58: Chapter 58 Cooperation with the Fire Cloud Chamber of Commerce

"This..."

Zhu Tongchen froze, a surge of emotion rising in his heart. This was a Legendary skill book!

Tens of millions of Alliance points, and he was just letting him owe it like that?

However, he waved his hands repeatedly, not daring to accept: "No, no need! Thank you, Brother Lu! It's so much money, I don't know how long it would take me to pay it back..."

Lu Yang raised an eyebrow and smiled. "How about this: I'll charge interest. Whenever you pay me back, just add the interest. I'll have to sell this skill book anyway, so why not sell it to someone I know?"

Hearing Lu Yang put it like that, Zhu Tongchen couldn't refuse any longer.

He felt his eyes sting slightly. Blinking hard, he nodded heavily. "T-Then alright... Thanks, Brother Lu!"

Lu Yang let out a soft chuckle and slid the skill book across the table.

Seeing that Shen Qingci and the other three had completed their transactions, Shangguan Yunshu scanned the remaining items on the table and said calmly, "I'll take the rest."

Lu Yang nodded. "No problem, Sister Shangguan, just give me a price."

Shangguan Yunshu took stock of the items and finally gave her quote.

There were three skill books left: Bone Spear Storm, Death Slash, and Withered Curse. The first two were Legendary skill books, while Withered Curse was of Excellent quality.

Bone Spear Storm was a universal magic skill book and an AOE attack with broad applicability and high practical value. It was worth quite a bit, so Shangguan Yunshu offered forty million Alliance points for it.

Death Slash, on the other hand, was likely restricted to Death-type classes. In the Blue Star Alliance, Death-type classes were rare, so the target audience was small. Since demand determined the price, Shangguan Yunshu ultimately offered fifteen million Alliance points.

Withered Curse was also a universal magic skill that could debuff opponents, offering strong utility. It ultimately sold for five million points.

Just these few skill books alone brought in sixty million Alliance points.

The remaining Legendary equipment added up to another four million Alliance points altogether.

The total came to sixty-four million Alliance points.

Adding that to his previous earnings, he now had over 190 million Alliance points in total!

Nearly two hundred million!

Lu Yang leaned back in his chair, feeling in an exceptionally good mood.

With this many Alliance points, he wouldn't have dared dream of it before stepping out the door today.

This much money was more than enough to buy a super-luxurious standalone villa in the prime location of Linglan City.

Of course, he probably still couldn't afford manors like those of the Shen Family or the Parker Family.

Even so, a villa would be more than comfortable enough for Lu Xi and Zheng Ying.

If he also equipped them with a few of the latest high-end smart home robots to handle laundry, cooking, and yard work in a complete package, Lu Xi and Zheng Ying could practically retire on his success.

While Lu Yang was daydreaming happily, Shangguan Yunshu asked, "You should still have items dropped by elite and boss mobs on you, right?"

Lu Yang snapped back to reality and nodded hastily.

He glanced into his inventory. Adding up all the Fine-grade equipment under Level 10, there were tens of thousands of pieces, and even thousands of Excellent-grade pieces.

On top of that were all kinds of monster parts, herbs, Ore, and other materials.

The quantity was simply countless.

Fortunately, a professional's inventory was infinite, or Lu Yang wouldn't have been able to carry so many things at all.

Lu Yang felt quite fortunate.

Shangguan Yunshu nodded slightly and then asked, "How do you plan to handle these items?"

Hearing this, Lu Yang felt a bit hesitant.

With this many items, he could open a shop himself.

However, it was impossible for him to focus his energy on running a shop.

Are you kidding? With a talent this powerful, leveling up was obviously the top priority.

So what should he do with all these things?

Leaving so many items gathering dust in his inventory would be a terrible waste.

While Lu Yang was hesitating, Rebecca smiled and spoke up, "Lu Yang, if you trust me, why not hand these items over to my family's chamber of commerce to sell? Once they're sold, we'll only charge for the operating costs and give all the rest to you."

At her words, Lu Yang looked at Rebecca and remembered that the Parker Family she belonged to seemed to run a large chamber of commerce called the Fire Cloud Chamber of Commerce.

