Heading to the auction house to get some gear for the little rogue.
Suddenly, I received a message from Jian Zhi Cang Tian.
Jian Zhi Cang Tian: "Brother Tian, you're finally online! Where are you now?"
Chu Tian replied: "At home. Don't worry, I'm fine. I entered a special map and got locked in."
He knew that all systems must have been disabled when he entered the special map. External calls couldn't get through either. Zhao Lei and the others must have thought he had left. As soon as he teleported back, he received messages about dozens of missed calls.
Jian Zhi Cang Tian: "Oh! Brother Tian, while you were gone these past few days, we took down Tian Ya Kuang Dao!"
"Oh?..." Chu Tian asked curiously.
Jian Zhi Cang Tian enthusiastically recounted the whole affair. Chu Tian was amused; that cursed lingering effect from Yi Zhi Rou Rou was truly disgusting.
"By the way, you guys, come to the guild headquarters later. I've gotten a lot of advanced advancement skill books."
"Okay."
After ending the conversation, Chu Tian went to the auction house and bought some equipment for his clone rogue. Then, he withdrew the auction house earnings from the past few days, which amounted to a hefty nine hundred gold coins. This was the combined income from the auction houses of the three main cities. The auction houses of the three main cities were now officially operational. Equipment from the three main cities could now be officially traded through the auction house. If one listed an item at any auction house, it would appear in the auction lists of the other two. After purchase, the system would send the item to the buyer via mail. Of course, this inter-city trading was only limited to the same chain of auction houses. Other shops could not inter-trade goods. However, after the chain was established, all earned money and funds from all shops could be managed from the console of any single shop.
Now, his shops had sufficient operating capital. In just three to four days, the net profit remaining was over three thousand gold coins. Employee salaries would be calculated by the system according to the contract signed during recruitment and paid on time. The share taken by Lord Luo of Sheng Jing City also didn't require Chu Tian's attention. This was much simpler than running a shop in reality.
After finishing his tasks, he took out the reinforcement stones he had just purchased from the auction house and reinforced the Scorching Necklace to +30 in one go. Chu Tian's attributes increased once more. After some thought, he went to the auction house again and bought a batch of reinforcement stones. He took out the equipment he bought for the little rogue and reinforced all of it to +30. The equipment he prepared for the little rogue ranged from basic iron to silver grade. All of it was suitable for levels seventeen or eighteen. He didn't care about the attributes; he just grabbed whatever was cheap and available at the current location. During reinforcement, he just threw everything onto the anvil without any regard. It was all due to his capabilities. High reinforcement to level thirty gave ten times the base attack or defense of the equipment, plus the base attribute values. Even trash equipment would become top-tier.
After preparing the equipment for the rogue, Chu Tian expanded its backpack. He restocked potions and other items; essentially, he gave it a full set of everything his main character had.
Suddenly, Chu Tian wondered if the "Wishful Treasure Box" would be dropped if the clone held it. The Wishful Treasure Box stated: "Must be dropped upon death, cannot be traded, cannot be stored, cannot be destroyed." The clone's attribute stated that no items would be dropped upon death. If it didn't drop upon death, it would essentially bind the Wishful Treasure Box to the clone. That way, he wouldn't have to be so cautious and afraid of dying, preventing him from taking risks. After its weakened period passed, he would find a place to test it. If it worked, it would be truly wonderful.
After equipping the clone, he left it idle. Chu Tian headed to the guild headquarters. By the time he arrived, Heng Dao, Jian Zhi Cang Tian, Sheng Guang Hu You Zhe Ni, and Yi Zhi Rou Rou were already waiting for him.
Without a word, Chu Tian took out a pile of skill books and generously threw them onto the table. "Here, choose your own!"
The four of them, even though they weren't inexperienced, showed expressions of shock at the pile of skill books on the table.
Warrior's advanced skills: [Divine Descent], [Blade Storm], [Powerful Counter], [Rage Control], [Explosive Lightning]... and many more, almost everything.
Jian Zhi Cang Tian almost drooled. He reached out and snatched [Divine Descent]. Before anyone else could speak, he clapped his hands, and the skill book dissolved into an ethereal mist in his hands. He learned it immediately.
"...Lei Zi, what are you doing?" Sheng Guang Hu You Zhe Ni looked at him with disdain.
"What's wrong?" Jian Zhi Cang Tian asked, puzzled.
"What's wrong? Do you know the price of [Divine Descent]? One [Divine Descent] can make a professional warrior player sell themselves to us through contract. And you just learned it like that? You're so generous!"
"I've noticed that ever since you became the MT, you've become like some ill-mannered bull!"
"These three books are good..." He grabbed three Paladin skill books: [Seraph], [Divine Storm], and [Advancement: Conquest (Divine Storm)]. He clapped his hands, and the three skill books turned into an ethereal mist in his hands.
Sheng Guang Hu You Zhe Ni continued his barrage of accusations, making Jian Zhi Cang Tian's eyes bulge. He was clearly stifled, especially by the last sentence about the ill-mannered bull, which angered him greatly. Then, he actually grabbed two skill books worth no less than [Divine Descent], including an advancement skill for [Divine Storm]. These two were a set, but the advancement skill was several times more expensive than the advanced skill book.
"You... you... shameless!" Jian Zhi Cang Tian was so angry his lips trembled, and he could barely speak coherently. Even Chu Tian had a strange expression; when did Jing Kai Yu become so shameless?
Heng Dao rubbed his nose. He clearly wanted to laugh but was holding it back. "Lei Zi, it's not that Xiao Liu is wrong about you. You actually learned a skill for an output class. Truly... truly shameless."
As he spoke, he reached out, picked up a [Divine Hymn], and learned it. Heng Dao's words left Jian Zhi Cang Tian speechless, and he stammered for a long time. Yi Zhi Rou Rou walked up and grabbed [Void Portal]. He then turned to look at Jian Zhi Cang Tian and opened his mouth. Seeing his posture, Jian Zhi Cang Tian panicked.
"Don't talk. You have no right to criticize me. You're always the one who pulls aggro."
"You group of heartless beings, you don't control your hate, and when you pull aggro, you blame the tank."
"Is it wrong for me to take a skill that increases damage and also increases aggro?"
Seeing him fly into a rage, Yi Zhi Rou Rou shrugged and said calmly, "If I pull aggro, shouldn't the tank be blamed? I have high output, so it's my fault?"
"You... fine!" Jian Zhi Cang Tian then grabbed [Blade Storm], [Powerful Counter], [Rage Control], [Explosive Lightning]... He learned all the Warrior skill books. The other three were not to be outdone; they picked up skill books for their respective classes and learned them all without even looking, as long as they hadn't learned them before.
Chu Tian looked at this lively bunch and then at the skill books on the table. Warrior, Warlock, Paladin, Priest. Almost no skill books were left for the four classes.