Chapter 32: Profiteers

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Hearing that, Lin Qi roughly understood why there were so few merchants in Black Wind Castle. It turned out that all the business was monopolized by that man. No wonder even the recovery potions were sold at such an expensive price.

“Oh, right!”

Suddenly, Terry stopped the subordinate in front of him and specifically asked, “Have you found the kid who sold the mana-recovering artifacts a few days ago?”

“Yes, this kid is a participant from New Moon City who came to Black Wind Castle for the trial. His name is Lin Qi, the young master of the Lin family.”

Lin Qi instantly felt a chill run down his spine and continued to eavesdrop.

“Go, chase this kid away too. If this kid stays here for any longer, we will all suffer heavy losses!”

At that time, his subordinate seemed to be a little hesitant and said meekly, “That… I’m afraid we can’t do that, right? He’s the young master of the Lin family in New Moon City!”

“Who cares? Since they’ve come to Black Wind Castle, they’re in my territory. I’m the boss here!”

“That…”

Bam!

Before the two of them could react, Lin Qi kicked the door open and entered. At that moment, his face was full of anger. He had not expected that the people in Black Wind Castle would be so insidious.

“There’s no need to look. I’m here now!”

“You, who are you?” Terry looked at Lin Qi angrily and continued to curse, “This is the Magic Association of Black Wind Castle. How can a commoner like you enter here?”

Lin Qi did not pay attention to his words. Instead, he strolled to a chair in front of him and sat down swaggeringly. He raised his head and said, “I just heard your conversation. What you said was really interesting. Is it alright for me to say something about it?”

“You…”

Terry’s eyebrows were tightly knitted. Then, he signaled to his subordinate to go and close the door.

“Kid, you’ve heard something that you shouldn’t have, but you can’t do anything about it since nobody would take your word for it”

“No, no!”

Lin Qi shook his head. “Oh wise archmage, my purpose of coming here is not to eavesdrop, but to sell something to you!”

Lin Qi did not care about the Black Wind Castle at all. He only wanted to sell his dimensional pouch for some money.

“What do you want to sell?”

Lin Qi took out the dimensional pouch and said, “This is a dimensional pouch made from the magic essence of a rare demonic beast. Help me see how much it costs!”

Terry narrowed his eyes and slowly walked over. He carefully observed the dimensional pouch and immediately looked puzzled.

“Huh? This thing is really made from the magic essence of a rare demonic beast?”

“Is this fake?”

Lin Qi crossed his legs and said, “I won’t say a word about your conversation earlier, but I’m here today to sell this dimensional pouch. I hope you can give me a good price!”

Terry was an archmage, but he was also a businessman. What he was best at was not magic, but business negotiations instead.

“The magic essence of this rare demonic beast is found everywhere, but I think the workmanship is quite commendable. How about this, I’ll pay 50 gold coins.”

“50 gold coins?”

Lin Qi’s expression immediately became puzzled, and his eyes widened. He smiled and said, “Old man, don’t think that I don’t know the worth of the goods I’m offering. You’ve searched the entire New Moon Forest for rare demonic beasts, but there are none一not to mention the lack of magic essence anywhere. This dimensional pouch is also made with excellent craftmanship!”

“I think your 50 gold coins should be multiplied ten times over!”

Hearing that number, Terry’s eyebrows immediately rose up his forehead. He then replied indifferently, “It’s up to you whether you want to sell it or not. Anyway, I’m only offering 50 gold coins. You can’t sell it anywhere else!”

Lin Qi was stunned. He knew that the old man was trying to provoke him, so he pretended to be indifferent as well.

Lin Qi took a deep breath and said, “Fine, I’ll just try my luck at the western city!”

Lin Qi took back the dimensional pouch and was ready to leave.

“Hey… Wait!”

Terry was naturally a little nervous when he saw Lin Qi leaving.

“How is it? Have you thought it through?”

Terry gritted his teeth and chuckled, “Young man, I remember that you sold a lot of mana-recovering artifacts to people in the Central Hotel, right?”

“That’s right!”

“Hehe, it seems that you don’t understand the rules of the Black Wind Castle!”

Terry knew that Lin Qi was a participant who came from another city to take part in the trial, so, he deliberately emphasized the rules here. “Let me tell you, there have always been rules in Black Wind Castle. If you want to start a business, you have to register with our Magic Association before you can be approved to sell merchandise. You can’t just set up a stall casually!”

However, Lin Qi sneered. He knew that the man wanted to use something to pressure him, but unfortunately, he also knew the rules.

“You said that I set up a stall? Did you catch me at the scene?”

“Moreover, that was a few days ago. Do you have any evidence?”

Lin Qi’s few retorts instantly made Terry’s expression droop. He glared at him angrily.

“Kid, you don’t seem to understand the rules of Black Wind Castle. How about this, I’ll make a final bid of 100 gold coins. If you accept it, then take the money. If you don’t accept it, then just wait and see!”

Lin Qi was not convinced at all. He snorted coldly, “Then we’ll just wait and see!”

“You!”

Terry did not expect that he, a deacon of the Magic Association, would actually be ridiculed by an outsider.

One had to know that the nobles of Black Wind Castle had always shown him respect.

“Good! Young Master Lin! Do you really think that the Black Wind Castle is like your New Moon City?”

“Men!”

As he said this, a few of his subordinates slowly walked in and asked, “Guild Leader, what are your orders?”

“Go and ask the people of the Swordsman’s Association to follow this kid and teach him a lesson. Remember to snatch his dimensional pouch!”

“Yes sir!”

The subordinates did not ask any more questions. It was obvious that it was not the first time they had done such a thing.

Lin Qi walked out of the Magic Association in a bad mood. His eyes looked a little disappointed as he sighed helplessly. “Sigh, I didn’t expect this old man to offer such a low price. It seems that this thing can only go to other mages to see if there are any higher bids!”

Clap!

Before he could think clearly, someone patted him on the shoulder.

He turned his head abruptly and heaved a sigh of relief.

“Luther, why are you here?”

Luther smiled. “Oh, I came out to get some fresh air. By the way, Young Master, what are you doing here?”

Lin Qi shook his head slightly. “Stop talking. I’m burning with anger. Let’s go eat something!”

The two of them walked to a stall on the street and sat down. They asked the stall owner for two bowls of noodles.

Just as they sat down, someone suddenly shouted from the side, “You’re Lin Qi, right?”

Lin Qi turned his head impatiently and looked at the other party.

He saw a group of guards with swords. They had serious expressions on their faces. They were all staring at him. It seemed that they had come with ill intentions.

“Yes, I am Lin Qi. Who are you?”

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