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Chapter 1492 - Excitement in a Private Restaurant
Chapter 1492 - Excitement in a Private Restaurant
Chapter 1492 Excitement in a Private Restaurant
“How is it?”
Meng Chao “pretended to be calm.”
The veins protruding from the back of his hand “revealed” his nervousness.
“This is indeed a good thing.”
The veteran Reaper pushed the dragon egg back into Meng Chao’s hand, and as he shook his head, he said, “This is a dragon egg, a very rare material. If the quality is passable, it will be enough to be the final item in the highest-grade auction!” “What about this one?”
Meng Chao asked anxiously.
“This one...”
The veteran Reaper dragged out his response and regretfully said, “Friend, I’m not saying that you didn’t soak this dragon egg in mithril stabilizer for a long time after you got it. But even if you soaked it occasionally, you couldn’t have changed the mithril stabilizer every three days, right?”
Meng Chao clenched his fists subconsciously. “Nonsense. I’ve been fighting in the wilderness all year round. Where would I get so many mithril stabilizers?”.
The veteran Reaper continued. “Even if you didn’t have the mithril stabilizer, you didn’t notice that you had to preserve the dragon egg in an environment with constant temperature, humidity, and stability.
“You even carried it around with you sometimes, causing it to be subjected to violent shocks multiple times?”
Meng Chao shook his head. “I don’t know anything about constant temperature and humidity! As for violent tremors, I don’t remember them. It’s common for people to struggle in the wilderness. Shock and tremors are extremely common!”
“No wonder. It’s such a pity!”
The experienced Reaper looked like he was having a toothache. “The quality of your dragon egg was good in the beginning, but because it wasn’t preserved properly for a long time, some flaws inevitably appeared. Its effectiveness and value have been greatly reduced!”
Meng Chao obviously did not believe him.
“If I wanted to lie to you, I wouldn’t have told you that it was a dragon egg.”
The veteran Reaper pushed the electronic camera to Meng Chao, too, and instructed him to put it on and observe the ‘flaws’ on the dragon egg carefully, “Take a look for yourself. Can you see that there are clusters of tiny bubbles and colorful halos inside the dragon egg?
“It is because the spiritual energy inside the dragon egg is not pure enough. “Such a dragon egg must be carefully refined by experts with dozens of extremely rare heavenly materials and earthly treasures. Only by refining the impurities and using them for cultivation can the tragedy of mental derangement not happen.
“Even so, its effectiveness is probably only thirty percent of what it used to be. Fifty percent at most!”
The veteran Reaper was heartbroken.
If Meng Chao’s level was not higher than his, he would not have been able to obtain this dragon egg
This Dragon Egg was also the best product that had been enshrined in the sacred mountain temple for thousands of years.
Just by looking at his expression, Meng Chao almost believed it.
“Cut the crap!”
Meng Chao’s face was full of frustration. He slammed the electronic camera on the table and glared at the veteran Reaper. “I don’t understand the roundabout ways of you Reapers. Just tell me, how much can this thing be sold for?”
“About that, may I know what rare resources you wish to trade for?” the veteran Reaper probed.
Meng Chao thought for a moment. “If I exchange all of these dragon eggs for dragon elephant bone-strengthening injections, how many can I exchange them for?”
The veteran Reaper took out a multifunctional calculator.
He knocked randomly as if he was serious.
He even made a pretentious phone call as if he was confirming the latest price of dragon elephant bone-strengthening injection on the black market.
In the end, he coughed dryly and extended five fingers.
“Fifty boxes.”
The veteran Reaper said, “Logically speaking, with the quality of this dragon egg, at most forty boxes of the dragon elephant bone strengthening injection can be exchanged on the market. But I see that my friend is also a straightforward person, and I hope that we can work together for a long time. I dare to give ten boxes to my brother on behalf of Giant-toothed Crocodile, as a way of making friends.”
“Fifty boxes?”
Meng Chao’s eyes glinted with a swoosh.
His Adam’s apple rolled violently.
His eyes rolled, but he forcefully retracted the greedy light in his eyes.
Pa!
Meng Chao slammed the table heavily and pretended to be furious. “Do you think I’m a club? What’s the use of just fifty boxes of dragon elephant bone-strengthening injection?!”
“Yes, I don’t know anything about dragon eggs, their appearance, or whatever.
“But do you know how many of our brothers died and how much I paid to get this nest... these dragon eggs?!”
As Meng Chao spoke, he raised his right arm.
The blood-colored centipede on his right arm seemed to be about to jump onto the veteran Reaper’s face.
The veteran Reaper was unmoved.
However, when Meng Chao mentioned the word “nest”, his pupils contracted slightly.
Indeed, it was rare for egg-laying monsters to only lay one egg at a time.
There was usually a nest.
“My friend, there’s no point in you doing this.”
The veteran Reaper calmly said, “If you want to play the game of ‘sky-high bidding, return the money when you land,’ i’ll start with twenty boxes and slowly raise the price.
“Because I don’t regard you as a club, and because of Giant-toothed Crocodile’s golden signboard, I can offer the highest price. Believe me, no market in Dragon City can offer a higher price than this one!”
“I don’t believe you!”
Meng Chao snorted. “Dragon City is not just a black market for Giant-toothed Crocodile. At worst, I will run all over the city. I don’t believe that I can’t offer a higher price!”
