Wang Shao, You Don't Want to Be a Sucker Either, Right?

"Mine?"

Yang Shan looked over the Standard Long Blade in his hand several times. "Friend, you can't just say things like that. What's your name? Let me see if it's written on this blade."

"Hey! I fucking—"

Wang Tianhao instinctively wanted to make a move and chop Yang Shan into mincemeat.

Yang Shan merely sat in his chair with a cold smile, one leg crossed over the other.

This was Cloud Frost City.

Not some desolate wilderness.

Making trouble in the city would bring the City Guard.

Cloud Frost City was controlled by the Pang and Chai families. Though the City Guard was not especially numerous, every one of them was elite. Any random guard had the strength of a Dou Shi, while their commander had reached the Da Dou Shi level!

Given the current standards of Players right after the server launch, clashing head-on with the City Guard was a dead end.

If Wang Tianhao dared cause trouble, the City Guard would dare haul him off to jail for a nice cup of tea. Without spending ten days or so inside and paying an exorbitant ransom, he could forget about getting out early! Xiao Ji, the number one lackey and once Shun Huo Nuan's top Sui Meng player, hurriedly tried to calm Wang Tianhao down.

"Wang Shao! Wang Shao! Don't be impulsive, we're in the city!"

Ignoring the fury in Wang Tianhao's eyes, Yang Shan weighed the Standard Long Blade in his hand. "Wang Shao, interested in this equipment and these Magic Cores? Since you're an old acquaintance, I'll give you a ten percent discount."

Wang Tianhao's eyes nearly popped out. "What did you say?"

After cutting down more than twenty members of the Tian Hao Alliance, he was now going to sell the equipment they had dropped back to them.

What kind of move was that? Even gangsters weren't this gangster! For a moment, Wang Tianhao suspected Yang Shan had fried his brain.

But Yang Shan explained, "Wang Shao, look. So many of you had your equipment dropped. You need to get new gear to maintain your combat power, right? Right now, if you want to buy Standard equipment with a Blue Word Seal, the only place is the Blacksmith Shop. This blade is priced at five hundred Spirit Stones!"

"But if you buy it from me, it's four hundred Spirit Stones, and I'll even give you ten percent off."

"You won't get another chance like this. Wang Shao, you may be rich, but surely you're not going to pass up a low price just to be a sucker at the Blacksmith Shop, right?"

The Wang Family's young master answered instinctively, "Bullshit. When has this young master ever been a sucker?"

Yang Shan had already held the equipment and Magic Cores out before Wang Tianhao. "Wang Shao, you're straightforward. I'll charge you one thousand three hundred and fifty!"

Yang Shan was an honest businessman.

Four pieces of Standard equipment with Green Word Seals, two hundred in total.

Three Second-Order Elite Earth Attribute Magic Cores, nine hundred in total.

Standard equipment with a Blue Word Seal, four hundred.

With ten percent off, it came to one thousand three hundred and fifty, not a single Spirit Stone more or less! Wang Tianhao looked at the equipment and Magic Cores before him, and his mind could not quite process it for a moment.

Magic Cores could be used for quests, as well as future pill refinement and equipment forging. Their prices would not drop anytime soon.

As for equipment, the Blacksmith Shop had clearly marked prices for it.

The prices Yang Shan quoted made not only Wang Tianhao but all the Players present extremely tempted.

They were merely too short on cash.

Xiao Ji also desperately wanted his long blade back sooner.

Without that long blade, Xiao Ji was only a little higher level than ordinary Players, with no particularly obvious advantage in attributes.

With that long blade, he could reliably farm First-Order Elite Magical Beasts to level up.

So Xiao Ji also chimed in from the side, "Wang Shao, Rotten Loach does have a point. How about we buy them?"

"Buy my ass! This Rotten Loach is treating me like a fat sucker!"

Wang Tianhao finally sorted out the logic and slapped Xiao Ji across the head. "These pieces of equipment were dropped by us! If I come back later and buy them again, where would the face of the Tian Hao Alliance's leader go? Huh?"

For a rich man like Wang Tianhao, who did not lack money, could a little discount possibly matter more than his pride? Wang Tianhao immediately announced, "Listen up! Whoever dares buy anything from this Rotten Loach is making an enemy of the Tian Hao Alliance! If you don't want to be killed back to the Novice Realm, get lost!"

Shun Huo Nuan had been somewhat famous a few years ago, and quite a few Players who had quit had come to Battle Through the Heavens.

