Natural God's Gift
#222 - Negotiate price
After seeing that the Cyan Apricot God-Given Seed could indeed nurture a Three-Star Apricot, the Flame Spider lords returned to the kingdom's service hall, chatted for a while, and then left, greatly relieved.
Just then, Lord Green Maple called out to Lord Purple Cloud and the others: "Purple Cloud, Torch, Four Leaf, stay behind, I have something to discuss!"
Lord Purple Cloud, Lord Torch, and Four Leaf stayed behind together. They could roughly guess why Lord Green Maple wanted them to stay.
Sure enough, as soon as they stayed, Lord Green Maple directly began to discuss the main issue.
"Purple Cloud, Torch, what are your plans regarding the Life Godstone?" Although everyone wanted the Lucky Clover God-Given Seed to nurture a few more God-Rank Wish Fruits, the Life Godstone belonged to Purple Cloud and the others, so it was necessary to listen to the opinions of their merchant group.
Lord Purple Cloud pondered for a moment and said, "Regarding the Wish Fruit, how should we calculate its value?"
Lord Green Maple looked at Lord Silver Apricot, as this matter depended on how it calculated it.
Lord Silver Apricot pondered for a while, and then said with great caution: "The value of a God-Rank Wish Fruit cannot be calculated with a fixed price like other God-Rank fruits."
"Let's take the first God-Rank Wish Fruit as an example. It transforms into a God-Rank Three-Star Apricot, and the historical price of a Three-Star Apricot is 60 million Origin Stones."
"Logically speaking, the value of the Wish Fruit should be 60 million Origin Stones. According to the previous agreement, your Life Godstone helps the Lucky Clover God-Given Seed bear fruit in advance, so you can take 50% of the first fruit."
"However, we are using the Cyan Apricot God-Given Seed to nurture the fruit on your behalf, and its annual yield is also quite substantial. Now that we are interrupting production, there must be compensation for this loss.
Interrupting it for one year means compensating for one year, interrupting it for ten years means compensating for ten years. This compensation will be deducted from the price of the God-Rank fruit. Is this calculation acceptable to you?"
Lord Purple Cloud moved its antennae: "Reasonable, no problem!"
Lord Silver Apricot: "According to the kingdom's regulations, when purchasing the kingdom's own God-Rank fruits, you can buy them at an 80% discount, and as the leader of the kingdom, I also have a 10% discount for tasting the first fruit."
"That's right!"
Lord Silver Apricot: "Your half a cubic meter of Dragon Scale Soil was used on the Lucky Clover God-Given Seed, but it didn't produce the Dragon Scale ability. The agreed-upon price for this aspect is void, but if you can find Dragon Scale Soil again to use on the Lucky Clover God-Given Seed, the previous agreement will still be valid!"
"It didn't produce the ability?" Lord Purple Cloud was somewhat disappointed. Fortunately, its original expectations weren't high, but this loss did indeed make it feel a bit of heartache.
Lord Silver Apricot continued: "So, the price of the Life Godstone is calculated as: (Original price of Three-Star Apricot - Cyan Apricot God-Given Seed production × years) × 0.7 ÷ 2. Is this calculation acceptable?"
Lord Purple Cloud carefully calculated that if the Cyan Apricot God-Given Seed needed ten years to nurture a God-Rank Three-Star Apricot, then the cost price would be nearly ten million Origin Stones.
According to this formula, the price of the Three-Star Apricot would be 50 million Origin Stones, 70% of that is 35 million, and dividing that by 2, the value of the Life Origin Energy lost by the Life Godstone over these seven years is 17.5 million Origin Stones. This is already far beyond their expectations.
Originally, they thought that a share of 100 Origin Stones would be satisfactory, but now it has completely exceeded their expectations.
Lord Silver Apricot said: "Now you also have two options. First, we will wait for the Three-Star Apricot to mature, and then we will calculate the price and compensate your merchant group according to this formula."
