16: Lively newbie village

【Ding, the item 'Delicious Long-mouthed Loach' you auctioned was purchased by the player 'Be Happy Oh', selling price: 33 Copper Coins】

【Ding, the item 'Grilled Delicious Small Fish' you auctioned was purchased by the player 'Anonymous', selling price: 19 Copper Coins】

【Ding, the item 'Braised Chicken Leg' you auctioned was purchased by the player 'I Am the Queen', selling price: 37 Copper Coins】

【Ding, the item 'Braised Chicken Wing' you auctioned was purchased by the player 'My Daughter Is a Big Star', selling price: 1 Silver Coin 92 Copper Coins!】

When the two-hour settlement time was reached last night, Xu Shian had already fallen asleep.

Now, opening the system messages to take a look, he realized that he had already made a fortune last night...

However, thinking about it, setting the auction time to two hours was still too short; it would be best to let it run until morning next time!

One needs to give the brothers enough time to understand the goods and raise funds.

Looking at the dense list of system prompts, Xu Shian's first reaction was that he had made a fortune!

Thinking about it again, saying he made a fortune was a bit of an exaggeration, but making a small profit was definitely true.

He opened his mailbox and clicked "Collect All"!

【Ding, congratulations on obtaining: 72 Silver Coins 13 Copper Coins!】

The prices of these items were actually not measured by their satiety value, but by their additional attributes.

Take, for example, that 'Braised Chicken Leg' which sold for 1 Silver Coin 92 Copper Coins!

Its additional attribute was Physical Defense +50!

50... If used well, an ordinary team could even go fight Level 5 monsters.

After eating this, the Class could handle monsters they normally couldn't withstand!

The only downside, I suppose, is that the duration is a bit short!

Twenty minutes... but the price isn't that expensive!

It's just that the server has only just opened, and everyone has no money.

After developing for a few days, you wouldn't even be able to ask for a price on items with these attributes without having a Gold Coin...

But there was no help for it; who told him he needed money urgently right now!

Besides, considering inflation, 2 Silver Coins now is not a small amount; its purchasing power is not much different from 2 Gold Coins later on!

With such a large sum of money in hand, many things Xu Shian couldn't do due to lack of funds now had a solution.

【Weapon Skill: Two-handed Staff Mastery?】

1 Silver Coin? Learned it!

As for the staff, he wouldn't buy one for now...

After all, what the system shop sells is the same as what is given away for free; it's all the lowest common grade white equipment!

Why buy it? To perform 【Soul Staff Technique】?

He would leave the remaining two weapon skill slots alone for now, even though he still needed a decent melee weapon.

But rather than rushing to learn skills, it was better to see what would drop later!

He then ran over to the profession skill instructor...

Xu Shian had already planned everything out and didn't agonize over it much.

He directly selected the four profession skills: 【Herbalism】, 【Alchemy】, 【Mining】, and 【Engineering】!

According to the records in Hu Zhihao's diary.

Most of the experts later on had additional profession skill slots...

These were the extra benefits brought about by their formidable strength!

Xu Shian believed that if others could do it, he definitely could too...

He had already decided that if he gained an extra profession skill slot, he would learn Tailoring and Enchanting!

At the current stage, it was the time when equipment updates and iterations were fastest, and every piece of equipment with attributes, even if he couldn't use it himself, was great for selling!

Why go against money and insist on dismantling it?

Therefore, at this moment, it was naturally not suitable to learn Enchanting...

But it was foreseeable that in the future, once the game progressed to a certain point, the Enchanting profession would definitely become everyone's sugar daddy...

But by that time, Xu Shian believed he would definitely have new skill slots to handle this issue.

He bought a pickaxe and a herb shovel.

Learning skills and buying items cost Xu Shian a total of 2 Silver Coins!

Then he just had to wait to encounter herbs and ores in the wild...

Having settled these, Xu Shian came to the Auction House!

There were also people setting up stalls to sell goods in the square, but there usually wasn't anything good there!

The good stuff was all thrown into the Auction House; although there was a 2% handling fee, it was within a range that everyone could accept!

