A narcissistic elder sister who was terrible at directions!
Zhang Yang ignored her as he proceeded to loot the corpse.
[Aphelia’s Staff] (Green-Copper, Staff)
Magic Attack: 168 – 191
Level Requirement: 20
Note: “This staff still carries the stench of Python King’s innards! Poor Aphelia! May your soul rest in peace among the gods!”
“Again! Yours!” Zhang Yang sighed heavily. It was not that he wanted the equipment but more so because he did not want Little Snow saying that he wanted to court her!
Nevertheless, Little Snow giggled happily, carrying an ‘I knew it’ expression.
Hmph, drama queen!
Another loot! Zhang Yang did not believe that it would only drop Priest’s equipment!
[Boots of Agility] (Green-Copper, Cloth Armor)
Defense: +2
Vitality: +10
Intelligence: +6
Spirit: +4
Level Requirement: 20
F*ck my life! Zhang Yang felt speechless.
Again, again!
[Resurrection] (Skill Book)
Use: You will learn <Resurrection>.
Class: Priest, Knight.
Zhang Yang shed a manly tear. All 4 items were for Priests!
Little Snow’s eyes had turned into crescents from smiling, mumbling, “Indeed, kindness is always rewarded!”
Zhang Yang looted the corpse again. He had finally gotten something that was not for Priests!
[Golden Venomous Python King’s Gall]: Quest Item!
‘Ding! You have obtained 15 silver coins!’
With the last item looted, the boss’ corpse disappeared instantly.
“There’s still the chest!” Zhang Yang rubbed his palms and rushed towards the Gray-Silver Chest.
“Wow! A treasure chest!” Little Snow's eyes radiated with interest. “Let me open it! Let me!”
Since they were in the same party, it did not matter who had opened the chest. Zhang Yang moved aside.
Little Snow threw herself on the chest and rested her cheek on the lid of the chest as her hands caressed the chest. Her indulgent expression scaring Zhang Yang.
A fortune-loving and narcissistic elder sister who was terrible at directions!
After some time, Little Snow had finally opened the chest with great reluctance under Zhang Yang’s urge. The unwillingness written on her face was as if Zhang Yang had murdered her father.
10%, 20%… 100%! The chest opened and Little Snow stuffed her hand inside.
[Silver-Scaled Sword] (Gray-Silver, One-handed Sword)
Weapon Attack: 197 – 219
Attack Interval: 2.6 seconds
DPS: 80
Equipped Effect: Increases <Critical Strike>’s rate by 1%.
Level Requirement: 20
Jackpot! This [Silver-Scaled Sword] would really put his current [Refined Iron Sword]'s 16 – 24 Weapon Attack to shame! Since Yellow-Gold equipment could only be obtained from Level 50 bosses, he could use this sword until he had reached that level!
Zhang Yang looked at Little Snow and thought to himself, “Is this yin and yang1 – they’re complementing each other as he had looted her equipment while she looted his?”
“Wow! Such a pretty sword!” Little Snow picked up the [Silver-Scaled Sword]. Before rolling, anyone who was eligible to roll for the loot could pick up the equipment but was unable to equip it nor store it in their inventory.
It was obvious that men and women had completely different perspectives. What Zhang Yang had cared about was [Silver-Scaled Sword]'s supreme functionality while Little Snow had only cared about its appearance.
Zhang Yang rolled 42 points while Little Snow passed without hesitation. The strongest one-handed sword at the current stage of the game then went into Zhang Yang’s inventory.
It was a shame that he had 2 more levels to go before he could equip it.
[Recipe: Beginner Anti-Shadow Potion] (Alchemy Recipe)
Use: You will learn to craft Beginner Anti-Shadow Potion.
Requirement: Beginner Alchemy Skill
Seriously… it came out! This thing's drop rate was not even one in ten thousand. In his previous life, even when the game had reached its mid-late stage, players who could craft this potion only numbered a handful!
[Silver-Scaled Sword], Alchemy Recipe… these were extremely rare drops yet she had looted them both in one instance, what great Lucky Hands! Zhang Yang’s own 2 points of Luck was crap in comparison to her.
“Little Snow, this is something that I need, can you give it to me?” This was a matter concerning his fortune, so Zhang Yang had to quickly speak up.
“I will consider it if you call me ‘elder sister’!” Little Snow was more than delighted.
The lady did look like she was older but Zhang Yang’s mental age was almost 30 years old, so it was extremely hard for him to utter the words ‘elder sister’!
