[Will you sell it?!]
[I'll buy it for twenty million, and I won't change the offer I made! Once I get the item, I'll pay for it!]
[Thirty million, I want that sword!]
Countless messages that could only appear on the commission shop showed up on the first page! All of them were domineering, generous with their money, and courageous! They acted so to attract the attention of the master of the weapon, Kind Tycoon…
But it was no wonder that they would act this way.
A third-echelon weapon had its original attributes increased by 150%. Its attack alone was equivalent to increasing the user's damage by one qi realm. The damage of a player with a Blessed Realm martial art at a high level would gain the damage of someone with a Mystical Realm martial art at Grandmaster Realm. If the weapon reached the hands of high-class martial artist with a Mystical Realm martial art, it would basically mean that they would have the damage of someone who had a Life and Death Realm martial art at its peak!
It was equivalent to a Mystical Realm player having a Life and Death Realm martial art with a high realm. Whoever had that weapon could kill monsters above their level, farm treasures, and kill with ease!
If that weapon which was akin to a divine weapon in their eyes was not priced at an exorbitant price of 99,990,000 taels of silver, the merchants who had their greed stirred up might have devoured it a long time ago.
However, Kind Tycoon got rid of the offer after he put in on the commission shop for less than three minutes.
His messenger pigeon then landed in Happy's hands. The smugness and pride in the letter was very clear. [Well? It's a pity that the failure rate for forging third-echelon items is too high. It'd be too much of a waste if we forged normal weapons, so I need more high-grade masterpieces. As long as you're willing to offer them, in at most one and a half months later, I can give priority to you and sell this weapon to you.]
It was a very tempting offer.
A third-echelon high-grade masterpiece that increased 1,000 damage was probably the very first masterpiece that would set at an exorbitant price in the game. Happy would be lying if he said he was not tempted.
But he noticed something that made him even more intrigued behind the news that Kind Tycoon had a third-echelon weapon.
[Tycoon, do you have unakites and Stones with Water?]
It had to be known that it was definitely impossible to successfully refine a third-echelon weapon. If he had refined it multiple times, then it meant that he definitely had some unakites and Stones with Water.
Those two items were, coincidentally, the necessities for repairing Golden Armor. If Happy could get a complete Golden Armor and that third-echelon weapon… how terrifying would he be? He could go into the royal mausoleum and the depths of Shennongjia with no problem! As long as he did not run into Nine-tailed Fox, which was a monster of destruction, he would not face any problems again.
Kind Tycoon was stunned speechless. He did not expect that Happy's attention would shift from the third-echelon masterpiece to something else, and he was silent for a long while before he replied. [These two items are the main materials used to increase the echelon of a weapon. Of course I have them.]
'Yes!'
Happy felt excited.
He already had Vajra Stone. As long as he could repair Golden Armor, he had absolute confidence that he could clear the royal mausoleum. Bringing about bloody murder to the royal mausoleum for Kind Tycoon would be nothing at that time.
[Let's set aside the third-echelon weapon for now. Set a price. I want one unakite and one Stone with Water.]
[Since it's you, I can sell you a set at market price. The unakites will be two million and four hundred thousand taels of silver, and the Stones with Water will be six hundred and eighty thousand taels of silver.]
When Kind Tycoon heard that he would be conducting an extra trade, he decisively offered a good price, which was the market price.
Happy did not hesitate and made the trade.
Even though the commission shop offered peer-to-peer trade, if the player sent out a trade offer and stated the buyer's identity to show who they wanted to trade to, then only that person could complete the trade.
Stone with Water was slightly inferior in comparison. It only shone with a faint bluish-purple light and was on a completely different level compared to the unakite!
[I can agree to your trade.] Once Happy obtained all the materials to repair Golden Armor, he quickly replied to Kind Tycoon in a good mood. [We'll complete the trade for two hundred berthierites half an hour later. I can't give you the high-grade masterpieces right now. Give me at most seven days, and I can give you an answer.]
Happy knew that Kind Tycoon wanted to gather high-grade masterpieces to refine more third-echelon masterpieces so that he could gain great benefits. But he did not care that he was going to be used. [Once I give you one hundred high-grade masterpieces. Let me rent your third-echelon Clear Abyss for one month.]
[No problem!]
The business deal with Kind Tycoon was achieved just like that.
Chapter 342 - Storm on the Rich Rank
The effect brought by the third-echelon masterpiece Clear Abyss did not vanish immediately. Instead, ten people who had their wealth shoot past one hundred million appeared on the Rich Rank. Their wealth had originally only been at thirty million, but it suddenly rose to the hundred millions. Many people connected this to the Clear Abyss that was priced at 99,990,000 taels of silver.
There was not even a need to mention it.
There were plenty of people who were waiting for the miracle of the third-echelon Clear Abyss appearing again!
But unfortunately for them, the sword that had three brilliant colors surrounding it no longer appeared on the commission shop!
