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Ethan decisively chose to reject the trade and asked in return, ["This is all your lord owns? Isn't that a bit too poor?"]
[Message: "Naturally not. My lord's strength is far greater than you imagine. But you can never be too careful. If you agreed to the trade, wouldn't we suffer a huge loss?"]
[Ethan: "That's simple. Let's just use real trade mode. You put up all your lord's assets and let me take a look. I'll directly put up the kerosene lamp blueprint. But neither of us is allowed to tap confirm trade. How about that?"]
["Then... that works too."]
After thinking it over, the other party finally replied.
After all, what they wanted was the kerosene lamp blueprint, while what Ethan wanted was all of their assets.
But since both sides had their own schemes, both agreed to the conditions.
The deputy sent out a trade request: [Gunpowder 1000, exchange for Kerosene Lamp Blueprint!]
[Reject Trade!]
Ethan didn't hesitate at all and tapped reject, saying, ["If you keep brushing me off like this, let's stop wasting time. I still have a lot of things to do."]
["Don't, don't, don't!"]
The other party hurriedly said.
Ethan then swiftly tapped out a trade request: [Kerosene Lamp Blueprint 1, exchange for Gunpowder 1000 + Sulfur 1000 + Stone 200]
But the moment Ethan sent it, he immediately tapped cancel trade again.
[Ethan: "Sorry, I was just trying to ask whether you had these things. I accidentally tapped the wrong button!"]
[The other party: "No problem! But in fact, I really do have them here, and we don't just have these either. We can show you more materials. After all, we're a big territory! You wouldn't understand that kind of thing!"]
["Really?"]
Ethan asked half-believing, half-doubting, ["But from what you've shown so far, aside from Gunpowder and Sulfur, there's nothing else, right?"]
["You should know that making kerosene lamps doesn't just require Gunpowder and sulfur. It also needs a large number of beast cores, bronze, and other materials."]
["If your lord can't take out these materials, then cooperation has no meaning."]
Because the other party was afraid Ethan would really refuse to cooperate, and because he really coveted that kerosene lamp blueprint, he simply showed most of the materials in the warehouse.
Trade request: [Gunpowder 1000 + Sulfur 1000 + Stone 200 + Wind-type Beast Cores 15 + Fire-type Beast Cores 40 + Water-type Beast Cores 14 + Bronze 400 + Silver 50: exchange for Kerosene Lamp Blueprint 1]
[Reject Trade!]
Ethan once again tapped reject without hesitation.
Then, he hurriedly apologized, ["Sorry, I just tapped the wrong button again."]
["It's my first time seeing this many materials. I got a bit excited and my hand shook."]
["If the kerosene lamp picture can be exchanged for this many materials..."]
["It's not like it can't be considered!"]
[Passive Skill: 'Fool You Into Limping' activated.]
[Implanting the concept of 'kerosene lamp picture' into the other party's subconscious, making them believe that what you are giving is a 'kerosene lamp blueprint'.]
The other party, ["Then this kerosene lamp picture is kind of expensive. I asked my lord, and he said that if it were half the price, maybe it could be discussed."]
When Ethan realized that the other party had already confused 'kerosene lamp blueprint' and 'kerosene lamp picture' as the same thing, he couldn't help but laugh. This scam skill was way too useful.
However, it seemed like it could only be used once on a single target. Once that target became wary next time, it wouldn't work anymore.
[Ethan: "Didn't we agree to work together to make kerosene lamps and open up the market? These materials are just the foundation of our cooperation. I'm using them to produce kerosene lamps. It's not like you're just giving them to me for free. What you're saying isn't right."]
["Huh?"], The other party didn't react at first, ["You mean that after these materials are traded over, you'll also help with production? Then we'll locate each other and everyone will discuss the big plan together?"]
["Yes, yes!"]
Ethan nodded repeatedly.
Then, taking advantage of the time before the Fool You Into Limping skill ended, he sent out a trade request.
[Kerosene Lamp Picture 1: exchange for Gunpowder 1000 + Sulfur 1000 + Stone 200 + Wind-type Beast Cores 15 + Fire-type Beast Cores 40 + Water-type Beast Cores 14 + Bronze 400 + Silver 50]
As if possessed, the deputy didn't know why, but he believed Ethan's words and foolishly tapped confirm trade.
But when all the materials in his warehouse vanished, and his warehouse gained a single child's drawing instead, he instantly came back to his senses and shouted, "What's going on?"
"Wasn't it supposed to be a kerosene lamp blueprint? How did it turn into a picture?"
[Message: "You tricked me!"]
[Ethan: (The user has enabled friend verification. You are not their friend. Please send a friend verification request first. You can only chat after the user approves it.)]
[Message: "Ethan, you liar! Hurry up and return my stuff!"]
[Ethan: (The user has enabled friend verification. You are not their friend. Please send a friend verification request first. You can only chat after the user approves it.)]
[Message: "..."]
[Message: "Could it be that the system really has a blacklist function?"]
[Message: "That's not right! I sent out several messages just now, why didn't I see a verification prompt!"]
[Ethan: (The user has enabled friend verification. You are not their friend. Please send a friend verification request first. You can only chat after the user approves it.)]
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