Chapter 138: Zi Di’s Appetite

He hadn’t joined the price competition from the start, and no one expected that he’d stick himself in at the last moment.

Room 3 didn’t react, while the Flint Merchant Alliance representative was provoked and blurted out, “3,360 gold!”

Qi You coldly snorted and opened his own mouth this time, “3,500 gold.”

The voice was steady, but it was like a boulder smashing into the Flint Merchant Alliance representative’s heart.

The Flint Merchant Alliance representative turned red,, anger and unwillingness filled his face. His mouth was open, yet he was silent.

The Clam Cloth Merchant Alliance representative’s room didn’t respond either.

The others awaited Hun Tong’s bid.

But Hun Tong in room 1 went silent. His raising of the price was merely a ploy.

Hun Tong accurately gauged Qi You’s ambition for the Balloon Knapsack, along with the Flint Merchant Alliance representative’s innermost struggle.

From the observable result, his price raising ploy was very fruitful.

The Flint Merchant Alliance was provoked and couldn’t restrain himself, while Qi You was forced to one up the former.

The auction price rose from 3,200 gold to 3,500 gold, a difference of 300 gold.

If neither Qi You nor the Flint Merchant Alliance representative bid, the Ballon Knapsack would fall into Hun Tong’s hands, an acceptable result to him.

Because when Two Eyes Island transitioned into a transportation hub, this storage alchemy treasure would be very useful.

“Balloon Knapsacks are not uncommon, but gold level ones are. The price has reached its peak.” Hun Tong said to himself.

“Room 3, 3,500 gold, going once.”

“Room 3, 3,500 gold, going twice.”

“Room 3, 3,500 gold, going three times...”

The moment the auction master’s wooden hammer fell, Zi Di suddenly said, “3,800 gold.”

Everyone’s eyes focused on room 21.

Like Hun Tong, this was the first time Zi Di had placed a bid.

But that sentence stunned everyone else.

She took the peak price of 3,500 gold and increased it by 300 gold, the audacity of it awed the whole audience.

Hun Tong raised his eyebrow in surprise.

Room 21 was currently his main target of interest. But in this auction, Zi Di hadn’t acted and Hun Ton still thought the other party was uninterested in it and hadn’t expected them to wait until now.

“Are they insane? 3,800 gold?!”

“It’s room 21 again.”

“For what reason did they do that, this is the second time they verbally attacked Qi You.”

“So rich and imposing, truly rich and overbearing!”

In room 3, Qi You narrowed his eyes; they were glistening with dreadful cold light.

Just as success was within sight, misfortune appeared, disturbing his mood.

Competing against such a wealthy competitor made Qi You jittery.

If he wasn’t at an auction, it was likely he would have murdered them on the spot.

The was the second time room 21 stopped him, which meant they didn’t care about the Ten Touch Pirates, this made Qi You even more enraged and felt he lost face.

“Have you still not investigated their origins?” Qi You coldly questioned.

“This subordinate is incapable of doing so.” The underling responsible immediately knelt, his complexion pale and his voice fearful, “After this one received your order, I have been investigating. However, Two Eyes Island is not our domain, and the people who snatched Ya Ma’s admission tick are very mysterious, it’s like they suddenly appeared out of nowhere!”

“Regardless of where they appeared from, keep an eye on them for me. Soon, I shall let them know the consequences of opposing me.” Qi You touched his chin, his voice calm as his heart boiled with murderous intent.

He decided not to bid.

The auction had exhausted him mentally and physically, but more crucially, despite how formidable he was, he wasn’t confident that he could compete with room 21.

Up till now, room 21 had left an exceedingly deep impression on everyone.

Everyone knew these mysterious buyers had astonishing financial resources!

Zi Di’s sudden increase of 300 gold awed many people.

That hadn’t been at the beginning of the auction, but rather the end.

An auction price of 3,800 gold, truth be told, spilled far over the normal price.

In room 21, Cang Xu was silent for a bit, then deliberated, “Does this Balloon Knapsack really suit us?”

“Our true core ship is the Deep Sea Monster Fish; when it sails through the depths, it has limited internal space.”

“The Balloon Knapsack’s volume and will grow bigger the more things are stored inside it, it will be rather difficult to store it inside the Deep Sea Monster Fish’s holds.”

“The Balloon Knapsack only suits maritime sailing ships. But if one wanted to sufficiently display this alchemy treasure’s functions, one had to have a ship pulling it through the air.”

“The Balloon Knapsack floats in the air, it has no defense, that flaw is too great!”

“It is also too bombastic.”

It will clearly tell pirates this: come rob us, we are transporting a lot of goods,”

Since the auction began, this was the first time Cang Xu’s and Zi Di’s opinions differed.

Zi Di nodded, first acknowledging Cang Xu’s analysis, then instead of answering it directly, she instead addressed another subject.

