Chapter 46
Yu Xunge: "50 blank skill crystals."
The five people immediately stood up.
Yu Xunge: "40!"
The five didn’t even look back.
Yu Xunge: "30!"
The five began chatting loudly, "What are we having for lunch?" "Didn’t we just eat?" "Oh, what did we eat again? I forgot!" "How could you forget?" "I was shocked by the price."
Yu Xunge: "… Come back! Let’s talk sincerely! Whoever isn’t sincere is a dog!"
The five turned around in unison.
Yu Xunge: "…"
Yu Xunge squeezed her boots, feeling a twinge of regret; she should have found some less clever ones to trade with.
No matter how exquisite these boots were, they were still low-level goods, hardly worth much. They would only fetch a little over 3 gold at the auction house. What Yu Xunge really wanted was information. The previous exchanges she attended were all with freelancers and lone wolves.
The insiders had their own circles, and they enjoyed discounts when exchanging with the official outpost, so they rarely traded with lone wolf players.
**Chapter 59: Is That It?**
She asked the group, "Do you get discounts for exchanging blank skill crystals internally?" She had asked at the exchange point before, and she could only trade her own skill crystals; they didn’t accept currency purchases at all.
The group didn’t hide anything. The official benefits were designed to attract more players to join, and they explained, "Yes, we give out one for free every three days. If you want to buy from us with in-game currency, it’s 50 silver each. That’s a hard rule; it’s the price."
At that time, Zhao Shuying had given her an exchange rate of 1 skill crystal for 5 blank crystals, which meant exactly 3 gold, right?
And a friendly price?!
After silently cursing, Yu Xunge put away her boots. The five were gaping, and just as a "C" word was about to slip out, Yu Xunge flipped her hand and took out the skill crystal she had crafted today, titled "Feeling Happy Again": "Wanna trade? One with a skill for your seven blank ones."
The long-haired woman quickly shut her mouth, swallowing the "C" word. She haggled, "That’s too expensive. You can only get 5 at the official exchange point. Why is it 7 here?"
Yu Xunge: "How much would it cost to exchange for my type of skill crystal at the official point?"
The group fell silent. Yu Xunge realized that the insiders were just as shady.
Yu Xunge: "Wanna trade? I have two. If you both trade, I’ll sell you those boots for 3 gold."
The long-haired woman replied, "Friend, that’s not how business works."
Yu Xunge immediately stood up.
The long-haired woman said, "Didn’t you just say that whoever isn’t sincere is a dog?"
Yu Xunge: "Woof, are we trading or not?"
The five-person team: "…"
A few minutes later, Yu Xunge walked away with 3 gold and 14 blank skill crystals.
…
Yu Xunge had one more thing to confirm. She found a staff member at the exchange point and directly asked, "Do you have a way to exchange for gold from NPCs?"
The staff member was a cute girl with a bob haircut. She smiled, "That involves one of our paid services."
Yu Xunge raised her hand: "What’s Zhao Shuying to you?"
The girl’s smile became more genuine: "She’s my sister. I’m Zhao Xianyin."
Yu Xunge’s face fell: "Case closed. Go on."
Zhao Xianyin continued, "There are three ways, but all require signing a contract. The first way is that you have to give us 10% of all the gold you exchange. The second way requires you to give us 30%. The third way doesn’t require a share, but you need to join our team for a year, during which you can enjoy all the benefits that internal members receive."
Yu Xunge didn’t get angry about their greed; instead, she frowned in thought. She knew what being able to exchange for gold meant. The higher she climbed in this life, the more she understood. Many things that puzzled her in her past life were gradually becoming clear.
For instance, why were Yu Xunhuan and Su Yitong so lucky and smooth sailing, yet they still weren’t the strongest in the country? Or why were the Su, Han, and Liang families thriving yet still afraid to break the law openly, even when pursuing her, they had to first list their charges? Or why, in her third year of fleeing, she heard that the Blue Star people were organizing a counterattack, dropping anchor points on Zelan Star for a counteroffensive…
She suddenly found many of her previous thoughts laughable, like not trading herbs or competing with the officials for profit, trying to be selfless while not dragging Blue Star down, and so on…
After a long silence, she sighed deeply; she was still floating.
She said, "What if the method I know for exchanging gold overlaps with what you tell me? Do I have to share with you if I use my own method to exchange for gold in the future?"
