Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
This was a young man who was about twenty-years-old. He had cute freckles on his face and jet black hair that hung down past his ears. He wore a strand of red prayer beads around his neck and a brown cowboy hat on his head.
There was already a gold-level Double Honorary Aristocrat and an orange-level Honorary Aristocrat. The atmosphere was already tense. But when this young man came over, there was no tension. He looked like he was just approaching some friends to say hi—the key was that no one knew who he was…
Aye, why does he look familiar?
Hong Dali looked carefully at the young man. “Who are you? What is your name?”
“Aye?” The young man looked at Tianyi and Mu Huaqing, then at Hong Dali. He touched his chin and smiled. “It seems you are not simple as well. I’m King P. Ace. How about you?”
This man was an expert!
Although nobody moved, in the eyes of the experts, Tianyi could tell from his small movements that this person was definitely as powerful as him!
People who were trained in martial arts rarely revealed any flaws no matter whether it was a small gesture of raising a hand, talking, drinking, etc. One could tell from their actions that they were ready to attack anytime.
In that way, they could easily handle all kinds of situations.
Hence, Tianyi subconsciously moved to the side and quietly stood in front of Jiang Qianxue. Then, he laughed. “This brother looks skilled. How many levels did you pass in the Tower of Trials? There should be no problem for you to pass above twenty levels, right?”
His actions triggered a good feeling from Jiang Qianxue. What had happened was water under the bridge—in this time and era, people like Tianyi were most sought after.
“Eh? Your vision is not bad.” Ace smiled as he nodded. Then, he pointed to himself with his thumb. “Level twenty-two.”
“You also passed level twenty-two?” Hearing that, Tianyi became enthusiastic. “Me too. Aiya, we’re the same. Haha. This must be fate. Shall we exchange some pointers later?”
“Sure. No problem. Haha!” Ace laughed as he agreed.
Right, it seemed Hong Dali had met another two amusing idiots…
Hong Dali touched his nose. “Both of you can go fight in the corner. Don’t hold back my squandering…”
“Squandering?” Hearing that, Ace was excited. “How are you squandering?”
“This middle-aged man,” Hong Dali pointed at the shop owner. “said he intends to let go of his shop. I’m going to take over it.”
“Isn’t that a proper business transaction? How is that considered squandering?” Ace asked the shop owner curiously. “Could it be that your shop is facing some problems? Tell me about it.”
This was an expert who had passed level twenty-two of the Tower of Trials and an orange-level Honorary Aristocrat. Although they had not fought, he must be quite capable to dare to speak like that—after all, skills were easy to recognize. Once he started to fight, people would know if he was really capable. If he boosted his abilities here, he would get beaten up to a pulp.
Hence, the shop owner hurriedly replied, “Actually, it’s nothing. It’s just that I’m not managing it well and have lost some money. Hence, I decided to let the shop go before I go bankrupt…”
“You want to take over a shop that loses money on a daily basis?” Ace finally understood what Hong Dali meant by squandering. “What do you intend to do with it?”
“Squander,” Hong Dali answered matter-of-factly. “It’s meaningless to take over a shop that is profiting. If I have to take over a shop, I will take over the one with the most loses and do the most losing business. That is called squandering!”
“Interesting!” Ace stared with his eyes wide open. “I’ve seen all sorts of people, but it is the first time I’ve met someone so sincere in squandering. Hahahaha!”
Tianyi thought to himself. “This Hong Dali intentionally does business to lose money, does he have something up his sleeves to turn the tables around?”
Mu Huaqing schemed quietly. “A shop that loses money every day, it won’t be easy to turn losses into profit. Does this Hong Dali think he’s so good at making money? Does he really have something up his sleeves? But he looks at most eighteen or nineteen-years-old. He doesn’t look like such a capable person. This shop would need at least two hundred thousand to one million to take over. How much can one piece of gem-embedded equipment earn? The net profit is too low. That’s why not many Honorary Aristocrats are in this business. But this Hong Dali, why does he insist on doing this?”
While both of them wasted their brain cells, Ace asked curiously, “Dali, how much are you taking over this shop for, then? It must be cheap, right?”
“Ah, it’s okay.” Hong Dali chuckled. “Everything included, about 920,000. I rounded it up to one million.”
“Rounded up?!” Tianyi and Mu Huaqing gasped in shock. “A losing business and you still rounded up the figure?! This will increase the cost and affect the results of the advancement assessment!”
“I couldn’t care less about the advancement assessment.” Hong Dali pouted. “I can do whatever I want as long as I have money. One million!”
