Chapter 498: Chapter 498: Forced Buying and Selling
Li Yao laughed, “What’s the matter? You seem to be in a hurry. It’s not like the fire has reached your eyebrows yet.”
SeasVastAsSky chuckled bitterly and said, “Cut it out. This incident has already turned everything upside down. You can’t possibly not know about it. Don’t tell me you aren’t worried.”
“I honestly am not worried at all. This matter doesn’t have anything to do with me,” Li Yao responded.
“You mean to tell me you guys haven’t started exploring the main instance? Impossible. Don’t joke around, given the circumstance,” SeasVastAsSky replied desperately. “I’m worried sick. Seems like you don’t regard me as a brother, or perhaps you have a solution, or maybe your guild’s exploration pathway is the correct one. Only then, I suppose, you wouldn’t worry.”
“Hahaha, Brother Sea is really smart. If we are not wrong, our exploration route should be the correct one,” Li Yao laughed. He could tell from SeasVastAsSky’s tone that almost all the guilds have taken the wrong path.
After all, clearing six posts is extremely difficult, especially when there are over ten thousand silver heroes. One would need a considerable amount of time to clear them.
“Bro, don’t celebrate too early. This instance is very odd. As you know, the Devil Alliance thought they were on the right path during their instance exploration, but now their equipment is about to expire in three days,” SeasVastAsSky still was somewhat skeptical. He thought that Li Yao was overly confident, given how peculiar the instance was.
“Then take a look at this,” Li Yao sent the properties of the Nightmare·Counterattack Shield obtained from the Knight of Fruit.
The properties of the Counterattack Shield weren’t a secret anymore. The Counterattack Shield has become the most desirable equipment for all maintanks.
However, the drop rate was rather low. Although many teams have cleared the first boss in the bypass mode, only a few managed to get the shield.
“Oh my god, what is this gear? The stats are too high and it’s a set item,” SeasVastAsSky’s eyes almost popped out of his sockets.
Li Yao said, “This is one of the things dropped by the first boss.”
“The first boss. I am not surprised that you’ve cleared the first boss, but this equipment..” SeasVastAsSky fell silent.
“So I’m confident in saying that our path is correct, what do you think?” Li Yao sent another piece of equipment.
“Bro, what would it take for you to tell me the correct method?” SeasVastAsSky asked. He saw the set bonus, if this wasn’t the correct path, then it would be a joke.
“What if I give it to Brother Sea for free?” Li Yao asked, seriously.
“That, wouldn’t that be too much..” SeasVastAsSky was overjoyed, and was just about to agree.
Li Yao then interrupted, “I knew Brother Sea is generous and wouldn’t want to get anything for nothing. So how about this, Brother Sea surely has a lot of connections, right?”
“Spit it out, bro. What do you want me to do?” SeasVastAsSky grumbled, “I knew that there’s no such thing as a free lunch with you.”
“I’m planning to sell the walkthrough of the first part and videos showcasing the boss skills. I need Brother Sea’s help to set up a discussion group, invite some bigwigs from various guilds you know. I will give Brother Sea a more detailed video, along with the strategy to beat the first boss. What do you say?” Li Yao finally revealed his intention.
“That’s it? You’re also giving me the method to defeat the boss?” SeasVastAsSky couldn’t believe it. After all, providing a video indirectly aids the enemy. Moreover, handing over the boss’ strategy, this was too…
“That’s it. On top of that, I will also give Brother Sea a method to activate the Array. Of course, whether you use it or not is up to Brother Sea,” Li Yao said confidently. Even if they know the correct strategy, it’s not something that can be achieved in two to three days with just twenty-five men. After all, they needed almost three days for a mass attack.
Not to mention other teams. They will need several days to see the first boss. By then, the Starfire Guild would have taken a significant lead.
“Alright. This is a small task for me. Please wait a moment, Bro,” SeasVastAsSky said.
“Okay,” Li Yao responded and hung up the call.
Half an hour later, SeasVastAsSky added Li Yao to a discussion group.
Li Yao had a look and saw that there were already hundreds of people in the group. He roughly checked and noticed that they were all leaders or executive deputies of renowned guilds from the administrative region.
“SeaOldMan, you can’t be joking. Is this cunning fellow really that generous?” Cousin Prosperous Era asked coldly.
As soon as Li Yao entered, he saw this and retorted, “If the people from Prosperous Era don’t believe me, you can leave. It doesn’t matter if you’re here or not.”
“You…” Cousin Prosperous Era was so angry when he saw Li Yao being so arrogant. But when he thought about the fact that he needed Li Yao for the walkthrough and videos, he immediately suppressed his anger, “Haha, just assume I was talking nonsense. It was just a joke.”
“Nonsense, I always took your words as nonsense. Glad you finally recognized it yourself for once,” Li Yao was not being polite at all.
An uproarious laughter ensued.
“Li Yao is truly something, as fiery as always,” Flaming Red Lips laughed and said, “Long time no see.”
Cousin Prosperous Era almost left the group out of anger but managed to hold back and didn’t say anything.
“Hello, Chairman Red Lips, long time no see,” Li Yao laughed. “Let’s not waste time. I’ll send a short video first to prove the correctness of my walkthrough.”
Li Yao sent the video of the activation of the magical array in the sky, followed by the mutation of the boss in the array. In the end, he sent the properties of the Nightmare·Counterattack Shield too.
Romeo said, “In the end, Chairman Li Yao comes out on top. I admit defeat.”
“You’re too kind. I can reveal the correct method, and can also show a video demonstrating the boss’s skills. But they aren’t free. You guys need to pay a bit of compensation,” Li Yao said.
“Say it, what’s the price?” Although they had anticipated the purpose of the discussion group, they were still astounded when they heard Li Yao say it aloud.
Li Yao chuckled and said, “Very simple— a hundred Gold Coins. Whoever gives me a hundred Gold Coins, I’ll send him the promised information.”
“I say, why don’t you rob a bank instead? A hundred Gold Coins for each, a hundred times, that’s ten thousand Gold Coins. Are you out of your mind?” Cousin Prosperous Era’s eyes were practically red. That much money, even several top guilds couldn’t afford it.
“Buy it if you want, if not, don’t. We’re all reputable figures here; there are certain things I don’t want to spell out. But there are always some cheap people forcing me to do just that. Let me spell it out— the video can be bought, and can also be passed onto smaller guilds. But if the guilds present here don’t buy it, and someone gives them the video, well then, sorry, the system is fair and will trace back to the source. I won’t sell them the video of the second boss and so forth.”
Li Yao chuckled and added, “A hundred Gold Coins is peanuts to you guys. That’s all I have to say. This is a voluntary transaction. If you want it, send an email with a hundred Gold Coins attached. I’ll only wait for ten minutes. Any email sent after ten minutes, I’m not selling.”
After saying this, Li Yao left, leaving everyone else speechless. This is hardly a voluntary business transaction. This is a case of hard sale. There’s no room for negotiation. Is this even fair?