he already knew the other party's plan now. To put it bluntly, as long as he abandoned his morals and said he had suddenly changed his mind, then forget about the split—even if Nudi were unwilling, she could only stare in frustration.

After all, as long as he didn't care about morals, no one in this world could morally blackmail him, not even a demon!

Who told him his fists were hard!

If Nudi dared to say one more word, he could just give her a lesson of "love."

Anyway, this wasn't the first time he had done such a thing in his daily life.

However, just as he had made up his mind to be a rascal and refuse to acknowledge the deal,

Nudi's next sentence made him instantly make a concession.

"You guy, I knew you wouldn't keep your word!"

"But don't be in such a hurry to refuse; it won't be too late to consider it after I finish speaking!"

"What do you mean by that?"

For some reason, when Nudi said these words, Zhang Yi suddenly had the illusion that he had been schemed against.

Seeing that Zhang Yi was getting a bit anxious, Nudi then feigned profundity and slowly said, "Do you know how to refine pills?"

These short five words instantly stunned Zhang Yi, as well as the several other fellows around him.

"I don't, how could I..."

Halfway through his sentence, Zhang Yi suddenly seemed to realize something.

"Refining pills?"

"What do you mean by that?"

Zhang Yi looked at the smug-faced Nudi with some confusion.

"Nothing, just exactly what it sounds like!"

Seeing that Zhang Yi was anxious, Nudi, on the other hand, was not in a hurry at this moment.

"Do you know what is the most precious thing in the world of demons?"

"Things like Demon Crystals and Demon Cores are indeed precious, but compared to the pills refined by humans, these things are simply trash!"

"After all, not just any demon has your kind of abnormal constitution and methods!"

"Whether it is refining Demon Cores or Demon Crystals, there are certain risks involved."

"You have experienced this kind of risk before; it could truly be called a narrow escape from death!"

"However, compared to these things, the pills refined by humans have countless times fewer risks."

"Therefore, I dare to conclude that if we can refine pills, then once we reach the Yaoshi, it will absolutely be a one-of-a-kind business!"