Chapter 417: It’s a Rich Man’s World and Hard for a Poor Man

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

As a gentle golden light flashed, the [Gold Contract] automatically split into two in Wang Xiao’s hand.

Shen Tianlin reached out and took one of them. He put it into his territory without even looking at it. Then, he handed the crystal badge to Wang Xiao. “The contract is signed. Take the goods.”

“Thank you, Minister Shen!”

Wang Xiao thanked him and took the badge. He suddenly realized that this badge was actually heavier than he had imagined. It was as heavy as iron in his hand.

To his surprise, Wang Xiao subconsciously took a few more glances. At first, he thought that this item was made of mithril. Now that he held it in his hand and looked at it carefully, he realized that the main body of the badge was actually a metal he did not recognize.

“As expected of the Lord’s Shop. There are really many strange things…”

Wang Xiao muttered and came back to his senses. He was about to ask where to return it after collecting the goods when he looked up and realized that Shen Tianlin had already left.

“He seemed upset when he left.”

Zhou Xiruo went to Wang Xiao’s side and whispered, “Will we offend the Lord’s

Shop because of this?”

“Don’t worry, the Lord’s Shop isn’t that stingy.”

Wang Xiao sneered and did not care. Although Liu Yingying’s “killing someone with a borrowed knife” move could be said to be sinister, Liu Yunsheng was not a fool.

Realizing that his granddaughter had run away from home, Liu Yunsheng was anxious and worried, but he would probably recover in a few days.

After briefly explaining to Zhou Xiruo what was going on, the two of them arrived at the office of the person in charge of the storage area. As soon as Shen Tianlin’s crystal badge appeared, the other party immediately got someone to prepare the corresponding resources.

After about ten minutes, two metal boxes, one big and one small, were sent over.

“Lord Wang, these are the resources you need.”

The person-in-charge pointed at the large metal box and said. He paused for a moment before pointing at the small metal box. “This is a gift from Minister

Shen.”

As he spoke, the person-in-charge went forward and opened the small box. A crystal beast egg that was like an obsidian was revealed in front of the two of them. It was wrapped in a dense energy aura. Even outsiders could tell that this beast egg was not simple.

“There’s a free gift?”

Zhou Xiruo was stunned when she heard this. Then, the expression on her face clearly relaxed. “Looks like they’re indeed not angry with us!”

“I knew it! The Lord’s Shop won’t be so stingy.”

Wang Xiao chuckled and casually replied. Actually, he was a little surprised. Although he had discussed the gift with Shen Tianlin, that was before the conflict between the two sides.

After experiencing the subsequent events, Wang Xiao was already prepared to pay to buy it. He did not expect Shen Tianlin to actually give this diamond quality beast egg to him as a gift.

However, on second thought, Wang Xiao felt that this matter was not that simple.

He didn’t forget that there was a term in the [Gold Contract] that he had to nurture three mutated beasts for the Lord’s Shop. Although he had used the skill of the [Silver Shadow Leopard] to put on a big show, what if Shen Tianlin did not believe him?

After all, the [Silver Shadow Leopard] was Wang Xiao’s mutated beast. Who knew if he truly believed the act? The best way to determine if he could really “accelerate the growth of mutated beasts” was to use a mutated beast he provided to test it—for example, this beast egg.

The Lord’s Shop knew what this beast egg would hatch into. As long as they checked the growth progress of this mutated beast in a while, they would naturally be able to determine if Wang Xiao was telling the truth.

Thinking of this, Wang Xiao subconsciously grinned and suddenly realized that the situation had become a little troublesome.

With the Ten Thousand Times Increase System, nurturing this mutated beast was not a problem. However, that would require the Ten Thousand Times Growth Increase chance obtained after the [Lord Core] was upgraded to level four.

After the Lord’s Shop confirmed this matter, it would definitely send the mutated beasts they wanted to nurture over immediately. Without the chance to use the “Ten Thousand Times Growth Increase” , how could Wang Xiao complete the mission?

If he nurtured the diamond mutated beast, he would not be able to complete the mission. He would also not be able to obtain the trust of the Lord’s Shop if he allocated the chances to the mission.

Wang Xiao pondered for a while when he felt a headache. Unless he could raise his [Lord Core] to level five in a short period of time, he would not be able to solve this problem no matter what.

However, it took so much effort to advance to level four. How could it be so easy to advance to level five?

After thinking for a while and having no clue, Wang Xiao could not be bothered to waste his brain cells anymore. He sighed softly and came back to his senses. Only then did he realize that Zhou Xiruo had already opened the large box. It was filled with purple resource balls and she was currently checking the resources with the list.

Wang Xiao composed himself and walked forward. “How is it? Did anything go wrong?”

“Not at the moment…”

Zhou Xiruo had just shook her head when the list in her hand was taken away. She was stunned for a moment before asking suspiciously, “What are you doing?”

“The Lord’s Shop values integrity the most. There won’t be anything lacking.”

Wang Xiao casually put the list aside and looked at the person in charge of the storage department. “Am I right?”

“Lord Wang, you’re too kind. This batch of resources is huge. It’s only right for you to check it in person.”

The person-in-charge smiled. Although he suggested that the two of them check things clearly in person, the expression on his face showed that he was clearly very pleased with Wang Xiao’s words.

After a pause, the person-in-charge asked, “By the way, how are you planning to take away this batch of resources?”

Zhou Xiruo was stunned. “Can’t we just put them into the territory? It’s only a few hundred resource balls. Our territory warehouse can accommodate them.”

“I know you can do that, but…’

The person-in-charge revealed a troubled expression. “These resource balls are not in the category of goods, so… so…”

“So you can’t let us take them away, right?”

Wang Xiao said the second half of the sentence for the other party.

The person-in-charge smiled dryly and nodded. Then, he rubbed his fingers suggestively. “Or you can buy this batch of resource balls. For the sake of Minister Shen, I can give you a discount.”

I’ll think about it.’

Wang Xiao hesitated for a moment and smiled awkwardly. He did not consider the suggestion of the person in charge. Firstly, it was useless for him to ask for so many resource balls, and secondly, he was short of money.

As there were so many purple quality resource balls, no matter how good the discount was, it would still be hundreds of thousands. However, in order to facilitate this transaction, Wang Xiao had almost taken out all his assets. Now, he could not even take out dozens of star coins…

It was a rich man’s world and life was difficult for the poor.

Wang Xiao pondered for a long time before saying, “I’ll level up here directly. Can you help me prepare a room?”

“No way!”

Zhou Xiruo hurriedly refused without waiting for the person-in-charge to express his opinion. She went to Wang Xiao’s side and whispered, “We can’t be disturbed during the upgrade of the [Lord Core]. I’m worried about outsiders.” “I’m also worried, but I have no choice…

Wang Xiao spread his hands helplessly. ‘We still have a lot of things in our warehouse. We can’t fit this batch of resources. We can only collect them in batches and use them in upgrading our level. Otherwise, we won’t be able to take them away at all…”

Before he could finish speaking, Wang Xiao suddenly thought of something and his eyes lit up.. “I have an idea!”