Douluo: In an extraordinary world, with unparallel understanding!

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A crisp female voice called out from behind Su Yu, followed by a group of people entering the store.

A young girl with short, sharp golden hair stepped forward and looked at the Magic-Restricting Crystal in Su Yu's hand.

Su Yu's gaze shifted to the group of people behind her.

To his surprise, they were familiar faces.

Tang Ya, Bei Bei.

As for the other four, Su Yu could roughly identify them based on their appearances.

Wang Dong, who was clearly disguised as a man.

Jiang Nannan, sporting rabbit ears on her head.

Dressed in leather, with a cat tail and cat ears on her head, Su Yu couldn't quite place her appearance. However, judging by her close interaction with a tall, muscular man exuding a strong, masculine aura and whose eyes were strikingly sharp, Su Yu speculated that she was a disciple from either the White Tiger Duke or the Ghostly Spirit Cat Zhu family.

At this age, could she be Zhu Lu or Dai Huabin? Su Yu thought to himself. Could these two have joined forces with Bei Bei and the others?

As for the blonde girl at the front, her outfit was covered in glittering jewels—she practically had "wealth" written all over her face.

Having identified six out of the seven people, Su Yu pieced together the logic and concluded that this group most likely belonged to the Seven Treasure Glazed Sect.

After all, the current configuration of these seven was hard to ignore when thinking about the original Shrek Seven Devils.

Except for the Evil Fire Phoenix Ma Hongjun being replaced by Bei Bei's Blue Point Tyrannosaurus Rex and the Sausage Oscar being replaced by Wang Dong, most of the other configurations were copied straight from the original group.

So, the Seven Treasure Glazed Sect's elite from this age group, teamed up with Tang Ya and Bei Bei, most likely represented Tang Men. It wouldn't be Ning Tian, right?

Su Yu's mind worked quickly. In just two to three seconds, he had already identified the identities of the seven.

"It's you!" Tang Ya and Bei Bei recognized Su Yu immediately, putting on a wary expression.

Their gazes were filled with hostility.

After Shrek's defeat, Su Yu had become the one who delivered the final blow to their hopes of winning the individual tournament, which was a major blow to their reputation.

Although they didn't get a full sweep, Shrek's struggle had been entirely quashed by a single person, and that was a bitter pill to swallow.

"Oh? It's been a while, hasn't it?" Su Yu greeted them casually.

"Master, do you know him?" Ning Tian turned to look at Tang Ya, a puzzled expression on his face.

"Su Yu. How could I not know him?" Bei Bei stepped forward, positioning himself protectively in front of the others, and pointed out Su Yu's identity.

Jiang Nannan remained silent. She had fought Su Yu before, so she naturally recognized him, but didn't react as strongly as Tang Ya did.

The shopkeeper, seeing the tension in the store, was about to step forward and mediate.

However, after hearing Su Yu's name, the shopkeeper paused for a moment, then, upon a closer look, recognized him as the Su Yu.

Noticing the apparent hostility between Su Yu and the other seven, and judging by their accents and physical features, which didn't resemble those of the Sun Moon Empire, the shopkeeper decided not to intervene.

A group of seven? They must be from a participating team, right?

Su Yu's reputation as a genius in the Sun Moon Empire preceded him, so he wouldn't be easily outmatched.

As for the potential damages... The shopkeeper was already thinking of how to let the seven make the first move, then how to ensure his own interests were protected afterward.

"Boss, how much for that metal in his hand?" Ning Tian, remembering his purpose, asked.

"Huh? You mean that magic crystal? Five thousand Gold Soul Coins," the shopkeeper replied.

Ning Tian's heart lightened when she heard the shopkeeper say it was a magic crystal, but her expression soured when she heard the price—five thousand Gold Soul Coins.

What a scam!

Who sells a magic crystal for such an inflated price?

Three thousand at most.

"He hasn't bought it yet, has he? This magic crystal is mine."

Since the shopkeeper had given a price, it meant the metal hadn't been purchased by Su Yu yet.

Ning Tian's thinking was entirely from Shrek's perspective.

With that, she pulled out a black card, preparing to buy the magic crystal from Su Yu.

At the same time, she used the opportunity between asking the shopkeeper the price to show her hostility toward Su Yu, acting like she was wasting her money just to annoy him.

Quite clever.

But Su Yu wasn't going to let her have it that easily.

"I'll take it for ten thousand Gold Soul Coins."

Oh, so since I haven't bought it yet, you think you can snatch it up first?

Sorry, but you're using a card, and it hasn't been swiped yet.

Hah, the young lady doesn't carry any cash, just a card. How convenient.

The shopkeeper, seeing the two arguing, initially thought it was just a matter of pride. However, when the price had climbed up to thirty thousand Gold Soul Coins, he realized something wasn't right.

"Ladies, if you're interested in the magic crystal, there's plenty of stock over there. This one is so small—if you're spending thirty thousand Gold Soul Coins on it, I'm not sure how to justify that. People might start calling me a swindler."

As soon as Boss Wang spoke, the competition between Su Yu and Ning Tian came to an abrupt halt.

"Boss, let me be clear with you. This is a Magic-Restricting Crystal, worth around two hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins. I'll pay you two hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins right now. Will you sell it or not?"

Su Yu no longer held back.

The Magic-Restricting Crystal was rare, not because of its price.

Buying it at the original price wouldn't be a loss.

As for Ning Tian's inflated price?

Who in the Sun Moon Empire would make such a trade if it wasn't profitable?

This wasn't an auction.

Sure enough, after praising Su Yu for being straightforward, Boss Wang examined the crystal again, and then sold it to Su Yu for two hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins.

No bargaining.

As for Ning Tian, who kept raising the price, even pushing it to four hundred thousand, Boss Wang held back his discomfort and didn't sell it to her.

Boss Wang also knew how to read the situation.

This girl seemed to flaunt her wealth, pushing the price to four hundred thousand. This made it clear to him that she saw that as the highest value for the metal.

Given the difference in demand for rare metals between the Sun Moon Empire and the outside world, the price disparity, and the difference in how the young lady, with her naive wealth, could drive up the price…

From all these cues, Boss Wang realized that the Magic-Restricting Crystal really was as Su Yu said—its quality and price were accurate. He hadn't been tricked.

It was a huge stroke of luck that Su Yu spotted it and was willing to pay two hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins rather than snatch it up for a bargain.

Since Su Yu had been so forthright, the boss couldn't refuse him.

After all, as someone from the Sun Moon Empire, he had his pride, and he also wanted to continue doing business in Sun-Moon.

"This girl... trying to score such a big deal right off the bat. She's no good," Boss Wang thought to himself, blood practically dripping from his heart as he lost twenty thousand Gold Soul Coins on the deal, but still sold the Magic-Restricting Crystal to Su Yu.

"Forget it, I don't want it anymore," Su Yu suddenly said.

The boss was momentarily stunned, then quickly realized what Su Yu meant. He turned to Ning Tian, "This customer, do you still want the Magic-Restricting Crystal?"

Four hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins!

In one night, she could become filthy rich!

Ning Tian was completely taken aback by Su Yu's entirely illogical way of competing.

(End of Chapter)