“On our first night on Two Eyes Island, we sent our message, however, the Bai Zhen Clan has not responded.”

“We don’t know what might have happened, we must plan for the worst.”

The experience of surviving on Mystifying Monster Island had burnished the survivors into habitually acting cautiously. Without this habit, they would have died on that island.

Zi Di continued, “Therefore, we must do our best to improve our strength, so that we can deal with the worst circumstances. When we have enough money, we should do our best to purchase equipment, that way we can raise our strength immensely within a short amount of time.”

“The stronger we are, the more able we are to deal with the worst possibilities.”

Cang Xu nodded, “We have already reached a consensus on this.”

Therefore, the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps’ main goal in this auction was to buy, buy, buy!

Gold level medicine was only one of the objectives.

This was a rare opportunity.

Especially in the vast ocean.

Two Eyes Island had been developed for many years, while most islands were like Snake Rat Island, barely developed at all. In the past, imperial power had been centralized on dry land, it was because they wanted to invade the Wilderness Continent and needed supply lines did they make arrangements on many islands.

If the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps missed this chance, it would be a long time until they could attend such an auction again.

Zi DI explained, “In my opinion, we can purchase this Balloon Knapsack and then remodel it.”

“Remodel it into what?” Cang Xu asked.

Zi Di replied, “The Balloon Knapsack is a classic alchemy treasure, it contains many high level alchemy techniques, not just space storage technology, but also weight reduction ones too. To attain the goal of weight reduction, its core alchemy technique is a floating force field.”

“This alchemy technology is the core technology in magic airships, we can remodel it to make ourselves a second magic vessel.”

Two Eyes Island’s defensive battle had made the survivors realize how much they needed a magic ship.

This was one of the reasons Zi Di decided to bid.

When Cang Xu heard this, his mind seemed to be struck by lightning, “Are you talking about the airship schematic?”

War Merchant’s database had many alchemy blueprints.

Cang Xu and Zi Di had skimmed over many of them.

Among them were several airship schematics, including one that used the floating force field alchemy technology.

Airships were a type of aircraft, similar to hot air balloons.

The biggest difference was that airships possessed propulsion and aerial control equipment. They were mainly gigantic sleek vessels, and under the vessel, there was a suspended cabin that had a propeller in the rear, which controlled stability and propulsion.

The vessel’s air sac was filled with gas, giving it immense buoyancy.

The suspended cabin could load people and things.

The rear propeller could speed up the airship, alter its direction, shift its pitch, and so on.

The airship had first been invented and manufactured by the goblins.

Nowadays, the most universally common designs are almost all goblin airships.

Zi Di wanted to transform something into an airship, naturally she didn’t want common trash, she wanted an alchemy airship.

Zi Di continued, “We need more magic vessels. The Deep Sea Monster Fish cannot be rashly exposed, it must be our hidden trump card.”

“We also have a severe lack of storage space.”

“The Deep Sea Monster Fish has one big flaw; its interior is narrow.”

“Imperial redemption is merely one stop on our journey. We need to develop, expand our power, and acquire more resources and riches.”

“Based on the auction item list, during the late stage, there will be a lot of things related to metal, ores, and raw materials, we have planned to purchase a batch of those.”

“But in that plan, we were mainly buying materials for the construction of the Bloodline Purification formation.”

“Now that a gold level Balloon Knapsack has appeared, I thought, why not go a step further?”

“With this knapsack, we can try to purchase even more raw materials. On the sea, collecting these materials ourselves will be rather challenging and time consuming.”

“We have the tower spirit; we can make a second magic vessel.”

“If that happens, we’ll have a flying stronghold.”

“Not only that, but we will also have stores of alchemy materials. In the future, these materials can not only be used to make magic formations but also can be used to make an alchemy factory.”

“War Merchant’s database has many alchemy factory designs, as long as we can build one, we can have automated manufacturing. With sufficient raw materials, we will have an unending stream of munitions.”

“We can build the alchemy factory on some uninhabited island. We have the Anti-investigation and Prophecy and Deceptive Disguise formation, who would notice?”

Cang Xu couldn’t help but widen his eyes, “You are thinking about supplanting War Merchant’s position and becoming the new tycoon in arms dealing?”

For the first time, the necromancer sensed the ghost girl’s appetite.

Despite being dead, her appetite truly was great!

Zi Di seemed to know what Cang Xu was thinking, and so she pensively sighed, “If a business model has a profit margin of 10%, that guarantees that it will be used everywhere. If it has a profit margin of 20%, it is a hot market. If it has a profit margin of 50%, it will take risks out of desperation. As for a profit margin of 100%, that will trample the laws of the world. For a profit margin of 300%, it will dare to commit any crime, even if it risks the danger of hanging. If turmoil and dispute can bring profits, the business shall encourage turmoil and dispute, smugglers and slave traders is proof of that.”

“That is business, my friend.”