"Second, you can also choose to consume the Three-Star Apricot, and then make up for the remaining difference."
"I choose the first one." Lord Purple Cloud repeatedly waved its antennae, rejecting the second proposal. Their merchant group couldn't afford such an expensive God-Rank fruit.
Moreover, the Three-Star Apricot is endowed with water, fire, and earth three-element talents. The spiders in their merchant group already have earth-element talent.
The only elements that would be effective are the water and fire elements, so it would be too wasteful for them to eat it.
Seeing this, Lord Silver Apricot said without surprise: "Alright, then we will calculate the specific price when the Three-Star Apricot matures.
Then, how should the Origin Stones be paid to you? Should we convert them into shares of God-Rank fruits to accumulate? Or should we exchange them for Spider King Certificates?"
Lord Purple Cloud: "Are the Spider King Certificates calculated as God-Rank Spider King Certificates or God-Given Spider King Certificates?"
There are three grades of Spider King Certificates. Ordinary Spider King Certificates are worthless within the kingdom and only circulate in the Myriad Races Continent, mainly for trading ordinary Origin Energy foods. You cannot buy God-Given Origin Energy foods with ordinary Spider King Certificates, and even if you can, the premium will be very high.
God-Given Spider King Certificates can be exchanged for God-Given Origin Energy foods, which is what makes them useful.
God-Rank Spider King Certificates can be exchanged for any item, which is what makes them valuable.
Lord Silver Apricot said truthfully: "If you want ordinary Spider King Certificates, then I can borrow from the kingdom at a rate of 3 million per year, and give you 18 million Origin Stones in advance."
"If you want God-Given Spider King Certificates, I can use my own God-Given Silver Apricot Fruit as collateral to give you God-Given Spider King Certificates with a face value of 300,000 Origin Stones each year until the Three-Star Apricot matures and the total price is calculated."
"God-Rank Spider King Certificates are not suitable for releasing too many, as they can easily lead to price chaos. If you insist, I can give your merchant group three to five Spider King Certificates with a face value of 10,000 each year, evenly, over a period of about 500 years."
Lord Purple Cloud fell into thought. Each of these three options had its advantages and disadvantages.
The first option had obvious advantages and disadvantages. The advantage was that they could immediately obtain a large amount of funds. The disadvantage was that they would directly lose the right to purchase God-Rank fruits in the future, and even if they wanted to buy them, they would probably be at the very end of the line.
And after knowing the effect of the God-Rank Wish Fruit, Lord Purple Cloud had no doubt that many lords would definitely be very active in planning for the next usage right.
The second option allowed them to obtain a large number of God-Given Spider King Certificates, which was not a big deal in the current kingdom, but it was conceivable that once many lords exerted their strength, the God-Given Spider King Certificates would become even more valuable, and in the future, even within the kingdom, God-Given Origin Energy foods might be required to exchange for God-Given Spider King Certificates.
After all, there was only a circulation quota of one million Origin Stones per year, and whoever could get them first would have priority trading rights in the Myriad Races and Myriad Kingdoms Continent.
The third option, using a 500-year period to reduce the flooding of God-Rank Spider King Certificates, was a good choice for the kingdom, but it wasn't very friendly to their merchant group. If they really took this option, they wouldn't be able to eat God-Rank fruits even if they died of old age.
Lord Purple Cloud was pondering, and Lord Torch was listening anxiously to the side. Each of these choices was good, but each also had its disadvantages. After a while, Lord Purple Cloud slowly said: "Do you think this is possible?"
"Give our merchant group Spider King Certificates worth one million Origin Stones each year, of which 50,000 are God-Rank Spider King Certificates, 300,000 are God-Given Spider King Certificates, and 650,000 are ordinary Spider King Certificates.
This way, the God-Rank Spider King Certificates won't flood the market, and I can also take a certain amount of ordinary Spider King Certificates out to trade."
