Checking the time, Zhang Pingfan had calculated it. Bosses refreshed once every 24 hours, and by now, the bosses in the other three main cities should have mostly respawned.
Moreover, the spawn locations of bosses never changed, so as long as Zhang Pingfan remembered the times and locations, he could farm bosses indefinitely.
Although it was somewhat unethical for an NPC to openly compete with players for resources, Zhang Pingfan was a player himself, so he felt no guilt.
Thus, Zhang Pingfan, hefting his greatsword, set out once more.
Just like yesterday, Zhang Pingfan started by farming the level 30 epic bosses in Pingfan Town.
One after another, news of his boss kills appeared on the channel. It seemed players had become desensitized; killing bosses was no longer a surprising event for them.
"Hey, do you think the village chief can get guild tokens today?"
"I doubt it. Judging by the current drop rate of guild tokens, it's impossible for them to drop this early!"
"Yesterday, the three major guilds fought for several bosses, paying a heavy price, and only managed to get a few pieces of equipment. No guild tokens dropped either!"
"Yeah, I heard from my cousin that because the cost was too high, they don't plan to farm bosses for now. They'll wait until they reach level 28 or higher before organizing people to go!"
"Level 28? That means waiting a few more days?"
"Yeah, but have you noticed something? The players in Pingfan Town have generally high levels!"
"Huh, I almost forgot. Weren't the players in Pingfan Town building the town? How are their levels still increasing?"
"You don't know that, do you? While they're building Pingfan Town, they gain a fixed amount of experience every minute, and this fixed experience is even more than from fighting monsters!"
"No way, I was wondering how they were still leveling up without grinding. This village chief's quests are really overpowered!"
"More than overpowered. Otherwise, why would so many people want to go to Pingfan Town?"
Meanwhile, Zhang Pingfan had cleared all the bosses in Pingfan Town, but still no sign of a guild token.
However, this was within Zhang Pingfan's expectations, as the system lady had said the drop rate for guild tokens was indeed quite low.
Zhang Pingfan pinned his hopes on the bosses in the three main cities.
As a result, after an hour, Zhang Pingfan had slain all the bosses in the three main cities.
Aside from some equipment, he got nothing.
"Damn, what a drop rate. Another day with no gains, and the equipment quality isn't high either. Has the drop rate been reduced? I remember bosses dropping good equipment before. The best I got from this whole circuit was Emerald grade!"
Zhang Pingfan grumbled, but what could he do? He could only wait for tomorrow.
When the players saw that no more news of boss kills appeared, they knew that Zhang Pingfan had likely returned empty-handed this time.
"Pay up, pay up! I told you the village chief would return empty-handed today!"
"Pay what? Go cool off. You say the village chief killed so many bosses, he must have a lot of equipment. He's not that greedy to keep it all to himself, is he?"
Zhang Pingfan wouldn't hoard it, but the equipment was too high-level for players below level 30 to use.
When Zhang Pingfan returned to Pingfan Town, he dumped all the equipment he had acquired into his equipment shop.
At the adjacent pharmacy, Zhang Pingfan collected the accounts once a day. Aside from the Yin Yang Pills, all other elixirs sold out daily.
Even though Zhang Pingfan knew that these players were likely reselling them, he couldn't do anything about it. If the price was too high, it was better to sell them at the current rate.
After all, one elixir cost one gold coin, and one gold coin was 10,000. There weren't that many rich people in the world.
In a while, the market would likely be saturated.
Before the market saturated, Zhang Pingfan should have no problem earning a few thousand gold coins.
Looking at the pile of equipment before him, the system-provided retail prices soon appeared.
For a level 30 golden equipment, the system provided a retail price of only one gold coin.
Zhang Pingfan casually changed it to five gold coins.
For a level 30 emerald equipment, the system's retail price was five gold coins, and Zhang Pingfan casually set it to twenty gold coins.
However, in the middle of this, Zhang Pingfan picked out the best set of mage equipment and set it aside.
Dou Youyou was already level 30, and this set of equipment was perfect for her.
Besides two golden pieces, the rest were mostly emerald, with one natural grade.
If this set of equipment were to be put on the market, it would likely make a lot of people envious.
"Ding! System prompt: Pingfan Town Equipment Shop product update complete. Players who need it can visit to purchase!"
Zhang Pingfan spent one gold coin to advertise his shop.
Of course, to prevent malicious reselling, each player could only buy two pieces of equipment from his shop at most!
The players who were expanding Pingfan Town were stunned. They had been in Pingfan Town for so long and only saw one pharmacy. When did an equipment shop appear?
"Let's go check it out!"
"It's probably the village chief again. He's killed a lot of bosses recently, so he probably has a lot of good stuff!"
"The village chief is still on our side, opening shops and a pharmacy in Pingfan Town. Otherwise, where would we get these privileges?"
Soon, players gathered in front of the equipment shop. The prices of the equipment made them gasp, but the variety of equipment delighted them.
"It's indeed the village chief's shop. It's a shame that each person can only buy two items, and these prices are beyond the reach of ordinary people!"
"Golden equipment is inherently beyond the reach of ordinary players. It's enough for us to assemble a set of blue equipment. As for golden equipment, let those tycoons fight for it!"
News that the Pingfan Town village chief had opened an equipment shop quickly spread to other players.
"What, the lowest grade is golden equipment?"
"Buy them all!"
"Requires level 30 or above to use? That's not a problem, buy them first!"
"Each person can only buy two items per day, and the quantity is limited. Isn't that stating the obvious? If you can buy two, buy two! Pick the ones with the best attributes. How much gold? I'll pay!"
Guild leaders eagerly instructed their members to snatch up the equipment.
Of course, besides them, some well-off players in Pingfan Town also managed to get one or two pieces for resale.
As for the guilds supported by major families, they were very unhappy because they had no channel to purchase them.
"Tomorrow, we'll go find that Dou Youyou. Opening an equipment shop only in Pingfan Town is deliberately making things difficult for us new players! Our major families lack nothing but money. If you open it in Pingfan Town, how can we go there? That's after level 30, how long will that take?"
"Yeah, the village chief's actions are indeed somewhat unfair. We'll talk to Dou Youyou tomorrow."