Several Players immediately began discussing it in low voices.

"WTF! I thought he looked familiar. So it's Lord Wang the Tycoon!"

"I was going to buy a piece of green gear, but forget it. The Tian Hao Alliance was notorious back in Shun Huo Nuan. Can't afford to provoke them."

Wang Tianhao was clearly trying to crush others with his influence! But Yang Shan merely stroked his chin and mused, "Wang Shao, are you planning to offend me beyond repair?"

Wang Tianhao sneered. "Offend? Your wording isn't very accurate. You only offend people on the same level as you or higher. With someone like you, it can only be called oppression. This young master is oppressing you!"

Yang Shan nodded repeatedly. "It seems Wang Shao has at least a middle school education. It's just that you don't have a very clear understanding of yourself."

Xiao Ji jumped in first. "Wang Shao, he said you don't know your own damn place!"

"Fuck me—"

Wang Tianhao smacked Xiao Ji over the head again. "Shut your mouth!"

It seemed this equipment would not sell anytime soon, so Yang Shan simply put it back into his Storage Ring and stared at Wang Tianhao. "I didn't use the wrong word. You did offend me. Business depends on mutual consent. If you pull this on me, then I can only sell the equipment to the shop."

Seeing that his oppression had succeeded, Wang Tianhao felt immensely satisfied. "The Blacksmith Shop buys it back at half price. Hope the loss doesn't kill you!"

Yang Shan smiled meaningfully. "It really is quite a loss, so Wang Shao will have to make up the difference."

Wang Tianhao said, "Make it up? Is your brainwave connection to your game device malfunctioning? Why the hell should this young master make up for you?"

Yang Shan said, "I can make it up. Once I'm outside the city, I'll just kill more Players from your guild and make more equipment drop. Trash like you goes down one slash at a time anyway. It won't take much effort."

"Fuck!"

Wang Tianhao cursed and prepared to draw his blade.

Xiao Ji hurriedly grabbed Wang Tianhao. "Wang Shao! You can't attack! You can't attack in the city!"

Yang Shan stretched lazily. "I'm heading out of the city to level up. Wang Shao, want to come donate some equipment?"

After that, Yang Shan ignored Wang Tianhao's shouting and headed toward the city gate on his own.

Though Wang Tianhao kept cursing, he truly did not dare follow him out.

Yang Shan was too strong. Even if more than twenty of them went after him now, they would be doing little more than donating equipment.

Wang Tianhao was furious. "Just wait until my guild members are all gathered! Let's see what the hell you can still do then!"

Yang Shan really was preparing to level up.

Chao Bafang's side had already begun moving. If nothing unexpected happened, the Players of Cloud Frost City would soon make a major move.

It would be best if he could raise his level a little more.

However, as soon as he reached a street corner, Yang Shan ran straight into a young swordsman with decent looks and a ponytail tied behind his head.

Yang Shan instinctively reached for his blade! Memories from before his rebirth surged wildly through his mind.

The man before him was Ye Suifeng, the top expert of the top guild Hero King Manor! One of the "Three Sects and Twelve Emperors," known as the "Wind-Riding Sword Emperor"! Yang Shan had not actually held any grudge against Ye Suifeng in his previous life.

But at a Dou Zong inheritance ruin in version "3.1" of his previous life, Yang Shan and Ye Suifeng had encountered an Earth Rank Technique appearing at the same time.

The pressure Ye Suifeng displayed then remained vivid in Yang Shan's memory.

Yang Shan, a dignified Four Star Dou Huang, had his protective aura broken by Ye Suifeng in two sword strikes and was sent back to the resurrection point in three.

Dou Huang Peak—terrifying indeed! Ye Suifeng did not notice Yang Shan's odd reaction and asked politely, "Brother, are you still selling that equipment and those Magic Cores?"

Yang Shan steadied himself. "You want to buy them?"

Ye Suifeng said, "Yes, but we need to change locations. Wang Tianhao is coming this way!"

At that moment, Wang Tianhao was on the next street over, spraying Xiao Ji's face with spittle. "You fucking dared say I don't know my own damn place!"

"Wang Shao, it wasn't me. That's what Rotten Loach meant. I was only translating it."

"Translating? I'm a proud Chinese man. I need you to translate Chinese for me?"

Once they reached the end of the street, they would immediately spot Yang Shan and Ye Suifeng at the corner.

Ye Suifeng quickly said, "Come on, come on, friend. Let's talk somewhere else."

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