Tianyi: “…” Mu Huaqing: “…” Ace: “…” Jiang Qianxue: “…”
It was the first time they heard something like that!
Hence, they prepared to go upstairs.
At this moment, Tianyi suddenly looked beside and reminded. “Dali, your shop is open!”
Hong Dali’s accessory shop was open for business!
Everyone turned to look. Indeed, a huge crowd of freeloaders rushed into the shop like mad people. A four-meters-tall giant stood in the shop yawning as he smiled. “Wahahahaha, slowly, don’t snatch…”
Rubbish, a piece of equipment that they could profit tens of thousands from, they would be idiots if they didn’t hurry!
“Pops?!” Ace’s jaw nearly fell to the ground. “He is actually here!”
The one speaking had no other intentions, but the one listening had his own ideas. Hong Dali was shocked. “Aye? Pops is your pops as well?!
“He acknowledged you as his son as well?!” Ace stared hard at Hong Dali. “Does that mean we’re brothers now?!”
“Hahaha, brothers. Good brother!” Hong Dali laughed as he hugged Ace. “Big brother Ace, you should be the elder one!”
“Hahaha, I have a squanderer brother. I’m in a good mood today!” Ace jumped in excitement. “Let’s go over to Pops. I have an urgent matter!”
Tianyi stared and stuck his tongue out.
He was well aware of the ability of the White Beard Mister. Hong Dali aside, Ace was also an expert who passed level twenty-two. He was actually the White Beard Mister’s son as well. I better behave myself. I cannot afford to offend this family!
Since he was going to see Pops, Hong Dali was lazy to go upstairs. He pointed with his finger. “Xiaoyi, just do the paperwork. I’ll see the shop when I have time later on.”
“Yes.” Ling Xiaoyi went to finish the paperwork with the shop owner. Indeed, when the paperwork was done, Hong Dali pulled out the System to look. Current Squandering Value: 9.8 million.
Wahahaha! Two hundred thousand more and I will have completed the mission!
I will go back and add the skill points first!
“That…” Seeing that they were going to meet the great White Beard Mister, Tianyi grabbed his hair and laughed. “I won’t follow. You may go ahead first!” He desperately winked at Mu Huaqing—we cannot afford to offend these guys. It’s best for us to leave now!
Soon, after they left Hong Dali, Tianyi whispered to Mu Huaqing, “Brother Huaqing, Hong Dali and Ace are not easy to handle. We have to be careful. I almost died just now!”
“En, I know.” Mu Huaqing nodded. “Hong Dali’s power is unpredictable. I think my level is not bad, but I cannot seem to understand what he does. Even if he’s really a prodigal, it’s the first time I’ve seen someone squander in this manner. I have yet to figure out how he earns money.”
“I was hoping I could get some benefits,” Tianyi said, dispirited. “but it seems that it’s not that easy.”
“Oh right.” Mu Huaqing asked softly. “The Pops they mentioned, is he powerful?”
“Of course.” Tianyi shrugged helplessly. “I passed twenty-two levels in the Tower of Trials. Not talking about how powerful I am, I should be not too bad. But I couldn’t even handle one move from that White Beard Mister. What do you think?”
“Are you kidding me?!” Mu Huaqing said in shock. “He’s so powerful? In that case, the super genius that passed all thirty levels…”
“It’s hard to say.” Tianyi touched his chin and thought for a while. “But I think it should not be him. I lost to him in one move previously. After that, a mysterious old man saved me. He was a Galaxy Aristocrat. I could tell. But he disappeared suddenly later. Nothing happened, he must have asked the White Beard Mister if it was him. If he was really the super genius, wouldn’t have all the Galaxy Aristocrats rushed over by now?”
“En, that’s true.” Mu Huaqing nodded. “Oh right, the auction at Sauron Auction Center will begin tomorrow. Are you going?”
“Of course,” Tianyi said. “I want to see if there’s anything to increase power. I intend to buy some top-grade gems. I can’t wear any equipment in the Tower of Trials, but I can embed some gems onto my weapon to bring in. If I manage to get some top-grade attribute gems to challenge the Tower of Trials, it would be beneficial.”
“En, that makes sense,” Mu Huaqing immediately said. “I shall see if there are any top-grade gems to buy as well. Speaking of which, I just went to challenge level twenty-one of the Tower of Trials. The results are not bad.”
“Haha, let’s work harder!” Tianyi smiled. “Let’s work hard together!”
“En, together!”
