Chapter 357 - 284: Alien Race and Holy Race (Part 1)
Chapter 357: Chapter 284: Alien Race and Holy Race (Part 1)
Zhao Chi nodded. "Understood. I’ll go transport the Kerosene now."
Zhao Shizhang said, "Good. You two should get going. We’ll be able to use this Super Bright Kerosene tonight."
Zhao Chi and Zhao Cang left one after the other.
Zhao Shizhang asked, "Qizong, what do you think? How much of what Zhao Chi said can be believed?"
Zhao Qizong said, "None of it can be verified, but the logic is all sound."
Zhao Shizhang nodded. "Yes, I’m just worried we’re being used by someone with ulterior motives."
Zhao Qizong said, "What is there to be used for? It’s a simple transaction, cash on delivery. The price is fair and reasonable, too. And that Super Bright Kerosene would be a real help to us right now, not just for patrolling the village, but for our territory as well."
Zhao Shizhang said no more.
He silently stared at the courtyard outside the door.
After returning to his territory, Zhao Chi immediately prepared the Kerosene for transport.
A full 1,800 liters were poured into two large wooden barrels, placed on two Wooden Carriages, and pulled by four Female Soldiers.
’With such a large quantity of Super Bright Kerosene, the system will probably tax it at the rate for Super-Improvement Kerosene.’
’That’s a tax of at least several dozen Gold Coins.’
’Am I just going to hand over that much money?’
’Hand it over?’
’Hand over my ass!’
Zhao Chi took out a Chaos Mark Talisman and scrambled the coordinates of Peach Blossom Village.
’Let those nobles try to collect taxes with scrambled coordinates.’
’This Chaos Mark Talisman is actually pretty great.’
Then, he selected Zhao Cang’s territory and teleported!
Zhao Cang was already waiting.
After a quick inspection, Zhao Cang initiated the Trade.
Gold Coins were deposited into Zhao Chi’s System Space.
This was him, once again, starting to earn money through his own labor.
"Third Brother, I want to buy some Iron Armor. Can you send me a list so I can take a look?"
Zhao Cang sent the list.
"There’s plenty of Iron Armor, and it’s cheap right now. The ones with low Durability are even cheaper."
Zhao Chi navigated to the Armor section and saw that it was indeed cheap.
A good number of Iron Armor sets still had over 90% Durability, but their prices were about 20% lower, ranging from 1.2 to 1.4 Gold Coins per set.
However, the quantity of Female Iron Armor was smaller, and the price was relatively higher.
"Third Brother, I’ll take these 150 sets of lightly used Female Armor."
"Alright, I’ll have someone send them over to you."
"No need, I can transport them myself."
"Okay. That’s 198 Gold Coins in total. You have enough, right?... Oh, I forgot, you’re loaded."
He vividly remembered Zhao Chi spending over 1,800 Gold Coins on a Racial Expansion Book.
Spending only 198 Gold Coins now was a lot less in comparison.
Zhao Chi didn’t bother to explain.
"Third Brother, I’ll take these 345 Speeding Charms as well."
"That’s 336 Gold Coins in total."
"Done."
Zhao Chi completed the payment.
His Gold Coins were once again depleted, leaving him with fewer than 30. It felt like he was back at square one.
But now all his Female Soldiers had their Equipment.
A full set of Iron Armor for everyone!
And there were even dozens of spare sets.
Although they had lost some Durability, they were not much different from brand-new sets.
Just as he finished moving the Iron Armor back, he heard Zhao Hong’s voice in his ear.
Zhao Hong: [Zhao Chi, come over when you have a moment. You contributed 50 Gold Coins for the tribute to those bandits. We recovered a good portion of that money after defeating them, so I can refund you 32 Gold Coins.]
’Something this good is happening?’
’I was just running low on money. With these 32 Gold Coins, I’ll have 60.’
’That’s really not bad at all.’
Zhao Chi: [Fourth Brother, I’m on my way. Should I go to your territory or your house?]
Zhao Hong: [Come to my house.]
Zhao Chi wasted no time and immediately rushed to Zhao Hong’s house.
On the way, he ran into other Lords, all of whom wore expressions of mild surprise mixed with delight.
They had been Lords longer than Zhao Chi, and the previous contribution had drained a significant portion of their savings. Now, they were unexpectedly getting some of it back.
Even though it was only a part of it, it was better than nothing.
Upon entering Zhao Hong’s house, he saw a dozen or so Lords collecting their money.
Zhao Chi got in line behind them.
Although the Lords were all smiling, the recent battle had not been easy for any of them.
’Every one of them must have suffered considerable losses.’
’He was probably the only one like himself, who had suffered no losses at all and had even gained a great deal.’
Just as he was thinking this, a hand lightly tapped his arm.
At the same time, a cheerful voice asked, "Zhao Chi, you’re here to collect your money too? How much are you getting back?"
Su Qin was standing beside him, smiling as she looked at him.
"Oh, I’m getting 32 Gold Coins."
"32 is a lot! So that means... you paid 50 before?"
"That’s right."
"That’s not so bad, then. You only lost 18 Gold Coins. I paid a bit more than you—100 Gold Coins—so I’m only getting back 51.2."
"It’s better than nothing."
"Mhm, that’s right!" Su Qin looked very happy.
"Mmm..."
Zhao Chi didn’t have much to say to her, so he just remained silent.
But Su Qin kept trying to strike up a conversation.
The two chatted for a while, and then it was finally Zhao Chi’s turn.
Zhao Chi said politely, "You can go first."
Su Qin laughed. "I already collected mine. I saw you just as I was about to leave."
"Huh? Then why were you waiting in line with me?"
"Can’t I just chat with you?"
"...Sure."
Zhao Hong looked up. "Zhao Chi, hurry up. Stop chatting, there are other people behind you."
Zhao Chi chuckled, walked over, and opened the trade interface.
Suddenly, an alarm blared in his ear.
[ATTENTION! ATTENTION!]
[EMERGENCY CLAN SUMMONS]
[Zhao Qiye: All Lords are to proceed to the North Gate of Stream Village immediately. Move now!]
’The North Gate again?’
’Is the Celestial King Army here for revenge?’
All the Lords around him rushed out.
Zhao Hong leaped out from behind his table as well.
Su Qin grabbed Zhao Chi. "We have to hurry, too."
Zhao Chi grabbed Su Qin’s hand in turn and quickly caught up to Zhao Hong.
"Fourth Brother, give me the money first!"
Zhao Hong was a bit speechless. "You’re still thinking about money at a time like this?"
But he still placed the money in the trade interface.
With the Gold Coins secured, Zhao Chi sprinted toward the North Gate at full speed.
"Zhao Chi, that hurts a little. Be more gentle."
Su Qin frowned, looking at her arm.
Zhao Chi quickly let go.
He now had 7 points in Movement Speed and was so fast that he had left a red mark on Su Qin’s arm from pulling her.