“Eh? You won’t say it? Well then, I’m going to roll now!” teased Little Snow.
“Little Snow, you’re more like Mischievous Snow!” Zhang Yang sighed.
“Hahaha! That’s why it’s fun! Hey, are you saying it or not?”
“Elder sis – ter” Zhang Yang said gritting his teeth. He added another word under his breath, “Witch!”
“Good boy! Come, let big sis here give you a candy!” Little Snow grinned, her eyes forming crescents.
After Zhang Yang kept the recipe, he thought to himself, “Wait till I make a huge fortune with this recipe and make you cry your heart out!”
Little Snow looted once more and the last item popped out.
[Treasure Map Piece (1)] (Gray-Silver)
Use: Put together all 3 [Treasure Map Piece]s and obtain a [Complete Treasure Map].
Zhang Yang checked his inventory. Right now, he had piece (1) and piece (3). This piece would be a recurring one so he unhesitatingly passed. He was extremely contented with the [Silver-Scaled Sword] and the recipe.
After Little Snow obtained the map piece, the chest dissipated slowly.
“Come, let’s get out of here!” said Zhang Yang as he went into the empty tree trunk. Little Snow hurriedly followed behind.
As he moved forward, Zhang Yang had suddenly realized that the little blinking dot that had represented Little Snow on the mini-map had disappeared.
Zhang Yang quickly asked in the party channel, “Little Snow, where are you?”
“I… I don’t know!” Little Snow replied, “It’s dark everywhere!”
This woman could get lost even when she was following him. She was really something!
“Stay there, I’m coming!” Zhang Yang could only say feebly.
“OK. But hurry, it’s so dark here and the water is so cold. It doesn’t feel nice at all!” complained Little Snow.
“Alright! Alright! I’m coming now!”
The blinking dot had finally reappeared in his mini-map after some few hundred meters of swimming. Zhang Yang swam over to her and said, “Follow me closely!”
She replied, “I can’t even see you, how am I supposed to follow?”
“Can’t you read the map?” Zhang Yang might have thought too highly of her.
“Nope, I can’t understand it. Gives me a headache!” Little Snow replied.
This was how a directionally-challenged idiot came about.
Zhang Yang sighed and extended his hand, “Then grab on to my hand!”
“OK!”
Holding on to the idiot’s hand, Zhang Yang led Little Snow out of the water. After 20 minutes of swimming, they finally saw daylight, both of them emerging from the bushes.
“My hands are soft, aren’t they?” Little Snow asked out of the blue.
“Hm, they’re alright!” Zhang Yang casually replied.
“How long do you plan on holding them?” Little Snow’s tone was laced with a feeling of the calm before a storm.
Zhang Yang looked. Oh, he had forgotten to let go after holding her hands for so long.
“Hehe, my bad! My bad!” Zhang Yang let her hands go and took a step back to express his innocence.
Little Snow looked at him haughtily and said, “Rascal, be careful next time! I’m not someone you can easily take advantage of!”
Speaking of arguing, Zhang Yang was not afraid of her. Before he had confirmed his relationship with Lin Yu, he still had his fair share of dating women. He just wanted to avoid causing trouble as he would rather not have any affairs with the opposite sex. With a light smile, Zhang Yang said, “I’ll be on my way to complete a quest. See you next time!”
Zhang Yang left the party and headed towards Deckard. He lifted and waved his left hand to bid farewell.
“Tch! Rascal!” Little Snow murmured and opened the voice messenger.
“Hello! Cousin, are you calling me to pick you up cause you’re lost again?” A crisp voice of a young girl came through, “How many times would this be? Come on cousin, stop making a fool out of yourself! You’re a Cambridge graduate, how can you have less sense of direction than me, a high schooler?”
“Hmph! I majored in Business Administration and not Tourism or Geology or even Archeology. Can’t I get lost?”
“Cous, you’ve gotten lost too many a time, don’t you think? Fine, fine, fine! I’m done arguing with you. Where are you? I’ll come and pick you up!” The girl on the other side of the line gave in.
“Who asked you to pick me up? I’m not lost!”
“Eh? Then why did you call me? I was in the middle of grinding!”
“I met that Zhan Yu just now! Hm, he’s strong indeed! Stronger than you!”
“Waaaa, I’m a Berserker. Why would you compare me to him!”
“Nothing. I’m just comparing!” Little Snow stretched lazily and said, “He’s indeed someone worth recruiting!”
