25: Chapter 25 The Trader's Challenge

Lu Yuxuan continued rummaging and found another golden manual.

[Goddess of Life Manual]

[Oh my god, another Heaven Grade Transcendent Martial Arts manual? Is this even reasonable? What kind of luck is this?]

[Tell me this isn't real, it can't be a Heaven Grade Transcendent Martial Arts manual...]

Chu Yaoyao's heart was in turmoil, but she forced herself to remain calm.

"Pfft~ Transcendent Martial Arts have grades just like Divine Artifacts. Doesn't that mean we can make a fortune..."

Hearing this inner voice, Mu Cheng began to calculate in his mind.

"My bloodline is the Goddess of Life. It seems this Transcendent Martial Arts manual is suitable for me," Gu Na said.

[My god, the Bloodline of the Goddess of Life? Never mind a Devouring Bloodline and a Death Bloodline, now there's a Bloodline of the Goddess of Life too?]

[Then doesn't that mean... those twin sisters also awakened bloodlines, and their quality isn't low either?]

Chu Yaoyao felt bitter... but she couldn't say it out loud.

"Of course. They are all among the future top ten powerhouses. Besides... you don't seem weak either!"

Mu Cheng desperately wanted to curse her out, but he held it back...

"Alright! This goes to Sister Na." After casually handing the golden manual to Gu Na, Lu Yuxuan continued rummaging.

Yet another golden manual.

[Wood Spirit Manual]

"Mumu, your bloodline is the Spirit of Wood... this suits you." Lu Yuxuan also felt it was quite strange.

Three times in a row... all of them were suitable for their own people? This was indeed somewhat unreasonable.

But she didn't dwell on it and handed the Wood Spirit Manual to Tao Mumu.

"Don't tell me the next one is the Water Spirit Art," Tao Shuishui guessed.

"Holy crap... it really is the Water Spirit Art." The moment Lu Yuxuan pulled it out... everyone was incredibly shocked.

It was another glittering golden manual.

[Water Spirit Art.]

"This luck... is truly terrifying." Chu Yaoyao was completely convinced, even with her vast experience.

She had never seen someone... pull out four Heaven Grade Transcendent Martial Arts manuals from treasure chests.

"Keep going!" Mu Cheng was clearly no longer calm.

Wait... everyone else had a suitable Transcendent Martial Arts manual, could it be that he wouldn't get one?

"Wait... it seems like the things Xiao Xuanxuan pulls out are completely useless to me." He suddenly realized.

Thinking back carefully on their journey, although Lu Yuxuan could find many good things... not a single one was usable for him.

Lu Yuxuan continued rummaging and found a Divine Artifact.

[Fire Spirit Sword]

"This thing is useless. Brother Cheng, here you go!" She casually tossed it to Mu Cheng and continued rummaging.

Another Divine Artifact.

[Earth Spirit Sword]

Still useless, so she tossed it directly to Mu Cheng and kept going...

Another Divine Artifact appeared.

[Gold Spirit Sword]

She threw it to Mu Cheng and wanted to keep rummaging, but the treasure chest was empty.

[Am I seeing things? Are Peerless Divine Artifacts as common as dirt now? No, I must be seeing things.]

[I must be seeing things. How could someone pull out three Peerless Divine Artifacts in a row? Impossible...]

[But they really are Peerless Divine Artifacts. Oh god... are you playing favorites? Yes, you're definitely playing favorites.]

...Chu Yaoyao had a barrage of inner thoughts. If she weren't outmatched, she would have probably fought them to snatch the items!

"This woman... it seems she's taken quite a blow, but there doesn't seem to be anything that interests her." Mu Cheng was quite puzzled.

Lu Yuxuan truly was a lucky woman; all the other top-grade treasure chests yielded Transcendent Martial Arts and Divine Artifacts.

Of course, all of these were pocketed by Mu Cheng...

"Opening treasure chests is also hard physical labor. With so many chests left, how long will it take me?" Lu Yuxuan suddenly complained.

What the hell? Hearing this, Chu Yaoyao could only endure...

"I say, Sister Yuxuan, your luck isn't that great. At least give us a Tier 4 Potion, right?" Tao Shuishui suddenly chimed in.

She clearly didn't know the price of Divine Artifacts. If she did, she probably wouldn't have let Mu Cheng take them all!

"True. Yu Xuan, why don't I try?" Gu Na also couldn't watch any longer and suddenly spoke up.

The high-grade treasure chests contained mostly Storage Stones... or bloodline awakening cards and Divine Artifacts, along with many Transcendent Martial Arts.

But potions... were still nowhere to be seen.

"My god, you... don't tell me they have no idea how much Divine Artifacts are worth?" Chu Yaoyao finally couldn't help but speak out.

All in all... there were at least a hundred Transcendent Martial Arts manuals and at least eighty Divine Artifacts.

The total value of all these Divine Artifacts and Transcendent Martial Arts was undoubtedly astronomical. No... to be precise, no single person could afford to buy them all.

And now they wanted to switch people to open the chests? Did they really not know the price of Divine Artifacts? Or were they intentionally trying to annoy her?

"Let my Xiao Xuanxuan do it! The rest of you can go stay where it's cool," Mu Cheng scolded.

He had to seize such a money-making opportunity and naturally couldn't let them switch.

"How disgusting. Just let Xiao Xuanxuan do it then," Tao Shuishui remarked sarcastically.

