Chapter 9 Shadow Killer

• “Good work you two.” Shadow Killer and Tang Jun suddenly heard a hoarse voice near them. Turning around, they saw a middle aged man holding a battle worn staff. He wore a red robe with an S rank marking on it.
• “Master!”
• “Brother!”
• Shadow Killer and Tang Jun called out respectively. Hesitating for a moment, Shadow Killer built up the courage and asked. “Master, I don't doubt your decision but, why are we asking help from strangers? I think we can ma—”
• “I know what you want to say, but don't you ever provoke that kid. I don't even have the confidence to stay alive for a few seconds fighting that servant of his.” the man said solemnly.
• “Brother, does that mean...?” Tang Jun stared at his brother, disbelief written on his face.
• “Yes, and that kid. You know that there are artifacts that can hide one's talent right? He might be using one.”
• “Even if it's true that he's just an F rank, this would mean only one thing…” pausing for a moment, he then continued. “That kid might be someone from a hidden family. To have a servant who's stronger than an S rank can only be a friend.”
• “I forgot to tell you, these bandit groups are not easy to deal with. If it's just a normal bandit group then we don't need an outsider to get involved, however,” he paused for a moment while looking around cautiously.
• “These bandits are backed up by the underground faction. Their secretive leader was also a triple S ranker.”
• “Even if our Red Tulip Chamber of Commerce attacks with all our power. Only one outcome is evident and that would be the annihilation of our Chamber of Commerce.”
• “Master, don't trust them, they hid something from us. I felt that there was something suspicious about them inviting so many adventurers just for bandits, also someone was watching us from the shadows.”
• “Based on the aura it exudes, it should be stronger than the two just now.” Ding Bang said after arriving in their carriage.
• Feng Shaotian's expression froze hearing what Ding Bang just said. Even though he's half intelligent, there are still things that only powerhouses like Ding Bang can do.
• ‘I need to become stronger, money— I need money to become strong immediately.’ Feng Shaotian thought. He even considered robbing the empire's treasury just to become strong much faster.
• Thinking about the legend of someone doing it in the past. The scroll mentioned the history of “Feng Duo”, a Legendary Figure from 15+ years ago.
• Feng Shaotian couldn't help but think, ‘This name is quite familiar. It felt so close yet so far.’
• Afterwards, Feng Shaotian harvested a total of 400 sacks of Golden rice. There are some that couldn't be harvested as he no longer has any sack left.
• Contemplating for a moment, Feng Shaotian decided to visit someone.
• ***
• Feng Shaotian and Shadow Killer happily shake hands after their business deal.
• “I'll be taking my leave now.” Feng Shaotian then left with Ding Bang.
• Shadow Killer also left and went inside a room. He bowed his head and called out.
• “Master.”
• “What is it?” A hoarse voice replied, in the center of the room was a person floating in mid air.
• “Sorry for disturbing your meditation master, I just want to report that Feng Shaotian was here a few minutes ago…”
• “Continue…” the man said.
• “The purpose of his visit has nothing to do with the bandit. He proposed a business transaction with our Red Tulip Chamber of Commerce.”
• “He said that he has 450 sacks of golden rice, 20 red bean sacks of high quality, and 30 sacks of other crops harvested from their land.” Shadow Killer narrated.
• “If you are wondering where these goods are, he said that it was inside his spatial tool.” Shadow Killer added seeing his master staying silent.
• “What is his asking price?” The man asked, surprised.
• It is rare for someone to have such many good things in hand, this further makes him curious about Feng Shaotian's background.
• “5% higher than the market price, he also wants to buy sacks from us.”
• “Sacks? What do you think about this transaction?” The man asked.
• “Although 5% higher than the market price was awful, we can still benefit from it. Golden Rice is scarce in the market so having a stock of it is crucial.”
• “Also, about the sacks he…” Shadow Killer awkwardly paused and looked at his master.
• “What is it?” The man asked, confused.
• With a troubled expression, Shadow Killer continued.
• “He asked for 10,000 of it.”
• “It's just 10,000 empty sacks, why are you so troubled?”