“Well then, go pull him in! Hehe, you have big boobs. Didn’t they say that guys like big boobs? He’s sure to be enticed by you!” the girl on the other side of the line laughed.
“You little brat, your boobs are as flat as a sunny side up!”
“Han Ying Xue, I’m warning you! No comments about my breasts!”
“Tch! Sunny-side-up!”
“Hmph! Milk cow!”
…
Returning to Deckard, Zhang Yang passed the [Golden Venomous Python King’s Gall] over and the head physician’s eyes were wide open, “This is really the Python King’s Gall! I can feel it! This soft sac contains such poisonous venom! It’s shocking! Adventurer, I thank you from the bottom of my heart!”
‘Ding! You have completed the quest: The Last Python Gall. Obtained 10,000 EXP!’
‘Ding! You have learned the skill <First Aid>!’
‘Ding! Your skill <First Aid> has leveled up to Specialist!’
‘Ding! You have obtained the title: Physician’s Friend!’
A chain of notification rang at his ears, sounding absolutely melodious!
He opened the <First Aid> window and saw that he had already learnt 5 types of bandages: [Linen Bandage], [Coarse Cloth Bandage], [Cotton Bandage], [Silk Bandage], and [Magic-Woven Bandage]. However, [Cotton Cloth] could only be found from looting humanoid monsters. As of now, he could only farm for [Coarse Cloth].
[Coarse Cloth Bandage]: Recovers 500 HP over 10 seconds, channeling needed. Any damage or movement will cancel channeling duration.
Cooldown: 1 minute.
With the title Physician’s Friend, <First Aid> effect would be doubled, healing 1,000 HP over 10 seconds. That would almost completely refill Zhang Yang’s HP.
Zhang Yang took out a Teleportation Reagent and tore it. A magic circle formed under his feet and he arrived at White Jade Castle 10 seconds later.
Translator Notes:
1 yīnyáng – Chinese philosophical theory where two seemingly opposite forces may complement each other. Everything is interconnected and interdependent. Yin refers to dark while yang refers to bright. Women are generally filled with yin while men are filled with yang.
Ever since Zhang Yang started the ‘Physician’s Friend’ quest, he had not returned to the city!
When he finally did, the first thing he did was to store all his junk items into his storage before checking his mailbox. A few days ago, the mail assistant informed him of new mails, but he could not retrieve any as he was away.
The mails came from the auction house, informing him of his sale of the [Earthen Round Shield] which had transacted for 870 gold pieces. He received his payment after having 87 gold pieces deducted as tax.
Zhang Yang had a look at his inventory and realized that he currently had 15,300 gold pieces. If this game had a Personal Wealth Ranking Board, he’d definitely be on the list!
With the intention to learn the <Alchemy> skill, Zhang Yang decided to forget <Mining> and proceeded to the Alchemy Shop. To gain a fortune from <Mining> would mean to invest quite a lot of time that Zhang Yang did not have. The only reason for him to learn <Mining> was for the class quest in Beginner Village.
Shortly after, he took out the [Beginner Anti-Shadow Potion] recipe and patted it on his chest. A gold light shone and his <Alchemy> list now had something added to it.
Zhang Yang went to the auction house, opened the shopping window and searched for the keywords [Brassica Weed] and [Gingko Flower]. As soon as he confirmed his search, rows and rows of the items were listed out. Normally, a stack would usually cost 20 silver pieces. However, there were sellers that attempted to scam others by placing only one herb and selling it at the same price, deceiving careless players into buying them in a bid to earn more.
Zhang Yang selected all the available [Brassica Weed] and [Gingko Flower] with a price of no higher than 30 silver pieces to purchase. What was once in abundance at the auction house was wiped clean and now, there remained only a few units of herbs being offered up for sale by other players.
While the others were still in the midst of purchasing the same ingredients, they did not realize that a huge supply of them had disappeared, leading some to turn furious.
“What?! Where are all the [Gingko Flower]? I just saw over 100 stacks a few moments ago, and now there are only 7 units left?! Motherf*cker! Which son of a b*tch is trying to sell 1 unit for 20 silver! I clicked it twice!”
“[Brassica Weed] is gone too. What the hell? How am I supposed to raise my <Alchemy> level like this?!”
“Which bastard is so rich to buy all those herbs in an instant?!”
[Brassica Weed] was one of the materials used to create the [Beginner Healing Potion] while [Gingko Flower] was used to make the [Beginner Mana Potion]. The drop rate for these two recipes was rather high and players would usually rely on them to raise their <Alchemy> level. It was expected that players would be distraught when Zhang Yang cleaned all the shelves.
