27: Chapter 27 The Fruits of Labor Are Sweeter
Not only that, but even the Professionals' equipment would drop together, since they were already dead after all.
Tang Mo did a rough count; with various miscellaneous materials added up, it was worth about 1 or 2 gold coins.
There was quite a bit of equipment, though; those five people had at least one full set of equipment for their respective classes each.
However, they were all just Level 10 Bronze-grade equipment.
A group of Professionals in their 20s were all wearing Level 10 equipment, which showed just how scarce and precious equipment was.
Tang Mo wasn't polite either and took it all.
Finding the Mage equipment, Tang Mo immediately swapped out the Black Iron equipment he was wearing.
Looking at his full set of Bronze-grade equipment, Tang Mo instantly felt like he had traded in a shotgun for a cannon.
Before leaving, Tang Mo didn't forget to use his Highly Poisonous Vines to drag the several people into the nearby jungle.
Leaving the disposal of corpses to fierce beasts was the most appropriate thing to do.
He just didn't know if those beasts could withstand Tang Mo's poison.
But that was no longer something Tang Mo needed to consider.
Upon arriving in Ning Tong City, Tang Mo inquired about the location of the Ning Tong City Professional Management Association and took a vehicle there.
He wanted to see if the Ning Tong City Professional Management Association had posted any association quests.
After arriving at the Ning Tong City Professional Management Association, Tang Mo indeed saw a quest posted by the association on the quest board.
【Serpents Reverse Scale, 10 Contribution Points, 100,000 Gold Coins.】
【Note: This item is a drop from the Dayang Dragon Palace Dungeon BOSS, and it only has a chance to drop in the purgatory difficulty dungeon.】
“As expected, this Serpents Reverse Scale is an association quest item.”
Tang Mo had already suspected this as early as the second time he killed the Ice-Blue Eyed Serpent.
If this Serpents Reverse Scale were just an ordinary material, it should have dropped every time.
Items with a probability drop were bound to be precious materials.
Since he had seen association quests issued by the Jiangkou City Professional Management Association before, Tang Mo guessed whether the Serpents Reverse Scale might be a quest issued by the Professional Management Association here in Ning Tong City.
Looking at it now, it was indeed so.
Tang Mo found the personnel at the quest management desk and immediately submitted two Serpents Reverse Scales.
When the staff member saw that Tang Mo could produce two Serpents Reverse Scales, their attitude immediately became very respectful.
One had to know that this Serpents Reverse Scale only dropped in purgatory difficulty dungeons.
Anyone who could hold this item was an existence capable of clearing a purgatory difficulty dungeon; one had to be respectful in their attitude.
Since the Professional Management Association was a nationwide organization led by the government,
Therefore, regardless of where you earned contribution points, they could be used universally.
Two Serpents Reverse Scales were exchanged for 20 association contribution points and 200,000 gold coins.
The gold coins were directly credited to Tang Mo's professional badge.
This way, Tang Mo had nearly 400,000 gold coins in his badge.
“If I work a bit harder, maybe I can buy an advanced skill secret tome by the time I reach Level 20.”
“Then I'll be able to have a God-level Skill.”
Although the system would give Tang Mo two more God-level Skills after Level 20, the skills bestowed by the system could not be used for active offense.
Most of them were passive and auxiliary skills.
If Tang Mo wanted to be unrestricted when attacking, he had to rely on skills learned from skill secret tomes to make up for his own shortcomings.
Just like the Ice-Blue Eyed Serpent in the Dayang Dragon Palace Dungeon.
If he didn't proactively use himself as bait to lure it into attacking, it would be extremely difficult for Tang Mo to kill it.
The Ice-Blue Eyed Serpent's level wasn't too high yet, and the skills it knew were just ordinary spells.
If monsters in the future knew some non-ordinary spells, Tang Mo's situation would be dangerous.
Therefore, Tang Mo decided that when he bought skill secret tomes in the future, he would try his best to buy advanced skill secret tomes.
Although they were expensive, for the current Tang Mo, it wasn't impossible.
He sold all the Black Iron equipment and the Bronze-grade equipment he had picked up, and another 50,000-plus gold coins were credited to his account.
One way or another, Tang Mo already had over 400,000 gold coins in his professional badge.
Walking out of the association, he intended to hail a car back to the plaza and then use the teleportation array to return to Jiangkou City, but he was blocked by a figure.
With shiny, greasy hair and a sharp, thin face, his two small eyes were darting around like a rat's, making one feel very uncomfortable.
Tang Mo still had some impression of this person; he was a Boxer named Ma Xueyi at the dungeon entrance.
His equipment was mediocre, yet he was thinking of tricking people into entering the Nightmare difficulty dungeon.
He looked like the kind of person who spent all day thinking about getting something for nothing.
Tang Mo hated guys like this and assumed he wanted him to carry him through a dungeon again, so he casually said, “I don't carry people through dungeons, you should just leave.”
After hearing Tang Mo's words, Ma Xueyi's face couldn't hide his disappointment.
“Big shot, don't be like that. Just carry me through a dungeon once. All the items that drop in the dungeon will be yours; I'll just leech some experience.”
Tang Mo didn't want to bother with him; he reached out to hail a taxi, opened the door, and sat inside.
Seeing that Tang Mo was ignoring him, Ma Xueyi's expression also turned grim.
“What's there to act tough about? If the people from the Dayang Gang knew you killed their men, I wonder if you'd still be able to act so tough.”
Of course, Ma Xueyi didn't dare say these words to Tang Mo's face.
He had seen with his own eyes how Tang Mo had directly insta-killed those few people; he was afraid he would end up the same way.
Watching the car Tang Mo was in drive away, Ma Xueyi turned and walked toward another direction in Ning Tong City; that was the office of the Dayang Guild.
Ma Xueyi planned to inform the people of the Dayang Guild about this matter.
“As long as I help them settle that kid, maybe the Dayang Guild will even carry me through a dungeon.
Then I won't have to beg that kid who doesn't know the heights of the heavens and the depths of the earth.”
After paying 10 gold coins, Tang Mo used the teleportation array again to return to Jiangkou City.
Subsequently, he went to the Jiangkou City Professional Management Association again.
He once again sold all the materials in his storage space to the association.
He gained another 120,000 gold coins.
At this point, Tang Mo already had exactly 600,000 gold coins in his professional badge.
“If I work hard for another day tomorrow, I'll be able to buy an advanced skill secret tome.”
A gratified smile appeared on Tang Mo's face.
As expected, the fruits of labor experienced firsthand are even sweeter.
Returning home, Tang Mo made a simple dinner and then began searching online for information related to the Unified Examination.
Suddenly, his phone rang. Tang Mo picked it up and saw that it was actually the Principal calling.
“At this time, what is the Principal calling me for?”
Feeling curious, Tang Mo answered the call.
“Hello, Tang Mo? I've been calling you all day, why hasn't anyone picked up?”
Tang Mo immediately realized that he had been hunting fierce beasts almost all day today, and it was possible the kill notification sounds had drowned out the phone's ringtone.
So he just told the Principal directly.
“Sorry, Principal. I was hunting fierce beasts elsewhere today, and it was too noisy, so I didn't hear it.
Is there something you're calling me for?”