The stall owner looked bitter and said helplessly, "Little brother, that's not how you bargain. You just slashed the price by ninety percent. I'm running a small business here—I still have a family to support."
Ye Chen snorted and said again, "Looks like even five thousand was too much. How about this: three thousand, and throw this in for us too. I'm sure you'd still be making a killing."
As he spoke, he picked up a pair of silver maple-leaf earrings from the stall and stated it in a tone that left no room for doubt.
Although he had indeed cut the price drastically, Ye Chen had judged it well. Even at wholesale cost, these two items were worth only two or three hundred Gold Soul Coins. Offering three thousand Gold Soul Coins meant the man was making a huge profit, at least one he could accept.
The reason Ye Chen did not bargain any lower was that the ruby ring held a secret. Though it was made from an ordinary ruby, a powerful Soul Engineer had inscribed a core formation inside it. For some unknown reason, however, the formation had not been completed.
Once he got it, Ye Chen only needed to make a few minor adjustments to turn it into a Storage Soul Tool. That was why he had offered three thousand.
The stall owner panicked as soon as he heard that. I've run into an expert. Since the two items had indeed cost him very little to acquire, his guilty conscience finally made him relent. "Fine, no more bargaining. Three thousand it is."
Ye Chen smiled faintly and tossed him an utterly ordinary cloth bag. Inside were exactly three thousand Gold Soul Coins.
After checking it, the stall owner was not wildly excited, but he was still