The stall owner looked bitter and said helplessly, "Young man, that's no way to bargain. You cut the price by ninety percent in one go. I'm running a small business here—I have a family to support."
Ye Chen snorted and said again, "Looks like five thousand was still 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-shaped earrings from the stall and spoke in an unquestionable tone.
Although he had indeed slashed the price heavily, Ye Chen had judged it well. Even at wholesale price, these two items would only cost two or three hundred Gold Soul Coins. Offering three thousand Gold Soul Coins meant the seller was truly making a fortune, at least within a range he could accept.
The reason Ye Chen did not bargain any further was that the ruby ring held a hidden secret. Though it had been made from an ordinary ruby, a powerful Soul Engineer had inscribed a core formation inside it. For some unknown reason, however, the inscription had not been completed.
Once he got his hands on it, Ye Chen only needed to make a few minor adjustments to turn it into a Storage Soul Tool. That was why he offered three thousand.
The stall owner immediately panicked when he heard this. I've run into an expert. Since the two items had indeed cost him very little to acquire, his guilty conscience finally made him compromise. "Fine. No more bargaining. Three thousand it is."
Ye Chen smiled faintly and tossed him an ordinary cloth bag containing exactly three thousand Gold Soul Coins.
After checking it, the stall owner was not wildly excited, but he was still quite pleased.