Chapter Ten: Expert-level Cat Demon Lair

  Back at the auction house, Lin Jie found that the number of "headhunters" from the guild had increased significantly. They were all staring anxiously at the auction listings, and some even grabbed players to ask if they had any slow-mana potions, causing people to be on edge.

  They should have tasted sweetness!

  The slow return of the mana potion makes a mage have unlimited endurance in the early stage, which is like giving someone a luxurious feast every day and then continuing to let him eat steamed buns and pickled vegetables, there will be a huge sense of disappointment. What about directly cutting off supplies?

  Once a mage has tasted the delight of unlimited spellcasting, it is absolutely unbearable to go back to casting only 2 spells before having to sit down and recover.

  Lin Jie took out 20 bottles of Slow Mana Potion, starting the bidding at 20 copper coins. In an instant, they were all sold out, with each transaction price being around 23 copper coins.

  However, to prevent the buyer from playing tricks, Lin Jie pretended that there was no medicine and bought up all the detoxification medicines and formulas at a lower level, sweeping away all the detoxification medicines and material formulas on the market before sitting down to sell the medicines.

  After selling another batch, Lin Jie temporarily stopped sales and went to the leveling ground to purchase a batch of demonic saliva, manufacturing 200 bottles of slow-mana recovery potions. Adding this to his previous stock, he had over 350 bottles in total. He dumped them all at once, with the price remaining: 20 copper coins each.

  Ding ding ding~

  Transaction confirmation sounds went crazy: Those headhunters were afraid that Lin Jie's goods would not be enough, and they came to sweep as much as they could. After spending all the money, they found out that there were still over a hundred bottles of slow-acting magic potions left.

  Lin Jie couldn't help but smile, this was taking advantage of the consumer's psychology, hoarding goods, and then dumping large quantities when others were anxious and impatient, to the greatest extent possible, plundering wealth, even if the remaining goods couldn't be sold for that much, it was still worth it.

  The current attributes of Broken Blade are too poor! And to remove the initial seal of Broken Blade, many materials are needed, such as elemental crystals, monster nuclei and so on. At least several gold coins are required. If players hadn't discovered the true value of rare materials yet, the cost of unsealing might be dozens of times higher.

  Slow-acting potions sold in large quantities, and I had a full 22 silver coins in my backpack. To think that the purchasing power of silver coins is now terrifying - 2 silver coins can exchange for an ordinary bronze equipment! The remaining ones will be left to the market to digest slowly.

  Having money, Lin Jie naturally couldn't let it go to waste, so he started equipping himself: +1 Endurance Wild Bear Helmet, +2 Strength Fearless Warrior Armor... A full set of equipment that shone brightly, except for the broken blade with rust spots.

  "Floating life, we're ready to go down to the cat demon's lair, are you coming?" Autumn Far sent a message.

  "Come on, wait for me for half an hour." Lin Jie nodded and said. He took a look at his own level and bought all the undead ribs sold by the auction house, a total of 250, spending 10 silver coins. Compared to the days when he had to carefully calculate every copper coin, Lin Jie felt like a farmer turning over a new leaf.

  Arriving at the Fishing Village of Araso in the Pastoral Spirit Lake, Lin Jie only discovered that the Demon Camp had been swept clean and hadn't refreshed until now. It seems that the Iron Wall Empire's monster clearing was done very thoroughly, which is why it has taken so long for monsters to respawn.

  A camp of Succubi, which not only drops a large amount of white equipment, but also produces Succubus Horns, which are good forging materials.

  He dived into the lake, but the treasure chest did not refresh and could only swim to the island.

  "Young one, if you were half a second later, I would have left." Alras chuckled, his words not an exaggeration in the least - the main movement of the Wraith required only half a note to chant.

  Lin Jie hastily handed over the spirit's rib bone.

  "You have completed Angler Arlo's request, completion rate 100%."

  "You have gained 57,374 experience points."

  "You have obtained Golden Wave Cloak."

  Lin Jie was delighted to see that this task could be completed in one go, and the rewards would stack.

  Golden Wave Cape (Golden)

  No occupation restrictions

  Demand 2nd level

  Defense 10-15

  Strength + 4

  Stamina +4

  Back attack damage reduction 10%

  Addition: Fluctuation Flow Turn, there is a chance that attacks on your back will be cancelled.

  Lin Jie looked down and saw that the task reward only allowed his level to increase to 2% at level 87. Upgrading had always been a very difficult thing. Under helplessness, he could only rush to the Cat Demon's Lair with this level.

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  In front of the cat demon's lair, 8 people stood, two girls as eye-catching as stars accompanying the moon. Autumn Far was smiling and hugging another girl, saying something and occasionally making a silvery laughter that attracted many people's attention.

  The players in the team hooked up their mouths and looked indifferent.

  Next to Qiu Yuan is the captain of this team, You Lan. Wearing a pale blue armor, what catches the eye the most is her explosive figure, waves surging, Lin Jie roughly estimated that it's about 36D, in three words: not human, cow-like.

  Her ample cleavage was set off by her armor, and her slender figure was extremely tall, so even if her face wasn't breathtakingly beautiful, it was enough to attract attention. Autumn's lively cuteness and Azure's cold beauty blended together to create a unique landscape.

  "Xiao Yuan, has that friend of yours arrived yet?" a slender man asked. His profession was the same as Lin Jie's, a warrior. However, his body wasn't robust, perhaps playing support would be a good choice.

