Chapter 203

【Brother Qin, I've found a suitable trading partner for you!】

【The other party happens to have a Silver Realm skeleton and a Silver Grade magic crystal in their hands!】

【As for the price, the other party is asking for one million energy points, or an equivalent amount of metal resources; he needs Bronze and Mithril, but the Mithril must be no less than 10,000 units!】

Ye Junwei said. 【What do you think? If the price is suitable, I will introduce him to you, and after adding each other as friends, you can proceed with the transaction!】

【I can pay with metal ore!】

After reading Ye Junwei's message, Qin Luo thought for a moment and replied.

One million energy points could purchase one Silver Grade magic crystal and one Silver Realm skeleton; this was completely worth it.

Although the price was much higher than what Ye Junwei had asked for, there was no other way; being able to buy it at all nowadays was already quite good.

Even if the price were higher, he would have to accept it.

What's more, the other party was even willing to trade for metal ore.

Tan Xiguang said in an unfriendly tone.

But the gains obtained by each Lord were limited after all, because a large amount of energy points were used to purchase metal resources, so the energy expenditure invested in other aspects of construction would inevitably be much less, thereby affecting the development speed of the entire territory.

【Don't come up short when the time comes; it's my reputation that's being consumed here!?】

【Qin Luo? Is that the profiteer on the forum who united all the merchants, drove the price of metal resources to the sky, and was condemned by countless Lords?】

【10,000 units of Mithril? Do you really have that?】

Even Red Iron was like this, let alone Bronze and Mithril, which were rarer than Red Iron.

And Mithril was the same; although the price was very high, there were not many Lords selling it.

Ye Junwei questioned.

Furthermore, as time passed, although Merchant Lords developed more and more metal resources, in order to earn more and for the sake of the big picture, some Lords began to reduce their sales volume to avoid saturating the market.

【I do indeed need Bronze and Mithril, but I need a very large quantity. Are you sure you have that much stock in hand?】

Although they had experienced several fluctuations in the past few days and many Lords had tried to suppress the price of Red Iron through various means, they had not succeeded in the end.

After all, if it weren't for Qin Luo single-handedly establishing the Resource Trade Alliance and uniting many Merchant Lords to control the price of metal resources, the price of metal resources would be at most half, or even one-third, of what it was now.

The amount of Red Iron sold by Merchant Lords could not yet fully satisfy the entire market.

After all, the current high price of metal resources was entirely beneficial to Qin Luo.

Currently, in the Trading Market, the price of one unit of Red Iron was still ten energy points, and one unit of Bronze was the price Qin Luo had previously set: twenty energy points per unit.

Currently, the price of Red Iron metal remained high; besides the reason of monopoly, there was another important factor: supply falling short of demand.

To obtain these two items, one must kill at least one Silver Realm monster or enemy.

But if one wanted to buy 10,000 units of Mithril, it was estimated that even if the entire market were scoured, it wouldn't be enough.

This was a completely win-win situation.

Qin Luo said indifferently, immediately changing the subject; after all, once the topic of metal prices was brought up, those Lords would inevitably harbor resentment, or even hatred, in their hearts.

At the very least, the Undead Legion under Qin Luo's command had not yet successfully killed any Silver Realm powerhouse.

This was a Lord named 'Tan Xiguang 948624'; if there were no accidents, the other party should be a Transcendental Lord, and a leader among Transcendental Lords at that, otherwise they couldn't have obtained a Silver Realm skeleton and a Silver Grade magic crystal so quickly.

Buying a few dozen or a hundred units of Mithril wouldn't be difficult.

【You can rest assured!】

It could be said that the price of metal resources had always been ridiculously high; fortunately, with the organization of the Resource Trade Alliance, all Merchant Lords were of one mind and united, which stabilized the high price of metal resources.

Qin Luo only needed to click the link to add the other party as a friend.

Qin Luo said indifferently.

As for Jingjin, it was 100 energy points per unit.

As for Mithril, the amount on the market was very small, and Qin Luo's selling price was generally 50 energy points per unit.

Ye Junwei was also very straightforward, pushing the other party's contact information to Qin Luo.

Even these powerful Transcendental Lords had to spend a large amount of energy points every day to purchase metal resources.

Seeing Qin Luo's reply, specifically pointing out Bronze and Mithril metal resources, Tan Xiguang also knew not to provoke Qin Luo too much; of course, he also raised his own doubts.

【If there are no accidents, the one you're talking about should be me!】

【Fine, then I'll push the other party's information to you. You can just add him as a friend directly, and you can discuss the remaining details yourselves!】

Precisely because metal resources were monopolized and the price remained high, many Lords had to pay a higher price to obtain metal resources.

