Chapter 68
Yu Chi leaned lazily against the crystal counter, her fingertips tapping on the countertop from time to time.
Less than ten minutes after the shop opened, a long queue had already formed at the entrance. She looked through her mask at the first batch of customers who had poured in—most of them were purchasing representatives from major alliances, their faces filled with determination.
“Excuse me, miss, are you the owner of this shop?” The person who came was wearing the uniform of the Yanhuang Alliance, with a gentle and elegant temperament, and a pair of gold-rimmed glasses on her face.
Well, logically speaking, at this stage of the game, there shouldn’t be any nearsightedness.
Yu Chi nodded noncommittally, not giving any special treatment just because it was Yanhuang.
The smile on the other party’s face deepened. She pushed up her glasses. “I’d like to talk about a private transaction with you, miss. What do you think?”
This person… hasn’t even verified the goods in the shop, and has already decided to have a private transaction with her? Yu Chi raised an eyebrow. “Of course, we can talk on the 3rd floor in 10 minutes. How about it?”
“Please,” the person in charge of Yanhuang nodded, and then no longer disturbed her, and began to wander around the shop.
But the more she wandered, the more shocked she became. She had decided to have a private transaction with this shop on the spot out of her intuition, and also because she had the confidence.
But she hadn’t expected the things here to be so… amazing.
You see, the effects of legendary grade items also had a huge difference. However, the spirit plants in this shop, even if they were of the rare grade, were better than the effects of ordinary legendary grade items.
It was just that the quantity of each crop was limited… the woman couldn’t help but be glad in her heart that she had made a private transaction with the owner of this shop at the first opportunity. Otherwise, she would definitely have regretted it.
She had thought that this was the end of it, but after going to the dungeon, she was once again greatly surprised. She had known for a long time that there would be purification-type magic scrolls here, and this time, she was also here for this reason.
But she hadn’t expected that besides the purification-type magic scrolls, there were so many other precious items.
There were even teleportation scrolls!
Of course, the price was also very expensive, not something that ordinary players could afford.
The person in charge of Yanhuang casually bought two items and sent them as a gift to the person in the alliance who could make the decisions. The other side immediately sent a message.
【No matter what price the other side offers, you must make this transaction!】
【Understood.】
She was not surprised by this request. The only ones who could really compete with their alliance were the people from the Federation. But no matter how they competed, as long as they could buy the things back and give them to the people in the laboratory, maybe they could also mass-produce these in the future.
The other players in the shop were also discussing enthusiastically. Because their lives were closely related to the sea, the discussion about the pink coral was the loudest.
“It’s actually a coral that can blow bubbles to breathe underwater! If I buy one of these, I won’t have to worry about going into the water in the future.”
“Aren’t there water-repelling pearls? What’s so good about buying this?”
“You have to be lucky to buy a water-repelling pearl in the mall. Most of them are just one-time use water-repelling talismans… and some people are naturally afraid of water, can’t they?”
The bubbles blown by this pink coral could not only allow one to breathe underwater, but could even isolate a person from the water. For many people, it was much more convenient than a water-repelling talisman.
The water-repelling talisman that had only cost 10 crystals at the beginning had already inflated to hundreds of crystals under the inflation. The rare-grade tax-avoiding pearl had also changed from a few thousand to more than 100,000.
And the pink coral was a legendary grade plant. No matter how cheap it was, it would still cost over a million.
“Are you stupid! A tax-avoiding pearl can only be used alone. If you buy a pink coral, many people can use it together. One for an alliance is enough!”
“I want to know if the bubbles blown by this coral will pop when attacked in the water?”
…
Some people felt that this pink coral was very worth it, while others felt that the risk was a bit high. After all, if the bubbles popped in the water, not to mention the terrifying water pressure from all directions, even the person would probably drown.
Of course, it was definitely difficult for an item to be perfect. As long as you felt that its benefits were worth the price, then it was fine.
“I want to buy a yellow coral. This is a coral that can be used as a vehicle! It’s equivalent to buying a car in reality, right? Haha.”
“Isn’t the black coral good? It can directly control the local weather. In a battle, you can directly send a thunderbolt at your opponent. It’s so cool!”
“A white coral can be used as a purification crystal to purify the water. I wonder how its effect compares to a purification crystal?”
“The other corals are also great. What kind of god-grade material is this? The effect is too exaggerated!”
More and more players were pouring into the shop. Most of the players on the first floor were attracted by the rainbow coral, and some preferred the iridescent pearl.
However, the latter had many miraculous effects in terms of medicine, while the former’s effects were more varied.
