980: Bargain with the diary and win your own cell phone

It was night.

Linshan Country Royal Family.

After several hours of hard riding, the Royal Family's group of prodigies finally arrived at the Imperial City.

The Imperial City of Linshan Country was located on a flat plain.

The sprawling city walls were like a military formation standing guard, firmly defending against suffering and war.

"Xiao Qi, wake up." Inside the carriage, among the Royal Family's team, a female teammate nudged the sleeping Huang Duo.

Strangely, Huang Duo, who usually woke up at the slightest touch, didn't stir after being nudged.

"Xiao Qi?" The teammate patted her again.

After more than ten breaths.

"Hmm?" Along with a weak response, Huang Duo yawned and opened her eyes, looking very tired: "What's wrong?"

"I thought you were dead, sleeping so soundly." The teammate said strangely, then reminded her, "We're back in the Imperial City. Hurry and cheer up. Many people in the Royal Family have received news about you crushing the Four-Star Soul Card Master who possessed a ten-thousand-year Soul Card. This battle made you famous overnight, understand?!"

"Famous overnight?" Huang Duo stretched her sore and weak body, yawning, "Isn't this Miss already famous? Who in the entire dynasty doesn't know my strength? Don't disturb my sleep randomly."

The woman's words caused the teammate who woke her up to give a slightly awkward smile, "That's true, Xiao Qi. It's only reasonable that your strength could take down that guy."

While complimenting her, the female teammate suddenly noticed some unusual marks on Huang Duo's exposed wrist.

"Xiao Qi, why aren't you treating the injury on your hand?" the woman asked with a frown.

Her words made Huang Duo look at her wrist, sensing something amiss: "Hmm? Strange, why is there an injury here?"

"It must be the injury you got when you fought Moyun from Yunyong Academy earlier!" The teammate in the same carriage said with concern, then took out ointment from her storage bags: "Xiao Qi, don't neglect these small injuries. If we don't handle wounds like this carefully, they will definitely leave scars later, and that won't look good!"

"We women must cherish our skin well and not neglect even the slightest injury."

As she spoke, the female teammate pulled up Huang Duo's sleeve.

And it was at this moment, the woman holding the ointment and preparing to help Huang Duo apply it, suddenly let out a sharp shriek!

"Ah!"

In the piercing shriek, the female teammate's eyes widened. She could clearly see that Huang Duo's arm was densely covered in wounds!

"What's wrong?! What happened?!"

The others in the convoy heard the sound and immediately gathered around.

And after arriving at the carriage where Huang Duo was, everyone clearly saw the wounds on Huang Duo's arm!

For a moment, everyone's breath hitched.

As for Huang Duo herself, she was still somewhat dazed, looking at her arm covered in wounds.

As if sensing something, she pulled up her other sleeve.

And then, another arm full of wounds was revealed!

This situation caused those around to gasp and shriek, the scene completely unable to return to calm!

"Wow~" A mouthful of dark red clotted blood was spat out, and Huang Duo, unable to investigate the reason at all, simply fainted straight away.

During this process, her body even began to continuously bleed outwards, and her injuries continued to worsen!

"Quick, save her!" someone around shouted anxiously.

And the next moment, Miao Gouer swept over with a fragrant breeze.

Noticing Huang Duo's condition in an instant, her expression suddenly turned serious.

Waving her hand to pick up Huang Duo, Miao Gouer directly took her towards the Imperial Palace.

These injuries were absolutely severe; only the physicians in the Imperial Palace had a chance of saving her!

...

...

Linshan Country, Shield City, Yunyong Academy.

Compared to the commotion in the Imperial City, this place was still immersed in the aftershock of witnessing the Royal Family's prodigies today.

Sitting on the bed in his room, which he had spent some time cleaning, Du Xingchen withdrew his gaze from the direction of the Imperial City and immediately opened the System panel in front of him.

"Ding~ Congratulations, Host. Today you greatly suppressed the protagonist Moyun, causing Moyun to lose what he obtained from Jiaolong Valley, making people suspect him of being a Divine Hall spy, and also causing him to lose to a Soul Card Master of the same level, resulting in his first defeat in life. Host has successfully suppressed the protagonist's Luck. Congratulations, Host, you have received one fifty-thousand-year draw and one forty-eight-thousand-year draw."

After the System panel opened, the rewards arrived as promised!

Adding the two-thousand-year draw used in advance before, this time's drawing haul was basically equivalent to two complete fifty-thousand-year draws!

It was indeed quite generous.

Sure enough, if you want to get rich, you have to fleece the protagonist!

These two rounds of draws gave Du Xingchen absolute confidence!

"System, use the forty-eight-thousand-year draw first." Sitting upright on the bed, Du Xingchen said without hesitation.

"Ding~ Host has used the forty-eight-thousand-year draw. Congratulations, Host, you have obtained the [Unrestricted Communication with prophecy diary] function."

[Unrestricted Communication with prophecy diary]: Literal meaning, the Host can initiate a chat with the prophecy diary through the System panel at any location and any time.

As these explanations finished, Du Xingchen slightly clenched his fist.

The System could actually do this!

prophecy diary, as one of the key items in the original work, he naturally had some understanding of it.

It could be said that this thing was the bridge connecting the God in the God Realm with the Divine Hall on this continent!