• Shadow Killer awkwardly laughed then stated, “We don't have that many empty sacks right now, so I only said that we can only give 7,000 at most.”
• “Alright. You take care of it.”
• “Yes, Master.” Shadow Killer respectfully acknowledged and left.
• ***
• Shadow Killer and Feng Shaotian commenced with their deal. Selling his Golden Rice to Red Tulip Chamber of Commerce at a 5% higher market price was the right decision.
• Golden Rice can be bought at the system store for 10 gold coins with a market price of 50 gold and 5% higher means it's 52 gold and 5 silver.
• 450 sacks times 52 gold and 5 silver is 23,625 gold coins profit. That's only for the golden rice, while the other products sell at 5,000 gold coins, added together it would be 28,625.
• He then bought 7,000 empty sack bags with the price of 10 copper which is 70 gold coins in total.
• After everything was done, Feng Shaotian then happily went back to the carriage.
• A while later, he went inside the mini world and harvested the remaining Golden Rice on the field which occupied 1,500 sacks.
• He also planted another 5,000 gold coins worth of crops in his mini world.
• “Show Status.”
• [Feng Shaotian]
• Age: 19
• Talent: F Rank Multi-talent
• Title: Divine Farmer
• Money: 23,555 gold coins
• Skills: Appraisal (SSS)
• « Shop » « Quest Log » « Infrastructure »
• [ Quest ]
• * Harvest a total of 50,000 sacks of Golden Rice and other crops within 10 days
• Current Progress: 1,900/50,000
• Failure Penalty: 1,000 gold deduction
• Reward: D Rank Warrior Talent Fruit, 2,000 gold coins
• “I'm almost there, I guess?” Feng Shaotian murmured with a brilliant smile, thinking about the reward he'd get from completing this mission.
• Ding!
• « System alert »
• [ You have received a New Quest ]
• * Upgrade the Barn for more inventory spaces or the items outside will rot without its protection!
• Time limit: 3 days
• Failure Penalty: Loss of Crops from rotting.
• Reward: Mystery Box
• ‘Sighs.’
• Feng Shaotian sighed, he just earned this money through too much hard work and now it would be gone in a matter of seconds.
• ‘Nevermind, maybe I could get something good from the reward’ he thought.
• Feng Shaotian walked closer to the « Dilapidated Barn » while extending his hand and pressed the upgrade button.
• Swoosh!
• His wealth went down from 23,555 to 3,555 gold coins. He became a poor bastard again.
• « Upgrade in progress »
• 10 minutes
• 7 minutes
• .
• .
• .
• 2 seconds
• Ding!
• [Congratulations to host Feng Shaotian for successfully upgrading the Dilapidated Barn into a Newly Constructed Barn!]
• [You have received a Mystery Box!]
• Appraising the new barn, Feng Shaotian found out that its unit has grown up from 1,000 to 10,000.
• Thinking about the loss of 20,000 gold coins just for this newly added unit, he felt as though his heart was being pierced by thousands of needles.
• However, the system just announced that he received the reward already.
• “Open Mystery Box!” he exclaimed without a second thought.
• Ding!
• [Congratulations to host Feng Shaotian for acquiring the Strengthening Arena of Legends!]
• « Strengthening Arena of Legends »
• * A fighting arena where magical beasts could be sent to fight their holographic self, honing their battle senses and acquiring new combat skills.
• Note: Humans can also be sent
• ‘This... it's truly worth it!’ Feng Shaotian danced wild in joy, fully forgetting the loss of 20,000 gold coins. Anyone who sees him dancing would surely die from laughter.
• ‘With this I can start having an army of loyal people growing stronger inside my mini world. And also, they should be in a contract.’
• Suddenly, a bright idea popped up in his mind. ‘If I bring slaves here tightly bound with a master slave contract, then I can surely produce an army of strong loyal guards.’
• ‘With the help of my magical talent seeds, having a high rank of loyal subordinates is not out of reach. I'll make an army of them!’
• His figure vanished and appeared in the South Region of his Mini World. With a wave of his hand, a gigantic building being constructed showed up.