Chapter 194 - 103: Frenzied Plunder! 100 Million Huaxia Coins
"Heh!" Lin Yi let out an undisguised scoff, his gaze instantly sharpening like a blade. "In your dreams. Do you really take me for a three-year-old who doesn’t know the market rate? Or do you think my fists aren’t hard enough?"
He snorted, his voice turning cold.
"Since you want to use the training camp’s prices, fine! Let’s talk hard currency! In the training camp, one vial of Golden Body Liquid only costs 20 points to redeem! On the outside, what’s the price of a vial of Golden Body Liquid? I’m sure all of you know, right?!"
"Three million at the bare minimum! And that’s if you can even find it for sale! On the black market, it’s not unusual for the price to be jacked up to six or seven million a vial! Demand far outstrips supply! By that ratio, a single point is worth at least three hundred thousand Huaxia Coins! So, my price is... three hundred thousand per point!"
"HISS—!"
"Three hundred thousand?!"
"My heavens! That’s way too expensive!"
"Forest God! That price... we can’t afford that!"
"Yeah, Forest God! Lower the price! Please!"
The crowd instantly erupted in cries of despair, as if a bucket of cold water had been thrown over them.
At three hundred thousand per point, two thousand points came out to six hundred million!
This was an astronomical figure, far beyond what the vast majority of the students could afford.
Even some students from affluent families looked troubled.
"Forest God!"
A sharp-looking student with glasses stepped forward and argued loudly,
"It’s true what you said about the price of Golden Body Liquid, but that’s on the outside! Here in the training camp, Golden Body Liquid is rationed! The Class C students get 10 free points every day. Even if we don’t have enough, we can slowly save up by doing missions and chores! You can’t just use the sky-high price of Golden Body Liquid on the outside to directly measure the value of points in the training camp! That’s not reasonable!"
Hearing this, Lin Yi frowned slightly, seeming a little swayed.
He mulled it over for a moment before speaking, as if making a huge concession.
"Hmm... you do have a point. In that case, I, Lin Yi, am not an unreasonable man. I’ll compromise... One hundred thousand! One hundred thousand Huaxia Coins per point! How about that?"
"A hundred thousand is still too expensive, Forest God!"
"Yeah, make it a little cheaper!"
"Fifty thousand! What about fifty thousand?"
"Thirty thousand! Thirty thousand is more reasonable, Forest God!"
The sounds of haggling grew fierce once more.
Standing on the elevated platform, Lin Yi was like a shrewd merchant, bickering with the students.
Finally, the price was pushed down to around fifty thousand.
Lin Yi abruptly waved his hand, his voice resolute and carrying an authority that permitted no argument:
𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂
"Fifty thousand! That’s the final price! Fifty thousand Huaxia Coins per point! That’s my bottom line! Any lower and it’s no deal! I, Lin Yi, will have no trouble selling my points!"
A student immediately cried out in protest,
"Forest God, didn’t you just say that true prosperity is when everyone is prosperous? Fifty thousand is still too expensive!"
"Are you a child? You actually took that kind of platitude seriously? How naive!"
Lin Yi’s voice turned cold, carrying an immense pressure.
"All sales are voluntary! If you think it’s too expensive, you can turn around and leave right now! I, Lin Yi, won’t force anyone! But, I only have two thousand points. First come, first served! If you want to buy, stay! If you don’t, the door’s over there. Don’t let it hit you on the way out!"
As his words fell, the entire area fell deathly silent.
Leave?
What a joke!
Fifty thousand a point. Was it expensive?
It sounded expensive at first.
But if you did the math...
Twenty points was one million!
For one million, you could get a vial of Golden Body Liquid here in the camp—an item that was worth at least three million on the outside and was practically impossible to find!
This was an absolute steal!
Not to mention, the points could also be used to access those miraculous Cultivation Rooms!
Faced with such enormous benefits, not a single person moved an inch!
On the contrary, everyone’s gazes grew even more fervent.
They were like hungry wolves staring at a plump lamb, terrified they’d be too slow to get a piece.
’My asking price was too low...’
Lin Yi looked down at the pairs of eyes that were practically shooting fire, and a flash of regret shot through his mind.
’Looking at this scene, even if I’d set the price at eighty thousand, or even a hundred thousand, they probably would’ve been snapped up in an instant! What a miscalculation!’
’Still, fifty thousand it is!’
’Two thousand points... that’s a full one hundred million Huaxia Coins!’
’One hundred million!’
His heart couldn’t help but race at the thought of that number.
With that hundred million, he could buy a full ten thousand Bone Tempering Pills!
That would be enough to support him in tempering every bone in his body to a terrifying degree!
The Third Grade Realm would be within his grasp!
And even...
The Fourth Grade Realm might not be so far away!
...
After the jaw-dropping, sky-high price of fifty thousand Huaxia Coins per point was set, the commotion in the crowd did not subside.
Instead, it was replaced by a much more practical problem.
A lean, wiry student pushed his way to the front. His gaze was fixed intently on Lin Yi, and his voice held a hint of urgency.
"Forest God, there’s a critical problem! The training camp’s dedicated communicators have no function for ’gifting points’ or ’transferring points’! If we buy points from you... how are you going to give them to us?"
This question immediately sent massive waves through the crowd.
The previously excited and expectant gazes now all focused on Lin Yi, filled with confusion and an almost imperceptible hint of panic.
That was right. The training camp’s Rules were set in stone. It was common knowledge that points could not be privately traded.
Was this seemingly tempting offer just an empty promise from the start?
At that thought, the fire that had just ignited in many people’s eyes quickly dimmed, replaced by deep disappointment.
The atmosphere on the training field seemed to freeze.
However, up on the platform, Lin Yi remained the picture of confidence. He surveyed the crowd, his voice clear and carrying a reassuring certainty: