Absolute Destiny Game
Chapter 407 - 33 The Dark Secrets of Old Soil_2

Chapter 407: Chapter 33 The Dark Secrets of Old Soil_2

Hao Mie Dao said, "Okay, let’s settle on this then. As for which bosses to tackle, let’s start picking from the ones with the lowest bounties on the reward list, one by one. Given our team’s strength, handling those at the bottom shouldn’t be a big problem.

We’ll meet at eight tomorrow morning to accept the bounty missions, spend the morning scouting and devising battle strategies, and start the fight in the afternoon. After defeating the bosses, we’ll auction off the spoils and split the earnings. Remember to prepare some Silver, as the gold price has risen sharply lately, we’ll only auction for Game Coins, not RMB."

Talking to a professional really eases things, as our action plan was set in just a few words.

Now that the plan was set, the next issue was raising funds.

As the gold team said, if you want the boss’s loot, you must pay for it, and the same is true for the boss’s head, since it could be exchanged for bounty and reputation, and might even be worth more than normal drops.

No matter how well one performs, it only guarantees a larger share during the splitting of the money, but it doesn’t necessarily ensure that Xiao Jie could obtain the items he wanted.

Thus, it was essential to prepare a bit more Silver.

Opening his backpack and taking a look, Xiao Jie couldn’t help but let out a wry smile. After buying three sticks of black ebonywood incense, there were only a few taels of Silver left in his bag.

"Let’s start by raising funds separately, you guys. If you want any equipment tomorrow, you’ll have to buy it with your own money too. Those people seem pretty wealthy, and if you underbid, you might miss out on good stuff. If you don’t plan on spending, just wait to split the profits."

I Want to Be Immortal sighed upon hearing this, clearly short on cash.

Ye Luo, on the other hand, hummed in response, her tone indifferent, seemingly confident.

Xiao Jie didn’t know how much financial backing this lady had, but he always felt she was probably quite loaded.

Of course, that was not for him to worry about.

Helping him with tasks was the duty of a friend, but borrowing money could strain relations.

This was something he’d have to solve himself.

Xiao Jie first went to the auction house to check the sales of Monkey Wine and Secret Dog Food. For some reason, whether the market had saturated or not, only a few bottles of Monkey Wine had sold.

The Secret Dog Food sold better, but the profit margins were no longer satisfying for Xiao Jie.

In total, they had only made seven taels of Silver.

Scanning the auction house, Xiao Jie discovered a new cooking product had emerged, one that raised Happiness value.

[Immortal Jumping Wall (Delicacy)

Consumption: Increases satiety by 100 points and adds 30 points to Happiness value.]

The seller of this item clearly came with a competitive spirit, offering a jar of Immortal Jumping Wall for just 900 Wen.

Considering Monkey Wine sold for 1000 Wen and only added 25 Happiness points, this product underpriced the market in a bid to seize it—definitely meant to dominate the market.

This was troublesome.

Although the cost of making Monkey Wine was only a little over 280 Wen, there was a cap on how much could be made no matter how much the price dropped.

But, given the market conditions, Xiao Jie had no choice but to drop his prices as well. He made a few bottles of Monkey Wine and listed them for 800 Wen each.

Looking at the eleven taels of Silver in his bag, it seemed he might need to sell something else.

Maybe sell the spirit stone seals?

They had dropped from Cloud Guest, and he hadn’t found a chance to use them yet.

But even if sold, they would only fetch about one hundred taels—an amount far from enough.

To recoup a large sum of money, his only option was to sell the Life-extending Pills.

A difficult item to sell indeed, with no real market value.

After mulling over it with friends, Xiao Jie eventually contacted Chen Tianwen.

Hidden Moon Following Wind: Tianwen, Brother, you there?

Wentian Wuji: What’s up, need something?

Hidden Moon Following Wind: I’ve got something I want to sell. Can you help me price it?

Among these people, Xiao Jie trusted Tianwen the most. Firstly, they were friends who would die for each other, and secondly, Tianwen had money, a high level, and strong capabilities, so he likely knew potential buyers who could afford it.

Xiao Jie sent over the data for the Life-extending Pill.

Wentian Wuji: ...

Hidden Moon Following Wind: What’s wrong?

Wentian Wuji: You haven’t mentioned this item to anyone else, have you?

Hidden Moon Following Wind: Uh...I mentioned it to Long Xingtianxia, the leader of the Dragon Soaring Knights. I even asked him to help sell it, but strangely, he didn’t accept.

Wentian Wuji: It would be a wonder if he did accept. Forget it, QQ isn’t safe. Let’s meet in person and talk.

With a sinking feeling, unease began to cloud Xiao Jie’s mind.

Half an hour later, Xiao Jie arrived at Chen Tianwen’s house.

Unexpectedly, Chen Tianwen had set up a formation in the living room. Upon seeing Xiao Jie enter, he gestured for him to come in with a wave of his hand.

"What’s this?"

"Come in and we’ll talk."

With no other choice, Xiao Jie walked in and sat down across from Chen Tianwen.

At a flick of Chen Tianwen’s command flag, the surroundings abruptly shifted; clouds swirled around, and gales rushed forth, instantly obscuring everything.

The two were sitting by a tea table in the living room, yet it felt as though they were in the eye of a storm, surrounded by howling winds and dark clouds.

Xiao Jie was momentarily taken aback. "What’s this about?"

"Sigh, what were you thinking? Was this item really meant to be exposed?"

Innocently, Xiao Jie asked, "What exactly is going on?"

Chen Tianwen lowered his voice and said, "Haven’t you ever found it odd? With such enormous stakes in this game, why hasn’t the government taken control?"

Xiao Jie nodded, "I’ve definitely found it strange before, but hasn’t the government already made a move?"

"Scoff, what kind of move is that? They’re just supervising. What I mean by a move is, the government directly stepping in to confiscate the game activation codes, collecting all the codes, and then organizing their personnel to develop within the game."