Apocalypse Gachapon

Chapter 358: Labour is the most valuable

He couldn’t reject it so upfront. They would work together, and he had to give him some face, so he said another replacement method.

“This thing is called demon crystals; even if I tell you its use, you can’t use it. You should know that I am telling the truth. If these crystals were useful, you wouldn’t have thrown them away. This is why you can use this trash to negotiate with me. Let's work together since we are both asking for what we want. There is no use in knowing too much. What do you think?”

Ah Tao felt his attitude change and knew that the final condition touched his bottom line and secrets. He was too direct and decided to give him 500 grey crystals as an apology.

Ye Zhongming rolled his eyes. This old man knew how to gift him things. He told him he didn’t want grey crystals, so he used 500 to buy a favor. Why not 500 level-two crystals?

But it was a gift so he wasn’t unhappy about it. This thing could help him to recover his mental energy.

“What is the replacement method that you mentioned?” Ah Tao focused on developing the tribe, so he asked Ye Zhongming.

Ye Zhongming touched his chin and asked, “How did you create your weapons?”

The few in the tent were stunned and didn’t know why Ye Zhongming would ask that.

But weapon creation wasn’t a secret. It depended on skills. Ah Tao gave him a simple introduction. They just combined stuff and ground them. The higher-level ones were formed when Ah Tao used his enchanting ability to add energy to these weapons.

Ye Zhongming nodded. His guess was correct. They didn’t have job skills, so naturally, they couldn’t create strong weapons.

“Hand me your bow.”

Ye Zhongming pointed at the short bow by Miya’s waist, “Pass me an arrow.”

They didn’t know what Ye Zhongming was doing. Di Nuo and Kai Nuo, the two hunting team captains, were slightly nervous.

Miya looked at Ah Tao, and after the old man nodded, she handed it to him along with an arrow.

Ye Zhongming took out a bunch of monster teeth and claws that he had collected. He pressed it on the arrow, and that ordinary bone arrow glowed grey after a light glow.

This miraculous change stunned Ah Tao and the others. Especially Miya, who was beside him. Her huge, soft chest pressed on his arm, and she looked at every part of the arrow.

Even a fool could tell that the arrow was different.

Ye Zhongming smiled and took the tendon of a monster from Earth to enchant the short bow. This old bow started to shine like it was new. The grey glow was even better than the arrow.

These two items were passed around. Ah Tao even called two skilled smiths to let them take a look. But they didn’t recognize the thing that the Glory Smith had crafted. Apart from praising it, they couldn’t understand it at all.

“Test it.”

No matter how good it looked, what mattered was its strength.

They came to the side of the camp. Miya drew the bow and fired at the mountain on the side.

This grey bone arrow was activated by the grey bow and smashed into the wall. It didn’t pierce through, but the arrow exploded into the wall. The grey arrow exploded and caused a huge hole to appear in the thick mountain body.

The strength terrified those who were spectating. Miya was stunned and didn’t believe that she had caused it.

Ye Zhongming was slightly frustrated. He did see grey bows using grey arrows, and he knew how strong it was, but it was weaker than this arrow. He was confused about what was going on.

Without his job changing, there were only two possibilities. One was the user, which was Miya’s strength and shooting ability. This was possible as he was not sure what kind of weird abilities these Posthumous People had. The second possibility was that he had used the materials from monsters in the Secret Realm, and that caused an increase in strength.

He had to test it out in the future to see exactly which it was.

“Ah Tao, can I use this to replace the fourth condition?”

Could he? Of course! Only ten people could enchant weapons with strength, giving them a higher attack. With this equipment, normal warriors could become as strong, and the entire tribe would get much stronger!

Ah Tao was afraid that Ye Zhongming would go back on his words. His weak body looked like it recovered instantly. He pulled his hands and repeated those words multiple times.

“But…”

Ye Zhongming sighed, and his heart sank.

Hearing ‘but’ during a negotiation would cause such a reaction.

“But I consume a lot of energy, so…”

Ah Tao’s smile was a little stiff. He didn’t think that this clean-looking teen was a vampire.

“This, of course. We won’t let you do this for nothing, but how do you charge for it…”

“Very cheap, three white crystals.”

His face relaxed. Three white crystals that weren’t cheap.

If people in Ying City heard that, they would curse him for being foolish. Ye Zhongming charged one level-two crystal when he sold grey weapons. He did everything, including providing the material. Now, he was using mental energy to earn three times more. That wasn’t expensive?

Ye Zhongming smiled. He didn’t think that he was asking for too much. Earth’s price was on Earth. After all, there was special circumstance and environment.

Was this the same? He was alone here and had the whole market. If he weren’t willing, then others would be willing to pay. Ah Tao might not have many demon crystals, but those bigger tribes did!

Moreover, Ye Zhongming knew what was valuable! Labor!

Everyone was satisfied, and after having a barbecue meal, he returned to rest. Half a day later, he headed out with 20 of them.