Chapter 13: Wealth Comes Knocking: A Deal Worth a Hundred Gold

Hearing the middle-aged man's words, Duan Yu did not keep him in suspense.

Instead, he explained directly to the middle-aged man.

"I shot and killed this leopard with a bow and arrow."

"But the place it struck is extremely concealed, so it left no wounds on the surface."

"Please look."

Duan Yu directly flipped the leopard's head over.

Seeing the arrow mark on the leopard's lower jaw, the middle-aged man paused, then smiled and praised, "Good archery."

"The price of a fierce beast's pelt differs greatly depending on the wounds on the fur."

"Young brother should know, for the same beast pelt, if the wound is concealed versus obvious, the difference in price is vast."

"The good thing about your leopard pelt, young brother, is that it has no obvious wounds, so it can fetch a high price."

"Besides this leopard pelt, did you also hunt this fox pelt?" the middle-aged man asked.

Duan Yu smiled and nodded in admission.

Perhaps drawn by Duan Yu's archery, the middle-aged man actually took the initiative to look for the arrow mark this time.

But obviously, the middle-aged man did not find it.

Holding the fox pelt, the middle-aged man smiled bitterly and said, "Little brother, where are the arrow marks on this fox pelt?"

Duan Yu pointed at the fox's eyes and said, "To be honest with you, these foxes all died from being shot through both eyes."

"So they didn't leave any scars on their bodies."

Hiss.

The middle-aged man gasped in a breath of cold air.

He looked at Duan Yu in shock.

This time, even the gorgeously dressed woman standing to the side was surprised.

If only one leopard died from an arrow piercing its lower jaw, that could be said to be excellent archery.

But if all these prey died from arrows piercing their eyes.

Then it could only be said that the person before them did it deliberately.

Just to preserve intact beast pelts.

But...

What kind of archery is needed to be this accurate?

"Little brother, what superb archery!"

"Did you deliberately shoot through these foxes' eyes just to obtain intact pelts?" the middle-aged man asked in surprise.

"Indeed." Duan Yu replied with a smile and a nod.

"Impressive." The middle-aged man could not help but praise, "I have seen many skilled with the bow, but none with archery like yours, little brother; it is truly unprecedented."

"With archery like yours, little brother, it is enough to make a living anywhere."

"Isn't it a waste to just hunt in these mountains?"

Duan Yu smiled modestly and said, "You flatter me."

"I am but an ordinary hunter, with no other grand ambitions."

"To be able to feed my family."

"To take care of the elders at home."

"With this I am satisfied, and I dare not ask for too much more."

"Since you like these pelts, would you like to buy them?"

No amount of praise puts food on the table.

What Duan Yu needed now was to sell these pelts and convert them into cash.

This was what he wanted right now.

Empty promises were of no use to him at present.

The middle-aged man glanced at the gorgeously dressed woman behind him.

Duan Yu's gaze also keenly caught this.

He then looked at the woman as well.

It seemed that between the two, the woman was the one who called the shots.

The gorgeously dressed woman looked at the pelts on the ground, then nodded slightly and said:

"I want all of these things."

The gorgeously dressed woman looked at the guard behind her.

The guard, quick-eyed and deft-handed, directly pulled out a small gold ingot from his chest.

Duan Yu was taken aback seeing the gold ingot.

He thought to himself, good heavens.

So generous with their spending?

That small gold ingot was ten gold!

One gold is ten thousand coins; ten gold is a hundred thousand!

"Here is ten gold," the woman said.

Although Duan Yu was short on money, he knew that the things before him were not worth this much at all.

"Miss, my things are not worth this much money; one gold is sufficient."

Duan Yu did not reach out to take it.

The middle-aged man's gaze focused once more.

The smile on his face grew wider.

He nodded slightly.

The woman smiled faintly, her beautiful face appearing even more noble.

"I know," the woman nodded and said, "But I wish to make a deal with you."

"If you agree, and then complete it, I will pay you even more money."

The woman said, "To tell you the truth, in a few days it will be my father's birthday, and I am currently preparing a birthday gift for him."

"This leopard pelt of yours is very good, but it is not enough."

"For my father's sixtieth birthday, if you can gather the four fierce beasts of the mountains—tiger, wolf, bear, and leopard—"

"Then I can use this to obtain a good auspicious meaning."

"The ten gold given to you here is only a deposit. If you can hunt the remaining tiger, wolf, and bear, I will give you another hundred gold."

"Will you accept?"

"But there is one condition: the pelts must be as intact as this leopard's. Can you do it?"

A hundred gold!

Duan Hu was startled.

One hundred gold—that was a million coins.

This deal works!

But just as Duan Yu was about to agree.

He clearly felt a tightening at his arm.

Duan Yu turned his head and saw Diaochan's face full of worry.

Without asking, he knew what Diaochan wanted to say.

So he gently patted Diaochan's hand that was holding his arm.

"Don't worry, it'll be fine."

Duan Yu stood up.

He took the small piece of gold cake from the woman's hand.

"I accept this deal. Within five days, I will definitely deliver the tiger, wolf, and bear skins. Give me an address, and I will surely deliver them within five days," Duan Yu said with absolute certainty.

It would have been fine if Duan Yu hadn't stood up.

Once he stood, his height of one meter eighty-eight immediately stood out like a crane among chickens.

The middle-aged man squatting on the ground instantly felt engulfed in shadow, a strong sense of oppression washing over him.

Even the gorgeously dressed woman was startled.

"What a stalwart warrior!"

After standing up, the middle-aged man carefully examined the Duan Yu before him.

Duan Yu smiled modestly, put the gold cake away, and then gathered up the leopard and fox skins on the ground for the two of them.

The middle-aged man reached into his robes and took out a calling card.

"When the time comes, just seek me at this address. If anyone stops you, have them announce your arrival and say you are looking for Mr. Li."

Duan Hu nodded in agreement.

Afterward, the middle-aged man and the gorgeously dressed woman left.

Duan Yu took a deep breath of joy.

He hadn't expected to make no sales all morning, only to sell everything at once—and at a high price at that.

Most importantly, he had also secured a major deal.

One hundred gold!

That was one million coins.

According to the prices Diaochan had just told him.

Nowadays, even top-quality Liang rice was only four hundred coins per shi.