The Ginkgo Lord and the Green Maple Lord looked at each other, feeling that this approach was feasible. Although 300,000 units of God-Given Spider King Credits sounded like a lot, when used across two continents, it was like a drop of water in the ocean.
If they really opened it up for use, a single Blood Vine Lake could easily swallow this little bit of God-Given Origin Power food.
Not to mention ordinary Spider King Credits, there were countless Origin Power foods on the two continents; 650,000 Origin Power foods were just commonplace.
The truly valuable God-Tier Spider King Credits, even if given out at 30,000 to 50,000 per year, would it not take three to five hundred years to gather enough for a God-Tier fruit? (Equivalent to a five-yuan coupon for a Rolls-Royce)
"Then it's settled." The value of a Life Godstone was no less than a God-Given Seed, so the Ziyun Merchant Guild was essentially using the right to use a God-Given Seed.
"Yay!" Mountain Lord Torch cheered happily, and Fourleaf on the side was also overjoyed.
Lord Green Maple continued to calculate: "This share is the money your Ziyun Merchant Guild deserves.
Fourleaf should also get a share of the same amount, which is also nearly 20 million Origin Stones.
Everyone here is Fourleaf's elder. What do you think should be done with this Origin Stone money?"
The price of a God-Tier Three-Star Apricot was 60 million Origin Stones. The Ginkgo Lord bought it at a 30% discount. This 30% discount, 42 million Origin Stones, was the money the Ginkgo Lord had to pay no matter how he calculated it. After deducting the loss of the Emerald Apricot God-Given Seed nurturing a God-Tier fruit, the remaining portion was the amount split equally between the Ziyun Merchant Guild and Fourleaf.
So much money, Fourleaf cannot handle it!
In fact, Lord Green Maple had already considered a solution when he raised this topic.
Lord Ginkgo said: "How many Origin Stones does Fourleaf owe the kingdom in total?"
Lord Green Maple calculated: "The total price of the Long Bean God-Given Seed is 70.2 million Origin Stones, the total price of the Purple Eggplant God-Given Seed is 60 million Origin Stones,
and the total price of the Cassia God-Given Seed is 81.6 million Origin Stones, totaling 211.8 million Origin Stones."
"Uh," the spiders were speechless. Two hundred million Origin Stones was a lot to them, but Fourleaf had so many God-Given Seeds,
paying off this little debt was not a problem at all. Now that there was also the God-Tier Wish Fruit, paying off the debt became effortless. They did not know what to say.
Lord Ginkgo waved his forelegs helplessly: "Fourleaf's own evolution resources are sufficient now, so use this money to pay off the kingdom's debt!"
Hearing Lord Ginkgo say this, Fourleaf raised its claws and cheered: "Yay, the debt on my body has been reduced again!" Everyone looked at Fourleaf, feeling inexplicably depressed,
especially Lord Ginkgo. He said that Fourleaf would pay off the kingdom's debt, but this money was pre-paid from the kingdom, and then Lord Yin Fou would repay the debt in the future.
Its Ginkgo God-Given Seed, at the Lord level, produces 355,000 Origin Stones annually, plus its many Life Seeds, it can have about 460,000 Origin Stones a year. It estimated that it would take a hundred years to repay the 42 million Origin Stone debt.
Alas, it was better to wait until it advanced to the King level before repaying the money. After reaching the King level, it estimated that it would only take forty to fifty years to repay the debt.
Fortunately, there was the God-Tier Three-Star Fou, which greatly increased its probability of advancing to the King level. Otherwise, it would have to spend the rest of its life repaying debts like Green Maple.
Mountain Lord Ziyun said: "How will the second fruit produced by the Lucky Clover be calculated in the future?"
Lord Ginkgo sighed again: "The God-Tier Wish Fruit is not perfect either. It can only be eaten by insectoid warriors with wood-type talents, and it also needs God-Tier fruit calibration, and also needs to find a God-Given Seed that matches the type of other God-Tier fruits to nurture.
