“Oh, it’s you?” Ye Xiu had come over after looking at the stall’s sign, not paying attention to the name of the player running the stall. He took a look now: Blue Brook Guild, Xizhou.

“My name is Xizhou, and I’m from the Blue Brook Guild.” Xizhou introduced himself casually. Actually, he had met Lord Grim quite early on, but due to his class as a Cleric, he was eliminated from the dungeon party right from the start by Lord Grim. There hadn’t been much interaction between them, so he wasn’t surprised that Lord Grim had forgotten him.

“Oh, it’s you,” Ye Xiu said with a smile. “Selling to you guys again isn’t bad either. What’s the use of money? Rare materials are forever, everything lasts forever!”

Xizhou chuckled when he heard this. This saying had been around for a long time, but few people mentioned it anymore. New players basically didn’t know it. Being able to say this off the cuff meant that one had at least five years of Glory experience.

Having a long gaming history didn’t necessarily mean one was a pro player. In fact, there were many dedicated players who had been playing Glory for years, especially many experts. Unlike pro players, who had some talent regardless of their skill level, most ordinary players were mediocre. If they wanted to reach a certain level, they could only accumulate experience and hone their skills over time, which wasn’t easy.

Xizhou was such a player, having played Glory for at least seven years. That was more than many current pro players. And Xizhou believed that this Lord Grim was an old bird who was no less skilled than himself.

Two people who knew Glory inside and out saved a lot of trouble when doing business. In any case, neither could take advantage of the other.

“Tough Spider Silk, 40 silver coins each,” Xizhou said without further ado.

“Don’t mess around, it should be 1 gold coin each,” Ye Xiu said.

“That’s the price in the Heavenly Domain, and that’s the retail price. This is a new server, and I’m buying in bulk,” Xizhou said calmly.

“In front of us old-timers, the new server is nothing. We have to do things according to our old-timers’ ways. I’ll give you a bulk price, 80 silver coins each,” Ye Xiu said.

“I can buy it for 40 silver coins, why would I buy it for 80?” Xizhou said.

“That’s just now. Sooner or later, you’ll have to pay 80 silver coins to get it. Just think of it as time travel,” Ye Xiu said.

“You should come back to reality. This is a new server,” Xizhou laughed. Clearly, he was a very calm and meticulous person. Lord Grim’s strength had not affected his judgment in the slightest, and he didn’t budge an inch.

Ye Xiu was helpless and had to ask again, “If Tough Spider Silk is 40 silver coins, then what about Abrasive Stone?” This item was much more valuable than Tough Spider Silk. It was an item dropped by the hidden boss of the First Lair dungeon. There were only three chances to enter the dungeon each day, not to mention the chance of encountering the hidden boss. They had cleared the dungeon three times yesterday and hadn’t encountered it even once.

“20 gold coins,” Xizhou said.

“It should be around 35.”

“New server, new server,” Xizhou emphasized.

“30! 20 is too disrespectful to an old man like me,” Ye Xiu said.

“Hehe, how many do you have?” Xizhou asked.

“If it’s 30, I’ll give you ten first!” Ye Xiu said.

“Ten… ten?” Xizhou was taken aback. It was precisely because of his meticulousness and composure that he immediately felt it was somewhat unbelievable for a player who had just reached level 30 to have picked up ten Abrasive Stones. This was an item dropped only by the designated hidden boss. Although the drop rate was quite high, the rarity of rare materials wasn’t in the drop rate, but in the hidden boss’s spawn rate. Taking that into account, rare materials deserved the title “rare.”

Lord Grim had only reached level 30 yesterday, which was something the Blue Brook Guild had been paying attention to. Adding up the two days, he could have been to the First Lair dungeon at most six times. Even if he encountered the hidden boss every time, and it happened to be the same hidden boss each time, he might not have been able to get as many as ten. The probability of this happening wasn’t zero, but it was infinitely close to it.

“What do you think?” Ye Xiu asked.

“How do you have so many Abrasive Stones?” Xizhou couldn’t figure it out. It was impossible to get them by grinding himself. If he bought them, it would be too unwise to trade with people who were also buying them. An experienced old-timer wouldn’t be so mindless. Besides that, Xizhou could only think of things like killing and looting.

“Is 10 too many?” Ye Xiu asked with a smile.

“You have more?” Xizhou was surprised.

“I have a lot. To be honest, it might not be much less than what’s in your Blue Brook Guild’s warehouse,” Ye Xiu said.

“How is that possible…” Xizhou was still skeptical. “How did you get them?”

“Then don’t worry about it. Just tell me if you want them or not!” Ye Xiu said.

For a moment, Xizhou couldn’t answer. Although he had given a price for Abrasive Stones, they weren’t included in his purchase plan. At this time, those who had this item were all high-level players, and a considerable portion of them were from big guilds like theirs. Big guilds would only collect materials and use materials. They basically wouldn’t sell them. It wasn’t time to buy Abrasive Stones yet.

Now, Lord Grim suddenly asked about it. Xizhou thought that a level 30 player would only have one or two at most due to luck, so he didn’t pay much attention to it. Who knew that this Lord Grim was bottomless? He immediately offered ten. This number was impossible to have at the moment, except for guilds with club backgrounds like theirs. Moreover, according to what Lord Grim meant, he had more than just these ten.

