I Only have One Skill, But I Can Put A Hole Through The Planet - Chapter 26
Within the trading alley.
Plenty of shops were set up along the streets.
Essentially, the trading alley was a gathering place for players who focused solely on their lifestyle classes.
The shops were available for rent, but there were also some players who forked the cash to buy the shops outright.
The shops located on the east side of the trading alley had belonged to NPCs, whereas the shops on the west were usually player-owned.
Based on the list of materials written within the blueprints, Su Chen first purchased hundreds of kilograms of fine iron from an NPC ironsmith. Following that, he then visited some of the neighboring shops to look for Crescent Stones. However, after a couple failed attempts, Su Chen gave up on the NPC shops and headed to the player-owned ones instead.
To Su Chen’s surprise, before he could even spot any shops that sold his required materials, he had already located the liquor store that sold effect-imbuing liquor.
The plaque outside the shop had the words ‘Blue Luan’ written on them.
Su Chen walked in.
The shop was not particularly large, and a level 21 player of the subclass [ Alchemist ] was pouring all sorts of materials into a cauldron. He seemed to be preparing a new batch of potions.
On the shelf behind him, a large assortment of HP and MP potions, as well as liquor could be found.
“You looking for HP potions, MP potions, or liquor?”
Spotting Su Chen, who was fully decked out in green rank equipment, the eyes of the man with the ID Li Ruoyan lit up.
After stabilizing the concoction that was brewing in the cauldron, he immediately walked to the counter and respectfully handed a list to Su Chen.
The list read:
[ Lesser HP Potion: Recovers 50 HP within 5 seconds after consumption. Price: 2 Gold Coins ]
[ Normal HP Potion: Recovers 100 HP within 5 seconds after consumption. Price: 5 Gold Coins ]
[ Greater HP Potion: Recovers 200 HP within 5 seconds after consumption. Price: 10 Gold Coins ]
The details of the MP potions were similar to the HP potions, with the exception that they recovered MP instead of HP.
Su Chen felt that Li Ruoyan had already reached the Advanced rank of the [ Alchemist ] subclass, and he felt that she should be close to becoming a Grandmaster.
The description of the liquor could be found at the bottom of the list.
[ Lesser Fine Wine: Recovers 10 stamina points after drinking, rough taste, Price: 10 Gold Coins ]
[ Normal Fine Wine: Recovers 20 stamina points after drinking, average taste, Price: 20 Gold Coins ]
[ Greater Fine Wine: Recovers 30 stamina points after drinking, mellow taste, Price: 50 Gold Coins ]
[ Special Effect: recovers 50 HP and 20 MP within 1 minute after consumption. ]
[ Exquisite wine: Recovers 50 stamina points after drinking, rich and mellow taste, Price: 100 Gold Coins ]
[ Additional effect: Increases Elemental Power by 20 points after consumption. Lasts for 5 minutes. Effects only stack twice on multiple consumption ]
As he browsed through the list. a flash of surprise could be seen in Su Chen’s eyes as he read the last two types of liquor.
After all, in the items available in online markets were usually only equipment of all tiers as well as low-quality potions.
The former were items that could make large profits, whereas the latter were items that were most in demand.
Items such as materials and high-quality potions were usually not found in the markets. After all, there was a cost associated with each listing in the market, and thus, players usually preferred to sell those products in trading alleys than to list them in the marketplace.
Despite taking his sweet time to browse through the items, the middle-aged shopkeeper, Li Ruoyan seemed to be in no hurry as well. He did not pressure Su Chen to act, and he had only tended to his concoction patiently.
After all, level 13 players who were fully equipped with green rank equipment were quite a rarity amongst players. After all, according to usual standards, the money that they had made until this point would was insufficient to afford such an expenditure.
“10 bottles of [ Greater HP Potion ] as well as 100 bottles of [ Greater MP potion ] please.”
” Also, I’d like 10 bottles of [ Greater Fine Wine ] and 20 bottles of [ Exquisite Wine ].”
