Chapter 81 - Use One Good in Exchange for Another (1/2)
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Tong Le narrowed his eyes and thought to himself, I couldn’t kill Lin Xuanzhi in the Mysterious Land last time, but since he actually dared to come to my territory by himself, I’ll just have to make it such that he will never be able to return.
Even though he couldn’t kill Lin Xuanzhi with his own hands, there were others who desired Lin Xuanzhi’s disappearance more than him
From the outside, you wouldn’t be able to see the top of Hidden Tools Pavillion, but in reality it was only about ten floors high.
Every time they ascended one floor, Chief Steward He would throw out the token in his hand and form some hand seals to open up the door protected by a magic array.
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When they arrived at the ninth floor, Chief Steward He respectfully said to Lin Xuanzhi, “Craftsman Lin, our family’s young master would like to extend an invitation to you.”
Lin Xuanzhi was slightly surprised. He casted a glance at Chief Steward He and said, “Looks like Hidden Tools Pavilion’s young master is a well-hidden expert.”
“When it comes to being a well-hidden expert, no one can compare to Craftsman Lin.” A young man who sat in a wheelchair came out of the room with a wine bottle in his arms. He had elegant and refined facial features, gentle eyes and was adorned in a set of light blue garments. Anyone who looked at him would think that this man looked very approachable and reliable.
Lin Xuanzhi looked at him, while he also looked at Lin Xuanzhi.
Chief Steward He bowed, then said, “Young Master, I’ll take my leave first.”
Young Master nodded, then raised his hand and pointed at the room, “If you don’t mind, please come in and have a seat.”
Lin Xuanzhi looked at Yan Tianhen, then held his hand and entered the room.
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The room was decorated quite simply, but from all the different kinds of magic tools that were placed atop its tables and hung from the walls, you could easily tell how particular and detailed the owner of this room was.
Lin Xuanzhi pulled Yan Tianhen over to sit down by a round driftwood table.
“This is?” Young master asked as he looked at Yan Tianhen.
“My younger brother, Yan Tianhen.” Lin Xuanzhi introduced simply.
“A handsome boy indeed.” Young Master smiled as he nodded.
Yan Tianhen rubbed his face, then said with a dumbfounded look on his face, “You actually praised me for being handsome!”
Young Master was stunned.
Yan Tianhen felt very moved as he said, “Dage, I’ve finally met someone who’s as blind as Dad. He’s the second person in this world to praise me for being handsome!!!”
Lin Xuanzhi, “…….”
Lin Xuanzhi lightly coughed, then said, “Jiadi is still young and insensible, I hope young master won’t take his words to heart.”
This rascal is getting worse and worse at knowing what to say, I’ll need to start disciplining him.
But Young Master placed his fist on his lips and started chuckling instead, then said, “Your brother is really cheerful and innocent. He’s such a cute, straightforward boy.”
Lin Xuanzhi revealed a rare look of embarrassment on his face and said, “Young Master must be joking.”
Young Master had placed quite a few exquisite snacks on the table for Yan Tianhen to eat. Whatever Young Master takes out will naturally be the best of its kind, so the moment Yan Tianhen popped one of the snacks into his mouth he was immediately hooked. Thus, he began to focus on attacking the plate of delicacies.
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After a friendly start to their conversation, Young Master dove straight to the point and straightforwardly said, “I definitely want that wine bottle of yours, quote me a price ba.”
Lin Xuanzhi smiled slightly, then said, “Young Master is a straightforward person, but I will only rent this wine bottle out. I don’t intend to sell it.”
Young Master’s eyes narrowed slightly, then said, “It’s a top-grade magic tool after all, so I can understand why you wouldn’t want to sell it.”
In this world, top-grade magic tools are extremely rare. You could say that they were a one-in-a-million rarity. Most craftsmen won’t even be able to craft one top-grade magic tool during their lifetime.
The value of top-grade magic tools was evidently already very close to that of high-grade magic treasures.
Thus, only renting out but not selling top-grade magic tools was a very common practice.
However, Lin Xuanzhi isn’t holding back from selling it because of its preciousness.
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“What’s the rental fee you intend to charge, I’m curious.” Young Master said.
“What I want to charge for this magic tool isn’t money, but I would like to offer it in exchange for another equipment.” Lin Xuanzhi said.
“O?” Young Master raised his eyebrows and said, “Let me guess what caught your eye……..”
He thought for a short moment, then said, “It should be that forged engraving pen below ba?”
“Young Master does have incredible foresight as expected.” Lin Xuanzhi nodded, then said, “I am indeed talking about that forged engraving pen.”
“You’re really good at doing business aren’t you.” Young Master laughed a bit helplessly, then said, “That forged engraving pen is the only top-grade magic tool I left on the first floor, I didn’t expect that you would set your eyes on it so quickly. If you wanted to buy it with money, I probably wouldn’t sell it even if you offered me an amount that was ten times this wine bottle’s price.”
“You won’t even sell it for ten of these?” Yan Tianhen raised his voice immediately. There were still some pastries in his mouth so he had almost choked on them.
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“Young Master, don’t you have a pretty good eye? You could even tell that I’m particularly handsome, so why can’t you tell that the items crafted by my Dage would definitely be the best of the best!” Yan Tianhen feared that someone would think that an item made by Lin Xuanzhi wasn’t good enough.
“I’m not saying that it isn’t the best of the best, but, a top-grade forged engraving pen is much rarer than a top-grade wine bottle.” Young Master smiled as he explained patiently.
Lin Xuanzhi knocked on Yan Tianhen’s head, then said, “Although the wine bottle and forged engraving pen are both top-grade magic tools, even top-grade magic tools have their own distinctions. The raw materials for a wine bottle are cheap and easy to find, but that forged engraving pen’s raw material isn’t anything ordinary. Just its unprocessed raw material alone is a priceless treasure. It’s not that Young Master doesn’t have good judgment, but it’s really because there’s a huge discrepancy between the value of these two items.”
Yan Tianhen stuck his tongue out, then grimaced and lowered his head to continue eating his pastries.
However, the Young Master was quite surprised. He said, “Based on what you said, it seems like you already know what that forged engraving pen is made of?”
“A divine firminia simplex that had been burnt for a whole ten thousand years by an extraterrestrial fire.” Lin Xuanzhi smiled, then said, “Which is why I changed my plan from selling the wine bottle, to using it as an exchange for the forged engraving pen.”
With this, the Young Master had evidently been shocked speechless.
However, he didn’t continue to ask why Lin Xuanzhi knew all that. He only needed to know that Lin Xuanzhi was an unfathomable person, and that would be enough for him.
Young Master was still hesitant, so he slightly furrowed his brows and said, “To tell you the truth, I had never intended to sell that pen.”
“I’m not asking you to sell it to me now, but to exchange it with me. If there ever comes a day when Young Master no longer wishes to continue with the exchange, then we can just switch back our items immediately.” Lin Xuanzhi said slowly, “Also, I won’t let the Young Master suffer too great a loss. You probably already know that I’ve started cultivating through the equipment path, and would definitely have to walk the path of the craftsman from today onwards. I can guarantee that in the future, we will have many opportunities to have dealings with one another.”