Just as the two sides were locked in a standoff, another group of players rushed over after hearing the news. One of them said arrogantly, "Someone's selling equipment? I knew this game would have poor people selling gear for cash. Yuwei, Lan Yu, I'll definitely buy all the equipment this time. No matter how much it costs, I'll get you two a full set of good gear."
The newcomers were Xia Yuwei and her group, who had just returned from leveling in the Spider Rocky Cave. Other than Zheng Yuan, with his "mysterious confidence," no one else would say something like that.
Neither Xia Yuwei nor Lan Yu paid Zheng Yuan any attention. Looking at the crowd gathered ahead, Xia Yuwei said anxiously, "Xiong Ba Fengyun and Old Twilight are both here. We probably can't outbid them."
"What?" Zheng Yuan immediately fell silent upon hearing those two names. Compared to those two big sharks of the business world, his family was nothing more than a shrimp. They would not even spare him a second glance.
"Maybe we should forget it. We can't afford to offend those two," Zheng Yuan said.
Zhang Zibo frowned and said, "Let's give it a try. We're about to start clearing the level 3 dungeon. Without equipment, it'll be difficult."
Xia Yuwei gritted her teeth. "What are we afraid of? It's just a game."
"But..." Zheng Yuan still did not dare. "Maybe we should just forget it."
"If you're scared, stay here. I'll go by myself," Xia Yuwei said decisively.
In order to level up quickly, Xia Yuwei decided to give it a try. Even if she had to confront Old Twilight and Xiong Ba Fengyun head-on, she would still try.
"We'll go with you." Determination also appeared in Lan Yu's beautiful eyes.
Xia Yuwei nodded and led her team into the center of the area. Just as she was about to ask about the equipment prices, she saw that the seller was Lu Yang, and her entire group froze.
"Huh? Why is it you?" Curiosity filled Lan Yu's beautiful eyes.
Lu Yang smiled when he saw Lan Yu and mimicked her tone. "Huh, why can't it be me?"
Lan Yu blinked, realizing that this actually made perfect sense. He was the number one expert on the Level Rankings. Wasn't it perfectly normal for him to get so much good equipment?
"That's true," Lan Yu said.
Xia Yuwei walked up to Lu Yang and said, "Thank you for giving us a place to level. Frost Ice Studio will remember this favor. If you ever need help in the future, we'll do everything we can."
Lu Yang did not particularly like Xia Yuwei's condescending tone. "Helping you was just a small effort. No need to be so polite."
"Then can you sell the equipment to me?" Xia Yuwei immediately pressed her advantage.
"Little girl, wait a moment," Old Twilight and Xiong Ba said in unison.
"There's an order to things. Why is this little girl so ignorant of respecting her elders?" Old Twilight said blandly.
"Little girl, I've already bought these things. Go somewhere else," Xiong Ba said arrogantly.
The moment they finished speaking, the atmosphere turned tense and murderous. Old Twilight's and Xiong Ba's subordinates all looked at Xia Yuwei and the others with hostility.
The surrounding players grew nervous when they saw this.
"They're not going to start fighting, are they?"
"No, no. This is a safe zone. But Frost Ice Studio is in trouble."
"They'll probably get ambushed as soon as they leave the safe zone."
"The two major guilds have sixty or seventy thousand players combined. That's terrifying."
Listening to the surrounding chatter, Xiong Ba and Old Twilight were quite satisfied. Just as they thought Xia Yuwei would be intimidated by them, a faint smile appeared at the corner of her lips.
"Old Twilight, Xiong Ba, you two are bullying me, a young girl." Without blushing or skipping a beat, Xia Yuwei pointed at the two of them.
Xiong Ba: "..."
Old Twilight: "..."
"Have times changed so much? Are little girls all this sharp-tongued now?" Old Twilight felt a wave of embarrassment. If Xia Yuwei had tried to reason with him, he could have argued with her for eight hours without repeating himself. He was a born public speaker; surviving three bankruptcies was not something an ordinary person could manage.
Xiong Ba was no weaker. Born into a poor family, he had single-handedly built a publicly listed company worth hundreds of billions. The pressure he exuded was not something ordinary people could withstand.
Yet Xia Yuwei endured it, and even acted spoiled and unreasonable right in front of them, leaving the two men at a loss. Lu Yang had to admire her skill.
In his previous life, an artist had painted a scene from the World Domination War, depicting a group of domestic guild leaders leading their players into a great war against a hundred nations. Sixteen guild leaders appeared in that painting, including Xiong Ba, Old Twilight, and Xia Yuwei.
Watching the three of them lock gazes as sparks flew, Lu Yang felt an inexplicable surge of heroic spirit.
I had no chance to participate in my previous life. In this life, whether you are a mighty warlord or a peerless beauty, you will all submit before me, Lu Yang.
"Enough. Stop arguing. I don't care what lies between you. The equipment is in my hands. Whether I sell it to you, and whether you can afford it, isn't up to you. It's up to me," Lu Yang said.
Xia Yuwei, Old Twilight, and Xiong Ba all turned to Lu Yang at the same time and asked in unison, "How are you selling them?"
Lu Yang said, "I won't change the prices. Make your bids. Highest bidder gets them."
Ox-Horn Dagger: 2 gold coins. Black Iron Helmet: 3 gold coins. Two-Handed Greatsword: 10 gold coins. Wild Bee Longbow: 10 gold coins. Young Dragon Shield: 20 gold coins...
The three of them looked at Lu Yang speechlessly. If they had that many gold coins, they would have bought all the equipment long ago. Why would they still be standing here staring each other down?
The old fox, Old Twilight, put on a kindly expression and said, "Little brother, your prices are too high. We can't afford them. How about giving us a discount so we can make friends?"
Xiong Ba also frowned. "Brother, we truly can't gather that many gold coins right now. How about we trade other items instead?"
That was exactly what Lu Yang had been waiting for. He knew from the start that no one could afford those inflated prices, so he deliberately made them think of trading other items.
Why did Lu Yang do this? Because he had the Demon God's Heart. Upgrading it required unlocking the reputations of other races, and the quests to unlock those reputations required a large number of rare materials.
If Lu Yang gathered them himself, by the time he collected everything, everyone else would already be level 15. Therefore, he could only use this method.
Lu Yang said, "Since all of you bosses are so sincere, fine, I completely agree. Here is a new list of items. Whoever can provide these materials first, I'll sell the equipment to them."
Before you continue