Chapter 85: The Exiled Scholar's Research

Seeing Luo De again.

Duoli couldn't help but exclaim, "Silly mushroom, how do you manage to be seen wherever you go?"

It's not the same as last time when she was angry and called Luo De a silly mushroom.

This time, when Duoli said 'silly mushroom,' it was obviously not because she was angry; she just blurted it out habitually.

No matter how you say it.

Last time, Luo De taught her knowledge and got his Vision back.

Their relationship is also much more harmonious than before.

However, seeing Luo De again.

Duoli, however, inexplicably had a bad premonition, always feeling that this guy would come to trick her again.

Consider her, the venerable Sangge Mahabaye master, who has roamed the business world for years; aside from when she first started out, she had never suffered a loss—except for that one time she stumbled over Luo De.

To say she isn't wary would be a lie.

"To be frank, Sangge Mahabaye master, I originally wanted to find you; coincidentally I heard you were in Xu Mi Cheng, so I hurried over."

Luo De said with a smile, "This time I'm here again to discuss business with you."

"Stop!"

"Someone, see the guest out!"

Upon hearing that Luo De had come to discuss business with her, Duoli immediately decided to drive him away.

And her appearance of 'once bitten by a snake, ten years afraid of the well rope' also surprised Dixiya greatly.

Back when they first met at Kawanyi.

The impression this short-statured merchant left on Dixiya was entirely negative: arrogance and greed.

Back then, Luo De spoke to her with a hint of humility, not daring to push the terms too far when bargaining.

How could just a few months have passed?

Duoli, on the contrary, has become a startled bird.

Whenever she hears that Luo De wants to do business with her, she reacts as if it were another trigger, right?

"Have I missed something?"

Dixiya, completely bewildered, kept glancing at Luo De and then at Duoli.

Luo De, who had been ordered to leave by Duoli, hastily waved his hands and said, "Sangge Mahabaye master, please don't get upset; I really have a good business to discuss with you this time, and I'm sure we'll make a big profit."

Luo De's words now sound to Duoli no different from a fart.

She said, "Hurry up and return the Mora you owe me, that's the proper thing to do," while continuing to summon the guards to drive him away.

No avail.

She didn't even give him a chance to speak.

Luo De just walked helplessly, muttering nonstop.

"Oh dear."

"Forget it, if Sangge Mahabaye master isn't interested, then forget it."

"Then I'll go find another merchant and tell him this is the business Sangge Mahabaye master doesn't want; if you profit, you'll surely surpass his reputation, and you can even mock the Sangge Mahabaye master who claims never to let a single Mora in front of him slip away, yet now he's missed this opportunity."

Luo De's voice was neither loud nor soft, just enough for Duoli to hear.

He hadn't finished speaking.

Duoli couldn't hold back.

She clenched her teeth and shouted, "Stop!"

"Sangge Mahabaye master, didn't you tell me to hurry up and get lost?"

"I'll go find the master of the Mai family right now; I definitely won't bother you for another minute."

Luo De said this without stopping his steps, and it looked like he was about to walk out.

Duoli could no longer sit still, raising her voice even higher than before: "I told you to stop!"

"Sangge Mahabaye master, do you have anything else to say to me?"

This time Luo De didn't choose to keep provoking Duoli; he stopped his steps and asked with a chuckle.

"Give you one minute to finish what you have to say."

Duoli said, suppressing her temper, though her tone wasn't good, obviously holding back anger.

Her attitude.

This also let Dixiya secretly breathe a sigh of relief.

At the Zu Baili Theater, upon hearing that the performance outfit had been bought by Duoli, Dixiya's first reaction was "Forget it, I don't want it."

Duoli is notorious as a scheming merchant.

After passing through her hands, you couldn't expect to get that performance outfit for anything less than ten or eight times its price.

But Luo De insisted he had a way, forcibly dragging Dixiya to Duoli's place, and along the way repeatedly warned Dixiya not to speak when seeing Duoli, just to watch him negotiate with Duoli.

Just now, when Duoli issued the expulsion order without a word, it really made Dixiya break out in a cold sweat.

If it weren't for her trust in Luo De, she really couldn't have held back just now.

On the other side.

Luo De directly took out a stack of papers plus a few photos and handed them all to Duoli.

One minute?

Less than ten seconds.

He directly threw at Duoli the experimental results that Nadixa had painstakingly produced with her divine power, including the subsequent feeding steps and precautions, etc.

At the beginning.

Duoli still had some doubts about what this thing Luo De gave her was.

But the more she looked, the graver her expression became.

A minute had already passed, and she, who was extremely precise with timing, didn't notice at all, completely absorbed in flipping through these experimental reports.

After she had finished looking at all of them, she picked up those few photos and examined them carefully.

"No problem?"

While Duoli was still looking at those reports, Dixiya asked in a low voice.

"Rest assured, there's definitely no problem."

That's what he said, but Luo De actually didn't have much confidence.

Aside from lacking the physical object, the experimental report Nadixa personally prepared could be called perfect, with absolutely no flaws to be found.

As for those few photos.

They were taken by Nadixa herself.

Just like in the game, crossing her hands produced a photo, which was also amazing.

Now the only problem is the lack of the physical object.

It just depends on whether Duoli will buy into it.

After flipping back and forth through the experimental report several times, Duoli held up the report and photos and asked, "Where did you get this from?"

"The Academy."

Luo De spoke frankly.

The Pure Goodness Palace is right inside the Academy; saying that is definitely fine.

"The Academy?"

Duoli scoffed: "You stupid mushroom, you stole it to the Academy's head? Don't you know that all the Academy's experimental papers are recorded in the Void? If I used their undisclosed stuff, the Discipline Officer would come after me in a second."

Before Duoli could finish speaking, Luo De declared directly: "This thing hasn't been uploaded to the Void."

"Not uploaded to the Void?"

"Such a detailed report, do you know how much resources it would take?"

"Just the approval of funds, getting to the experimental site, and the whole experimental process—each step requires the Academy's approval to proceed. Do you think the Void would have no record of this?"

Duoli was a bit unhappy, thinking Luo De was lying, trying to swindle money from her.

There's nothing to be done.

The stereotype is too deep.

Even if Luo De sincerely came to discuss business, given that this experimental report itself is extremely risky, Duoli really couldn't believe every word he said.

The negotiations immediately fell into a stalemate.

That was a misstep.

Before coming, Luo De had considered many reasons and excuses Duoli might use to haggle, but he truly hadn't thought of the Void.

I've never come into contact with this before; who would have thought being honest would cause such trouble?

All the excuses I had prepared suddenly became useless.

Just as Luo De was pondering his wording...

Nadixa's voice sounded again in his mind.

"Tell her, this report was made by an exiled scholar, and it's a paper not recognized in the Void."

(End of chapter)