OFR – Chapter 280 Negotiating the price

Wild ginseng over 200 years old is extremely rare on the market.

Because artificially cultivated ginseng can never reach an age of over 200 years — only truly wild-grown ginseng can achieve that.

Ginseng that has reached 100 years of age is already considered quasi-premium grade, so ginseng over 200 years old is naturally of an even higher quality.

Both cultivated and wild ginseng are excellent for pharmaceutical use, which is why many pharmaceutical companies have previously purchased ginseng over 100 years old at extremely high prices.

This demand directly triggered a ginseng-digging frenzy in several regions known for producing wild ginseng.

The craze was so intense that even ginseng plants just a few years old were not spared — all were dug up and sold for money.

As a result, the ginseng reserves for the next 30 years were essentially depleted, and even in places once abundant with wild ginseng, resources became severely scarce.

To the point where now, even on black market platforms, wild ginseng over 100 years old is rarely seen.

But what surprised Zhang Fengyi was that just a couple of days ago, a newly opened shop called “Treasure Pavilion” quietly launched — and astonishingly listed over twenty pieces of premium-grade wild ginseng all at once.

This instantly sparked his interest.

So the moment he received a reply from the shopkeeper of Treasure Pavilion, he stopped interacting with the three beautiful secretaries around him, casually logged into Black Sky Net via an encrypted browser, and began chatting with the shopkeeper.

“Hmm? Leng? A quasi-one-star user?”

While chatting with the shopkeeper, Zhang Fengyi glanced at the other party’s profile and noticed that they were only a quasi-one-star user.

This indicated that the shopkeeper hadn’t spent much money on Black Sky Net.

But what surprised him even more was that this shopkeeper had access to a Five-Star user’s privilege.

On Black Sky Net, five-star user privileges are extremely rare — even someone like Zhang Fengyi, a quasi-four-star user, could only dream of obtaining them.

This was exactly why he was taking this shopkeeper so seriously.

It might even be a side account of a true five-star user.

As everyone knows, although the highest level on Black Sky Net is six stars, such users are incredibly few, like dragons in the mist — rarely seen and never active in public spaces.

So excluding the nearly unreachable six-star level, the most revered and top-tier status is five-star.

A five-star user, even in the wealth-dominated world of Black Sky Net, could stir up massive waves with a single move.

At first glance, Black Sky Net may seem like a friendly and peaceful trading space for newcomers, but once users become more familiar with the rules, they realize that the platform has two entirely different hidden worlds.

That’s when they witness the true essence of Black Sky Net.

Why is Black Sky Net able to operate outside of all national laws without any government daring to interfere?

Because it is powerful enough — powerful enough to have risen above all those laws.

The two hidden worlds of Black Sky Net are built entirely around this core principle:

If you are strong enough, you may walk freely through the net.

Zhang Fengyi knew this very well, which is why he always acted with caution and humility on Black Sky Net, believing that harmony brings wealth.

After all, in the black market, there are many beings far more powerful than him.

Now, seeing that the Treasure Pavilion shopkeeper might be a five-star heavyweight in disguise, he naturally treated them with utmost respect.

He waited patiently.

Sure enough, after a few minutes, a message came back from the other side.

Leng:
“A 260-year-old premium wild ginseng weighs about 3,000 grams, while a super-premium wild ginseng weighs around 3,500 grams. If we’re going by grams, what kind of price can you offer?”

Zhang Fengyi looked at the message, thought for a moment, and then typed his reply:

“For premium wild ginseng, 15,000 yuan per gram. For super-premium wild ginseng, 30,000 yuan per gram. How does that sound? This price is about 20% higher than the current market rate. What do you think, shopkeeper?”

Compared to the pricing Treasure Pavilion had originally displayed, this offer lowered the price for premium ginseng while raising it for the super-premium, so overall, it wasn’t really a lowball.

However, it was obvious that premium-grade ginseng would be much more abundant than super-premium.

So, after waiting for a few dozen seconds and fearing the shopkeeper might not agree, Zhang Fengyi added another offer to sweeten the deal:

“Shopkeeper, if you agree to this price, then I’ll buy as much premium or higher-grade ginseng as you have in stock. I’ll take them all. Additionally, we can follow the transaction rules set by Black Sky Net: store-based transaction priority, payment first, delivery after.”

But just a dozen seconds after he sent that message, a new one came back from the Treasure Pavilion shopkeeper.

And when Zhang Fengyi read it, his expression turned slightly stunned.

That face of natural authority involuntarily showed a trace of surprise.