The Rothschild Family
"This Wind Eye Ring uses a rare Cicada Stone as its raw material. The Cicada Stone is very similar to the White Orchid Stone used to make the Steady Wind Ring, but the Cicada Stone's veins are more concentrated, and the patterns are more beautiful. This seller clearly isn't proficient in this field, so he mistook the Wind Eye Ring for the Steady Wind Ring. A normal Wind Eye Ring costs 80,000 star coins, not to mention this one uses the precious Cicada Stone as raw material. I reckon that this ring can't be bought for less than 200,000 star coins in the trading firm." Phantom explained.
"200,000 star coins! This ring is actually worth so much! " Xia Fei was very surprised. This ring looked very ordinary, but it was even more valuable than precious gems.
Phantom had a look of disdain, "This is nothing. Warriors are a profession that burns money. The potions and equipment you need to wear are all piled up with a large amount of money. Let's take the medicinal ingredients I bought today as an example. I plan to use these medicinal ingredients to concoct a batch of Primary Cell Activation Potion for you. Do you know how much this potion costs in the trading firm?"
Xia Fei shook his head. He had no concept of the price of these things.
After entering the words "Cell Activation Potion" into the search bar, the screen quickly displayed thousands of information.
The cheapest Primary Cell Activation Potion cost 30,000 star coins per bottle, and the intermediate one would cost at least 150,000 star coins.
According to Phantom, this batch of medicinal ingredients could concoct at least ten bottles of potion. If he were to buy all of them from the trading firm, he would need at least 300,000 star coins, and the raw materials and a set of Primary Medicinal Ingredient Compounding Apparatus only cost him 63,000 star coins.
This meant that Phantom had saved Xia Fei over two hundred thousand star coins just from this!
"Do you understand now?" Phantom said proudly.
Xia Fei nodded heavily, "Yes, I admit that although your poetry is terrible, you are still quite capable in other aspects."
Phantom curled his lips and said with dissatisfaction, "What are you saying? My sect is known as the Immortal Tantra. Just the Book Collection Hall has more than ten million secret techniques. If you can learn the medicinal knowledge I have, even if you are not good enough in the future, you can still become an Apothecary. Excellent Apothecaries are extremely rare in the universe, and their income is incomparable to other professions."
He gently pressed the trade button, and a moment later, the figure of a young man appeared on the screen. This person was about 20 years old, and his appearance was no different from that of an Earthling, except that his eyes were a little smaller, like two soybeans.
"What can I do for you?" asked the young man.
"I want to buy that second-hand Steadying Wind Ring." Xia Fei purposely emphasized the word second-hand as a psychological hint. This is a second-hand item. Don't even think about selling it at the price of a new item.
"Oh, although that ring is second-hand, it is in good condition. There is no damage to it. How about 8,000 star coins?"
Xia Fei shook his head. "This price is too high. The Quick Dragon Trading Company only sells a ring like this for 9,000 star coins. Furthermore, it's brand new, and they're even willing to pay for the transportation."
"Alright, let's make friends this time. Seven thousand five hundred Star Coins, I can't go any lower."
"Friends should show their sincerity. There are obviously too many patterns on your ring. It's hard to say how effective it will be. I can only offer 7,000 Star Coins at most. If it's any more, I might as well buy a new one."
This ring wasn't the Steadying Wind Ring, so the patterns on it were naturally different. This was something that the young man knew.
The young man pondered for a moment before saying, "You sure know how to bargain. Let's do as you say, 7,000 star coins."
Phantom was amazed that Xia Fei only spent 7,000 star coins to buy a Grade 2 Wind Eye Ring that was worth 200,000 star coins. "I realized that you have the potential to be a profiteer. How did you know that the Quick Dragon Trading Company's new ring is selling for 9,000 star coins?"
Xia Fei tapped to confirm the trade before taking out a Hongtashan and putting it in his mouth. "I didn't know."
Phantom was completely speechless. It turned out that Xia Fei had made it up.
After buying the medicinal ingredients and the Wind Eye Ring, as well as paying for the transportation, Xia Fei's account was only left with 1,437 star coins.
The official exchange rate between star coins and federal dollars was 1: 10,000, so 1,400 star coins would be more than 14 million federal dollars!
Furthermore, this was the official exchange rate. It was said that in the black market, the exchange rate for star coins had already reached 1: 12,000.
Xia Fei decided to convert all of this money into federal dollars. After going to the most expensive internet cafe on Earth twice and adding some daily expenses, Xia Fei's credit card was left with less than 100,000 star coins.
