Chapter 7: Frenzied Sales

After breakfast at the hotel, around nine o'clock, Gune left the hotel.

At this time, by the street at the hotel's main entrance, rows of horse-drawn carriages waited in line.

Although steam-powered cars had been manufactured, their prices were extremely high, making them luxuries for the rich at this stage.

Horse-drawn carriages remained one of the modes of transportation for ordinary people.

However, Gune had heard that steam buses were already being established at Harutef Harbor.

If established, they would greatly facilitate citizens' travel.

"To the commercial district," Gune said after boarding a carriage.

"Clop, clop..."

Accompanied by the clatter of hooves.

Gune's mind conjured up his general plan for the day.

Going to the commercial district, while purchasing some items, Gune also needed to sell some things.

After all, Gune currently had not many gold pounds left on him, just over three thousand gold pounds.

During his time in the Sog Ruins City, Gune spent most of his time holed up in his room contemplating runic mysteries.

Even the time spent brewing potions was not too much.

Let alone selling some materials and potions to make money.

Now that he had come to Harutef Harbor, since Gune wanted to buy a Sea Demon Ship, a large amount of gold pounds was essential.

The price of a Sea Demon Ship was not low; it was several times, even dozens of times, that of an ordinary ship of the same size.

The smallest ten-meter Sea Demon Ship would cost no less than ten thousand gold pounds.

Such a small Sea Demon Ship was fine for coastal pleasure trips, but deep-sea voyages were basically impossible. One wave would send it into diving mode.

For deep-sea voyages, at least a twenty-meter Sea Demon Ship was needed.

A twenty-meter-long Sea Demon Ship would require forty to fifty thousand gold pounds.

If one wanted the ship to be faster and recruit enough superhuman sailors to become a deep-sea warship galloping across the ocean, one would need to own a thirty-meter Sea Demon Ship at the very least.

The price of a Sea Demon Ship of this specification ranged from ninety thousand to one hundred twenty thousand gold pounds, depending on the number of Sea Demon Ship planks.

Selling high-grade rare potions could not yield such a substantial amount of gold pounds in a short time.

For Gune, there were two ways.

One was to sell Life Spring Water.

Now, Gune estimated that the Pioneer Group was secretly buying up Life Spring Water on a large scale, and Life Spring Water could fetch a considerable price.

The other was to sell Dragon Blood Wood.

Gune's planting space had now opened a fourth planting slot.

At the same time, the Dragon Blood Wood planted in the first slot, after more than five months of cultivation in the system space, had already reached an age of six to seven hundred years.

Moreover, its height had soared to over fifty meters, with lush branches and leaves.

Selling the various parts of this Dragon Blood Wood's trunk separately would bring Gune a very substantial income.

Combined with the Life Spring Water Gune sold, obtaining enough gold pounds should not be a big problem.

Inside the carriage, after roughly planning his strategy, Gune's face twisted for a moment, and then his appearance completely changed.

...

Half an hour later.

Silver Sea Merchant Association.

In Meeting Room 24.

Under the astonished gaze of the receptionist in the white professional suit.

Gune produced three five-meter-long, half-meter-thick sections of Dragon Blood Wood.

Compared to ordinary Dragon Blood Wood, this six-to-seven-hundred-year-old Dragon Blood Wood was more valuable.

Soon, the ordinary receptionist was replaced by a middle-aged man who appeared to be a reception manager.

After some measurements, the total price for these three sections of Dragon Blood Wood came out to about twelve thousand gold pounds.

This price was similar to what Gune had calculated earlier.

Then, Gune brought out 2000 milliliters of Life Spring Water.

When he saw the Life Spring Water, Gune clearly sensed the middle-aged reception manager freeze for a moment.

Clearly, such a fine item was not commonly seen.

Fortunately, the subsequent transaction proceeded without any unusual incidents.

After some negotiation, the final transaction price for the 2000 milliliters of Life Spring Water was higher than Gune had anticipated, at 24,000 gold pounds.

From the price, Gune could tell that these merchant associations had also received news and were in great need of Life Spring Water.

Then, after inquiring about some king-level superhuman plant seeds, arcane shooting, and purchasing some marine supplies, Gune left the Silver Sea Merchant Association with thirty-three thousand gold pounds and many good items he had bought.

After the successful trial, Gune began his subsequent actions.

Over the next few hours.

Gune repeatedly changed his appearance, voice, and body shape—tall, short, fat, thin.

Within the large merchant associations on the commercial street, he began a frenzied sale of Dragon Blood Wood and Life Spring Water.

After all, no one knew Gune's identity, and they could not trace any trace of him.

Gune could safely sell these fine items.

It was not until around three or four in the afternoon.

That Gune finally ended his frenzied sales activities.

By then, Gune had made a whopping 260,000 gold pounds.

Selling resources was clearly a very profitable business, but the downside was that it was unsustainable and could easily attract unwanted attention.

The Dragon Blood Wood could be explained away—finding a misty island during ocean adventures that happened to have Dragon Blood Wood was a plausible story.

But everyone knew that Life Spring Water was a fine item that could only be produced under the Elf Life Tree in the twisted secret realm guarded by the Northern Blood Ear Elves.

An occasional sale was fine, but if one dared to establish a steady pipeline and keep selling, some sharp-eyed people would surely find problems.

Therefore, after this windfall of 260,000 gold pounds, Gune did not plan to sell these two items for some time.

In a small room of a café called "Light Café."

Gune was now sitting here leisurely, drinking coffee.

At the same time, he pondered the gains from this trip.

Undoubtedly, the biggest gain this time was the 260,000 gold pounds.

At the same time, Gune had also learned from these merchant associations some information about king-level plant seeds and arcane shooting.

Some merchant associations even said they would transport these items over, and Gune could come back later to buy them.

Gune temporarily set the feedback from these merchant associations as a second plan option.

As for the first plan, it was naturally to go to Old Sam's place at the end of "Lambra Street" later.

The information Old Qiao Mu had given him was quite reliable.

After finishing the coffee in front of him, Gune checked the time.

"Should be enough," Gune thought to himself.

Then Gune got up and left the café, hailing an empty carriage.

"To the 'Black Mist House' at the end of Lambra Street."

Boarding the carriage, Gune said in a hoarse voice.