With the word 'low' heard, Jiang Yaqing's throat felt a surge.
Equipment, they were desperately in need of it!
Considering the time, these people had been in the caves for nearly half a year. Perhaps many survivors were still living in dire straits.
Families like Jiang Yaqing's, prominent clans.
Had already begun to take shape!
From struggling for survival in the beginning, they were now considering how to steadily expand their strength and secure a foothold in the caves.
Strength was the core.
Many families had reached a point where their exploration of cave planes had hit a bottleneck. The areas they could explore offered little improvement, merely filling their initial resource needs.
These resources indeed allowed them to develop methodically.
But—
The effect was truly limited.
Even if they used those initial resources to upgrade their camps endlessly, making the camps occupy larger planes and opening up more sub-territories.
And maxing out all resource-related facilities.
What good would it do?
None of this had impacted their families' combat power. Without an increase in combat power, the areas they couldn't explore would remain inaccessible.
Thus, development would stagnate.
Or slow down!
This method of development, or rather the waiting time required for development, they frankly were unwilling to accept.
To break this deadlock, they had to obtain equipment.
Good quality equipment.
It would allow these clans to form stronger combat forces, enabling them to explore relatively more dangerous areas and obtain better resources.
The scarcity of equipment was a problem facing the entire cave.
They had been trying to acquire manufacturing blueprints for equipment, but the results were like trying to bail out a sinking boat with a teacup; it couldn't solve the fundamental issue.
Chen Yu could indeed solve their problem.
At the very beginning, Jiang Yaqing had genuinely wanted to use a backdoor to buy more equipment from Chen Yu. However, the purchase prices from the Batou Kingdom made her hesitate.
She also felt too embarrassed to ask Chen Yu to sell to her at such an extremely low price.
Why should he?
Even though she and Chen Yu were allies, she had no right to affect Chen Yu's interests. She had considered, as a last resort, gritting her teeth and buying at the Batou Kingdom's price, but upon reflection, she couldn't afford it.
Chen Yu's 'low' sparked a glimmer of hope.
She just didn't know how low it would be.
"You, what price are you prepared to offer me?" Jiang Yaqing's expression turned serious. Chen Yu smiled slightly, raising a finger, "The Batou Kingdom offered me 20 gold coins for adventurer sets, 80 gold coins for bronze sets, and 300 gold coins for silver sets. I believe you've investigated this."
Jiang Yaqing nodded.
The prices she had investigated were the same, which was why she had retreated. The Batou Kingdom's prices were simply too high. 20 gold coins translated to a massive 2 million resource points.
Exchanged for elemental fragments, it required 6777 pieces.
Stone, wood, and other basic resources required hundreds of thousands.
She truly couldn't afford it!
"I'll give you 2 gold coins," Chen Yu directly raised two fingers. Upon hearing this, Jiang Yaqing's eyes widened instantly, "2 gold coins, are you sure?"
This price was even lower than what Chen Yu had mentioned earlier.
200,000 resource points.
Per set?
Wasn't this practically giving them away for free?
The basic resources required for crafting would likely be close to this price.
Little did she know—
What Jiang Yaqing didn't realize was that even selling at 200,000 resource points per set, Chen Yu would still be profiting dozens of times over. At most, his Kirin Arms might suffer.
"Provided, I only sell you 10,000 sets," Chen Yu whispered in a low voice.
"That's enough!"
Jiang Yaqing agreed immediately.
She wasn't buying equipment to resell it like in Ye City. Having 10,000 sets of equipment was enough to arm her clan's fighters.
"I believe you can understand,"
Chen Yu whispered gently, "The true value of equipment is still uncertain. Whether high or low, I'm not entirely sure myself. 10,000 sets are enough to arm your clan. If you need more equipment later, we should have a more direct definition of the equipment's value by then, and trading will be more stable."
"Understood."
Jiang Yaqing nodded her small head like a pecking chicken.
"Then I'll have my father prepare the resources now."
"What's the hurry? I haven't finished speaking yet," Chen Yu quickly called Jiang Yaqing to a halt. "You're only looking out for yourself, what about the others in your group?"
"You plan to sell to them too?"
"Of course!"
Ever since Liao Dao had blockaded Chen Yu before, Chen Yu had understood a principle.
To survive in the caves, one had to band together!
Compared to the native inhabitants of the caves, they, the outsiders, were invaders. Only by uniting as one could they contend with the native inhabitants of the caves.
Fighting separately.
The ultimate result would be to be defeated one by one.
Even the powerful Ailton family needed allies to overcome difficulties. Chen Yu's current foundation couldn't compare to the Ailton family, so he needed external support even more.
The people in Jiang Yaqing's circle were the best targets for cooperation.
They had strength and influence.
Compared to other survivors, they had family support, which allowed them to develop much better than other survivors. Their power structures were also built more smoothly, and acquiring resources was more convenient for them.
Chen Yu didn't expect them to rise to prominence and pull him along.
Given his current development,
It was hard to find a handful of people in the entire cave who could surpass him.
What he needed was to gain some small conveniences from these people.
"Then at what price are you planning to sell to them?" Jiang Yaqing raised an eyebrow. Chen Yu smiled softly, "Half price, selling at half the price offered by the Batou Kingdom. Each family will only be sold 8,000 sets, which should be enough to meet their development needs."
"Wow, you're not treating me badly."
Jiang Yaqing grinned. She didn't feel like she was getting a great deal, but rather felt the special treatment she received from Chen Yu, which made her feel good.
"Very good, I'm satisfied. Then what benefits do you plan to get from them?"
No one owed anyone else.
Why would Chen Yu give those families benefits and advantages for no reason? To solve their biggest current problem, he surely needed to have conditions for exchange.
"What I want is very simple."
A smile appeared in Chen Yu's eyes, and he said softly.
"When they acquire 'food' labeled resources, they will prioritize offering them to me. They will satisfy my resource demands as much as possible. I will also not mistreat them; I will acquire them at the highest market price. If they can do this, future equipment trade."
"We can talk!"