Chapter Fourteen Leaving Novice Village

  "Village chief, grandpa, I have some equipment here, can you help me appraise it? As for the price, I don't know if there's any room for discount."

  "Alright. Stone Castle, I'll give you a half-price appraisal for your items."

  "Really? Thank you so much, Village Chief Grandfather."

  The village elder is straightforward with me and takes good care of me. Let's hurry up and take out the four pieces of equipment.

  "Not bad, Stony City, you've actually taken down so many high-level equipment."

  "Ah! There's actually a divine artifact."

  The village elder, although a worldly man, was still extremely shocked when he saw the equipment I took out, especially the divine artifact Golden Giant Shield. The village elder held it in his hand and kept turning it over to examine it.

  "Stone Castle, you've defeated the divine artifact so quickly, and there are still so many great things, amazing!"

  "Hehe, Village Chief Grandpa is being too kind."

  "To think that up to now, the number of players who have entered 'Wang Zhe' has exceeded 100 million, but there are only over 30 pieces of equipment above the golden level that have been knocked down. You suddenly having so many pieces of equipment above gold is indeed impressive!"

  What? One hundred million players! The game "King" has been open to the public for less than a day, and already one hundred million players have entered. Such a huge number is truly unimaginable.

  It seems that "Wang Zhe" will indeed bring about a huge change, and it is likely to become the second world of humanity, becoming an indispensable part of human beings. I entered the game early, which was indeed a wise move.

  The village elder is an NPC in the game, and because of the intelligence of the game "King", it can read game data, so there will be absolutely no fake.

  "Appraising Wolf's Fang costs 70 gold coins, Battle Bear Armor 80 gold coins, Greedy Ring 100 gold coins, and Diamond Shield 1500 gold coins." After the village elder finished speaking, he sized up the four pieces of equipment and quoted me their prices.

  "It's not cheap, how can it be so expensive? Village chief, is this the price? Is this price correct?"

  This exam is too freaky!

  The price reported by Village Head Grandpa almost scared me to fall down, completely beyond my affordability.

  "It's this price, based on the equipment given the price, and it's the price after I've already given you a 50% discount."

  The village elder re-examined the time equipment and confirmed there was no mistake.

  "My god! Longfei Group is too black-hearted, this is simply extortion!"

  Looking at the 153 gold coins in my backpack, this is all the income I have earned through hard work and thrift today, it's simply not enough.

  It seems that the setting of gold coins in "King's Glory" is very strict.

  Thinking about my experience today, if I hadn't identified these few pieces of equipment, the gold coins I earned myself would have been enough for me to spend. Therefore, "King" will not make players feel extremely painful and tired, nor will it make the game a burden, but rather change the flavor of the game.

  But why does identifying equipment require so much gold? Especially the gold required for identifying divine artifacts is far beyond imagination.

  If players want good equipment, good enjoyment, strong abilities, or to make themselves stand out, they have to spend a lot of money. This is the balance that can be achieved by exchanging in-game currency for real-world currency after it's opened up.

  Depressed, not enough gold coins, can only choose useful equipment to identify first.

  Divine artifact Golden Giant Shield is useful, I want to switch to Knight, Knights have more shields than other professions, which is the great advantage of Knights, but not enough gold coins, can't afford to appraise, had to reluctantly slow down.

  The remaining items, Wolf Fang is the weapon of the archer, can't use it myself, so I won't appraise it for now. The War Bear Armor requires level 20 to equip, so I won't appraise it for now either. Can only appraise this red Greedy Ghost Ring.

  "Village chief, Grandpa, gold coins are tight, just appraise this Greedy Ring."

  "Alright, it's a good thing." A red glow flashed on the village elder's hand, and the Greed Ring emitted a beam of light after that. The village elder handed the Greed Ring over to me.

  Hurry up and take a look at the attributes:

  Ring of Greed: Ghost Equipment, originally an ordinary white gold ring, buried for years in a monster filled with greed, slowly transforming into the Ring of Greed. Wearing requirements: None, backpack capacity increased by 5 times, life recovery speed +1 (automatically recover 1 life per second), magic recovery speed +1, gold coin drop rate ×2.

