Transaction

"Uncle Ning, regarding our partnership, this is how I have planned it."

"For the Godly Zhuge Crossbow, the lowest price I can offer is 8,000 Gold Soul Coins per unit."

"As for the Godly Zhuge Crossbow, it requires specialized bolts to unleash its full power. For the bolts, the price I can offer is ten Gold Soul Coins per piece."

As Li Luo spoke, he held up his two palms; one hand signaled an eight, while the other formed a hollow fist, signifying ten.

Ning Fengzhi listened, but his expression did not brighten. Instead, his brows remained slightly furrowed, clearly feeling that Li Luo was still too ruthless and the price of the Godly Zhuge Crossbow remained too high.

This was the nature of a merchant, and even Ning Fengzhi, who sat atop the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, could not avoid it.

Although the price of the Godly Zhuge Crossbow had already dropped by more than tenfold, he was still unsatisfied and wanted to push it down to the cost price.

Li Luo naturally perceived Ning Fengzhi's intent. He did not speak further, but instead poured himself a drink and sipped it, waiting very patiently for Ning Fengzhi's reply.

Ning Fengzhi wanted to haggle further, but he did not know what other reasons he could provide. Seeing Li Luo's leisurely and contented appearance, he sighed.

"Fine, Xiao Luo, let's go with that price: eight thousand Gold Soul Coins per Godly Zhuge Crossbow, and ten Gold Soul Coins per bolt."

"First, give me 100 Godly Zhuge Crossbows and 5,000 bolts."

Ning Fengzhi was wealthy and imposing; with a wave of his hand, he placed an order worth 850,000.

A mere 850,000 posed no burden at all for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

Ning Fengzhi intended to first arm the core members of his sect with the Godly Zhuge Crossbow; if the results were good, he would increase the order volume.

"Xiao Luo, whatever resources or help you need, as long as my Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect has them and can assist you, feel free to ask."

Ning Fengzhi was also very self-aware. Since Li Luo had already lowered the price for him, he would naturally not play dumb regarding the promise to "use resources or help to obtain a discount."

In business, the most important thing is integrity.

Once integrity is established, maintaining a long-term "equivalent exchange" ensures that both parties feel they have profited, and only then can such a business last for a long time.

"One hundred Godly Zhuge Crossbows is not a simple project. Our Tang Sect will need to spend a considerable amount of time crafting them. At the same time, producing the Godly Zhuge Crossbows and their matching bolts requires significant resources, including many rare ores."

"These are not easy to prepare, so if Uncle Ning wants to get the Godly Zhuge Crossbows as soon as possible, you will need to help collect the essential resources."

"Fine, Xiao Luo, list out all the materials needed to craft the Godly Zhuge Crossbows for me. Whatever the sect has, I will send people to deliver, and if we don't have them, I will send people to collect them."

Ning Fengzhi agreed to Li Luo's request without any objection.

This was nothing to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. Furthermore, Ning Fengzhi also wanted to know what the materials for crafting the Godly Zhuge Crossbow were; he had not yet given up on the idea of plagiarizing and replicating the Godly Zhuge Crossbow.

After speaking, Ning Fengzhi casually took out a bracelet-shaped Soul Tool and handed it to Li Luo.

"Xiao Luo, this is our first meeting, and I didn't bring any gifts. I noticed you don't seem to have a storage-type Soul Tool, so I will gift you this one. This Soul Tool has a space of fifty cubic meters, which will be convenient for you to carry items in the future."

Li Luo did not stand on ceremony; he calmly took the bracelet and put it on his wrist. With a thought, he took out a sheet of white paper and a pen from the Soul Tool and handed them to Tang San.

Tang San took the paper and pen, understood Li Luo's meaning, and scribbled a list of precious ores and metal names on the paper.

For instance, items like Cold Heart Iron Essence, Cold Heart Iron Mother, Deep Sea Sunken Silver Mother, Black Iron, Black Vein Iron, as well as Plate Crystal and Hair Crystal.

These were the essential materials for forging the Tang Sect's top-tier hidden weapons like the Buddha's Fury Tang Lotus, Pear Blossom Needle in Rainstorm, Peacock Plume, and Dragon Whisker Needle. Tang San wanted to make these top-tier Tang Sect hidden weapons reappear in the Douluo Continent.

As for the Godly Zhuge Crossbow, it did not require these precious materials; only refined, ordinary iron essence was needed.

However, since there was such an opportunity to fleece a wealthy patron, Tang San naturally would not waste it.

After Tang San finished writing, Li Luo handed the paper to Ning Fengzhi.

Ning Fengzhi took the paper, glanced at it briefly, and then put it away.

He naturally recognized the metals Tang San had written down.

The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect possessed a natural treasure-seeking attribute, and Ning Fengzhi had seen many rare treasures; some of the metals on the paper were already in the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's treasury.

However, he also guessed that these were not the materials for crafting the Godly Zhuge Crossbow. If the Godly Zhuge Crossbow really required these precious and rare metals, then where did the one he had purchased at the auction come from?

He did not believe that Li Luo and Tang San could obtain such rare metals.

However, Ning Fengzhi did not expose the two, because he was also curious about what kind of tricks Li Luo and Tang San were trying to pull.

As for the Tang Sect that Li Luo and Tang San mentioned, Ning Fengzhi had already sent people to investigate, and he had never heard of such an organization on the Douluo Continent.

Today was the first time he had ever heard the name.

Moreover, there were no guardians around Li Luo and Tang San; this was what Chen Xin had told Ning Fengzhi after scouting them.

This meant that the Godly Zhuge Crossbow was very likely the masterpiece of Li Luo or Tang San, though Ning Fengzhi leaned more toward Tang San.

Although Li Luo's words and actions were more mature and resembled a leader, whenever the topic turned to hidden weapons, it was always Tang San who stepped forward to introduce or list them.

Ning Fengzhi believed that Li Luo and Tang San did not have any major power backing them, so he began to consider recruiting them.

Chen Xin had scouted the Soul Power levels of Li Luo, Tang San, and Xiao Wu, and was surprised to find that among these three children, who were about the same age as Ning Rongrong, two were already Soul Grand Masters, and one was about to reach the Soul Grand Master level.

Chen Xin used Soul Power transmission to tell Ning Fengzhi the levels of the three.

Ning Fengzhi was very surprised, and his appreciation for their talent grew even stronger.

However, Ning Fengzhi did not immediately propose that Li Luo, Tang San, and Xiao Wu join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. After all, they had only met for a day, and he did not yet know the background of the three, even if he had verified that they had no guardians protecting them.

But Ning Fengzhi remained vigilant. In any case, there was plenty of time, and with a cooperative relationship, he would have a long time to observe and understand the three and figure out their background.

"Xiao Luo, what other resources or help do you need?"

Ning Fengzhi turned to Li Luo with a question.

Li Luo pondered for a moment, unsure of how to begin, but ultimately spread his hands in a gesture of helplessness, voicing his request while bracing himself for the inevitable misunderstanding.

"Hoo!" Li Luo took a deep breath.

"Uncle Ning, I need Whale Rubber, the kind with a high age—the higher, the better. Ten Thousand Year Whale Rubber would be best!"

As expected, upon hearing Li Luo's words, Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin cast strange looks in his direction.