Pills for Equipment

Finding a place to sit down casually, Ye Luo started calling out, his content the same as he'd thought before: buying Wolf Bones for 1 silver coin each, and 10 Wolf Bones for 1 Strength Pill.

Many people had killed Demon Wolves in Demon Wolf Valley, and quite a few had dropped Wolf Bones. Before they could take up Life Professions, these items were useless junk. Not knowing how to deal with them, they eagerly rushed forward when they saw someone offering a high price. With some offering 3 portions and others 5, Ye Luo quickly collected dozens, even hundreds, of portions.

Later, someone asked about the attributes of the Strength Pill. Ye Luo didn't waste words and directly showed them the Strength Pill's attributes in a catalog. Instantly, these people became excited, and more people exchanged Wolf Bones for Strength Pills.

Strength Pills could temporarily increase a player's Strength by 10 points. For players in Novice Village, this was an ultimate pill. More importantly, Strength Pills lasted for half an hour. Exchanging for one meant it could be used for a long time, so they were happy to exchange Wolf Bones for them.

Just like that, in just a few minutes, Ye Luo exchanged for over two to three hundred portions of Wolf Bones, which was enough for him and Yan Hua Yi Leng to use for a long time.

"The Wolf Bones are enough this time, but I'm short on Goji Berries again. Sigh, gathering herbs alone is too troublesome," Ye Luo sighed. Then, as if remembering something, he muttered to himself, "Yan Hua mentioned that Misty Pavilion has a dedicated herb-gathering team and various herb reserves. If I could join Misty Pavilion, it would save a lot of trouble."

Shaking his head, he put these thoughts aside for the moment and prepared to go gather herbs. While gathering herbs, he'd head towards the South Gate. Since it was already past 12 o'clock, the Toad King would spawn soon.

As he was walking, a "beep beep" sound suddenly rang out. Ye Luo hurriedly answered, and Night Rain Misty's voice came through, "Brother Ye Luo, do you have any spare Strength Pills? I'd like to buy some."

When they were killing the Wolf King, Ye Luo and Night Rain Misty had added each other as friends for easier communication, which was why she could contact him.

Ye Luo, being sharp, instantly understood Night Rain Misty's intention for buying Strength Pills. He said, "Sister Feifei, are you using them to tackle tomorrow's dungeon? How many people are in your party? What difficulty are you choosing?"

Knowing she couldn't hide it from Ye Luo, Night Rain Misty replied, "Brother Ye Luo, you and Sister Yan Hua should choose the difficult two-person dungeon. You two are so powerful; there's no chance of us winning if we compete with you. We can only choose the simple six-person dungeon. We hope Brother Ye Luo can support us with some Strength Pills; we're willing to pay a high price to buy them."

"As you know, Yan Hua and I are too busy leveling to gather herbs, so our pill supply is a bit low, so..." Ye Luo deliberately drew out his words, then changed his tone, "Also, as you know, we don't lack money."

Night Rain Misty immediately understood Ye Luo's intention. However, she also knew that improving strength was the most important thing right now, so she wasn't surprised by his 'price gouging.' After a moment of thought, she said solemnly, "Brother Ye Luo, tell me what equipment you need. But it can only be one item, and I want 20 Strength Pills."

Ye Luo still had quite a few Strength Pills on him, and he could refine more after gathering herbs, so he didn't really care. Trading 20 Strength Pills for a piece of equipment was a good deal for him. He checked his own equipment and said, "A ring or boots. The ring must be at least level 5."

Ye Luo's current ring was only level 3, and his boots were also level 3, which were a bit low-level for him. Therefore, he wanted to exchange for one of these two items. Relatively speaking, his defense was sufficient; he needed equipment that increased attack power, especially since they planned to use a brute-force strategy for tomorrow's dungeon.

Silence. A long silence. After a long while, Night Rain Misty recovered, but her tone was filled with difficulty. "Brother Ye Luo, as you know, the drop rate for rings is extremely low. Dozens of us can't even gather 10 rings; our elite team alone doesn't have enough. How about this: I'll trade you a pair of boots, how about that?"

"Boots?" Not getting offensive equipment, Ye Luo was slightly disappointed. However, he also knew how low the drop rate for rings was. He said, "Boots are fine, but they must be level 10 or higher."

After pondering for a long time, Night Rain Misty said, "Okay, deal. Brother Ye Luo, trade us the boots you're replacing. Some people in our party still don't have boots."

"No problem," Ye Luo agreed readily. Then, after a moment's thought, he said, "Let's meet at the entrance of the Novice Village's North Gate."

A few minutes later, a player from the Night Rain Family appeared and respectfully said something. Then, the two sides traded, and Ye Luo obtained a pair of boots with decent attributes:

[White Iron Boots] (Boots * Heavy Armor — Normal) Physical Defense: 20—20 Magic Defense: 10—10 Durability: 150/150 Required Level: 10

After equipping these boots, Ye Luo's defense finally broke 100, reaching 102-103 points. He was now confident he could withstand the attacks of several monsters alone, and he had even more confidence in the brute-force approach for the dungeon.

After that, Ye Luo headed straight for Aunt Li's house. He had long completed the task of collecting Scorpion Venom and could turn it in.

