Old Xie smiled brilliantly, baring his molars—black and yellow—and said, "General-grade awakening, five hundred Yin silver dollars. King-grade awakening, five Yin gold yuan."
Li Su shot him a sidelong look with his head tilted, said nothing, and turned to leave.
Old Xie froze. "Hey, hey, kid, what are you doing?"
Li Su paused without looking back. "How could a recruit possibly have that much money? Besides, for a secret like this, I don't believe you're the only one in the entire fortress who knows."
Did he take me for an idiot? Five hundred Yin silver dollars, five Yin gold yuan? It wasn't as if he lacked money, but there was no reason to be such a sucker. There were so many veterans in the fortress; Old Xie couldn't possibly be the only one who knew this information. Besides, Li Su was probably the only recruit who could afford such a sum. Any other recruit's entire fortune might not even exceed fifty Yin silver dollars.
Add Fengdu's debt system to the mix, and unless a recruit was a fool, no matter how good the deal sounded, they wouldn't even ask at that price.
Old Xie was dumbfounded. Clearly, he hadn't expected Li Su to instantly spot how unreasonable the price was. He immediately panicked and shouted, "Wait, wait! You can ask the sky for a price, but the buyer can bargain it down to earth!"
Li Su stopped. He wasn't in the mood to waste words with him. Bargaining? Fine. "Fifty Yin silver dollars!"
Old Xie's eyes went wide. "What? Kid, that's too ruthless, isn't it? You cut it by a factor of ten right away? That's not how business is done."
Li Su shook his head. Of course business wasn't done like that. How could it be reduced by only