Chapter 679: Double Price

Looks like she truly enjoys this kind of life!

Seeing this, Ye Liuyun stopped worrying about Luo Yurou.

As long as you like it! But you also need to work hard on your cultivation and quickly raise your realm. Your current realm is still far from 'adventure'!

Ye Liuyun also feared she would become absorbed in it and neglect her cultivation.

Now, because Ye Liuyun and others are with her, she feels no pressure. If Ye Liuyun and others were not here, with her realm, she would find it difficult to take even a step.

"Hmm!" Luo Yurou readily replied: "Every day, aside from studying with my master, all my other time is spent cultivating."

The two of them chatted quietly on the side.

Ye Liuyun's Divine Sense also split off a part, paying attention to Du Yan's bargaining.

He wasn't unwilling to trust Du Yan; he just wanted to see how Du Yan was raising the price.

Du Yan was happily chatting with the Steward of the Chamber of Commerce.

However, none of what he said was true.

He claimed he was the small leader of a special ferocious beast hunting team, that his team had over two hundred members, and so on—just spouting nonsense from all directions—before finally mentioning the Food Star Beast and handing over its blood to the Steward for inspection.

That Steward, also experienced, had long sensed he was spouting nonsense, and was growing impatient when Du Yan got to the point.

When he confirmed that the blood was indeed from a Food Star Beast, he immediately became excited.

"Lord-rank blood, how much do you have?"

"However much you want, we have it! The blood of an entire Lord-rank Food Star Beast has been secured by us!"

At this point, Du Yan instead started telling the truth.

But the Steward didn't believe him. In the Steward's eyes, Du Yan was just someone who liked to boast.

However, for the sake of profit, he wouldn't fall out with Du Yan. So he again endured, indirectly probing Du Yan about how much he could sell.

While Du Yan was giving him perfunctory replies, he also inquired about the market situation for Food Star Beast blood—including how long the market had been without supply, what prices they had previously purchased and sold at, and other related information.

At first, both old foxes didn't speak the truth, each testing the other.

Ye Liuyun really couldn't accept this roundabout way of speaking.

Gradually, as Du Yan produced several more buckets of Food Star Beast blood, both sides made progress and each spoke some truth.

Ye Liuyun learned that the blood of a Heavenly Gang Realm Food Star Beast is not exactly rare.

After all, some Yin-Yang Realm Martial Cultivators form teams to venture out and hunt some Heavenly Gang Realm Food Star Beasts, then split up to ride the fastest warships back, and some still manage to escape the beasts' pursuit.

Food Star Beasts dare not attack Yi Cheng, because Yi Cheng has a protective formation.

However, the blood of a Yin-Yang Realm Food Star Beast is comparatively rare. That requires Venerable Martial Cultivators to go adventuring. And usually, Martial Cultivators who have reached the Venerable realm are not so short of money that they would risk their lives for adventure.

The higher a Martial Cultivator's realm, the more they cherish their life.

As for Lord-rank Food Star Beast blood, it's a rare treasure unseen for years, and can definitely fetch a high price.

Just hearing this, Ye Liuyun knew their estimated price was still too low.

"Looks like this harvest will definitely be not small." Ye Liuyun secretly rejoiced.

After Du Yan obtained the information he wanted, he no longer beat around the bush with the Steward.

"I've told you, the amount we want to sell this time is really not something you can decide, and you still don't believe me! I might as well just show you!"

Du Yan said, having Ye Liuyun directly take out a container filled with blood.

Upon seeing it, the Steward really couldn't stay seated.

"Sir, please wait a moment; I'll go fetch the shopkeeper to personally receive you."

Although they didn't know how much more Ye Liuyun had on hand, just based on what Ye Liuyun produced, the Steward also thought it necessary to have the shopkeeper come talk with Du Yan.

Soon, the Steward led the Chamber of Commerce's shopkeeper inside.

Du Yan's negotiating style also suddenly changed. After a brief exchange of pleasantries, he went straight to the point.

He directly had Ye Liuyun take out another storage container and said to the shopkeeper: "We're leaving Yi Cheng tomorrow. You've already verified the goods—they're genuine Lord-rank blood."

"If the price isn't right, we can only go to other relay stations to find another buyer!"

The shopkeeper again confirmed it was genuine Lord-rank blood, then went straight to discussing the price with Du Yan.

The initial price offered actually already exceeded Ye Liuyun and company's expectations, but Du Yan, not understanding subtlety, pretended to be dissatisfied.

"Shopkeeper, as the saying goes, rarity makes value. This Lord-rank blood is something you might not encounter for many years. Not only this price, even if the price doubled, someone would still buy it. Since you lack sincerity, we'll have to look for other sales channels."

Du Yan said, then called Ye Liuyun and Luo Yurou to leave the Chamber of Commerce.

Ye Liuyun and Luo Yurou also cooperatively stood up to leave.

Du Yan had previously said they would leave soon. Once they left Yi Cheng, the shopkeeper would have nowhere to find them.

The shopkeeper, seeing his chance at wealth slip away, immediately stood up and pressed Du Yan, Ye Liuyun, and the others back down.

"The price is negotiable, right!"

Afterward, he and Du Yan began another round of bargaining.

Du Yan's information was exactly what the Steward had just said, so Du Yan spoke at length without yielding.

Although the Steward knew full well, he dared not say it out loud. If he admitted that this information came from his own leak, he'd probably be out of a job.

So Du Yan openly posed as an expert, leaving the shopkeeper stunned and bewildered.

In the end, the shopkeeper was also helpless.

"Since you, sir, know your stuff, let's not beat around the bush—just name a price, and if it's suitable we'll trade."

Du Yan finally quoted a price that was double what Ye Liuyun and company had previously discussed.

After thinking it over, the shopkeeper actually accepted it.

Ye Liuyun still worried that Du Yan would demand too high a price and ruin the deal. Unexpectedly, the shopkeeper ultimately did accept it.

"However, we've only sold two portions so far. What about the remaining two?" Ye Liuyun waited curiously to see how things would play out.

After Du Yan and the shopkeeper finished trading those two portions, they prepared to leave, with no intention of further transactions.

The shopkeeper also ended up saying some polite words, like "If you ever have anything like this again, come find me," that sort of courtesy.

Who would have thought, Du Yan went along with his words and said mysteriously: "To be honest, I still have two portions left. I was originally planning to hold off selling them. But seeing how righteous you are, shopkeeper, I really can't bear to keep it from you any longer."