Chapter 1 Although Failure is Possible

Although failure was something Shi Feng could afford, nobody wanted to throw money down the drain, causing him some slight nervousness.

After Shi Feng clicked to view the data, the words "Detecting..." appeared on the armor's display screen.

The red progress bar gradually began to increase, as the system determined the equipment's data.

After 3 seconds, the system finished reading and displayed the armor's data.

Guardian Armor, Bronze ranked plate armor, equipment requirement 10 Strength, equipment level 3, Defense +22, Strength +2, Endurance +3, HP +150, Durability 35/35, Attached Ability: Defense Power, reduces damage taken by 3%, restricted to the Shield Warrior and Guardian Knight classes.

System: Guardian Armor successfully forged, increases Forging Proficiency by 2 points, gains 800 experience points.

"Excellent, it even has Defense Power." Shi Feng was very happy looking at the attached ability.

He hadn't expected to succeed on his first attempt at forging bronze equipment. The experience gained was so high. No wonder so many forging masters in his previous life didn't bother hunting monsters, yet still had high levels. This Guardian Armor not only met the basic attribute data standards, but also had an attached ability.

Originally, the Guardian Armor didn't have Defense Power. However, the forger had performed exceptionally well during the forging process, coupled with the presence of a strange fire, which created the possibility of an attached ability, further increasing the value of the equipment.

Shi Feng carefully examined the Guardian Armor. The silver-gray metallic texture and stylish design were unmatched by ordinary bronze equipment. He was very satisfied with this piece.

Currently, ordinary equipment was still the mainstream among players. Even later, when players reached levels five or six, it wouldn't be strange to see them wearing a full set of ordinary equipment. After all, bronze equipment was too difficult to obtain. Even the high-level players in elite teams would be happy to have one or two pieces of bronze equipment.

If he were to sell a Guardian Armor that both Shield Warriors and Guardian Knights could wear, it would definitely be welcomed by elite teams. After all, the quality of a main tank’s equipment could make dungeon runs much easier. Even if Shi Feng priced it at 4 silver coins, these teams would buy it without hesitation.

As for a Guardian Armor with Defense Power, the improvement for the main tank was self-evident. Shi Feng wouldn't sell it for less than 5 silver coins.

With the experience of his first successful forging, Shi Feng continued to forge Guardian Armor.

However, this time Shi Feng took out Hundred Refined Steel, wanting to know what kind of equipment would be created using Hundred Refined Steel.

In less than ten minutes, the second Guardian Armor was formed.

However, the color was different from the previous Guardian Armor. It was dark black, not silver-gray.

After a three-second system detection, the data was displayed again.

Guardian Heavy Armor, Bronze ranked plate armor, equipment requirement 14 Strength, equipment level 3, Defense +25, Strength +2, Endurance +4, HP +150, Durability 40/40, Attached Ability: Defense Power, reduces damage taken by 5%, restricted to the Shield Warrior and Guardian Knight classes.

System: Guardian Heavy Armor successfully forged, increases Forging Proficiency by 2 points, gains 1000 experience points.

System: Due to the Forging Genius talent, you have gained an additional 2 points of Forging Proficiency.

Shi Feng had already forgotten about the additional proficiency gained from the forging talent. He stared intently at the Guardian Heavy Armor. Such attributes were comparable to level 3 Mysterious-Iron equipment, and its price was at least 10 silver coins or more.

He hadn't expected such a big change after adding Hundred Refined Steel. He had to admit that the things given by the forging master were extraordinary. It was a pity that only nine pieces of Hundred Refined Steel remained.

With Hundred Refined Steel having such an effect, Shi Feng naturally wouldn't use it randomly, saving it for forging other good equipment in the future.

Two hours passed quickly. Shi Feng continuously forged Guardian Armor, obtaining a total of twenty-three pieces of Guardian Armor, but four had failed.

However, Shi Feng was already very satisfied. The loss of the four Guardian Armor pieces could be recovered with just one successfully forged Guardian Armor.

At the same time, Shi Feng's level also increased to 3. Now he wasn't too far behind those high-level players, and his Forging Proficiency increased to 44 points. This rate of improvement was more than four or five times faster than those forging players in the guild.

Afterward, Shi Feng left the intermediate forging room and came to the auction house.

He directly put the eleven Guardian Armor pieces without Defense Power up for auction, with a starting price of 4 silver coins. As for the Guardian Armor with Defense Power and the Guardian Heavy Armor, he would keep them for now, letting those guilds and elite teams taste the benefits first, so that the remaining Guardian Armor could sell for a better price.

Afterward, Shi Feng set up a stall in the trade area. Just a simple shout attracted a large number of players who came to sell stone and magic essence. After collecting stone and magic essence for half an hour, Shi Feng looked at the time. God's Domain was approaching night. Monsters would become much stronger at night, and the difficulty of killing monsters would increase exponentially, making it unsuitable for leveling. Moreover, he should rest.

He was still using a virtual helmet, not a virtual rest cabin, which could provide the body with the necessary energy and nutrients at any time, and stimulate the muscles throughout the body, so as not to cause physical weakness due to playing God's Domain for a long time.

Shi Feng casually swiped and tapped, bringing up the system interface, and chose to log off.

At this time, inside the small rented room, the sunlight had already shone through the window and onto the room, and the indoor temperature began to rise.

Shi Feng took off the virtual helmet, sat up slightly, and stretched.

More than ten hours of inactivity, lying in bed all the time, had made his body numb, and he had to move around properly.

Shi Feng began to do basic exercises such as push-ups and sit-ups.

In today's highly materialized world, physical exercise was an indispensable part of life.

Decades ago, many scientists had achieved great success in projects to continuously study body strengthening and life extension, allowing all of humanity to maintain youthfulness for longer, and even raising the world's average lifespan to one hundred years, while pointing out the necessity of physical exercise.

So the era of national fitness had arrived.

Today's society places a great deal of attention on sports competitions and fighting tournaments.

There are many sports clubs and martial arts clubs in universities that are very popular among students.

In today's society, anyone who doesn't have some skills will be looked down upon. Sports stars and martial arts masters are highly respected. As for those sports scholarship students and students who often participate in Sanda (Chinese kickboxing) competitions in universities, they are never short of beautiful women surrounding them. As for the pretty-boy era of hundreds of years ago, it is no longer popular.

In his previous life, Shi Feng didn't pay attention to his body and almost ruined it. By the time he wanted to exercise, he was already quite old, and even with desperate exercise, the effect wasn't great.

In this life, Shi Feng naturally wouldn't be like before, only caring about God's Domain and not paying attention to physical exercise.

After exercising for half an hour, Shi Feng, covered in sweat, took a shower, and was just about to eat the instant noodles he had prepared when the phone rang.

Shi Feng looked at the contact person, and it was actually the female class monitor, Zhao Ruoxi, whom he hadn't spoken to much.

"Class monitor, is there anything I can help you with?" Shi Feng asked after answering the phone.

In his memory, apart from class, he had never had contact with the female class monitor. In the four years, he hadn't said even a hundred words to her.

"Shi Feng, please come to school quickly. Because you weren't in the male dorm, you weren't notified. I'm telling you now, there's an important announcement at 11 o'clock in classroom 401 of Building 3."

Shi Feng looked at the electronic alarm clock on the table, it was already 10:30, and agreed, "Okay, I'll go right away."