Chapter 616
Chapter 616 - 596: Bold Qi
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Ten times the market price? Twenty times? Fifty times!
As soon as Lu Ping’an showed a hesitant expression, the other party increased the price crazily without hesitation, to the point where even Lu Ping’an was afraid.
This dog tycoon’s willingness to pay such a high price was indeed exaggerated.
At this moment, Lu Ping’an learned about some "invisible rules" of this world that are not part of the official regulations.
As a "refugee ethnic group," they are allowed to trade freely with the local people in terms of living materials, but if it involves "military weapons," they need to report and manage them regularly.
The permit system, or "military supplies purchase permit," is a shackle on their necks because they have to report and update their military purchase list regularly.
However, since Lu Ping’an’s "goods" are considered military weapons since they are settled with credit-coins, it is only natural.
Although there is nothing wrong with this, such low-level "military purchases" are relatively easy to get approved, and it is no problem to buy some privately.
However, this urgency surprised Lu Ping’an a bit.
"In our country... within our clan, there are still many Holy Fire professionals. Although there are Holy Fire Knights among them, they are not stable sources of fire themselves, and their numbers are quite limited. Most of the regular Holy Fire professionals are now facing the dilemma of ’extinguishing the fire.’ Many of them were once heroes and backbone figures of our clan."
Prince of Nan Liuzhi was quite frank, and such things could not be hidden anyways.
There is no need to reiterate how useful Holy Fire professionals are in a world like Silent Mountain Range World; naturally, they are all over the place, including in the Desert Kingdom.
However, in the end, apart from a few Holy Fire Knights who could turn their "physical bodies" into a fire source, most Holy Fire professionals still controlled and summoned fire. They have always been "downstream" of the "Sun Holy Fire"... and now, they have lost their fire sources, lost the Sun that unceasingly purified the Holy Fire, and lost the world that held a massive amount of Holy Fire in an invisible network.
Naturally, they lost the ability to summon flames and turn them into their "origin."
For these Holy Fire Riders, Holy Fire is not only the source of their power but also can be directly regarded as their "life." Losing the "flame" means losing most of their power.
It becomes difficult even to control their body, and "losing control" and "self-detonation" are foreseeable consequences.
Even the peak strongmen among them have inevitably entered a period of decline,
"One of the Rule-level strongmen is my teacher."
At this point, Lu Ping’an understood.
Although the Holy Fire Knights can provide a fire source, the number of such professionals who are looking for death is limited. Moreover, their flames are challenging to control. They are excellent as a means of attack, but as a "fire source," they are extremely unstable and unsafe.
In contrast, Lu Ping’an’s "Lamplight Grass" allows the Holy Fire to burn in a relatively stable and controllable manner... This is entirely different from the flammable and explosive Holy Fire Knights.
Perhaps the Holy Fire Knights can pour their Holy Fire into the "Lamplight Grass" for other Holy Fire professionals to use.
From this angle, even without considering the religiosity of the Purifying Holy Fire in the Silent Mountain Range World, calling Lamplight Grass a "sacred object" is not too much.
"If possible, we hope to cooperate as soon as possible."
Prince Nan Liuzhi was very eager and was more concerned about this matter than the local official business negotiations.
Not to mention those Holy Fire professionals in his clan. Only one Rule-level Holy Fire professional who had already entered an unstable period was the highest priority rescue target.
He didn’t know about the existence of Lamplight Grass before. Lu Ping’an had just started making a name for himself in academia, and he was only known in the magic plants academic circles of the ancient city. How could a newcomer who just arrived here know about an obscure researcher’s new discovery in a remote city area?
Someone had just checked Lu Ping’an’s background and found out that he had invented such an incredible thing as "Lamplight Grass."
Immediately, he didn’t want to talk about business negotiations and didn’t want to visit the trading land, investing all his thoughts in Lamplight Grass... He couldn’t even wait for the "military purchase permit" that he was about to get and planned to buy directly from Lu Ping’an at a premium.
"I heard about your selling price. I’m willing to pay 500 times. If you are willing to provide core cultivation technology or cooperate deeply with us, we will offer even higher rewards."
This big spender shocked Lu Ping’an immensely.
But, this business seemed to be something only Lu Ping’an could do.
What he currently had on hand, the Lamplight Grass, was only of third-tier lower level quality. The intensity of the Holy Fire it could withstand was only brass-level.
If more powerful individuals... even that unknown Rule-level Holy Fire professional want to obtain a stable fire source, then this level of magic plant is not enough.
Their attempt to buy the technology was quite normal.
"...uh, this technology seems to be unsellable... "
"Is it because the money is not enough? Or, if you want Truth-level items or similar treasures, I can ask my clan."
The other party didn’t hide their urgency. Perhaps the state of that Rule-level strongman was quite bad.
"No, as you see, I have already sold the finished product. It’s just that the technology... it’s something created by my Talent Abilities, and many things don’t make sense. There’s no technology for sale."
As he spoke, Lu Ping’an demonstrated how he casually transformed a seed into a Magical Vine whip.
"Then let’s cooperate. Please wait a moment, and we will show our ’sincerity’."
Prince of Nan Liuzhi’s sincerity and urgency were evident. This was just waiting for Lu Ping’an to name his price.
If there was a naive big spender willing to "give gifts," why would Lu Ping’an refuse?
"Ah, I’ve been interested in dragon-attribute materials recently... I heard that there are many types of dragons in your world."
Smiling, the Prince nodded. He breathed a sigh of relief, not afraid of Lu Ping’an making conditions, as long as it showed willingness, it was a good thing.
At this time, Lu Ping’an realized that many business opportunities seemed to have been overlooked. These Holy Fire prayers and controllers might all be trapped in the "extinguishing fire" dilemma.
And his Lamplight Grass might be able to help them...
"Uh, maybe I should raise the price."
But at this moment, he definitely couldn’t say it out loud.
So, since he is willing to cooperate, it’s natural to show his cards.
"Actually, I am also a Holy Fire prayor. I have already started a job in your world..."
As he spoke, Lu Ping’an extended his finger, and a golden flame burned quietly upon it.
What could be more persuasive than an example? At this moment, not only was Prince Nan Liuzhi excited, but his eyes were also filled with unshed tears... Perhaps he had already prepared for the loss of his teacher.
This was a naive and wealthy big spender delivered to his doorstep.
But then again, now that he had come to this, Ping’an didn’t want to refuse him... this kind of spender couldn’t be turned down.
"Uh, actually, I’m also interested in fire and life materials..."
At this time, Lu Ping’an felt a tingling in his back and saw that the other accompanying personnel were staring at him furiously.
It seemed that in this business setting, this person was worried that he might mess up the deal and ruin the other party’s investment plans.
So, Lu Ping’an took out a name card.
"This is Catherine, a Theocratic Nation person and a Decree-level Holy Fire Knight. She is my agent, and you can discuss business with her."
— End of Chapter 616 —