"Thank you once again for your assistance."
Shěn Mò smiled and expressed his gratitude again, appearing very polite.
He didn't want the trade to fail before it even began due to some minor issue.
In fact, he had always been very self-disciplined.
"No need for thanks, just give me the money." Tsunade extended her palm and shook it. "One hundred thousand."
One hundred thousand?
The corner of Shěn Mò's eye twitched slightly.
Really ruthless.
One hundred thousand in this world currency was roughly equivalent to six thousand trading points in the system.
The purchasing power should be equivalent to about six thousand yuan.
However, he was very clear about his own physical condition. He had only fallen into a brief coma due to transmigration, and there was the so-called "transmigration protection period." Even if Tsunade had done nothing, he wouldn't have been harmed before waking up.
Since that was the case, he felt even less psychological burden about scamming her.
"I'm truly sorry, I'm penniless right now, but I do have some merchandise." Shěn Mò pulled out a scroll from behind him, then opened it with a soft *poof*.
Ten pitch-black jars appeared.
Thirty trading points each.
Including the scroll for the sealing jutsu, the total cost was seven hundred trading points.
"Hmm?" Though Tsunade was somewhat surprised that Shěn Mò still had a sealing scroll on him, she didn't pay it much attention. After glancing at the items, she showed a look of disdain. "Clay pots?"
Clay pots couldn't be worth much money.
"These aren't ordinary clay pots." Shěn Mò maintained his smile. "Each clay pot is worth fifty thousand."
"Fifty thousand?" Tsunade had an expression like *you're trying to fool me*.
She could tell at a glance that these were clearly just ordinary clay pots.
"What's valuable isn't the clay pot itself, but what's inside the clay pot." Shěn Mò explained. "Miss, are you familiar with lottery tickets? This is similar to that, except the jars don't contain only money, but also various items. Some are worth less than fifty thousand, while others are worth far more—even several times the price."
This was gambling.
Before opening the jar, you couldn't know what was inside.
After purchasing, you might lose money, or you might profit.
As expected, after hearing this explanation, Tsunade—addicted to gambling as she was—showed some interest.
"How do I know that there really are things worth several times the price inside, as you claim? What if they're all useless cheap items?"
She held her wine cup in one hand, resting it on her leg, leaning forward with excitement in her eyes. She might as well have had "I'm very interested" written on her face.
Shizune beside her felt somewhat ashamed.
Her master really was…
"If you don't believe it, you can buy them all. There will definitely be jars containing items worth several times the price, though overall you'll definitely lose some money." Shěn Mò knew the other party had taken the bait, so he smiled confidently. "I'm not in the business of one-time deals. People who profit will come back to buy more next time."
"You do have quite the business mind." Tsunade praised him. She had already figured it out.
These jars were indeed like lottery tickets, and with such low odds, they held considerable appeal for gambling addicts.
"These jars aren't made by me—I'm just a middleman buying and reselling them." Shěn Mò shook his head, trying to distance himself from the process.
Otherwise, when Tsunade learned about revival coins, why would she buy jars at all?
She'd definitely try to get them directly from him.
Even through trading, it wouldn't be as profitable as selling jars.
"Makes sense."
Tsunade nodded. After all, in her eyes, Shěn Mò was just an ordinary person who naturally couldn't create items requiring sealing jutsu.
Then she put down her wine cup and got excited.
"Can I take two?"
"Yes, as payment for the medical fees." Shěn Mò nodded, then gestured to the ten jars in front of them. "No touching, and no returns after opening."
Inside these ten jars was nothing.
At least, nothing right now.
But he wasn't worried about Tsunade using ninjutsu or chakra to cheat. As the legendary sucker, she still had that much gambling integrity.
"Mm."
Tsunade's gaze swept over the ten jars. From their appearance, they really were identical. If she couldn't touch them, there was no way to tell anything from their weight.
"I choose you!"
She reached out to grab one jar, then *smack*—shattered it completely.
That was close!
Cold sweat immediately appeared on Shěn Mò's forehead.
He had almost failed to react in time to exchange something into it.
"It's money—ten thousand?"
Tsunade immediately looked disappointed, since Shěn Mò had said earlier that each was worth fifty thousand.
This was equivalent to using fifty thousand to buy ten thousand.
A huge loss.
But she quickly stopped caring. Losing at gambling was perfectly normal for her, and besides, this was essentially free—she hadn't really provided any treatment for Shěn Mò, just examined him.
She grabbed the next one quite casually.
This made Shěn Mò, who had been watching intently, breathe a sigh of relief as he exchanged an item into it.
This one was the real bait.
*Smack*
"A small bottle?" Tsunade was somewhat curious since it wasn't money.
"Congratulations." Shěn Mò immediately offered congratulations with an envious smile. "This is an extremely precious item—Water of Life worth five hundred thousand."
That's right, this was genuine Water of Life.
Shěn Mò had exchanged it from the Fountain of Youth from Pirates of the Caribbean, already completed with the ritual. After drinking it, one could gain three days of additional life force beyond what an ordinary person possessed.
Value: six hundred trading points.
Converted to this world's currency, that was exactly sixty thousand.
Yet Shěn Mò shamelessly claimed it was worth five hundred thousand.
The value of items could change dramatically based on demand and circumstances.
Without being ruthless, how could one make money?
Tsunade opened the bottle, sniffed it, then shook it. A flash of anger appeared in her eyes.
"This is just water—worth five hundred thousand?"
Her gaze toward Shěn Mò also became somewhat dangerous. She didn't mind losing at gambling, but if she was being deceived, she guaranteed this person would learn how the title "Legendary Sannin" was earned.
"This isn't ordinary water." Shěn Mò shook his head and said seriously, "We conduct business with complete honesty. This bottle of Water of Life is enough to let a dying elderly person on their deathbed live three more days. If you don't believe me, try drinking a small sip—you should be able to feel it."
"Oh?" Tsunade remained noncommittal.
Letting a dying old person live a few more days was something she could do too, and quite easily at that.
After all, she was a medical ninja known as "able to cure any illness."
However, she couldn't detect any trace of medicinal herbs in this bottle of water.
She sneered inwardly.
This person probably didn't know her identity.
Picking up the bottle, she drank half of it without any concern, not worried at all about poison or hallucinogenic drugs.
Then—
Her pupils contracted slightly.
What was this?
She felt an extraordinarily pure life force flowing throughout her body from an unknown source.
Though it was quite weak compared to her own power, its purity was unprecedented. It was as if this life force originally belonged to her. And precisely because she was an exceptionally skilled medical ninja who possessed techniques like the Strength of a Hundred Seal that utilized life force, this was especially shocking to her.
It could indeed provide three additional days of life force.
Even three days beyond what she herself could provide.
For someone critically injured and dying, this small bottle would be a life-saving medicine that could buy time for treatment!
Five hundred thousand wasn't just worth it—it was too cheap!