“Forty thousand gold coins for one, I can sell all of them to you,” Wei Kai said directly, without further explanation, stating the price.
Hearing this price, Tian Xiaoling was also stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, “You think too highly of us. We can’t afford a recipe for 400,000.”
“Is that so?”
Wei Kai smiled and retorted, “I just saw on my phone that you sold that Spicy Rabbit Meat recipe for 400,000 gold coins.”
“That’s the selling price,” Tian Xiaoling said calmly. “The acquisition price can’t be the same as the selling price, can it? We can’t work for free.”
“That’s true… Then how about two thousand less?” Wei Kai thought for a moment and said, “But I have one condition.”
“Tell me.”
“The maximum selling price for these recipes can only be 400,000 gold coins, not a single coin more!”
“Why?” Tian Xiaoling was stunned, completely unable to understand his intention.
Once the trading house acquires goods, how much they sell them for is the trading house’s business; even the official price bureau can’t control it.
Why should you control it?
“Because any more expensive, and no one will be able to afford it,” Wei Kai stated directly.
400,000 gold coins was already a lifetime’s savings for an ordinary family.
He couldn’t bring himself to make an ordinary family spend their entire life savings just to buy a recipe for their child.
In fact, Wei Kai thought 100,000 gold coins per book was already very expensive.
These most basic skill books should be available to everyone, or at least a few… ideally given upon job change.
“Even if they only sell for 200,000 gold coins each, not many people can afford them.”
Tian Xiaoling’s expression suddenly became serious.
She sat up straight and said earnestly, “This isn’t a problem with the trading house; it’s that the output of recipes is simply too low.”
“Yongning City is a small city, and there are no resources nearby. Not many Battle Professionals change jobs each year, and those with talent are even rarer.”
“In the current environment, all equipment, materials, and skill books must be produced by Battle Professionals.”
“If Battle Professionals aren’t strong, the entire city’s development will suffer, and if the city’s development suffers, it will further lead to Battle Professionals not being strong… It’s a vicious cycle.”
…”
Wei Kai was noncommittal about these words, but he still had a question.
“Can you guarantee that the trading house isn’t secretly hoarding goods?”
“Uh, maybe… But even if the trading house doesn’t hoard, others will.”
Tian Xiaoling retorted, “There are only so many recipes on the market. Wealthy people also have to consider their families. If a chef appears in the family, they can’t just go buy one at the last minute, can they?”
“Ultimately, there are simply too few recipes on the market. If there were so many that they could be bought anywhere, why would anyone need to hoard them?”
There was some truth to this, and Wei Kai couldn’t help but nod.
Basic necessities like skill books should be readily available everywhere; otherwise, those life professions wouldn’t be able to survive.
Speaking of which… Battle Professionals’ skill books also seem to be very rare.
This is probably not a problem faced by one or two professions, but a problem for the entire human world.
The entire human world’s material reserves are very scarce.
But then again, this doesn’t seem surprising.
After all, the era of universal job changes only began eighteen years ago.
During these eighteen years, apart from the first few years which were quite chaotic, most of the time was spent consolidating defenses, building cities, and exploring the wilderness.
To this day, humans can’t even know how many monsters are in the wilderness, or which ones are the strongest.
The highest-level Battle Professionals in the entire human world are only at the third job change, level eighty-one.
This is still far from the peak and they cannot even delve into the wilderness’s secret realms.
To put it bluntly, the entire world is still in the “beginner village” stage, so material scarcity is normal.
“What if… I can provide them in large quantities?”
Wei Kai suddenly had an idea and asked in a low voice.
“What do you mean?” Tian Xiaoling was stunned for a moment, then realized, “Are you saying you can get a lot of recipes?”
“That’s right, I’m very lucky,” Wei Kai said calmly.
Tian Xiaoling shook her head, emphasizing, “How can you get this just by being lucky?”
“My luck is exceptionally good!” Wei Kai specifically emphasized it again.
Tian Xiaoling suddenly realized, “So, those two from earlier today…”
“Hehe…”
Wei Kai smiled and did not answer.
Seeing this, Tian Xiaoling was stunned on the spot, and it was a while before she suddenly understood, “Your job change talent must be related to luck, right?”
Everyone’s talent obtained after changing jobs is very different.
Although most people’s talents are related to their profession.
But there are also some exceptions, where talents such as luck, charm, monster affinity, elemental resistance, and so on appear.
And talents that can increase drop rates are naturally related to luck.
“You could say that,” Wei Kai nodded.
He knew very well that his situation couldn’t be completely hidden.
After all, the drops from daily monster farming definitely couldn’t be consumed by himself alone; he would always have to find a way to sell them for money.
Yongning City is only so big, and there are only five trading houses in total.
The people behind these trading houses might even be from the same family.
Once he sells a large quantity of goods at one of them, it will quickly become known in the circle.
At that time, there will definitely be speculation about him.
Instead of letting others guess wildly, it’s better to admit to a less outrageous situation, such as having a “luck” talent.
Luck is a very mysterious thing.
When luck is good, there can be huge drops; when luck is bad, nothing might drop.
As long as he admits to this “luck” talent, he can attribute anything to it in the future.
Then no one will wildly suspect his talent.
It’s like you won ten million in the lottery, but no one knows yet.
If you’re afraid the big prize will be leaked and coveted, and thus dare not spend money to enjoy it.
Then that ten million is as good as not winning.
But if you buy another lottery ticket and then claim to have won 200,000… then you can spend money with peace of mind.
“Even if you have a luck talent, you can’t provide recipes in large quantities, can you?”
Tian Xiaoling was still somewhat skeptical.
After all, the drop rate for basic skill books like recipes is simply too low.
An ordinary person might farm ten thousand monsters and not necessarily get a single one.
Even with a luck talent, if the drop rate increases a hundredfold, it would at most be one percent.
One percent… Can he farm that much by himself?
“If you don’t believe me, you can look at my backpack,” Wei Kai said, sharing the contents of his backpack with her.
The next moment, Tian Xiaoling was stunned on the spot.
“This… How can there be so many things?”
The three-thousand-slot backpack was packed full of various equipment, materials, and miscellaneous items.
Among them, the most noticeable was a hint of pink.
“Is this… Nine Revolutions Large Intestine?”