Buying His Own Treasure with His Own Money

Upon hearing someone's loud voice announcing their intention to buy, Qi Zi·Fan's lips curled into a smile, but he didn't show it too much.

Then, he smiled calmly, "Why don't you use bullet comments?"

"Since you want it, you must reveal your identity; otherwise, how will I know who you are?"

Upon hearing this, the Divine Sword Mountain Disciple immediately transmitted his voice. "Qi Saintess, I am Xiao Jian, a current disciple of Divine Sword Mountain. This sword originally belonged to... uh, I am willing to take this sword."

"Divine Sword Mountain Disciple?"

Qi Zi·Fan raised an eyebrow and hesitated slightly before saying, "That person is not from my Saintess. Selling them to you at a discounted price might be inappropriate."

"After all, this Saintess is afraid of being looked down upon by her fellow disciples. Selling herself to them is worth the same as selling herself to outsiders?!"

Xiao Jian was stunned. "..."

"Then Qi Saintess, what do you mean?"

"Never mind, never mind."

Qi Zi·Fan sighed softly, "Although we are not from the same sect, we are still fellow Daoists. In that case, I will still give you a discount. How about 70% of the market price?"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Jian immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

He thought Qi Zixiao was going to be sold to him at the market price, 70%? Although it was more expensive than 60%, it wasn't unacceptable.

"Thank you, Saintess. Xiao Jian will take it; seventy percent it is."

70%?

Isn't that still much cheaper than the market price?

This price, while emptying Xiao Jian's pockets, wouldn't be prohibitive enough for him to buy it. But if it were the market price... then he really wouldn't be able to afford it.

"May I ask, Qi Saintess, how shall we make our deal?"

"A deal?"

Qi Zi·Fan nodded slightly, then seemed to be thinking, "Dan Chengzi, are you still near the outer sect?"

"Your Highness, I am here."

Dan Chengzi responded via live chat.

"In that case, you should remember Xiao Jian's matter. After this is over, you will make a trip there to bring the things over and bring the Spirit Stone back."

"How could Dan Chengzi dare disobey Your Highness's orders?"

Dan the Fatty responded extremely quickly, and at the same time, his face was beaming with joy...

"That's settled over there. I'll start selling the next item here."

Qi Zi·Fan had already turned his head to introduce another magical artifact.

Dan Chengzi, however, smiled broadly, his fat face blossoming into a chrysanthemum. "Xiao Jian, I think you're quite good, you have potential."

"But look at my body, I'm so fat, right?"

"Besides, my cultivation level is low, and running that far would be too tiring, too tiring..."

"Hey, what if I die of exhaustion halfway through?"

Xiao Jian: "..."

Go to hell.

Damn it, I died of exhaustion halfway there!

You're Nascent Soul Realm cultivator, for goodness' sake. Even if you were ten times fatter, you could still fly around easily, right? Helping me "carry some goods" and you think you can kill yourself with exhaustion?

I don't believe you for a second, you fat bastard, you're really bad!

You were the most cunning one before!

Xiao Jian cursed inwardly, but on the surface, he smiled obsequiously, "Senior Brother Dan, what do you mean?"

"It's nothing. If I'm exhausted, I won't cause you any trouble. I just blame myself for being too weak."

"Of course, whether or not there Spirit Stone doesn't matter. The main thing is to help. Even if I'm exhausted, it doesn't matter. After all, if I don't go to hell, who will? Right?"

Dan the Fatty, spoke eloquently.

Xiao Jian saw and heard all of this, and he was almost in tears!

Damn it, all this talk is just so you can get a share of the profits too, isn't it? That's outrageous! Waaah!

The taste is so spicy it makes my eyes water.

But at this moment, Xiao Jian wanted to cry even more, "What Senior Brother said is true, Xiao Jian understands..."

"Okay, I understand."

Dan Chengzi smiled brightly.

At that moment, another voice transmission resounded through the sky.

"I am Chen Qiuping from the Backing Mountain Sect. I want this Nebula Golden Gall. I would like to ask Qi Saintess to do me a favor and offer me 70% of the price."

"Never mind."

In the live stream, Qi Zi·Fan sighed softly, "Now that we've set a precedent, it's not appropriate to ask for a higher price."

"Seventy percent it is, then."

"Thank you, Qi Saintess!"

Chen Qiuping's heart was bleeding!

That's clearly my own magic weapon, and I have to spend Spirit Stone to buy it back... That's only 70% of the original price. If it were 100%, I'd be heartbroken!

At that moment, he himself didn't understand whether he was happy or sad...

It's frustrating, but at least I should be able to get my treasure back.

I'm happy, but I still bought it back at 70% of the original price...

anger?

There was some anger, but he found that his anger didn't seem to be as high as he had imagined.

Chen Qiuping's voice transmission had barely finished when...

Xiao Jian suddenly heard his senior brother, who had just been scolding him, shout loudly beside him, "Qi Saintess, Li Mo of Divine Sword Mountain wants that Evil-Slaying Sword Pill. Please grant Qi Saintess this favor..."

Xiao Jian: "???"

"Senior brother, what?! Where is your swordsmanship, your pride?!"

