Chapter 561: Chapter 352: Trade and Enhancement (Part 1)

Wanyan looked around. "Here? It’s a bit crowded, isn’t it? I have some special tribute tea from the south in my office. Would you like to try some?"

Zhao Chi smiled. "I appreciate the kind offer, but I don’t have much time. Let’s get straight to the point."

Wanyan’s expression turned serious, and she nodded quickly. "No problem. How is Miss Zhao Si now? I’m so happy to hear she’s still alive. Last time, I thought she’d been captured by the nobles."

Zhao Chi nodded. "She’s doing well."

Wanyan said with emotion, "After that, I never saw any similar Silk Stockings in all of Snowfield City. I truly thought Miss Zhao Si had met with misfortune. But just now, when I was browsing the fashion items on the Exchange, I suddenly saw those Silk Stockings. I knew they had to have been made by Miss Zhao Si, so I bought them all."

’So she really was the one who bought all the Silk Stockings from the Ruby Exchange.’

Zhao Chi asked, "There must be a lot of fashion items on the market, right? Why are you so fond of Silk Stockings? Is it a personal preference?"

Wanyan gave a bitter smile.

Then she sighed. "How could it be a personal preference... It’s really because the Silk Stockings Miss Zhao Si makes are too Special. The Material is Special, and the Attributes are incredibly powerful. To be honest with you, we’ve studied them for a long time and still haven’t figured them out."

"You’ve studied them?"

Wanyan looked a little embarrassed.

"Yes. I hired several Master Level Tailors, but in the end, they couldn’t reproduce the same result. By deconstructing Miss Zhao’s Silk Stockings, we learned that Spider Woman or even Spider Lady’s Silk Thread could be used to replace regular Silk, but the manufacturing difficulty is just too high."

’The difficulty really is high...’

’If it weren’t for his ability to see that gray text, it would be very difficult for him to make them too.’

’Even a Master Level Craftsman couldn’t possibly figure it all out through trial and error in such a short amount of Time.’

’After all, from 0% to 100%, there are many procedural variations. A single mistake would affect the outcome.’

’Although these Silk Stockings aren’t exactly advanced Technology, they still require a significant investment of Time.’

’It’s like scientific research; without those gray informational prompts, the only way is through constant trial and error.’

Wanyan continued, "Those masters can barely produce a rough-Quality version, but their process is very slow, and the output is too low. Most importantly, the Attributes are completely incomparable. We still have no clue about that part."

’Of course they have no clue.’

’It would be strange if they did.’

’The Attributes come entirely from the information Zhao Chi converts.’

’Knowing about Spider Woman Silk and Spider Lady Silk only gave them a few more Improvement Points.’

’Without the ability to transfer information, it’s naturally impossible to achieve the same Effect Zhao Chi does.’

Wanyan said, "That’s why when I saw these Silk Stockings on the Exchange today, I knew right away that Miss Zhao Si had arrived. I went out to look for her immediately but couldn’t find her. I thought I had missed my chance. I never expected you to take the initiative to find me. I’m truly thrilled!"

Wanyan placed her hands on Tang Ruan’s shoulders and spoke excitedly.

Zhao Chi said, "Miss Zhao Si has a stockpile of Silk Stockings. It’s a considerable amount. Do you want them?"

Wanyan smiled. "Of course! I’ll take them all!"

"The price."

"Hmm... Regarding the price, what does Miss Zhao have in mind?"

Zhao Chi was silent for a moment, then asked, "Are you still planning to give them to others?"

Wanyan smiled helplessly. "Not anymore. A war broke out last month, and several Human cities were affected. We were forced to pull out, losing our footholds in five consecutive cities. The losses were huge. Plus, the financial pressure is too great now; we just can’t afford it. However, we will still sell to them at a fair price."

"Can you be more specific about who?"

"...Mostly people from the resistance armies."

"Which factions does that include?"

Wanyan hesitated, confused. "Does Miss Zhao have some concerns? Or is there someone she doesn’t want to sell to?"

Zhao Chi said, "No, Miss Zhao didn’t say. But I need to report back to her."

Wanyan nodded. "We basically supply all the resistance armies. Mainly the World-breaking Army, the Blade Army, and a few other weaker ones. We also use some internally ourselves."

"No Celestial King Army?"

"I would never give them to the Celestial King Army! Why would I give anything to those bandits?"

Wanyan’s voice suddenly rose a few pitches, but she quickly covered her mouth after speaking.

But the surroundings were noisy, and no one paid any attention to her words.

’Actually, Zhao Chi didn’t really care who she sold them to; he just wanted to gather more information.’

’After all, Zhao Chi was just about to list them on the Exchange where anyone could buy them. There was no need to act all high and mighty now.’

’However, he was happy to hear that Wanyan’s intended recipients, whether through gifts or sales, aligned with his own hopes.’

"Miss Yin, I’d like to know which faction you belong to. Are you able to say?"

Wanyan smiled.

She pointed a finger at the sign for the Ruby Exchange.

"Isn’t it written right there?"

"Your faction is the Ruby Exchange?"

"No, I’m with the Ruby Commerce Association. Our association is affiliated with the Deserters’ Alliance, and we’re one of its members."

’Zhao Chi had heard of this alliance.’

’It was something like a merchant’s union.’

’It consisted of traveling merchants, caravans, commerce associations, black markets, and so on.’

’Together, they formed a loose alliance of powers, led by Feng Nan’s Wind and Cloud Island Commerce Association.’

’They were rich and could convert money into strength, so their power was not to be underestimated.’

’But they didn’t initiate many wars.’

’As for this Ruby Commerce Association, Zhao Chi had never heard of it at all.’

’But that was fine; there weren’t many factions he had heard of to begin with.’

’He could just learn about them slowly.’

Zhao Chi said, "4 Gold Coins per pair. How does that sound?"

Wanyan considered it for a moment before nodding. "That’s acceptable. You... have the authority to set the price?"

"This is what Miss Zhao Si told me. How much cash do you have?"

"Ah? We have plenty of cash... Just how many Silk Stockings does Miss Zhao Si have to sell?"

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