Huh? Isn't this an adventure kingdom building game?!-Chapter 758 - 732: Hard to Come By? (Part 3)

"No problem." He didn’t care about how much he could earn; he was just putting it into the Storage Bag and taking it out again, which didn’t take much time.

As he reached out and touched the large cargo box, it went into the Storage Bag, but before the loading was complete, he heard the sound of the door being kicked open.

Jiang Yuan and the head assistant looked over simultaneously and saw a burly demon cultivator, reeking of alcohol, angrily shouting, "Where’s Li Dehai? I’m not having a good day today, passing by the business makes me even angrier, might as well say it straight today—either deliver the firestones; or give me a refund!"

The outside counter responsible for major clients quickly approached with a smile, "Hey, Grandpa Qin! Didn’t we just agree? The mine’s been on deficit for several years, that’s not something we can control. Just wait a bit, at most another month..."

"To hell with your waiting!" The other party was obviously drunk, pushed the outside counter aside, and stormed inside, "When you took the money, you didn’t act like this!

Counting fingers, it’s been almost four years, right? You spoke sweetly back then, promising some immortal jade saving discounts, and I believed you, saved up to six hundred thousand immortal jade!

Now, let alone the promised firestones worth seven hundred thousand immortal jade, I only received a few hundred firestones! Get Li Dehai out here to give me a refund! If he doesn’t refund, let’s go to the market and argue, I’ll smash his shop..."

The uproar immediately attracted the attention of customers talking business in the shop, some of whom had also pre-saved a lot of immortal jade but had not yet received the promised firestones. Hearing this, their anger was stirred up, and they stopped discussing business, joining the ruckus to demand an explanation from Head Shopkeeper Li Dehai.

"Hurry up and load the goods, this has nothing to do with us." The head assistant quickly reminded, "It’s all because of those firestones, it’s been like this frequently for the past two years, it’ll be fine once there’s stock after a while."

Jiang Yuan quickly packed up the cargo box and followed the others out through the back door, listening as the noise in the hall grew more intense. He immediately smelled a familiar scent—the closure of Xinhua Trading is near!

The decaying aura from within was exceedingly apparent; having experienced enough company closures, he could keenly sense it.

He could even simply infer the general process: it was nothing more than wanting to swindle some money initially, pre-selling to collect the immortal jade, and then encountering the Furious Fire Bear Race’s cold poison crisis, causing severe firestone shortages.

Don’t ask why they don’t refund; how many merchants in the world are willing to take responsibility and honestly refund?

Moreover, there’s a high probability that the money has already been spent by the head shopkeeper; even if they move things around to refund, losing the exclusive firestone business and credibility, they probably won’t last long at Trapped Snake Island.

"No wonder Miss Ruan would give you the keepsake, you truly have skills!"

After sword flight to the dock and unloading the goods, the head assistant looked at the giant beast that politely refused him, which hadn’t transported the cargo yet. While settling accounts, he smiled, "With this skill, you can make a fortune delivering goods at Trapped Snake Island!

If you find the time, come again tomorrow; even if our firm runs out of goods, I can recommend a few major firms. They’ve got a lot of goods to deliver, and they settle accounts swiftly."

Jiang Yuan smiled and agreed, glancing up at the lake where a mass of white fog spread, feeling that it somewhat resembled the market after closure, and casually asked about it.

The head assistant laughed, "Ah! Actually, this fog is brought by an array set by the Demon Realm Alliance. It’s to confuse those brainless yet naturally powerful creatures during the day, to prevent them from causing trouble.

The same goes for the market, the lower the level of the market, the thicker the fog.

In fact, if you’re bold enough, you can pass through the fog to reach the wilderness outside the market, but it’ll be dangerous without the array’s protection, so it’s better to be cautious."

Thanking the assistant for his guidance, Jiang Yuan suddenly recalled the records in the Soul-Searching Notes about the Golden Chicken Seal, could there really be a barrier under the lake?

Every night he visited Golden Chicken River Market, he’d see many demon cultivators fishing at the Golden Chicken Seal, but never had the right opportunity to dive in for exploration. Should he take advantage of the market closure during the day to check it out?