Commission? A Bet with Kirito!...

Wu Yan walked out of a weapon shop, rubbing his brow as he let out a sigh...

He had already lost count of how many weapon shops had left him disappointed...

By now, SAO had reached a certain stage of development, and the blacksmithing lifestyle profession had fully matured as well...

Weapons crafted by top-tier blacksmiths were clearly far better than those dropped by monsters. A weapon that suited its wielder could also be upgraded by a blacksmith to make it even more powerful. So now, when players needed weapons, they no longer foolishly ran into the wilderness or dungeon areas to farm them. Instead, they simply bought them from weapon shops run by other players.

Wu Yan was the same. Weapons and even equipment dropped by monsters could no longer meet his needs. He had to start looking toward weapons and equipment made by lifestyle players.

Of course, it was not that his equipment could no longer keep up with his needs. Quite the opposite—this set of gear was a collection of divine equipment he had painstakingly assembled over a long period of time. Including Sky Gazer, although they had been with Wu Yan for quite some time, after repeated refinement and upgrades, they had become the equipment best suited to him. Their levels even surpassed those of the top players! As long as Wu Yan was willing to spend money and keep upgrading them, it would not be difficult for this gear to stay with him until the end of SAO. In other words, he did not need to worry about replacing his equipment at all.

That had been Wu Yan's previous way of thinking...

His current equipment could indeed keep up with his progress and satisfy his needs. It did not need to be replaced, and it