si-mexico Chapter 560 Let's Talk Business
Chapter 560 Let's Talk Business
Seeing that the stragglers were still stubbornly choosing to retrieve their memories, Xu Ning sighed with a conflicted expression.
"If you're really determined to reclaim your past memories, then you should just forget what happened here."
The stragglers taunted, "What? You finally dare to admit that you took advantage of me by using this family reunion thing?"
Xu Ning stubbornly insisted, "I didn't. That's how it's calculated according to Li Yue's seniority."
"Let's go, the things should still be at Jingshan Palace, let's go there together."
Xu Ning, along with Kong, Naxi Da, and the scattered soldiers, left Chenyin Cave and headed towards Jingshan Palace.
As soon as the group left, the man in green started shouting.
"Here it comes, here it comes, place your bets! If the soldier transforms into a dutiful son and kills his fake father on the spot, the odds are 1 to 1. If the soldier endures humiliation and leaves without looking back, the odds are 1 to 10. If the soldier remains unchanged and still recognizes his thief as his father, everyone is happy, the odds are 1 to 100. The more you bet, the more you lose. Place your bets now!"
Paimon, who wanted to eat more, didn't go out with Kong Yi. Hearing Qingyi's shouts, he couldn't help but huddle closer.
"Qingyi, are you just joking, or are you really going to open the market?"
Qingyi feigned surprise and said, "Oh, a knowledgeable person has arrived. Of course, it's a real opening. Paimon, how much do you want to buy?"
Paimon pulled out three large Mora from his small pocket: "Two hundred thousand Mora for killing my stepfather, one hundred thousand Mora for enduring humiliation."
Qingyi took the bet and laughed, "Your betting is pretty safe. If you win one and lose one, you make 100,000; if you win one and lose ten, you make 700,000. Paimon, you have a good business sense. Why don't you bet more?"
Paimon blushed. "I've been spending a lot lately, and this is all the pocket money I have left."
Qingyi patted Paimon understandingly, "It's alright, you won't have to worry about this little bit of money anymore in a little while."
The four people outside had already arrived at Jingshan Palace. Naxi Da dragged out the miscellaneous box from the corner, rummaged through it, and found the memory ball of the skirmisher that Xu Ning had given her.
"You need to think carefully before using it. The information inside bursts out all at once, and the impact on your mind is no less than the pain of being whipped."
The soldier took the golden memory sphere from Nasita's hand and laughed, "I am just a puppet, a nameless and heartless person. What can possibly hurt me?"
As the soldier exerted force with his fingers, the golden memory ball exploded into a cloud of golden mist in his hand. The mist, like a ghost, instantly embraced him and slowly seeped into the soldier's body.
The stragglers shook their heads, their faces immediately showing an expression of painful struggle.
How long can this situation last?
Seeing the distressed state of the scattered soldiers, Xu Ning asked Naxi Da.
Nasita seemed quite relaxed at this point. "After all, the soldiers have survived for nearly five hundred years. With so many memories flooding into their bodies all at once, they need a period of adjustment. It should take about half an hour."
Xu Ning stood there for a while, then turned to Nasida and said, "I can't help with this kind of thing. If it were you, you might be able to help with dreams. But forget it, we have to wait anyway. Let's talk business instead."
Nasita's eyes flickered. "Could it be related to the skirmishers?"
Xu Ning chuckled as he looked at her. "You know I never deal with conscious individuals as business partners. But it does have something to do with the stragglers. What I want is the 'God of the Righteous' that your Order Institute made for him."
Nasida never expected that what Xu Ning wanted was that damaged mecha.
"Is Liyue interested in restarting it?"
Xu Ning shook his head. "No, it has nothing to do with Li Yue. It's just that someone in my space seems to be getting really bored, so I thought I'd buy her a toy to play with."
"Oh, so what's your offer?"
Xu Ning thought for a moment, "Given our friendship, saying 'Mora' would be too vulgar. How about I donate a dozen or twenty schools in the desert in your name, the kind that include room and board? I heard at the tavern last time that Setare resigned from her job at the Faculty of Religion and is preparing to return to the desert to teach. I remember that Kavi from the Light of Light is a designer. Let him do the design, and we can contract the supply of other materials to that wealthy businessman, Mr. Mahabay."
"In doing business, one should not forget to cultivate relationships. Many merchants in Sumeru should learn from the merchants in Liyue in this respect."
Nasita joked, "Since we've come this far, I can't be rude. After all, that thing is still a taboo subject in the Order of the Church. You taking it with you might not be a bad solution."
Xu Ning could tell that Nasita emphasized the word "taboo" slightly, and knew that she was subtly reminding him not to go too far.
However, Xu Ning did want to find some work for the True Lord disguised as a bluebird in the Hidden Cave Heaven, so that she wouldn't get too bored.
As for the idea of mastering the structure of mechs and building ten or eight to form an array for battle, I've never even considered that.
Nasita and I retraced our steps into the workshop, where the giant machine god left behind after defeating the skirmishers the day before was still kneeling with its head bowed.
Xu Ning walked to the front, used wind to control water, and summoned a clear spring to slowly wash down from the top of the God of Righteousness, cleaning away the dust that had accumulated on it over the past few days.
Without the driving force of the God's Heart core, this massive mech was essentially a dead object, motionless and at Xu Ning's mercy.
Nasida watched as Xu Ning drew water from his gourd to rinse the mecha and laughed, "I thought your gourd was full of wine of all kinds of flavors, but I didn't expect there to be some water mixed in."
Xu Ning couldn't help but laugh when he recalled the first time he entered the cave to drink. He had to taste it several times before he was sure that the spring water was just ordinary clear water.
"Perhaps this water is the essential ingredient for brewing those fine wines."
Nasita watched the water dripping from the mecha and followed the cracks in the blue bricks on the ground to her bare feet.
I intended to gently jump to the side to avoid the dirty water, but somehow I didn't pull my feet back and let my toes touch the dirty water on the ground.
Nasita's expression immediately changed.
Although Nasita didn't know how this water was related to the thing recorded in the documents she had read, judging from the little bit she had just absorbed, this water was probably not ordinary water at all!
But does Xu Ning himself have a clear understanding of this matter?