One Big, One Small Fox

"By proportional calculation, even if a Soul Ancestor is calculated at 1,000 Gold Soul Coins per month, that is 12,000 Gold Soul Coins a year."

"However, if you are supporting or cultivating a Soul Ancestor, the cost is far more than just 12,000 Gold Soul Coins."

"As for the price of the Godly Zhuge Crossbow, I can offer you 25,000 Gold Soul Coins per unit. Furthermore, the more you buy, the greater the discount; you can enjoy a 20% discount on purchases of one hundred units or more at once."

"Sect Master Ning, please consider it."

Li Luo stopped speaking after saying this, waiting for Ning Fengzhi's response.

Ning Fengzhi pondered for a moment, feeling somewhat hesitant. He could tell that the production cost of the Godly Zhuge Crossbow was definitely not 10,000 Gold Soul Coins, perhaps not even 1,000. Of course, it was not that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect could not afford this sum, but as an excellent businessman, Ning Fengzhi always wanted to drive the price down further.

But it was now clear that the initiative lay with Li Luo, and the Godly Zhuge Crossbow could only be manufactured by the Tang Sect that Li Luo spoke of.

Ning Fengzhi was conflicted for a moment, not because of the money, but because he feared that if he accepted so easily, he would lose the initiative in future transactions.

He worried that Li Luo would view him as a soft target and raise prices at will later on.

The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect did not possess an endless treasury; even if they were wealthy enough to rival a nation, if things continued this way, there would eventually come a day when they were hollowed out.

"Can it be lower, or could I use other items or conditions to offset the price?"

"I see that you two are not very old, so your need for money should not be that great. As for the Tang Sect you mentioned, I have never heard of it, so I presume it is not a very large organization."

"I believe that compared to money, what you need more are things that money cannot buy."

Ning Fengzhi was indeed shrewd and calculating; with a single sentence, he struck a chord with Li Luo and Tang San.

The Douluo Continent was, after all, a place where soul power and power reigned supreme. Even with an abundance of Gold Soul Coins, there were some things that simply could not be bought.

For instance, the Whale Rubber that Li Luo needed. Hundred-year or thousand-year Whale Rubber was easy to purchase, but ten-thousand-year-old stock was truly hard to come by.

Whale Rubber primarily originated from the seas outside Vast Sea City. It was obtained by hunting whale-type soul beasts and extracting it from that specific location.

This was inherently a high-risk endeavor. The ocean was synonymous with terror, but because Whale Rubber was used as a virility tonic and had excellent market sales, there were many soul masters in Vast Sea City who made their living by hunting whale-type soul beasts.

However, ten-year, hundred-year, and thousand-year whale-type soul beasts were manageable and not that difficult to hunt.

But ten-thousand-year-level Whale Rubber required hunting ten-thousand-year whale-type soul beasts.

The ocean was extremely treacherous. Although Vast Sea City had many sea soul masters, humans were not sea soul beasts after all, and fighting whale-type soul beasts in the ocean imposed great limitations.

Only sea soul masters at the Soul Saint level could exert their full strength in the ocean.

Yet, a Soul Saint was a prominent figure in the soul master world; there was no need for them to take such great risks to hunt ten-thousand-year whale-type soul beasts.

Moreover, the medicinal potency of ten-thousand-year-level Whale Rubber was extremely strong; the average person could not digest it at all, so the market demand for it was not high.

Without sufficient profit, naturally, no one would risk their lives to go out to sea to hunt whale-type soul beasts.

But Li Luo was different. He knew that Whale Rubber could significantly enhance a soul master's physical limits, and he knew how to correctly absorb its medicinal power.

For Li Luo, the biggest challenge was obtaining ten-thousand-year Whale Rubber.

Therefore, if he could reach a cooperation agreement with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and rely on their power to collect high-year Whale Rubber, it would be an excellent choice.

Tang San's thoughts were different. On one hand, he wanted to see the powerful hidden weapons of his previous life's Tang Sect reappear on the Douluo Continent, allowing the glory of the Tang Sect to spread throughout the entire world.

However, forging the top-tier hidden weapons of the Tang Sect, or even the legendary ones, required extremely precious metals.

Tang San had never seen such metals on the Douluo Continent.

If he had the help of the sect behind Ning Fengzhi, perhaps he could find the metals needed to forge top-tier hidden weapons.

In addition, the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record recorded many heavenly treasures, and Tang San wanted to know if such things existed on the Douluo Continent.

But Tang San only had Li Luo and Xiao Wu by his side; they were weak and isolated. Trying to find those treasures out of thin air was nothing but a pipe dream.

Thus, Tang San set his sights on utilizing the power of the sect behind Ning Fengzhi.

In fact, Tang San did not need to be anxious about finding those heavenly treasures.

Once the strength of Li Luo, Tang San, and Xiao Wu was sufficient, Li Luo would naturally take them to a treasure land known as the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

As for Xiao Wu, although she was a hundred-thousand-year Soft Bone Rabbit in human form, her mental state was currently that of a ten-year-old child. She did not understand the twists and turns of the human world, nor did she care about the conversation between Li Luo, Tang San, and Ning Fengzhi.

She only knew that her Brother Li Luo would never harm her.

The soul ring condensed when Li Luo captured Xiao Wu was mistaken by her as something Li Luo had condensed himself, leading her to believe that Li Luo was also a hundred-thousand-year soul beast in human form.

Because of this, Xiao Wu let down her guard against Li Luo. Coupled with the characteristics of Li Luo's Prism Ball martial soul, the captured Xiao Wu's loyalty to Li Luo was one hundred percent.

Therefore, Xiao Wu had confessed her identity as a hundred-thousand-year soul beast in human form without hesitation at the time.

Xiao Wu later pestered Li Luo, asking what kind of soul beast he had transformed from, but Li Luo did not tell her, because Li Luo was not a soul beast in human form at all.

From then on, Xiao Wu never needed to worry about other matters.

She only needed to eat, drink, and play, and would only practice reluctantly under Li Luo's urging.

However, because a hundred-thousand-year soul beast in human form must be close to human aura to increase soul power—and the better the talent of the human they were close to, the faster their soul power increased—with two cultivation machines like Li Luo and Tang San by her side, Xiao Wu's soul power level had not fallen behind much. At only eight years old, she was already at level 19, about to reach level 20.

Xiao Wu was now an innocent and lively little girl, growing up happily under Li Luo's care.

And Ning Rongrong, who was the same age and being held by Sword Douluo Chen Xin, saw Xiao Wu and also happily came over to play with her.

The negotiations between Li Luo and Ning Fengzhi continued.

Upon hearing Ning Fengzhi propose a collaboration with Li Luo and Tang San, offering resources in exchange for a price reduction on the Godly Zhuge Crossbows, Li Luo and Tang San exchanged a glance, communicating silently before giving a nod.

Li Luo looked toward Ning Fengzhi, his expression sunny and bright, appearing just like a simple, adorable young boy.

Ning Fengzhi was nearly deceived by this outward appearance, feeling a pang of shame for plotting against two children.

However, the moment Li Luo opened his mouth, the calculation woven into his words cast the shame Ning Fengzhi had just felt to the winds.