These conditions are too harsh. It is only in our Flame Spider Kingdom that we have so many God-Given Seeds and a God-Tier Fruit Guide that we can use it perfectly.
Otherwise, even if other insectoid kingdoms get the God-Tier Wish Fruit, they will not be able to use it.
The Lucky Clover God-Given Seed has just produced its first fruit. It will take at least six or seven years for the next fruit to be produced. Let's see then!"
"Alright." Mountain Lord Ziyun also knew this very well. As Lord Ginkgo said, it was only in the Flame Spider Kingdom that the God-Tier Wish Fruit could exert its miraculous, heaven-defying effect.
If it were in other kingdoms, it might be called the most garbage God-Tier fruit in history.
Similarly, giving Life Godstones to other God-Given Seeds would not have the current value. It was only by giving it to the Lucky Clover God-Given Seed, and then with the support of the Flame Spider Kingdom's vast foundation, that a 1+1 = 1000 effect could be formed.
Everyone even speculated in their hearts, was this an arrangement by the Natural True God? Or was the role of the God-Tier Wish Fruit to convert wood-type Origin Power, and the role of the Lucky Clover God-Given Seed to increase luck in the dark?
In the past few years, there have been too many spiders in the kingdom with significant luck. The spiders present were all beneficiaries.
Not to mention Fourleaf itself, the Ziyun Merchant Guild first traded for the Venus Flytrap God-Given Seed, then obtained the Life Godstone,
and also has a 90% share of the Canola God-Given Seed. Except for being robbed once a few years ago, everything else has been smooth sailing. Now it is estimated to be one of the wealthiest merchant guilds in the kingdom.
There was also Lord Green Maple. Its transaction with Lord Dragon Beard was also due to Fourleaf's relationship, bringing it 200,000 to 500,000 profits every year, which was equivalent to the annual output of a King-level arboreal God-Given Seed.
Not to mention that it went out and found the first God-Given Seed it had obtained in so many years, paying off half of its debt.
Lord Ginkgo was also a beneficiary. The Three-Star Apricot converted by the Light God-Tier Wish Fruit, if it could awaken three-lineage talents in the future, would increase its probability of breaking through to the King level by at least 30%. A nine-year-old insectoid king was also promising.
Overall, the God-Tier Wish Fruit being able to be converted into multi-lineage God-Tier fruits was a win-win situation for everyone.
Mountain Lord Ziyun said: "Then I won't stay here either. I should prepare to go traveling and trading."
Although it said so, it did not move.
Lord Ginkgo and Lord Green Maple were a little speechless.
Lord Ginkgo said: "I just broke through, and I don't have the Spider King Credits with me. I'll have Eight Prism send the Spider King Credits to you later."
Mountain Lord Ziyun: "Thank you, Lord Ginkgo."
With their matters settled, they were ready to leave: "Fourleaf, do you want to go down the mountain with me?"
Just as Fourleaf was about to agree, Lord Green Maple said: "Fourleaf, go down the mountain with me later!"
Mountain Lord Ziyun looked at it, then looked at Lord Green Maple: "Then we'll leave first."
Lord Green Maple mobilized the Origin Power in its body, and the Myriad Insect Bead emerged from its forehead. It returned the Myriad Insect Bead to Lord Ginkgo: "Yin Fou, when I used the Myriad Insect Bead, I found that it also had some auxiliary abilities. Can some of them be appropriately used for the Lucky Clover God-Given Seed?"
Now the Lucky Clover God-Given Seed was the most important treasure in the kingdom. It could be said that even the countless Origin Stones and Origin Power foods stored in the abyss were not as important as it.
Lord Yin Fou thought for a while and said: "The Lucky Clover is still in the growth stage. Wait until it reaches the Mountain Lord level before using one or two abilities suitable for assisting growth!"
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