"Now, should I continue forward, or return to the safety zone?"
Zhang Ye only contemplated for two seconds before he decided to continue his journey through this long, narrow basin.
Before he set off, check if he forgot any loot before continue his journey.
After making his preparations, just as he was about to set off, Zhang Ye suddenly turned his head to look at the entrance of the ravine.
A round of hurried footsteps rang out. Three unfamiliar men happened to be looking in Zhang Ye's direction with their eyes wide, mouths agape.
"Damn, someone actually got here before us!" a tall, muscular man with a short buzzcut said in disbelief.
The leader of the group was another man with a tall, slim build, his appearance handsome. He creased his brow, saying, "Old Gang, didn't you say this place was hard to find and wouldn't be discovered by others? How do you explain this?"
On the other hand, this man addressed as Old Gang was short in stature, with an oval face and pointed mouth. Who knows if he was malnutritioned when he was young; he looked like he didn't mature fully.
Looking at the desolate grass field in front of them, and Zhang Ye who was about to start his adventure , Old Gang was depressed beyond words. He thought this place he had discovered by chance was hard enough to find, and the Elephorses here were as good as theirs! Alas, someone else had discovered this place as well, and from the looks of it, he had already wiped out the Elephorses here.
"Zhang-shao¹, I didn't think someone else would discover this place either."
"What bad luck!" A hint of anger flashed across Zhang-shao's handsome face. "It would've been fine if we rushed here through the night yesterday; the Elephorses here wouldn't have fallen into others' hands."
"Zhang-shao, why don't we rob his ass?" The buzzcut man revealed a savage appearance, eagerly looking at Zhang Ye who was standing about a hundred meters ahead.
In his train of thought, it was no big deal that the Elephorses were killed by others first. Rather, it saved them energy. Everything was fine if they just snatched them directly. With their group's strength and Zhang-shao's name, did they have to be worried that that kid over there wouldn't submit to them?
"Rob his ass? Why don't you rob his grandmother too, while you're at it!²" Zhang-shao turned to stare at the buzzcut man angrily, before saying earnestly, "Xiaoru, I've said this many times before: you must use your brain before doing anything. Why can you never remember that? Do you think that someone who could hunt a herd of Elephorses by himself is someone to be messed with so easily?"
The fierce-looking man called Xiaoru immediately chuckled, mumbling, "I saw that that kid only level 2-3 warrior and thought he was some trash. I didn't think he'd know how to act weak. Luckily Zhao-shao is wise, and saw through him with a glance."
Zhang-shao couldn't be bothered with this fellow whose brain was all muscles. Putting on a kindly smile on his handsome face, he walked over towards Zhang Ye with long strides.
"Come, we'll go meet this expert, and see if we can buy those monster core off him."
Ever since the three of them had appeared by the entrance, Zhang Ye's eyes were narrowed slightly.
From the looks of it, these people didn't come here with kind intentions!
The distance between the two parties were only around a hundred meters, and Zhang Ye happened to be able to see there level.
Hhe was able to tell what level of this group, the group level at least level 3, with a couple of them even as high as level 5!
This also meant that these three warrior were at level three, level Four, and level Five. One low-level, and two-mid level warrior a strong party.
What made Zhang Ye feel a slightly nervous was that the level Five warrior armor and weapon weren't of trash quality either; there was even one that was gold-quality.
Not to mention others, just that gold-quality weapon alone could roll over Zhang Ye with ease.
But Zhang Ye wasn't afraid!
Looking at their expressions, it was likely that they had realized that he'd massacred the herd of Elephorses. With that, they had no way of knowing his power level. Even if they had any designs on him, they would restrain themselves.
Moreover, Zhang Ye still Breath of Thunder Style wave attack. If he made a sudden attack, although he couldn't dare guarantee he'd kill the three of them in an instant, there was a good chance of severely injuring them. After that, he only had to quickly finish them before they could react. no matter how powerful they are , they were nothing more than drifting clouds in his hand.
