Chapter 919: This Lord Needs Something Other Than a Spatial Ring More

The human merchant's face first stiffened, then slowly turned angry as he sneered, "Are you here to cause trouble? Where did you country bumpkins come from, asking about every term you hear? What bad luck."

After cursing twice, the human merchant turned to leave, but Nai Ge smiled and grabbed his arm. Just as he tried to shake him off, he felt his palm go hard.

Squeezing slightly, he felt two gold coins. A merchant's sense of touch for gold, silver, and magic crystals is never wrong, which greatly reduced his anger.

Nai Ge took the opportunity to ask, "Indeed, I heard others make up stories a few times. That name sounds imposing and domineering, so I wanted to ask. You are from the Shenguangtong Alliance, so you know more. Could you explain it to us?"

"Shenguangtong Alliance, Alliance," the human merchant emphasized, then looked left and right before saying, "Guests, please come inside."

With Seeing Ange and the Monarch as two huge pillars of support, no one would mind a small shop. Although the Monarch had some dark history, that was all due to unfamiliarity with the situation.

Now fed with the Dead Man's Fruit planted by Seeing Ange, with bones plated in thick black crystals, if he met that squad of Super Divine Mercenaries again, he would beat their guts out.

In such a chaotic place, others would just spread a rag and set up a stool to open a stall, yet this human merchant actually had a shop. Originally thought to be financially strong, but entering now, that wasn't necessarily true.

It turned out the shop had about ten sections, divided into left, center, right, and back. The center had four sections, while the rest had two each, and this human merchant occupied only one of them.

This structure was more like a collection of idle merchant groups organized by the Shenguangtong Alliance. Generally, large merchant associations have similar collections, combining small caravans into one big caravan to share costs.

The human merchant led them to the 'back' stall, then pulled the main door shut.

This position was the most remote corner of the entire structure. Perhaps because it was too remote, he had to stand outside the door to solicit customers.

However, on the way in, he saw that only two or three of the ten stalls were open, while the rest were tightly closed. It was unknown if business was poor, or if business was so good they couldn't handle it; when business is too good, they often close the door.

This human merchant's stall was also empty, containing only some chairs, tables, and miscellaneous items. Nai Ge Li Si couldn't help asking, "Didn't you say you could exchange magic crystals and Chaos Stones? And sell various constructs? Why is there nothing here?"

The human merchant looked at Nai Ge with some surprise. Nai Ge awkwardly said, "I'm not a professional. Come with me to look around and broaden my horizons."

"Oh, oh, new customers," the human merchant realized, immediately becoming enthusiastic again: "New customers are good, new customers are good. Magic crystals and Chaos Stones are kept in a safe place. If you need them, we will immediately go to a safe place to exchange. For various constructs and airships, we have models here. Which one do you like? Pay a deposit, and we will go to the warehouse to see the actual goods."

So that was the process. No wonder the place was empty. Nai Ge Li Si didn't feel awkward; he wasn't a professional, so he asked when he didn't understand: "Then why are new customers good? Aren't old customers better?"

Nai Ge and the human merchant coughed at the same time. The human merchant smiled awkwardly: "The guest is truly straightforward, hehe..."

Nai Ge explained, "New customers are easier to rip off. Those doing long-term business like old customers. Those doing one-time deals prefer new customers. For example, in tourist areas, things are especially expensive because there are many new customers. Even if they never come again, just the new customers can sustain the business. They ruin the image of us honest merchants. Scoundrel merchants!"

Speaking the last part, Nai Ge gritted his teeth, while the human merchant smiled awkwardly.

"Oh..." Nai Ge Li Si understood: "You are a scoundrel merchant. You want to rip us off."

"No, no. Recently business has failed miserably, with few old customers. We just hope for more new customers to expand sales channels," the human merchant quickly denied.

"Then why did you react so strongly? We just asked a question about Mourning Undead Soldiers. You reacted so strongly, turned around, and left. It doesn't look like business is bad at all," Nai Ge Li Si said.

The human merchant sighed: "Sigh. Although Mourning Undead Soldiers aren't exactly a secret, they are a taboo topic in the Shenguangtong Alliance. Recently, many people have asked me this question. Just asking without paying is so annoying."

Oh, the main problem was not paying. If someone like Nai Ge slipped a little money, the human merchant would be very happy to sell some information.

"Taboo? Why is it taboo? Also, why did you emphasize 'Alliance'? Isn't it the Shenguang Merchant Association?" Nai Ge Li Si asked.

"Alliance. You call it a Merchant Association, but we are the Shenguangtong Alliance, an alliance formed by sixty-two organizations of various sizes. The internal structure is very complex, far different from a merchant association. You call it 'Merchant Association' every day, making us look like a real merchant association. Our population and territory are bigger than the Feilie Empire, right?" the human merchant complained.

Oh, so he disliked the name not being imposing enough.

"Understood. Speaking of Undead Soldiers, why is 'Mourning Undead Soldiers' taboo?" Nai Ge Li Si asked.

