"No problem, that's my bottom line. You can add a bit," the boss leaned back, openly leaving room for negotiation.
"You're driving a hard bargain, aren't you?" Yaoyao feigned expertise, speaking coldly. She picked up the calculator and jabbed at it, then handed it to the boss.
The boss furrowed his brow. "This… is a bit much, young lady?"
I saw it. Yaoyao had raised it to eight, followed by seven zeros.
Before I could speak, the boss waved his hand and made a chopping motion. "Half. Four thousand. No more!"
Yaoyao's expression darkened, and she began to gather her things from the table.
Chu Qi was about to say something, but I grabbed her. "Sister, let's go outside for a smoke. Let your sister handle this."
Bargaining was Yaoyao's forte. I took Chu Qi and Diana outside. About ten minutes later, Yaoyao emerged, beaming.
Chu Qi quickly asked, "How much did you sell it for?"
Yaoyao held up a hand, showing six fingers.
"Holy crap, sixty million!"
"Uh-huh, impressive, right?" Yaoyao chuckled.
"Let's go," I said, feigning nonchalance, though I was inwardly overjoyed. "We're off to see the dolphins."
When we returned to Black Stone Beach port, Chen Lu called. She said the payment had arrived and sent me a screenshot. The buyer was very thoughtful, not only sending sixty million but also adding four sixes, making it 60,006,666, which seemed auspicious.
"Consider it my war chest for heading to the Underworld," I laughed. If the Little King of Hell asked me for help again, as long as it was feasible, I'd definitely go. This was pure profit! Buying those gold and silver treasures hadn't been cheap either. I remembered pooling my money with Bingbing's, and it was still barely enough. We'd spent a total of 120 million, I think. But that was underworld currency. 120 million underworld currency that we brought ourselves, bought by the fox demon from a funeral supplies shop for eight yuan!
Eight yuan, plus travel and transportation costs, and everything else, let's say a generous 200 yuan at most, and I made sixty million!
This was almost equivalent to selling the demon cores of all eight demons!
I never expected that I, a living Underworld emissary, would be worth so much. But then again, perhaps previous living Underworld emissaries hadn't discovered this secret. Who would go shopping in the Underworld for no reason? However, my only worry now was whether these antiques would disappear when I entered the Underworld again, just as the guns in Wang Shoujie's hands would vanish when I returned to the mortal realm.
Yaoyao kept the boss's business card. We needed to provide after-sales service. If this situation truly occurred, we had to return the money to the customer. We couldn't swindle ordinary people!
Upon arriving at Black Stone Beach, I checked my watch. It was precisely 9:30.
"Over there," Yaoyao pointed to the harbor waters not far away. I activated my Qi sensing ability and saw a large cluster of auras gathered about a hundred meters from the shore.
"How do we call them over?" I looked around. Adjacent to the city, there was a promenade along the shore with many people strolling, and even a balloon vendor.
"I'll go down," Diana said. "I'll lead them to a less crowded spot to land. You wait for my news."
"Alright, thank you for your trouble," I said.
Diana quickly shed her down jacket and outer layers. Seizing a moment when no one was nearby, she leaped into the water. Her control was better than a professional diver's; there was barely a splash, let alone a sound. No one noticed her "fall into the sea."
Diana didn't transform yet. She swam over, and soon, she was surrounded by dolphins. At this point, Diana transformed. I only saw what looked like an explosion on the distant sea surface, creating a huge wave. Tourists looked over, pulling out their phones to capture some strange phenomena. But Diana gave them no chance, diving underwater and leading the dolphins out towards the open sea, further and further away.
I opened the map to check. There was no secluded area nearby. I said to Chu Qi, "Let's go. We can meet them at sea too."
"That's right," Yaoyao laughed. "With so many of them, if they transform collectively, we haven't even prepared clothes for them!"