Hearing Zyaire’s words, Dong Tianyu instantly understood the other’s thoughts. He quickly picked the remaining items and handed the two bottles of enhanced nutritional supplements to Zyaire. 𝑓𝘳𝑒𝑒𝓌𝘦𝘣𝘯ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝑚

After receiving the supplements and realizing the significant difference between its effects on him compared to martial artists, Zyaire decisively drank the supplements without intending to keep them for others to experiment with.

After obtaining the rest of the curiosities, Dong Tianyu casually used his backpack to conceal them and sent the items to the Cave.

As for the oddities he collected that day, Dong Tianyu had no intentions of studying them himself; instead, he let the Cave devour them all directly.

At this point, the Cave’s upgrade progress jumped forward a bit. However, even at this rate, the Cave would need a massive amount of resources to upgrade.

After leaving the curio house, the two did not go to a tavern; Zyaire took Dong Tianyu straight to his home.

Once inside Zyaire’s home, the two guards who had been following Zyaire in silence stood guard outside the door.

Zyaire’s house was a bit simpler than Dong Tianyu had imagined. If there was a style to the decoration, then Zyaire’s home was undoubtedly in the Syrian war-damage style.

The house was large, but the style it conveyed was as if it had been remodeled and yet not remodeled at the same time.

When they arrived in the living room, Zyaire personally poured a glass of water for Dong Tianyu and then started, "Although I never liked drinking tea or coffee, we did have some prepared at home for guests.

But I never imagined that the little bit we had saved to entertain guests would all be taken by my rascal of a son to show off. As you know, it’s not easy to get these two things at this time, so I apologize for the lackluster hospitality. Next time you come, I’ll make sure to get you something nicer," Zyaire concluded, winking mischievously.

As for Zyaire’s invitation, Dong Tianyu neither agreed nor declined outright. The decision Dong Tianyu would make depended on whether they could reach a cooperation in a bit.

Zyaire’s purpose for inviting him was crystal clear in Dong Tianyu’s mind—it was to obtain more nutritional supplements.

After the personal experience just now, it was obvious Zyaire wanted more of the supplements.

At this time, Zyaire had four options.

The first was to buy directly from Dong Tianyu because with the experience of reaching their camp once, if the profits were high enough, Dong Tianyu would arrange for other trading caravans to visit their camp again even if he wouldn’t come personally.

This option, although costly, was safe, and since it was a transaction between the two of them, there was no need to worry too much about secrecy.

The second option was to lead a team through the wilderness and deep forests, directly to Pengcheng to stock up. After all, although the supplements were effective for Awakeners, those standardized formulas could probably be mass-produced by then, so buying there could save some money.

However, Zyaire had no experience traversing forests, so leading a team to establish a trade route would be fraught with various risks and extremely dangerous, but the potential returns were also significant.

Beyond that, the third option was to get in touch with acquaintances in Kyoto, because there were regular flights between Pengcheng and Kyoto. He could pay a friend to purchase the goods and then use airdrops to supply their remote camps with supplies.

This method was safe but had a very low profit margin, even lower than the first option, because he was sure that once the goods arrived in Kyoto, the price would increase.

After all, the costs of transportation and airdropping had to be factored in, and this method meant passively receiving items, making physical trading with the supplier quite troublesome.

The last method was to flip the table and publicly reveal the effects of the nutritional supplements. He believed that some Awakeners, upon hearing about the benefits of the supplements, would go to great lengths to establish a trade route between their camp and Pengcheng.

With established trade routes, the special products of the two locations could be easily exchanged, allowing even within their own camps to access nutritional supplements.

However, this method was much like having friends purchase on one’s behalf, where the safety of acquiring nutritional supplements was ensured, but the price was less certain.

Moreover, once other Awakeners realized the significance of nutritional supplements, their price within their camp could potentially rise rather than fall, compared to their current price at Dong Tianyu’s side.

So after considerable thought, Zyaire ultimately decided to trade directly with Dong Tianyu. This not only delayed other Awakeners from learning about the effects of nutritional supplements, but also ensured that the price remained within his budget.

With this in mind, Zyaire no longer hesitated and directly said to Dong Tianyu, "Brother, I’ll speak plainly now, no more beating around the bush. I want to establish a long-term trade with you. Can you bring more of the strength-type nutritional supplements next time?

As for the price, don’t worry. The next time you come, not only can you choose any item from the first, second, and third floors of the Oddities Hut at will, but you’ll also have access to some stock kept in the warehouse due to lack of display space.

The exchange rate will be the same as it is now. You can choose blindly at a one-to-one ratio, or if you pick an identified oddity, it will be at fifteen-to-one. What do you think about this exchange rate?"

Upon hearing Zyaire’s offer, Dong Tianyu showed a bit more interest, "How much can you handle at a time? If the amount is too small, it won’t be worth the trip just for that.

Aside from oddities, do you have any other notable commodities?

To be honest, the value of oddities isn’t really equivalent to nutritional supplements. After all, nutritional supplements can be synthesized, whereas oddities are currently human-made goods with appearance, yet no one has figured out the rules behind their appearance. So theoretically, the value of oddities should be higher than that of nutritional supplements. Can you accept the difference in value?"

When Dong Tianyu bluntly posed this question, Zyaire just smiled and responded, "Neither of us is a pure merchant. I never buy based solely on price, but on whether the item fits my own valuation.

There aren’t any other special commodities, but I can offer you contribution points to our camp, which you can use to buy items that meet your needs at the Trade Market.

I can’t guarantee anything else, but in the Trade Market, you should be able to find items that meet your criteria quite easily.

As for the quantity, if I say ’as much as you have, I’ll take,’ you might think I’m boasting.

Let’s set a minimum trade quota instead; each time you come, I will take at least 50 bottles of nutritional supplements.

But I should mention in advance, the price I just quoted assumes you’re the only one selling nutritional supplements in the camp.

If some other merchant comes from Pengcheng and starts selling nutritional supplements in the camp, then I certainly won’t be able to offer such a high price anymore."

Hearing Zyaire speak, Dong Tianyu immediately understood his intentions; Zyaire was exchanging money for time.

As long as other Awakeners in the camp were unaware of the effects of nutritional supplements, Zyaire could put this time to good use, whether to enhance his own strength with the supplements or to stock up reserves.

In short, as long as the trade between Zyaire and Dong Tianyu remained a secret, Zyaire stood to gain a lot.

Dong Tianyu understood the implied meaning behind Zyaire’s last statement: he didn’t want others to know about the use of nutritional supplements.

Despite Zyaire’s imposing reputation, he was much like Trevor Jefferson in the bustling market—seemingly powerful but only slightly stronger than a regular Patrol in the Patrol Office.

By this point, Zyaire had all but given up on climbing any higher in status, but Dong Tianyu had unexpectedly restored that possibility with nutritional supplements.

Therefore, it went without saying what Zyaire hoped for the most at this time.