He headed back to his mailbox right after that to retrieve all the purchased [Brassica Weed] and [Gingko Flower]. However, having insufficient inventory space to collect them all at once, he had to place most of the herbs temporarily into the bank. When a character was created, they were given a free bank column from the system that had 100 slots. Players would then need to pay if they require more space. Additionally. the more slots you bought, the higher the price would be, increasing the price by 10 times for each subsequent purchase.
Zhang Yang had bought 3 bank columns which gave him more than enough space to store his purchases from the mailbox. He felt the pinch of spending 1,100 gold pieces for them though.
Once that was settled, he went back to the Alchemy Shop to buy a large amount of [Empty Bottle] to create the [Beginner Anti-Shadow Potion] with his newly learned <Alchemy>.
‘Ding! You have created [Beginner Anti-Shadow Potion] x1. Your <Alchemy> Mastery has increased by 1 point.’
‘Ding! You have created [Beginner Anti-Shadow Potion] x1. Your <Alchemy> Mastery has increased by 1 point.’
…
‘Ding! You have created [Beginner Anti-Shadow Potion] x2. Your <Alchemy> Mastery has increased by 1 point.’
Wow. 2 bottles? Zhang Yang smiled and felt that this must be the advantage from his Luck attribute! The Luck attribute provided a certain chance to have 2 end products whenever a player crafted something. The higher the Luck attribute, the higher the chance! Despite that, the chances would still be very slim even if a player had 100 Luck.
After exhausting all of his materials in his inventory, Zhang Yang immediately ran to the bank to exchange his crafted potions for more materials and began crafting more. With the ridiculous settings in the system, it took 2 seconds to create a bottle of potion. Zhang Yang bought 370 stacks of materials which could be converted into 7,400 bottles of potions…
It took 4 hours of potion crafting to use up every material he had, but thanks to that, his <Alchemy> skill had surpassed Amateur level and with that, the [Beginner Anti-Shadow Potion] icon turned grey. This meant that he could no longer obtain any experience points from crafting it to further increase his <Alchemy> mastery. As he looked at the neatly arranged potions in his bank, Zhang Yang felt a strong sense of accomplishment.
Currently, a bottle of [Beginner Anti-Shadow Potion] costs only 5 silver pieces, but once players proceeded to the next dungeon, Marzerway’s Lair, , those potions would begin to fetch 1 gold piece for each bottle. That’s a guaranteed bestseller right there! Naturally, the prices for [Brassica Weed] and [Gingko Flower] would be raised as well, reducing the profit margin.
Zhang Yang opened his Friend List and noticed that Fatty Han had just logged in! He sent him a private message, “Hey Fatty, quickly stock up on any [Brassica Weed] and [Gingko Flower] you can find! Prices will be increasing over the next few days! If the price doesn’t exceed 2 gold pieces, buy them all!”
“Damn, Little Yang, for real?” Fatty replied hastily.
“Fatty, this is a golden opportunity right here in front of you! It’s up to you to grab that chance!”
“Little Yang, I only have 16 gold pieces, I can’t get much with what I have!”
“Alright, I’ll mail 1,000 gold pieces to you later! You owe me for this!”
“Haha! That’s good, brother!”
Fatty Han did not express much appreciation through words. Their friendship need not be that courteous, for what mattered more was the deed and the thought of it!
After Zhang Yang transferred 1,000 gold pieces to Fatty Han, he withdrew 6 units of [Plain Copper Plate] and 30 stacks of [Iron Plate] to craft 6 [Earthen Round Shield] at the blacksmith. He was surprised by the results of his first auction of the shields. There were rich people everywhere!
He placed 1 [Earthen Round Shield] for auction with a minimum bid of 400 gold pieces and a maximum buyout price of 1,000 gold pieces for 24 hours while omitting his name. This was the best way to get the best price out of a rare item; selling them one by one. The higher the supply, the lower the price, making it worthless if the stock increased.
After that, Zhang Yang went ahead to look for any strange and special crafting recipes up for auction. Within a few days, what was once a desolate place had now turned into a lively auction house and the number of items for sale had definitely multiplied! Over at the Crafting Recipes tab, there were hundreds of recipes on sale. Most of them being [Beginner Whetstone] recipes and a few other random equipment recipes.
