My Muscle System in the Mage World

Chapter 270: Transaction with Tenth master

"Forty high-grade mana crystals," the strong man besides the tenth master said incredulously.

Aur nodded in response.

The tenth master frowned slightly at the strong man's reaction, but quickly regained his composure and addressed Aur. "Distinguished guest, since you want to exchange for forty high-grade mana crystals, I might not be able to fulfil your request."

Aur stood up, ready to leave. "Forget it, then. I will go to the second master."

The tenth master quickly interjected, "Wait, wait, I didn't say I will not buy it. It's just that we currently don't have enough mana crystals to exchange for forty. Please understand our limits and give us half a week of time."

He spoke anxiously, the business composure he had learned fading in the face of wealth and greed.

Aur stood up from his seat and replied in a simple tone, "Too long."

The tenth master became even more anxious and hurriedly said, "A day. You will only have to wait for a day."

Aur paused, as if deep in thought, but underneath his panda mask, he was smirking. "He fell for my trap," he thought.

"Alright," he spoke in his usual hoarse voice and left the place. "I will come back here at this time for you to prepare the goods for me."

With that, he disappeared from the tenth master's view.

"Master, why did you agree so easily? Gathering that many high-grade mana crystals might not be possible," The strong man, his servant, asked.

"Shut up!" the tenth master snapped. "If we can successfully complete these business transactions, then I will have enough mana crystals to prove that I too can do business to my father."

"But how can we manage it? We barely have ten high-grade mana crystals worth of middle-grade mana crystal, and even if we combined the lower-grade mana crystals, it would barely amount to two more high-grade mana crystals. How could we possibly gather more than twenty-eight mana crystals in a day?" The servant asked, clearly worried.

The tenth master hesitated and thought for a long time before he finally spoke. "I will take it out from my own personal collection. These deals should benefit us greatly."

The strong man looked around and said with some hesitation, "How about we..." He made a gesture of swiping his neck.

"No, he is a tier two wizard. We don't have the capability to kill him," the tenth master responded firmly.

"What about asking the second master for help?" the strong man said, a glint flashing in his eyes.

The tenth master's eyes turned cold. "If I ask for the help of the second brother, then he will take all the profit and might not even leave some crumbs for me, hmph."

"I am sorry, Tenth Master," the strong man spoke in a strange tone.

"It's fine," the tenth master shook his head.

Aur, who was casually sipping a cup of coffee, listened to all of this with his ears twitching. He could tell that the tenth master was smart and cautious, unwilling to risk asking the second master for help.

"Looks like this guy is smart," he muttered to himself with a calculative glint in his eyes. If he went to the second master, he would definitely suffer a loss as a third-stage wizard.

The second master could easily make him fork out those forty high-grade mana crystals for lower than market price.

Not only that, but he might also lose his neck after leaving the market.

That's why Aur had closely studied the caravan in previous years, keeping a low profile while gauging the relationships between these people closely studying these people.

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The tenth master was a person with great ambition but no power. He often bullied commoners and was fighting for his father's inheritance with his other brother.

The condition was that if he could handle the business well, he would get a certain amount of his inheritance and Aur could exploit these.

Aur had to be extremely careful because he only had one life. If he died without achieving immortality, it would be truly regretful.

Although he had lived a life of luxury in his previous life as a gang leader, it all felt empty because he knew that he would one day die either because of his enemies or just natural death.

If he died again, he wouldn't know if he could reincarnate or not.

Even if he could, he might not keep his memories, or he might reincarnate in a world similar to his previous one where people cannot lengthen their lifespan and are forced to die in a mere span of a hundred years.

Now that the analysis had paid off, Aur could finally trade these fake high-grade mana crystals smoothly, and the resources obtained could be used to find strange treasure, which could help to strengthen his cells.

With this, he wouldn't be wholly reliant on the system anymore.

As for revenge, having a petty mind would only slow down his progress.

"Now, it's just a waiting game," Aur murmured before carefully finding a temporary residence and renting it for a day.

However, life never goes as one expects it to go.

Aur looked at the shiny blue crystal tinged with purple and the plump man who was showing him all the mana crystals.

Then, he perceived five threatening auras surrounding him from all sides with his terrifying perception.

"Esteemed guests, these are all the mana crystals we promised you. These should be enough," the plump man said.

Aur took the mana crystals expressionlessly and counted them. He frowned when he counted them, noticing that something was amiss.

"There are only forty thousand mid-grade mana crystals here," Aur said.

"This...Please forgive me, but this is my limit. I can only give it to you in exchange for the market value. After all, this is a huge amount. If you don't want to, then..."

"It's okay," Aur said in a calm tone as he sensed the enemies. "From the looks of it, these guys should be sincere. Then, where did it go wrong?"

His gaze accidentally went towards the strong man who was expressionless, sitting by the side.

He could hear the rapid heartbeat of this person, and this strong man was definitely nervous and afraid, although it didn't show on his face.

"Ah, the human heart..." Aur mused to himself while taking out all the fake high-grade mana crystals.

"Here are all the mana crystals," he said.

The tenth master looked at them with satisfaction, his emotions overflowing. However, he was somehow able to suppress them and calmly counted the crystals.