bestfiction Chapter 158 It's you again, Nanyangzi
Chapter 158 It's you again, Nanyangzi
Putting everything else aside, even though Xueyan couldn't enter the secret realm, she still made a lot of money.
After asking their questions, everyone scattered like birds and beasts, rushing to the merit point exchange area, which was already packed with people.
"Oh, isn't this Nanyangzi?"
When the group arrived at the location, they saw an old acquaintance. Nanyangzi had changed into an alchemist's outfit and looked quite professional.
Who are these people coming from outside the supply depot? Aren't they just there to stock up on elixirs and other treasures? Many of them refused to let the supply depot middlemen take a cut and surrounded Nanyangzi, wanting to do business with him.
"Hey, what kind of wild ghost are you? Go away, I'm busy. Who wanted the Qi-Nourishing Pill? How much did they ask for?"
Upon hearing this, Xuan Jing was about to explode in anger. "So you alchemists are superior to me, talisman masters?"
He unbuttoned two buttons on his leather jacket, about to reveal his identity as a talisman master, but Zhong Ming grabbed him.
"Ha, Nanyangzi has become a great immortal master too? Congratulations!" Zhong Ming greeted him warmly with one hand in front and made a few hand gestures behind him with the other. Xuan Jing immediately grabbed Yue Kaishan, who could barely understand sign language, and signaled him not to speak.
Nanyangzi was taken aback when he heard the voice, but then he realized that the person was being so polite to him. They must need something from him, and must be here to buy pills.
Nanyangzi immediately became arrogant, tilting his head back and looking down at everyone. With a wave of his sleeves, he said in a very serious manner, "Gentlemen, this man has a minor grudge against me. If you are willing to help me make things a little difficult for him, I can give you a discount on the price of the pills."
Upon hearing this, the expressions of those around him turned unfriendly.
Zhong Ming's tone remained unchanged. "I'm quite good at making demon-attracting incense. Of course, I also follow the rules. I think it's in accordance with the rules to throw demon-attracting incense at people I see."
The so-called veto power does not just mean that you can also get things done, so you have the right to veto others, but that you can prevent the other party from getting things done, so you have the right to veto.
Zhong Ming is simply disgusting. Nobody wants to be entangled by worthless monsters, or be chased and beaten by a large group of monsters while hiding and scouting.
Besides, I verbally agreed to buy the pills at a cheap price today, and then... I won't do any work. Are you going to send someone out to monitor me?
The crowd immediately rallied in support of Nanyangzi, but he himself was determined to take the benefits without doing anything. "Hey, how can you talk like that? Aren't you afraid of incurring public wrath? We can't say we'll kill you, but we can cripple you without any problem."
The speaker was Matt.
Zhong Ming has sharp eyes; he spotted Matt in the crowd as if he were in his element.
"Hmph, I don't deny that. If you dare to say that, then I'll cripple you and him together."
Zhong Ming's words were incredibly arrogant, showing no fear of the consequences whatsoever.
Upon hearing this, Matt kicked back slightly, stood in front of Nanyangzi, and began to curse at Zhong Ming, while the second captain behind him took the opportunity to chat with Nanyangzi.
“Fellow Daoist Nanyangzi, how about we take care of their team? We can't guarantee they won't get any benefits from this secret realm adventure, and they'll all have to find a place to hide and recover.”
"It's so good, so good."
"However, our team paid such a high price..."
"All pills are 50% off."
"Nanyangzi, you're joking. Look at him, he's at the sixth level of Qi Refining, a rare expert. If we recover faster than him, our chances of winning will be much greater. We might even be able to find them before their injuries heal. Wouldn't that give us the advantage?"
"Alright, alright, all healing pills will be 20% off, I'll give them to you at cost price, so get as many as you can... But you have to leave a deposit with me, otherwise if you don't work..."
"What's so difficult about that? Your team has also entered the secret realm, hasn't it? We won't do any work, you can just come and interfere with us, right? It's always good to have more friends and more options."
That makes sense.
Just as the negotiations were reaching an agreement, the person in front, who was already red-eyed and visibly angry, started making a bet.
"Come on, let's bet. Today I'm going to bet big with you."
"How do we bet? Let's draw a line, and whoever backs down today is a grandson."
"Okay, if I win, everything your team gets in the secret realm has to be given to me to help me climb the leaderboard."
"No problem, if you lose, all your stuff will be given to us to use for ranking."
"Alright, let's bet on who goes first..."
Zhong Ming casually pulled out a map, made up a random place, and said, "Let's bet on who can get to this Chaotic Vine Cliff first, kill this Golden Tiger, and let the tiger skin be our witness, all of you fellow Daoists, witness it together."
This statement drew cheers from those who hadn't yet gone to the merit point exchange office; they figured they might as well join in the fun.
Those who came out of the exchange point were confused. What was this Chaotic Vine Cliff? What was this Golden Thread Tiger? It wasn't on the map I bought from the military merit exchange point.
Damn it, this kid has inside information; that map must be something special.
Zhong Ming tossed the map to Matt, who unfolded it, glanced at it, and immediately tossed it back.
After this impressive performance, many people looked at the map flying in the air, and their expressions changed.
On the other side, the second captain got a lot of pills from Nanyangzi, making a fortune from this deal.
Several teams walked side by side, their tempers flaring, and entered the merit point exchange area. As soon as they entered, the second team leader immediately sold the pills to the supply department.
I bought the pills at cost price. Like those alchemists who make money, I can take advantage of the current high demand for pills to raise the purchase price a few cents. After all, if we break off relations, we'll break off relations. I'm not an alchemist, so how can I expect to make another deal?
Zhong Ming swaggered along, since he didn't have any military merit points left anyway. This whole thing was just about sending Matt in to buy those jade bottles and other things used for storing treasures, and bringing some out for him.
He directly blocked Nanyangzi's path. He took a step to the side, and Zhong Ming also took a step to the side. The two stared at each other, their eyes locked in a head-on confrontation like bulls fighting.
One was an alchemist, the other a talisman master; their auras were evenly matched, so they stubbornly dragged out the time.
"Nanyangzi, with your pointy mouth and monkey-like face, be careful that some monkey king doesn't take a fancy to you and kidnap you to be his wife."
"Here, you can talk all you want and I won't lose a single hair. But once you enter the secret realm, hmph, I'll coat you with Beast-Attracting Pills. I'm not afraid to use them on you. Your life or death will be out of my hands."
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The two men's interference delayed both teams' preparation time considerably. The third team remarked, "We've already lent our military merit points to Yue Kaishan to buy prosthetics, so we're just here for a symbolic visit. As for you guys..."
It wasn't until Matt and his group came out and stood in front of Nanyangzi, taking turns blocking Zhongming's team, that Nanyangzi's group was able to enter the hall.
As for why both teams disappeared after he came out, that remains unknown.