Metropolis: My Little Shop Connects All Worlds

Chapter 6: Lu Xiao puts a long line

Luo Yu was stunned for a moment, and then showed a look of horror.

After swallowing his throat, his voice became a little stuttering: “Pre-Senior, are you a demon… a devil?”

In his view, only the devil would use life as a bargaining chip.

“Of course not. I only charge valuable things here, regardless of items, knowledge, abilities… it’s fine. Do you think you can come up with anything of value besides your lifespan?” Lu Xiao asked rhetorically.

Luo Yu’s face was flushed, but he couldn’t refute it.

Because as Lu Xiao said, he really can’t come up with anything of value except his lifespan.

Luo Yu asked: “Then…then how many years of life do I have to pay in exchange for it.”

“20 years of life.” Lu Xiao said.

“How much?!”

Luo Yu was frightened.

He thought that if he only needed one or two years of life, then he would change it, but if it was 20 years, Luo Yu was a little unwilling.

How long can a person live?

But seventy or eighty years.

For Luo Yu, who lives in modern times, it is not worthwhile to pay a quarter of his life in exchange for a chance to become stronger.

Luo Yu’s retreat was not expected by Lu Xiao.

Lu Xiao smiled, pointed to another card and said, “This card contains a ‘Spiritual Breath Cultivation Technique’, which can increase your lifespan.”

Since the customers thought the price was too high and they were reluctant to trade, as a caring shop owner, Lu Xiao naturally had to come up with a solution, although the solution also had to pay a price.

But as long as both parties are willing, the transaction will be recognized by Wanjie Store.

After all, Wanjie Store only stipulated that Lu Xiao could not be forced, and there was no regulation that Lu Xiao could not be seduced.

Increase lifespan!

Luo Yu’s eyes lit up when he heard it.

“How much lifespan can be increased? And…how much lifespan will it take in exchange?” Luo Yu asked.

“Cultivation step-by-step, it should be no problem to live to 200 years old. The ‘Reiki Breathing Cultivation Method’ is cheaper than the ‘Tathagata’s Palm’ and only requires a 4-year lifespan.” Lu Xiao said.

The ‘Respiration Breathing Cultivation Method’ can support cultivation to the fourth-order level, and it is not a problem for the fourth-order powerhouse to live to be 200 years old.

Hearing Lu Xiao’s words, Luo Yu became entangled.

Adding up the two exercises will cost you 24 years of life, but if you can live 200 years, minus 24 years of life, you can still live more than 170 years, which is not a loss at all.

Thinking of this, Luo Yu finally made up his mind, gritted his teeth and said:

“Senior, I am willing to exchange 24 years of life for these two exercises.”

“Wise choice.” Having said that, Lu Xiao handed a blank card to Luo Yu: “Concentrate, thinking ‘I want to trade 24 years of life’.”

Luo Yu took the card hesitantly, closed his eyes, and muttered, “I want to trade 24 years of life.”

The next moment, a faint green pattern appeared on the originally blank card.

Luo Yu handed the card to Lu Xiao and asked, “But…is it alright?”

Lu Xiao took the card.

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Items: First-order life forms have a lifespan of 24 years

Quality: one star

Introduction: The lifespan of a first-order lifeform, two first-order lifespans can be combined into one second-order lifespan, and so on.

Value: 1200 trading points

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Lu Xiao was satisfied.

This trade is his most profitable one.

Lu Xiao looked at Luo Yu and said, “Crush two cards, and you will be able to learn the ‘Spiritual Breath Cultivation Method’ and the ‘Tathagata’s Palm’.”

As soon as the words fell, Luo Yu couldn’t wait to crush two cards.

stunned for a moment.

Luo Yu opened his eyes wide, his eyes full of incredible:

“I… I seem to have learned it.”

Lu Xiao smiled and said, “Of course, it’s all about learning and meeting.”

There are advantages and disadvantages to directly crushing cards to learn exercises.

The advantage is that no matter how stupid the aptitude is, it can be learned instantly, but the disadvantage is that it cannot be taught a second time.

Looking at the excited Luo Yu, Lu Xiao handed him a card and said, “This is an invitation letter from the small shop. There are many items in the small shop. Please visit more.”

Luo Yu took the card casually, but he made up his mind that he would never come again.

24 years of life is enough to make him feel distressed for a lifetime.

Lu Xiao said with a smile:

“When your strength improves, you can hunt down beasts. I’m here to collect the bodies of beasts. Didn’t you expect to buy back the lifespan you sold to me?”

“Ah—Senior, are you still selling life here?” Luo Yu said in shock.

“Of course.”

Luo Yu hurriedly asked: “Then… what about the price? I mean if you pay with a beast.”

Lu Xiao thought for a while and said, “The corpse of a fifth-order vicious beast can change your lifespan for one year now.”

The corpse of the fifth-order beast is worth 500 trading points, and the one-year lifespan of the first-order living body is worth 50 trading points.

Lu Xiao, who has mastered the pricing power of commodities, can do whatever he wants.

Lu Xiao didn’t tell Luo Yu that even if he learned ‘Tathagata’s Palm’, but if he wanted to kill a fifth-order beast, he had to reach the fourth-order cultivation level, and when his cultivation level reached the fourth-order, his lifespan was not the same. That’s the price.

As a store manager, you can’t discourage customers from spending.

Luo Yu carefully accepted the invitation and said respectfully:

“Senior, goodbye.”

“Welcome next time.”

Lu Xiao smiled and waved goodbye.

When Luo Yu left, Lu Xiao murmured:

“The line has been released, but I don’t know if I can catch a big fish.”

Customers who have transacted in Wanjie Xiaodian can visit Wanjie Xiaodian again without an invitation letter at all.

The reason why Lu Xiao made this extra effort was to catch a big fish.

After all, the consumption of a person is not comparable to the consumption of a country.

Lu Xiao’s target was Xia Guo.

As for why Lu Xiao didn’t directly hand over the invitation letter to Xia Guo?

Because ‘delivery to your door’ and ‘come to your door to ask’ are two different concepts.

If Lu Xiao was the one who sent the invitation letter to the door, the price would definitely be severely suppressed when the transaction was conducted.

But if he came to ask Lu Xiao to trade, then what was waiting for Lu Xiao was blood money.

“This transaction is completed, and the number of valid transactions has reached 10. My authority should also break through.” Lu Xiao thought.

Active Transactions: Each customer can only make one active transaction per week.

There is really no difference between a non-valid transaction and a valid transaction.

It also earns trading points, but it is not counted as a valid transaction by Wanjie Xiaodian. It is purely to prevent Lu Xiao from ‘swiping orders’ in order to increase his authority.

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