71: The third set

“Where did you get so much money?” Li Changkong still couldn’t help but ask.

“Good brother, the truth is, I was able to get so much money this time all thanks to you,” Hou Wen said, patting Li Changkong’s shoulder with a rather pleased expression.

“What?” Li Changkong was momentarily confused.

He remembered that Hou Wen had previously ranked among the top fifty in the Newbie Competition, only earning a thousand contribution points.

No matter how he calculated it, a thousand contribution points couldn’t be exchanged for three hundred million chinese yuan.

“It’s my old man, you see. As soon as he heard I made it into the top fifty of the Newbie Competition, he waved his hand and rewarded me with a small red packet,” Hou Wen said, looking at Li Changkong and smiling triumphantly.

“This red packet,” Li Changkong chuckled dryly, “is quite small, indeed.”

Although curious, Li Changkong did not continue to press the matter.

Other people’s money was their business; he couldn’t spend any of it.

Just as Hou Wen was packing up the equipment and preparing to leave, something on the shelf caught Li Changkong’s attention.

It was a wristguard, entirely black, which gave Li Changkong a very familiar feeling.

Upon seeing the wristguard’s name, Li Changkong’s eyes lit up slightly.

“Dark Moon Wristguard!”

The entire Dark Moon Set consisted of four pieces.

The Dark Moon Staff, Dark Moon Robe, Dark Moon Wristguard, and Dark Moon Boots.

Li Changkong hadn’t expected one of the pieces to be right here.

Looking at the price, it only cost forty million chinese yuan.

A golden set piece selling for forty million chinese yuan was indeed very cheap, especially for a Level 30 item.

“I’ll buy this wristguard,” Li Changkong said, turning to look at the attendant.

“Swipe my card,” Hou Wen said immediately, taking out his card upon hearing this.

Before Li Changkong could stop him, Hou Wen continued, “I only got these three hundred million because of you, good brother, be righteous, alright?”

Seeing Hou Wen’s serious expression, Li Changkong could only nod, “Alright then.”

After buying the wristguard, the two did not linger.

“Let’s use the back door; I bet those people are still blocking the front,” Li Changkong said, pouting as they reached the first floor.

It wasn’t that he was afraid, he just couldn’t be bothered to continue entangling with those people.

Hou Wen didn’t say much, and the two quickly returned to school via the back door.

Upon returning to his room, Li Changkong first took out the black stone he had obtained today.

If he used Appraisal, he couldn’t tell anything different about the black stone; it didn’t even have any information.

However, he could vaguely see the word ‘Summon’ written on the black stone.

It could be confirmed that this item should be related to summoning.

But after tinkering with it for a long time, he still couldn’t figure out what it was for.

So Li Changkong could only put the item into his backpack for now.

He planned to figure out its use when he had more time later.

…

The next day, before Li Changkong even got out of bed, he heard a commotion of shouting outside.

Suppressing his morning grumpiness, Li Changkong finally opened the villa’s front door.

As soon as he opened the door, he saw over a dozen young men gathered outside the villa.

Upon seeing Li Changkong, the leading young man immediately started shouting at him, “Are you Li Changkong?”

Li Changkong glanced at the young man and nodded, “Is there something you need?”

“Nothing much, just want to invite you to challenge the arena,” the young man said, looking at Li Changkong and directly stating his purpose for coming.

“Not interested,” Li Changkong said, then prepared to close the door.

“Li Changkong, don’t play dumb with me. I’ll be direct: we’re from the Crown Prince Gang.”

“Since you laid hands on someone from our Crown Prince Gang, you should have thought about the consequences,” the other side said, extending a hand to grab the villa door and continuing to shout.

“So what?” Li Changkong asked coldly.

“I originally thought your strength was something impressive, but I didn’t expect you to be such a coward,” the young man snorted coldly.

Li Changkong had no interest in such a low-level provocation.

He merely glanced at him before preparing to close the door again.

But at this moment, the young man actually drew a long sword from his waist and attacked Li Changkong without a word.

Before the long sword in the other party’s hand could land on Li Changkong, the young man felt a huge force strike his abdomen.

The next second, his body flew straight backward.

Li Changkong slowly retracted his leg, a scornful smile appearing on his face, “If this is all the strength you have, I advise you not to be too arrogant.”

Upon hearing this, the young man’s face flushed red.

The people behind him, seeing that Li Changkong had actually attacked, also rushed forward at the first instant, intending to attack Li Changkong.

Before the crowd could reach Li Changkong, a Frost Road spread out, instantly covering the path in front of the villa.

The more than ten people who had been rushing forward were instantly frozen in place by the Frost Road.

Their health bars also dropped significantly.

The originally arrogant crowd instantly fell silent.

These people had just joined the Crown Prince Gang.

They had originally thought this first mission would definitely be a complete success, but who knew that in front of Li Changkong, they couldn’t even withstand a single move.

The rumors that Li Changkong had cheated in the Newbie Competition were already rampant.

Because of this, many people thought this matter was true.

But now, with this initial encounter, they realized how incredibly wrong they were.

Looking at the crowd in front of him, who dared not advance, a hint of mockery also appeared on Li Changkong’s face.

Although the people in front of him could now feel the mockery on Li Changkong’s face.

Not a single one had the courage to continue attacking.

The disparity in strength was clear; even if they were foolish, they could see it.

Seeing that they had no intention of continuing their attack, Li Changkong merely shrugged casually, not taking them to heart.

He walked past them and quickly arrived at the Training Room.

Although Li Changkong had only casually made a move, this incident quickly spread throughout the school.

The Crown Prince Gang’s reputation was already well-known, and many people were originally very afraid of them.

After all, their misbehavior in school was not a one or two-day affair, yet they rarely suffered setbacks.

This time, over ten people ganging up on one person, and still being at a disadvantage, naturally became a laughingstock.

There were even video posts on the school forum, spreading what had happened earlier in video format.

Although people didn’t dare to openly mock the Crown Prince Gang, many secretly did so.

Li Changkong, of course, was unaware of these things. After training in the Training Room for an entire morning, Li Changkong came out at noon.

No matter what, he had to complete this class upgrade quest.

And it was better to complete this class upgrade quest sooner rather than later.