Chapter 99: The Price of Battle Attire

Luo Feng couldn’t help but smile slightly. With 100% intactness, the price of this sword would be extremely high.

“This weapon must have been used in battles against monsters below the SS-level,” Hou Wang chuckled.

An SS-level weapon, when used against SS-level King monsters, would suffer slight damage. If the number of battles accumulated enough, the damage would reach a critical level and the weapon might break. However, when used against Lord-level or Beast General-level monsters, the sword would sustain absolutely no damage at all.

“Wang Hou, what price can you offer for this sword?” Luo Feng pressed.

“If purchased from a martial arts academy, the full price of this sword is 30 billion, and half price is 15 billion. If purchased from the God of War Palace, the best price would be 1 billion,” Wang Hou smiled. “I assume you already know this market information.”

Luo Feng remained silent.

Know?

He didn’t know much about the legendary ‘God of War Palace.’ He hadn’t expected that the best price in the God of War Palace would be even lower than half price at the Limit House.

“The best price of 1 billion in the God of War Palace is already the lowest. The production cost of this sword is around 900 million. And for me to buy your sword, I need to go through various channels. Fees and bribes would add up before I can resell it! So—the highest I can offer is 800 million. Anything higher and we’d have no profit,” Wang Hou explained.

Luo Feng understood. If the production cost was 900 million and you asked for 900 million, the manufacturer could just make another one. Why buy a second-hand one? Although this sword was 100% intact, there was no quality guarantee. Weapons sold by the HR Alliance and the Limit House came with guarantees!

“Alright, 800 million it is,” Luo Feng nodded with a smile.

“Decisive!” Wang Hou laughed. “Mr. Wei, later on, let’s have a good time? My treat! At one of the top nine ‘King Palaces’ in the Will King Palace. If you want some young girls, just name your conditions? Age, height, measurements, education, looks, virginity, etc.?”

Wang Hou spoke smoothly. This was a big deal. Perhaps the top-tier consumption at the Will King Palace would cost millions in a single night.

But this deal exceeded 10 billion, so a single night’s spending was just pocket change.

“Mr. Wei, don’t rush. I still have something else,” Luo Feng couldn’t help but say.

“More?”

Wang Hou’s eyes widened.

He had thought the dragon egg and the sword were all for this transaction, and the price was indeed over 10 billion. But he hadn’t expected there to be more treasures. Judging from the order in which ‘Mr. Wei’ presented the treasures, each one was more valuable than the last! The dragon egg sold for 5 billion, the SS-level sword for 8 billion, so what about the final treasure?

“Quick, let me see,” Wang Hou became excited.

Luo Feng smiled slightly and took out the final treasure from his backpack—an entire set of battle armor, including boots, arm guards, vests, and more.

“Wow, impressive,” Wang Hou couldn’t help but gasp. “Could this battle armor also be SS-level?” According to the prices of various equipment, even though they were all SS-level, the prices varied greatly. Throwing knives, which used minimal materials, were worlds apart in price compared to swords.

And battle armor, which required higher craftsmanship and flexibility, was far more expensive than swords and blades.

“Take a look,” Luo Feng placed the entire set on the table.

“Alright.”

Wang Hou immediately used the same instrument he had used to inspect the sword. The dreamlike glow once again enveloped the armor as it scanned each component. The instrument’s screen quickly displayed a large amount of data. Wang Hou smiled at Luo Feng as he said, “Mr. Wei, with my eyes, I can confirm that this battle armor is at least S-level. Whether it’s SS-level or not, I can’t tell yet.”

Luo Feng smiled and said nothing.

“Hmm?” Wang Hou’s expression suddenly turned serious as he stared at the screen. His smile completely vanished.

“What’s wrong?” Luo Feng frowned.

“Come take a look,” Wang Hou turned the screen toward Luo Feng. Luo Feng examined it carefully… The screen had already compared two items—boots at S-level, pants at S-level, and other components were still being scanned.

Luo Feng’s expression changed slightly.

S-level?

This battle armor was only S-level! Although SS and S levels were only one level apart, the price difference was like heaven and earth.

“How could this be?” Luo Feng didn’t suspect Wang Hou of deceiving him because he had seen these precision instruments before when selling monster materials to the HR Alliance and the Limit House. According to what he knew, these precision instruments compared data with the central database to make judgments.

In other words, the detection data and evaluation results would be recorded in the central database. Therefore, no one dared to falsify anything.

“Phew!”

Wang Hou exhaled deeply. “Alright, it’s all done. Mr. Wei, let me tell you the bad news first—this battle armor isn’t a complete set of SS-level armor. But I also have good news—this armor isn’t a complete set of S-level armor either.”

“Because it’s a mix of S and SS-level components!” Wang Hou laughed. “Among this set of armor, the ‘battle vest’ is SS-level.”

Luo Feng exhaled in relief.

The results on the screen were clear—other components were S-level, only the battle vest was SS-level. In fact, the most important part of a complete set of armor was the ‘battle vest,’ which protected the core of the body.

“The expert who used this armor might have lacked funds. So he only bought an SS-level battle vest!” Wang Hou laughed. “This is quite common in the God of War Palace. Other components like pants and boots are still S-level.”

Luo Feng could guess as much.

