Chapter 18: Becoming a Free and Easy Shopkeeper

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Li Tian had also formed an alliance with Su Bai’s help, and there were more than a dozen people in the Alliance.

As for why so many people had joined, it was because Li Tian had revealed that he and Su Bai were good friends. Otherwise, there would not be so many people who were willing to join this small Alliance.

Li Tian didn’t want to say anything. It was a little awkward. Not to mention their relationship, Su Bai would be disgusted by the credit.

Su Bai responded without hesitation to his only good friend, [It’s just a fishing rod. It isn’t a big deal. I can give it to you personally.]

Li Tian replied, [Thank you, Su Bai. But I have an alliance with more than a dozen people, so I still want to owe you 13 normal fishing rods.]

It wasn’t that Li Tian was being insatiable, but that he really needed some fishing rods to strengthen his alliance, so he had no choice but to trade them on credit.

Although he had agreed to get a fishing rod, Li Tian was still worried about the safety of the people in the alliance. He still gritted his teeth and requested.

When Su Bai saw that message, he originally wanted to reject it, but he suddenly thought of the alliance that someone had mentioned in the Chat.

Of course, Su Bai was not willing to take care of the alliance, but he could provide some resources to support the alliance.

Such an idea was still somewhat risky. He would have no choice if the other party kicked him out after he had grown stronger.

‘On second thought, Li Tian refused the temptation of a free fishing rod and wanted to buy it on credit. This must be for the sake of the people in his alliance. Such a person was somewhat loyal.’ Su Bai thought.

After thinking for a while, Su Bai decided to give it a try.

There were risks, but there were rewards. Now, he was fishing alone day and night. Although he had obtained a lot of resources, there would always be times when he would be short of them.

Seeing that Su Bai didn’t reply, Li Tian was already prepared to apologize.

Su Bai replied, [No problem. I can give you the fishing rods, and I can give them to you for free. On one condition.]

Li Tian replied [Name it, Su Bai. I’ll agree to any condition!]

Su Bai commented, [It’s not a difficult condition. After I give you the fishing rods, you have to develop well. There will be many times when I need you in the future. Of course, I will give you some compensation, but you can’t tell anyone that I gave you these fishing rods, and you can’t tell anyone that I’m the one behind your alliance.]

When Li Tian mentioned that, he was already prepared to be a slave, but Su Bai’s request was just to be a free and easy shopkeeper.

Li Tian replied, [No problem, Su Bai. I won’t tell anyone that you’re the one behind this alliance.]

Li Tian didn’t know how much of a change his actions would bring to his life. He only knew that he had asked for the fishing rods for the rest of the members of his alliance.

..

Within the Dark Night Alliance.

Meng Lin stated, [It seems that we have underestimated that S-rank talent. Su Bai’s development is too fast.]

[That’s right. We’ve just gotten the seawater desalinator, but he’s already gotten the blueprints of normal fishing rods.]

Meng Lin commented, [We have to come up with an effective solution to alleviate the current situation.]

[What method can there be? Right now, everyone’s fighting for fishing rods. The only way is for us to obtain a fishing rod blueprint.]

[Yeah, we have to solve the problem of the blueprint. Otherwise, we will always be one step behind Su Bai.]

Meng Lin asked, [Have you already sent people to inquire? Now, is there anyone who has obtained the blueprint for a normal fishing rod? We must buy it at all costs.]

[I’ve already sent out all the people who can gather information to ask around. Everyone knows that there’s a normal fishing rod blueprint, but no one has seen it before.]

[I don’t believe that not a single blueprint has appeared. I think they’re deliberately hiding the blueprint and are not willing to take it out.]

[That’s right. There are still a few alliances that are stronger than us. I heard that they have stopped buying fishing rods. They have already obtained the fishing rod blueprint.]

Meng Lin commented, [Damn it! We’re one step slower than the others again.]

[It’s all because of you. When he put up the fishing rod for trade, we should have taken out all the materials to exchange for fishing rods. We waited until the price rose to this point before we started to fight for the materials.]

[You’re right. If we had bought the fishing rods from the start, we might have gotten a blueprint by now. You should know that the resources obtained by two fishing rods and one fishing rod are on a completely different level.]

Meng Lin replied, [What’s the use of complaining now? How many resources did we get today? Can we buy a fishing rod now?]

[It’s difficult. The prices of the wooden planks and silk threads out there are sky-high. If I don’t get the wooden planks and silk threads directly, I can’t get the wooden planks with other materials.]

[That’s for sure. Everyone knows the importance of the wooden planks and the silk threads, so they won’t easily take them out for exchange.]

Meng Lin asked, [Then, has anyone obtained this stats elixir fragment?]

[Don’t mention it. I feel like it’s even harder to obtain the stats elixir fragments than the blueprint. I’ve only heard of people obtaining them, but I’ve never seen anyone from our alliance obtain one.]

[Instead of thinking about materials like the stats elixir fragments, it’s better to let everyone continue fishing and gather wooden planks and silk threads!]

[Yeah, if there’s nothing else today, I’m going to continue fishing. I’m not like some of you who already have two fishing rods. I still have to work hard for my second fishing rod.]

After the meeting was hastily concluded, everyone left the chat.

Currently, the Dark Night Alliance was filled with complaints.

In the beginning, the alliance was full of people with B-rank talent and above. They exchanged resources with each other and developed quite well.

But ever since Meng Lin proposed to go against Su Bai, the alliance had changed. It was no longer the alliance with common progress as their goal but had begun to split internally.

It could be said that the entire alliance was in a mess now. There was no sign of the sincere cooperation they once had. Instead, they were like a plate of loose sand.

If they couldn’t find a way to change the current situation in a short time, then the disbandment of this alliance was only a matter of time.