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Chapter 34: Yecheng: It Turns Out Making Money Is So Easy
Chapter 34: Yecheng: It Turns Out Making Money Is So Easy
"Venomous Dragon! That black material is from a Venomous Dragon, a subspecies of the Dragon Race!
Even if an S-Class Adventurer encountered that super-strong Sub-Dragon BOSS, they would only turn and run away?"
Seeing the adventurers around him suddenly become as noisy as a boiling pot, the Guild Master realized he had let slip something due to his excitement and indignation.
Yecheng had killed the Venomous Dragon, and he had intended to keep this a secret, partly because of his own selfish reasons.
Adventurers of Yecheng's level were highly sought after by any town's Adventurer's Guild. If other guilds found out, they might come to snatch him away, regardless of their reputation.
"Well, the smell from that Venomous Dragon wasn't exactly pleasant. Besides, I couldn't afford any Spatial Equipment back then. To avoid exceeding the mission time, I had to throw it away."
Compared to the agitated Guild Master and adventurers, Yecheng remained quite calm, as if the high-level monster materials he had discarded were just a pile of trash.
"Yecheng, my young brother... no, Yecheng, the big brother, could you tell us roughly where you discarded the Venomous Dragon's corpse?"
"Right, right, Yecheng, could you give us more details about where you left the Venomous Dragon's corpse? Since you don’t value those scraps, it would be better if we, the guild members, could benefit from them.
Once I return, I'll definitely treat you to drinks, and the best kind, no question about it!"
Come on, the Venomous Dragon was a Sub-Dragon BOSS, and almost every part of a dragon is valuable. There’s no such thing as garbage. While the materials Yecheng brought back were indeed the most precious, it doesn’t mean the other parts are worthless.
If they could find out where Yecheng had discarded the Venomous Dragon, and rush there now, they might still find some valuable remains.
Even the smallest parts from a Sub-Dragon would be equivalent to completing several commissions, and without any risk.
"Since you want to know, I’m not against telling you, but killing that Venomous Dragon cost me a lot of precious potions and items. It was a significant loss.
If you just get the benefits for free, I would feel quite unbalanced. So, you should understand what I mean, right?"
Hearing Yecheng's words, the surrounding adventurers were momentarily stunned, secretly marveling at how shrewd this newbie was.
However, compared to the valuable Venomous Dragon materials that were hard to come by, they all felt that giving Yecheng a little benefit fee was quite a good deal. After all, as Yecheng said, to defeat such a powerful BOSS, he must have paid a great price.
Only Suya, the civil servant, who had been silently observing all this, smiled bitterly at the scene. No one knew Yecheng’s situation better than her.
So-called precious potions and items, Yecheng had to borrow money from her even to buy food and weapons before setting out.
The money she lent him was nowhere near enough to buy any rare and valuable items or potions.
"So, Yecheng, how much are you asking for this information?"
Money wasn’t the problem; the amount was the key. If Yecheng demanded too much, they wouldn’t be fools, especially since the idle chatters at the Adventurer's Guild didn’t have much spare cash.
"The first person to buy the information from me will pay 10 gold coins, the second will pay 8 gold coins, the third will pay 5 gold coins, and so on."
Every time I sell intelligence, I will wait ten minutes before selling it to the second person. What do you think of this proposal?"
Soya and the Guild Master, who were standing beside him, were clearly taken aback by Yecheng's method of selling intelligence. They had originally intended to give Yecheng some advice, but they never expected him to not only be skilled but also so clever.
Yecheng's approach was actually to protect his own interests. After all, information spreads through word of mouth. Even if it starts as a secret, it ceases to be a secret once more people know about it.
If any of the adventurers in front of him bought his intelligence and then shared it with others or sold it as second-hand information at a low price, his efforts would be in vain.
However, with Yecheng's method, such a problem wouldn't arise. He would sell the intelligence for 10 gold coins to the first person. If you were the first to know this information and no one else knew it for a short while, would you share this secret with others?
The answer is naturally no. People are selfish creatures. The materials from the Venomous Dragon are priceless. If you have the chance to get them first, wouldn't sharing that information be foolish?
The same goes for the second person to know the information. They wouldn't inform the third or subsequent competitors that the first person has already set out. Thus, they wouldn't waste time either.
So, this method of selling intelligence maximizes Yecheng's benefits. Furthermore, because Yecheng isn't selling the information to everyone at once and the price is set reasonably, it doesn't make them feel like he's trying to extort them.
10 gold coins are nearly equivalent to the price of an A-level commission. Even for the adventurers present, it's not easy to come up with that much money at once.
However, they didn't find the price exorbitant, given that it was an opportunity to obtain materials from a Subspecies Venomous Dragon for free.
"Brother Yecheng, we plan to be the first to buy your intelligence." After a moment of silence, one of the adventurer teams finally gathered enough money and walked up to Yecheng with a bag of gold coins.
"Guild Master, can we borrow a relatively quiet room?"
"Go to the office upstairs. I'll tell my secretary, Linda, and you can talk there. No one downstairs will be able to hear you, so you can be completely at ease."
Upon hearing Yecheng and the Guild Master's conversation, the adventurers who had been trying to eavesdrop to get a freebie looked disappointed.
After receiving the payment, Yecheng didn't hide anything and revealed the location where he had dismembered and abandoned the Venomous Dragon.
"Your decision to buy my intelligence first was the right one. It's been nearly two days since I left that place.
Ordinary people probably wouldn't go to such a remote wilderness, but beasts and monsters might be attracted by the flesh and blood of the Venomous Dragon.
If you wait any longer, there might not even be bones left."
After obtaining Yecheng's intelligence, the adventurer team left the Adventurer's Guild with a map, looking excited.
As for the adventurers downstairs, some had managed to gather enough gold coins, but adhering to professional ethics, Yecheng had to wait ten minutes before selling the second piece of intelligence.
(End of Chapter)
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