456 Flame Belle (1/2)
Translated by XephiZ
Edited by Aelryinth
”Many pieces of information are plain rumors, yet after filtering them out carefully, and selling the scrolls at a higher price, most of the Magicians will try their best to put in some accurate details. After all, if most of the information they provide is fake, they can only sell their scrolls at a very cheap price. When it reaches a certain threshold, the marketplace will forbid them from being a tipper. The minimum requirement to become a tipper is the Advanced Hunter rank, while most of the tippers are Hunter Masters. There are quite a few Senior Hunters, too,” said Zhao Manyan.
Mo Fan had definitely learned something new.
If the news was from Hunter Masters or Senior Hunters, the information that the scrolls contained would be extremely valuable!
Experts like Senior Hunters would normally carry out the highest-ranked quests, and they would discover the presence of Soul Seeds or demon beasts along the way. Even if they knew there was something valuable, they would not bother wasting their time on it, but it was a waste to simply hold onto the information. Therefore, it made more sense to write down the information on a Secret Tipping Scroll, and sell it to others for some extra cash. Meanwhile, it would also benefit the lower-ranked Hunters who were interested in the piece of information, resulting in a win-win situation.
Therefore, the Secret Tipping Scrolls were indeed quite meaningful!
”Why don't you go and buy a few of them? I'll have them give you a discount,” offered Zhao Manyan.
Since Mo Fan was also a Hunter, instead of spending his time on the generic quests from the Hunter Union, he could try his luck through the Secret Tipping Scrolls instead.
”Alright, I'll buy a few, how much does one cost?” asked Mo Fan.
”The price varies, the expensive ones can go up to ten million, while the cheap ones can go all the way down to a few thousand. Tell me your range, and I'll get a few for you,” said Zhao Manyan.
”Let's try a few with a price around ten thousand,” Mo Fan was fairly rich for the time being, so he decided to try his luck.
”Not a problem.”
After all, the marketplace was one of the Zhao Family's property, thus Zhao Manyan did have some special rights here. He quickly got a few Secret Tipping Scrolls for Mo Fan.
The Secret Tipping Scrolls were quite elegant, since their target audience was Magicians, who spent a lot of money on luxuries. After all, a commoner would prefer to spend a few tens of thousand on a branded bag, instead of a piece of information which was not guaranteed to be reliable.
”Open them up yourself,” Zhao Manyan managed to get three Secret Tipping Scrolls. All of them were light blue in color, while those that were more costly were silver and gold!
The information provided by Senior Hunters was fairly reliable, so many people were willing to spend a huge sum of money on them.
Mo Fan opened the scrolls and read the contents.
”A Sword-Fin Ocean Demon has been spotted at Huangpu River. There is a higher chance to find it in April.”
Zhao Manyan stuck his head closer and burst out laughing, ”The Sword-Fin Ocean Demon is an infamous kind of demon beast living in the oceans. Their sword fins are sold with insane prices in the market. The sword fins are an important material to further improve the power of Deathstrike Magic Equipment… The problem is, can we actually find it in Huangpu River? I thought most of them were residing somewhere deep in the Pacific Ocean.”