A private transaction with the school beauty and meeting an old friend again

Inside the Secret Realm.

The two girls behind him barely had a chance to cast a few skills.

But they weren't idle.

They followed behind, picking up materials and equipment.

The small monsters inside the dungeon wouldn't drop experience or items.

Secret Realms would.

Plus, the drop rate in Secret Realms was extremely high.

After this trip, there were actually 137 pieces of White equipment!

21 pieces of Green Excellent, 6 pieces of Blue Rare.

5 pieces of Red Epic, and two pieces of Purple Legendary.

As for Magic Cards, there was one Blue and two Green.

Under normal team circumstances, these items would be auctioned off.

The three of them knew each other, so it was considered a close-knit group.

Each person could take turns choosing an item suitable for themselves.

However, the scroll belonged to Lin Xuan; the two of them just teamed up to open a door to enter.

The two girls felt a bit awkward, so they let Lin Xuan choose first from all the items, and the rest would be distributed by collective bidding.

Lin Xuan didn't refuse; after selecting his items, the remaining ones entered the auction phase.

"Only the Purple Legendary Gauntlets are suitable for me here; I'll bid 190,000 gold coins."

"I want the Blue Magic Card and the Purple Bow, but I don't have enough money to buy them. I can trade with you privately."

"Hmm, private trade?"

...

"Are you sure you want to use this to compensate me?"

By the lake, Lin Xuan and Lu Qinghan stood opposite each other.

At a distance of half a meter, Lin Xuan could even smell the faint fragrance on Lu Qinghan's body.

However, his attention was currently focused on the item in his hand.

It was a Purple Magic Card!

"I didn't bring anything valuable with me this time," Lu Qinghan said calmly.

"Since that's the case, then you can take all the remaining items," Lin Xuan saw this and didn't refuse.

The bow and the Blue Magic Card should not be low in price.

But compared to the one in his hand, it was far inferior.

Moreover, the bow not only had the attribute of reducing skill cooldowns but also a modifier that increased all ice-attribute damage, which was indeed suitable for Lu Qinghan.

Putting away the Magic Card, Lin Xuan continued.

"The value of this item of yours is too high; I'll find an opportunity to compensate you later."

After the two completed their transaction, Shen Hongying on the other side had already put on the gauntlets and was practicing nearby.

Lin Xuan noticed that her every move, surprisingly, bore a striking resemblance to how his friend Zhang Fan usually trained at school.

"Could she also have a military background?"

Lin Xuan thought to himself and no longer paid attention.

No matter who the other party was, it didn't matter to him.

Money, strength, status.

With an SSS-grade talent, these were just a matter of time for him.

"For the remaining two days, let's clear dungeons within the city and make final preparations for the college entrance examination."

Equipment distribution completed.

It was now three in the afternoon.

Outside the city at night was more dangerous than during the day.

Thick fog would rise, affecting visibility.

After some discussion, everyone decided to return to the city.

On the way.

Lu Qinghan remained expressionless.

Lin Xuan also didn't initiate conversation.

Transmigrating to a world where one could gain extraordinary abilities, the primary goal was definitely strength.

Bored, Lin Xuan checked his third Purple Magic Card.

[Magic Card: Skill Slot Expansion]

[Type: Mysterious]

[Quality: Epic]

[Level: Lv1]

[Effect: When equipped, adds one skill slot]

[Note: The number of skill slots increases by one with each level up]

This Skill Slot Expansion Magic Card wasn't rare.

It was almost a standard for many professionals, and highly valuable for novice professionals.

The maximum level for Magic Cards was always five.

Which meant it could expand five slots.

It was definitely enough during the novice period, and even the first-tier period.

Lin Xuan was not in a hurry to equip it into a card slot.

For fairness in the college entrance examination, equipping Magic Cards not personally dropped by the individual was not allowed.

When entering the examination hall, the examinees' card slots would be checked.

