MTLNOVEL Chapter 168: A Rage for a Beauty
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"The Spirit Stones keep piling up?"
Meng Yu was momentarily stunned.
Meng Yu was preparing to amass a fortune in the Immortal Sect, and besides swords, he would need a sum of startup Spirit Stones.
"Our original plan was to borrow a large amount of Spirit Stones and then sell high and buy low in a Third Grade World. After that, using the finished products, we'd repay the debt, right?"
"Yes."
Meng Yu nodded. Before taking action, Meng Yu took out all his own 'dowry' to buy divine equipment for Bai Qianqian. The price of the Greenwood Dragon Blood Armor nearly scared Bai Qianqian to death, and the large quantities of Array Plates, talismans, Magical Treasures, and the like, made it so she could hardly sleep for several nights.
With excitement.
After all, a poor rabbit had never been so ostentatious before—the Mountain Protection Array was strengthened over and over. Meng Yu even extravagantly bought enough equipment for every disciple of the Moon-Watching Sect!
Then, Meng Yu asked Bai Qianqian, now in her fancy outfits, to start borrowing money.
"On the Immortal Sect side, the Immortal products aren't worth much, but Spirit Stones are scarce. This time, as long as we prepare enough Spirit Stones and we're lucky, we can make a fortune without fighting. Of course, we're poor right now and need to borrow money. I'm thinking of offering an interest rate of once a month for three months."
This interest rate, if it were a loan between friends, would be neither high nor low.
"In reality, we only need two or three days, just enough time to go and come back. But it's always safer to leave a bit of a buffer."
"But..."
"Even if we lose out this time, and fail to purchase anything, we can do it a second time, a third time. As long as we succeed once in five attempts, we'll make back what we lost, and three months is plenty of time!"
Meng Yu told Bai Qianqian how lucrative the smuggling business was, and she finally made up her mind.
Of course, Meng Yu took out his last bit of savings.
"Don't borrow from the financial houses; they will bleed you dry.
If there is a good thing, don't forget your good friends. You can't tell them you want to borrow money; in fact, you make it very clear to them that you're not short on cash.
You just tell them that there is an opportunity for a physical-for-physical mortgage. You've got Ash Immortal Silver, Black Iron Gold, etc., but you just need to exchange some of it for Spirit Stones temporarily. It's an equal mortgage, an equal exchange."
Then, there will inevitably be those curious about why you need so many Spirit Stones. That's when I make my appearance."
"Ah?"
At that time, Bai Qianqian was puzzled and bewildered.
"The Jade Rabbit Family, an old fraud family, accomplished nothing with two thousand years of effort. This time, they managed to swindle a Nascent Soul Master from overseas.
This person had an only child named Meng Yu, gifted and a martial arts prodigy.
The Nascent Soul Master felt that Foundation Establishment by Enlightenment wasn't good enough for Meng Yu, so he sought out the Son of Heavenly Way project by the Jade Rabbit Family. Hence, this Nascent Soul Master invested a large number of resources, seeking the Jade Rabbit Family's help in making Meng Yu the Son of Heavenly Way.
Bai Qianqian received a massive investment, with the sole flaw being that the Nascent Soul Master's family owns mines that could extract precious metals, but Spirit Stones are a bit harder to come by. The Son of Heavenly Way project requires a large number of Spirit Stones, so now Bai Qianqian needs everyone's help to exchange precious metals for Spirit Stones at an interest rate of once a month for three months."
Bai Qianqian felt something wasn't quite right at the time, contemplating how many wives Meng Yu was preparing to take, and suspecting a scheme within Meng Yu's plan. After all, she understood the joke about a 'zero yuan purchase' too well.
But after a long thought, Bai Qianqian couldn't find anything wrong with this loan at all from beginning to end.
Borrowing Spirit Stones, mortgaging Black Iron Gold, Ash Immortal Silver, etc., and Bai Qianqian being generous, even offered an extra bit of interest when mortgaging. If there is a breach of contract in two months, the other party could take the Black Iron Gold, Ash Immortal Silver, etc. This kind of loan among friends seemed fair—no one stands to lose, and no one could be deceived, right?
Aside from a few truly close friends, even Meng Yu's identity was kept confidential.
Thus, she nodded in cheerful agreement, feeling pretty good about the background Meng Yu had set up for her. Isn't this just the story of the world's richest man falling in love with me?
Then, Bai Qianqian suddenly discovered with shock that those intimate besties, those who were nearly down to their last pair of undergarments, actually produced such a large amount of Spirit Stones. And as the news spread, many voiced, "We don't need collateral, just take our Spirit Stones; we trust you."
Ah?
Lots and lots of Spirit Stones, piled up in her storage.
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When Rainbow Pheasant Ji Qiaoer returned to her own cave dwelling, she found someone waiting at the door.
It was a big male monkey.
The Moon-Watching Sect doesn't take male disciples, but that doesn't mean they forbid entry to males or male creatures. This big monkey, coming from a monkey group three thousand miles away, had fought alongside Ji Qiaoer before, and came eagerly.
"Sister Xiao Qi, I heard that True Person Bai wants to borrow some money, I just happen to have some Spirit Stones. Do you think they're suitable?"
The big monkey smiled honestly, but Ji Qiaoer snorted coldly.
"It's not borrowing, it's a mortgage. True Person Bai is mortgaging real items for Spirit Stones. And the interest rate is too low, it's not worth the trouble."
"It's worth it, really worth it."
The big monkey sat in front of Ji Qiaoer, smiling goofily, yet his smile contained more cunning.
"True Person Bai is going to be a Nascent Soul Master's daughter-in-law... hehe, Nascent Soul Master, Nascent Soul Master. How could True Person Bai give face to a Nascent Soul Master, and marry below her realm by marrying a Qi Cultivator?"
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