And the players who went to the 2nd floor were also shocked by the various magic potions and scrolls.
“A teleportation scroll? If I encounter danger on an island, can I just run away!”
“Does no one care about this transformation potion? Hahaha, this should be able to directly disguise you, right?”
“…I see. So Holy Light is the way to purify contaminated creatures?”
“A flight potion? I’ll buy it!”
The players who had just come in had all noticed Yu Chi next to the crystal counter, but after the number of people increased, fewer people noticed her.
Yu Chi didn’t care. After all, she had already achieved the effect she wanted. The people from Yanhuang, the Federation, the Vodka Sea, Penguin Bay, Autumn Moon… and other alliances had all seen her, and three of the alliances had proposed a private transaction with her.
Yanhuang, the Federation, and Penguin Bay.
This was not because the other alliances did not want to have a private transaction with her, but because Yu Chi’s current number of items was limited, so she only accepted the invitations of the first three alliances.
The shop had only been open for an hour, and all the things had been sold out. However, she had left one of each as a sample, in case the players who came in later couldn’t see the effect.
“Everyone, please follow me to the 3rd floor,” Yu Chi said to the few people in front of her.
Yu Chi led the three alliance representatives up the crystal stairs. The building and decoration produced by the system were of a very high grade. Each step rippled with a blue light with every step. She looked down a few times and felt that it had a nice rhythm.
“Please sit,” Yu Chi stopped in front of the coral chairs in the reception room on the third floor. Her fingertips lightly tapped the table, and a set of tea set appeared out of thin air. The boiling hot tea automatically filled the four glazed cups, emitting a refreshing fragrance.
The bearded man from Penguin Bay was the first to speak: “Let’s be direct, shop owner. We want the exclusive supply rights for the purification scrolls and the rainbow coral.” His thick fingers tapped a dull rhythm on the table. “You name the price.”
The representative from Yanhuang pushed up her glasses and suddenly chuckled. “Exclusive? Mr. Alai is a bit too greedy.” She turned to Yu Chi. “We will provide the ocean crystals that you need to upgrade your territorial sea, miss.”
Yu Chi’s eyebrows under her mask slightly raised. Ocean crystals were an essential material for upgrading a territorial sea, and each one was expensive.
“Interesting,” she sipped her tea slowly. “But I’m more interested in what conditions the Federation can offer.”
Catherine showed a confident smile and took out a metal box from her bosom. The moment she opened the lid, the temperature of the entire reception room dropped sharply. A single ice-blue scale lay quietly in the box.
“The reverse scale of a Frost Dragon,” Catherine’s voice was bewitching. “In exchange for three months of your exclusive supply.”
Yu Chi’s fingertips trembled imperceptibly. The ice dragon’s reverse scale was indeed precious, but what shocked her even more was that the Federation could actually hunt a giant dragon! This meant that their strength was far stronger than what they showed on the surface.
Not just her, but the two representatives from Yanhuang and Penguin Bay also showed surprise. It seemed that this time, besides wanting to get her exclusive supply rights, the Federation might also have the intention of showing off its strength and recruiting her.
Could it be that the other party had already been to the Dragon Clan’s island? That was a level 5 island.
Yu Chi lowered her eyes to hide her expression: “I have received everyone’s sincerity, but I only accept multi-party transactions, not exclusive transactions.”
Catherine frowned. The matter of the transaction could be discussed later. The shop owner’s current attitude clearly showed that she had no thoughts of being recruited by them.
You see, the Federation was now the world’s largest alliance. She didn’t understand why there was a need to go to other alliances besides the Federation.
“May I ask if miss has already joined an alliance?” she asked.
Yu Chi: “Not yet. I’m not interested in alliances.”
“Okay,” Catherine was not an unreasonable person, although she was very proud of her alliance. “If miss has any thoughts, the Federation will be the first to welcome you.”
Yanhuang and Penguin Bay also expressed their attitude at the same time. It was not important whether the other party came or not, but this relationship must not be soured.
Now, the resources of each territorial sea were different. To be able to take out these resources, especially the magic scrolls and potions on the 2nd floor, this shop owner’s territorial sea and personal strength must be very outstanding.
At least, such a person could not be offended.
Yu Chi was quite satisfied with the attitude of the three representatives. After she had expressed her thoughts, these few people did not show any obvious displeasure. It seemed that they had long been prepared.
She handed three contracts to the three of them.
The content of the contract was very simple: provide a certain amount of resources every month in exchange for special materials and intelligence sharing.
Of course, Yu Chi could also choose to exchange the special materials and intelligence for crystals, but she could earn crystals from other players. Special materials and intelligence were not ordinary.