Not having sufficient individual speed was the greatest weakness of warrior!
Once they left the beast worlds, if caught unprepared, even a high tier warrior couldn't win against a sniper rifle bullet.
This was also an important reason why after the world had changed so drastically, the state of the Hua Xia region was still so stable. Due to gun restriction laws, the army was akin to the Sword of Damocles hovering over the heads of every warrior and mage. No one dared to challenge the dignity of the army.
From what Zhang Ye knew, in the Hua Xia region where guns had spread unchecked, there would be shootings every day. Many powerful beastmasters didn't die in fights against exotic beasts. Instead, they fell to the shots of their fellow men! It truly left one sighing in regret.
The party of three stopped for a short while. After conversing for a little, they walked directly towards Zhang Ye. Looking at their attitudes, it didn't looked like they were going to attack him.
Even so, Zhang Ye didn't dare to lower his guard. He was on alert, ready to strike at any moment.
The three approached, and the handsome young man in the middle smiled politely, greeting Zhang Ye first. "Let's get to know each other. I am Zhang Yujie, the young master of Tian Lan Ding Feng Corporation. How should I address this brother?"
Tian Lan Ding Feng Corporation?
As a Tian Lan native himself, Zhang Ye naturally knew of the renowned Tian Lan Ding Feng Corporation.
Before the world turned upside down, Ding Feng Corporation was already a first rate corporation in Tian Lan City. After the new age was ushered in, with their financial strength, Tian Lan Corporation quickly entered markets relevant to monster core, and grew even further.
From what Zhang Ye knew, of the beast monster core trading hubs in Tian Lan City, the Ding Feng Corporation's was the largest, apart from the one owned by the government.
Not only that, it was said that the Ding Feng Corporation cooperated with the Tian Lan military and established a exotic beast material research facility, specializing in the development of new composite materials.
Whether it was financial strength or influence, the Ding Feng Corporation was at the top of Tian Lan City.
This young man before him who identified himself as Zhang Yujie actually dared to claim to be Ding Feng Corporation's Young Master. Then he must be the son of the Ding Feng Corporation chairman, Zhang Shaochong!
As expected of the son of a rich family, he actually owned a five-star gold-quality weapon. Rich second generations were just on a different level!
"Sun Ye."
As the saying goes, you wouldn't rush to hit someone who'd already admitted fault. Since Zhang Yujie was acting so politely, it wasn't proper for Zhang Ye to ignore him, either. He nodded slightly and responded.
This name was, of course, made up.
Seeing Zhang Ye acting somewhat distant, Zhang Yujie didn't take offense, and maintained the smile on his face, asking curiously, "Nice to meet you, Brother Sun! Pardon my asking, but if my guess was right, the Elephorse herd should have been killed by you; I wonder if you're willing to sell the monster core you obtained here?"
'Is he testing me, or is he testing me?'
Zhang Ye didn't mind it, however. He nodded with a calm expression, "Sure, it makes no difference to who I sell them to. It only depends on your sincerity."
At this moment, the burly man who had been listening silently by the side stared at Zhang Ye angrily. "What do you mean by that?! Would our Zhang-shao shortchange you?"
"Silence, Xiaoru!" Zhang Yujie turned his head and chided Xiaoru, then smiled apologetically at Zhang Ye, saying, "I'm sorry. What an embarrassment this was. However, you can rest assured, Brother Sun. As for the price, I definitely won't make you take a loss!"
'Hmm? This fellow could actually keep his composure. He's not like those usual antagonistic, brain-dead rich second generations.'
Usually in novels, shouldn't this type of character use his powerful backing as a shield and bully the weak, forcefully acquiring the monster core at a horrible price, and when he spoke out against them, they would grow enraged and proceed to kill him and rob his belongings?
As expected, novels were full of lies. Who said that rich second generations were brain-dead?
The smartest ones were usually this type of people.