And there were also means to detect whether the Magic Cards in the card slots were obtained by killing monsters themselves.

For Magic Cards obtained through trade like Lin Xuan's, if equipped, the Magic Card would need to be unequipped.

With this kind of skill expansion card, if there were already skills in the skill slots when unequipped, then unequipping the Magic Card would result in losing that skill.

To learn it again would require a new skill book.

Rumble—

While he was thinking, the ground around him began to shake.

Just as Lin Xuan thought it was an earthquake, he saw the movement in the nearby forest and immediately understood.

Something large was approaching.

Sure enough, it wasn't long before three elephant-like demonic beasts charged out.

Long-Tusked Barbarian Elephants.

Their usual level ranged from fifty to seventy.

Despite such a large level difference, Lin Xuan did not panic after seeing them clearly.

They weren't demonic beasts, but tamed mounts.

On the leading Barbarian Elephant sat a bearded man in black armor.

He stopped when he saw Lin Xuan and the others, and invited them.

"Need a ride? It only costs fifty gold coins to Jiangcheng."

Fifty gold coins for sixty kilometers was a relatively good price.

However, Lin Xuan only planned to gain more experience on the way back.

After all, the Secret Realm trip just now, while providing a good amount of experience, only raised him by one and a half levels.

"Do you two want to ride? I plan to walk back," Lin Xuan looked at Lu Qinghan and Shen Hongying.

The two girls glanced at the Barbarian Elephants.

The Barbarian Elephants were very large, and the bearded man clearly did business giving rides often.

There were even wicker chairs on them.

However, among the three Barbarian Elephants, only one was empty.

It could indeed seat two people.

Just as the two girls were about to speak, a shout came from not far away.

"Master, how much gold to Jiangcheng? We'll take them all!"

The voice was male.

Lin Xuan felt a strange sense of familiarity upon hearing it.

He turned his face and saw that it was the man in the suit from school, and... Liu Ruyan.

"What was that suit-wearing guy's name again?"

"I remember he was ranked ninety-five on the level leaderboard a few days ago, a rare class Wanderer."

As Lin Xuan was recalling, the man in the suit, accompanied by Liu Ruyan, also saw him.

The man in the suit's mouth twitched into a smile, and he said, "Isn't this top student Lin? What, don't have enough money to go back..."

Before he finished speaking, he suddenly froze.

He actually saw two stunning women next to Lin Xuan.

One was aloof, the other fiery.

Both were incredibly striking.

Liu Ruyan next to him was considered pretty at Binjiang No. 1 Middle School.

But compared to these two women, she was simply incomparable.

"Haha, are the two beauties going back to the city? How about, hiss..."

Before the man in the suit could finish, his waist was severely pinched.

He instantly realized he had lost his composure.

But he also felt a bit of anger in his heart.

He saw that the two women were whispering something to Lin Xuan.

Then, Lin Xuan and the two women turned and left together.

It was obvious that Lin Xuan knew them.

"What's so good about this Lin Xuan besides being handsome, to make such beautiful women like him!"

The more he thought, the angrier he became.

The man in the suit clenched his fist and shouted at Lin Xuan.

"Lin Xuan, you, a common Necromancer, have no future."

"For the college entrance examination, you can form a three-person team. Considering you and Ruyan were once friends, we can take you with us, how about it?"

As his words fell, Lin Xuan turned his head, looking at the man in the suit in confusion.

He highly suspected if this person was sick.

Was he mocking him for leveling up slowly?

Had the man in the suit been outside the city these past two days and not seen the rankings?

Otherwise, the man in the suit would surely know that his level had already entered the top ten.

"Forget it, I'm afraid you'll waste my efficiency."

Lin Xuan smiled, gently raised the staff in his hand, and turned to leave.

And around him, thirty small hexagonal magic circles instantly lit up.

Immediately after, Skeleton Soldierss crawled out from within, following him.