In addition, the most important point of this contract was that she would provide as many resources as these three major alliances could take out in terms of materials or intelligence each month.
This way, both sides had freedom, and the content of the contract could be terminated at any time.
After the transaction was concluded, the three of them went down. The person in charge of Yanhuang was one step behind, as if she still wanted to communicate with her. The other two looked at her thoughtfully, but did not have any other reaction.
“I wonder if miss is interested in information about the scavengers?” The person in charge of Yanhuang pushed up her glasses, her smile gentle.
Yu Chi raised an eyebrow. She remembered that the title “scavenger” did not seem to have spread among the players, but the other party was sure that she knew this title.
“To be honest with the shopkeeper, my Federation is in urgent need of a batch of potions,” the person in charge of Yanhuang said with an embarrassed smile. “If possible, I hope the transaction can start from this month.”
They had originally set the transaction to start from next month. After all, Yu Chi had said frankly that it was difficult for her to take out all the materials needed by the three alliances at once.
Yu Chi sat on the chair without moving, her fingers tapping on the table. “How many do you need?”
“Mainly healing potions, spirit recovery potions, and flight potions, at least 200 of each,” the woman said in a low voice. “The intelligence is the reward for the advance transaction. We will pay for the transaction content separately.”
“As for the time, I hope we can trade next week.”
Yu Chi: “Do you have information about a level 5 island?”
She was indeed very concerned about the matter of the scavengers, but she did not want others to see that she was very concerned. And her current mermaid identity was not related to anyone. She did not plan to add any relationship to herself.
The person in charge of Yanhuang’s expression did not change. “What a coincidence. The news about the scavengers is just related to the news about the level 5 island.”
“No problem, as long as you can give me information that satisfies me,” Yu Chi’s lips curled up.
…
The goods in the shop had all been sold out. The price of each was not low. Yu Chi felt that she had still underestimated the wealth of the players.
She opened the world channel and took a look.
【Holy crap! The rainbow coral in the Deep Sea Shop is sold out? I’ve been queuing for three hours!】
【The people from the Federation have almost bought all the magic scrolls on the second floor. They’re so rich.】
【I feel that this shop owner is not simple. That mask and the atmosphere of this shop, could it be…】
【I’ve already seen a player riding a yellow coral and wandering around the central island. Fuck, I’m so envious.】
【Has anyone tried the Holy Light scroll? Can it really purify creatures?】
…
Yu Chi closed the channel and stretched. This transaction was much smoother than she had expected. Not only had she cleared her stock, but she had also established a long-term cooperation with the three major alliances. She looked at her account balance—1.2 billion Purification Crystals.
It felt pretty good. After all, she had only been open for an hour today. The transaction volume of the Dazed brand shops had slowed down, but the business here was starting to boom again.
She had come to the central island today not only to sell the resources in her territorial sea, but also to see the resources of other players’ territorial seas.
At the beginning, the legendary grade territorial sea order was precious mainly because the upper limit of the territorial sea was larger. But later, after knowing that the range could be expanded by capturing other players’ territorial seas, many players were no longer obsessed with high-level territorial sea orders.
Then, after they upgraded, they would find that the resources obtained when the territorial sea was upgraded were the truly precious thing.
Two players, one was of the common grade, and the other was of the legendary grade. Even if their territorial sea ranges were the same, the former could only get common resources when upgrading, while the latter could get legendary grade resources.
Looking at Yu Chi’s current income, one could understand how lucky she had been at the beginning.
To avoid being discovered, Yu Chi directly used a teleportation scroll, went to a certain house of hers, and then returned to her human form and walked out.
Speaking of which…
Yu Chi clicked on the screen and sent a message to someone.
【DazedFish】: What is your territorial sea’s generated resource?
【GrumpyBro】: An undersea sword forest, and some other miscellaneous things.
【DazedFish】: Is it the sword forest I’m thinking of?
【GrumpyBro】: That’s right. Swords will automatically grow on it, of all grades, with the highest being legendary. Ah, you’re asking this because you want it?
Li Feng was actually quite depressed. He himself used a spear, and he had no other thoughts about this sword forest. Yu Chi used a saber, so there was nothing good to give as a gift.
As for Zuo He, he didn’t seem to have any proper weapons, and there was nothing to scam. The only one who used a sword was An Jin, who used a sword as a dart. He had tried to recommend it, but An Jin had smiled and said he was not interested.
Li Feng could only occasionally pick some swords and then throw them into the auction house to auction. The money he got from the auction was basically used by him to buy various things.