Zhao Xianyin’s eyes lit up. She said, "The contract will specify that if you’ve already used the method we inform you of before signing, then the contract becomes void. In that case, you won’t have to share any gold you exchange in the future, and you can even sell the methods you know to us."
Yu Xunge thought for a long time and decided she needed to buy another channel for exchanging gold. How could she dare to compete with the national machine alone? So she chose the first option.
Zhao Xianyin found someone to cover for her and then took Yu Xunge to the reception room on the second floor of the outpost. Inside, there was a wooden table and four tree stumps, and someone was already waiting for them.
Not long after they sat down, Yu Xunge received the contract. She read it word for word and found the terms to be quite fair. If she had already used the method she knew, the contract would immediately become void.
She wrote down her full name, and then Zhao Xianyin explained how to efficiently earn gold from Zelan Star.
"There’s a drunkard in the basement of a tavern in the southeast of the city. He buys any kind of alcohol. You can buy some in the real world and sell it to him. A barrel of Erguotou can sell for 50 silver, and better wines can sell for more. The highest record is a barrel selling for 1 gold. But if you want to sell, you’d better hurry; he only buys up to 100 gold worth of alcohol each day."
Yu Xunge’s face went blank, feeling herself float again: Is that it?
Just? This?
I trade thousands of gold each time, and this is what I get?
Yu Xunge propped her elbows on the table, her thumbs pressed against her forehead. She was afraid that if she didn’t hold on, she would float away again.
Zhao Xianyin exchanged glances with her partner, curious: "Is… it too exciting?"
Yu Xunge lifted her head, straightened her collar, and felt like a business elite she had once portrayed: "Do you accept gold? I can help you purchase gold, 200g of gold for one gold coin."
Zhao Xianyin & partner: "…"
Zhao Xianyin: "Does this method… sell?"
Yu Xunge smiled: "Not for sale, and I can only help you exchange for up to 100,000 gold coins."
After deducting the 350g of gold needed to produce 3 gold coins daily, she still had 10,778 jin of gold on her.
She needed 21 jin of gold each month to produce gold coins, and naturally, she couldn’t exchange all her more than 10,000 jin of gold for coins. She could at most exchange 10,000 jin of gold, which would be about 27,777 gold coins.
Recently, she had learned a lot of information she didn’t know in her past life, such as the fact that Zelan Star had 12 races, each with 3 main cities, totaling 35 main cities. She didn’t believe she couldn’t exchange it all.
But if she helped the officials purchase gold, it would be different. She would take a cut of 20g of gold for each coin. For 100,000 gold coins, she could take 4,000 jin. Is that a lot?!
Not at all!
"Moreover, this is just the exchange rate. I haven’t mentioned my compensation yet. I can waive my cut, but in the future, my Fate Wheel skill stone will be placed with you for you to sell on my behalf. You provide blank crystals and don’t charge any fees, but you have to say that you only give me 20% of the profits. You won’t lose out on this, right?"
Zhao Xianyin and the other person fell silent.
**Chapter 50: You Won't Like What I Say**
It was indeed a good deal; the impact of 100,000 gold on them was self-evident. For example, if they used it all to buy C-level spells, they could create a powerful team.
And the sales channel for the "Feeling Happy Again" skill stone was a resource in itself. All Yu Xunge wanted was for them to provide her with a safety net while not participating in the profit-sharing. If the item was confiscated by the officials and they only gave her 20% of the profits, other forces wouldn’t dare to easily touch her, nor would they covet this benefit. But from another perspective, any force that wanted this skill stone would have to negotiate with the officials.
Not to mention, having the officials sell on her behalf meant they had the right of first refusal.
Zhao Xianyin said she needed to consult her superiors.
Yu Xunge smiled calmly and took out a cup of coffee from her bag: "No rush, go ahead."
Just as she took a sip, she saw Zhao Xianyin return with Zhao Shuying.
Yu Xunge: "…"
Yu Xunge sat up straight: "I have a bit of an urgent matter. If you agree, let’s sign the contract quickly. I don’t have time for detailed discussions."
Zhao Xianyin: ? Didn’t you just say there’s no rush?
Zhao Shuying found it amusing. She had just seen this person leisurely sipping coffee while going upstairs. She took out the contract: "I want 40% of the profits. That’s our bottom line. After all, we publicly state that we only give you 20% of the profits, and that would damage our reputation. The loss in this regard is priceless."
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