Chapter 86 The Deal: Eight Grade D Items

"Distinguished Challenger, it is an honor to meet you."

"I, Kulu Lulugu, will be conducting this trade with you."

A small dwarf, standing 1.3 meters tall, wearing a black robe and possessing a green-skinned alien face, appeared in the courtyard.

He carried a massive two-meter-high backpack on his back, creating a huge, oddly cute contrast with his short stature.

A small gray pouch was also slung around his waist.

He felt a sudden surge of fear in his heart after involuntarily glancing at that nine-meter-long Dragon Slaying Surgical Knife.

He immediately greeted Lu Xian with great respect and then displayed his goods:

"This is my trading pack."

"Please, take a look."

The Goblin Merchant's pack instantly unfolded, transforming into a large display shelf ten meters long, two meters high, and two meters wide.

The shelf was labeled with the names and grades of the items.

But there were no prices.

[Wow, a Goblin Merchant! An underground elf? First time seeing one!]

[I've seen them in other livestream rooms, but their skin was white.]

[I've seen Hell Merchants, but this is my first time seeing a Goblin Merchant. So that's what they look like.]

[I saw a Dragon Merchant with a B-grade Survival Challenger once. He was selling dragon eggs. Unfortunately, that guy didn't have enough money to buy them. It was frustrating to watch.]

[Brother Lu, just backstab him and kill him in one shot. Then all the stuff will be yours, hehe~]

Seeing the appearance of the Goblin Merchant, everyone discussed animatedly.

Some even directly egged him on to rob the Merchant.

But Lu Xian knew that if he dared to do that, not only would he fail to kill the Goblin Merchant, but he would also offend all the 'Myriad Realms Traveling Merchants' of every race.

In the Survival World, you can choose not to trade with Merchants, but you cannot attack them; otherwise, you will violate the rules.

The consequences range from being hunted down at best, to being expelled from the Survival World and cursed at worst.

Lu Xian scanned the shelf.

There were at least a hundred items, large and small.

They were all D-grade across the board.

There were tools, weapons, skill books, goblin technology products, food seeds, as well as various energy crystals, potions, and blind box treasure chests.

"I didn't expect the selection to be so rich."

Lu Xian was inwardly surprised after looking over the goods the Goblin Merchant had brought.

"How much are these selling for?"

Lu Xian inquired.

"Beautiful crystals, special minerals, gold, Myriad Realms Coins, bartering, or your achievement points can all be traded."

The Goblin Merchant responded with a smile and a respectful tone.

"achievement points? How many achievement points for a swap?"

Lu Xian asked again.

He hadn't expected that achievement points could also be used for trading.

He had thought achievement points could only be exchanged for items in Challenger City.

"An average of 200 achievement points for one D-grade item."

Two hundred achievement points for a D-grade item?

He only had over nine hundred achievement points on him; at most, he could only exchange for four D-grade items?

Lu Xian felt it wasn't a very good deal.

It was too much of a rip-off.

"If it's bartering, how much do you think this is worth?"

Lu Xian took out forty-seven D-grade zombie crystal cores and that one-meter-long worn-out right shoe of a giant.

"Ten contaminated crystal cores can be exchanged for one D-grade item."

"This... giant's shoe is not part of a pair and is also damaged, so its value isn't very high. However, it retains a special scent and is worth collecting. It can be exchanged for two D-grade items."

The Goblin Merchant took the items from Lu Xian's hand and said after inspecting them.

"So, they can be exchanged for six D-grade items?"

"I think the price you're giving isn't very fair."

"These ten zombie crystal cores are all D-grade, and it takes ten of them just to get one of your items?"

Lu Xian frowned.

"Ten for one is too much of a loss."

"Let's do ten for ten, one-for-one."

Lu Xian looked at the Goblin Merchant and spoke directly.

[666~]

[The number one haggler.]

[Brother Lu, you should hold that nine-meter-long blade to his neck while haggling with him /doge.]

The livestream room was flooded with comments.

Upon hearing this, the Goblin Merchant immediately gave a bitter smile:

"Distinguished Challenger, I cannot accept the price you've offered."

My lord, that's not how you haggle...

He then explained:

"Ten D-grade crystal cores are contaminants; they are raw materials. They need to be processed before they can be considered true finished products. They cannot be directly equated to D-grade items."

It was just like raw flour needing to be processed before it could become various finished noodle products.

Finally, after a round of negotiations, the Goblin Merchant agreed to an eight-for-one deal.

The 47 zombie crystal cores could barely be exchanged for 6 D-grade items!

He said it was a discount for their first meeting.

But Lu Xian knew that the goblin was definitely the one making a profit.

However, the man was here to do business, so he naturally needed to earn a margin.

As for how much he earned, that was unknown.

As for that worn-out shoe, no matter what, the Goblin Merchant refused to raise the price, stubbornly sticking to the exchange of only two D-grade items.

"Family members, what do you think I should exchange for?"

Lu Xian asked the audience in the livestream room.

He didn't refuse this trade; after all, it was making use of junk.

In total, he could exchange for eight D-grade items from the shelf.

[Skills, it has to be skill books!]

[energy crystal cores! They can be used for the infinite nuclear energy gun to go on a killing spree!]

[If Brother Lu is going to the Madman Street hidden dungeon, he can exchange based on the requirements for that.]