At least now, everyone could accept items worth a few dozen Copper Coins or a few Silver Coins!

Entering the regional chat channel, Xu Shian checked the chat channel while browsing the Auction House items!

He hadn't looked at the Auction House yet, but he saw some explosive news in the chat channel.

Boss Haoming Fu: "You've already killed me six times; are you ever going to stop?"

Worker Zhao: "Six times? I'm going to kill you sixty times, damn it!"

Boss Haoming Fu: "You don't care about having a red name, but can you still enter the Novice Village? Or do you plan on going to jail?"

Worker Zhao: "That's none of your business! Anyway, I'm going to keep my eyes locked on you!"

Boss Haoming Fu: "Fine, fine, fine! You just wait..."

...

Xu Shian was bewildered, while the onlookers were having a blast!

"This Old Fu is simply sick. When we were outside, he treated employees like cattle and horses; not to mention the 996, he also frequently withheld wages. He doesn't even know how to restrain himself after changing worlds!"

"I heard that this Worker Zhao's father died, and he couldn't even get bereavement leave!"

"The key is that this guy named Fu still dared to gather employees to continue working for him. What was he thinking? Everyone was already struggling to make a living after arriving in this new world, and yet this guy delivered himself to their doorstep!"

"What was he thinking? He probably thought his PUA skills were top-notch..."

"He'll know to cower after getting killed a few more times!"

"It's a pity there's no penalty for being killed in the Novice Village, otherwise I'd really like to see if dying once and losing five years of extra lifespan could actually kill him..."

"Sigh, hurry up and fight monsters! You can get extra lifespan!"

"This extra lifespan can't be used as your own life! I heard it can be exchanged later, don't know if it's true or not..."

The two main characters went quiet, and the chat channel gradually returned to normal!

Invincible Lucky Star: "This baby has listed a skill book 【Stealth】 on the Auction House, interested big shots can go take a look!"

Invincible Lucky Star: "This baby has listed a skill book 【Stealth】 on the Auction House, interested big shots can go take a look!"

...

Chatterbox Orange: "Big brother, I also want 【Stealth】, but the problem is your price is too expensive; we can't afford it!"

Invincible Lucky Star: "Where is it expensive? It's been this price for so many years, okay? You need to look for the reasons in yourself; have you worked hard all these years..."

Brother Haonan: "Who the hell are you pointing at?"

...

Xu Shian's eyes lit up!

Stealth and Steal, these two skills had always been on his plan list!

In addition, there were the combat-dropping skills Vanish and Feign Death...

Especially after being beaten to death last night, these combat-dropping skills must be arranged immediately!

His talent determined that if Xu Shian wanted to successfully transition into a formal Summoner Class, he had to learn the main skills of the Summoning line!

Pet Summon, Pet Attack, Pet Defense, and Pet Buff...

But skills like Soul Staff Technique could be skipped and excluded!

It just so happened that a Summoner was likely an all-rounder, so getting Bow Mastery and pairing it with Arcane Shot would serve as his main attack method!

Plus Stealth and Vanish...

Able to attack and defend, able to fight and run!

The six skill slots and four passive skill slots were set in stone to prepare for Summoning skills!

The other soul combinations would focus on being sneaky + output!

He directly entered 【Stealth】, and sure enough, it appeared...

A skill book was hanging alone in the Auction House, and upon seeing the price, Xu Shian was amused to the point of anger!

【Skill Book: Stealth】

【Starting Price: 5 Silver Coins, Current Price: 37 Silver Coins, Buyout Price: 100 Gold Coins, Auction Time Remaining: 7 hours 23 minutes】

The drop rate of this skill book was currently unknown, so it was hard to judge its value!

What if the drop rate was quite high, and it turned out to be a common item later on?

But 100 Gold Coins...

Not to mention that the game had just started, many people couldn't even afford to eat and were still sleeping in tents at night!

Now order had been disrupted and hadn't been rebuilt yet; didn't you see how that Boss Fu was?

Where would you go to get 100 Gold Coins?

Even that Jianghu Encyclopedia might not be able to produce it...