"Then, how much are you willing to offer?" Zhang Ye asked straightforwardly. If he could sell the monster core at market price to this young master of Ding Feng Corporation, he would be spared much trouble.
In any case, Zhang Ye was currently donning the appearance of his previous life, and he wasn't afraid of the other party finding out any information on him. All was fine as long as he had the money and was willing to pay a suitable amount.
Zhang Yujie immediately broke out in laughter, "Alright, Brother Sun is straightforward, indeed. We shan't haggle over it, either. Let's go with the market price, at three hundred thousand per monster core,how about it?"
"Deal!" Zhang Ye nodded in satisfaction.
Actually, the price of 300k per monster core was absolutely not high by any means. If he sold them separately, he could probably fetch about 320k each, but that was too troublesome. It wasted both time and energy.
To be able to sell them all in a wholesale manner for 300k each, why wouldn't he do so gladly?
"Alright, deal!" Zhang Yujie's smile grew even brighter. He asked, "I wonder how manymonster core does Brother Sun has in his hands?"
The transaction had reached a preliminary agreement, Zhang Ye finally revealed a slight smile, "Not much, only fifty-eight of them."
"Fif…."
Zhang Yujie's party couldn't resist sucking in a breath of cold air. 'Fifty-eight monster core; how many Elephorses did he have to kill to obtain that many monster core?'
What was even more horrifying was that this guy took less than half a day's time to gather that many monster core. It went to show how unfathomably strong this guy was!
Zhang Yujie swept his gaze calmly across the weapon and armor Zhang Ye, noting inwardly. 'Silver Tier Katana, one-star silver-quality armor; who knows what level warrior he was? It is probably the level 4-5 warrior.'
'Even so, it is impossible to hunt a huge herd of Elephorses with just silver tier equipment. That means, this guy's real skill are hidden away. Who knows what type of warrior he is?
(Warrior Type - Speed Type -Power Type - Defence Type -Assassin Type - Fist Type )
It went without saying that it was impossible to complete the transaction in the beast world. Both parties had to return to the safety zone first and go through the spatial gateway, returning to the real world to process such a huge transaction.
Among the party of three, only Zhang Yujie has his own mount. So after they return in safe zone its already dark.
.....
Half an hour later, a group of people passed through the spatial gateway and returned to the Tian Lan City. With a phone call from Zhang Yujie, the person in charge of Ding Feng's mall in the military zone immediately delivered a purple crystal card over.
"Brother Sun, there's 17.4 million in here. Check it."
Zhang Ye took over the crystal card and scanned it with his personal terminal. After taking a look at the number indicated on the screen, he nodded in satisfaction and opened his backpack, handing a filled cloth bag over to Zhang Yujie.
The security level on the purple crystal card was very high, and was endorsed by the Hua Xia Bank. Zhang Ye didn't have to worry that the opposite party would tamper with it and find out information about him via it.
Zhang Yujie received the cloth bag and opened it to take a look. He was almost dazzled by the stack of monster core contained within. After checking on them, he extended his hand toward Zhang Ye.
"Brother Sun, pleasure doing business with you. If there's any more good stuff in the future, please take care of our Ding Feng Corporation."
"Definitely!"
Zhang Ye shook Zhang Yujie's hand with a smile. A pleasant transaction was successfully conducted just like that.
.....
Zhang Ye suppressed his impulse to return home and visit his family, telling her about having earned a huge sum of money. Instead, he entered the spatial gateway once more.
One week was neither a short time nor a long time. Zhang Ye had to make every second count, raising his strength as much as possible.
Thus, he could only raise his own strength as best as he could to handle that kind of unthinkable aftermath.
In the military camp, Zhang Yujie smiled thoughtfully as he watched Zhang Ye's back slowly disappear into the blue curtain of light of the spatial gateway, instructing the person who came to deliver the money, "Go check on this guy. See what kind of a person he is."
"Yes, Zhang-shao."
The person in charge nodded respectfully and took a few steps back, then turned around and headed back towards the Ding Feng Corporation's mall in the military camp.