“How many do you have in total?” Xizhou asked. He hadn’t included this item in his plan because he thought he couldn’t get it, but he would eventually have to buy it. Now that he saw someone offering it, he didn’t want to miss it.

“Thirty or forty, I guess!” Ye Xiu said.

Xizhou almost fell off his chair. If this guy really had that many, he would really be on par with their Blue Brook Guild. Xizhou had checked the guild warehouse before coming out to buy materials and remembered that there were only forty-something Abrasive Stones.

“25 gold coins! I’ll take them all,” Xizhou said. He wouldn’t be able to encounter such a large purchase again in the future. Private individuals simply couldn’t collect so many rare materials.

“I didn’t say I was selling them all, did I? I’ll just sell 10. Take 300 gold coins!” Ye Xiu said.

“25!” Xizhou didn’t care about selling them all or just 10. He would buy as many as he could.

“Then I’ll offer 29, you offer 26, I offer 28, you offer 27, and finally we settle at 27.5, 275 gold coins? What kind of big guild is it that you’re short 25 gold coins? Aren’t you embarrassed? 300!” Ye Xiu said.

“That’s not how you calculate it,” Xizhou said.

“You’re really calm,” Ye Xiu said.

“Hehe, 25 gold coins is a very fair price!” Xizhou said.

“You were the one who didn’t want it!” Ye Xiu said. Lord Grim suddenly stood next to Xizhou.

“What are you doing?” Xizhou couldn’t help but panic. He had always suspected where Lord Grim got so many materials. It definitely couldn’t be from grinding dungeons. Xizhou ultimately thought of blocking the dungeon entrance to kill people and steal their goods. But to be able to get so much, it should have caused a huge uproar. Xizhou went to the First Lair dungeon every day, but he had never heard of it…

Could it be a rogue plug-in that could steal everything on your body as soon as you got close? Old players were experienced and had many ideas. Glory hadn’t had plug-ins for many years, but Xizhou still recalled some early plug-ins that forced trades and robbed people.

But after Lord Grim stood next to him, he immediately made a move and also set up a stall, while saying, “I can sell 30 gold coins each very quickly if I sell them individually. I’m giving you a discount, and you still don’t want it.”

After saying that, Lord Grim’s stall was already set up. Ten Abrasive Stones were placed on it, each with a price of 30 gold coins.

Xizhou was immediately stunned. In online games, things often had a purchase price and a retail price. The purchase price was lower, but for the seller, it was a stable sales channel. When they wanted to sell, they could easily find someone to sell the item to. As for retail, the price was higher, and only players who really needed it would come to buy it. It was hard to say whether it could be sold and how long it would take to sell. It required patience. For people who urgently needed money, they obviously couldn’t wait to do retail.

The current Lord Grim was doing retail. In the Heavenly Domain, the price of rare materials was stable. Abrasive Stone was generally 35-40 gold coins, and the purchase price was around 30 gold coins. Ye Xiu insisted on 30 gold coins and wouldn’t budge, which meant he wanted Xizhou to time travel to the old server with him. As a result, Xizhou calmly refused, so he simply set up a stall and started retailing.

30 gold coins was a retail price for the new server, a retail price that required patience. But one thing to note was that in the tenth server, almost no one was selling Abrasive Stones right now. The big guilds that controlled this resource mostly wouldn’t use it to make money. Thus, Ye Xiu benefited. He was now like a player at the forefront of levels, exclusively obtaining some high-level materials, so he could sell as much as he wanted. Moreover, he wasn’t monopolizing the market, just setting a market price of 30 gold coins.

“Let me think, at level 30, which equipment blueprints might use Abrasive Stone?” Ye Xiu muttered as if talking to himself.

“That’s right, the Essence Spirit Staff, isn’t it? This weapon has bonus damage against spirit-type enemies. It’s quite practical. The dungeon only drops the blueprint, so you have to have Abrasive Stone to make it.”

“Oh, and the Etched Pattern Cross, a light-attribute weapon. If a Cleric uses it, light-element skills get a bonus. You can only craft it yourself using the blueprint you get from drops. You should know that, right? Ah? Cleric,” Ye Xiu said.

“Oh, seeing that Berserker reminds me, the Cleaving Rock Sword also needs Abrasive Stone! Yo, he’s coming over. He’s going to buy it, right! Oh no, it’s a katana Berserker. What a pity. Cleaving Rock Sword, Cleaving Rock Sword, if you bought my Abrasive Stone, you could make a Cleaving Rock Sword,” Ye Xiu mumbled.

The calm Xizhou was finally a little uncalm. These weapons were indeed purple weapons that only dropped blueprints in dungeons. They needed to collect materials and have players with related life skills craft them. Abrasive Stone was one of the crafting materials. 30 gold coins was nothing. People who were willing to make purple weapons would definitely buy it without hesitation, right?

Just as he was thinking, he saw a player approaching, “Oh, they’re selling Abrasive Stone here!”

“No, I bought it all already,” Xizhou said quickly.

Chapter 2 Second update is here. Today’s output is really powerful! As expected of someone with a critical hit aura. Hahaha, thank you everyone. More chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!)