Bronze was a bit better; although it was relatively rare on the market, with more time and effort, it could still be purchased.

But as for Mithril, the quantity was truly too small.

Therefore, currently, the only Lord who could supply large quantities of Bronze and Mithril was probably Qin Luo alone.

As the saying goes, things are valued for their rarity; why was Qin Luo willing to buy Silver Grade magic crystals and skeletons at a high price? Wasn't it precisely because these two types of items were extremely rare in the current market, and hardly anyone was willing to sell them?

【I heard from Ye Junwei that you have Silver Grade skeletons and magic crystals in your hands; it just so happens that I have the Bronze and Mithril you need!】

Among the hundreds of thousands of Merchant Lords, those who also sold Bronze were estimated to be around a hundred thousand, but the number of Lords selling Mithril was estimated to be less than one-tenth of that.

So, Qin Luo had a request for Tan Xiguang, and wasn't Tan Xiguang the same?

Once this transaction was successfully negotiated, it would be a win-win.

If the negotiations broke down, it would benefit no one.

【I do have enough metal resources in hand; I can give you 25,000 units of Bronze and 10,000 units of Mithril!】

【Calculated at the current market price, it's exactly one million energy points!】

Qin Luo said.

【Fine, let's close the deal now!】

Tan Xiguang said impatiently. 【You pay the handling fee!】

【Fine!】

Qin Luo created a transaction link and sent it to the other party.

The transaction was reached very quickly!

Although the items they traded were worth a million, the handling fee was not much, only a little over 10,000 energy points.

In other words, while both parties to the transaction believed their respective items were worth a million energy points, in the system's judgment, both of their items were only worth less than 200,000 points.

【Pleasure doing business with you; if you want to sell again next time, remember to contact me, the price is negotiable!】

After the transaction was completed, Qin Luo sent another message to the other party, and then expressed his gratitude to Ye Junwei.

If it weren't for Ye Junwei, he wouldn't have been able to gather the materials to recruit an Undead Monarch so quickly.

【To be honest, I have a request: do you still have a large number of standard-issue equipment? I mean the equipment you sold before!】

As soon as Ye Junwei received Qin Luo's message, he knew that the transaction between Qin Luo and Tan Xiguang had been completed, so he put forward his own request.

【I do have another batch; how many do you want?】

Qin Luo said.

Tonight, with Maikai's assistance, he had taken down more than half of the mining areas in the Underground World; besides harvesting a large amount of metal resources, there was also a lot of equipment.

The Goblin race's equipment was almost one set per person.

The Goblin army wore Black Iron Grade equipment, while the ordinary Goblin miners wore Ordinary Grade equipment.

And they were all complete sets.

Under Maikai's persuasion, these mining areas were taken down without wasting a single soldier, obtaining a large batch of equipment, and influenced by the rules of the Scarlet Moon, the quantity of equipment directly doubled.

Now, the Black Iron Grade equipment in Qin Luo's hands had long exceeded 10,000 sets, and the Ordinary Grade equipment exceeded 50,000 sets.

If one added powerful weapons like the Magic Energy Giant Cannon, it would be enough to equip an elite army of 100,000 people.

Because Ye Junwei had done Qin Luo a not-so-small favor, as a return, Qin Luo selling the equipment to him could be considered returning a favor.

This was how human interactions worked.

Moreover, Qin Luo was very clear that he and Ye Junwei were not related, and the reason the other party was willing to help him must be because they wanted something.

There was no such thing as a free lunch in this world.

What's more, Ye Junwei himself was a Transcendental Lord, and his time and energy were equally precious.

【How many do you have?】

Ye Junwei said, 【If I want 5,000 sets of Black Iron Grade equipment and 50,000 sets of Ordinary Grade equipment, can you supply them?】

This guy actually wanted so much!?

Seeing Ye Junwei's message, Qin Luo couldn't help but be stunned; he hadn't expected Ye Junwei's appetite to be so large.

However, wasn't Ye Junwei a Transcendental Lord?

Logically speaking, ordinary equipment had a very low bonus for Transcendental troops; if the equipment bonus wasn't high, then it would be better not to wear it at all!

Equipment that could help Transcendental troops would at least have to be Bronze Grade, right!?

Additionally, the equipment Qin Luo had sold before mostly came from the Dwarf race or the Goblin race, only suitable for those with smaller builds; normal human builds couldn't wear them.

Even the weapons would be a bit short.

