Having Money Solves Every Problem

"Magic Rune Architect, an Orange Rare profession. After changing professions, you can draw magic runes to assist in battle."

"Powerful magic runes can even unleash the power of Forbidden Curse magic."

"If that's difficult for you to understand, this profession is, in plain terms, quite similar to an alchemist or enchanter."

"You know the value of alchemists and enchanters, right? They're both Orange professions."

"The value of one profession-change book is enough to trade for a large alliance."

"Now I'll trade you this equally valuable Magic Rune Architect profession-change book."

"You'll be making a fortune!"

Inside Wilderness City.

Fang Yuan looked at the message the other party had sent, but his face showed no excitement.

When trading, if one side acted especially anxious,

then there was a high probability that the item's value didn't match what they claimed.

But this Magic Rune Architect!

Fang Yuan immediately thought of the Construct Core Lilith had mentioned earlier.

The Construct Core was made from magic runes.

Could the Magic Rune Architect be related to that?

Lilith could repair magic runes. She might know something about this field.

Fang Yuan turned to Lilith and said,

"Do you know about the Magic Rune Architect profession?"

Hearing Fang Yuan's voice, Lilith said in surprise,

"Where did you hear about such an ancient profession?"

She quickly continued,

"The Magic Rune Architect was a profession from the early days of magic rune development."

"It mainly involved low-level mages systematically studying and learning to create magic runes."

"But as magic runes grew more powerful, this profession gradually fell into obscurity."

"After all, low-level mages could only support the creation of low-level magic runes."

"Advanced magic runes required powerful magic to sustain them. Even if they mastered the drawing techniques, they lacked the magic power to draw them."

Hearing this, Fang Yuan's face showed a thoughtful expression.

"They can only create low-level magic runes?"

"Then how could it be an Orange profession?"

"Wait. Lilith herself is a Forbidden Curse Archmage. Could her understanding differ somewhat from mine?"

Fang Yuan cautiously asked,

"Lilith, what do you mean by low-level magic runes?"

"Oh, those below Legendary rank back then."

"According to the current grading system, they're magic runes below Gold Grade."

"Gold-grade magic runes can't be drawn."

Hearing this, Fang Yuan immediately understood.

"Good thing I asked."

"Otherwise, I would've foolishly missed out on it."

"I thought low-level magic runes meant White, Green, and the like!"

Fang Yuan continued asking,

"Lilith, magic runes below Gold Grade are actually useful to me as well."

"So if I changed professions and became a Magic Rune Architect, what would you suggest?"

Lilith shrugged.

"Nothing, really. I only know a little about magic rune studies myself."

"Although I've never learned how to draw or create them, I do have some low-level Magic Rune Diagrams in storage."

"If Lord changed professions and became a Magic Rune Master, I could just give those low-level Magic Rune Diagrams to you."

At this point, Fang Yuan immediately sensed the enormous trap hidden in the Magic Rune Architect profession.

"Lilith, do you mean that the Magic Rune Diagrams for a Magic Rune Architect have to be learned separately?"

Lilith blinked and said,

"Of course!"

"Magic Rune Diagrams are highly classified secrets. Complete Magic Rune Diagrams only exist in advanced Mage Towers. Even when I was an Archmage, I couldn't read all of them, let alone a low-level Magic Rune Architect. So even if Lord successfully changed professions, becoming a Magic Rune Architect would be useless without Magic Rune Diagrams."

Hearing this, Fang Yuan thought,

"No wonder the other party is willing to trade an Orange Rare profession book for it."

"So that's the reason!"

"After learning the Magic Rune Architect profession, they're probably useless without Magic Rune Diagrams."

"And considering how rare Magic Rune Diagrams are, there probably aren't any among the Human Lords right now."

"Fortunately, I have Lilith, this hero."

"Before the Great Calamity, she was already a high-level magical unit. Setting aside her combat power, the knowledge she has stored is a tremendous fortune."

"So to other lords, the Magic Rune Architect may be a useless profession, but for me!"

"That makes it a true Orange Rare profession."

At this moment, another message arrived through the Lord's Mark.

"Are you trading or not? If you think the price is unsatisfactory, we can still negotiate."

"How about this? I'll add one Orange Common Building Card for the Mercenary Hall."

"Two Orange cards for several Purple items. That's a good deal for you!"

Seeing this message, Fang Yuan could conclude that the other party had a great need for this beastman's profession.

Moreover, those two Orange cards definitely weren't his bottom line.

As the saying went, in business, one started by asking for the moon before settling on a price.

Fang Yuan wasn't polite either.

"Add 1,000,000 gold coins, resources, and 1,000 complete Purple Source Crystals."

"This item is yours."

"I'll set the price in the Spatial Trading Market."

"If you're sincere, take the item!"

Fang Yuan estimated that this price should be too high.

Even the most gullible person wouldn't accept the trade.

After all, two Orange cards plus millions of gold coins, resources, and 1,000 complete Purple Source Crystals—

the price far exceeded his four Purple items.

No matter how wealthy someone was, they wouldn't spend this much.

The other party had definitely been frightened by how cleanly he had changed the price.

They were probably still organizing their words, preparing to haggle with him.

But in the next moment!

The notification from the Lord's Mark left Fang Yuan dumbfounded.

"Ding, trade complete. Received 1,000,000 gold coins, 1,000,000 resources, Purple Source Crystal ×1,000, Orange Magic Rune Architect Profession-Change Book ×1, and Orange Mercenary Hall Building Card ×1."

"It... it's done just like that?"

Fang Yuan looked at the items, resources, and two Orange items he had received.

An incredulous expression appeared on his face.

"This is way too profitable."

"No, wait."

"The other party accepted the trade so readily."

"Did I actually make a losing trade?"

Fang Yuan immediately felt a surge of anguish.

"Damn!"

"I overdid the flexing!"

"The other party must have gotten an incredible bargain, which was why they completed the trade so quickly."

"My mentality is crumbling!"

Just as he was regretting it deeply,

another message popped up from the Lord's Mark.

"Fang Yuan, I'll remember you."

"If I weren't in urgent need of it, I would never let this go!"

"Don't let me catch you in the future."

The message caught Fang Yuan completely off guard.

At the same time, his mood immediately improved.

"Oh, so I didn't make a losing trade."

"The other party simply needed it too badly."

"That makes me feel much better."

"Ah, as the saying goes, seeing someone else make money feels worse than losing money yourself."

"Now that I know he didn't profit and actually suffered a small loss, I feel even better than if I had made a huge fortune myself."

Fang Yuan shook his head to himself.

Then he looked at the several items he had obtained.

"Now I have money, resources, a profession-change book, and an Orange Building Card."

"I won't have to worry about being unable to recruit soldiers for the offensive barracks anymore."

"I also have the resources needed to upgrade buildings."

"I can even complete my own profession change!"

"All my problems have been solved!"

"Sure enough, every problem is ultimately an economic problem."

"Money really can solve problems!"

Fang Yuan sighed.

Then he opened his main city.

He selected the building and began upgrading it.

At the same time, he placed his first Orange building, the Mercenary Hall.

"Ding, Mercenary Hall construction successful. Prosperity +1,000."

"Ding, your territory has unlocked mercenary privileges."