The Price Taker

Zhang Zelin: “Old Li, can I pay back the money I owe you with physical labor?” Li Sheng: “Call me Boss.” Zhang Zelin: “You’re tens of thousands of years old. You still care about that?” Li Sheng: “I do!” Though he looks only seventeen or eighteen, Li Sheng is often mistaken for a teenager. As an equal-exchange broker who helps people trade, he often receives things like lifespans, talents, and money. He doesn’t care about any of those things at all. He has always wanted to know who made the very first deal with him. He traded with the strongest person in the world and gained tremendous power. He traded with the most influential person and gained that person’s authority. He traded with the most evil person and gained their wickedness. After countless trades, he finally discovered that he had come into being at the dawn of the world. And when he finally met the first life, he learned who he truly was.