However, the event of the third-echelon Clear Abyss bringing out a few millionnaires served as a reminder to countless merchants and allowed many people to realize the astonishing benefits that could be brought by the Forge System!
One normal grade two masterpiece was no less than one million taels of silver. However, once it was refined thrice, it would reach an astonishing price of one hundred million taels of silver. The benefits would increase by several fold. It had to be said that this was indeed something that caused many people to go mad.
A great change happened in the game!
Countless people cast their gazes on the Forge System and ironsmiths.
"We're a large guild and we are currently recruiting ironsmiths who are at Skilled Level and above. Those who are willing, come and search for…"
"Buying Beauty Melting Liquid for three thousand taels of silver, Golden Jade Liquid for twenty thousand taels of silver, and Jade Coagulating Powder for two hundred thousand taels of silver."
"Recruiting grade five and above herbalists!"
Shouts that usually would not appear in the market rang out in the air. They rose and fell, and plenty of them came from members of certain sects.
"Buying Stones with Water! Price is negotiable!"
"Buying unakites! Those who want it, come up with an offer. Those who intend to increase the market price for unakites, don't come here!"
"Buying various high-grade metal ores!"
Shouts like that could be heard all over Baokang. The miners and ironsmiths that people usually ignored in the blacksmith's shops were now intercepted once every few steps. They were asked of their grade and level, especially ironsmiths who had certain weapons on them. They grew so proud then that they acted as if they were some bigshots in the area. Wherever they went, people would follow behind them, and some of them even had leaders from various sects following them.
"Do we have enough materials to increase the echelon yet?"
"Let's go!"
"We're aiming for the second echelon!"
Happy and Thunderous Battle led a group of miners from Beautiful Robes Faction through the streets in a hurry. They often heard dialogues regarding increasing the echelons of their w
eapons.
Happy could only say that he was absolutely speechless about how benefits blinded everyone's sight.
Thunderous Battle scowled. "These people… refining a weapon is not easy. Those who are lucky can increase it, but those who aren't are going to destroy them, and they will be losing all their weapons and materials. Even failing during the first echelon will cost them more than one million."
The group nodded quietly.
Beautiful Robes Faction had actually tried to increase the echelon of their weapons before. The materials for the first echelon were rather cheap, which was why there were many attempts to push their weapons to the first echelon. But unfortunately, since the level of their ironsmiths was not high, the success rate was very low. They lost more than 50% of their masterpieces and only managed to create a few good weapons. When Happy learned about it, he asked them to stop.
Since then, no one had tried to increase the echelon of their weapons at random!
Most of the sects had to have been shocked so much by the third-echelon Clear Abyss that their heads became muddled. They intended to test their luck, but the success rate for a third-echelon weapon was only at 30%. Besides, the dangers in the early stages of the game made it clear that they would most likely only experience despair.
When they arrived at the town gate, forty or so petite and young girls appeared in front of Happy. One of them was Red Coral, who was someone Happy had met once before, and the other was a rather level-headed beauty. They regarded him with a look of interest.
There was no need for Thunderous Battle to introduce them. Happy could already tell that the beauty next to Red Coral was the clan leader of Black Rose Clan. The group of female players behind her were all members of the clan.
'Sure is a nice sight,' Happy thought while rubbing his nose.
"We meet again, Happy." Red Coral walked over with a sweet smile. "Let me introduce my sisters to you. This is the clan leader of Black Rose Clan, Black Rose. We're all your fans."
"I've been looking forward to meet you." Black Rose looked at Happy and wrapped her fist in her palm to greet him. She had the air of a wandering female heroine.
"Same to you." Happy smiled and wrapped his fist in his palm to return the greeting. "I heard that you had your entire clan join Mu Clan and changed the unfortunate situation of it having more boys than girls. Thank you for regarding us so highly."
"We're each taking what we need, that's all." Red Coral's expression became stern.
She did not dare forget Happy's wild and domineering behavior while he was in the ancient tomb, along with his act of killing resolutely during the battle of Common Reed Bank. With Happy's intelligence, there was no way he would not be able to see through her little tricks. It would be better if she was honest right from the start and told him everything.
"Happy, in truth, Black Rose has been thinking about building her own sect, but you must know that there are an increasing number of sects that are seizing resources in a frenzy right now. There are endless fights of various scales happening every day. Without great strength and fame, it's impossible for us to retain any benefits. If we want to continue developing and becoming stronger, we must choose to join a sect!"
Happy nodded.
"It's a pity that we're just a semi-professional gaming guild, and all of us are girls. There are plenty of things that are inconvenient for us. We can't attract truly powerful players to join us, and we don't want to join some normal sect and end up becoming their affiliates."
"Then, why did you choose Mu Clan? Mu Clan has just started, and compared to other sects, we don't have any advantages to speak of." Happy smiled and spread his arms.
"You should say that I chose you." Red Coral's gaze was firm, and she spoke honestly and fearlessly. "If you built a sect like any other person and sought hegemony, we would definitely not join you rashly. We don't wish to be dragged into your quest for power. My big sister and I have to be responsible for our sisters. We don't want to be fighting nonstop."
