227: Painful transaction

The shop assistant's tone was blunt, yet Gu Xiaoyue failed to detect the sarcasm hidden within her words.

She assumed the assistant simply didn't know that she was the one buying these snacks and that it wouldn't be charged to the Yi Wang Mansion's account.

"I am buying them myself, and I haven't decided on the quantity yet."

Once these words were spoken, the assistant assumed she had no money and was just stalling, waiting for Bai Rongxuan to come and pay.

She rolled her eyes at Gu Xiaoyue, turned her head away, and said nothing more.

In reality, even if she bought a thousand, or even ten thousand bags of each kind, Gu Xiaoyue could afford it.

It was just that she felt that in Damon Country, beast corpses and spirit fruits didn't fetch a good price, and the snacks weren't discounted.

Losing millions of star coins back and forth made her feel a bit of a heartache.

Who told her that her brain wouldn't work once she got here!

"I would like a thousand bags of each kind—"

Before Gu Xiaoyue could finish, the assistant cut her off.

"A thousand bags? We don't have that much in stock. You should pay the star coins first, and we will deliver them to the mansion once the stock arrives!"

Gu Xiaoyue was stunned. This was considered the premier shopping mall in the Damon Country capital; she hadn't expected them to be out of stock.

"My star coins here—"

"You aren't short on star coins, are you?"

The assistant saw that Bai Rongxuan and Bai Shengrui were not nearby, rolled her eyes at Gu Xiaoyue again, and might as well have written the word "poor" on Gu Xiaoyue's face!

Gu Xiaoyue sneered; snobbish assistants were truly everywhere.

She hadn't expected that even though she was brought here by Bai Rongxuan and Bai Shengrui, she would still be looked down upon.

"Call your manager."

Seeing that Gu Xiaoyue wanted to call the manager, the assistants actually thought she was going to report them.

"Madam, we are just following the rules. Calling the manager won't allow you to buy on credit!"

The assistant who had rolled her eyes at Gu Xiaoyue explained. She wasn't afraid of Gu Xiaoyue calling the manager; it was just that since she couldn't pay anyway, calling anyone would be useless!

Gu Xiaoyue was so angry she laughed.

"I am not asking for credit. I want to sell some beast corpses."

"Oh, it's just a few beast corpses. You can tell me the same thing!"

The assistants breathed a sigh of relief; as long as it wasn't a complaint, it was easy to handle.

Selling corpses, they could handle that transaction too.

"And you can decide the price?"

"That is a given."

The assistants exchanged glances. It was just a few beast corpses; what could they not make decisions about?!

"In that case, sixty Tier 3 Mature ones—"

Seeing their expressions change, Gu Xiaoyue continued.

"Three hundred Tier 4 Mature ones, oh no, over four hundred. What's the price?"

"Wh... what... please don't joke with us? How could you possibly..."

The head assistant was so scared she couldn't speak clearly, and the other assistants turned pale.

One had to know, an ordinary Beastmaster could simply not produce this many beast corpses.

If it were the military defending against a beast tide, the officers coming to trade would be received by dedicated personnel.

This was the first time they had encountered an ordinary Beastmaster who casually mentioned hundreds of high-tier beast corpses, so it was inevitable they thought Gu Xiaoyue was exaggerating.

"I don't have the time to joke with you. Go find the manager!"

Seeing them dawdling and still doubting her, Gu Xiaoyue couldn't help but raise her voice.

"Master Gu, what's the matter?"

Bai Rongxuan had wandered around and, hearing Gu Xiaoyue urging the assistants, came over to ask.

"N... nothing, Master wants to sell some beast corpses and asked us to call the manager over."

One of the assistants explained, stammering.

"Then hurry up and go!"

Bai Shengrui spoke up from the side; his intolerance for stupidity was acting up!

"Y... yes!"

The assistant who had explained immediately went to call the manager, but Bai Rongxuan was also curious.