After turning in the quest, Ye Luo received 32,000 energy experience points, 100 Novice Village favorability points, and 20 silver coins. What made him happiest was that he luckily obtained a piece of equipment, and it was the type of equipment he had wanted to trade with Night Rain Misty for not long ago:

[Wolf Fang Ring] (Ring — Normal) Physical Attack: 20—20 Magic Attack: 20—20 Durability: 150/150 Required Level: 10

This was a level 10 normal ring. Although its attributes were much worse than the Wolf King Ring, it was still much better than the Toad Ring. Ye Luo hurriedly equipped it, and his physical attack increased slightly again.

"Heh heh, it's like my thoughts came true. My attack has increased a bit again," Ye Luo was excited. After accepting another quest from Aunt Li to kill wild bulls and obtain wild bull horns, he headed towards the Novice Village's South Gate.

"Not long ago, Yan Hua and I were discussing where to kill bull-like monsters, and I didn't expect Aunt Li to tell me directly. The level 18 monsters are in the Novice Village's North Gate. It's a bit difficult for me alone, and Yan Hua also said it's not cost-effective to level up right now, so let's forget it." Ye Luo dismissed the idea of going to the North Gate.

"Right now, the worst equipment I have is the Novice Iron Sword. It's a shame I haven't encountered any sword-type weapons yet," Ye Luo said as he looked at his equipment slots, feeling a slight anticipation. "It would be great if I could get a Bronze-grade longsword. Yan Hua's Bronze longbow has such powerful attributes..."

With these thoughts, Ye Luo exited the Novice Village's South Gate. He checked the system time; there was still some time before the Toad King spawned, so he started wandering around.

After such a long time, the herbs had respawned. Ye Luo walked around for a long time, and his backpack was filled with more herbs.

Calculating that there were still more than ten minutes left, Ye Luo returned to Toad Hill and found the place where the Toad King had appeared last time. He sat down cross-legged, refining pills while waiting for the Toad King to spawn.

It had been more than half a day since the game opened. Although new players were entering the game one after another, Young Toads were still the lowest-level monsters. Only a scattered few players were struggling to kill monsters in Toad Hill. Most of them were level 1 or 2. Facing the Toad King would be a dead end for them, so Ye Luo wasn't worried about anyone snatching the monster.

After reaching level 10, the Soul Crystal's growth potential doubled, and Ye Luo's attributes increased significantly. Minor Blood Recovery Pills were no longer suitable for him, so he was refining Major Blood Recovery Pills.

After a few minutes, he had obtained over three hundred Major Blood Recovery Pills, as well as more than ten mutated Blood Recovery Pills, which made him quite happy. Then, he started refining Strength Pills.

For Ye Luo, ordinary Strength Pills were no longer enough; he needed the mutated Strength Pills.

After another few minutes, Ye Luo refined over two hundred Strength Pills. This time, he was quite lucky; there were 15 mutated Strength Pills, even one more than the mutated Major Blood Recovery Pills. He believed these pills would last him a long time.

Seeing that the time was approaching, Ye Luo stood up, cautiously looking around, and slightly raised the Novice Iron Sword in his hand, ready to strike at any moment.

However, a small accident occurred next. Because the Toad King's spawn location was random, it didn't appear where Ye Luo was this time. It spawned about thirty meters away from him, where a few level 1 or 2 players were killing toads.

A giant toad appeared, and these people were instantly shocked. Then, they shouted "Kill the boss!" and "Drop divine artifacts!" and charged forward.

"Don't attack the Toad King, you're no match for it," Ye Luo hurriedly tried to stop them.

Ye Luo was trying to be helpful, not wanting those people to die in vain. However, they didn't appreciate it and thought he was trying to steal their kill, so they charged even more fiercely. Then, Novice Iron Swords began to hack at the Toad King.

The next events were much more brutal. How could players armed only with Novice Iron Swords and Novice Clothes possibly be a match for the Toad King? The result was that a single Toad Poison Bullet and a few pounces killed one player, while the rest, their health rapidly dropping in the poisonous gas, died and turned into white light before the Toad Poison Bullet even finished, leaving behind only a Toad King with ninety percent of its health remaining.

"Sigh, I already told you all you weren't its match," Ye Luo sighed softly, speaking as he walked towards the Toad King.

With Ye Luo's current strength, he could almost instantly kill the Toad King with a single combo skill. However, perhaps because it wasn't killed for the first time, this time the Toad King only dropped one piece of equipment and a Jade Poison Bead, not even any toad skin.

Furthermore, due to the significant level difference, Ye Luo gained very little experience.

The equipment was a Level 3 pair of Boots, its defense far inferior to what Ye Luo was currently wearing, so he could only give it to someone else. Ignoring it, he synthesized the three beginner-tier Jade Poison Beads into one second-tier one, then put it into his backpack, preparing to trade it to Yan Hua Yi Leng when he saw her tomorrow.

"I remember Tailor Zhang will finish that Cloak in about half an hour," Ye Luo murmured, a hint of anticipation building within him. "A Bronze-grade Cloak. Although it definitely won't compare to Yan Hua Yi Leng's Flying Snow Robe, it should still be much stronger than other Normal Equipment. But I'll forget about it today; I'll deal with it when I log into the game tomorrow."