bestfiction Chapter 379
Chapter 379
Seeing Xuan Jing leave, Zhong Ming suddenly had an idea.
Xuanjing is gone. Am I the only one selling far-seeing talismans here now?
There are no competitors left!
Zhong Ming looked around and saw that the cultivators in the back row had not yet returned to their seats, especially those who had rushed onto the arena earlier.
Some people removed their vision charms, while others wore them, but they were damaged in the battle.
These people are all potential customers!
With the addition of later buyers, these far-seeing charms are likely to be sold out completely.
Zhong Ming immediately stood up. He glanced out of the corner of his eye and saw a loser walking towards them. The loser looked listless and had been knocked down after only a short time. He hadn't shown any "strength" at all.
Just as he was feeling frustrated, Zhong Ming came up to him.
"Brother, would you like a Far-Seeing Talisman? It costs five military merit points."
"Are you out of your mind? Are you trying to rob me? Five military merit points? That black marketeer only sold for four military merit points." As soon as he said that, Zhong Ming understood immediately.
Xuan Jing is quite loyal; he sells something to others for four military merit points, but sells it to himself for three.
"Yes, but he sold out and left. Look, I'm the only one left with stock."
He looked around and saw that all the other suppliers had been squeezed out by Xuan Jing; there really weren't any left.
He gritted his teeth and said, "I won't buy it. I have good eyesight, so I'll just look around from behind."
As they spoke, cheers erupted again, even more enthusiastic than before.
"What's going on?" The man stood on tiptoe to look into the distance, but his cultivation level was too limited to see clearly. The arena for cultivators was already very large, and the military academy students were coming out from a diagonal direction, so he could only see a blurry purple figure.
Seeing this, Zhong Ming had an idea. He stopped trying to sell the product and, like the other person, stood on tiptoe, muttering to himself, "Oh my, this one is even prettier than the last one! Tsk tsk tsk, purple is so charming. And that figure, tsk tsk~"
"Hey, you... five military merit points, right?"
"Don't bother me, or I'll reach six military merit points."
"I'll buy it for you, five military merit points." The man took out a bottle of pills.
Due to the difficulty in transferring military merit points, people invented a series of methods for managing them. For small amounts of military merit points, common pills were used. Anyway, you have to buy fasting pills, you can't starve to death.
Large transactions sometimes involve you wanting something and specifying that the other party should exchange it for you, while others are handled by unscrupulous middlemen. These are the many "money shops" in Cliff City.
They would take 10% of the profits, and one person would hand over the merit points to them, usually to exchange for the goods they specified. Another person would receive a voucher. When you wanted to exchange for something, you would take the voucher to the money exchange, tell them what you wanted, and they would exchange it for you.
Zhong Ming took the bottle of fasting pills and tossed him a far-seeing talisman.
After the person approached, upon closer inspection, it was discovered that the person wasn't as good-looking as Zhong Ming had described; however, the spells they used were quite elaborate.
"Hey, you unscrupulous vendor, your far-seeing talisman is wrong. Why is it even worse than that short, fat guy's?"
"Nonsense, this is the short, fat man's stuff."
"??? You bastard," the man rubbed his eyes, confirming that what he saw was not a female cultivator at all, but a male cultivator with long hair, and immediately became furious, "You're still lying to me? This is clearly a man."
"Can't men look more charming in purple? Is this your official aesthetic standard?"
Zhong Ming said that as long as he is shameless, no one can insult him.
The man angrily found a seat and sat down, deciding to watch the whole thing before he started cursing him, after all... the purple-robed cultivator's spells were truly spectacular.
The man in black watched from behind, his eyelids twitching. He wanted Zhong Ming to go on stage and receive a "strength education" from military academy students, but this guy not only didn't take the bait, he actually started doing business with him.
"Come and take a look, don't miss the wonderful moments, see the wonders of heaven and earth, only by looking into the distance at the talisman, and get a Five Army Merit Point, don't miss the opportunity to comprehend the Dao."
Several people cast disdainful glances at them, but after a while, they also hesitantly came here and bought one.
Soon, more than forty of these far-seeing talismans were sold.
Zhong Ming now had a large pile of Spirit Nourishing Pills and Bigu Pills. One could provide a small amount of pre-refined spiritual energy, shortening the time it took to refine spiritual energy during cultivation, while the other was enough to fill his stomach. These pills alone would allow him to seclude himself for a hundred days.
Then, a competitor came along.
"Come on, take a look! Distant View Talisman, selling for Three Army Merit Points!" the man shouted, his face smug, as if he was certain someone would come to buy it.
Those who bought the Zhongming Talisman are kicking themselves; now there are cheap ones for sale!
Those who haven't bought yet are still hesitating, or even want to wait and see, because they've already seen the bell ring past.
Hehe, it's best if these two unscrupulous merchants fight it out fiercely, start a price war, and drive the prices down!
Zhong Ming stepped forward, cupped his hands in greeting, and asked, "Brother, how many talismans do you have?"
“There are plenty, two hundred and forty. Do you want them?” he said, his mustache twitching as his eyes darted around, his attention not on Zhong Ming.
"Brother, look at these back seats. After deducting the people who have already bought tickets, there are only two hundred seats left. They're not even full yet. Why did you bring so many?"
"Oh dear, brother, you're really foolish. If you buy all my talismans, won't you have a monopoly? You can sell them for five military merit points each or six military merit points each. Even if you only have a hundred left, you'll break even and make over a hundred free talismans."
"That makes sense, brother. I have fifty more here. Why don't you take them too?"
Zhong Ming smiled, but the man seemed a little angry. "Are you looking for trouble? I'm here to sell, why would I want to buy anything else?"
"Brother, have you forgotten what your selling point is? Are you sure no one can exchange for a Far-Seeing Talisman from outside and bring it in to sell?"
"Of course, I've exchanged all the available shares. If there's no war, the next restock will be from the logistics team tomorrow at noon, which they'll get from the people who draw the talismans. I know exactly what they're doing."
Zhong Ming gave a fake smile and clapped his hands together. "Isn't that right? Why would anyone buy all your stock? Because they want exclusive sales rights. If you sell it and I sell it too, what if the two of us compete and the price keeps going down?"
"Are you threatening me?"
"I only have fifty here. You can take them all according to the three military merit points. You won't lose out at all. What are you afraid of?"
Zhong Ming was quite confident, releasing his aura of cultivation level: Qi Refining Level Nine. He wasn't afraid that you, a cunning merchant, would try to mess with him.
After a moment's thought, the man immediately bought it, saying, "It's a deal, you're not allowed to conjure up any more, or I'll fight you to the death."
“No problem.” Zhong Ming handed over the goods, took the money, and disappeared in a flash, just like Xuan Jing had done earlier, as if they were cut from the same mold.
After taking the talisman, the man looked around in confusion, muttering, "Hey, where did that short, fat guy who bought all the far-seeing talismans go?"