Chapter 7

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Opening the [Private Message] chat, the other party quickly introduced himself.

“Hello, I’m the owner of Shennong Island. You can call me Shennong Herb Connoisseur. I just saw your message about the golden carp on the [World Chat] channel. How much are you planning to sell it for?”

“Shennong Island?” Guo Li muttered to himself and immediately replied, “Hello, I’m the one who posted the message about the golden carp. As for the price, how much are you prepared to offer?”

The other party fell silent for a moment before sending over a reply.

Shennong Her Connoisseur: “Friend, you just joined Everyone’s Island, right?”

Guo Li replied, “Yes, are you an experienced player?”

The players had all entered the game world at different times. Thanks to this, those who got in early knew more about this game world and how it worked.

Guo Li was a newbie, so he would be able to ask the other party some questions.

Shennong Herb Connoisseur said, “Yes, I am an experienced player with a higher level than you. Because my initial starting resources were related to agriculture, Shennong Island has been developing quite well.”

“Your golden carp can bring me better luck, so I’m willing to spend a high price to buy your golden carp.”

When Guo Li heard that, he became excited!

After using the Big Game Hunter ability, he would probably be able to catch an average of five to ten golden carps.

From Guo Li’s perspective, it was not too rare of a species.

If the other party was willing to spend a high price to buy it, Guo Li would definitely be willing to sell it.

As he did not have a proper understanding of the pricing and the market, Guo Li was prepared to let the other party quote the price first. If it was suitable, he would sell it to him.

“Even if I’m willing to sell it, I have to see what price you’re offering first. If the price is right, I’d be more than willing to sell it.”

Shennong Herb Connoisseur responded, “I’m willing to pay 80,000 coins for one. If there are more in the future, I will buy more from you.”

80,000 coins. This price had already exceeded Guo Li’s expectations. He had initially expected an offer of a few thousand coins at most,

A starting offer of 80,000 coins was quite surprising to say the least.

Guo Li currently did not have any money. He still had a loan to repay every month. Moreover, many of the resources required to develop the island needed to be bought from the game mall.

For example, seeds, livestock, feed, and so on.

The lack of money was a significant barrier to the growth and development of his land. Seeing that the golden carp could be sold for 80,000 coins, Guo Li decided to raise the price.

This was a trade after all. The other party would definitely not offer their best price from the get-go.

Shennong Connoisseur noticed that Guo Li had stopped responding to his messages. He knew that 80,000 coins was a low offer, so he immediately followed up.

“Friend, 80,000 coins per fish. Please do me this favor and sell the golden carp to me.”

Guo Li still did not respond.

The other party continued, “I just paid off the loan, so I really don’t have any money now. 80,000 coins is the most I can offer.”

“If you sell me the golden carp, I can give you something else in addition to the coins. The total value of my offer is higher than 100,000 coins, so please consider it, friend.”

Guo Li finally replied, “What else are you offering?”

After seeing his reply, Shennong Herb Connoisseur knew that Guo Li was an actual seller. “I have a special product here that is very good for growing crops. It can speed up the growth of crops.”

Special product?

Like the fish on his island?

Guo Li thought about it and found it interesting. He continued, “How much of your special product are you offering?”

Shennong Herb Connoisseur immediately replied, “My special product is a type of black fertile soil. If you’re willing to sell the golden carp to me, I’m willing to give you 10 units of fertile soil in addition to the 80,000 coins.”

Guo Li did not respond immediately after seeing the other party’s message. Instead, he looked at the golden carp.

Since he was new to the game world, he did not know much about the environment and many things here.

The current Guo Li could be said to be a blank canvas. Shennong Herb Connoisseur was clearly an experienced player. If the other party wanted to trick him, Guo Li would probably be ripped off unknowingly.

Therefore, Guo Li had to remain cautious during the trading process.

Moreover, Guo Li had no idea how much the black fertile soil was even worth.

If it was useless, would he not suffer a loss during this transaction?

Guo Li asked tentatively, “Is the black fertile soil valuable?”

Shennong Herb Connoisseur then knew that the newcomer trading with him was very cautious. This person was being very careful because he did not know the value of the black fertile soil.

It was actually very difficult to trick such a cautious newcomer, and dealing with him was honestly a pain in the *ss.

If it had not been for the golden carp, Shennong Herb Connoisseur would not have bothered going back and forth with Guo Li for so long.

The golden carp was really important to Shennong Island.

It could increase the owner’s luck, and might also increase the island’s production of various resources; it was indeed a relatively rare treasure.

After organizing his thoughts, he believed that Guo Li’s Island should not be very fertile. As such, he needed to convince Guo Li of the value of the black fertile soil.

He could grow all kinds of crops and fruit trees on it, which would allow him to have enough food. At the same time, he could also sell the surplus crops. If Shennong Herb Connoisseur properly introduced the effects of the black fertile soil, and if he guided the newbie’s thoughts toward agricultural production, the other party would definitely be very interested.

“Friend, I think it’s necessary for me to talk about just how much each unit of fertile soil is worth.”

Guo Li said, “Please speak.”

Shennong Herb Connoisseur continued, “Each unit of fertile soil can accommodate up to ten fruit trees. This is incomparably important to the growth of your island. Not only will you gain a source of food, but you can also sell them for money.”

“Furthermore, there is no limit to the use of fertile soil. You can use it wherever you want to plant fruit trees.”

Guo Li recalled that the other party was willing to offer 10 units of fertile soil.. If all of them were used to plant fruit trees, he would only have 100 fruit trees. Looking at it this way, it did not seem particularly valuable.

When Shennong Herb Connoisseur saw that Guo Li had gone silent again, he immediately continued, “Friend, I forgot to tell you. Black fertile soil is also very helpful to the growth of crops.”

“You know about crops, right? They are an indispensable source of food and materials in our lives. In fact, they are the most important source of food in this game.”

Guo Li replied, “Yes, yes, I’m aware of that.”

Shennong Herb Connoisseur was left scratching his head in confusion on the other side. This newcomer was too calm.

The other party did not seem to be moved at all when he told him about the crops and fruit trees. Could it be that his starting location was a very fertile island?

Shennong Herb Connoisseur immediately rejected this idea because it was impossible. He had also been a newcomer once and knew very clearly that most islands were usually relatively barren, or even desolate.

The probability of the other party being born on a fertile island was less than 1 in 10,000.

He continued his explanation, “1 unit of fertile soil can accommodate 100 crops, which is enough for you to solve your current food problems. The surplus harvest can also be sold, and you can use the money to buy other items or repay the loan.”