[Regional Chat]
["Holy crap! Everyone come look at Big Boss Ethan, he's already achieved human and blade as one, that's insane!"]
["Is this the legendary 'out of all weapons you don't learn, you learn the sword; you don't practice the upper sword, you practice the lower sword; you don't practice the iron sword, you practice the silver sword, and in the end you reach the realm of human and blade as one', Sword Man!"]
["The two above, are you blind? That's a saber, alright!"], Player Hongdao said, ["Big Boss, please guide me! I want to learn saber techniques too!"]
["Could this saber technique also be learned from a skill scroll?"] Player Tianyuan said, ["Territory Lord, can this also be rented? Begging for skills!"]
["A blood petition from one person for skills!"]
["Same here +10086"]
["Are you idiots?"], Player Wang Zeze said, ["You renting new skills from him is basically working for him! Kill one monster and you have to hand over 30 percent of the materials. This kind of black-hearted profiteer, you absolutely shouldn't cooperate with him!"]
["If you don't want it then don't rent it! Nobody's forcing you!"], Tears of the Last Century @ Ethan said, ["Big Boss, besides skills, can you also lend another saber!"]
["Holy crap, a bunch of idiots!"], Player Wang Zeze said, ["Just the skills already take thirty percent tax, borrow a saber and that's another ten percent tax. Kill one monster and you're directly contributing half. I, Wang Zeze, would rather rush out of my room and get bitten to death by monsters, or starve to death staying at home, than ever borrow from this kind of profiteer."]
["If you don't want to borrow then don't. I'll tell Big Boss to blacklist you."]
Just as everyone was arguing in a mess.
Ethan had already silently put the skill books and the top-tier Dragon Bone Saber up for rent. [T/N: Wtf?]
[Rental Skill Book · One Saber Style (Pseudo) (Remaining: 90)]
[PS: Renters of skill books must hand over 30 percent of the materials obtained from killing monsters using the skill as rent.]
[Rental Top-tier Dragon Bone Saber (Remaining: 90)]
[PS: Renters of production tools and weapons must hand over 10 percent of their daily harvest as rent.]
["Everyone can rent skill books and weapons now."]
After listing them, Ethan returned to the regional channel and shouted again, ["Skill books and top-tier Dragon Bone Sabers are all up. If you want them, hurry up. Once they're rented out, that's it."]
When everyone heard this, they immediately stopped arguing and rushed to rent skills and weapons.
After all… Even though Ethan's rent was expensive, without these skills and weapons, they were afraid they wouldn't even be able to hit a single monster.
Better to earn than to save, so everyone swarmed into trading.
Very soon… Someone who grabbed the first prize ran to the trade channel to show off.
["Hahahaha! I grabbed the first top-tier Dragon Bone Saber,"] Wang Zeze said happily, ["See that? Am I handsome or what! Don't I look just like Miyamoto Musashi, ah-da!"] [Attached: Video]
["Didn't you say before that you'd absolutely never borrow, you dog bastard!"]
["I'll borrow or not, what's it got to do with you,"] Wang Zeze retorted, ["Oh right! I still haven't claimed my skill book yet, too lazy to waste words on you!"]
["Who wants to hear you fart, get lost!"]
Player Tears of the Last World cursed loudly at Wang Zeze.
And right at this moment…
The big shot from the water source suddenly came over and @Ethan said, ["Big Boss, I got a sparkling five-colored gemstone, do you want it?"] [Attached: Video]
Ethan opened the video and took a look, and found that it was actually a five-colored beast core.
He was shocked on the spot and said, ["How did you get this thing?"]
After all… Every time Ethan got a five-colored beast core, it was practically a narrow escape from death.
But based on Ethan's understanding of the water source big shot, there was no way this guy had the ability to take down a high-level monster.
["It's a long story,"] the water source big shot said.
["It's fine, take your time, I've got time!"]
["Oh, if Big Boss is interested, then I'll tell it slowly,"] the water source big shot said, ["Actually, this started last night."]