Thinking about his usual needs in battle, Su Chen decided to put greater emphasis in procuring MP potions.
The moment Su Chen made his order…
The reserved smile on Li Ruoyan’s face turned into shock in an instant.
“Yo! Alright, that’ll cost you a total of 7,600 Gold Coins.”
“Hmm, how about I give you a discount of 100 Gold Coins, and I’ll even throw in 10 bottles of Normal MP potions? What’d you think?”
Noticing that Su Chen had purchased several Greater MP potions, 100 of them at that, Li Ruoyan had a sneaking suspicion that Su Chen was a young master of a studio who was personally replenishing their studio’s goods.
Su Chen nodded casually at the offer. He handed 7,500 Gold Coins in exchange for his wine and potions.
“Oh right, I’ve also taken the liberty to add you as a friend. Please accept.”
“After all, I’ll be able to send anything you need via the marketplace in the future. Don’t worry about the listing fees and transaction fees, I’ll take care of it for you.”
“As for the quality, you can rest assured.”
Seeing that Su Chen was ready to leave after the transaction, Li Ruoyan immediately sent him a friend request.
Su Chen gave the request some thought. After all, it was indeed more convenient if he could trade directly instead of making his way over. Plus, from what he could see, the quality of the goods were also top notch. In the end, he accepted the request.
After purchasing the potions and fine wine, all that was left to restock were the materials needed for his forging. After asking around, Su Chen learned that the materials could be found in the shops at the end of the Trading Alley.
“Alright, transaction complete.”
The shop owner with the ID of Qin Muxue stated. She exuded an elegant but frigid aura, and her tone of speech was especially cold.
Just as Su Chen was about to leave, however…
He suddenly saw Qin Muxue, who was of the [ Bowman ] class, painting some sort of purple liquid onto her longbow. She seemed to be enchanting her bow based on a diagram she was holding.
Beside her were seven or eight broken longbows.
Su Chen looked on curiously, as he had never seen the enchantment process before.
Throughout all the articles Su Chen had read, he had never heard about enchanting an item by painting on it.
However, this enchantment method had given him a flare of inspiration. It made him want to develop new enchantment methods that strayed from the norm.
This confidence came from nothing other than the fact that he would eventually have a 100% enchantment success rate in the future.
Even though not all materials will give rise to powerful enchantments, Su Chen was certain that he would eventually strike gold. Should that happen, he will then note down the method and sell it as blueprints of his own.
While all these thoughts were running wild in his mind, Su Chen stood still in the shop.
Naturally, Qin Muxue was aware of his presence. However, copying the designs on the diagram required stability and calmness.
Finally, after several minutes had passed, Qin Muxue finally finished her copying.
She then used her [ Heavenly Creation ] skill to cast the enchantment.
Snap!
Su Chen personally watched as the white rank longbow shattered before him.
The enchantment had failed.
Qin Muxue, who had a cold and elegant temperament, did not utter a single word. Moreover, she did not seem to be embarrassed at her failure either.
She then tossed the broken bow aside and put away the enchantment tools, including the bottle that contained the dark purple liquid.
“Are you trying to develop a new enchantment blueprint by yourself?”
Seeing that she was done with her work, Su Chen immediately asked her.
Qin Muxue looked at him with a calm expression and nodded.
“I wouldn’t call it development. I’m just trying things out.”
“The purple liquid just now was a blend of poison from several sources. The enchantment I was trying to pull off earlier was to make all of the bow’s attacks, be they from normal shots or skills, to be imbued with the poison effect. “
Within the trading alley.
Plenty of shops were set up along the streets.
Essentially, the trading alley was a gathering place for players who focused solely on their lifestyle classes.
The shops were available for rent, but there were also some players who forked the cash to buy the shops outright.
The shops located on the east side of the trading alley had belonged to NPCs, whereas the shops on the west were usually player-owned.
Based on the list of materials written within the blueprints, Su Chen first purchased hundreds of kilograms of fine iron from an NPC ironsmith. Following that, he then visited some of the neighboring shops to look for Crescent Stones. However, after a couple failed attempts, Su Chen gave up on the NPC shops and headed to the player-owned ones instead.