Chu Yaoyao also felt quite disgusted, but what could she do? She could only swallow this wave of dog food.

Tao Shuishui's tongue was usually this sharp, so Lu Yuxuan, Tao Mumu, and Gu Na were long used to it and ignored her...

An hour later.

"Opening boxes is also physical labor." Lu Yuxuan finally finished opening all the chests.

The harvest was indeed plentiful, with various Tier 4 Potions... and countless high-tech items.

Mu Cheng also had a full harvest, with a full hundred Divine Artifacts and over a hundred Transcendent Martial Arts manuals.

"There are exactly six of us. Let's go take the challenge!" Chu Yaoyao suddenly spoke up.

This was her true goal for coming here...

Challenge? What kind of challenge? Weren't all the zombies taken care of?

Mu Cheng asked with a bewildered look, "What challenge... can't you explain it first?"

"Could it be the High-level Trader?" Gu Na had already researched thoroughly... but she still asked in disbelief.

Chu Yaoyao nodded. "It seems some of you have done your homework. It is indeed the High-level Trader challenge."

High-level Trader? Traders were divided into levels... Mu Cheng had never heard of this, even in his past life.

"Wait... what you're saying is, High-level Traders don't move their positions?" Mu Cheng finally realized.

Chu Yaoyao didn't deny it. "Mm-hmm. High-level Traders indeed cannot move, but you need certain means to take them away."

"Alright, alright, why talk about useless things? Tell us about the Trader challenge." Tao Mumu clearly didn't want to waste words.

The reason was naturally that she had no time to waste here; she had to go back and work overtime to handle the daily issues of the ladies in Menglou Pavilion.

"This girl... she truly deserves the title of workaholic," Mu Cheng couldn't help but admire her in his heart.

"Tell us about it first!"

Chu Yaoyao gave a general overview.

"Actually, it's nothing much. You can think of the challenge as a game dungeon. If you clear it, you get exclusive rewards, though you still need to buy them with grey crystals."

"A High-level Trader challenge should be very difficult, right? And does everyone get these exclusive rewards?" Mu Cheng asked to clarify.

Chu Yaoyao replied, "Mm-hmm, the High-level Trader challenge mission is Tier 5... and everyone does get an exclusive reward."

A Tier 5 challenge mission... how could anyone play that? Isn't that just looking for death?

"This woman won't do... I can't let her take advantage." Mu Cheng would definitely not suffer a loss.

He immediately went back on his word. "Wait... you didn't tell me we had to fight Tier 5. What we agreed on before doesn't count. We need to renegotiate the terms."

"Exactly, it doesn't count. Even without you, we could try the Tier 5 challenge ourselves." Lu Yuxuan didn't care about the details and just joined in the clamor.

Lu Yuxuan didn't actually know what terms Mu Cheng had negotiated with her, but since Mu Cheng said it was void...

She naturally felt it was unfair...

"This... without me, you probably won't be able to find the High-level Trader, right?" Chu Yaoyao began to panic.

The previous condition was that she could buy any Divine Artifact she liked with a one percent discount, but now...

She hadn't seen a single one. Was this reasonable? No, no... of course it wasn't.

Or rather, he had no intention of letting her buy them at all.

"Don't give me that. It's just a High-level Trader, right? I don't believe we can't find it if we mobilize all the ladies from Menglou Pavilion!" Gu Na also spoke harshly.

Chu Yaoyao completely gave in. "Fine, fine, tell me your conditions!"

"Two million grey crystals... plus the method to move the Trader," Mu Cheng said without hesitation.

Chu Yaoyao agreed immediately. "Fine, but two million is quite a lot. Are you sure you want me to take them out now?"

"It's fine, take them out!" Mu Cheng wasn't stupid... he naturally wasn't going to show any mercy.

[This guy is even more of a crooked merchant than I am. But for the sake of the Trader challenge... I'll have to endure for now.]

Hearing Chu Yaoyao's inner voice, Mu Cheng coughed and said.

"Hurry up! We're busy."

"You win. Moving the Trader is simple; you just need to succeed in the challenge." Chu Yaoyao operated the smart bracelet on her right wrist.

Suddenly, a transaction page popped up on Mu Cheng's bracelet, with Chu Yaoyao on the other side.

Holy... is the Global Survival Game really a game? Mu Cheng suddenly felt as if he had discovered a New Continent.

In his past life... he had no idea that high-tech bracelets had this kind of transaction function.

"Don't act so surprised, as if you've never seen the world. As long as your storage space exceeds ten tons, you can use the high-tech bracelet for transactions, storage, and so on..."

Chu Yaoyao finally caught an opportunity... and naturally had to show off a bit!

"That works too... then things will be much more convenient in the future." Tao Mumu was clearly shocked as well.

Mu Cheng didn't care anymore and said even more shamelessly, "Oh, I forgot to tell you, after the challenge is successful, the High-level Trader belongs to me."

"Fine, no problem. Please, can we go to the challenge now?" Chu Yaoyao said, forcing a smile.

If looks could kill, Mu Cheng would have probably died countless times already...

"Then what are we waiting for? Lead the way!" Gu Na dealt another critical blow...

"Follow me!" Chu Yaoyao had lost all her temper.

But since she needed their help now... no matter how angry she was, she could only endure.

Ten minutes later, they finally found the High-level Trader, located under a rockery.

The location was quite well-hidden...