The Endaro Interstellar Bank only had one branch in the Earth Federation, which was the New York branch. If he wanted to withdraw the star coins, he would have to personally make a trip to New York.
After packing a simple bag, Xia Fei arrived at Beijing Airport.
The Federation's A-class citizens didn't need to make a reservation to take a flight. All the major airlines would arrange for A-class citizens to board the flight as soon as possible. There was no need for them to wait, and this was one of the privileges of an A-class citizen.
Beijing to New York flight, first class cabin.
Xia Fei sat on a spacious seat while holding a glass of champagne that the stewardess had brought over.
This seat was ridiculously spacious, and it could even be fully stretched out. It wouldn't be a problem even if he were to take a nap.
There were only a dozen or so passengers in the spacious first class cabin. Beside Xia Fei was an old man who looked to be in his seventies. He had a face full of wrinkles and was wearing a pair of large black-rimmed glasses, giving off a very gentlemanly vibe.
There was an aluminum alloy safe on his left hand, and a shiny handcuff was firmly cuffing the safe to his wrist. It was unknown what was inside.
"Do you smoke?" This old man handed over an exquisite pure silver cigarette case and asked.
Xia Fei smiled and waved his hand with goodwill. He took out half a box of the cheapest Hongtashan cigarettes and said, "I'm sorry, but I only smoke Hongtashan. I'm not used to other cigarettes."
The old man appeared very curious. It was obvious that he had never seen such cheap Hongtashan cigarettes before.
"Is this type of cigarette good?"
Xia Fei handed the old man a cigarette and lit one for himself. "This isn't any good cigarette. I'm just used to its smell."
The old man lit the cigarette and took a puff before coughing. He quickly extinguished the cigarette and took a few deep breaths. "I'm still not used to this smell. It's a little spicy."
Xia Fei didn't say anything and heavily swallowed a puff of white smoke. The taste of this inferior tobacco wasn't something that people liked, but Xia Fei had a special liking for it.
"Young man, what's your name?"
"Xia Fei, how should I address you, old man?"
"Andre Rothschild."
Rothschild!
Rothschild was known as the largest financial family in the Earth Federation. The wealth they possessed was incalculable, and it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that they were as wealthy as a country.
It was said that when Israel was founded in the old era, the Rothschild family used their powerful influence in the financial industry to convince the US government to help the Jews build their own country.
No one knew how much money this family had, but everyone knew that a word from this family could shake the entire financial system of the Earth Federation.
"I didn't expect you to be from the famous Rothschild family. It's an honor to meet you." Xia Fei spoke in a manner that was neither servile nor overbearing.
"Hehe, it's the Federation now. The good days of the Rothschild family are over. Look at those super countries and super families in the universe. We can't even be compared to them. We're just a bunch of frogs at the bottom of a well." Andre said in a somewhat dejected tone.
The impact that extraterrestrial civilizations had on the original order of Earth could be described as a landslide. Those originally large companies and families were no different from ants in the eyes of these powerful extraterrestrial civilizations.
Now, everyone on Earth had a very serious sense of crisis. Suddenly, there were so many unimaginably powerful neighbors. No one would feel good if they were in their shoes.
"You can't say that. They have also experienced hundreds of thousands or even millions of years of development to become what they are today. Earth is still young. If we are given the same amount of time, we might not be any worse off than them." Xia Fei consoled him.
"Let's hope so. It's a good thing for a young man to be driven. At my age, I only wish to spend my remaining years in peace. What are you doing in New York? "
"I'm going to the Endaro Interstellar Bank to settle some matters." Xia Fei said.
Andre's eyes flashed. "Endaro Interstellar Bank? Forgive me for being presumptuous, but that bank doesn't handle the Federation's currency business. Could it be? "
Xia Fei smiled. "Actually, it's nothing much. I have over a thousand star coins stored there. I wish to exchange them for Federation dollars."
Andre was clearly very excited. He stirred up his spirits and moved his plump body over to Xia Fei's side.
"Can you exchange the star coins you have with us?" Andre anxiously asked.
"I know that this might be a little presumptuous, but this is very important to me, my family, and the entire Earth Federation."
Before Andre could finish his words, a sturdy middle-aged man suddenly stood up in the cabin. He walked to the center of the cabin and faced everyone.
The sturdy man tore open the black leather jacket he was wearing, revealing a row of things that looked like bombs and his thick chest hair.
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