She paused for a moment, and a strange fire lit up in her eyes. "But you managed to solve the two greatest problems that came from Thunderous Battle entering Baokang County Town within a day. Not only did you manage to make yourself a part of the upper chain of benefits in Baokang, you even optimized the land here! I simply can't think of anyone who can affect your alliance within a short period of time."
"You're smart." Happy smiled. "So, do you intend to quietly develop your own clan under Mu Clan's wings?"
"Yes." Red Coral stared at Happy with slight worry. "Even though it's not quite right if I answer in this manner, but that's indeed what I'm thinking. Don't worry, as payment, all of us thirty or so sisters will give up all the resources we obtained over this period of time to the clan storage for free."
"For free?"
Happy was tempted.
He swept a glance over the female players behind Red Coral. They had very serious expressions and seemed to have come to that decision before they came to meet him.
"That's right, it's for free. We have more than two hundred people in Black Rose Clan, and they are the sisters in charge of logistics. They are the ones with the highest level in terms of occupations in our clan. Consider this a bit of our payment for taking some of Mu Clan's resources in Shennongjia."
"Alright." Happy nodded. As of then, a sect's demands for resources was still great, because the entire game would soon officially enter a blowout period in which the players would push their weapons to reach multiple echelons. They had to acc.u.mulate enough resources so that they would not be left behind by that wave.
Black Rose and her sisters had appeared right on time!
Chapter 343 - Stone King’s Heart
Half an hour later, Happy, Thunderous Battle, and his entire group appeared in the chamber with the mechanism in a crystal mine.
Their mighty group had been reduced to one-fifth of its original size!
Because of the establishment of the alliance of the five sects, each of them could only have one-fifth of each of the second level of the mines. By doing so, it was easy for them to maintain their relationship and stay close enough to fight together. If they ran into any enemies, they would not be defeated, and all five sects could react at the same time.
There were nearly forty people there, and they split into three groups to enter the chamber.
Some of the players in the first level were stunned when they saw them. Ignoring them, the group used up twenty four berthierites in one go so that they could all enter the second level of the crystal mine!
Once the group vanished from the first level, the people in the halls within the crystal mine in the first level instantly burst into a commotion.
"What the heck?!"
"How spendthrift!"
"Whew… I heard that they also had a lot of people enter the other four mines. Tsk tsk, they're seriously ready to explore the second level at full strength. As expected of Mu Clan."
"I heard that each of the miners will have to give up half of their loot."
"What the heck?! With such a stable and safe environment, even half of their loot is much higher than ours, you know?!"
The drop rate for crystals in the second level was much higher than in the first level. Besides, there was a possibility that supreme grade crystals would be unearthed! Even if a person was unfortunate enough to only obtain one Stone with Water a day, Mu Clan would still obtain tens of millions of taels of silver in one day. If they could get supreme grade crystals like unakite or something of even higher grades… In just one month, Mu Clan's income would reach unimaginable heights.
Just from that alone, Mu Clan's boldness and resolution were something that Jade Fox Palace and the other sects could not hope to compare to. As for Chivalry Sect, they should not be able to gather more than one hundred berthierites within a short amount of time.
Quite a number of people began to wonder whether they should seek shelter from Mu Clan…
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Once Happy had the ladies from Black Rose Clan and his friends from Beautiful Robes Faction head to mine their own crystals in the second level of the crystal mine, his gaze landed on the Stone King that was running around because it was chasing after a sect member of Blood River Sect, who had arrived ahead of the others!
Stone King was a stone-based monster in Moksha Realm. It was the leader of golems, but it would never form a party with inferior golems. It preferred to lurk around places with high-grade metal and crystal mines.
Stone King had a sturdier and better built body compared to Stone Giants. Its entire body seemed to be made of metal, and the contours of its face were very similar to a human's. In fact, even its eyebrows were very prominent. It looked like Buddha's warrior attendant, but a very fierce one, and it was incredibly mighty. When it walked, the earth trembled beneath its feet.
"That's right." Red Coral stood behind Happy with a solemn expression. "The quest requires me to get Stone King's Heart. It's the sturdiest item in the world."
"Judging by your words, you will need other unique quest items as well, right?"
Red Coral sighed. "Yes, the quest stated that I must get a section of a Thousand-year Blood S.u.c.k.i.n.g Wood. Legends say that it is the most wicked item in the world. The other items are just as difficult to find. They're all rare and strange items."
"Thousand-year Blood S.u.c.k.i.n.g Wood… Based on the name itself, I reckon that it won't be any easier to deal with than Stone King."
"I know, right?" For the first time ever, Red Coral had a slightly evasive look in her eyes as she spoke.
But Happy did not mind it. Those unusual quest items could already answer some of his questions.
"Looks like the quest you accepted is no trivial matter. Even if you get Stone King's Heart, you won't be able to complete the quest anytime soon. Besides, right now, we don't have the power to win against Stone King."
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