Since it was a chamber of commerce, it naturally possessed mature sales channels, warehousing, and logistics, making selling goods convenient beyond measure.

At this thought, Lu Yang's eyes lit up, and he smiled. "I'm fine with that."

Pausing briefly, he added, "However, if you only charge operating costs, your family would be losing out too much. I can't let you work for free. How about a 70-30 profit split? I'll take seventy percent, and you take thirty."

With over a hundred thousand items, just inventorying, categorizing, pricing, listing, and promoting them would require a huge amount of time and effort.

These hidden costs couldn't simply be calculated as basic expenses.

Lu Yang obviously couldn't let them use their platform to help him sell goods for free.

Otherwise, doing it once or twice was fine, but doing it frequently would ultimately be taking advantage of them.

They weren't his parents, bound to treat him well unconditionally.

In the future, Lu Yang would have plenty of equipment to sell. Establishing a stable cooperative relationship was naturally the best outcome.

Hearing Lu Yang say this, Rebecca pursed her red lips and smiled faintly. "With thirty percent, our family will actually be making quite a profit, you know."

Lu Yang shook his head. "It's fine. You've seen my drop rate. I'll have plenty of things to sell in the future."

Rebecca nodded, secretly delighted.

Although establishing a long-term partnership with Lu Yang was a great boon for the Parker Family—one that would elevate the Fire Cloud Chamber of Commerce's inventory quality and brand influence to another level—

what truly made Rebecca happy was that this partnership gave her more common topics to talk about with Lu Yang, naturally granting her more opportunities to interact with him.

Only then could the two of them grow closer.

She glanced at Shen Qingci, blinked slightly, and flashed a triumphant smile.

Shen Qingci's pure face grew tense, her cherry-pink lips pressed tightly into a fine line.

The Shen Family's core business was the Blazing Red Sun Guild, which focused mainly on dungeon raiding, acquiring resources from dungeons, and the like. In terms of commercial operations and distribution channels, they certainly fell short of the Parker Family.

In fact, the Shen Family was itself one of the Parker Family's stable suppliers.

A significant portion of the equipment obtained by Blazing Red Sun flowed into the market through the Fire Cloud Chamber of Commerce's channels.

Precisely because their families maintained a stable partnership, Shen Qingci and Rebecca had known each other since before they could even walk.

Though they were only eighteen years old, they had already been best friends for eighteen years.

However, right now, Shen Qingci felt like the boat of their best friendship was on the verge of capsizing.

This girl was just too much!

And she was even flaunting it in front of her!

Yet, in this regard, she really couldn't offer Lu Yang much help.

Shen Qingci lowered her gaze, her slender fingers twisting together nervously under the table as she remained quietly sulky.

Once the intention to cooperate was settled, Rebecca planned to discuss the specific details privately with Lu Yang later.

Afterward, Shangguan Yunshu had Blake leave with Zhu Tongchen and Lance.

She then led Lu Yang and the other two back to Yunmeng Star via the teleportation array.

After dropping Shen Qingci and Rebecca off at their homes, Shangguan Yunshu took Lu Yang back to the Lu Family residence.

The living room was quiet, lit only by a warm yellow motion-sensor nightlight.

The soft glow spilled over the sofa and coffee table, and a faint milky fragrance from the cookies Zheng Ying baked that afternoon lingered in the air.

The doors to Lu Xi and Zheng Ying's rooms were tightly shut; they had clearly gone to sleep long ago.

Shangguan Yunshu said softly, "You fought for so long today. You must be tired. Get some rest early."

With that, she turned to head toward her room.

Lu Yang didn't go to his room, however. He called out to Shangguan Yunshu, "Wait, Sister Shangguan, there's something I want to ask you."

Shangguan Yunshu paused, turning back to look at Lu Yang with a calm tone. "What is it?"

Lu Yang explained, "It's like this: when I opened treasure chests today, I got a Warrior class change item. I'd like to know if the profession after changing classes would be suitable for me."

Shangguan Yunshu: "?"

A look of astonishment surfaced on her cold, breathtaking face. "...A class change item from a treasure chest?"

...Just what kind of luck was this?