The Villain Doesn’t Want To Get Entangled With the Beautiful Girl After Rebirth

47. The Book of Demonic Paths

In this world of spirit cultivation, the currency conversion is: 10,000 copper coins = 100 silver coins = 1 gold coin.

What does this currency equate to? Roughly, 2 copper coins can buy you a meat bun.

100 gold coins can get you a luxurious residence, and 500 gold coins? That’s an astronomical price, something ordinary folks wouldn’t even dare dream of.

Black market goods are pricey, and buyers always try to haggle, managing to knock down the price by thirty percent is already quite good, especially since precious contraband isn’t just about having the money, it also depends on the seller’s mood.

But now, this kid in front of me dares to slash the price from 500 gold coins to 1 copper coin?

Has he lost his mind? It’s like he’s chopping vegetables, not prices. In all my years of trading, I’ve never encountered such insane bargaining.

Wang Duofei took another look at the young man.

Plain and unremarkable, even a bit shabbily dressed, but exuding a mysterious confidence, and with a single sentence, he pinpointed the black-scaled stone, suggesting a powerful backing.

But even if it were the emperor himself, slashing to 1 copper coin is too much. Do I, Wang Duofei, the black market dealer, have no dignity?

“Come on, brother, you can’t haggle like this. Your 1 copper coin won’t even buy a meat bun, let alone a black-scaled stone, which I risked a lot to acquire. 400 gold coins, and not a coin less.”

“2 copper coins.”

“Seriously… brother, are you here to do business or… even if I step back ten thousand steps, if I agree to your offer, how can I face anyone after this? 300 gold coins, that’s my limit.”

“3 copper coins.”

“…Brother, I suspect you’re just here to make things difficult for me… or maybe you just want to expose my dirty laundry… Given your demeanor, you must be no stranger to the underworld, can’t we negotiate properly?”

Wang Duofei felt like he was dealing with a scoundrel, as if this was outright robbery, not business.

After much back-and-forth, Wang Duofei and Lin Nuo finally settled on 1 gold coin.

Damn it, slashed by five hundred times, and it was me who did all the talking! If it weren’t for the leverage he had over me, I’d have kicked him out on the spot.

Lin Nuo rummaged through his pockets, pulling out a gold coin and a copper coin, laying them on the table: “I have some change, take it all, no need for change.”

Wang Duofei: “……”

I’m truly thankful to you.

The deal concluded pleasantly, and Lin Nuo tossed a gold coin and a copper coin, striding away with the black scale stone.

Wang Duofei clenched his teeth, seething with anger, but had to accept his bad luck. With no choice, as the youngster had caught him in a bind, he couldn’t refuse to sell. He had to swallow his pride and haggle, and in the end, he barely managed to get a gold coin.

What’s more infuriating is that the brat even gave him a copper coin.

It’s utterly heart-wrenching! How detestable.

Wang Duofei reopened his shop, praying to heaven and earth not to encounter such a scoundrel again, hoping for a wealthy lady instead!

He sighed, lifting his head, and indeed, he saw a rich lady!

She was a young girl draped in a pale blue cloak, her silver-white hair covered by a hood, her face veiled thinly, exuding mystery.

She stood in front of the shop, her voice cold as ice:

“Is the merchandise here?”

“It is, it is, my lady.”

Wang Duofei smiled obsequiously, immediately running inside to fetch two books, handing them to the young lady, “Please check the merchandise, my lady. If it’s satisfactory, it would be five gold coins. It was quite a struggle to find them.”

“No need to check, here you go.”

The young lady briskly placed five gold coins on the table, slipping the two books into her cloak, and without another word, turned and left.

Wang Duofei looked at the five gold coins on the table with satisfaction. Such a straightforward lady, giving without checking the goods.

In contrast, that boy was a real cur, not only meticulously checking the goods but also using leverage to haggle, shrinking the price by five hundred times, an unprecedented humiliation in his business experience.

Though the lady’s face was veiled, the aura of her beautiful eyes suggested she must be a great beauty.

How wonderful it would be to encounter such beauties every day, and not those shameless curs.

“Shopkeeper.”

Someone tapped on the shop’s counter.

Wang Duofei looked up, and darn it, it was that cur again. Why had he come back?

“Brother, why… please, no more…”

“I’m not here to buy anything, I just want to ask you something. What did that lady just buy?”

“I can’t tell you that.”

“You know, the son of the black market boss isn’t his own.”

“Alright, alright! You’ve got me scared.”

Wang Duofei didn’t argue with Lin Nuo anymore, now that he was caught in a bind, he had no rights.

But the beauty had been straightforward in her dealings, not bargaining, and he couldn’t betray her privacy for this cur.

“She bought two books on alchemy.”

“Do you really think I didn’t see? That’s a book of dark arts, and you’re concocting potions too? Do you want to be hung up by the black market boss tomorrow?”

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“Ah, this…”

Oh no, I can’t bluff my way out of this. How does this dog know everything? If you know it all, why even ask?

Wang Duofei had no choice but to admit it.

“Yes, she has two books of dark arts, ‘Qi Cultivation’ and ‘Root Solidification,’ both are basic dark arts techniques, one for cultivating the demonic root, the other for cultivating demonic energy.”

Lin Nuo found the situation increasingly interesting.