Chapter 133: Reaching an Agreement (3)
The way Xia Huyou looked at Su Yu changed. This was a ruthless guy! For money, he was willing to sell even himself!
"Uhm...if you're providing real information...I think it would be worth some money."
"Then how about five merit points for one ability?"
"That's too expensive. How about one merit point?"
"Forget it. That's too little. I'm not selling anymore." Su Yu gave up.
Xia Huyou wiped his sweat. He was really surprised. This fellow looked like an innocent guy earlier, but he was finally showing his true colors. He was a truly truthless guy.
"Are you not afraid that others would target your weakness after learning about your abilities?"
"They would know sooner or later. I only need to keep growing and trying to target my weakness would be nothing but a joke."
"You're right..." Xia Huyou nodded. The smile on his face grew wider as he said, "Brother Su, remember to take care of your brother in the future. Feel free to look for me if you need anything. I'll take care of it for you."
"Really?"
"Of course."
"I want to buy some Infinite Strength blood essence. Can you get some for me?"
"It's only some Infinite Strength blood. That's no big deal. What do you need?"
Su Yu started listing, "Looping turtle, ox-faced fish, and iron-winged bird."
"I can't provide any ox-faced fish blood," Xia Huyou was troubled. "That's a neutral race. We can't hunt them easily. Anyone caught hunting them would be in trouble. I can get iron-winged bird blood easily. As for the looping turtle...I need to ask around first."
"What's the pricing for that?"
"Infinite Strength blood essence can be split into the early, middle, and late stage. Which do you want?
"Great Strength iron-winged bird blood is cheap. You can get a drop for one merit point regardless of their cultivation level. As for the Infinite Strength Realm, you need to pay 3 merit points for a drop of early-stage blood, 5 merit points for middle-stage blood, and 10 merit points for late-stage blood.
"As for looping turtle blood, it's even more expensive since it's much rarer than iron-winged bird blood."
"I only need some early-stage blood. As for looping turtle blood, it doesn't matter if you can't get it. I'll get some iron-winged bird blood essence. How about 5 drops of iron-winged bird blood essence and 5 drops of source qi liquid for thirty merit points."
Xia Huyou grimaced and said, "Su Yu, you're pushing the price too much. Source qi liquid is worth 5 merit points per drop while the blood essence is worth 15 merit points for 5 drops. You need to pay 40 merit points for all that..."
Su Yu shook his head and said, "I'm not stupid. If I exchange my merit points into cash, I can get 50,000 dollars per point. For 30 merit points, I can get 1.5 million dollars. The official price of source qi liquid is only 100,000 dollars per drop. For 5 drops, I only need to pay 500,000 dollars. Don't tell me that a drop of Infinite Strength iron-winged bird blood essence is worth 200,000 dollars per drop.
"But it's risky going through the black market. I don't want to take that risk or go through the official channel and waste my merit points. That is why I'm buying from you. If you can do this for 30 merit points, we can keep working together in the future. If not...I refuse to believe that nobody else is doing this in the academy. It's not like I'm buying some restricted resources.
"This is enough for you to make a profit. I'm not someone that won't allow someone to make money. Don't tell me that you will make a loss selling them to me at 30 merit points."
Xia Huyou raised his thumb and said, "You're smart, brother. If you buy from the academy, you would need 40 merit points. You made the right choice coming to me instead. Sure, I'll get them to you by tomorrow. I'll accept the offer of 30 merit points."
Su Yu smiled. Money saved! If it was anyone else, he wouldn't have dared to make a purchase so soon after entering the academy. After all, he was still afraid of getting scammed and losing all his merit points.
But he was willing to work with Xia Huyou since this was a smart person from a large family. He should be aware that it wasn't worth severing his relationship with Su Yu for only 30 merit points.
Perhaps Su Yu could get a cheaper price on the black market, but he didn't have the time to waste on that. It wasn't like he had a connection to the black market either. As for Zhou Hui, forget it. He was afraid that she would report him for his merit points.
Xia Huyou was also grinning happily. See, this was the benefit of befriending a genius. At their first meeting, they were already making a transaction worth 30 merit points.
Those middle and low tier students were incredibly stingy. Every transaction with them would probably be worth only a few merit points. Working with a genius would be much better. And a genius with no background like this was an even better customer. After all, those with a strong background would already have plenty of such resources.
Su Yu had just entered the academy. What about the future? The more Xia Huyou thought about it, the wider his smile was. After taking the 30 merit points through the black market, he would get 1.5 million dollars.
