N-A-A Chapter 7 The Eye of Sin
Chapter 7 The Eye of Sin
"Comprador Hong and Comprador Wu?"
Zhao Yi nodded and continued, "Can you find them both?"
"Oh, junior brother, you want to buy something from them? That's easy."
"They both have shops in town, just three streets behind Baohe Inn. Their shops face each other, so it'll be very easy for you to find them."
Wencai grew up in Renjia Town, so he is naturally very familiar with the place.
"Come on, I'll take you to spend some money!" Zhao Yi said with a smile.
"Great! Great!" Wencai was very excited when he heard that he had a chance to broaden his horizons.
"If my junior brother is in a good mood, he might even give me some imported goods."
The shops run by compradors in town mostly sell imported goods.
Renjia Town isn't big; you can walk through the three streets quickly.
"Wu Di Trading!"
"Hongchang Trading Company!"
Zhao Yi looked up and saw the shop sign on the left that read "Hongchang Foreign Firm".
The shop sign on the right reads "Wu Di Trading".
"Holy crap, Wu Di Trading? This must be Wu the comprador's shop. His name is Wu Di? That's quite an arrogant name..." Zhao Yi thought to himself.
"Junior brother, whose shop should we buy from?" Wencai asked, looking around curiously.
"Let's go to Wu Di Trading first!" Zhao Yi was also curious about who Wu Di was and why he had such a name.
"good!"
Upon hearing this, Wen Cai excitedly headed towards Wu Di Trading Company.
This was his first time visiting a foreign goods store, and he was filled with curiosity.
"Junior brother, it smells so good here (╯▽╰)~~ Ah!"
As soon as you enter the foreign goods store, a smell mixed with perfume, soap and tobacco hits you.
Wen Cai glanced around and saw that the walls on both sides were filled with goods.
Behind the counter stood a waiter dressed in a Western-style suit, his hair neatly combed.
Standing next to him was a slightly overweight middle-aged man with a fair and round face, wearing a pair of silver-rimmed square glasses.
Wearing a perfectly pressed suit without a single wrinkle, paired with a white shirt, a blue-brown tie, and gleaming leather shoes, along with a gilded pocket watch chain hanging from his waist, he looked quite like a foreign devil from the foreign concessions.
However, this person had thin lips and a polite, fake smile.
He seemed to be giving a lecture to the shop assistant at the moment, and when he saw Wencai come in, he gestured for the man to come forward.
"Gentlemen, what kind of imported goods would you like to see?" the waiter asked hurriedly.
"It's not me buying it, it's my junior brother who wants to buy something!" Wen Cai quickly made way for him.
Before Zhao Yi could speak, a notification sound suddenly came to his mind.
[Ding! The host has encountered a human with a sin value exceeding that of a Great Calamity for the first time. Special item obtained: Eye of Sin.]
The next moment, Zhao Yi's eyes suddenly gleamed with a light that ordinary people could not see.
His left eye shone with golden light, like a blazing sun;
His right eye was a sea of blood, which transformed into black and red flames.
In an instant, the strange phenomenon disappeared, and two lines of small characters, invisible to outsiders, appeared in Zhao Yi's eyes.
[Merit Points -19 strands (No physical merit, damage to unseen virtue)]
[Sin Value: 531 strands (A person of great misfortune, whose sins are immeasurable)]
[Defeating the enemy will grant 21 strands of merit.]
"Holy crap!"
Zhao Yi was momentarily stunned.
This guy named Wu Di not only lost his merits, but also his karmic debts became negative, and he committed heinous sins.
According to the information I just recalled, the sin value is divided into seven levels.
These are respectively minor misfortune, medium misfortune, major misfortune, evil, utterly wicked, demon, and world-destroying great evil.
A sin value of 10 strands indicates a minor misfortune.
Wu Di's sin value has now exceeded 500 strands, placing him in the ranks of the most malevolent and not far from evil.
This level of sin is even greater than that of ordinary evil spirits.
After all, ordinary evil spirits are only between moderately ominous and extremely ominous.
"This is a merit delivered right to our door!" Zhao Yi's eyes immediately lit up.
One strand of merit is enough for one lottery draw. If you kill Wu Di, you can instantly get 21 strands of merit, enough for 21 lottery draws.
"With such a high level of sin, even if an ordinary person wanted to do it, they probably couldn't."
"How did this guy do that?" Zhao Yi couldn't help but feel a little shocked.
After all, even if you kill someone, you only get one or a few strands of sin points.
"We can't possibly kill hundreds of people, can we?"
Zhao Yi was somewhat shocked when he thought of Wu Di's reputation as a 100-man killer.
"Regardless of the circumstances, this person's sins are heinous, and this is a good opportunity for me to accumulate merit."
Composing himself, Zhao Yi made a note of the man.
"Sir? This gentleman... what is this gentleman buying?"
The shop assistant called out to Zhao Yi a few more times, thinking to himself with annoyance, "What's this guy spacing out for?"
"Well, I'd like to buy a shop with a backyard, preferably one that used to be a restaurant or a large-scale business," Zhao Yi said slowly.
Although I've already set my sights on this guy, I still have to do business with him.
At worst, Zhao Yi could get the money back after the other party had been ripped off.
He truly felt no guilt whatsoever when dealing with such a heinous criminal.
"It's like killing one to save a hundred, a truly meritorious act!" Zhao Yi thought to himself.
This wasn't just him trying to comfort himself; the system really did reward him with 21 strands of merit.
"Buy a shop?"
Wu Di, who was about to leave, suddenly stopped and quickly turned around to go forward.
"Another easy target has come knocking?"
Wu Di was taken aback when he saw that the buyer was a young man, and then his eyes narrowed.
"So young, if he doesn't have connections, heh..."
Zhao Yi can't read minds, otherwise he would definitely want to laugh too.
They actually thought of the same thing.
"You must be Wu, the comprador. I want to buy a shop with a courtyard, preferably one that was formerly a restaurant or a large stockade."
"Don't make the backyard too small; I want to live there," Zhao Yi said.
"Alright, alright, sir, please leave 20 silver dollars as a deposit, and I will help you find it," Wu Di said immediately.
"How long will it take?" Zhao Yi asked.
"My comprador Wu has connections in Renjia Town, and even in the entire provincial capital."
"This is a small matter; two days should be enough," Wu Di said confidently.
"Can!"
Zhao Yi nodded. Two days wasn't too long.
"I don't have any silver dollars, can you accept this banknote?"
Because they were responsible for trading goods for foreigners, compradors usually had silver dollars, gold bars, banknotes, and foreign money on hand.
"receive!"
"Okay, then open it."
As Zhao Yi spoke, he took out a silver note, which was worth one thousand silver dollars.
"Oh, by the way, if you have a pocket watch on hand, could you get me one?"
"I also want a Mazda gun. If you have the means, and 10,000 rounds of ammunition, I can offer you a price 20% higher than the market price."
No matter how skilled you are in martial arts, you're still afraid of a kitchen knife.
Even if zombies and evil spirits are not afraid of ordinary gun attacks, they cannot cause much damage to them.
But it works well against people!