  Not bad, it's a good thing, put it on immediately, and my backpack immediately became 250 capacity.

  Now it's all set, with this Greedy Spirit Ring, there won't be any overloading anymore, and future actions will be much more convenient.

  "Village chief, I've already reached level 10. I'm going to transfer jobs in the city." The newbie village has ended, we should take action next.

  "Stone Castle, I am delighted that you will embark on the path of a warrior. This time, the heavenly demon is coming, with a momentum that is overwhelming and numerous monsters, it will be the greatest disaster in the history of the Tianmeng continent. Fortunately, there are you young people who are passionate about justice, peace, friendship and faith, dedicating themselves to this great defensive counterattack, may the goddess of Tianmeng be with you, granting you divine power."

  Wow! Here we go again, Village Chief Grandpa's serious and solemn expression is giving me a lot of pressure.

  "Stone City, I'm delighted that you've reached level 10, which means you've gone through the baptism of battle and gained some experience. However, the journey to eradicate the Heavenly Demon is long and arduous. You must continue to strive, constantly strengthen yourself, accumulate experience, and seek out legendary artifacts, skills, and powers in order to become the new hero of the Tian Meng continent."

  I'm dizzy, it's so garrulous, why not just transport me directly to the city? Listening to these boring words is making me sleepy.

  "Alright, Shi Tou Cheng, I will now transport you to the city of Tian Meng Continent. That place will be where your growth begins. However, before you leave, I will impart some basic skills to you, hoping that they can bring you some help on your future path."

  "Ding dong, Stone Castle, the Village Chief of Newbie Village wants to teach you some basic skills. Will you accept?"

  Dizzy, this also needs to be reminded, I'm not an idiot, of course I accept.

  "Ding dong, Player Shi Tou Cheng receives guidance from the Village Chief of Newbie Village and learns the skill 'Capture Technique'."

  "Ding dong, Player Stone Castle receives guidance from the Village Chief of Newbie Village and learns the skill 'Gathering Technique'."

  "Ding dong, Player Stone Castle has learned 'Gathering Technique'. Due to experience exchange, 'Gathering Technique' level has been upgraded."

  Haha, unexpectedly there's such a good thing. Since the two skills taught by Village Chief Grandfather are basic skills gifted by the system with the highest priority, my "Gathering Technique" skill level increased directly, it's really beyond expectation.

  Look at these two skills:

  Capturing Technique: Auxiliary Skill, Primary 0/50,000.

  Collection Technique: Auxiliary Skill: Advanced 0/200000.

  It's not that capturing is so difficult to practice, but it takes 50,000 experience points to upgrade from beginner to intermediate, which is really abnormal and harmful.

  There is also the collection technique, which requires 200,000 experience points to fully master high-level exercises. It's estimated that this massive amount of experience means that even if a player reaches level 100, they may not be able to fully master it.

  But we're already satisfied now, no opinions.

  "Alright, Stonybrook, that's all I can help you with for now, I'm going to transmit."

  The village elder finally finished speaking, and with a murmur of words in his mouth, a burst of light immediately enveloped me. In the midst of the flash, I appeared on the square of Tianlong City, the imperial city.

  "Wow, it's so magnificent and grand!!!"

  Looking at the scene in front of me, the thick city walls, wide streets, and luxurious tall characteristic buildings make people's eyes dazzled, making me suddenly feel like I have arrived in a prosperous and powerful ancient Chinese city.

  I'm shocked, I really admire the power and technology of Longfei Group, this virtual technology is too realistic.

  However, Tianlong City seems somewhat deserted now.

  In the vast square, except for me, there were only some system NPCs and city guards in the city, not a single player. Compared to the lively newbie village, it was much quieter.

  Forget it, I'll just change jobs quickly. I swiftly ran towards the martial arts hall, leaving a string of footsteps echoing on the cold, heavy bluestone streets.