"How many corpses does Master want to sell that you all have such incredulous expressions?"

"Answering the eldest young master, Master said sixty Tier 3 Mature ones—"

Bai Rongxuan didn't think much of it when he heard this, but upon hearing the rest, his eyes widened involuntarily.

"And over four hundred Tier 4 Mature ones!"

Bai Rongxuan swept a glance at Gu Xiaoyue and, realizing she wasn't looking at him, secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

His expression of losing composure just now shouldn't have been noticed, right?

Damon Country has a large grassland area, and the urban area is relatively small.

Besides bordering the Dragon Country, there are some smaller countries in the vicinity.

There have been cases where they had to ask the Dragon Country for help when a medium or large-scale beast tide occurred.

They could handle small-scale beast tides on their own.

It was just that Bai Rongxuan and Bai Shengrui usually only dealt with small-scale beast tides; Tier 2 or 3 Mature ones were not a problem.

"Master Gu, this time you are selling over 400 Tier 4 Mature corpses, is it your—"

Bai Rongxuan became even more curious about Gu Xiaoyue.

Ever since she and White Gaze were brought back to the capital by Prince Yi Bai Jin Yi, he had sent people to investigate her, but to no avail.

He hadn't expected this seemingly ordinary woman would actually sell hundreds of high-tier beast corpses just to buy snacks for her pet beast.

Gu Xiaoyue didn't hide it; it was something that would happen in a few years anyway.

"I participated in the defense against a medium-sized beast tide once and saved up a few beast corpses."

She said it lightly, but to the ears of Bai Rongxuan and Bai Shengrui, it became a form of showing off.

The tip of the iceberg was only just revealed!

She probably had even more high-tier beast corpses in her possession, and her strength was far more formidable than what she had displayed!

The shopping mall manager arrived and engaged in some bargaining with Gu Xiaoyue.

In the end, they settled on 280,000 star coins for Tier 3 Mature ones and 470,000 star coins for Tier 4 Mature ones.

Gu Xiaoyue sighed. If this were at Hualian in the Dragon Country, Tier 3 Mature ones could likely sell for 320,000, and Tier 4 Mature ones could sell for 530,000 to 550,000 star coins.

Losing tens of millions of star coins made her feel a bit of a heartache.

They followed the manager to the warehouse.

Gu Xiaoyue tossed out all the Tier 3 Mature and Tier 4 Mature beast corpses.

The pile of beast corpses, stacked like a mountain, seemed to be telling of how tragic the defense against the beast tide had been.

After counting the number of beast corpses, the manager transferred the star coins to White Gaze, totaling 220 million.

Bai Rongxuan and Bai Shengrui took a look at the composed Gu Xiaoyue; they knew this woman was 100% not an ordinary Beastmaster!

220 million star coins—just to buy snacks for her pet beast!

How rich was she, or rather, how rich had she been, to not even care about this amount of star coins!

Of course, the military funds that passed through the hands of Bai Rongxuan and Bai Shengrui amounted to hundreds or even trillions of star coins a year.

It was just that for Gu Xiaoyue's age, the figure of several hundred million star coins should have made her somewhat excited.

How could they know that there were over 10 billion star coins lying in Gu Xiaoyue's brain that she couldn't use.

Otherwise, why would she sell beast corpses and do this money-losing deal!

"Since the mall doesn't have the stock now, just deliver them to the Yi Wang Mansion when they arrive. I said a thousand of each earlier, but now add another thousand, so two thousand of each. Sorry for the trouble, Manager."

Gu Xiaoyue spoke respectfully, but the mall manager couldn't help but break into a cold sweat.

Which damn fool said there was no stock?

Bai Rongxuan frowned slightly, his gaze cold.

"You don't even have a thousand bags in stock? I even told Master that this is the largest shopping mall in our capital. Not only have you made me lose face, but more importantly—Master's pet beast has no snacks to eat. Can you afford the consequences?"