The price of Psychic Gold Coins had fallen absurdly low? I remembered that a single Psychic Gold Coin used to sell for two hundred gold coins, or even three hundred.
How long had it been?
At most, only two or three years had passed, yet Psychic Gold Coins had become this worthless? If one Psychic Gold Coin could only sell for fifty gold coins, then five would only sell for 250 gold coins.
If one Psychic Gold Coin could only sell for thirty gold coins, then five would be worth merely 150 gold coins.
150 gold coins. That was barely enough to cover the teleportation fee. International teleportation. The teleportation fee was ridiculously expensive. Expensive as it was, it was still barely acceptable. After all, maintaining and repairing the teleportation arrays required enormous investments of money every year. Materials were expensive too. That was normal.
"Old Man Lance, what Louis said is true. Psychic Gold Coins really aren't worth as much as they used to be."
The Psychic Gold Coins of Hell were good, but the only people who truly exchanged them were nobles, wealthy merchants in the merchant guilds, and necromancers.
To bounty hunters, Psychic Gold Coins were good things, but what they needed more were ordinary gold coins or silver coins that could circulate in the human world.
As for Psychic Gold Coins, keeping one in reserve was enough. Having more was useless.
Nowadays, the money needed to buy a single Psychic Gold Coin was enough to hire two or three wealthy, licensed necromancers.
When someone urgently needed a Psychic Gold Coin, the price would fluctuate, but not by much. At most, it would reach seventy gold coins.
Old Man Lance clearly hadn't sold any Psychic Gold Coins for a long time and didn't know that their price had fallen. If he knew, given his character, the reward wouldn't have been only five Psychic Gold Coins. He would have added at least a little more.
Apart from the five Psychic Gold Coins, the old man's reward also included one chance to speak with the dead. This additional reward might attract some bounty hunters with regrets.
Which bounty hunter would dare claim to have no regrets? When forming teams to complete difficult bounty missions, it was common for teammates to sacrifice themselves.
If they could have one conversation with a dead teammate, bounty hunters with regrets would probably accept Old Man Lance's bounty mission.
Even if the Bronze Guild didn't have anyone, once the old man's bounty mission reached the Bounty Hunter Guild Headquarters, it would surely attract the attention of some bounty hunters.
"I believe you. The reward is raised to fifteen Psychic Gold Coins. The chance to speak with the dead remains unchanged. If there are any brave young men in the guild willing to accept this bounty mission, I'll give them an additional small gift."
"Old man, your small gift isn't a newly developed potion, is it?"
"Classified."
Considering that the young, hot-blooded, and brave men of the Bronze Guild might be at risk of being tricked by a lich, he planned to give two Sword Intent Scrolls sealed with Evil Dragon Sword Intent to the guild's young men as trump cards.
Liches were all ancient monsters who had lived for who knew how many years. In terms of schemes, plots, strength, and all kinds of sinister tools, they should be able to completely overwhelm the guild's passionate young bounty hunters.
Evil Dragon Sword Intent was a sword intent he had comprehended himself.
He had previously tried to turn the sword intent into a sword pill, but unfortunately, he had failed.
Later, he had settled for the next best thing and sealed the Evil Dragon Sword Intent inside scrolls he had specially crafted himself. When used, the scrolls could be unfolded, or thrown out, and the Evil Dragon Sword Intent would automatically be released. Huh? He was already sending out two scrolls sealed with Evil Dragon Sword Intent, so why add a bounty? He could just find some tool to do the job and give him a little compensation for his effort. Once he reached the location and found the lich hidden near Lionheart City, he could unfold the Evil Dragon Sword Intent Scroll. The lich wouldn't even have a chance to resist and would be directly purified by his Evil Dragon Sword Intent.
Why wasn't he interested in going to the human world to kill a lich? Apart from not wanting to travel around with the young dragon he had picked up for the time being, there was another reason: the lich offered in the Trainee Death God's bounty simply wasn't strong enough to interest him.