However, if it were a Magic Energy Gun, although the gun body was a bit small, its power was not small at all, enough to threaten creatures of the Black Iron Realm level.

Qin Luo had also discovered before that among the large batch of sets he listed, they looked the same, but there were actually significant differences.

Especially the weapons, which were different.

Among them were Magic Energy Gun sets, whose weapons were Magic Energy Guns with long-range lethality, and as long as the troop had sound limbs and a normal brain, they could use them; the power was huge and the operation was simple.

This was also extremely popular among the vast number of Lords.

The Magic Energy Gun sets were the fastest to sell out, followed by the sets with bows and crossbows as weapons, and finally the equipment sets with melee weapons like long spears or long swords.

【Of course I do!】

Qin Luo said. 【However, the price for so much stock won't be low!】

Although surprised by Ye Junwei's large appetite, it was also to return a favor to the other party.

What's more, he had captured so much equipment in his hands that he would have to sell it sooner or later.

But with so much equipment, even if Qin Luo gave Ye Junwei a discount, it was still a very huge number!

【Really?】

【Don't worry about the price; let's trade at the price you sold them for before, how about that?】

Ye Junwei said.

【No problem!】

Qin Luo nodded slightly.

He had originally been waiting for Ye Junwei to haggle, but he hadn't expected the other party to be so straightforward.

Qin Luo didn't lose anything at all on this transaction.

【Good, then I'll reserve this batch of equipment from you!】

【As for the energy points or magic crystals needed for the transaction, I need a little time to prepare!】

【Once I've gathered them, I'll contact you!】

【At the earliest tonight, at the latest tomorrow noon!】

Ye Junwei said quickly.

【Good, I'll keep the items for you!】

Through the conversation with Ye Junwei, Qin Luo also basically understood that this batch of arms was probably not for Ye Junwei's own use.

It was highly likely that other Lords needed a large amount of standard-issue equipment to build a large-scale powerful army and were in urgent need of a large quantity of equipment.

And Ye Junwei was acting in the role of a middleman arms dealer.

Getting the equipment from Qin Luo and then reselling it to others to earn the price difference.

As for how much this difference was, Qin Luo didn't ask much.

After all, calculated at Qin Luo's previous prices, he had already earned a great deal.

If the price were any higher, it might not necessarily sell.

The party Ye Junwei was trading with should be a very small number of top-tier customers who held a large amount of energy points but had an extremely high demand for equipment.

Such customers were few and far between; even Qin Luo might not necessarily encounter them.

Moreover, Ye Junwei being able to connect with the other party meant they had likely conducted multiple transactions, and both sides possessed extremely high trust.

Otherwise, given Qin Luo's reputation and output volume, the other party should have contacted Qin Luo to purchase.

Instead of seeking to purchase from Ye Junwei.

So, this money was meant for Ye Junwei to earn.

Qin Luo wasn't the type to begrudge others earning money; as long as he himself didn't lose out, it was fine.

As for Ye Junwei being able to sell at a higher price and earn a profit from it, that was his ability.

Qin Luo couldn't possibly earn every single cent of profit!

If he did that, others would have no room to survive, and who would be willing to do business with him?

He closed the chat interface.

"Finally gathered them all!"

Qin Luo stood outside the Undead Graveyard and clicked on the Undead Barracks interface.

After consuming 2 Silver Grade skeletons, 2 Silver Grade magic crystals, 2,000 units of Red Iron, 2,000 units of Bronze, 2,000 units of Silver, and 2,000 energy points, he successfully recruited a Transcendental troop: the Undead Monarch.

He saw gloomy winds howling in the Undead Graveyard, blowing away the white mist; the ancient manor deep in the cemetery slowly emerged, and its dilapidated gate was slowly pushed open.

The Undead Monarch sat inside, his body as black as ink, leaning against his throne. His aura was powerful, mysterious, and terrifying, as if the entire Undead Graveyard were under his control.

Beside the Undead Monarch, many Nether Souls and evil spirits gathered. Their faces were extremely fierce, and they kept saying inexplicable things, as if foretelling some terrifying future. The Undead Monarch's body radiated endless black light.

The Undead Monarch had a tall stature and sturdy bones, as if cast in bronze.

His face was grim, his eyes deep, emitting a ghostly purple light, as if he could see through the secrets of a person's soul.

The Undead Monarch's aura was powerful and terrifying, almost suffocating, as if he wanted to swallow the entire world into his own body.

A terrifying aura surged out from the Undead Graveyard; even Qin Luo himself felt a powerful sense of oppression.

(End of chapter)