Chapter Eleven Setting Up A Stall

  Xiao Yu glanced at the sky and saw that it was almost dusk, with only about an hour and a half left to level up. He went outside and continued his journey of grinding monsters.

  Xiao Yu entered the inner desert, searching for level 3 monsters and found a respawn area of level 3 Desert Unicorn Beetle. When leveling up solo, killing monsters of the same level yields more experience and is less likely to be dangerous, Xiao Yu was relatively conservative.

  Using stealth to sneak up behind the Desert Stalker, a sneak attack stuns it, then a slash attack is used. When the Desert Stalker recovers and tries to strike back, Xiao Yu retreats and uses a reverse backstab. Due to the extremely high damage of the reverse backstab, as soon as Xiao Yu unleashes the skill, the Desert Stalker falls to the ground.

  Xiao Yu measured his own strength and now he should be able to handle the level 5 Desert Snake, but Xiao Yu still didn't dare to recklessly go and grind the Desert Snake because its attack was too strong. If something unexpected happened, all his hard work in leveling up would be for nothing. After thinking about it, he decided that after one more level, it should be fine.

  Backhand stab!

  Completion rate 100%, seeing this value, Xiao Yu smiled with satisfaction. After such a long time of practice, the reverse backstab was getting better and better, at least two out of every ten attacks were 100% complete, and his body had also gotten used to the motion of the reverse backstab.

  The sun slowly sets, casting a deep red glow over the endless expanse of golden desert sand, adding a hint of tragic beauty to this place, as vibrant as if splashed with thick, heavy oil paints.

  It's as beautiful as a dream, and Xiao Yu can hardly imagine that there is such a wonder in the desert, and he can't help but stop in his tracks.

  Beauty is always fleeting.

  This brilliant color only lasted for tens of minutes, the sun fell, and the sky suddenly became dark, darkening very quickly, just a moment, it was pitch black.

  In this dark situation, grinding monsters is a very dangerous thing, Xiao Yu had no choice but to return to the city first.

  In the city, I took off my helmet and the darkness of the game world was just right for the brightness of the real world. However, in this wooden shed, the light was still dim, with only one or two rays of sunlight mischievously peeking out from some gaps in the roof.

  Xiao Yu has already gone to school, and there is still hot food in the pot. Xiao Yu gets up and stretches, finding a note left on the table.

  "Comrade Xiao Yu has gone to school, there's food in the pot and roasted duck on the plate, Comrade Xiao Yu must work hard."

  There is also a smiling face drawn on the back of the note.

  Seeing this note, Xiao Yu thought of Xiaoyu's lively and lovely smile again, filled some rice, and ate it silently. He had to work hard, Xiao Yu reminded himself, not for anything else, but for this sister who was thicker than water and dependent on each other for more than ten years.

  After dinner, Xiao Yu Dai put on his helmet and re-entered the game.

  It's nighttime in the game now, and there's no way to grind monsters. Besides strolling around in town, what else can I do? Then I'll just spend more time understanding the game, thought Xiao Yu.

  Xiao Yu strolled around the city for a while and found that all the players were busy practicing their life skills. Almost every player had learned one or two life skills, such as metallurgy, blacksmithing, engineering, etc., which could be practiced at night.

  Learning one or two life skills to make money is not bad, Xiao Yu's eyes lit up.

  What skills should I learn? Why not go to the forum and take a look, Xiao Yu thought, exiting the game and entering the game forum with his helmet, browsing through the insights of the players on the legend of Enze.

  From the comments of players, Alchemy is most suitable for Thieves. Pharmacy is divided into two branches, one is Orthodox Alchemy, which can produce various buff potions, healing potions and detoxification potions, and the second is Toxicology, which can produce poisons and various negative potions.

  Thieves often apply poison to their daggers, increasing attack damage and giving enemies negative status effects. This naturally involves the use of potion-making skills. Learning potion-making not only allows for the creation of poisons to be applied to daggers, saving on daily expenses, but also enables the creation of healing potions, saving on the cost of buying health-restoring items.

  After careful consideration, Xiao Yu decided to study potion-making. He might as well rely on this skill to make a living in the future. Since he was studying potion-making, it was only natural that he would also learn about herb gathering. Being self-sufficient would allow him to live a slightly better life.

  Xiao Yu looked at some comments from players about alchemy, then entered the game. After entering the game, Xiao Yu learned alchemy and herbalism, which were not expensive, only requiring five silver coins. He checked his inventory and still had twenty-one silver coins left. In addition to silver coins, there were also five white equipment boards for other professions.

  These white equipment sets might not sell for much to NPCs, so Xiao Yu asked at the NPC store and found out they only sold for five or six copper coins. Xiao Yu was a bit reluctant to part with them now, wondering if there were any players outside who needed this equipment, as long as it was more expensive than the NPC store.

  Xiao Yu walked to the outside of the street, and found that there were only a few scattered players setting up stalls to sell equipment. Their way of selling equipment was very simple: they just spread out a piece of tattered cloth on the ground, put their equipment on it, and that was it. There was no city management in Tabak Town.

  There are many players watching next to the stall, but there are only a few who really want to buy equipment.

