Foreign Land Reclamation By a Vegetable-growing Skeleton-Chapter 1708 - 1269: You’re hogging it all for yourself!

"Are you selling yourselves too? Are you also slaves? But you don’t have any brands on you." Negris asked in surprise.

"We are not slaves, but we do sell, selling ourselves," Zha Ren said.

Negris was utterly shocked; even these powerful Star Descendants had to sell themselves. What’s wrong with this world?

"Cough, cough." Anthony cleared his throat. ’Coughing’ is a habit of creatures with lungs. Before, he would deliberately avoid it, but now he didn’t need to, as it showcased his identity as an ’outsider.’

"What level are you?" Anthony asked.

"What level?" Zha Ren was stunned. It had never known that Star Descendants had levels.

Of course, he didn’t know. Levels were something Negris had just recently set up. Anthony brought it up not to seek answers but to vie for pricing power.

What is pricing power? Originally, I don’t produce this kind of product, but I assign your product a ranking from high to low; the more advanced, the more expensive it sells.

To sell your product at a higher price, you have to come to me, hoping I will assign it a higher level, willing to share a portion of the profit with me.

In doing so, I have gained pricing power over your product, even though I don’t produce it.

A second-rate merchant sells standards, and pricing power is a form of standard. Silver coin often claims to be a second-rate merchant, while first-rate merchants like Anthony sell power—authority and force.

Now Anthony had proposed a standard and started pricing them by level: "Can you fly?"

Zha Ren shook his head.

"You’re Earth Level," Anthony said.

Negris tilted his head and whispered, "Did you hear that? They’re Earth Level, the lowest rank, and you can’t even beat an Earth Level. Yet you dare to run around everywhere."

Under the scales of Negris’s shoulder, a thin hair curled there, and from its curvature, one could perceive emotions such as depression, sadness, and dejection, befitting an Ancient God that fed on emotions.

"What if they can fly?" Zha Ren asked.

"Sky Level. Is there anyone here who can fly?" Anthony asked.

After asking around, surprisingly, no one could fly. This wasn’t surprising though, when Diakos saw Gampasa fly, he excitedly rushed over to make conversation. Flying Star Descendants were much more valued here and wouldn’t remain unsold.

Zha Ren grumbled discontentedly, "So what if they can fly? Some slender ones that fly, I can split them with one strike."

Anthony smiled slightly: "Now an enemy has escaped to the opposite leaf; how will you capture it?"

"I...I...I..." Zha Ren clearly lacked the confidence to claim he was faster than flying. They were staying here obediently because they couldn’t fly. If they could, they would have left long ago.

Anthony continued, "I have a batch of goods that need transportation to another outside place. How will you transport them?"

Zha Ren remained silent.

"If a flying Star Descendant throws things at you from the air, intending to crush you, how will you counterattack?"

Zha Ren’s head almost buried in his belly.

After the verbal onslaught, Zha Ren clearly realized his Earth Level worth. When Anthony asked about their price, Zha Ren said, "Whatever, just make us not feel so bored."

"Uh... Isn’t that demand a bit too high?" Anthony retreated, muttering quietly.

"Huh? Too high? As long as it’s not boring, how is that high?" Negris asked in confusion.

"Of course, it’s high. This is a mental demand, and what does ’not boring’ mean? Is it not boring today? Or not boring every day? If it gets boring someday, can the contract be interrupted? This is obviously a trap condition. Dare to play tricks on me? Let Silver Coin come back and have it sign a servitude contract," Anthony said.

At this moment, under Negris’s scales on his neck emerged a hair, and it whispered, "They may not be deceiving you; they might truly be bored but don’t know how to price it. I’ve never seen such a bored consciousness. From their fear, I detected more of a fear of boredom."

"Fear of boredom?" If it was about something else, Anthony might not have been affected, but when it came to ’fear of boredom,’ he instantly understood.

Why does the Monarch slash people everywhere? Why is Durken obsessed with alchemy?

The Great Sage relishes seeing villages and towns thriving under his governance, with mushrooms filling the barns, as his greatest joy.

The Witch enjoys being in the spotlight, so she ran a troupe, taking the Wailing Banshee to perform around the world.

Negris likes to preach and finds people to ramble on incessantly? Anthony reincarnates repeatedly, playing his game from Black Warrior Emperor to infiltrating the Pope?

Everything here is not done for money or benefit, but all for ’boredom.’

Following this line of thinking, these Star Descendants’ predicament is indeed much like the Undead. They don’t need food, drink, or clothing and won’t age. Unable to reach Void-level, they can’t move in the Void and can’t even leave this tree. From the moment they become conscious, they’re waiting to be devoured by other Star Descendants one day...

Upon careful thought, this kind of life is terrifying. No wonder Nightmare Saya said, their fear is filled with a fear of boredom.

"Huh? You can perceive their fears, so you could reverse infer their needs then? It seems after all you have some use. Tell me, aside from boredom, what else do they fear?" Anthony suddenly discovered a greater usefulness in Nightmare Saya.

With it, Silver Coin wouldn’t need to exert effort in conducting market surveys.

Nightmare Saya thought for a moment and said, "They also fear death, powerful kin, Divine Star Boiling, Divine Star Shadow, and a certain black vine."

"A black vine? Why the fear of a black vine?" Negris asked in shock.

The initial question was about what the Giant Beast feared, and everyone guessed: "Perhaps it’s afraid of another Giant Beast."

"Or maybe it fears the hunter’s weapons."

"A powerful Wizard is also quite terrifying."

Who knew the answer would reveal: "What on earth is Cat Grass?!"

The black vine sitting amid death, formidable foes, and Divine Star Boiling was especially conspicuous, and everyone overlooked another new term—Divine Star Shadow.

Even Nightmare Saya was puzzled, "I don’t know either, it’s just a kind of black vine. Whenever it appears, the fear becomes extremely intense."

"Could it be the manifestation of the Ancient Man Snake? Call Silver Coin and have it come back quickly, no need to conduct market research. We have the best market surveyor here," Anthony said.

Before long, Silver Coin and Diakos returned. Upon arrival, Silver Coin first jogged over to Ange, handed over a bag of seeds, and said, "Sir, these are the seeds I just collected."

Only then did it scurry over.

Anthony slapped his thigh in annoyance, "How could I forget about this?" Negris also glared at Silver Coin angrily, "You hogged it all to yourself."

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