"Ahem, junior brother..."

Li Mo coughed dryly, somewhat embarrassed. "Don't be fooled by my usual extravagant spending, I'm actually... dirt poor."

"After careful consideration, Senior Brother, what you said actually makes a lot of sense."

"So... don't panic, don't panic."

Xiao Jian: "..."

Go to hell!

Double standard dog!

He suddenly grasped a completely new word.

As Li Mo spoke, more and more people began to transmit their thoughts...

That's often how things are.

Once someone takes the lead, things will go much more smoothly from there.

Without Qi Zi·Fan even having to introduce them, they all called out the names of their magical treasures and stated their sects and names to 'claim' them.

Of course, you have to pay.

Qi Zi·Fan agreed to these offers. "You want to buy it? No problem! Besides, I only need 70% of the price. See, I'm being very good to you, aren't I?"

I'll give you a 30% discount on my items!

"This..."

Jiu Wu stared in disbelief. "Are they idiots? Spending money to buy their own treasure?"

"What do you mean, 'own'?"

Su Muxue rolled her eyes. "If Zixiao has it, then it belongs to Zixiao. How to deal with it is up to Zixiao, isn't it?"

"Trying to force Zixiao to hand it over? Heh, dream on! Even if I were in her shoes, I wouldn't hand it over!"

"If you ask me, 70% of the price is already a bargain for them!"

"But..."

"Perhaps this is where Zixiao's brilliance lies. If they bought it back at market price, the disciples of each sect would inevitably feel that they had suffered a great loss. But if they bought it back at 70% of the market price, it would be a different story..."

"Wasn't that still a huge loss?"

Jiu Wu asked, puzzled, "What's different?"

"The psychological feeling is different. At least the hatred and anger I feel towards Zixiao will lessen a bit... Sure enough, Zixiao's methods are even more ruthless than mine back then!"

Su Muxue shook her head and said, "Excellent, very excellent!"

"I'm really meddling in other people's business. With Zixiao's abilities, how could she possibly suffer a loss? Why would she need me to come and cover for her?"

"Never mind, I'd better leave."

Su Muxue still didn't appear, but instead flew away unsteadily, leaving Jiu Wu scratching his head, completely baffled.

The meaning of what is said...

Why is it different for 70%?

Isn't that still using your own money to buy something that originally belonged to you?

I don't understand, I really don't understand...

No one answered Jiu Wu, Qi Zi·Fan was secretly overjoyed.

You little punks, you think you can mess with me?

Although we modern people don't understand cultivation, it's precisely because we don't understand cultivation that we often resort to scheming and manipulation!

That means we're way more cunning than you guys, okay?!

In modern times, I might be considered an "old boy," but in the Cultivation World? Sorry, I'm a "scheming boy"!

Why are people in the Cultivation World generally less scheming, and so 'simple' or even 'pure'?

In fact, they themselves don't see themselves as simple and honest!

The reason I don't bother with those schemes is because I don't need to.

What scheming? If I had the energy to think about that, I'd rather train more. Once I'm strong enough, I could just slice you and your ancestors' graves to the ground with a single sword strike. Why would I need scheming?

Who studies that stuff?

No matter how cunning you are, if I, a Great Ascension Stage, make a single move, can you, a Golden Core cultivator or even an ordinary person, withstand it?

So why is the Cultivation World known for its "simple and honest folk customs"?

It's not that they're stupid, it's that they simply didn't think that far ahead!

Don't like you? I'll just chop you up!

But Earth is different.

Without real ability, in the eyes of ordinary people, money is everything. So, where does the money come from? Earning it!

How to make money?

That will require some thought and effort!

For example, when buying something in a supermarket, if it clearly costs three yuan, they'll mark it up to two yuan and ninety-nine cents. You glance at it and think... hey? Two yuan? Not expensive! I'll buy it!

But in reality, isn't it just three pieces?

Who doesn't understand this principle? Everyone understands it, but two dollars and ninety-nine cents is more attractive than three dollars!

Qi Zi·Fan is using a similar method at this moment.

Selling your stuff to you at the original price? You'd definitely be unhappy, maybe even hate me, but... let me emphasize first that this is my stuff, and I'm not selling it to other people.

I'll give my fellow disciples a discounted price, 60% of the original price.

Is it cheap?

Logically speaking, when I sell to other outsiders, I shouldn't get a discount; I should sell at the original price.

But what about now?

I'll give it to you at 70% of the price, how about that? Aren't I a great philanthropist?

That's absolutely right!

Even... this kind of scheming is just child's play, it's 'entry-level'.

Real scheming... tsk tsk tsk... that's truly terrifying.

For example, many 'scheming women' on Earth, when they get into it, are so cunning that even Lin Fan wouldn't dare to play along...

In less than an hour, one voice transmission after another was heard, and almost all of the tens of thousands of magical treasures floating behind Qi Zi·Fan had been 'claimed'.

This result also made Qi Zi·Fan very satisfied.

"Everyone."

He gently clasped his hands in front of his phone and said, "Thank you all for your support. Let's conclude this transaction here today. We look forward to cooperating again in the future."