Chapter 33: The Wandering Merchant’s Visit

The next day, Qin Yu initiated the contract summon; he had fulfilled his promise and established his own territory.

Soon after, the children at the abandoned monastery in the Blood Soul Realm responded to Qin Yu’s summon, and fifty young figures appeared in the newly built territory.

“My Lord!”

The children were extremely happy to see that Qin Yu had truly fulfilled his promise; furthermore, the environment of this territory was ten thousand times better than the Blood Soul Realm they had been living in.

“What a beautiful place!”

“Is this the real world?”

“What beautiful trees and flowers!”

…

To accommodate these fifty children, Qin Yu had also specifically built a double-story villa for them to live in together, with the girls on the upper floor and the boys on the lower.

“Hong.”

Qin Yu called over Hong, the big sister of the children; wearing the [Blood Bishop Set], Hong possessed a bit more gravity, and wearing this outfit fit her name perfectly.

“My Lord, thank you!”

Hong bowed deeply to Qin Yu to express her gratitude.

It was Qin Yu who had helped them escape that terrifying world; if the time had been delayed any further, they would likely have had to return to a life of being hunted by monsters…

“There’s no need for thanks; I merely fulfilled the agreement I made with you. Now, take them inside to see where you’ll be living from now on. I’ll leave that place in your care.”

“Yes!”

The usually serious Hong now had an unspeakable smile on her face, one born of genuine happiness.

Hong led the children into their future residence.

Qin Yu looked into the distance, estimating that the wandering merchant should be arriving soon.

Once a territory was built, merchants from wandering trade chambers would pay regular visits; what they sold was unpredictable, as the main purpose of these chambers was to earn gold from new Lords.

No matter how they boasted about their wares, if you thought about it carefully, you didn’t really need them at all.

Aside from food and resources, they raised the prices of everything else to varying degrees; they could be described as incredibly exploitative.

In the distance, a caravan was slowly driving toward Qin Yu’s territory.

At this point, Hong had already settled the children and came forward to report to Qin Yu.

“My Lord, I have settled them all. Are there any further instructions?”

Hong had already stepped into her role as the Lord’s subordinate.

Qin Yu thought for a moment. “Hong, I’ll give you a list. Take these children to the Blood Church to undergo a class change.”

“Yes!”

The list contained the ten children among the fifty who had an aptitude of 7. After receiving the order, Hong went to execute it immediately.

Among these children, Hong and another little girl had the highest aptitude, both at 8.

He planned to find a time to have a good talk with that little girl; she and Hong would be the main pillars of combat power for his territory in the future.

The wandering merchant’s caravan slowly drove into Qin Yu’s territory, and a pot-bellied man with five gold accessories hanging from his neck and right arm hopped down from the carriage.

He scanned the territory, then set his gaze on Qin Yu and immediately walked up to greet him with a chuckle.

“Young Lord, it is a great pleasure to meet you~”

This wealthy merchant seemed to understand noble etiquette very well, combined with his luxurious attire and a guard team led by several Tier 6 experts.

This indicated that the wares this merchant dealt in were primarily catered to territories of Tier 5 and above.

“It is a pleasure to meet you too. A wealthy merchant like you shouldn’t be visiting a small place like mine.”

Qin Yu’s territory was currently only Level 1; logically, it shouldn’t attract a wandering merchant of this caliber.

“Don’t say that, My Lord. As a merchant, what I need most is long-term vision…”

The head merchant stepped closer and looked at Qin Yu as he spoke.

“For a major character with a promising future like you, My Lord, I naturally want to establish a good relationship…”

This merchant had come here because he was closest to the area, so the chamber had sent him; he had originally thought this newly built territory held nothing extraordinary.

But after entering the territory, he changed his mind, especially after meeting Qin Yu.

“Let’s skip the small talk; let me see the goods on your carriages.”

“Alright!”

The merchant immediately ordered his men to unload the goods.

Various gems, colorful silks, high-grade ingredients…

Looking at it this way, this guy primarily sold lifestyle goods, which explained why he was so rich.

“I’ll take all of those 500,000 stalks of herbs you have.”

“That is no problem at all! If you take them all, I’ll sell them to you at cost price!”

To be honest, herbs weren’t worth much; they were just troublesome to gather, and besides alchemists, basically no one would buy them.

The merchant only disliked that they took up space and wanted to get rid of them as quickly as possible.

“However, My Lord, would you not like to browse through the other items? There are many resources here that your current territory lacks…”

The merchant was naturally referring to ingredients, ore, wood, and the like, but Qin Yu didn’t need them for the time being.

“No rush. You’ll be staying here for a few days, right?”

“Yes. I will only leave after three days.”

“Mhm. Then we can talk about it then. Hand over the herbs first.”

Qin Yu bought them from the merchant at the cost price of 2 gold per stalk, leaving him with 900,000 gold in funds.

Now he had to go back and work overtime to convert these herbs into recovery potions and sell them back to the merchant; only then would he have the money to buy more things.

Normally, refining so many herbs would take at least a week, but Qin Yu was different.

He possessed Grandmaster Alchemy and could have Luna assist him in his work; three days was enough.

Selling them to the merchant at 15 gold per high-level recovery potion, minus the cost of 1,000,000, Qin Yu would make a net profit of 6,500,000; this would allow him to buy to his heart’s content.

The merchant didn’t know what Qin Yu wanted to do, but he was staying for three full days anyway; this Lord looked very extraordinary, so he hoped he could give him a big surprise.

Logging off from the game, Xiao Ya took off her gaming helmet.

In the dim room, only a single weak light flickered; this was the environment Xiao Ya lived in.

The deathly silence of her surroundings brought her back to reality.

Having played for another day, it was time to rest; over-indulging was not a good thing.

But in the game, she could experience the feeling of being a normal person and saving others; these were things reality could not provide her.

She felt increasingly that the self in that other world was her true self.

The television turned on, broadcasting the news—specifically a feature on the epoch-making game, [Fate Paradise].

The slogan for this game was: A spiritual paradise detached from the real world.

This slogan was not groundless; because Earth had suffered several disasters in recent years, with society continuously developing at a rapid pace and wealth polarizing heavily, people desperately needed spiritual solace, and this game was born as a result…