Ye Fan held the yellow crystal in his hand and beckoned to Flan, who was lounging in a chair.
"Boss, how much for this?"
A lazy voice, slightly husky and magnetic, replied.
"One hundred Gold Soul Coins."
Xiao Wu rolled her eyes and began to berate Flan.
"Just this lousy crystal, and you want a hundred Gold Soul Coins?"
"It's full of impurities, the transparency is poor, and it doesn't even have any color. You really dare to ask."
Ye Fan also added a comment, although he wasn't short on money, he wouldn't be ripped off.
"Make me an offer."
Flan finally took a closer look at Ye Fan and Xiao Wu. He didn't see any great eagerness to buy from their faces. If the price wasn't right, they'd likely just leave.
That yellow crystal hadn't been asked about in ages, and he'd only paid five Gold Soul Coins for it. Selling it would be a sure profit; who would have thought the cost would be so low?
"Name your price," he said.
Ye Fan thought for a moment, then spoke slowly, "Five Gold Soul Coins!"
Hearing this, Flan nearly fell out of his chair. "That thing is worth a hundred Gold Soul Coins! You're trying to haggle off ninety-five Gold Soul Coins?"
"It's not that cheap," Flan adjusted his posture slowly. "Try again. Name another price, and I'll sell it."
Ye Fan looked at the yellow crystal in his hand, constantly considering the price.
Flan waited patiently,
ready to agree the moment Ye Fan spoke.
This deal was a guaranteed profit, and he'd make at least one Gold Soul Coin.
However, that was impossible.
At most, he could cut the price in half and still make forty-five.
"One Copper Soul Coin!"
"Sold!"
"One word," he shouted.
Flan tumbled off his recliner with a thud. He stared at Ye Fan, eyes wide.
The kid didn't play by the rules!
"Boss, you said it, not me," Ye Fan shrugged, handing a Copper Soul Coin to Flan. Then, he left with Xiao Wu.
"Argh!"
Flan lay on the recliner, staring at the ceiling with wide eyes.
This was the first time he'd ever taken a loss on a deal.
"Five Gold Soul Coins? No deal. I'll offer a different price."
Who in their right mind would lower the price?
And just a few minutes after Ye Fan left,
Tang San entered the room. He'd fought Dai Mubai, and lost.
Dai Mubai had let him use the room to rest.
Tang San rested for over a day. Only then did the pain slowly subside.
After gritting his teeth, he could finally walk normally again.
Driven by curiosity, he entered the room.
Unfortunately, there wasn't anything he liked. He left in disappointment.
[The plot has been successfully altered. Tang San did not buy the metal plates and cannot obtain the Tang Sect's Dragon Whisker Needles.] [Reward: Armor-Piercing effect of attacks increased by ten percent.]
"An increase in piercing effect?"
"This reward actually matches the ability of the Dragon Whisker Needles,"
"I wonder what it will be like when the cactus's thorns attack."
Ye Fan casually tossed the crystal into his storage ring, figuring he might need it when making soul tools later.
He began to speculate about how Tang San would overcome Zhao Wuji's defenses without the Dragon Whisker Needles during their upcoming encounter at Shrek Academy.
Furthermore, would Tang San even fight Zhao Wuji?
Originally, in the story, Tang San flew into a rage and attacked Zhao Wuji because Zhao Wuji had hurt Xiao Wu.
Now…
Ye Fan glanced at Xiao Wu, initially wanting to say no.
However, considering Tang San's current state of mind, being very concerned about Xiao Wu, he changed his mind to not necessarily.
Back at the hotel,
the entrance was blocked. Before even going inside, he saw the two sides facing off.
One was a girl in leather clothes, her figure extremely voluptuous. Her long black hair cascaded over her shoulders, and her skin was very fair. If one didn't look at her face, she could easily be mistaken for a young woman. Her ample chest would attract the gaze of any man.
In contrast to her fiery figure, the girl's expression was cold, a coldness from within, a pure coldness that clashed with her already beautiful face.
Her limbs were well-proportioned and slender, her hands hanging naturally at her sides.
Seeing this, Ye Fan thought of someone: Zhu Zhuqing.
He hadn't expected to meet her here, of all places.
Opposite her was another young man who looked somewhat like a thug.
He stood in the doorway, blocking Ye Fan's view of his front.
Ye Fan could only see the man's throat bobbing as he swallowed.
Ye Fan remembered that this person seemed to be the owner of this hotel.
"Little miss, I said,"
"The room price has gone up,"
"It's ten Gold Soul Coins now."
Zhu Zhuqing's eyes were cold, "I said, I'm not staying. Give me a refund."
The owner, however, wouldn't budge, "Since you've already entered the room, whether you stay or not, you have to pay the ten Gold Soul Coins for the room."
Zhu Zhuqing's icy voice rang out, "Get lost!"
The shopkeeper gave her a mocking look, knowing she was a woman and therefore feeling safe from reprisal.
"Excuse me,"
Ye Fan called out calmly to the shopkeeper from outside.
"Wait a moment."
"I need to go upstairs to rest, please move aside."
The shopkeeper impatiently yelled at Ye Fan,
"What's the rush?"
"Can't you see I'm busy?"
"Or are you trying to play the hero?"
"I'm telling you, don't cause trouble."
Ye Fan shook his head helplessly. Just when the boss thought Ye Fan was going to wait quietly,
he suddenly stepped forward and kicked the boss in the rear, sending him sprawling into the mud.
Ye Fan's kick made the hotel owner instantly feel anger rising in his heart, and he was determined to teach Ye Fan a lesson.
"Change 'anger' to 'wrong'."
Ye Fan's kick made the hotel owner instantly feel that he was in the wrong, and he was determined to teach Ye Fan a lesson.
The hotel owner's originally arrogant attitude instantly wilted.
Lowering his head and hunching his neck,
"Plop!"
He suddenly dropped to his knees and kowtowed three times,
His attitude was extremely sincere, his forehead was even broken from the impact.
"I'm sorry, I was wrong."
"I shouldn't have been in the way."
Instantly,
Zhu Zhuqing was stunned. Such a big change? Xiao Wu was also very confused, what was going on?
Both of them were quite puzzled.
However, Zhu Zhuqing didn't show it, while Xiao Wu blinked her big eyes in confusion.
Suddenly, the shopkeeper quickly stood up again and rushed back to the counter, starting to rummage through things.
Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu were surprised again. Another change?
Were they going to find something to hit them with?
"You wait and see. I'll give you a taste of your own medicine."
Hearing this, the two of them immediately became even more certain of their thoughts.
They were ready to strike at any moment.
Ye Fan was also a little curious.
What would this hotel owner do? On the one hand, he felt that he had made a big mistake, but on the other hand, he wanted to give him a little bit of a hard time. It was really contradictory.
But the system would absolutely not make a mistake.
(End of this chapter)