Chapter 108 : Silver Ingots
Chapter 108 Silver Ingots
In the end, Chen Zixuan still didn't go up to ask for the price. Although white skill books were rare, they weren't actually valuable.
He had already obtained five blue skill books. He'd sold one, given one to Gu Yanxi, and still had three left in his backpack: [Hunter's Mark] for the Sharpshooter class, [Backstab] for the Assassin class, and [Ice Lance Technique] for the Mage class.
Incidentally, the market had been good these past few days. In order to seize the first-kill of the Sawtooth Demon King Crocodile, all the major teams were offering high prices for blue equipment and skills.
Chen Zixuan decided that, after a while, he'd go find either Yuewu or that warrior uncle to help sell these skill books for a high price.
Of course, it had to be in gold coins.
Chen Zixuan already had enough cash—he had nearly 2.3 million in his bank card.
Living next door to Gu Yanxi was quite convenient: "The pavilion closest to the water enjoys the moonlight first."
He hadn't planned to buy a new home for the time being. No matter how much cash he had, he wouldn't be able to spend it all in a short time.
It was better to exchange some for gold coins and use those to buy more materials in the game for forging equipment in the future.
Although he already had more than 1,500 gold coins, if he wanted to stockpile resources, he still couldn't compare to those major teams with deep backgrounds and vast fortunes—their assets often started in the hundreds of thousands or even millions.
Chen Zixuan estimated that once he sold those three skill books, his assets should surpass 5,000 gold coins, which was more than a million in cash—enough for his short-term needs.
He glanced around at this stall but didn't see anything worth buying. The silver-haired girl quietly left, turning toward the next stall.
After browsing several stalls in a row, he still hadn't found any valuable materials. Sure enough, in the early days of the server, there just weren't that many items for players to sell.
Just as Chen Zixuan was starting to feel a little disappointed, his gaze suddenly swept over a stall in a corner, where a few glowing items could be faintly seen.
Metal materials?
His heart tightened a bit. On impulse and a bit of hope, Chen Zixuan walked over.
Arriving at the stall, Chen Zixuan immediately noticed several pieces of silvery metal—it looked a lot like the silver ingots needed to craft the [Rose Maid] set.
After more than ten minutes of searching, he had finally found one of the materials he needed...
A sense of joy rose in his heart, but outwardly he played it cool, pretending to just be curious. He slowly crouched down, extending a fair and delicate hand from beneath his black cloak, pointing to the pieces of metal, and softly asked, "What are these metal pieces?"
"Silver ingots, materials needed for forging equipment."
The stall owner was a taciturn youth, seemingly not very good with words.
He didn't try to sell at all—he just briefly stated the name and function of the item, not really expecting anyone to buy.
However, the sudden voice made him look up subconsciously.
Before him, the girl in a black hood slightly tilted her head, revealing a pair of deep, sapphire-blue eyes.
"How much for these pieces? If the price is right, I'll take them all."
It was as if his heart was struck by something. After hesitating for a long time, the stall owner stammered, "There are six silver ingots in total. If you want them all, I'll give them to you for three gold each... no, two is enough."
To Chen Zixuan, this was a very cheap price. With his current wealth, even if it were ten times the price it wouldn't put much pressure on him.
However, from the stall owner's less-than-confident tone, he keenly sensed some room for bargaining.
His years of haggling with market vendors flashed through his mind. Chen Zixuan adopted a new tone and said impatiently, "Why don't you just rob me? Two gold coins could buy me a new white weapon."
"I—is that so?"
The stall owner instantly looked embarrassed, afraid of offending his first big customer today. He immediately explained, "I really don't know how much it's worth, I just got these as a quest reward today. If you really want them, how about one gold coin each?"
In his view, as long as he could sell them, one gold coin wasn't a loss.
After all, the quest reward gave him six silver ingots. Selling them for six gold was 1,200 yuan, which was already a good deal.
Though confident he could bargain the price even lower, Chen Zixuan didn't push it further—this was his first time seeing the materials for forging the [Rose Maid] set, and they were for the most important weapon of the whole set.
To buy them all for six gold coins was already a massive steal.
踆流玲亻尔爾?衤三⑷八⒏私 So, he pretended to be reluctant, took six gold coins out of his backpack with some hesitation, and then initiated the trade with the stall owner, buying all six silver ingots.
Buying silver with gold—it still felt a bit like a loss, but the stall owner wasn't suspicious, clearly unaware of the late-game importance of such materials.
After buying the silver ingots, Chen Zixuan immediately left the market.
As night fell and the crowd grew, it would be troublesome if someone recognized him.
There were too many missing materials—if he relied solely on himself to buy or farm for them, who knew how long it would take to collect everything needed for the [Rose Maid] set.
After some thought, Chen Zixuan sent a private message to Dawn's Light.
[Cecilia: There? Can you do me a favor?]
A dozen seconds later, Dawn's Light replied.
[Dawn's Light: What is it? Go ahead.]
[Cecilia: Help me collect a few materials, and I'll make that blue set for you.]
With his current [Forging] skill level, as long as he had the materials, Chen Zixuan could attempt to forge blue equipment now.
From the last event, the "Fishing Trio's" treasure chests had yielded blue level-5 set blueprints.
After reaching level 5, the level 1 epic set's boost was no longer significant for Dawn's Light. Chen Zixuan knew the level-5 set would be highly tempting to him.
It seemed he'd been waiting for Cecilia to bring this up. Soon, Dawn's Light replied.
[Dawn's Light: You're looking for mats? You've found the right guy. Just send me the list—unless it's something super rare, I'll get them fast.]
As a merchant, this middle-aged uncle with a classic old-school MMO name seemed trustworthy.
Chen Zixuan opened his backpack, glanced at the six [Rose Maid] set blueprints, quickly wrote down a list of missing materials, and sent it to Dawn's Light.
[Cecilia: Winter Bear Fur, natural Snow Silkworm Silk, silver ingots, mithril, nitrated cowhide...]
Not feeling entirely secure in leaving such an important task to just one person, Chen Zixuan opened Yuewu's private message window and sent her the same message.
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