Douluo: Purple Brilliance Shines, Sun, Moon, Mountains and Rivers Are Forever

Chapter 44: The Humble Room, the Arsenal of the Bone-Eroding Madman

"who!"

Xu Tiance turned around sharply and looked towards the counter with a fierce look.

The shadows in the darkness were wriggling. By the candlelight, a one-eyed boss was seen walking slowly towards them. He had a prosthetic soul guide on his left arm and three spider-leg-like supports behind him.

"Shouldn't I be the one asking you this question?"

"You...are the owner of the tiankeng?"

"Just take a look. If you want to buy something, the price and description are on the items. No bargaining is accepted."

After saying that, the man walked right past them, searching for something among several piles of spare parts.

Meng Hongchen crossed his arms and grumbled, "Hey, how can you do business like this? You just leave the customers alone. At the very least, you should introduce them to us in person."

"If you don't want to buy it, forget it! If you are sick, go get treatment as soon as possible."

"Hey! Who are you saying is sick? I think you're sick, seriously sick!"

The one-eyed shopkeeper suddenly stopped what he was doing and looked at Meng Hongchen unkindly. "You're not destined to be a princess, but you have all the princess syndromes. No one will flatter you here. Please, our shop is too small to accommodate two large Buddha statues."

"you!"

Xu Tiance took Meng Hongchen's little hand again, smoothed the kitten's ruffled fur, and protected it behind his back.

"Please forgive us, boss. We are here sincerely hoping to buy some good things. Please forgive us if we have offended you."

The one-eyed boss said nothing and continued to show his guests the way.

Xu Tiance chuckled, "Boss, that's not how business works. No one requires you to flatter anyone, but if you want to make money from us, you should at least give us some basic respect."

“It is my freedom and right to make money from whomever I choose and not to make money from.”

"In my opinion, you have only a false reputation. You dream of the beautiful dream of 'this humble room, but my virtue is fragrant', but what you put on is just some fake goods to fool people. Hey, boss, are you really a seventh-level soul master?"

It was not until this time that Meng Hongchen noticed that the one-eyed boss was wearing a seventh-level soul mentor medal on his left chest.

Although he looks sloppy, the soul guide's medal is spotlessly clean and is worn neatly on his left chest.

The one-eyed boss snorted coldly, "Don't try that! Provocation won't work on me. Although the mask can hide your strength and appearance, if I'm not mistaken, you are students participating in the competition."

"Take my advice and go back soon. The black market is not for little kids like you. Go back to your teacher now before you get scammed out of money."

Xu Tiance smiled and shook his head, and couldn't help but applaud the one-eyed boss. "Boss, you're such a nice person. You're even worried that we'll be scammed out of money."

"Boss, we have plenty of money. We don't mind being ripped off. We came here because we admire your reputation and really want to buy some unique and good things from you."

"If you're running a business, don't be stingy with money. Show us some of your best work and let us see it. The price is negotiable."

"To show my sincerity, I can buy all the third and fourth-level finished soul guides here. Boss, do you think 500,000 gold soul coins will be enough?"

The one-eyed boss frowned slightly and stared at Xu Tiance. No matter how he looked at it, he looked like a fat sheep waiting to be slaughtered.

Five hundred thousand gold soul coins, the average price far exceeds the market price of those soul guides. Where did this sucker come from?

Although his shop was renowned within Xingluo City's Soul Master community, he was the sole proprietor. Coupled with his flawed character, he was the type to close for half a year and then make ends meet for half a year. Being a Soul Master required a massive investment of resources, and simply purchasing rare metals was a hefty expense, further compounding his poverty.

After pondering for a moment, the one-eyed boss sighed softly. These days, it is still as hard to make money as it was before, and as hard to eat shit as before.

"You guys come with me."

Xu Tiance smiled. As expected, no matter where you go, throwing money at people always works. Boss, I actually preferred your earlier, unruly look.

"Boss, your eyes and hands..."

"While hunting soul beasts, I was accidentally ambushed by a ten-thousand-year soul beast. Don't worry, it won't affect the production of soul guides. I can guarantee the quality of every soul guide."

"No. I just want to ask, Boss, do you need a ninth-level prosthetic soul guide? I have a channel, would you consider it? We are so familiar with each other, I'll give you a friendly price."

The one-eyed boss really wanted to kill Xu Tiance. Why? Just because he's rich, isn't that a big deal? Don't leave later. If you don't leave your contact information, try to see if you can walk out of the store.

"Oh? Do you have such powerful connections in the Sun-Moon Empire? Or are you a descendant of the nobility from the Sun-Moon Empire?"

"If you want it, I promise I can get it for you. Otherwise, I have no comment."

"I... don't need it at the moment."

Xu Tiance and Meng Hongchen looked at each other and smiled knowingly. It was not that they didn't need it, but that they were clearly short of money.

It doesn't matter. Where there is demand, there is weakness, and weaknesses are easy to exploit. If this one-eyed boss is really as capable as we heard before, this aspect can be regarded as a breakthrough.

The three of them walked into an elevator and went more than a hundred meters underground. When the iron door of the private arsenal opened, the view in front of them suddenly became clear.

What one sees are almost all soul guides above level five, with a total of forty or fifty pieces. There is also a wide and simple trial field with traces of artillery fire on it.

"Wow! Boss, there are so many level six and level seven soul guides hidden here."

"These are all my painstaking efforts. Although they are only level seven soul guides, I am confident that if they were used on the battlefield, the damage they would cause would be no less than that of an eighth-level soul guide."

Xu Tiance nodded and continued to visit the underground arsenal. He discovered that hundreds of dark gold chains soaked in the blood of soul beasts were suspended on the rock wall. At the end of each chain was connected to the prototype of an unfinished soul guide.

"Boss, what is this?"

"This is the secret I used to make the soul guide. I'm sorry I can't tell you."

"Secret?" Xu Tiance sneered and said no more.

Meng Hongchen kept covering her mouth and nose with her hands. If she hadn't seen those real soul guides, she would have thought this was a slaughterhouse. The smell of blood mixed with the damp and moldy smell was really unbearable for the spoiled Meng Hongchen.

"Ace, have you taken a look? The smell here is really..."

After just a few words, Meng Hongchen was almost disgusted to the point of vomiting.

Xu Tiance hurriedly took out a pill and stuffed it into her mouth. "Holding it in your mouth can temporarily make you lose your sense of smell."

Meng Hongchen held the pill obediently, and the refreshing mint scent spread across her lips, teeth and tongue, eliminating the strange smell.

"Boss, you're definitely quite skilled! You can actually use the bones and blood of soul beasts to create soul guides. Your nickname, 'Bone-Eroding Madman,' is truly well-deserved."

(End of this chapter)