BXBX NOVEL Chapter 126 - Profiteer
Chen Zhao walked over to Raz. He had his own stall too. When he looked up and saw Chen Zhao, he was obviously surprised, but his expression quickly turned enthusiastic.
“Respected Living Lord, welcome.”
When Raz saw Jessica beside Chen Zhao, he started sweating. Jessica gave him too much pressure. This Banshee’s aura was too scary. She had a reputation too.
In Obsidian City, Jessica was known as a “vicious woman.”
“Raz, what a coincidence to run into you when I’m shopping.”
“Haha...yeah, what a coincidence. Living Lord, how come you’re here?”
“I was invited by the Lord,” Chen Zhao replied.
“He is a respected guest of the Lord,” Jessica said, looking down.
“Raz, I bought some things while shopping earlier. Can you check if I was scammed?”
Chen Zhao took out many local specialties of Hell from his spatial ring. When Raz saw these things, it was like he’d been struck by lightning. He froze in his spot.
Raz finally realized that Chen Zhao was here to punish him.
“Living Lord...I...I...”
Chen Zhao narrowed his eyes at Raz. “Is there anything else you want to say?”
Raz turned and ran, ducking into the crowd of “people.” He didn’t even want his stall anymore. He just wanted to get away from Chen Zhao.
Jessica glanced at Chen Zhao. “Should I grab him back for you?”
“Yes.”
Jessica shot into the air. A few minutes later, she carried the limp Raz back and tossed him down before Chen Zhao. Raz seemed to be under some spell. His body was like jelly and couldn’t stand up.
Chen Zhao squatted down before him. “Raz, I’m very disappointed in you. I’d thought that we could establish a long-term and steady relationship, but you took advantage of the fact that I don’t know Hell’s market price. You sold everything to me a hundred times more expensive.”
“Living Lord, you are the most benevolent man I’ve met before,” Raz pleaded. “I’m sorry...I’m sorry...I am willing to return all of your demonic crystals. Please forgive me.”
“Living Lord, how many demonic crystals has he scammed from you?”
“Around 100 years’ worth.”
Jessica’s eyes glinted. She wasn’t surprised with Raz’s greed. Instead, she was surprised that Chen Zhao had so many demonic crystals. And if he didn’t accidentally learn of the true prices, he might keep getting scammed.
“How dare you!” Jessica kicked the limp Raz. “You even dare to cheat the Living Lord of so many demonic crystals. You’ll never be able to pay it all back.”
“The demonic crystals are still here...They’re still here... I can return them all.”
“That’s unnecessary. You can use your products to pay me back in the future.”
To be honest, Chen Zhao was furious, but he still needed a steady supply source. If he killed Raz, he would have to find another source.
Raz wouldn’t dare to cheat him anymore. After all, Chen Zhao still had his demonic ritual implement. This meant that Chen Zhao had the advantage. If Raz dared to cheat him again, Chen Zhao could use the ritual implement to summon him into the human world and punish him.
There was no contract relationship when summoning a demon with a ritual implement. Thus, Chen Zhao had no restrictions when summoning Raz.
He wouldn’t get punished at all if he killed Raz. However, if he killed Raz, he would need to find an even more reliable source. The new supplier might be even worse than Raz or give him the ritual implement.
It was better to keep Raz around. With the ritual implement, he wouldn’t pull any more tricks.
As for the price, Chen Zhao was honestly angry. However, it was a voluntary trade. Chen Zhao wasn’t familiar with the market price, so he couldn’t blame people for cheating him.
Of course, there wasn’t anything about fair trade in Hell. Whoever had more power would have more rights. Right now, Chen Zhao was in charge.
“Jessica, what spell is he under?”
“The Weak Curse. Should I undo it?”
“Yes.”
“Living Lord, do you use demonic crystals to trade with him?”
“Yes.”
“Living Lord, 100 soul fragments can be exchanged for one year’s worth of demonic crystals in the market, but demonic crystals are actually much more valuable than that. Some demons even accept two times the price.”
“Why is there such a big difference?”
Technically, the market price and actual price shouldn’t be too different. An average of 20% in difference was normal, but two times the price was hard to understand.
“Demonic crystals can extend most demons’ lives, but soul fragments are only food. So, do you think the market can determine the value of demonic crystals?”
This meant that the price Raz charged Chen Zhao was far more than 200 times the price. It may even be more than 300 times higher.
Chen Zhao glanced at Raz and huffed coldly. He didn’t know the price before, but now he did. He’d make sure Raz would suffer in future trade.
But at the moment, Raz was still irreplaceable.
Chen Zhao had quite a few ritual implements from all sorts of demons, but only Raz was focused on trade. Not everyone that went between the human world and Hell could be merchants.
Merchants also had to have a clear mind. For example, if Chen Zhao switched his position with Raz, he might not be able to run the trade better than Raz. This was why Chen Zhao wouldn’t change his trade partner unless he had no other choice.
However, remembering how he’d thought Raz’s price was fair, he felt bitterly disappointed. As expected, demons couldn’t be trusted.
He walked through the market. He saw many interesting things, but most were only interesting. They didn’t have much use.
Raz followed behind Chen Zhao cautiously. Rather than Chen Zhao, he was afraid of Jessica. He was finally freed when Chen Zhao got bored.
When he first came to this demon city, he found everything fresh and interesting. But after walking around a bit, he realized it was just the same old thing. It was just like how he’d fantasized about America, but after arriving, he realized it wasn’t much.
Interest in new things came quickly and left quickly as well...
To Chen Zhao, Hell was just a chaotic place. However, there was a unique order within the chaos.