"Old Man Lance, we'll accept your bounty mission."
Fifteen Psychic Gold Coins, plus one chance to speak with the dead. Converted into gold coins, the fifteen Psychic Gold Coins could become five or six hundred gold coins.
Five or six hundred gold coins. Two hundred gold coins would be used to pay the teleportation fee, and one hundred gold coins would be used for daily expenses.
The remaining two or three hundred gold coins would be their reward this time.
Split among four or three people, two or three hundred gold coins would give each person only a few dozen gold coins.
A few dozen gold coins. They could last a month, or a month and a half if they spent carefully.
Bounty hunters spent far more than ordinary people. A few dozen gold coins was enough to cover an ordinary person's living expenses for half a year or even a full year.
As for the chance to speak with the dead, if their teammate didn't need it, they could sell the opportunity to someone else.
If someone else had posted this bounty mission to the guild, they definitely wouldn't accept it for a reward of five or six hundred gold coins.
Liches were extremely dangerous.
To become truly immortal, liches would conduct many strange experiments. To kill a lich without suffering any damage, one needed overwhelming strength.
For a bounty mission of this level, especially one involving travel between countries, the reward should be around one thousand gold coins.
"Old man, if we fail to complete your bounty mission and even get crushed by the lich, sorry for the trouble, but add a little more money and find some stronger bounty hunters to avenge us.
"Of course, if the mysterious gift you give us can strengthen us, then we're still confident we can crush the lich you placed a bounty on.
"If you can clearly tell us the lich's strength level, we'll be even more confident about crushing it."
There was another reason they accepted Old Man Lance's bounty mission.
Although Grandpa Lance liked getting things for free, he really did have quite a few good things on him. As long as the gift he gave them this time was reliable, with his, Dalton's, and Bazel's strength, combined with Old Man Lance's mysterious gift, they might be able to easily kill a lich whose strength level was unknown.
"I didn't tell you the lich's level?"
"No."
"Death-Class."
Even Trainee Death Gods faced the risk of death. Naturally, the members of the Bounty Guild also faced the danger of dying when confronting that lich.
Louis, Bazel, and Dalton were fairly capable, but they had yet to enter the ranks of the strong.
The bounty hunters who dared to shout about crushing dragons and smashing gods were the truly powerful ones.
"Ha, old man, if you put it that way, we'll only accept five Psychic Gold Coins as payment. Keep the remaining ten Psychic Gold Coins for the next group of bounty hunters and have them avenge us.
"Otherwise, I'm worried that after the lich crushes us, you won't have enough money to find powerful bounty hunters to avenge us."
"Good point." Lance nodded. "Then the bounty will be only five Psychic Gold Coins."
"..."
Old Man Lance, you have no conscience! You're really hoping the lich crushes us!
"Old man, we haven't even been in love yet. We haven't even held a girl's hand..."
"Grandpa Lance, don't listen to them. The three of them often go together to the red-light district for special services. Who knows how many girls' hands they've touched?"
The rabbit girl Meredith smiled as she exposed Louis's lie.
"...Meredith, is it true that we haven't been in love?"
"You've already been divorced..."
"..."
"Louis, I'll give you two Sword Intent Scrolls. Find the lich, and when you can't beat it, unfold the Sword Intent Scrolls directly and aim them at the lich. That will ensure your lives are safe.
"If you don't get the chance to unfold the scrolls, throw the Sword Intent Scrolls at the lich's head, then run for your lives."
"Sw-Sword Intent Scrolls?"
Sword intent could be sealed inside scrolls?
P.S. Happy New Year and Happy New Year's Day, old doves! I hope that in the new year, this newcomer can write more interesting, relaxing, and enjoyable stories.
I also hope I can live up to the old doves' love for this book.
This was my first time writing a book on Dianniang. I never expected so many old doves to like it. I'm truly flattered.
Old doves, in the new year, I hope we can continue to like and care for each other.
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