To Su Chen’s surprise, before he could even spot any shops that sold his required materials, he had already located the liquor store that sold effect-imbuing liquor.
The plaque outside the shop had the words ‘Blue Luan’ written on them.
Su Chen walked in.
The shop was not particularly large, and a level 21 player of the subclass [ Alchemist ] was pouring all sorts of materials into a cauldron. He seemed to be preparing a new batch of potions.
On the shelf behind him, a large assortment of HP and MP potions, as well as liquor could be found.
“You looking for HP potions, MP potions, or liquor?”
Spotting Su Chen, who was fully decked out in green rank equipment, the eyes of the man with the ID Li Ruoyan lit up.
After stabilizing the concoction that was brewing in the cauldron, he immediately walked to the counter and respectfully handed a list to Su Chen.
The list read:
[ Lesser HP Potion: Recovers 50 HP within 5 seconds after consumption. Price: 2 Gold Coins ]
[ Normal HP Potion: Recovers 100 HP within 5 seconds after consumption. Price: 5 Gold Coins ]
[ Greater HP Potion: Recovers 200 HP within 5 seconds after consumption. Price: 10 Gold Coins ]
The details of the MP potions were similar to the HP potions, with the exception that they recovered MP instead of HP.
Su Chen felt that Li Ruoyan had already reached the Advanced rank of the [ Alchemist ] subclass, and he felt that she should be close to becoming a Grandmaster.
The description of the liquor could be found at the bottom of the list.
[ Lesser Fine Wine: Recovers 10 stamina points after drinking, rough taste, Price: 10 Gold Coins ]
[ Normal Fine Wine: Recovers 20 stamina points after drinking, average taste, Price: 20 Gold Coins ]
[ Greater Fine Wine: Recovers 30 stamina points after drinking, mellow taste, Price: 50 Gold Coins ]
[ Special Effect: recovers 50 HP and 20 MP within 1 minute after consumption. ]
[ Exquisite wine: Recovers 50 stamina points after drinking, rich and mellow taste, Price: 100 Gold Coins ]
[ Additional effect: Increases Elemental Power by 20 points after consumption. Lasts for 5 minutes. Effects only stack twice on multiple consumption ]
As he browsed through the list. a flash of surprise could be seen in Su Chen’s eyes as he read the last two types of liquor.
After all, in the items available in online markets were usually only equipment of all tiers as well as low-quality potions.
The former were items that could make large profits, whereas the latter were items that were most in demand.
Items such as materials and high-quality potions were usually not found in the markets. After all, there was a cost associated with each listing in the market, and thus, players usually preferred to sell those products in trading alleys than to list them in the marketplace.
Despite taking his sweet time to browse through the items, the middle-aged shopkeeper, Li Ruoyan seemed to be in no hurry as well. He did not pressure Su Chen to act, and he had only tended to his concoction patiently.
After all, level 13 players who were fully equipped with green rank equipment were quite a rarity amongst players. After all, according to usual standards, the money that they had made until this point would was insufficient to afford such an expenditure.
“10 bottles of [ Greater HP Potion ] as well as 100 bottles of [ Greater MP potion ] please.”
” Also, I’d like 10 bottles of [ Greater Fine Wine ] and 20 bottles of [ Exquisite Wine ].”
Thinking about his usual needs in battle, Su Chen decided to put greater emphasis in procuring MP potions.
The moment Su Chen made his order…
The reserved smile on Li Ruoyan’s face turned into shock in an instant.
“Yo! Alright, that’ll cost you a total of 7,600 Gold Coins.”
“Hmm, how about I give you a discount of 100 Gold Coins, and I’ll even throw in 10 bottles of Normal MP potions? What’d you think?”
Noticing that Su Chen had purchased several Greater MP potions, 100 of them at that, Li Ruoyan had a sneaking suspicion that Su Chen was a young master of a studio who was personally replenishing their studio’s goods.
