Otherworld Advance Team
Chapter 930 - 923: Business Comes Knocking

Chapter 930: Chapter 923: Business Comes Knocking

"Don’t be so angry, Fula Sister!" Seeing that Fulajie’er was in a bad mood, Cheng Ziang squinted his eyes and said with a smile.

However, Fulajie’er seemed unappreciative. She glared at him with wide eyes, her face a picture of shock, and couldn’t help retching a few times before disappearing into thin air.

"Damn girl!" Cheng Ziang muttered through gritted teeth.

After collecting his thoughts, he took a pistol from its holster for a quick check, then chambered a round. Now that his longsword was almost ruined, he could only rely on this secondary weapon to solve problems.

Axia stood quietly in the courtyard, seemingly unaffected by the cold outside. She checked her hood and donned a scarf, hiding her peerless beauty.

Cheng Ziang leaned against the back of a tree, glancing back from time to time to see if those people had arrived yet. He always had a bad premonition, couldn’t say why, probably because he had been on so many missions that he developed a keen sense of vigilance.

Soon, Fulajie’er’s voice suddenly rang in his mind, startling him greatly, "They’re here!"

"Could you show yourself..." Cheng Ziang said, holding his chest, still feeling lingering fear.

"Are you an idiot? Appearing would cause a magical disturbance!" Fulajie’er said disdainfully.

"Don’t you have a Magic Crystal to absorb magic?" Cheng Ziang said.

"Using that thing to materialize is like being constipated, plus, you didn’t bring any with you," Fulajie’er retorted.

"You understand constipation?" Cheng Ziang said with an embarrassed smile.

"Big Guy said it’s a kind of awkward sensation, neither coming nor going," Fulajie’er replied.

"Good heavens, what do you two usually talk about?" Cheng Ziang couldn’t help but shake his head and sigh.

"Stop sighing, they’re here!" Fulajie’er reminded him.

No sooner had her voice fallen than a few men appeared at the end of the small road. They trudged through the thick snow to the courtyard—Axia’s courtyard had much less snow after being cleared several times.

"Esteemed guests from afar, may I know your identities and purpose?" Axia stepped forward and asked respectfully.

"Are you the Lady Axia of the Snow Elf Clan?" The men seemed surprised by Axia’s presence, as if she somehow knew they would visit. The man in the lead stepped forward with an equally respectful demeanor.

Hearing his question, Axia simply smiled cryptically and, squinting her eyes, said, "I still don’t know where you all come from?"

"Oh," the lead man faltered before quickly adding, "We are adventurers from Otland, with a favor to ask of Lady Axia. As long as the lady is willing to offer help, we will certainly not shortchange you."

As he spoke, the lead man gestured, and one of his subordinates stepped forward, a man carrying a gun, holding out an open bag of fragrant spices.

"What’s that?" Not able to see into the bag, Cheng Ziang couldn’t help asking.

"Seems like spices," Fulajie’er flew around and reported back.

"Spices..." Hearing her report, Cheng Ziang couldn’t help squinting. In the Otherworld, each kind of spice was a luxury seasoning, expensive, something only nobles or merchants could afford.

If that bag was full of spices, then just that bag alone would be worth over ten thousand gold—a considerable fortune.

Of course, such fortune was only relevant to the people of the Otherworld; to those of the Advance Team from Earth, those spices were quite ordinary, hyped up by Earthlings to raise the price in the Otherworld.

What surprised Cheng Ziang the most was not the spices themselves but that this man would actually offer spices as a reward, which was a rather rare occurrence.

To understand the main circulating currency in the Otherworld is gold, due to the Otherworld’s vast gold reserves, gold here is less prized than on Earth and is a very common form of currency, akin to ancient silver coins or silver dollars.

If it were Otherworlders doing business with each other, they should both be paying with gold. Generally, only when Earth people do business with Otherworlders would they consider barter.

Because luxury goods such as spices and teas are highly valued, they can also serve as a general equivalent for exchange, and may even be more popular with Otherworlders than gold, making barter the preferred method of doing business between the Earth people and Otherworlders, in exchange for exotic goods from the Otherworld.

Therefore, when Otherworlders do business with each other, it is highly unlikely that they would use such luxury goods as a means of payment, but would rather use traditional currency like gold. For them as buyers, these luxury goods are rare resources, and they would rather spend more gold than part with these luxury items.

So Cheng Ziang was curious as to who was supplying these people with spices such that they were using them as a means of payment. Generally speaking, only Earth people wouldn’t value these things so much, could this mean that there were Earth people behind the scenes providing assistance to them?

Axia glanced at the bag without changing her expression; that familiar exotic fragrance lingered in her nostrils for a long time.

To be honest, the moment the man took out the spices, Axia was definitely tempted. Although she was a Snow Elf, she was aware of the price of these luxury goods.

Even though the Advance Team’s lavish use of spices in their cooking had gradually desensitized her, the sight of so many spices still unavoidably quickened her heartbeat.

"This is our token of greeting, a humble sign of our sincerity," the man said politely, "If Lady Axia is willing to assist us, we are prepared to offer a more generous reward."

"Hehe," Axia chuckled after listening, then thought for a moment before smiling slightly, "What is it you’re paying such a high price for me to do?"

"Lady Axia, I’ve heard that you have extensive knowledge of the tombs in the Snow Domain. If you could lead us to these tombs, we would be infinitely grateful and offer a lucrative reward," the man said straightforwardly.

"You also..." Axia coughed, realizing she misspoke, so she paused before continuing, "What do you want with these tombs?"

"Naturally, we hope to find some artifacts related to the Aud Empire. Recently, these items are very popular in the black market in the south," the man replied without evasion.

"The Aud Empire has been defunct for so many years, why would anyone still be interested in it?" Axia asked, shrugging her shoulders.

"Hehe, Lady Axia may not know," the man chuckled, then lowered his voice and said, "Lately, the Otherworlders near the Otherworld Gate in Yazhi City seem very interested in the Aud Empire. If we could get our hands on some items related to the Aud Empire and sell them to them, we could surely make a fortune."

Upon hearing his words, Axia narrowed her eyes and asked with a tone of mock amusement, "Why are you willing to reveal this sort of information to me? Aren’t you afraid I’ll act alone?"

"Of course not," the man confidently waved his hand and laughed, "We have the connections, and Lady Axia, you have the channels. If we cooperate, we could split the profits seventy-thirty, how about that?"

"So you’re saying you’ve already found a lower class for these items?" Axia asked, unfazed.

"It’s more accurate to say we’re acting on someone’s behalf," the man answered.

"Let me think about it," said Axia.

"No rush, we’ll be right here waiting for your reply," the man said, smiling.

"I have another question." After thinking for a moment, Axia lifted her head and looked at him, "How do you know my name, and how do you know that I’m aware of the distribution of the tombs in the Snow Domain?"

"Uh, that..." The man was obviously stumped and his expression became anxious. After his eyes flitted around for a moment, he stuttered, "This, uh, that’s confidential."

"Humph, confidential, is it? You may leave," Axia scoffed, then without hesitation, issued the order for them to leave.

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