["When I was sleeping, I heard the sound of raging wind and rain outside. That earth-shaking, ghost-crying sound made me think I'd run into some earthquake or some extreme weather. I was scared half to death."]
["Later the more I listened, the more something felt off, because the sound of the rain came in bursts. It didn't really sound like it was raining, instead it sounded more like…"]
["Stop!"]
Ethan finally understood what the water source big shot meant by 'long story'.
He'd talked for ages and still hadn't gotten to the point.
The water source big shot asked in confusion, ["What's wrong, Big Boss?"]
["Can you make it shorter and just tell me what actually happened?"], Ethan interrupted the water source big shot's endless rambling, ["The shorter the better."]
["Oh! Basically a huge monster fought with a monster in the river, then the monster on land got dragged into the river and eaten by the river monster. But before the monster above died, it cut off its tail to survive. Then when I went out during the day, I just happened to pick up its tail,"] The water source big shot was still long-winded, ["Big Boss, you have no idea. That red monster, just one tail was as tall as me. But the taste of that tail was actually pretty good, seemed like it was called some kind of giant lizard or something…"]
["Alright! Alright! I get it!"]
Ethan hurriedly called a stop, otherwise this guy was probably going to ramble forever.
He directly asked the water source big shot, ["Just say it straight. What do you want to trade this five-colored beast core for?"]
["Hehe! Big Boss, I want to trade for skills and books, plus a high-level backpack, and also some supplies to upgrade my stone house. Fruits and vegetables and stuff, that should about do it,"] The water source big shot thought he was asking for too much, so he said a bit embarrassedly, ["If Big Boss thinks it's not appropriate, we can bargain."]
There's an honest guy here, everyone come bully him.
Seeing the price the water source big shot asked for, Ethan really didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
Others might not know the value of a five-colored beast core, but Ethan knew it very clearly.
Actually, forget these conditions. Even if you doubled them, it still wouldn't be too much.
But if it were a different trading partner making these demands to Ethan, with Ethan's max-level profiteer personality, no matter what, he'd first slash the conditions in half, then slash them in half again, and finally start negotiating from a tenth of that.
However… When he thought about how, when he had just arrived in this world, he had benefited a lot from the water source big shot.
This guy was just too honest. So honest that Ethan didn't even want to bully him.
Whether it was to repay him for the cheap water back then, or just because he was honest, Ethan simply put everything the guy needed directly into the trade and chose to trade.
[Stone 200, Mud 100, Wood 50, Vines 20, Glass 4, Earth-type Beast Core 4, Tomatoes 10, Skill Book · One Saber Style (Pseudo), Top-tier Dragon Bone Saber, High-level Backpack: exchange for one Five-colored Beast Core]
["Wow! Big Boss, you really agreed!"]
The water source big shot was instantly so happy he didn't know what to do with his hands and feet, ["I really never thought Big Boss would agree! You wouldn't be… you wouldn't actually like me, would you?"]
["Get lost, who the hell likes you!"]
(Ghost, I don't like you!)
Ethan rolled his eyes hard and said, ["Also, I'll give you a heads-up. Tomorrow will be an extreme cold night. Stock up on firewood. Tomorrow night I'll also put up a batch of self-heating clothes, gloves, shoe insoles and stuff. I'll save you a set."]
["Really? Big Boss Ethan, you're making me so touched,"] The water source big shot said, ["Big Boss Ethan, I still think you like me!"]
[Ethan: (The other party has enabled friend verification. You are not yet their friend. Please send a friend request first. You can chat after the other party approves.)]
[Water source big shot: "Big Boss Ethan, I was wrong! I apologize to you! I won't say you love me anymore. How about I love you instead?"]
[Ethan: (The other party has enabled friend verification. You are not yet their friend. Please send a friend request first. You can chat after the other party approves.)]
[Water source big shot: "..."]
[T/N: If anybody wants their name to appear on the chapter, comment it and I will put it in a future regional Chat Channel. The name can be as ridiculous as you want.]
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