Su Chen nodded casually at the offer. He handed 7,500 Gold Coins in exchange for his wine and potions.
“Oh right, I’ve also taken the liberty to add you as a friend. Please accept.”
“After all, I’ll be able to send anything you need via the marketplace in the future. Don’t worry about the listing fees and transaction fees, I’ll take care of it for you.”
“As for the quality, you can rest assured.”
Seeing that Su Chen was ready to leave after the transaction, Li Ruoyan immediately sent him a friend request.
Su Chen gave the request some thought. After all, it was indeed more convenient if he could trade directly instead of making his way over. Plus, from what he could see, the quality of the goods were also top notch. In the end, he accepted the request.
After purchasing the potions and fine wine, all that was left to restock were the materials needed for his forging. After asking around, Su Chen learned that the materials could be found in the shops at the end of the Trading Alley.
“Alright, transaction complete.”
The shop owner with the ID of Qin Muxue stated. She exuded an elegant but frigid aura, and her tone of speech was especially cold.
Just as Su Chen was about to leave, however…
He suddenly saw Qin Muxue, who was of the [ Bowman ] class, painting some sort of purple liquid onto her longbow. She seemed to be enchanting her bow based on a diagram she was holding.
Beside her were seven or eight broken longbows.
Su Chen looked on curiously, as he had never seen the enchantment process before.
Throughout all the articles Su Chen had read, he had never heard about enchanting an item by painting on it.
However, this enchantment method had given him a flare of inspiration. It made him want to develop new enchantment methods that strayed from the norm.
This confidence came from nothing other than the fact that he would eventually have a 100% enchantment success rate in the future.
Even though not all materials will give rise to powerful enchantments, Su Chen was certain that he would eventually strike gold. Should that happen, he will then note down the method and sell it as blueprints of his own.
While all these thoughts were running wild in his mind, Su Chen stood still in the shop.
Naturally, Qin Muxue was aware of his presence. However, copying the designs on the diagram required stability and calmness.
Finally, after several minutes had passed, Qin Muxue finally finished her copying.
She then used her [ Heavenly Creation ] skill to begin the enchantment process.
Snap!
Su Chen watched as the white rank longbow shattered before his eyes.
The enchantment had failed.
Qin Muxue, who had a cold and elegant temperament, did not utter a single complaint. She did not seem particularly embarrassed by her failure either.
With that, she then threw the broken bow aside and put away her enchantment tools.
“Are you trying to develop a new enchantment blueprint by yourself?”
Seeing that she was done with her work, Su Chen immediately asked.
Qin Muxue looked at him with a calm expression and nodded.
“I wouldn’t call it development. I’m just testing things out.”
“The purple liquid earlier was a blend of poison from various sources. My goal was to create an enchantment that would allow all bow attacks, be they from normal arrows or from skills, to be imbued with the poison effect.”
Su Chen did not expect that she would be this frank with him.
Qin Muxue’s idea sounded like a great experiment for Su Chen. Should Qin Muxue finally get down the formula, Su Chen could then use his 100% success rate to enchant his equipment with said effect.
“Sounds like a great idea. I hope you succeed. If you do, we might get the chance to work together in the future.”
Upon hearing this, Qin Muxue did not think that Su Chen, who was only a beginner [ Heavenly Craftsman ] , was worthy of her cooperation. She simply nodded and said, “Okay.”
With that, Su Chen then made his way to the quest pavilion in Fengwu Town.
As he made his way there, all sorts of enchantment ideas came to his mind. His thoughts wandered back to his time in his previous world, where he had seen various strange but useful items.
The end goal was not to simply just sell blueprints. After all, the enchanted equipment would undoubtedly increase his combat prowess. Who knew, perhaps with the effects of his enchantment, his green rank equipment would be able to compete against orange rank ones.
While Su Chen’s thoughts were churning…
A line of golden text appeared in his field of vision.
[ There exists a quest in a mercenary board located on the southwest, which would reward you with a Map Fragment for the Guardian event, ]
Su Chen immediately stopped in his tracks.
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