"That is our ultimate weapon. And sealing human souls into humanoid weapons is ultimately not a good thing, so we avoid the topic," the human merchant explained.

Nai Ge Li Si nodded, understanding. No money given, so no taboo needed. Scoundrel merchant.

After asking some more questions about Mourning Undead Soldiers, they finally confirmed one thing: Mourning Undead Soldiers were not sold externally. They were secret weapons of the Shenguang Executive Committee, and their existence was never officially acknowledged.

After finishing the questions about Undead Soldiers, Nai Ge Li Si stepped back, and it was Nai Ge's turn: "What models of constructs and airships do you have? Do you have any for transporting water, coal, or fertilizer?"

While Nai Ge dealt with the human merchant, Nai Ge Li Si whispered to Seeing Ange and the Monarch: "This guy isn't very clear on the situation of Mourning Undead Soldiers either. What he said earlier was probably just hearsay, and we don't know if it's true or false. We'll ask again later and have Tao Xian find her old acquaintance in the Shenguangtong Alliance to ask."

The Monarch nodded. He was now the one most interested in Mourning Undead Soldiers. During the peak of the Undead Empire, he only had two Lords of Mourning under his command. How did these guys manage to use Mourning as soldiers?

Seeing Ange was uninterested, but was more interested in what Nai Ge was doing, because Nai Ge was discussing airships capable of carrying water and fertilizer.

"Transport airships depend on power and load capacity. Generally, a twenty-ton transport airship costs between 300,000 and 1,000,000 magic crystals," the human merchant introduced.

"The models aren't clear. Take us to see the actual stock before we decide," Nai Ge said.

"Do you really want to buy? Over 300,000, at least 300,000. And the lowest specs might not be in stock. You..." The human merchant looked at them suspiciously, obviously doubting their financial strength.

Nai Ge Li Si whispered a sentence. Seeing Ange took out a magic crystal voucher and handed it to Nai Ge. Only then did Nai Ge Li Si say proudly, "Borrowing fifty to show your strength."

The human merchant looked, and his eyes immediately widened. It was clearly a 500,000 magic crystal voucher with a Shenyou mark.

Among the 100 million magic crystal vouchers, the 500,000 denomination was the most numerous. After all, denominations of 10,000 or 20,000 were too low, while few institutions issued millions or tens of millions. Denominations that were too large were hard to spend, and silver coins were not accepted because they were too easy to trace.

However, this denomination was the most numerous for Seeing Ange, but for an ordinary merchant, it was a huge number. Who would carry a magic crystal voucher capable of buying an airship on their person?

The human merchant's eyes sparkled with greed; he almost wanted to snatch it.

But looking at the smiling Nai Ge, looking at the 'Soul Construct' bird, looking at the talking rabbit, and finally landing his gaze on the fully armored Monarch, he abandoned the idea.

"Alright. But I don't know what models of airships there are. I can only take you to look. If you like one, tell me, and we will discuss the specific model and price. Also, you must not speak. The guards there are sick; if they don't like the look of you, they might kick you out. You must let me communicate."

The human merchant warned repeatedly, then led everyone through many twists and turns to a large depression. This depression seemed to have been converted into an airship parking lot, densely packed with airships of various models.

Just arriving at the parking lot, they bumped head-on into an air car. Two goblins were sitting on it; one was Silver Coin, and the other was a goblin with messy hair and beard.

Upon seeing the human merchant, the goblin with the messy hair and beard cursed, "Damn human, you're bringing people to look at my treasures again, right? I told you to look at models. If you like one, pay first, then look. Just looking without buying dirties my treasures."

The human merchant wore a look of bad luck and muttered quietly, "Why am I so unlucky? Meeting him right when I arrived. Shouldn't he be drinking and sleeping at this time?"

So these airships didn't belong to humans; the human merchant was just a distributor?

The goblin with the messy hair and beard turned to Seeing Ange's group and wanted to continue cursing, but was stopped by Silver Coin, who said calmly, "These others are my bosses. Watch your words, or the transaction is cancelled."

The goblin with the messy hair and beard shivered all over. His angry expression froze, then his mouth corners stiffly split to both sides, forcing out a smile: "Hehe, hehe. So it's big bosses. We were just preparing to go pick you up. Come, come, get in the car. We'll talk on the way back."

Seeing Ange's group got into the air car. The human merchant couldn't squeeze in. Obviously, he had no status with the goblins as a distributor. He could only look on with a miserable expression as everyone drove away, muttering, "You all know Lord Lord Yousi, yet you come to tease me."

In the back row of the air car, Nai Ge Li Si leaned close to Silver Coin's ear and whispered, "What's going on? How did you find the source manufacturer so quickly?"

Silver Coin whispered back, "I didn't go to find him. He came to find me. Finding the person with the most information allows the person with the greatest need and strength to come. However, this Lord Lord Yousi needs something other than a spatial ring more."