67 If You Dare to Bet, I Won’t Let You Lose!

Hearing Wang Xiao’s sarcasm, Ma Yunle hurriedly smiled and waved his hand. “No, no! It’s just what I say to scare the bad guys!”

After a pause, Ma Yunle pointed at the mask in Wang Xiao’s hand. “But Junior, what are you doing?”

“Things are different now. It’s more convenient this way.”

Wang Xiao smiled bitterly and put on his mask again. This was because he had just seen a few people pointing at him in the distance, as if they had recognized him.

“I see!”

Ma Yunle smiled knowingly. Then, he kicked the sack and complained, “But Junior, you’re a little too much. If it’s not convenient for you to show your face, you can call me!”

“I called, but you didn’t answer.”

Wang Xiao’s tone was resentful. Ma Yunle took out his communicator and saw that there were indeed more than ten missed calls. He must have been too engrossed in bragging just now to not hear them.

Feeling that he was in the wrong, Ma Yunle did not dare to hesitate anymore. He changed the topic and asked, “Junior, did you come to look for me today because you want to sell something good again?”

Wang Xiao nodded and pulled out a large number of resources to put in the trading column.

Although all the spoils of war had been borrowed by Chen Jinrong, he had collected a lot of materials previously. There were still some leftover materials he had received from the others to build the base. Originally, these were all with Zhou Xiruo, but now, he had plundered them all.

There was no need for Wang Xiao to be polite with Zhou Xiruo, and he had saved those people’s lives. What was wrong with him earning some money?

Seeing such a huge number of resources and materials, Ma Yunle’s eyes widened. “Brother Wang, this amount is a little scary! I saw from the live broadcast that you used a lot of materials to build the base. Why are there still so many left?”

“This is only a portion. There’s another batch in a few days. That’s the highlight!”

Wang Xiao gave Ma Yunle a heads-up in advance and then probed, “How is it? Can you sell them?”

“It’s possible, but the market isn’t very good now…”

Ma Yunle pursed his lips and explained, “After the Crimson Star invasion last week, everyone began to buy item cards and skill cards to protect themselves. There’s no market for such basic materials.”

“Therefore, my suggestion is for you to keep them for a while longer. If you sell it now, the price will probably be lowered by about 30%.”

“Help me sell them anyway.”

Wang Xiao said without thinking.

The total value of these resources was about 100,000 star coins. If it was lowered by 30%, he would lose 30,000 star coins. Although it was not a small sum, who asked him to be in a hurry to use money?

After transferring the resources to Ma Yunle, Wang Xiao continued, “After selling these resources, along with the resources I placed here previously, exchange them all for population cards.”

Ma Yunle’s eyes lit up. “Are you preparing to build a territory city-state?”

Wang Xiao nodded. “I obtained a City Building Token in the previous lord competition. The earlier I build a city-state, the earlier I can become a level three lord.”

Ma Yunle congratulated him and counted with his fingers. “All the materials should be able to be sold for 300,000 star coins. Now, the price of the basic population is 10 star coins. 300,000 star coins will get you 30,000 people…”

After calculating this, Ma Yunle looked at Wang Xiao. “Junior, this is your first time building a city. Isn’t 30,000 people too much? With so many people, it’s not easy to manage!”

“Who said I wanted to manage it myself?”

Wang Xiao chuckled and pointed at Zhou Xiruo, who had been silent all this while. “This is my vassal lord, Zhou Xiruo. When the time comes, I’ll give her 15,000 people.”

“What?!”

Ma Yunle and Zhou Xiruo exclaimed at the same time. 15,000 people meant 150,000 star coins. Wang Xiao was actually going to give away such a huge sum of money just like that?

Zhou Xiruo reacted and hurriedly refused. “Wang Xiao, I appreciate your kindness, but this gift is too expensive…”

“It’s nothing valuable.”

Wang Xiao waved his hand and interrupted Zhou Xiruo. He said seriously, “Since you’re my vassal lord, I definitely won’t treat you badly.”

“Since you dare to bet on me, I won’t let you lose. I’ll let everyone know how wise your choice is!”

Zhou Xiruo’s heart warmed. Although Wang Xiao was wearing a mask and her expression could not be seen, his firm voice still touched her.

For some reason, Zhou Xiruo suddenly grabbed Wang Xiao’s hand. “Actually, even if you don’t do this, I still know how wise my choice was!”

“Cough cough!”

Ma Yunle, who had just witnessed this, coughed dryly and scratched his head awkwardly. “There’s still someone here. Why don’t the two of you go home and talk?”

Zhou Xiruo reacted and hurriedly let go. Wang Xiao also glared at Ma Yunle and said angrily, “Don’t talk nonsense!”

Ma Yunle chuckled and suddenly thought of something. He slapped his forehead. “Oh right! I received something a few days ago. See if you’re interested.”

As he spoke, Ma Yunle took out a card that was suffused with a purple light. Wang Xiao’s eyes immediately lit up when he saw it.

[Demonic Spirit Birth (Purple): Can summon a magical spirit and add magic damage to ten units of soldiers (Charge 5/5)]

After the battle with Andu last time, Wang Xiao also discovered his shortcoming.

Although the combat strength of his four mutated beasts was not low, they were all elemental damage. It was not a problem for them to encounter ordinary opponents, but if they encountered a magic lord, they could only fight a battle of attrition head-on.

Although there were magic attacks in Zhou Xiruo’s construction fortifications, they were fixed and could not be moved. They were very inconvenient to use.

With this skill card, Wang Xiao could add magic damage to his mutated beasts. Although ten units of soldiers were not much, it was enough for him!

“Where did you get such a valuable thing?”

Wang Xiao asked curiously. It had to be known that even blue quality skill cards were rare in the trading market, and purple skill cards only appeared once every few years.

Ma Yunle pretended to be profound and chuckled. “You don’t have to worry about that. Anyway, I have my ways—how about it? Are you interested?”

Wang Xiao hesitated. Last time, he had bought a green quality [Winter Is Coming] and spent a total of 1,000 units of purple gold minerals.

That was only a support skill that could create an ice field, and the purple quality [Demon Spirit Descent] in front of him was a true combat skill. Even if the price increased by ten times, it would not be too much.

Seeing that Wang Xiao did not speak for a long time, Ma Yunle chuckled. “Junior, are you worried that you don’t have enough money?”

Wang Xiao nodded. “We’re preparing to build a city recently. There are places where money is needed everywhere.”

“I see…”

Ma Yunle nodded thoughtfully and actually stuffed the skill card into Wang Xiao’s hand. “Then use it first! Pay me back when you have money in the future!”

Ma Yunle pretended to be generous, but he actually had his own plans in his heart.

Although this purple skill card was precious, he was only a broker who bought and sold things. He almost never participated in fighting and killing, so it was very awkward for him to hold onto this card.

It was useless to keep it in his hand, and it was very difficult to sell it. After all, the effect of [Demonic Spirit Descent] only worked on ten units. The rich were not interested, and the poor could not afford it.

However, if he could use this card to get on good terms with Wang Xiao, it would be completely different.

The other party could give away a population that cost 150,000 star coins so easily. Now that he had handed over such a huge gift, Wang Xiao would naturally treat him well in the future.