Natural God's Gift

"Peony, Moutan, Bai Zhi, Quatrefoil, you little spiders, come here." The Greenhill Chieftain called the little spiders to its side.

The little warriors surrounded the Greenhill Chieftain, tilting their little heads to look at it: "Greenhill Chieftain, what are we doing?"

The Greenhill Chieftain took out a silk pouch and opened it: "Now, let's test your business skills. I'll give each of you two hundred watermelon seeds to see if you can sell them all in the next few days."

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The little spiders' eyes lit up: "Are you letting us sell goods?"

"Yes, but it's not without conditions," the Greenhill Chieftain said: "The Origin Power watermelon seeds were purchased by the trade caravan from Banxia, and the cost price is two seeds per Origin Stone.

I'm giving you two hundred watermelon seeds per spider, so your business cost is one hundred Origin Stones. According to kingdom rules, the profit from selling Origin Power food cannot be less than 20%, which means you'll have to return goods worth one hundred and twenty Origin Stones to me."

"So, do you dare to do this business?"

"This…" Peony and Moutan were traveling with the Ziyun Trade Caravan for the first time, and they thought they were just working to earn Origin Stones like in the Cheqian Trade Caravan. They didn't expect the Greenhill Chieftain to let them wholesale Origin Power food to retail themselves. They hadn't done this before. What if they lost money?

Peony hesitated for a moment and asked, "Greenhill Chieftain, can't we work for the trade caravan to earn Origin Stones?"

"Of course," the Greenhill Chieftain said frankly: "If you work, the trade caravan will give you two Origin Stones every day when doing business in a tribe. You can choose one of the two methods."

Quatrefoil raised a claw to ask a question: "Greenhill Chieftain, if watermelon seeds are purchased for half an Origin Stone each, how many Origin Stones will they be sold for?"

Greenhill Chieftain: "That's up to you. Anyway, we only need to recover the principal of one hundred Origin Stones and a 20% profit."

Quatrefoil continued to ask: "If we sell them all, can we get more from you?"

Greenhill Chieftain: "Yes, as long as you can collect goods worth one hundred and twenty Origin Stones before leaving Bloodvine Lake, you can borrow any goods worth one hundred Origin Stones from me again."

"Okay," Quatrefoil pulled out a small silk pouch from its back and opened the pouch: "Greenhill Chieftain, I'll take two hundred watermelon seeds."

"Huh?" The other little spiders were stunned. Was Quatrefoil this brave? Wasn't it afraid of losing money?

How would they know that Quatrefoil had seen many transactions of tens of thousands of Origin Stones? It felt like Longya borrowing a few thousand Origin Stones was a bit too little. Besides, it already owed the trade caravan several thousand Origin Stones, so it didn't care about owing another hundred Origin Stones.

Seeing Quatrefoil's action, Bai Zhi also pulled out a silk pouch from its back and opened it: "Greenhill Chieftain, give me two hundred watermelon seeds too."

Quatrefoil was its good friend, and they had to advance and retreat together.

"Huh?" Peony and Moutan were even more stunned. Were the little spiders so brave now? Did they not need to survey the market? The two little spiders were bolder than them, and now they were being held hostage.

Moutan was about to say that it also wanted to take two hundred watermelon seeds, but Peony held it down. Peony was not overwhelmed by the two little spiders' excitement. When it was in the Cheqian Trade Caravan, the first lesson the Cheqian leader taught them was to assess the situation.

The most taboo thing for Flame Spider peddlers was adventure. They, the Watarase Flame Spiders, were different from the original Flame Spiders. They did not produce Origin Power food themselves. A single adventure could lead to bankruptcy. Their ability to bear risks was much smaller than that of the original Flame Spiders.

It would not risk purchasing goods before understanding the general situation here, even if these goods belonged to its elders.

It calmly said, "Greenhill Chieftain, if the watermelon seeds are not sold out here, will the trade caravan recycle them?"

