Chapter 303: More Problems and Quick Solutions
Zach came to make a new deal with Xie Lua, but she suggested something that changed their previous deal.
"That"s a great idea, not going to lie," Zach nodded in agreement. "But then I will have to descend every week to give them potions."
"Hmm. But that"s actually good. I will get to see Ninia"s smile every week. But since I am doing all this for the players, I am sure only day they will ascend to the higher realms. What then?"
"I can"t use the church of any other realms as my own, so I guess I will have to give someone the responsibility to handle everything related to potions. But I currently don"t have anyone I can trust."
"Noah is still a kid, and it will take him months to ascend if he tries hard. Other than that, I don"t know anyone else."
"How will you know if a player has truly joined your religion or not? What if they lie to you to get the potion at a discount?" Xie Lua asked.
"What if I create a sigil of my religion and have my followers tattoo it on their arms?" Zach suggested.
"You can do that, yes. And not only that, but I will also give them a discount at my shop if they come to purchase something."
"Uhh…" Zach furrowed his brows as he pondered. "Why do I feel like I am forgetting something important..?"
A few seconds later, Zach banged his hand on the booth and said, "Can a player give potions to another player?"
"If they have purchased it, then yes… oh!" Xie Lua"s eyes widened as she realized what Zach was trying to say.
"Suppose my follower brought ten MP potions worth 500 coins— which is at a 50% discount. And sold them for, let"s say, 700 or 800 coins— which would be less than the market price, yet they would still earn 300 coins more."
"You mean the scalpers…"
"Yeah, but a bit worse than them since they will be buying at a discount. I mean, you know better than anyone about the demand for MP potions," Zach scoffed softly.
"Yeah. They get sold out every day."
"I wouldn"t be surprised if players are selling them for even more price."
"Well, you can"t really stop the scalpers. They exist everywhere. Even if you stop one, another will rise. And they make money by scalping, so it"s equivalent to a job for them," Xie Lua a.s.serted.
"I am aware of that. But I wouldn"t want my followers to do that."
"You just have to let it slide. Why worry about something you can"t control?"
"True…"
Xie Lua smiled at Zach but didn"t say anything. She was happy that she was able to help Zach with his concerns, and for the first time, she felt as though she was important to him.
"Putting all that aside, let"s talk about the pricing," Zach said with a serious look on his face.
"Huh? I already said you only need to give me one coin for…" Xie Lua stopped when she noticed the serious look on Zach"s face.
"You are the one who said we shouldn"t mix our personal life with professional life. So tell me the price. How many coins do you think the materials cost per potion?"
"Around 50…"
"Okay, then. I will give you 60 coins per potion," Zach a.s.serted.,
"Why 60?"
"You need to keep your shop running, no? The ten extra coins are your commission."
"..re…" Xie Lua muttered something, but her voice was so low that even Zach couldn"t hear it.
"What was that?"
"…more…"
"Huh? More what?"
Xie Lua looked into Zach"s eyes and said, "I want more…"
"Oh! Sure. How much?"
Xie Lua touched her lips and said, "60 coins and one kiss…"
"…."
Xie Lua"s face flushed a few seconds after she said that. She glanced at Zach from the corner of her eyes and asked, "Is that a no…?"
Zach leaned forward and kissed Xie Lua on the lips before saying, "You will get kisses for free."
"Shall we seal the deal with a kiss then?" Xie Lua asked with a grin on her face.
"Obviously." Zach wanted to kiss Xie Lua properly, so he got to the other side of the booth and casually pulled Xie Lua close to him.
"Oh?" Xie Lua wrapped her arms around Zach"s neck and said, "It seems the sealing kiss is going to be a deep one."
Zach kissed Xie Lua"s soft lips before saying, "It"s a big deal, after all."
Even though they said it was a sealing kiss— which should have ended after one kiss— they kept kissing for minutes.
Once again, Zach pushed Xie Lua against the booth and kissed her pa.s.sionately. Then, he slowly moved his hand towards Xie Lua"s chest, expecting her to push him off as she did in the morning. But much to his surprise, she didn"t do anything.
"I will take that as a yes then…"
Zach copped a feel of Xie Lua"s b.r.e.a.s.t.s before squeezing them while they kept kissing.
"They feel a lot different than any of the b.r.e.a.s.t.s I have touched before. Discarding Victoria and Aurora as they are humans, even Aquarius and Ruli"s b.r.e.a.s.t.s didn"t feel like this. Is this the charm of a phoenix or an ancient being?"
"If so, then I don"t know how Aria"s —who is the oldest— b.r.e.a.s.t.s would feel like…"
After kissing for a few more minutes, Xie Lua stopped Zach and said, "You should leave now."
Zach still kissed her a few times and squeezed her b.r.e.a.s.t.s.
"Other players can"t summon the magic shop if a player is already inside. So unless you leave, other players can"t come in."
A few kisses later, Zach patted Xie Lua on the head and smiled at her.
Xie Lya raised her brows and asked, "What are you doing?"
Zach grinned and replied, "Patting you for all the hard work you have been doing…"
Xie Lua squinted her eyes and uttered, "When you were a kid, I used to pat you all the time, and now you have grown big enough to pat me…"
Zach kissed her once again and asked, "I wanted to ask you something."
"Hmm?"
"It"s about one of my father"s friends who betrayed him. Do you have any clue on who that could be?"
After a brief silence, Xie Lua nodded and said, "I think I know who did that."
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