Chapter 88: How Dare You Sell White Picked Ones At Such A High Price?

  What local tyrants does Lingquan City have...

  "Hey, old man, we meet again." Nine Lives returned to Changhe College and went straight to the principal's office. The door wasn't locked; he just put his hand on it, and with a creak, it swung open. Inside, he saw an old man hastily shoving a book into his desk drawer.

  Zhuo Hongxin saw that the person who came was Jiǔ Mìng, and immediately stopped his actions, reopening the book to take a look. "Ah? Little friend is here again, what's going on?"

  "Work hard, or else?"

  "......" Zhuo Hongxin looked at Jiuxing with a mixture of surprise and curiosity, scratching his white hair, "You've lived long enough? In that case, you might as well go out and find Little Li, anyway, if you don't want to live anymore, you still have research value... what a pity."

  What a pity about you.

  Jiǔ Mìng took out a sealed card, Zhuō Hóng Xìn received it and took a look. After using the sealed card to fill in the gaps, he didn't doubt its authenticity. Moreover, they had also researched the material of this kind of card, and the conclusion was that this thing wasn't formed from matter... but it existed in a physical form nonetheless.

  "Little friend, every time you take something out, it's so astonishing." The old man said with a serious expression, not knowing what he was chasing after recently. Looking at the sealed card in his hand, he was really entangled, ten years of life?

  After Wang Hai was "rescued" by the Ninth Prince, he finally understood what had happened and also figured out from Wang Hai why the twelve people who came back with him became so weak that they could only ejaculate dozens of times a day...

  It wasn't until ten days after they returned for convalescence that the persistent severe weakness stopped.

  This thing should have been messed up since then, Zhuo Hongxin slowly looked at Jiuming and thought that those few people were unlucky. Making empty promises and joking around was one thing, but making blind promises to Jiuming was asking for trouble!

  They survived, nine lives brought them back, okay, since they were rescued, you should also keep the promises you made at that time, even if it means living ten years less!

  It's really like losing ten years of life now.

  "Short of money?" The old man quickly changed the subject, and Zhuo Hongxin threw the sealed card to Jiuming again, shaking his head, "This kind of thing... can really make people degenerate."

  Jiǔ Mìng shrugged, unable to deny that this kind of desperate situation could easily bring out the darker side of people. Life is limited, and now that there's a way to extend it, who wouldn't want to seize it, even if it means harming others for personal gain?

  "This thing of yours, huh huh." The old man chuckled strangely, "Let's not talk about this for now, let's discuss something else. What do you think about the recent beast tide?"

  "I haven't experienced it before, but I actually want to try it once."

  "Oh, so you're going to fight voluntarily, good young man!"

  "This old man! Nine lives, the corner of his mouth twitched slightly, very subtle. Forget it, anyway, he has the initiative. 'What's that? There are many rich people here, right?'"

  "That's right, but when the time comes, your troubles will be a heap. "Zhuo Hongxin didn't suspect anything else, if the fact that Jiǔ Mìng could trade lives was exposed, the commotion it would cause wouldn't be light, it can be said that if Jiǔ Mìng wasn't capable, then there really would be no peaceful days."

  It's endless fun to fight with others, but aren't you afraid of getting into trouble? Jiǔ Mìng didn't take Zhāo Hóng Xìn's warning seriously, "Having trouble gives me motivation, and it just so happens that I've been feeling a bit too lazy lately."

  "……" Zhuo Hongxin scratched his white hair, and unexpectedly thought this way. This kid is born to court death? No matter how you look at it, this is a trouble-prone thing. You can buy anything else, why did you have to involve life, which is already a forbidden zone of existence.

  No one wants to die, and even for the sake of living longer, there are few who wouldn't do something crazy. Even Zhuo Hongxin himself was moved.

  Without a doubt, Jiǔ Mìng is now looking for a place to announce this news. If it can be confirmed, then he will have an invisible force that makes various powers wary of him. Many strong elders who are nearing the end of their lives would probably be willing to negotiate with Jiǔ Mìng.

  Assuming he has the ability to meet them in person, otherwise who cares who you are, just catch him first, don't you understand the crime of falsely accusing someone? Having no ability but still daring to reveal his own secrets!

  Compared to the last meeting, Zhuo Hongxin found that Jiuming was much stronger than before. This progress speed, in just a short period of time, is too unscientific.

  "Alright, old man I also want to live a few more years, how much?"

  "Alright, 10 high-grade energy crystals will do."

  "...You dare to ask for this price for something you picked up for free!?" Zhu Hongxin immediately puffed out his chest, glared at Jiuming with a look of indignation, and seemed to be panting heavily, making Jiuming wonder if he would suddenly come down with a heart condition.

  "Who else can get it for free besides me?"

  Zhuo Hongxin's furious expression suddenly turned into a bitter one, "How can an old man like me afford this price...... How about giving me a 50% discount?"

  The market price of a high-grade high-energy crystal is in the tens of millions... it won't be less than 30 million!

