The Queen of Scrolls never admits defeat

Chapter 716 Dream World 54
"Thump!" Martina slammed her stone staff on the ground. Although she usually called Moran "little monster", hearing others say that made her feel inexplicably angry.

"Are you even going to do business?" Martina said impatiently. "Stop talking nonsense and hurry up and wrap up these bugs for my apprentice!"

A knowing glint flashed in Leona's single eye. She slowly sat up, her deliberately drawn-out voice carrying a hint of mockery: "What's the rush... I'm just settling accounts..."

Her fingertips traced rows of glass bottles, a smile playing on her lips, her eyes gleaming with cunning: "So many bugs, are you really going to take them all? This isn't a small amount of money; it'll cost at least three Dream Coins!"

Upon hearing this, Moran sighed once again that greedy merchants like old Groot were rare indeed. Knowing the prices in Shadow Village, she considered the price quite fair—not cheap, but not deliberately trying to rip her off either. Without haggling, she simply took three Dream Coins and gently placed them on the counter.

"Actually, I'm very interested in collecting different materials. Could you show me your shop's inventory list? I'd like to buy any material I haven't seen before; money is no object!"

Martina turned her head sharply. Did this little monster even know what she was saying? The Shadow General Store's goods weren't just simple insect materials!
Leona suddenly grinned: "Interesting..." She turned around and fumbled in a hidden compartment under the counter for a moment, then pulled out a thick leather booklet with a "whoosh".

The cover of the booklet was printed with the words "List of Goods" in large, glowing blue ink.

"Snapped!"

The booklet was slammed onto the counter, stirring up a small cloud of dust, before automatically opening. The yellowed pages were densely covered with all sorts of strange and unusual product names, each accompanied by a miniature animated illustration.

"Take a good look!" Leona pointed smugly at the booklet, her one eye fixed on Moran's reaction. "Anything listed here, I, Leona, can get for you! No one in the entire Shadow Village, no, no one on the entire Moonshadow Floating Island has as many connections as me!"

Moran curiously leaned closer to take a look and indeed found many of the materials that she didn't have.

Most of them were animal materials, probably for taming shadow pets. They were sold by the piece. As she looked, she read aloud, "One dead petrified lizard, one dead cave blind snake, one dead arthropod centipede..."

Liya quickly grabbed a pen and paper to write it down.

As Moran turned the pages of the booklet, his shopping list grew longer and longer: "...one dead ghoul, one dead rock rhinoceros, one dead time snail."

Moran closed the booklet. "I want all of these to be in perfect condition."

Leona's eyes gleamed with shrewdness. She snatched the paper from Leah's hand and glanced at it: "At least half of these items are in stock. The rest need to be pre-ordered. Pay half as a deposit, and we guarantee delivery within a month."

Moran nodded: "How much is it in total, including the spot price and the deposit?"

Leona took out a set of counting stones and quickly began to calculate. Finally, she slowly extended three fingers: "No more, no less... exactly three thousand Dream Coins. I'm only rounding it down because you bought so much at once and you're Martina's apprentice."

Martina gave a soft hum and tapped the ground lightly with her stone cane. Although she didn't speak, her slight nod indicated that she also agreed that the price was indeed reasonable.

Moran smiled slightly, and with a wave of her hand, a small, glittering mountain of gold coins instantly appeared on the counter—three thousand neatly arranged dream coins.

"Deal," she said softly.

Leona's single eye gleamed frighteningly the moment it saw the gold coins: "Lia! Take Moran to the basement to inspect and retrieve the goods!"

Those bulky materials were piled up in the basement, and it would be too much trouble to move them out one by one. Leah immediately took out a heavy bunch of keys from under the counter, and then skillfully lifted the hidden door in the floor. A cold wind mixed with the smell of mildew and herbs rushed in.

She turned back and gestured to Moran, "Come with me!"

Martina was about to follow when Leona grabbed her arm: "Old man, you have to stay and be a hostage!"

Leona's withered fingers gripped her old rival's cloak tightly. "What if your apprentice steals all my treasures down there?"

Martina's stone cane thudded onto the ground: "Ha, your pile of junk..."

Even so, she stopped in her tracks, glancing out of the corner of her eye at Leona's lips, which were secretly curving upwards—this girl was clearly trying to use this opportunity to banter with her.

Very well! The younger generation was all around, so she couldn't be too blatant in showing off. Now's a good time to talk to them properly.

Leah had already nimbly slipped into the floor door, and her clear voice came from behind it: "Watch out for the steps, the ladder is a bit steep!"

Moran bent down and crawled into the cave entrance, only to find a spiraling wooden staircase leading downwards. What appeared to be pitch black to ordinary people was crystal clear to the Shadow Clan.

"All our treasures are downstairs..." Leah's voice came from below, accompanied by the clinking of keys: "You're the first big customer to come down and pick up your order yourself!"

As they went deeper, the surrounding air gradually became cooler, but unexpectedly dry.

Moran noticed that the walls were covered with fine magical runes, which were constantly absorbing moisture from the air.

As they rounded the last bend, the sight before them caused Moran's pupils to shrink slightly—

A large underground cavern, the size of a plaza, suddenly appeared, with dozens of rows of huge shelves standing like silent guards.

Each shelf is neatly arranged with various lifelike animal remains.

The petrified lizard, still in an attacking posture; the giant rock rhinoceros, standing tall; the time snail, quietly displayed on the stone slab… at first glance, they all seem to be still alive.

Surprisingly, despite the large number of biological remains gathered here, there was not a trace of putrid odor.

"This way!" Lia was very familiar with this place, and Moran followed her through the shelves, the {space card} in his hand flashing silver light from time to time as he stored the purchased items into it.

Fortunately, her {space card} was large enough, otherwise she might not have been able to fit it all in, since there were quite a few remains of large creatures.

Lia watched Moran pack away with a touch of envy. How big must that backpack be to hold so many things!
However, seeing how lavishly she spent money, Lia felt it was quite normal.

"Okay! The other items on the order are not here, but don't worry, Mom will get them over soon."