“What price can you offer?” Luo Feng asked.

“A complete set of SS-level battle armor is priced at 120 billion in martial arts academies, half price at 60 billion. And the best price in the God of War Palace is 40 billion! This SS-level battle vest is the core component, worth half of the entire armor set! With 100% intactness, if purchased from the God of War Palace, the best price would be 20 billion.”

“But the cost of the battle vest is obviously lower than 20 billion. And my offer must be below our production cost.”

“I can offer you up to 1.5 billion for this SS-level battle vest,” Wang Hou smiled. “Of course, with my authority, I can’t mobilize such a large sum at once. If you’re willing to sell it to me, I’ll need about fifteen minutes to arrange the funds.”

Luo Feng’s heart stirred slightly.

Dragon egg for 5 billion, SS-level sword for 8 billion, and this SS-level vest for 1.5 billion. The total was 2.8 billion! Very close to 3 billion.

“What about the other S-level armor components? What price can you offer?” Luo Feng asked.

You see, people’s heights varied, so purchased armor naturally came in different sizes. Luo Feng had tried this set on before, and it was clearly too loose, so he didn’t plan to keep it.

“Hmm,” Wang Hou frowned slightly and said, “Mr. Wei, to be honest! These other components of your armor have wear and tear, not 100% intactness. We can’t sell them directly. Also, the market for battle vests is good, but for components like boots and pants…”

“S-level battle armor set, full price in martial arts academies is 12 billion, half price 6 billion. The best price in the God of War Palace is 4 billion. As for your S-level armor components, they don’t even have the core component—the battle vest. Even the cost price wouldn’t exceed 1.5 billion. And since your armor isn’t 100% intact, I can only offer you 800 million!” Wang Hou shook his head and smiled. “This is still considering our previous business. I dare say, no one else would offer 800 million for these components alone.”

Luo Feng naturally knew Wang Hou’s reputation, which was why he had come all the way to the capital base city to find him.

Wang Hou’s offers were generous, and he rarely haggled.

“800 million,” Luo Feng hesitated slightly, then nodded. “Alright, 800 million!”

These incomplete components were useless to him anyway.

“Mr. Wei, any more goods?” Wang Hou asked.

“No more,” Luo Feng couldn’t help but smile. “You calculate the total price and prepare to transfer it to this account.” He took out a piece of paper from his pocket. On it was an anonymous account and confirmation code he had previously applied for at the Swiss International Bank.

Wang Hou nodded with a smile: “Dragon egg 5 billion, SS-level sword 8 billion, SS-level battle vest 15 billion, S-level incomplete armor components 800 million, total 28.8 billion!”

“Mr. Wei, please wait a moment. I’ll send the battle vest data and apply to increase the transfer limit.” Saying that, Wang Hou quickly typed data on the instrument keyboard. The dreamlike glow from the instrument enveloped the battle vest, rapidly transmitting the detailed inspection data to headquarters.

After about ten minutes.

“Beep beep.” Wang Hou took out his phone and smiled.

“Mr. Wei, the money should have been credited already.” Wang Hou looked at Luo Feng. “It’s only because our alliance headquarters can instantly transfer such a large amount directly through the Swiss International Bank.”

Luo Feng’s phone also rang.

He took out his phone and saw a message had been sent: “Dear Diamond-level customer, your account ending in 189891 received a deposit of 28,800,000,000 yuan on the 8th at 23:36. Balance: 28,800,000,000 yuan. (Swiss International Bank)”

“Pleasure doing business,” Luo Feng smiled and extended his hand.

“Mr. Wei, with such a big client, I hope you’ll continue to help us in the future,” Wang Hou warmly shook Luo Feng’s hand. “Mr. Wei, are you preparing to…” Wang Hou gave a meaningful glance.

“No, I still have things to do.”

Luo Feng slung his backpack. “Then I’ll take my leave first.”

“Alright, I won’t see you off. I still need to arrange these items,” Wang Hou laughed. The items in the room were all treasures.

…

That night, Luo Feng took a train and left the capital base city. It wasn’t until the next morning around seven o’clock that he arrived at the Yangzhou station in the Jiangnan base city. At the ‘Real Kung Fu’ fast food restaurant near the train station, he went to the restroom, removed his beard, glasses, and padding, washed his face, and completely reverted to his original appearance.

“Going home.”

Luo Feng took a taxi to the entrance of the Mingyue residential complex. This was a warrior community, off-limits to outsiders, so the taxi naturally stopped at the entrance.

“Back,” Luo Feng sighed in relief. The dragon egg, armor, and other items were hot potatoes. Getting rid of them was a good thing.

28.8 billion!

Combined with his visible savings, it was nearly 30 billion. Not to mention he would continue to earn more in the future.

“Luofeng,” the elderly man with gray hair at the entrance of the Mingyue residential complex called out.

Luofeng turned to look.

The gray-haired old man smiled and said, “A young girl named Zhennan came to the community entrance last night, making call after call, wanting to see your younger brother, but without success. Later in the deep night, she came back to the community, begged me for help, and asked me to deliver a letter to the Luo family, hoping to pass it to your younger brother, Luohua.”

“Oh?” Luofeng’s heart stirred as he took the envelope.