Lin Mo was actually a little surprised.
The usually elusive busy man, Dragon Soul Guild's leader Dragon Soul Aoshi, was actually waiting specifically for him on the tenth floor of the Insect Nest Underground Palace.
Lin Mo thought he had come to urge him about the remaining three Tier 2 Poisonous sets.
So he said, "If my calculations are right, there should still be seven hours left before the one-day deadline we agreed on, right?"
"Don't worry. Within the remaining time, I'll definitely put together three full Tier 2 Poisonous sets for you."
However, what Dragon Soul Aoshi cared about wasn't the Poisonous sets at all.
He said to Lin Mo, "Rulebound."
"Let's make a deal."
"Sell me the two Heart of Shadows you have on you. You name the price. As long as it's within a reasonable range, I'll consider it."
As soon as these words were spoken, Lin Mo's heart jolted slightly.
'How does Dragon Soul Aoshi know I have two Heart of Shadows?'
Not just Lin Mo.
Even Su Muqiu, who was standing beside Dragon Soul Aoshi, looked shocked.
Because he had only just investigated this matter.
And there were only three people who knew about it.
Su Muqiu's first thought went to Dragon Soul Flea.
But then he reconsidered, 'I clearly told him not to tell the boss about Lin Mo having Heart of Shadows. Flea has followed me for so long, he shouldn't go against me.'
The next second, Su Muqiu seemed to realize something.
He suddenly looked at the Su Yingxia beside him.
Sure enough, Su Yingxia's eyes were clearly darting around, unable to meet his gaze.
Realizing what had happened, Su Muqiu felt utterly incredulous.
But in front of Dragon Soul Aoshi, he didn't dare say anything.
At this moment, Dragon Soul Aoshi didn't even wait for Lin Mo to name a price and directly stated one, "Five million per piece!"
As soon as he said this, Su Yingxia's small mouth fell open.
She had guessed that the Heart of Shadow was valuable, but she never imagined it would be this valuable.
'Five million for one. That means two would be ten million!'
'My god! Where did Lin Mo even get something this priceless?'
At this moment, Su Yingxia's regret over dumping Lin Mo back then because she thought he had no money reached its peak.
But very quickly, she began to feel smug.
Because…
'I was the one who told Dragon Soul Aoshi that Lin Mo had Heart of Shadows. The fact that he can make this much money is all because of me.'
'Once they finish the deal and Lin Mo gets ten million, he'll definitely come thank me.'
'And then I can use that favor to make him have a change of heart toward me.'
Just as all the Dragon Soul players around believed that Lin Mo had absolutely no way of refusing the incredibly generous price offered by their leader.
Lin Mo's answer shocked everyone, "Sorry, I don't plan on selling."
'Is he crazy?', Su Yingxia was utterly incredulous inside, 'Not selling even for ten million? Lin Mo, this is ten million! Money you couldn't earn in ten lifetimes!'
"If I planned to sell, I would've already sold them to Wang Junjie for twenty million," After fully demonstrating that he understood the true value of the Heart of Shadows, Lin Mo smoothly threw out his plan, "Besides, even if you get three Heart of Shadows and open the Shadow Gate."
"I can also tell you with certainty that with your strength, you won't survive more than one minute in the Shadow Holy Hall dungeon."
As soon as these words came out, the Dragon Soul players present all pointed at Lin Mo.
"Just you, daring to question our leader's strength?"
"Don't think that just because you're number one on the Blazing Ember City Heaven Ranking you can be this arrogant! When our boss was conquering the Apocalypse World, you didn't even know where you were."
Lin Mo didn't argue with them.
He just calmly said to Dragon Soul Aoshi, "How about we make a bet?"
"When the Shadow Legion in Shadow City is completely wiped out by the Chaotic World players, you can use the Heart of Shadow you have to run a dungeon simulation of Shadow Holy Hall."
"If you can survive more than sixty seconds in the Shadow Holy Hall dungeon, I'll sell you these two Heart of Shadows."
As a businessman, Dragon Soul Aoshi never missed any opportunity that was beneficial and feasible for him, "Fine. Remember what you said."
With that, Dragon Soul Aoshi exited the Insect Nest Underground Palace.
Su Muqiu, feeling a bit guilty, nodded slightly toward Lin Mo, then quickly grabbed Su Yingxia, who was about to go to Lin Mo to "claim credit," and hurriedly left the dungeon.
———
Outside the dungeon—
Su Muqiu looked troubled, "Sis, why did you tell my boss about this?"
"Wasn't I helping Lin Mo?", Su Yingxia crossed her arms and said righteously, "If it weren't for me, would Lin Mo even realize that Heart of Shadow was so valuable? Who knows, he might've treated it like a broken stone and thrown it away someday."
"Sis, don't really take Lin Mo for a fool! The reason he acted like a fool in front of you before was just to make you happy!"
Su Muqiu said, "Have you considered what consequences it could bring to Lin Mo if the deal falls through, given my boss's temperament?"
Su Yingxia didn't care, "What consequences could there be? As the saying goes, if a deal can't be made, there's still goodwill, right?"
"No!", Su Muqiu said in a deep voice, "As a businessman, Dragon Soul Aoshi only has profit in his eyes. He has no friends."
"If Lin Mo offends Dragon Soul Aoshi by refusing the deal, especially after he has already promised to sell the Heart of Shadows as long as Dragon Soul Aoshi survives more than one minute in the dungeon simulation, if Lin Mo goes back on his word afterward and refuses to sell, then from that moment on, he will have no place to stand in the entire world of Divine Oracle."
"Lin Mo doesn't have Wang Junjie's prominent identity and status. Just being number one on the Heaven Ranking? If Dragon Soul Aoshi wants to deal with him, it would be ridiculously easy."
Hearing this, Su Yingxia finally started to feel afraid, "Ah? Is it really that serious? I… I never thought it would turn out like this… I really wanted to help Lin Mo. I never meant to harm him!"
"Then what should we do? Muqiu, you're the vice guild leader of Dragon Soul. With your status and position, can you help Lin Mo?"
Su Muqiu shook his head, "Just like I said earlier, in the boss's eyes, there's only profit, no friends."
"The reason I can be the vice guild leader is because I can create profit for his guild."
"If he finds out that I knew about Lin Mo having Heart of Shadows and didn't report it, getting kicked out of the guild would be the least of it. I'm afraid I wouldn't have a way to survive in Divine Oracle anymore."
Su Yingxia completely panicked.
"I'm sorry, Muqiu! I didn't know it would be like this. I really didn't know!"
"What should we do? What should we do now?"
Su Muqiu let out a light sigh, "We can only hope that the boss truly manages to survive more than one minute in the dungeon simulation, and that Lin Mo sells him the Heart of Shadows as promised."
"Otherwise, I don't know any other way to break this deadlock."
———
At the same time, on the tenth floor of the Insect Nest Underground Palace.
After seeing off the Dragon Soul people, Lin Mo calmly resumed farming poisonous insects and collecting venom bottles.
He wasn't worried at all about how things would develop next.
Because everything was unfolding exactly according to the direction of his plan...
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