AST 1830 - A blind shop owner (1/2)

AST 1830 - A Blind Shop Owner

The man curiously stared at Qing Shui, trying to see through the value of the pagodas. Especially, since such esteemed guests had taken a liking to them, perhaps they held some extraordinary secrets?

This was a natural and logical response. If someone wanted a specific object, then that object most definitely had extraordinary origins; this man thought the same way.

“What price would you be willing to pay?” The man looked at Qing Shui as he asked.

Qing Shui hated this kind of person the most, but patiently responded, “You are the seller, how would I know what price you want? Quote a price. Since my women like this object, I don’t care about the price.”

Qing Shui put up an act of willing to throw away thousands of gold for his women, an act which they were already immune to. They just didn’t know why Qing Shui wanted to buy it.

“A million taels of silver!” The man thought for a while before confidently stating a price.

A million taels were enough to scare most buyers, roughly ten thousand jins of silver stacked in a pile would be a scary sight. Luckily, silver notes ranging from 1 tael to a hundred thousand taels were in circulation, reducing the need for coins or bars.

“Qing Shui, forget it. He’s just extorting us, let’s just go.” Qin Qing looked at Qing Shui and said.

“If you guys like it, then I must buy it. Boss, a million taels is really too much, can you make it cheaper? I’ll buy it directly.” Qing Shui ground his teeth, hiding his actions, but was actually doing it intentionally for the shop owner to notice.

The old man revealed a look of confidence, reveling in the pleasure of swindling a fool like Qing Shui.

“Nine hundred and fifty thousand taels, no less, or I’d rather keep it to myself.” The shop owner said seriously.

“Let’s just drop it, to pay a million taels for these toys is absolutely not worth it.” Qin Qing pulled on Qing Shui’s arm.

Qin Qing was just cooperating with Qing Shui, as a hundred million taels were simply pocket change to them. Their Interspatial Silk Sachet held around a million and eight hundred thousand taels of silver. Qing Shui even had mountains of real silver and gold weighing up to a hundred thousand taels each in the Realm of the Violet Jade Immortal. He just loved to look at those mountains of ores thought precious in his previous life.

A man bringing two women to buy something would often result in the woman constantly urging the man, ‘Dear, buy it, I want it…’

Another common scenario was the girl persuading the man not to buy it, due to its exorbitant price, but both scenarios had the same effect in compelling the man to buy the object.

The shop owner was beaming with joy while looking at the situation unfold. He gloated at Qing Shui’s internal struggle, as he disdained him for bringing around two beautiful women yet not being rich enough.

The shop owner’s eyes flashed with a glint.

“Fine, I’ll buy it. But as an addition, you have to give me that little bronze statue.” Qing Shui pointed at the little bronze statue holding up the three pagodas. He had no idea if it was made of bronze, but that was what it looked like.

The shop owner easily acceded to the request, as it was merely an ordinary little bronze statue made by him in his spare time. Therefore, he could see that this man was not an expert at identifying treasures.

Qing Shui was also able to see that the statue was the worst object in the whole shop and wanted to use it to secure the three Parry Heavenly Fate Treasure Pagodas without raising suspicion.