Chapter 3: Whale Rubber
An hour later.
At the entrance of Soto City's largest herbal medicine store.
Qin Ming looked up at the sign before him, and the smiling ladies surrounding him, and began to think silently.
'I originally only wanted 5,000 gold soul coins, but I didn't expect Bishop Kelin to give me 10,000 gold soul coins.
With these gold soul coins, I can choose from more targets.'
As he pondered, Qin Ming walked towards the main entrance of the herbal medicine store.
As soon as he entered, the mingled aroma of various Chinese herbs wafted through.
Qin Ming sniffed.
Just as he was about to browse around, a man who looked like a waiter approached.
"Excuse me, young man, what can you do for you?" Qin
Ming saw this and directly tugged at the waiter's sleeve.
"Do you have any high-quality whale jelly?"
"Whale jelly?"
The waiter's face turned a little strange after hearing Qin Ming's words.
As everyone knows, whale jelly is a substance used to enhance pleasure.
The waiter had never expected Qin Ming, who looked only eleven or twelve years old, to come and buy such a thing.
Qin Ming paid no attention to the clerk's gaze.
In his day and age, spirit masters didn't understand the true function of whale glue, viewing it merely as a product for entertainment.
However, 10,000 years later, when spirit masters discovered that whale glue could improve physical fitness, allowing them to absorb spirit rings of even older ages, its price began to rise steadily.
High-quality whale glue became even more rare.
By Huo Yuhao's time, whale glue older than a thousand years was practically impossible to find.
Even Huo Yuhao, a masterful expert, had absorbed only a single, weathered, ten-thousand-year-old whale glue.
While pondering, Qin Ming looked at the clerk again.
"Don't waste time. Take me to see the goods first."
Hearing this, the clerk didn't dare refuse and led Qin Ming directly to a private meeting room.
After settling Qin Ming down, the clerk spoke.
"Young man, please wait a moment.
I'll go get the whale glue from the store right away."
He then set off to collect the goods.
Seeing this, Qin Ming grabbed the clerk.
Qin Ming also took out his newly acquired Gold Soul Coin card, flashed it in front of the other party, and said coldly,
"Don't worry. I need high-quality whale glue.
The older the better. Ordinary whale glue is unnecessary."
Seeing the Gold Soul Coin card in Qin Ming's hand, the clerk quickly put on an even brighter smile than before.
"Dear guest
, please wait a moment. I'll be right there."
Seeing this, Qin Ming finally let go of the other party, silently picked up the tea bowl, took a sip, and sat down to wait.
After a cup of tea,
the door opened again.
Qin Ming looked up and saw that the person who entered was not the clerk from before. Instead,
he was a middle-aged man with a rather plump figure.
He was carrying three brocade boxes on a tray and a red cloth.
Qin Ming narrowed his eyes at this.
Just as Qin Ming was about to speak, the man spoke first.
"Dear guest, I am Huang An, the owner of this pharmacy.
I have brought you what you need."
Huang An said, and handed the tray to Qin Ming.
At the same time, he stretched out his hand and opened the brocade boxes that looked good.
"Dear guest, please look."
Along with Huang An's action, a strange fishy smell also wafted out, lingering in the room for a long time.
However, Qin Ming and the shopkeeper did not care.
Seeing that Qin Ming did not react, the shopkeeper started to introduce directly.
"Dear guest, look.
These three whale glues are produced from whale soul beasts that are one thousand years old, three thousand years old and ten thousand years old respectively.
Our store has spent
a lot of effort to purchase these whale glues. Therefore, you also need to be mentally prepared, as they are not cheap."
Qin Ming was delighted when he noticed the ten thousand year old whale glue.
However, Qin Ming did not show that he urgently needed this thing.
Qin Ming still leaned back in the chair, pretending to be absent-minded, and asked casually.
"Just tell me, how much are these things?" "A thousand-year-old beast sells for two hundred gold soul coins, a three-thousand
-year-old beast sells for one thousand gold soul coins. So, ten-thousand-year-old whale glue sells for four thousand gold soul coins."
The shopkeeper looked at Qin Ming with a grin, pretending to be at a great disadvantage.
Seeing this, Qin Ming frowned slightly.
"It's too expensive. This isn't a soul bone.
Materials produced by ordinary thousand-year-old soul beasts only cost around two hundred gold soul coins, and ten-thousand-year-old beasts only cost around a thousand gold soul coins.
Even if whale glue has a pleasant effect,
doubling the price is really unreasonable."
With this, Qin Ming stood up and pretended to leave.
Seeing this, the shopkeeper hurriedly explained.
"You misunderstand, sir. Hunting whale-like spirit beasts is inherently difficult.
Furthermore, we're far from the ocean, and transportation is a significant expense.
I'm not exaggerating, but no other merchant in all of Soto City can find whale jelly of this quality.
These three pieces represent our long-standing reserves...
If you truly desire, I can offer you a discount."
"Discount?"
"Yes, sir.
If you truly desire it, we can offer you a 10% discount."
"10% is not enough. Just 10%."
Ignoring Huang An's stunned expression, Qin Ming unsheathed his dragon-slaying machete.
Huang An exclaimed in shock at Qin Ming's unreasonable bargaining.
"10%?"
Huang An, striving to maintain his professional demeanor, glared at Qin Ming.
"Are you joking, sir?"
Qin Ming took a sip from the teacup beside him, then spoke slowly.
"Shopkeeper Huang, this whale jelly is not selling well, is it?"
Huang An's smile vanished upon hearing Qin Ming's words.
Ignoring the shopkeeper's skeptical expression, Qin Ming continued.
"Whale glue only has a stimulating effect. Beyond that, it's just a slightly smelly pellet...
For us spirit masters,
ordinary hundred-year-old or even ten-year-old whale glue is more than sufficient.
The thousand-year-old and ten-thousand-year-old whale glue you sent me would be a bit excessive.
How could an ordinary spirit master use it?
As for those spirit masters with advanced cultivation, their physiques are already quite good, so why would they need this stuff...
Don't you feel guilty selling this stuff to me?"
After Qin Ming finished speaking, the shopkeeper looked at Qin Ming again, unable to resist complaining in his heart.
"He knows so much about whale glue, it seems this kid has bought a lot of it.
Using whale glue at such a young age, aren't you worried about your future in old age..."
After a few frantic thoughts in his mind, Huang An feigned a sigh.
"Dear guest, your bargaining is a bit too harsh.
Even at a 10% discount, we can't even break even."
Huang An said, after another look at Qin Ming.
"How about this,
dear guest, I see you and I are 'fellow travelers,' so I'll make a deal at a loss this time.
I'll sell you these three pieces of whale glue for a total of four thousand gold soul coins."
Hearing Huang An's words, Qin Ming rolled his eyes.
"Pack them all together for a total of two thousand gold soul coins. If you agree, I'll take them."
Noticing Huang An's grim expression, Qin Ming spoke again.
"Your cost price can't be that high.
These things should also be sent by caravans from coastal cities.
You know the ins and outs of these things.
Therefore, when you buy these things, you will definitely not spend a lot of money and lose money.
Even if I offer a price of two thousand, you should still make a profit."
Seeing that Qin Ming was still holding on to the price of two thousand,
Huang An sighed helplessly and pretended to think for a while.
He closed the brocade boxes in his hands and handed them to Qin Ming.
"Deal..."
(End of this chapter)
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