Reincarnation Paradise Park

Chapter 682: Chapter 76: Heart of the Ocean

Su Xiao and the Black Merchant arrived at the same café as before, sitting across from each other.

”Mister Bai Ye, I’ve brought the three Dark Purple Weapons, but what about the ’Destruction Fist Scroll’ and ’Golden Dagger’?”

The Black Merchant lived up to his name, trying to exchange three Dark Purple Knife Type Weapons for the ’Destruction Fist Scroll’ + ’Golden Dagger’. Although he didn’t explicitly say so, that’s what he meant.

Su Xiao took out the ’Destruction Fist Scroll’.

”Let’s trade, this item for three Dark Weapons.”

”This... Mister Bai Ye, are you joking?”

”Do I look like I’m joking to you.”

Su Xiao looked at the Black Merchant with a full smile. He dared to kill travel group members inside Reincarnation Paradise or rob their belongings, let alone the Black Merchant who feared the travel group?

The Black Merchant looked up and stared at Su Xiao. After a moment of staring, he turned his head aside; cold sweat seeped from the cheeks beneath his face cloth.

”Mister Bai Ye, since both of us have what the other needs, let’s be honest with each other. I did bring a lot of good stuff this time.”

The Black Merchant did not mention the previous matter. He hadn’t explicitly said he wanted to trade three weapons for the scroll + dagger; he was testing Su Xiao’s bottom line.

But the Black Merchant found that this guy in front of him wasn’t easy to test; he understood a certain meaning from Su Xiao’s gaze.

’If we meet in a Derivative World... I’ll kill you!’

Su Xiao remained unmoved, just staring at the Black Merchant with a full smile.

”Hehe, Mister Bai Ye, um...”

The Black Merchant, face full of cold sweat, let out an awkward laugh.

”Brought a lot of good stuff? Let’s see it.”

Su Xiao took out a cigarette, lit it, and after taking a deep drag, the tense atmosphere disappeared.

The Black Merchant sighed in relief; he was too familiar with this oppressive feeling. Contractors with this kind of oppression weren’t to be messed with—they were either lunatics, perverts, or killing maniacs.

”Of course, oh right, Mister Bai Ye, what would you like to drink? It’s on me.”

The Black Merchant immediately made the atmosphere more harmonious. Su Xiao waved his hand; a few minutes ago, he had drunk a bellyful of juice here.

The Black Merchant simply didn’t order anything, just gave the waitress a 5 Paradise coin tip. The worker waitress threw a flirty glance at him before walking away as if she hadn’t noticed the two talking business in the café without ordering. It made more sense to tip the cute girl beside them since they weren’t going to drink what they ordered anyway.

The Black Merchant first took out three Dark Purple Weapons and then retrieved many items from his storage space.

These items weren’t of low quality, but most weren’t very practical, with only a dozen truly good ones.

This was also the Black Merchant’s tactic: bring out a heap of items, both good and bad.

”If I still need something after the trade, will I be unable to get more weapons? I’ll pay for the later weapons separately.”

Although Su Xiao already had two Dark Purple Weapons, he estimated that to upgrade Dragon Slash to Light Gold, he’d need at least 5 to 7 Dark Purple Quality ones, and that’s a conservative estimate.

”No more...”

The Black Merchant scanned Su Xiao, his gaze clearly saying: ’Brother, are you planning to eat these things? You already bought so many Knife Type Weapons from us; don’t you have any idea in your mind?’

Su Xiao certainly didn’t know the Black Merchant’s thoughts; he picked up the three Dark Purple Weapons on the table.

[Wind Chime Tooth (Dark Purple, Rating: 160)]

[Dragon’s Kiss (Dark Purple) Rating: 180]

[T333—K9 (Dark Purple) Rating: 201]

All three weapons met the specifications, although the last one had a peculiar name, it had the highest rating, being a weapon crafted by a Worker.

These three weapons were already decided, and what Su Xiao had to do next was find good items among those the Black Merchant laid out and negotiate a deal.

The Destruction Fist Scroll clearly didn’t match the value of these three weapons, but if you add the Golden Dagger, then the Black Merchant’s side would have to bring out more chips. That’s why alone, there were 12 types of Light Golden items and 20 Dark Purple ones in front of the Black Merchant. God knows how they accumulated all these things; the financial power of the Black Sail Merchant Group had become increasingly terrifying, far beyond their previous scale.

Moreover, this time Chairman Qian Da Pang of the Black Sail Merchant Group ordered that they must acquire this Golden Dagger. It would help the Black Sail Merchant Group make a name for itself in Reincarnation Paradise.

For a Lone Ranger like Su Xiao, he didn’t care about fame; the fewer people who knew him, the better. But the Black Sail Merchant Group was different; the more people knew about them, the better for their business.

The founding method of the Black Sail Merchant Group wasn’t too honorable; they started by selling potions at high prices in Derivative Worlds.

After getting wealthy, Qian Da Pang immediately stopped this hate-inducing way of making money; initial capital accumulation could be dirty, but not after that. So he switched to doing legitimate business. This led to the joint venture with the God Emperor Adventure Group to open auctions, achieving great success, growing bigger, and gradually improving credibility. That’s why Su Xiao sometimes approached the Black Sail Merchant Group to buy things.

Unfortunately, the Black Sail Merchant Group’s previous reputation was too bad, so Chairman Qian Da Pang secretly decided to hold an auction by himself, and it must be one with excellent credibility, to make a name for the group.

Upon learning that the trade market featured a Gold Quality Dagger, Qian Da Pang was wide-eyed! He ordered to ensure it was secured, to use it as promotion for the auction.

The auction currently only existed as an idea in Qian Da Pang’s mind, the success of which depended on his personal effort. If successful, the Black Sail Merchant Group wouldn’t have to fear the travel group anymore, fighting against them with the power of money.

Before leaving, Black Merchant 24K was told by Qian Da Pang to bring all the high-level inventory from the Black Sail Merchant Group.

Su Xiao began picking through the items on the table. He didn’t care about the grade, only whether the items were practical. So even Dark Purple items warranted careful examination.

When Su Xiao picked up a ’Sapphire’, his hand paused, and the heart of the Black Merchant across from him skipped a beat.

[Heart of the Ocean]

Origin: One Piece·Holy Land·Mariejoa

Quality: Light Gold

Category: Gemstone (can be inlaid in any metal-based equipment)

Inlay Effect: Mana Value +400 points, Mana Value recovery speed +35 points (per hour).

Rating: 310+ (highest rating for Light Gold Quality)

Price: 99990 Paradise coins

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The current mana recovery speed for Su Xiao was 57 points per hour, and this was already with equipment bonuses. He had a total of 1733 Mana Points, and if depleted to zero, it would take at least 30 hours to fully recover.

But if he sets this gemstone into his equipment, his mana recovery speed would boost to 92 points per hour, making a full recovery take only 18.8 hours.

Not only that, but the Heart of the Ocean would also increase Mana Points by 400, and that’s 400 Mana Points—it would take Su Xiao four Derivative Worlds to devour with the Soul Devourer to gain that, although the Mana Points gained from Soul Devourer are permanent, whereas these 400 points are an equipment effect.

This alone would push Su Xiao’s Mana Points past 2000, allowing him to deploy the Counter Shield one more time. In the heat of battle, what does one more Counter Shield mean? It could very well be the key to winning or losing.