[Adventure Gale Sword Blueprint]
[A standard longsword imprinted with a basic wind element magic circle. The wind element's enhancement will make this sword lighter and more agile.]
[A good offensive weapon, classified as a beginner magic armament.]
[Learning blueprint requires 3 hours.]
Weapons!!!
Chen Yu's eyes lit up.
This was precisely what he needed most at the moment.
Although his sense of smell could offer some warnings, who could guarantee he would always be so lucky as to find a relatively safe path?
What if there were beasts in all directions, front, back, left, right, above, and below?
The crafting page did not display any weapon illustrations, only tools like a hand axe, pickaxe, and shovel. While they could technically be used as weapons, they were far from adequate.
He needed a proper weapon to defend himself.
It required three hours of learning time, which was close to the time needed to upgrade his survival base. He was confident it would not disappoint.
[Cave Reminder: Do you wish to learn the blueprint?]
"Learn."
[Cave Reminder: Blueprint learning in progress, remaining time 02:59:59.]
On the combat tab of the crafting page, a longsword icon could be seen, slowly rotating clockwise. Once the blueprint's shadow disappeared, the learning process would be complete.
This was also the first blueprint Chen Yu had learned.
The combat page contained only this.
Stretching lazily, Chen Yu gripped his axe and resumed his exploration. He didn't intend to wait for the blueprint to finish learning before setting out.
It was pointless!
Chen Yu suspected that the weapon's crafting would most likely require Wind Element Crystal Shards.
He possessed none.
Glancing at the trading page, although his food items were highly enticing, no one had yet traded crystal shards with him.
This indicated that elemental crystal shards were truly rare commodities.
No rush.
Time was still plentiful. He would surely find some by digging a few more caves.
Time flowed by.
With the "Gourmand's Sense" providing reminders, Chen Yu safely explored three more cave rooms, acquiring Wood +18, Iron Blocks +8, Stone Blocks +11, and Copper Blocks +8. kanδん
These were merely piles of meaningless resources.
"Still no good finds," Chen Yu muttered. Exploring these four areas had cost him nearly six hours, yet the resources obtained were less than those from his first two rooms.
It wasn't that there were no resources to be found.
There were ores and trees, but his current tools were too low-level to handle them.
He could only pick up scraps.
He glanced at his personal notification page.
[Cave Reminder: Adventurer's Gale Sword learning completed.]
Completely focused on finding food, he had forgotten about this.
Chen Yu quickly tapped to open the blueprint.
[Adventurer's Gale Sword]
[Crafting Cost: Wind Element Crystal Shard 0/1, Iron Block 11/10, Copper Block 8/5.]
As expected.
Wind Element Crystal Shards.
The other materials, iron and copper blocks, were short of the elemental crystal shards.
This was indeed a rare commodity.
Chen Yu had scoured several caves without finding any.
So frustrating (〝▼皿▼)
Time for a meal!
Clearing the empty space in his secret room, Chen Yu took out 1 bottle of water, 2 black breads, and 2 boiled eggs.
While he ate,
He also had to keep the chat window open to accompany his meal.
The scarcity of food and water had become a survival issue faced by all adventurers.
Chen Yu hardened his heart and gritted his teeth, opening the trading channel.
Sell!
This time, he would sell water.
People could endure without food, or they might nibble on grass in the cave space, but they absolutely could not go without drinking. 看書溂
Water was also quite scarce for Chen Yu.
Although he still had a full twenty-seven and a half bottles.
[Cave Reminder: Do you wish to trade the bottles and water together?]
These could be decomposed?
Decompose!
Even if they might not have containers for water at the moment, if someone could provide elemental crystal shards but lacked a water container, Chen Yu could offer them one.
[Decomposing 5 bottles of water, each yielding 300ml.]
[Seller: Chen Yu]
[Trade Item: 300ml Drinking Water]
[Demand: 1 Wind Element Crystal Shard]
[Demand: 1 Nether Soul]
[Quantity: 5]
In the chat channel.
"God, the big shot is selling water!"
"How did this big shot manage it? The black bread and boiled eggs are still listed, and now he's selling water, a full 1500ml." kΑnshu伍.ξà
"Report, someone's cheating!!!"
"It's Wind Element Crystal Shards again. The materials the big shot wants seem so high-level."
"How many caves has the big shot explored? I've only explored my second, and I just found a 200ml bottle of water and a 200g moldy bread."
"Anyone still have water upstairs? Let me have a sip, I'm so thirsty my mouth is smoking!"
The sale of water instantly caused an uproar in the chat channel. Chen Yu chewed on his bread, eagerly anticipating someone to make a trade.
Ding!
A special prompt sound came from a private message. Chen Yu knew this indicated a keyword had appeared.
He opened the chat window.
Jiang Yaqing: "I have Wind Element Crystal Shards. I want all 5 portions of your water, 5 portions of black bread, and the boiled eggs."
Jiang Yaqing: [Wind Element Crystal Shard]
This was an attached image. Clicking it would reveal the description of the Wind Element Crystal Shard.
[Wind Element Crystal Shard: A fragment formed from broken crystals imbued with wind elements. Possesses some wind elemental power, but not ideal.]
Chen Yu, who was in the middle of his meal, frowned and subconsciously clicked on her profile picture.
A top-tier beauty, scoring 9.2 or above.
Not the delicate type, but exuding an aura of competence, possessing a spirit that matched any man. Most importantly, her eyes were beautiful.
Chen Yu liked people with beautiful eyes.
After a moment of contemplation, Chen Yu sent a message.
"Impossible."
Trading was all about bargaining. If the other party made a demand and Chen Yu accepted, it would make him seem too eager.
Why should he be in a hurry?
Those who should be anxious were the ones starving and with dry mouths.
Jiang Yaqing's appearance and figure were excellent, and she had eyes that Chen Yu liked, but this could not be a condition to influence the negotiation.
Jiang Yaqing: "I'll give you some more wood."
Chen Yu: "No!"
Jiang Yaqing: "I don't lack food and water. I just want to be friends with you and also stockpile some food resources. I think you should seriously consider this, elemental fragments are very hard to obtain."
Chen Yu: "If I can provide these food resources, do you think I would lack them?"
Chen Yu: "If you're not lying, then like you, I am also just stockpiling resources. Since you don't need food, don't buy it. Coincidentally, there's a big brother who wants to buy."
Jiang Yaqing: "Don't."
Upon seeing this message, a smile appeared in Chen Yu's eyes.
That's it?
Chen Yu could tell at a glance that she was bluffing.
Chen Yu: "Let's be frank. I don't like lies. Instead of playing coy with me here, you should go to the trading channel and make a deal as soon as possible. It might be gone if you're late."
Chen Yu: "Look, quite a lot is already gone."
In the trading channel.
The black bread, water, and eggs that Chen Yu had listed had already been reduced by two portions. These two portions were taken down by Chen Yu himself after he canceled the trade, but Jiang Yaqing was unaware of this.
Even if it were a coincidence, a striking one at that.
But the trading channel was accessible to everyone within the region, so it was normal for someone to buy.
Jiang Yaqing: "How much can you give? You name it."
Chen Yu: "Using your words, to be friends with you, and considering it's our first trade, 1 portion of black bread and eggs, plus 200ml of drinking water from you!"