As for the things Su Yu needed, the price wasn't fixed. For example, the official price of a drop of source qi liquid was 100,000 dollars. But if he bought from some of his close acquaintances or obtained the help of a Skysoar cultivator, he could get the liquid at the price of 50,000 dollars per drop.
As for Infinite Strength iron-winged bird blood essence, it wasn't too expensive. He was confident he could get 5 drops for 500,000 dollars. He stood to make at least 50 percent profit from this transaction.
Of course, he needed to take some risk for this transaction. He also needed connections for it. This was not the kind of business everyone could do. If one was unlucky and got raided during the process, all the merit points would probably end up in a certain Wan guy's pocket.
He was happy, and Su Yu was even happier. This was a much better price than he had expected. He was already prepared to buy from the academy, but he would lose all 40 of his merit points doing so.
Now, he was able to keep 10 merit points for himself. That would be enough to pay for his living expenses for a period of time.
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After grabbing a meal and collecting his books and uniform, Su Yu returned to the Mental Tempering Garden. The residents around his unit had already arrived by now.
Xia Huyou was no longer the great merchant who would talk about transactions worth thousands or even tens of thousands of merit points. Instead, he transformed back into a humble cleaner as he approached the newcomers for more business.
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In his room, Su Yu spread the new bedding over his bed and opened the window for ventilation before sitting down on the couch. He exhaled in relief. He had finally settled down.
Tomorrow, Xia Huyou would give him what he wanted. He would then be able to start cultivating without any inhibitions. With five drops of Infinite Strength iron-winged bird blood essence, could he reset the iron-winged bird page?
Su Yu did not know the answer for that. Regardless of the answer, Infinite Strength blood essence would still help him cultivate faster. And the source qi density of the capital had always been much higher than Nanyuan's.
Even without things like source qi liquid and blood essence, Su Yu could cultivate much faster here. He could feel a large amount of source qi entering his acupoints even when he wasn't focusing on cultivating.
With an environment like this, Su Yu was sure that even without the book in his mind, he would be able to easily reach the seventh-stage Source Opening Realm just by growing up here. As far as he was concerned, a local who wasn't at least a sixth-stage Source Opening cultivator was truly talentless, even if that local was from an ordinary family.
While Su Yu was thinking, someone knocked on his door. He opened the door.
A middle-aged man was outside. When he saw Su Yu, he wasted no time and said, "I am a member of the guards committee of block 3. Please be reminded that when coming in and out of the dorm, you are not allowed to bring outsiders. Additionally, your class notifications or schedule changes will be given by us.
"You can also look for the committee for cleaning services. We will send some cleaners up. You only need to pay 3,000 dollars per month for that.
"As for laundry, there is a laundry shop downstairs. You can pay for everything with either your merit card or your student card."
The man spoke quickly and smoothly. Clearly, this wasn't his first time saying those words. Su Yu's first thought was that Xia Huyou's cleaning business was over. From this moment onward, his cleaning business was dead. A competition had arrived so quickly.
"Additionally, since you new students are free this afternoon, you can gather downstairs at three. The committee is organizing a tour around the academy.
"From tomorrow onward, you can pick your faculty and teacher."
Most of the residents of block 3 are geniuses. In fact, a majority of those staying in the Mental Tempering Garden were high-tier students. Of course, there was also a small number of middle-tier students.
They were also in the Mental Tempering Stage, but since they hadn't completed their Divine Characters, they weren't able to get enough score to get a high-tier evaluation during their examinations.
"Ok. Got it."
The middle-aged man said nothing else and moved on to a different door.
Before long, Su Yu heard someone shouting in the corridor, "The guards committee is providing cleaning services, but their services take a lot of time! You need to apply for it, wait for people to be sent, and wait for an hour or two while your room is being cleaned. Is it fun to stay with strangers for an hour or two?
"Look for me! I'll get it done in five minutes! And I guarantee I can do a better job cleaning your room!
"My services might be a bit more expensive, but it is worth the price. If you subscribe to my services for a month, you'll receive a discount. For an even bigger discount, subscribe for a year!"
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In his room, Su Yu did not know whether to laugh or cry. That fellow was clearly not willing to give up on his cleaning business and was making a last struggle against his competition. But then again, some of the richer students might really look for him.
But his services were really quite expensive. If it was those fellows in the high-level zone instead, they would probably be willing to pay him. After all, his cleaning services were really fast.
Those rich students wouldn't care about money. If they would, they wouldn't have spent 100 merit points to live in the high-level zone.
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Su Yu ignored the voices outside and continued reading the student manual. When it was near three o'clock, Su Yu went downstairs.