Zhou Heng's pupils contracted.
He just said, why for 150,000 copper coins worth of resources, the Black Bear Guild only gave copper coins and not silver coins; turns out there was already a trick involved.
Zhou Heng was certain that the Black Bear Guild knew about this kind of news.
From this, it was clear that the ceramic shards among the three items he had taken were definitely not simple.
His gaze fell on the plump woman, and Zhou Heng said with a smile.
"Sister, the current market price isn't like this!"
"For this Common-grade Experience Book, I can offer at most 5000 copper coins."
Zhou Heng believed the other party was smart; once he quoted this price, she should understand his meaning.
When the plump woman heard Zhou Heng's offer, she was stunned for quite a while.
After a long time, she gave Zhou Heng a deep look.
"5000 is indeed the market price, but our Little Bird Town is in a remote location, and transportation costs money."
"One price, 7000 copper coins, no trickery."
Zhou Heng didn't haggle further on this and took out a silver coin to hand over.
"I know the current black market price is 100,000 copper coins; please trouble you to exchange it for copper coins for me."
The plump woman rolled her eyes at Zhou Heng and said in a sweet voice.
"Little brother, this is where you're wrong."
"The black market is the black market, but this is a legitimate business here."
"Besides, there's no black market in our Little Bird Town."
"If you sincerely want to sell, I can give you at most 50,000 copper coins, no more."
Although 50,000 copper coins was less than 100,000 copper coins, there was no black market in Little Bird Town, and he couldn't leave the Novice Village of "Little Bird Town", so the exchange price of 50,000 met Zhou Heng's psychological expectations. He didn't argue and agreed.
"Okay, that amount of money, deal."
【silver coin -1】
【copper coin +50000】
【Acquired skill "Experience Book"】
【copper coin -7000】
【Acquired Health Potion x100】
【copper coin -5000】
Looking at the Experience Book he had obtained, Zhou Heng didn't linger and turned to leave with the resources.
"He's quite an extraordinary little fellow."
The plump woman watched Zhou Heng walk away, stretched lazily, and said without turning her head.
"Old woman, the badge on him was given by you, right?"
"Looking at him, he doesn't seem to be in a hurry to finish before dark tomorrow."
Behind the general store, a hoarse, aged voice sounded.
"Isn't this better? It means he's already understood the meaning in my words~"
The plump woman propped her chin, leaned against the counter as usual, displaying her beauty for outsiders to see.
"Old woman, the textbooks of those Blue Star players, how often are they updated?"
"Captain, they are updated every three years."
"They are truly a group of greedy fellows. Even though they have Chang Sheng, they are still unwilling to give power to the common player base. Perhaps this is why they haven't completed the first expansion pack yet."
"Greed, sometimes, is indeed the original sin."
"Go prepare. I want to see what this thing hidden behind the scenes is. A bunch of useless things, yet they dare to covet the glory of our Sword of Light!"
...
Zhou Heng returned to the Blazing Fire Fountain and began a new round of collection and evolution.
But compared to yesterday, there were quite a few more players at the Blazing Fire Fountain today, all of them, like Zhou Heng, came to collect Blazing Fire.
"Is this Blazing Fire? Not bad, not bad, it's not hard to collect~"
"It's a pity we don't have enough red potions, otherwise we could go a bit deeper."
"I've been there. HP drops faster inside. Unless you're a rich young master, you can't handle it at all."
"Forget it, let's just collect here. We have to hand in 1000 units before tomorrow night."
...
Zhou Heng quickly scanned around and found that they were all Level 3-Level 5 players. Those like him who came in at Level 1 were almost non-existent.
However, no one paid attention to him. After all, players came here not to show off or cause trouble, but to farm resources and do quests.
Zhou Heng stepped past the crowd and walked towards the deeper part.
【You are affected by Blazing Fire Fountain】
【HP -1】
Compared to the outer area, the temperature in the deeper part was higher.
But Zhou Heng didn't mind. While observing the changes in his HP, he activated Flame Gauntlets and began absorbing Blazing Fire.
【You absorb Blazing Fire】
【Flame Gauntlets are changing】
【Change failed】
【You absorb Blazing Fire】
【Flame Gauntlets are changing】
【Change failed】
...
【You absorb Blazing Fire, Flame Gauntlets change, it has evolved on its own】
【You obtained "Flame Gauntlets" (Simple+++)】
Flame Gauntlets
Quality: Simple+++
Consumes 3 mana, covers hands with a layer of flame substance, can offset fire element damage less than 25 points.
Duration: 10s. After 10s, consumes 1/4 per second.
Cooldown: 20s
Learning Requirements: None
Each skill suffix can have a maximum of three plus signs, which means that as long as Flame Gauntlets evolve one more time, it can become a Common-grade skill.
"Continue. At this rate, it should be fully evolved by tonight."
Zhou Heng took a deep breath, suppressed the annoyance of repeating the same action, and continued to absorb Blazing Fire...
Night fell. Around 3 AM, Zhou Heng successfully absorbed enough Blazing Fire and evolved Flame Gauntlets into the Common-grade skill "Burning Rage".
Burning Rage
Quality: Common
After casting this skill, the entire body will be burned by rage.
Consumes 30 mana, Attack Speed +1.0/s, Movement Speed +2.0m/s, Attack +5
Consumes 300 mana, Attack Speed +2.0/s, Movement Speed +4.0m/s, Attack +20
Debuff: After the skill duration ends, HP is reduced by 100 or 1000 per second for 20s. When HP is below 100 or 1000, 1 HP is forcibly retained.
Duration: 15s
Cooldown: 30s
Learning Requirement: Level up by absorbing Blazing Fire through "Flame Gauntlets".
"A very excellent skill."
A smile appeared at the corner of Zhou Heng's mouth.
Among the Common-grade skills he knew, this skill was definitely one of the extremely powerful ones.
It was even powerful enough that the user could ignore the subsequent 20s long side effect.
There's no helping it, the 1.0/s Attack Speed and 2.0m/s Movement Speed are too good.
The textbook recorded the five attributes that were most difficult to improve in the world of "boundless and endless".
Attack Speed, Movement Speed, as well as True Damage Reduction, Holy Damage Reduction, and Chaos Damage Reduction.
To be able to stand alongside True Damage Reduction, Holy Damage Reduction, and Chaos Damage Reduction, one can imagine how difficult it is to improve.
Imagine two players clashing in the wilderness, one with 1.0/s Attack Speed, the other with 2.0/s Attack Speed; the latter might have to take a hit before even making a move.
And that one hit is often the most lethal.
After learning "Burning Rage", Zhou Heng took out the skill book "Experience Book".
Experience Book
Quality: Common
Gain an additional 10% experience for each creature defeated, up to a maximum of 10,000 experience points.
(0/10000)
Learning Requirement: None
For a player to level up from Level 1 to Level 11, the ten levels require a total of 100+200+300+1000+2000+3000+1w+2w+3w+10w, totaling 166,600. And this calculation method is suitable for every ten levels, meaning that regarding the upper limit of the experience coefficient in the "boundless and endless" world, the maximum total he knew was 166,600.
This experience might seem like a lot, but it's actually not much. As long as one is diligent, they can quickly reach Level 11.
Closing the attribute panel, Zhou Heng's heart was filled with anticipation.
He wanted to see how long it would take to reach Level 10 using the movement techniques and combat skills he learned in school, combined with the Great Sun Divine Bow (Fake).
If possible, it would be best to level up to Level 10 before the Black Bear Guild corrupts the Deep Water Flood Dragon insect.