“Of course, the goods are yours. You can sell them to whoever you want.”
The veteran Reaper smiled and made a gesture of “Please do as you please.”.
Meng Chao’s face turned green and white from being ridiculed. He could only stand up and leave, then he continued, “However, I have to remind my friend that in the next ten days to half a month, it will be very difficult for you to find a black market to trade.”
Meng Chao stood by the table and said with a gloomy face, “Why?”. “Because of the chaos in the Monster Market!”
The veteran Reaper said with a smile, “With the matter being blown out of proportion, the Supernatural Tower and the Survival Committee are under tremendous pressure from public opinion. They are definitely going to launch a grand ‘crackdown on the black market and the hoarding phenomenon’ operation.
“With the news being so tight, which black market is so tough and fearless that they still dare to open their doors to do business?
“I reckon that today is the last carnival. After tonight, all the black markets will have a ten-day-to-half-month holiday tomorrow. They will have a good rest.
“In my opinion, these guys are also stupid.
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“When there was a black market, although the price of cultivation resources was slightly higher, at least they could be bought with money. It could solve the urgent situation!
“Now, things have gone out of control and ruined everyone’s jobs. Where are they going to purchase non-renewable and scarce cultivation resources?
“Hehe, it would be too naive to think that after all the black markets are closed, there will be a large number of authentic cultivation resources in the formal market that can meet the cultivation needs of all superhumans!
“I don’t care, and neither does our boss.
“In any case, as long as we immerse ourselves in the mithril stabilizer and pay attention to the preservation method, many rare cultivation resources can be stored for three to five years or even longer. Some rare resources even need to be stored in the ancient method for three to five years or thirty to fifty years before they can be used to their maximum effect.
“Resting for ten days to half a month, or even longer, what loss does it have for us? It will only make the price of the cultivation resources on the market higher and allow our boss to earn more.
“It’s only pitiful for those low-level and middle-level superhumans who don’t have any connections, especially those who are seriously injured and waiting for the cultivation resources to save their lives. Tell me, do you think they have nothing better to do? Why would they destroy their own hopes of cultivation and treatment?”
As the veteran Reaper spoke, he intentionally or unintentionally used a piercing gaze to brush the scar on Meng Chao’s right arm up and down.
The meaning was very obvious.
It was just a mere dragon egg. We can afford to wait, we can afford to let it go, and we can also afford to lose.
However, if we can’t buy the dragon elephant bone strengthening injection for ten days to half a month, or even longer, with your injuries, can you afford to wait?
Meng Chao was furious.
The bones in his body crackled like firecrackers.
The muscles in his upper body were more like red-hot iron lumps, emitting astonishing heat.
The experienced Reaper’s smile did not change.
However, there was a light knock on the door outside the box.
Meng Chao took a deep breath as if he realized that this was a downtown area, and the dragon eggs he carried were stolen goods that could not be seen in the light.
If things really got out of hand, he might not be able to catch the other party’s tail as a black market merchant.
But he would definitely be able to find evidence of him killing people and stealing goods.
His fists loosened and tightened.
In the end, he sat down across from the veteran Reaper, looking a little dejected.
The smile on the veteran Reaper’s face grew wider, and he gave a light high five.
The door to the private room opened. The waiter served a plate of sashimi covered in ice and an amber-colored wine that gave off the smell of honey.
Meng Chao looked at the plate of sashimi that was as thin as the wings of a cicada.
He felt that it was like an abalone that was even bigger than his head.
However, the texture was even more crisp and chewy.
It also faintly emitted a smell that ordinary people might find too stimulating, but for superhumans, it was just right. It was a bloody smell that could stimulate their appetite.
“Try the signature dish here.”
The veteran Reaper said with a smile, “The freshest elephant sashimi uses the trunk of a Tyrant Mammoth. In the entire city, it can only be eaten here.”
“The freshest Tyrant Mammoth meat?”
Meng Chao was slightly taken aback.
Thinking about how there were at most three to five hundred meters away from here, there were so many powerless mid-level to low-level superhumans lining up at the Supernatural Tower’s directly-operated monster materials trading center. All they wanted was a few bottles of cheap ones.., a genetic potion that used the Tyrant Mammoth spinal fluid as a raw material was something they couldn’t ask for.
In this unassuming private restaurant, the Tyrant Mammoth’s main weapon-its strong and powerful long nose-could be openly made into sashimi for people to enjoy.
The taste of this plate of sashimi was too complicated.
Meng Chao picked up a piece and chewed it carefully in his mouth.
“It’s really fresh...”
He muttered to himself.
“Of course.”
The veteran Reaper proudly said, “That’s why I said that no matter what cultivation resources you want, we can get them all—and only we can get them.”
“But, but...”
The corners of Meng Chao’s eyes and mouth twitched. After a long time, he still couldn’t calm down. “This, this, this is too much!”
“It is indeed a bit extravagant. Therefore, this should be the last proper plate of Tyrant Mammoth tattoo extraction recently.”
The senior Reaper’s voice gradually turned cold, “Believe me, after being fooled by these fools, in the next ten days to half a month, there will be no elephant tattoo extraction, no dragon elephant bone-strengthening injection, and not even a single strand of Tyrant Mammoth fur!”