Chapter 2978: Decisive Sale

However, the First Star Bandit Group on the planet ahead of them is also not small, with over five thousand members. Moreover, the leaders of the two bandit groups are both at the Guiyi Fifth Layer, and their strength is not much different.

They had just arrived and were still unsure of the situation. Ye Liuyun did not want to directly clash with the local forces too early.

During their journey, Ye Liuyun and his companions also discovered a few scouts, but he could not tell which bandit group those scouts belonged to.

Fortunately, it was only a few scouts who dared not attack them, so they smoothly entered the planet and rushed straight into a city.

After they arrived, they immediately found an inn, rented a side courtyard, and settled in. Their clone then promptly put on the invisibility cloak and went out to gather information about the area.

Not long after they moved in, an elderly man at the Guiyi Fourth Layer, dressed as a merchant and followed by two guards, came straight to their door.

"Young Master Ye, I am Pang Muxi, the administrator of the local First Star Merchant Association. Sorry to disturb you! Has Pang Lei of our First Star Bandit Group ever come to see you?"

That elder politely greeted Ye Liuyun and asked about Peng Lei.

"Administrator Pang, please come in. Peng Lei did indeed come to see me before, but…"

Seeing Ye Liuyun's good attitude, Pang Muxi had no hesitation and followed him inside, asking along the way: "But what?"

Ye Liuyun regretfully said: "I personally saw him being killed by the Dragon Head Bandit Group."

Pang Muxi saw that Ye Liuyun was not hiding anything from him and felt quite satisfied.

He did not rush to press further; instead, after sitting down, he slowly began chatting with Ye Liuyun.

Inside the room, Tang Xinyao and Tang Hao stood behind Ye Liuyun, cheering him on.

Ye Liuyun then began his story from when they encountered Wang Mang, continuing until they moved into this inn, though he only shared what he wanted these people to know.

But he told it convincingly, making Pang Muxi find it quite believable.

"Young Master Ye, can you recall what the five remaining martial cultivators from Hu Fei's side looked like?" Pang Muxi asked.

"I can remember one. That person had a scar on his chin and glanced at us before leaving. The others I could roughly recall, but I dare not be too certain." Ye Liuyun also said solemnly.

Pang Muxi nodded and did not press further; instead, he began discussing the matter of a trade with him.

"We know Hu Fei has already offered a price of one thousand units of Primordial Power. We are also offering one thousand Primordial Power units—Young Master Ye, would you sell that item to us?"

Ye Liuyun promptly agreed: "The price is fine. Keeping that thing in our hands would be a disaster, and we know we cannot hold onto it."

"But could Elder Pang keep this confidential for us? You know we are newcomers just trying to gather some resources; once we attract attention, it will be hard for us to get by later."

He felt that making such a request was perfectly normal; on the contrary, not making a request would seem abnormal.

When Pang Muxi first saw Ye Liuyun agree so readily, he was slightly taken aback, but upon hearing his words, he immediately understood: Ye Liuyun truly dared not keep the item and wanted to sell it quickly to avoid all the bandits coming after him.

He laughed "haha" and nodded repeatedly.

"Since Young Master Ye is so straightforward, I'll also do you a favor: outwardly we'll say you simply gave that item to us. But as for whether others will believe it, I can't guarantee."

Pang Muxi's meaning was also clear: given the ruthlessness and cunning of the bandits here, even if they announced outwardly that Ye Liuyun had directly given the item to them, the bandits would not believe it. Reading novel, blah

Ye Liuyun also understood this, so he did not press further and repeatedly thanked Pang Muxi: "Administrator Pang, being able to do this much already makes us very grateful!"

After saying that, he immediately took out the triangular metal piece, ready to make the trade, as if he did not want to keep it for even a moment.

Pang Muxi took it, had a look, and also glanced at their expressions. Ye Liuyun's expression showed some relief, while Tang Xinyao and Tang Hao clearly seemed puzzled and reluctant.

Only then did Pang Muxi smile and put the item away.

He also saw that when Pang Muxi put the item away, Ye Liuyun appeared slightly nervous, as if worried he would not be paid; Tang Xinyao and Tang Hao also furrowed their brows at the same time.

Therefore he truly believed it in his heart. He immediately produced a storage ring and handed it over, saying to Ye Liuyun: "Young Master Ye, rest assured, our First Star Bandit Group, on our planet, keeps its word—doing business is absolutely fair and honest!"

Ye Liuyun immediately scanned the storage ring with his divine sense, then laughed and repeatedly thanked Pang Muxi.

His impression of Pang Muxi was good, making him feel that Ye Liuyun not only told the truth in everything, but was also very aware of the situation!

So after returning, he really had his subordinates keep the secret and publicly claimed that the item was freely handed over by Ye Liuyun to them.

At that moment, his clone had already used soul control over a martial cultivator and gone to a tavern to help them gather information; he also promptly withdrew back to the side courtyard to avoid being discovered by the experts here.

When he went out to gather information, he had already detected several special auras; among them, three were especially strong, likely experts at the Guiyi Fifth or Sixth Layer. There were also several very faint ones, which he estimated were experts concealing their cultivation level.

He also did not know the details of these people, dared not be too conspicuous, and did not dare to casually investigate them, so he could only proceed slowly.

After Pang Muxi left, Tang Xinyao curiously asked Ye Liuyun: "You really just sold that item so easily? Don't you even want to know what it's used for?"

Ye Liuyun pretended not to care: "It's something we got for free—why are you so concerned about it? The resources we've earned in hand are the real resources."

Saying that, he handed the one thousand units of Primordial Power he had earned to Wu Qingcheng, asking her to divide it among Tang Xinyao and the others according to headcount.

"Alright then. I don't want to think about it either!" Tang Xinyao said, seeing Ye Liuyun's indifferent attitude, and put her mind at ease.

After his clone returned, Ye Liuyun again took Tang Xinyao and Tang Hao out to stroll the streets, to get a feel for the environment and then gather more information about how the locals regarded them.

After going out onto the streets, they also found that most people in the city were not very curious about outsiders. The city's public order was fairly good; although it did not restrict fighting, they really had not seen anyone openly making a move.

However, the people around the city gates were clearly paying attention to those leaving the city.

"It seems that wanting to leave the city or go away will be troublesome!", Tang Xinyao analyzed.

Ye Liuyun also nodded, feeling that this was quite normal.

Even if the bandits manage this place, in order to make long-term profits they would not let their key monitored areas lack visitors. But outside the city they certainly could not attend to, and it would be impossible to allocate so many manpower to tasks that do not make money.