  "Young Master, don't be impatient."

  Zhan Yi smiled and said, "I'm not in a hurry, mainly because I'm afraid of delaying everyone's time, after all, it's an unknown guy..."

  "Fosheng is a master, you'll know when you see him!" Qiu Yuan raised her voice slightly, she hated being questioned and looked impatiently towards the outside of the forest. Finally, a figure rushed over in a flurry of dust.

  "Sorry, sorry, something happened on the way."

  Zhan Yi glanced at Lin Jie and sneered, "Is this a master?"

  Lin Jie's equipment was dull and unremarkable, no different from an ordinary whiteboard. The broken sword had rust spots all over it, looking like trash. But the main issue was his level: 2! The Cat Demon's Lair was a 3-star dungeon!

  "Floating Life, your level..." Autumn Far frowned, somewhat worried, "You weren't killed by someone, were you?"

  The first time Qiu Yuan saw Lin Jie, he was already at level 2. After such a long time had passed and he was still at level 2, Qiu Yuan couldn't help but feel some disbelief. She firmly believed that Lin Jie's skills were still pretty good.

  "It's just a small matter." Lin Jie smiled casually.

  "Hmm, this is our captain, You Lan." Qiu Yuan introduced with a smile, but secretly glared at Zhan Yi, signaling him to keep quiet.

  "Hello." said Youlan with a smile.

  "Hello."

  He stormed off to the side, his family was quite well-off, belonging to the rich second generation. He had known Youlan since childhood and always thought of Youlan as his own, after getting to know Qiuyuan through Youlan, he found this younger sister to be very beautiful too, over time he couldn't tell which one he liked more, so he simply treated both as his targets for pursuit.

  "There are only 2 levels of floating life, we must pull a level 4 friend to make it work." Yu Lan turned the question back to the most critical point, "Xiao Huo is not online today..."

  "No big deal, I know someone who's in the Midnight Return Guild. I can call him over." The MT "Sweet and Sour Tofu Brain" said with a silly grin, sending a message to signal everyone to wait for a bit.

  "Floating life, look at this hairband." Qiu Yuan poked Lin Jie's elbow and said with a smile, "The bronze-level hairband I brushed out yesterday is much better-looking than the hat, right?"

  Qiu's distant appearance was beautiful and lively, with a light blue hair tie binding her waterfall-like hair into a ponytail, full of joy waiting for Lin Jie's evaluation.

  "Not bad, but I know a place where there's an even better attribute-boosting mage hat..."

  "I don't want a mage hat, it's ugly! Do you know where I can find some cool clothes?"

  Lin Jie was speechless, why were girls' pursuits so strange?

  "Pickled tofu brain said, 'He's here!'"

  A suit of heavy metal armor, emitting a profound glow of runes. This is the "Dark Claw Set" produced by the Cat Demon's Lair at the difficult level. With a thick bone shield on his back, the man smiled and said, "Hello, my name is Midnight."

  "Midnight Big Brother!" The vinegar bean curd brain waved enthusiastically, a proud look on his face. He knew the person who had returned at midnight and was envied by many.

  "What you said is right, your captain is indeed a great beauty." Midnight smiled and greeted Youlan, while Dòu Jiàng Tóu Fǔ (Bean Curd Brain) opened his mouth, seemingly wanting to ask when he had ever said that.

  "You're too kind," said Azure nodding. "Since Midnight Brother has the highest rank, you can take command this time. We'll also avoid some detours."

  "Alright." Not even midnight, he didn't decline, the reason he came was purely because of the good character of the vinegar tofu brain people, it was a good thing that they let him lead the team. He observed each person, his eyebrows slightly furrowed, the quality of this small team wasn't high, at most they could only handle simple level dungeons.

  Zhan Yi respectfully said, "The tofu brain is still formidable, and the person who came is actually the one who returned triumphantly at midnight."

  Qiu Yuan's face turned red with anger, and she clenched her fists.

  "Are you a fellow wanderer?"

  At midnight, I saw Lin Jie, excitedly grasping his hand. "Do you remember me? I was behind Boss Fox that time... uh, looking at your eyes, it seems like you don't recognize me? No way, Boss Fox's waist is too big, heh heh..." He gave a thumbs up. "Brother's kick was awesome, the timing was just right. I wanted to kick him too back then, but ended up kicking that guy's butt instead, hahaha."

  Everyone looked at Lin Jie in surprise. This 2nd-level newcomer was praised by Zi Ye, how is that possible?

  His mouth was stuffed as if he had swallowed a walnut and could hardly speak.

  "It's just luck." Lin Jie smiled and said, he didn't expect to meet someone who returned at midnight.

  "Alright, let's have Floating Life Brother take command this time, how about it?" Midnight said.

  Lin Jie felt the gaze of those around him, originally wanting to push away the command of major events. However, when he saw Qi Yuan's eyes with a hint of expectation, he calmly nodded, "Alright, but I'm warning you first, my commands are absolute, no one can raise any objections, otherwise, they're out!"

  "Awesome!" At midnight, Xiao You had interest and wanted to see what kind of skills this rookie "master" who got praised by Lao Da had. "Brother, whatever you say goes! Hahaha..."

  "Go, open expert-level copy." Lin Jie turned his head and walked towards the entrance of the copy, leaving behind team members who were staring in shock.