  "Don't bother me, I really don't believe there isn't a rich man willing to buy it." Although the price of high-energy crystal is very high when converted into money, generally not many people will do so. That thing is rare and the actual price is too cheap when converted into money.

  The price is so high... Hmm, although Jiǔ Mìng thinks it's easy to get this thing, can it be used as a cheap good? It's like Zhuō Hóng Xìn said, it's free, and even if you discount it by 50%, it doesn't matter. For those rich people, making back hundreds of millions in ten years is not difficult.

  Charge different prices for different people, charge ghostly prices if you see a ghost. If you encounter someone who really needs it but can't afford it, and you take a liking to them, you might even give it away for free.

  "Oh no, my savings! " Zhu Hongxin curled up the corner of his mouth, wailing as if cutting his own flesh, and yet he still said, "Give me three at a 30% discount, old man."

  Jiǔ Mìng shrugged and took out three sealed cards, pressing them against Zhuō Hóng Xìn's body. The old man quickly pulled out a small box from somewhere and handed 21 high-energy crystals to Jiǔ Mìng. Seeing that the amount in the box had decreased by almost half, Jiǔ Mìng thought: "This old man is rich!"

  "Aren't you afraid of being punished?"

  With a snap, the box in his hand closed, and Zhuo Hongxin calmly put away the box with a calm face. "Who dares? You little generation, I've only got this much coffin money for my whole life, and you directly knocked off half of it. Old man, I'm heartbroken to death!"

  This is unbelievable even to myself! The principal of this world... doesn't seem like the kind from Nine Lives' previous world, where you can become a principal without being an extraordinary existence. Without power, it's impossible; with power, how could they lack high-energy crystals?

  Just by "hunting" you can get a lot, that's right... Hunting, some of the parts from those strange beasts are very valuable, and the stronger they are, the more so.

  "Right, help me exchange some mid-grade, ordinary high-energy crystals."

  "This?" Zhu Hongxin slightly raised an eyebrow, a faint glint flashing in his eyes. "Judging from your attitude, I reckon you'll need to exchange quite a few, huh? Old man's place here isn't exactly the right spot for this sort of thing... Alright, I'll give you a note, go find someone there to exchange it with... no need for formalities."

  "What? Why are you suddenly saying this?" Jiǔ Mìng didn't go to the regular place for this very reason, high-level energy crystal exchange requires some procedures... a bit of troublesome procedure for Jiǔ Mìng... yeah, he doesn't have a household registration or ID card.

  "Cough, cough, nothing much, anyway that's it. If there's anything good in the future, be sure to come to old man me." Zhuo Hongxin let out a light cough and hurriedly said with his wrinkled hands waving.

  "Let's just leave it at that."

  After Jiǔ Mìng left, Zhuó Hóng Xìn thought for a moment, then took out his phone. "Hey! Old friend, I've prepared a big gift for you... What!? You suspect me of having an ulterior motive!? No need to be suspicious, it's just a gift! When you see what it is, you won't say that anymore."

  He lightly hummed and hung up the phone, his eyes sinking back into the book in his hand...

  "Long time no see, little boss."

  When they met again, Jiǔ Mìng was quite surprised to see the golden-haired girl's eyes. This time when they met, he felt that she... how could he describe it, had lost some of the intense and strong aura she used to have, and had become smoother? Jiǔ Mìng began to wonder what experiences had caused her to change like this, because changing one's nature was quite a difficult thing to do.

  Unless something drastic happens.

  "Ah, sit down." Jiǔ Mìng pointed to the sofa on one side, while the other was occupied by C.C., who had been lounging around all day and rarely moved. "Something's up?"

  Jiǔ Mìng found it hard to get used to the gentle smile on Bā Yún Zǐ's face, feeling that her previous cold smirk was better. This new smile somehow felt a bit off, and had she also developed a habit of holding a folding fan?

  "Of course, it's been a while since I came here, and your little shop has changed a lot." Yakumo Yukari closed the folding fan in her hand, looked around, and gazed at the neatly arranged furniture for a few more moments. "These are... products of the future?"

  "Hey! This is a refrigerator, don't move it randomly!"

  Seeing the half of the refrigerator coming out from the gap she opened, Jiǔ Mìng hastily said.

  "Refrigerator, huh? It's really cold indeed. What is this sweet thing?" Pulling open the half-opened refrigerator door that had come out from the gap, Yatsume Kurenai felt the chill that wafted out and curiously took out a piece of ice cream from inside.

  "...what a convenient ability, Jiǔ Mìng's eyes twitched slightly as he turned to look at the refrigerator that had been swallowed up by the wall, its space ability was truly amazing, able to 'bend' objects like this, Jiǔ Mìng could only praise it as awesome!"

  "Ice cream, a small food that relieves the summer heat." Jiǔ Mìng replied with an expression that was somewhat strange. It's really strange, what exactly made her, who was originally covered in thorns, become so worn down?