[Potions, goblin technology, skills, energy items—all of them are fine. Brother Lu already has weapons, and blind boxes are probably a trap.]

[It has to be the Bunny Girl Transformation Potion! /(ಥ_ಥ)]

Hearing Lu Xian's question,

The people in the livestream room immediately offered suggestions, and the comments flooded the screen.

Lu Xian carefully examined the items on the shelf again.

The skills provided by the Goblin Merchant were all one-time use and non-permanent.

There were transcendent skills, such as condensing a small fireball or crafting a small ice spike.

There were animal-type skills, like temporarily transforming into a Pigman, Dogman, or Rabbitman.

They were all low-level, not very practical skills.

Only the goblin technology products were relatively outstanding.

"Then I'll take these few?"

Lu Xian finally chose:

Two temporary skill books, [Sobriety] and [Flash]; D-grade goblin alchemy technology products—weed scavenger, material model synthesis furnace, and Probing Eagle Eye; D-grade plant seeds—Territory Thorny Vines; and two D-grade energy crystal cores.

The Goblin Merchant had brought quite a number of D-grade items.

But for Lu Xian, most of them were more for show than for use.

They weren't as powerful as the things delivered by Myriad Heavens Express.

He already had weapons and tools.

But Lu Xian didn't want to waste this trade opportunity; he considered it making use of junk to get some things that looked useful.

"Alright, a pleasure doing business with you."

The Goblin Merchant, Kulu Lulugu, said with a smile.

"Is there anything else you wish to trade?"

As he spoke, he looked at the nine-meter-long blade in Lu Xian's courtyard. He seemed very keen to acquire it.

"How much is this big blade worth?"

Lu Xian also noticed the Goblin Merchant's gaze and followed up with a question.

In the end, he responded with a bitter smile:

"I cannot afford that price."

"However, I can go back and make preparations. If you ever wish to sell it, you can contact me. The price will surely satisfy the distinguished Challenger."

He couldn't afford the price?

It seemed this worn-out Dragon Slaying Surgical Knife was actually quite valuable?

Finally,

The Goblin Merchant left with the 47 zombie crystal cores and the giant's worn-out shoe. Before leaving, he gave Lu Xian a scroll that could summon him.

And Lu Xian now had nine more items in his possession.

Lu Xian picked up a small iron ball the size of a fist:

"Let's try out this goblin technology product, the weed scavenger. It can only clear an area of three square kilometers though."

His purpose for exchanging for this thing was to clear the weeds and vines on this Deserted Island.

The small iron ball was thrown onto the ground and instantly turned into dust, disappearing completely.

Then, visible to the naked eye,

The weeds in the wooden house's courtyard were rapidly vanishing, centering from where the small iron ball had been.

The traces of disappearing weeds spread out in all directions.

Even some vines were being devoured bit by bit.

Yet trees, vegetables, and other plants were not affected in the slightest. It was quite miraculous.

"Not bad!"

Lu Xian, holding Empty Fox, walked out of the courtyard and watched as the large expanse of shrubs and weeds in the forest rapidly vanished.

At this rate, in less than a day, all the weeds on the Deserted Island would be cleared away.

Lu Xian looked on in amazement.

The people in the livestream room were also shocked:

[With this thing, you could make a fortune in the landscaping business!]

[Is it really that awesome?]

[It looks so unremarkable, I didn't expect the effect to be so good!]

"This weed scavenger is quite useful."

Lu Xian remarked.

He then took out a vine seedling about a dozen centimeters tall, curved and covered in thorns.

After dripping a drop of blood onto it,

He then planted it outside the fence of the wooden house's courtyard.

Unexpectedly, the Thorny Vine seedling grew rapidly as soon as it hit the ground.

In less than five minutes, a single vine had grown three to four meters long, branching out into hundreds of thorny tendrils and some flower buds about to bloom.

At this growth rate, in less than two hours, a wall of vines would surround the entire courtyard.

Seeing the terrifying growth speed of the vines, the people in the livestream room exclaimed: Awesome~

"The things this goblin brought are quite surprising."

Lu Xian said with emotion.

Things that originally seemed more for show than use turned out to be quite different once experienced; he had misjudged them.

"Next time I summon him, I'll get some more goblin products."

As for the material model synthesis furnace, it was similar to a 3D printer and could create various objects, parts, and other ordinary models, such as chairs or bicycles.

As for the skills and energy crystal cores, there wasn't much to say about them.

Half a day later.

A half-person-high thorny wall appeared around Lu Xian's Deserted Island wooden house courtyard, covered in colorful and brilliant thorny flowers.

"Awoo~"

Empty Fox floated on Lu Xian's shoulder, rubbing against his face and letting out a cry.

"Hungry again?"

"You little foodie."

Lu Xian looked helpless and planned to go to Challenger City to buy some food.

"By the way, should I give it a name?"

Lu Xian's livestream was still on.

The livestream room was filled with all sorts of suggestions:

[The pet's name must be Laifu or Wangcai /doge.]

[Name it A-Piao. I was really spooked that night.]

[Da Mingming!]

[Xiao Tiantian~ Xiao Huahua~ Xiao Zhanren~ (〃'▽'〃)]

[Universe's Invincible Strongest Lord Most Arrogant Overlord Fox |ू･ω･` )!]