"A one-to-one ratio?" Han Yifeng's brow furrowed slightly. "Brother Shi Feng, aren't your prices a bit steep?"
It wasn't just Han Yifeng who showed a hint of displeasure in his words. Zhuo Linqiu, standing by the entrance, couldn't help but turn his gaze toward Shi Feng, his eyes brimming with irritation and mockery.
A one-to-one resource exchange ratio—forget about the Five Continents Financial Group, not a single power in the entire Upper Zone of Yuantian City would ever agree to such terms.
Life Potions and Illusion Heart Potions were the backbone of any power's reserves, accumulated painstakingly over long periods of time. They weren't items one could simply get overnight.
To exchange for these potions at a one-to-one ratio—did they think the Five Continents Financial Group had been smacked in the head one too many times?
What people needed to understand was that the Five Continents Financial Group had numerous channels for obtaining Contribution Points, and even those other powers only offered a one-to-two ratio. What right did Shi Feng have to demand better?
"Young Master Han, don't be too quick to refuse." Shi Feng shook his head and smiled faintly at Han Yifeng, whose expression had grown somewhat cold. "A one-to-one ratio is very fair."
"Fair?" Han Yifeng couldn't help but laugh. "I'd love to hear where Brother Shi Feng thinks the fairness lies."
"Because I can help you secure a spot in the Middle Zone!" Shi Feng said with absolute certainty. "Would Young Master Han still consider that unfair?"
The moment those words left Shi Feng's lips, the cold look on Han Yifeng's face shifted, though he quickly recovered his composure. He stared at Shi Feng quietly and said, "Brother Shi Feng is certainly confident. If what you say is true—if you really can help me secure a spot—then a one-to-one ratio isn't out of the question. But what exactly is your leverage?"
"Six hundred thousand Contribution Points! I believe that with that many Contribution Points, on top of what Young Master Han has already accumulated, I can't say whether we'd take first place, but cracking the top three shouldn't be difficult at all."
According to the information Mu Xin had provided, the upper limit for the top three hovered around a little over a million Contribution Points. Beyond that, it was nearly impossible to obtain more, because the total pool of Contribution Points available on the outside was simply that limited—unless one could acquire large quantities of Seven Luminaries Crystals from the Divine Realm. But Seven Luminaries Crystals were extremely precious within the Divine Realm, and even the great superpowers didn't possess many.
In his estimation, with the Five Continents Financial Group's resources, Han Yifeng could easily collect seven or eight hundred thousand Contribution Points. Add another six hundred thousand from Shi Feng, and securing a top-three spot was a hundred percent guaranteed.
When Shi Feng uttered the figure of six hundred thousand Contribution Points, Zhuo Linqiu nearly had his eyes pop out of his skull. He stared at Shi Feng in utter disbelief.
After all, the Five Continents Financial Group was lucky to pull a few tens of thousands of Contribution Points from any single channel. With over a dozen channels combined, they might reach six hundred thousand—though in practice, those channels wouldn't necessarily sell them that many, since every major power in the Upper Zone was bidding up prices. Securing four hundred thousand in the end would already be considered a good result.
An additional six hundred thousand Contribution Points would make snatching a top-three spot as good as a done deal.
Even Han Yifeng couldn't keep his expression entirely unchanged.
"Six hundred thousand Contribution Points! He actually has that kind of capability?"
In Han Yifeng's mind, Shi Feng being able to scrape together two hundred thousand Contribution Points would already be borderline absurd—Seven Luminaries Crystals were hard to come by in the Divine Realm, and Shi Feng had already converted a portion of them earlier.
With a guaranteed six hundred thousand Contribution Points, Shi Feng could even contend for a top-three position on his own.
Shi Feng smiled. "So, what does Young Master Han think?"
With a baseline of a million Contribution Points, securing a top-three spot was absolutely no issue at all. The only thing left was for Han Yifeng to come up with another two or three hundred thousand Contribution Points on his own.
Han Yifeng fell into deep thought for a moment before gritting his teeth and saying, "Six hundred thousand Contribution Points certainly meets the threshold, but a one-to-one ratio at that volume is enormous. Even for our Five Continents Financial Group, we can't produce that many potions on short notice."
Six hundred thousand Contribution Points was equivalent to sixty million points in value—which translated to twelve thousand bottles of potions. That was no joke.
Shi Feng showed no surprise whatsoever. On the contrary, he chuckled and said, "Since your Financial Group can't produce that many, how about this—I only need two thousand bottles of potions. We can exchange the rest for a large villa in the Upper Zone. How does that sound? I recall the Five Continents Financial Group still holds the right to purchase one more."
Of the ten large villas in the Basic Zone, only eight were currently occupied. Two remained empty.