Apart from the fact that the prophecy diary had its own thoughts and could communicate with people, which slightly surprised Du Xingchen, he was very satisfied with everything else!

The ten-day countdown until Mu Qianjun's agreed time was getting closer. He was just thinking about how to deal with that Divine Disciple Inheritance, and now an opportunity had been directly presented!

Du Xingchen, who had read the original work, understood that Divine Disciple Inheritance was very rare and could only be obtained by Divine Disciple Elders.

And the way to obtain it was to wait for the God in the sky to bestow it!

The bestowed Divine Disciple Inheritance would also be sent to this World in the form of a light cluster, through the prophecy diary!

As for Mu Qianjun, he would be able to obtain a spot for a Divine Disciple Inheritance in the next two or three days!

Now that he could communicate with the prophecy diary, if he could, at this crucial moment, through communication, turn the prophecy diary against Mu Qianjun and make it not give him the Divine Disciple Inheritance, wouldn't his crisis be resolved easily?!

However, this operation still had some difficulty.

After all, he didn't know the temperament of the prophecy diary. If he didn't handle it well, it might even have the opposite effect.

Just as Du Xingchen was thinking about how to start the conversation with the prophecy diary, a sound suddenly appeared on the System panel.

There's a message, it's from the prophecy diary!

"If you want me to help you convey wrong information to the Divine Hall, five units of heavenly materials and earthly treasures each time."

"If you want me to help you intercept the treasures sent by the God to the Lower Realm, five units of heavenly materials and earthly treasures each time."

Simple and clear, with a marked price.

When he first saw this, Du Xingchen was stunned.

And after he came back to his senses, he couldn't help but ask, "Then if I want you to help me intercept the Divine Disciple Inheritance bestowed by the God to Fifth Elder Mu Qianjun, and prevent him from becoming suspicious of me, how many heavenly materials and earthly treasures will it cost?"

After Du Xingchen's question was sent out, the other side paused for a moment before replying, "Twenty units of heavenly materials and earthly treasures."

"Twenty units of heavenly materials and earthly treasures? How many good things is that equivalent to?" Du Xingchen was slightly confused about the prophecy diary's calculation method.

Facing this question, the prophecy diary remained silent. The one who answered was Ye Tian, who was the System.

"The heavenly materials and earthly treasures in the storage bags taken by the Linshan Country Royal Family Prodigy from Moyun were equivalent to ten units."

"That much is only ten units?" At this moment, Du Xingchen finally understood how high the prophecy diary's asking price was.

Du Xingchen: "This price is too high, make it cheaper."

prophecy diary: "It's been this price for so many years, where is it expensive?"

Du Xingchen: "It's not cheap, I can't afford it."

prophecy diary: "I really can't make it cheaper, I also get a cut, I need to live!"

Du Xingchen: "A cut?"

Looking at the prophecy diary's message with confusion, Du Xingchen returned to the main topic: "How about 12 units? I'm a new customer."

prophecy diary: "No, at most two less, 18 units."

Du Xingchen: "13 units, I'll be a major consumer in the future, investing in me won't be a loss!"

"17 units, no less than that."

"Then how about this, we each take a step back, 14 units!"

"This damn is you taking one step back, and me taking three steps back! No, at most I can give you one more discount, 16 units!"

Du Xingchen: "14 units is pretty good, I'm a college Student who graduated two years ago."

prophecy diary: "15 units! This is my bottom line. If you keep this up, I won't do business with you anymore!"

"Okay, then, happy cooperation and prosperous business!" Du Xingchen said with slight joy.

It was already quite good to be able to bargain down this much. If he kept pushing, he probably wouldn't get any more discounts.

After all, he had even brought up being a college Student and had no other tricks left.

After a round of haggling over the price, the prophecy diary quickly exited the chat.

Returning to the position of the prophecy diary, the prophecy diary felt a pang of heartache.

When the Boss found him not long ago, he thought it was a lucrative job.

Who would have thought that kid could bargain with it like this!

Excluding the Boss's cut, it was practically working for free!

He only hoped to earn more in the future. This first order was just to gain some popularity.

...

Yunyong Academy, Du Xingchen leaned against the wall, in a good mood.

With the operation of the prophecy diary, passing Mu Qianjun's hurdle would definitely be easy and without problems!

While thinking, his gaze fell on another draw on the System panel: "System, use this draw too!"

After his words fell, Ye Tian pretentiously operated a large turntable on the System panel, and then announced: "Ding~ Host has used the fifty-thousand-year draw. Congratulations, Host, you have obtained [telephone]."

[telephone]: Omitted...

"telephone?!" Seeing this reward, Du Xingchen's mind was filled with questions and astonishment.

And the next moment, he felt a slight weight in his hand.

Looking over, Du Xingchen's breath hitched: "Good heavens, isn't this my own telephone?!"

"A fifty-thousand-year draw, counted as the shipping fee for this telephone?!" As he spoke, Du Xingchen tried pressing the telephone's power button.

Not long after, the telephone powered on!

The wallpaper was still the same wallpaper, the software was all still there, the battery had 50% left, everything was exactly the same as when he left that World.

No, there was one thing different!

When Du Xingchen opened a certain messaging app, a message notification about an expired red envelope immediately appeared before his eyes!

"Damn, the red envelope my sister sent!"