Quoting the official ‘5-year game review’, after the launch of the server, the number of players that joined shot up from 4 million to 10 million in merely 10 days. 3 months later, the developers announced a heaven-defying target game population of 1 billion and ‘God’s Miracle’ continued to steadily grow over time. 2 years later, the game reached its unbelievable goal of 1 billion players. The more high-leveled players therewere, the better the auctioned merchandise that could be found.
[Beginner Whetstone] was the most economical product to use when raising <Smithing> mastery. The only material needed to craft it was a piece of [Iron Plate]. [Beginner Whetstone] was considered as consumable goods and was generally used to polish weapons, increasing its attack damage by 10 for an hour.
Having his <Smithing> skill at an Amateur level, Zhang Yang could not depend on the [Earthen Round Shield] to raise his mastery. He immediately purchased the [Beginner Whetstone] recipe from the auction house, withdrew it from his mailbox and opened his Friend list to send a message to the Mining Specialist.
“Hello there, old friend. How many units of the [Iron Plate] do you still have?”
After a while, he received a reply, “Yo! I haven’t heard much from you these days, and here I thought you did not need these anymore! I’ve got plenty of [Iron Plate]. How many do you want?”
“Alright. Give me 100 stacks!”
Raising his <Smithing> skill to Amateur level would require him to use about 50 stacks of [Iron Plate], but Zhang Yang only had 7 [Plain Copper Plate] that could be used with merely 35 [Iron Plate].
“Whoa!” the Mining Specialist replied in shock, “I’d say, ‘Please don’t scare the crap out of me every time!’ 100 stacks is too many. I only have 50 stacks including the ones in my bank.”
“50 stacks then. Deal. Send it to me whenever you’re ready! Mail transaction as usual!”
“Sure thing, boss! Thank you for your patronage!”
Zhang Yang patted the recipe and learned how to craft [Beginner Whetstone]. The mail would require 30 minutes before arriving and it would be meaningless to just wait, but he had been grinding monsters like a mad man for these past few days and he could not muster any desire to kill monsters within this short period of time.
‘Ding!’
A notification came from the mail assistant. Zhang Yang received a new mail. He was surprised for a moment. He thought that the mail system had changed after he was ‘reborn’. The mail could arrive so soon?
He checked his mailbox and found that it was not from the Mining Specialist but a notice from the auction house. His [Earthen Round Shield] had been sold for the maximum buyout price by a player with a strange name, Windward Three Feet Pee.
I’m rich!
Without wasting anymore time, Zhang Yang ran to the bank, took out a second shield and auctioned it again in the same manner.
‘Ding!’
In less than 2 minutes, Zhang Yang was notified again. The shield was once again sold to Windward Three Feet Pee.
Zhang Yang placed yet another shield for auction and the same buyer bought it once again.
Listed. Sold! Listed. Sold!
After 10 minutes, 5 of Zhang Yang’s shields were sold out and Windward Three Feet Pee had been the one to grab them all. He thought of raising the price for the last few units, but 1,000 gold pieces was already rather plenty so he decided not to do it.
In the initial stages of the game, gold pieces devaluated very quickly. According to the current market ratio of 1:9, 1,000 gold pieces was worth nearly 10,000 bucks! Money really made a difference!
But it mattered not. At the current stage of the game, [Earthen Round Shield] was the best shield available. Aside from Lost Paradise, no other guilds have defeated Dadarerda. [Plain Copper Ore] was also one of the deciding factors in setting the rareness of the shield!
Windward Three Feet Pee should be someone from a big guild, as it could explain how he was able to buy all 6 shields from Zhang Yang.
Gray-Silver grade shields only dropped in Level 20 Hardcore Mode dungeons. According to the game developers, each big guild would need at least 4 to 5 days to explore and complete Marzerway’s Lair when players reached a suitable level.
Marzerway’s Lair was much more difficult as compared to Bangar Crypt. During the exploring period in the beginning stages, players would be stuck for a day in Normal Mode due to a lack of understanding of the boss’ skills. They are then stuck for another 2 to 3 days in Hard Mode and even longer in the Hardcore Mode. It would take up to 10 days just to obtain a Gray-Silver shield.
Furthermore, there would always be a few parties from the big guilds who were able to clear Hardcore Mode with their corresponding levels. Normal players would only return when they have reached higher levels! With that assumption in mind, the demand for [Earthen Round Shield] would last longer but the selling price would drop over time.
It seemed that the Hardcore Mode of Bangar Crypt was still worth raiding!
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