Published: February 11, 2025
For his partners, Ye Zhongming had a different approach, and so he obediently quoted a price.
A price that made his partner roll her eyes upon hearing it.
“Mr. Ye, isn’t this a bit excessive? A Seven-Star Evolution Potion? That’s enough to exchange for a piece of golden equipment, especially one from the roulette!”
Tong Steward felt that this was Ye Zhongming's way of indirectly refusing, so her tone was not very pleasant.
Ye Zhongming shook his head instead, “Perhaps a blue piece of equipment won’t be worth a bottle of Seven-Star Evolution Potion in the future, but it is now. Plus, the equipment I make is better than what comes from the roulette."
After a pause, Ye Zhongming added, “There’s no restriction on whether it has to be fire attribute.”
Both Tong Steward and Water Steward were quite tempted, even with Ye Zhongming's exorbitant asking price.
There was no other choice; to get a piece of golden equipment now, aside from some special cases, you would generally have to start from the grade 7 roulette, but golden equipment was extremely rare on these levels, making them hard to find.
From the grade 8 roulette onwards, the quantity of golden equipment began to increase. However, speaking of the Five Rings Society, they weren’t even at a level to rotate the grade 8 roulette yet, nor could other superpowers like the Resistance Zone.
On the grade 7 roulette, the main output was blue equipment, with a ratio not far from that of golden equipment on the grade 8 roulette.
From this perspective, valuing a blue piece of equipment at one bottle of Seven-Star Evolution Potion was not incorrect.
Garan couldn’t help but touch the blue battle armor she was wearing, thinking if she should sell it and then use the money to buy two bottles of six-star evolution potions for herself and Mina.
“That’s still too high.” Tong Steward and Water Steward whispered a few words and regretfully refused Ye Zhongming's price.
Even though they were giants, they couldn’t afford to squander their wealth like this; the value-for-money of the deal proposed by this man was too low.
Ye Zhongming fell silent for a moment and then said, “How about this, let’s change the way we talk about it. If you find a roulette that has both Seven-Star Evolution Potion and blue equipment, the chance of getting either is the same, right?”
The two stewards nodded but were somewhat confused.
“Let’s change it to magic crystals.” Ye Zhongming revealed his true intentions, “Even with a fifty percent chance, sixty grade 7 magic crystals, plus an additional ten magic crystals since my equipment is better. That's a blue piece of equipment for sixty grade 7 magic crystals.”
Did Ye Zhongming not know that a blue piece of equipment was not worth a bottle of Seven-Star Evolution Potion? Of course, he did! But he still quoted this price and tried to persuade the two stewards of the Five Rings Society. This was to elevate their psychological endurance; when the price eventually came down a bit, they would find it easier to accept.
If Ye Zhongming had started with the price of sixty grade 7 magic crystals, the final transaction price would likely have been lower.
Of course, Ye Zhongming also wanted to test his luck and see if he could encounter a big spender, but apparently, a blue piece of equipment was still not enough to make the two stewards lose their rationality.
“This…”
“No matter how many times I fail, it counts as mine.”
“But…”
“Custom-made.”
The two stewards were left speechless, but after weighing it in their hearts, they still nodded in agreement.
Perhaps for Ye Zhongming, a blue piece of equipment was not significant; as long as he could withstand a decent failure rate and find a large number of rare materials, he could continuously produce them.
But it was precisely because of these restrictive conditions that he couldn't mass-produce equipment of this level.
Even he, an outstanding craftsman, was like this, let alone the Five Rings Society.