【DazedFish】: You haven’t thought of opening a shop?
The other side replied frankly, “It’s very troublesome. It’s better to just throw the swords to the auction house.”
That’s true, but the auction house takes a commission. And it’s actually very troublesome to go to the auction house.
Yu Chi sighed and directly asked the other party to sell the swords in her [Dazed Tool]. This way, her shop would not be in an empty state.
Li Feng immediately expressed his gratitude, as if he had dropped a heavy burden, as happy as a little dog.
After chatting with Li Feng for a few sentences, Yu Chi began to browse the shops of other players on the central island.
The central island was like this. Every time she came, she had a different feeling. Even the same shop, after a week, the things would become richer.
This was all because of this magical game.
Yu Chi walked for a while, and a shop named “Curio Pavilion” attracted her attention. A talking parrot specimen was hanging at the entrance of the shop, shouting in a hoarse voice:
“Strange and bizarre, everything you need! You can’t lose out, you can’t be fooled!”
She found it quite interesting. Not just her, but many players were also attracted by this parrot.
The inside of the shop was wider than she had imagined, and the shelves were filled with all kinds of strange items. An old man with a monocle was wiping a pink teapot.
He should be the shop owner, Yu Chi guessed in her heart. Each player could only come to the central island once a week. She hadn’t expected her luck to be so good.
“Welcome, little girl,” the old man said without looking up. “Look around, but please stay away from that biting alarm clock. It’s caused a lot of trouble.”
Yu Chi looked around the shop and finally, her gaze lingered on the alarm clock on the shelf. The alarm clock was the size of a desktop computer, and its second hand was turning steadily.
Suddenly, a player passed under her, and the alarm clock opened its gaping maw and swallowed half of the player’s body.
The old man who had been calmly wiping the teapot’s eyes narrowed. He immediately went forward to rescue him. Yu Chi watched with great interest for a while before she began to browse the items here.
This shop is really interesting.
A quill that could automatically write love letters.
Mineral water that would make you burp and spit out bubbles after drinking.
Socks that would make you tap dance after putting them on.
…
It was like a new world. It was just that these things did not have a price on them. It seemed that the price was all based on the old man’s mood.
“Boss, what is this?” Yu Chi pointed at a transparent jar containing silver sand.
This thing did not have a description on it. After being put in a special jar, a player could not know the item’s description.
The old man finally looked up, a glint of light flashing in his eyes behind the lens: “Space-time sand, a product of a time-element island. Sprinkling a little can change the local time flow speed. The duration… depends on luck.”
Yu Chi’s eyes lit up: “How much?” She was actually more interested in this time-element island, but this was already in the scope of privacy.
“Ten million per gram, no bargaining. There are only 5 grams in total,” the old man said slowly. “By the way, a reminder. It’s best to stand far away when you use it. Last month, a customer turned himself into a baby.”
Changing the local time was not the same as time travel, but Yu Chi still decisively paid and bought the five grams.
A material that could control time was hard to come by. It might be able to save her life at a critical moment.
“Are there any other good things?” Yu Chi asked after paying.
Seeing that she had paid so readily, the old man smiled and took out a wooden box from under the counter: “I haven’t had time to put this out yet.”
In the box was a crystal-clear seed, each emitting a faint fluorescent light.
“The seed of a space-jumping tree. After planting it, a tree that can jump between different spaces will grow. But…” the old man narrowed his eyes, “the destination of the jump is random.”
Yu Chi’s mouth twitched: “Is it the kind of random that will jump into the enemy’s lair?”
“Who knows?” the old man shrugged. “Life needs a little surprise, doesn’t it?”
He was old and didn’t like to take risks. These were all good things his son had gotten. The shop was naturally also opened by his son… but now he was the one managing it.
In the end, Yu Chi bought the seed for eighty million. Although the risk was great, if it could be successfully cultivated, it would also be quite interesting.
After leaving the “Curio Pavilion,” Yu Chi visited a few more shops and harvested a lot of interesting little gadgets. Unlike her shop, most of the shops sold unique items.
She bought a lot of things, for example:
A potted plant that could imitate its owner’s speech (1 million)
A magic salt that could make food super delicious (500,000)
A cloak that could make you invisible after putting it on (unfortunately, it had a limited number of uses, 3 million)
A height-increasing drink that would make you grow to 3 meters tall after drinking (purely for fun, 100,000)
Shopping was a very happy thing, especially when you had money in your hand. Yu Chi had just made a big profit, and she didn’t have any big expenses recently, so she paid without hesitation.
After buying enough, she went directly back to the small boat and took out the space-jumping seed to observe.