Chapter 1657 - 557: Merchant Schemes, Trading Slaves
Chapter 1657: Chapter 557: Merchant Schemes, Trading Slaves
Merchant Orkan explained animatedly, "The value of these crystals is extremely high!"
"Even an ordinary Dark Crystal is worth more than one hundred thousand Crowns."
"And a single Flash Crystal can even be sold for a sky‑high price of several million Crowns!"
"Moreover, there are even more precious and Rare Seven-Colored Crystals, any one of which goes for tens of millions!"
"However, the chance of producing these Seven-Colored Crystals is far too low, they’re rarely seen even among the entire Crystal People."
At this point, Orkan’s tone shifted, then he looked at him with a fawning smile and said, "Lord Cao Xing, I wonder if you’re interested in these Crystal People?"
Cao Xing’s eyes showed a strange look.
"They only need to swallow Crystal Stone to produce crystals of astonishing value."
"A Race this Rare and valuable, you’re kindly selling them to me instead of raising them yourself?"
There was doubt in his tone.
Orkan’s goatee quivered slightly.
Facing Cao Xing’s suspicion, there was a hint of panic in his pupils.
But he quickly regained his composure, forcing a smile as he explained, "Here’s the thing, Lord Cao Xing."
"Although this group of Crystal People can spit out crystals of astonishing value, raising them is no easy task!"
"On a regular basis they must eat a large amount of Crystal Stone, whether it’s Frost White Crystal Stone, Shadow Purple Crystal Stone, and so on..."
"These Advanced Materials are not only extremely expensive, but also very scarce in origin."
"If you don’t feed them Crystal Stone for a period of time, these Crystal People will starve to death, and then you’ll lose everything!"
"And only by feeding them enough Crystal Stone to swallow will they produce crystals, which is equivalent to needing investment before you can see returns."
Orkan’s explanation was actually reasonable.
After all, these Crystal Stones were not something you could just casually acquire.
Speaking of which, he did indeed control one White Crystal Stone Vein.
That mine cave was very large; more than a hundred Goblins mined at full capacity for nearly two months before all the White Crystal Stone was extracted.
Yet it only brought Cao Xing 120,000 units of White Crystal Stone.
During this period, a lot of Crystal Stone had been used up on making robots and repairing the Ancient Treasure Sword.
At present, the Territory’s Crystal Stone reserves were already running low.
But it didn’t matter much, because the Shining Throne’s Cooling Time was almost up, and there was a high chance he’d be able to find other Crystal Ore.
So, if he could buy this group of Crystal People, it might indeed bring him quite a bit of profit.
Of course, Cao Xing didn’t just listen to this guy brag.
He intended to first check these Crystal People’s Attribute before talking.
However, when his gaze swept over, he discovered that all these Crystal People had a layer of shielding device on their bodies, blocking his probe.
Fortunately, Cao Xing’s True Vision was still powerful enough.
It directly penetrated the shielding on these Crystal People and revealed their information.
[Name·Three-leaf Stone]
[Race: Crystal People]
[Level: Level 31 (Fourth-order Elite Creature)]
[Life Value: 41225/41225]
[Attack Power: 1894~1917]
[Armor: 385~417]
[Skill: Crystal Body (Physical Damage received is reduced by 30%, but cracks will appear when Life Value drops below 50%, and in severe cases will cause Shattering)
Survival Instinct (When the Crystal People encounter danger, they instantly burst out with 200% Move Speed, and Dodge Probability increases by 30%, until they escape danger.)
Crystal Stone Shining (When the Clan Elite senses their people in danger, they emit an intense light that obscures the enemy’s vision and increases all clansmen’s Evasion Rate by 20%, Cooling Time: 3 minutes)]
[Talent: Crystal Transformation (By Eating all kinds of Crystal Stone, after digestion they can produce precious Dark Crystal (Purple), Flash Crystal (gold), Seven-Colored Crystal (Orange), these three types of gemstone.)]
(Note: Dark Crystal production probability is 80%, Flash Crystal probability is 20%, Seven-Colored Crystal probability is 1%...)
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Cao Xing’s eyes showed a look of realization.
As Orkan had said, this was a special Race that could produce Crystal by eating Crystal Stone.
Although he still didn’t know what use these crystals had for now.
But the System had already stated that these Crystal Stones were extremely precious, so it was obvious their value wouldn’t be low.
And among them, there were even Epic Quality crystals.
Of course, the more precious the Crystal Stone, the lower the probability.
But this only made Cao Xing more interested.
After all, under the blessing of the [Shining Throne], he could continuously discover more rare veins, including all kinds of Crystal Ore.
This group of Crystal People’s Eating problem was nothing to worry about.
So, Cao Xing asked, "How are you planning to sell this batch of Crystal People?"
After hearing this, Orkan’s eyes narrowed slightly.
He knew Cao Xing had taken the bait.
With shifty eyes, he sized him up, then said with a smile:
"Lord Cao Xing, this isn’t our first Trading, and I know what kind of person you are."
"There are 112 Crystal People here in total. If sold individually, I’d sell them at a price of 5 million Crowns each."
"However... as I mentioned before, these Crystal People are a group-living Race. If they’re separated from their clansmen, they might stop Eating and die in a short time."
"If you want them, I suggest you buy all these Crystal People. I’ll give you a bundled price!"
Cao Xing’s eyes showed a strange look. "What’s the bundled price?"
Orkan hesitated for two seconds, as if making some difficult decision.
He said directly, "For Lord Cao Xing’s sake, I’ll take a bit of a loss—5 hundred million Crowns for the lot. How about it?"
Cao Xing gave this shifty‑eyed merchant another deep look.