  Xiao Yu walked over to take a look and was shocked. These white equipment were actually priced at more than ten silver coins each, no wonder nobody wanted them. Looking at the nearby stalls, there were some priced at eight silver coins, but still nobody wanted them.

  Is equipment really that valuable? Xiao Yu thought to himself, although he was only level three, among ordinary players, he was considered relatively high, the vast majority of players were only around level two, they killed fewer monsters, naturally they also didn't get many pieces of equipment, many people then thought of buying some equipment in the night market to boost their defense, so tomorrow during the day killing monsters would be easier. The demand for equipment went up, and the price naturally went up as well.

  Xiao Yu calculated the explosion rate, these equipment are already at their limit with a price tag of five silver coins each. Those priced at over ten silver coins are simply trying to fleece one or two fat sheep.

  Xiao Yu thought for a moment, then tore off a piece of rag and set up a stall. He priced each equipment at six silver coins for sale. As soon as Xiao Yu set up the stall, many players came and went, but no one made a move. Some people seemed to be discussing something in a low voice. Six silver coins might still be a bit expensive.

  "Brother, can this robe be cheaper?" A young elemental mage pointed at the cloth armor on the stall and asked.

  "This is already the cheapest." Xiao Yu shook his head, and the players next to him hadn't bought it yet because they were still hesitant, not necessarily unwilling to buy. If Xiao Yu lowered the price of one piece of equipment, then the prices of all the other equipment would have to be lowered as well. Anyway, there was still plenty of time, so he might as well set up his stall until midnight and see what happened. If no one bought anything by then, it wouldn't be too late to lower the price again.

  That elemental mage hesitated for a moment, gritted his teeth, made up his mind and said: "I'll buy it. Here are six silver coins."

  As expected, although the price was a bit higher, there were still people who would accept it. Xiao Yu's heart felt slightly more at ease. After a while, more and more people came and went. Perhaps they found that the equipment sold elsewhere was more expensive than what Xiao Yu was selling, so many people stopped by his stall. The equipment on the stall gradually decreased one piece at a time. By midnight, all five pieces had been sold out, and Xiao Yu received thirty silver coins.

  The harvest is pretty good, and this also made Xiao Yu understand one thing. Since there's so much time at night, the equipment should be sold at a stall at night, which can still earn a lot of money for himself and make his economy more prosperous.

  Xiao Yu packed up his stall and was about to leave.

  "Wait for your brother."

  A voice sounded from behind Xiao Yu, and when he turned around, it was that elemental mage from earlier.

  "Is anything the matter?" Xiao Yu asked, the sky was relatively dark, and the dim yellow light of the magic lamps on the street made it difficult for Xiao Yu to see the elemental mage's appearance.

  "I bought a piece of equipment from you earlier, I'm Jihuo." The elemental mage introduced himself.

  "My name is Xiao Yu." Xiao Yu replied, feeling puzzled. This player hastily called out to him, what was the matter? He wouldn't be thinking of returning goods, would he? Goods sold are not returnable or exchangeable. Out of politeness, Xiao Yu still introduced himself.

  "It's like this, I want to find a player to team up with and level up together. I'm already at level 4, I'm a fire-element mage. Seeing you selling so much equipment, your level isn't low either, at least level 3, right?" said Ji Huo.

  He guessed correctly, Xiao Yu took a closer look at the opponent, this player called Jihuai was a young man in his late 20s, wearing the gray robe that Xiao Yu had just sold to him earlier. At this relatively close distance, through the dim yellow light, Xiao Yu could see the contours of his face, which looked quite handsome. He held a nanmu wooden staff in his hand, and his equipment was slightly better than Xiao Yu's, with a full set of white gear.

  "I'm only level 3, and yet he wants to team up..." Xiao Yu hesitated, this player actually wanted to form a party with him. A level 4 fire elemental mage was quite high-level at the moment, considering that the highest level in the entire Evil Alliance was only level 6. However, the other player was a fire mage with high damage output, and being one level higher than himself was within reason.

  "Thieves and Fire Mages are a great combination, want to grind together tomorrow?" Ji Huo asked with some expectation. He was just missing a melee profession in the front to take the damage, so he could burst out the maximum damage value. Although grouping would split experience, two people grinding together would definitely be faster than one person grinding alone, and their leveling speed would also increase significantly. Ji Huo had been searching for a suitable teammate in the town for a long time, but most of the people in the town were only level 2, until he thought of Xiao Yu.

  Xiao Yu often got used to being alone and didn't like teaming up with others to level up. He was already leveling up very quickly by himself, and he also wanted to practice his skills more, especially the Backstab and Bone Rend skills which he hadn't mastered yet. So he shook his head and said: "I have something to do tomorrow, let's team up another time."

  Xiao Yu was clearly making excuses. Since Xiao Yu didn't want to team up, that's it. Ji Huo said somewhat disappointedly: "Alright then, we'll get in touch again if there's a chance in the future."

  They parted ways without even adding each other as friends.

  After selling off his equipment, Xiao Yu logged out of the game and went to eat dinner. When he logged back in, there wasn't much for him to do, so he started wandering around the night market.