"The trade caravan will not recycle them. You have to bear the risk of this part yourself." If they were guaranteed to be recycled, wouldn't these little spiders have no pressure at all?

Peony: "Will there be insectoids with water-type talents on the subsequent peddling journey?"

"Yes!" Seeing that Peony was so cautious, the Greenhill Chieftain was very satisfied. Peony's personality was very similar to its own, equally stable.

The Greenhill Chieftain's words gave Peony a reassurance.

"Then the two of us will also take two hundred watermelon seeds each."

The four little spiders opened their small pouches, and the Greenhill Chieftain counted two hundred watermelon seeds for each of them and put them into the pouches, not forgetting to encourage them: "You must sell them well."

"Okay."

"We also have trading capital now. Get rich, get rich." Quatrefoil and Bai Zhi were jumping and jumping happily.

"Uh…" The spiders were speechless.

"Bai Zhi, Quatrefoil." Peony called out to the two jumping spiders.

"Peony, what's wrong?"

"Come with me, I want to discuss something with you."

Quatrefoil and Bai Zhi followed Peony with puzzled looks, and Moutan came to a big tree.

Such a short distance was just a stone's throw for any large spider. They could sense it with a sweep of their mental power, but the large spiders disdained eavesdropping on the little spiders' whispers.

After calling the two little spiders over, Peony directly asked straight to the point: "Quatrefoil, Bai Zhi, how many Origin Stones are you going to sell the watermelon seeds for?"

"Ah, we forgot to ask." The two little spiders only knew to get the watermelon seeds first, and hadn't considered how much to sell them for.

Bai Zhi asked back: "Peony, how much are you planning to sell a watermelon seed for?"

"I called you here to discuss this matter." Peony said calmly: "I propose that we sell the watermelon seeds at a unified price."

Quatrefoil: "A unified price?"

Peony: "Yes, we unify the watermelon seeds to a suitable price, so that we can sell them faster. Moreover, the little warriors don't have many Origin Stones. If the price you sell it for is too different from the price I sell it for, they will be dissatisfied. We can't offend customers in business."

"Then how many Origin Stones are you planning to sell one for?" Quatrefoil and Bai Zhi had not done business before and did not understand the tricks.

Peony: "I think the price of two Origin Stones for three watermelon seeds is very suitable."

Bai Zhi calculated that the original price of a watermelon seed was 0.5 Origin Stones. They got it from the Greenhill Chieftain for 0.6 Origin Stones each. The cost of three seeds was 1.8 Origin Stones, which meant that they only earned 0.2 Origin Stones for three watermelon seeds?

Bai Zhi said dissatisfied: "Isn't this price too low? We can't earn Origin Stones by selling like this."

Quatrefoil put its claws on its mouth: "How many Origin Stones can we earn?"

Quatrefoil was not very good at math. After all, a few months ago, it was still illiterate and couldn't even calculate 4+5.

"Not a few," Peony analyzed the situation for the two spiders: "Watermelon seeds are just ordinary water-type Origin Power food. There are many similar Origin Power foods on the backs of Chieftain-level large spiders.

When the Ziyun Chieftain and the others have negotiated business with the Bloodvine Lord, their tribe will definitely distribute a large batch of water-type Origin Power food. Their tribe's elders must have told them this, and if we sell it too expensive, they would rather wait for the tribe to distribute the food, so no one will earn Origin Stones.

Selling three watermelon seeds for two Origin Stones is not a low price. I have calculated that two hundred watermelon seeds can be sold for about 133 Origin Stones, a 33% profit. Even if we hand it over to the trade caravan, we can still get thirteen Origin Stones. Besides, don't you still have silk pouches? This is also an income. It's very good to earn so much in a few days. We little warriors can't be too greedy."

Quatrefoil hesitated for a while and said: "Then let's sell three watermelon seeds for two Origin Stones."

Peony said happily: "Okay, then it's settled. The price is unified. If we sell it quickly, we might be able to get a second batch of goods. I'll see if I can collect some local specialties to sell on the later journey. Earning the elders' money doesn't count as real ability!"