Not Selling

"600 stacks of Glimmering Element for the Wyrm Battle Shield."

"600 stacks of Darkwater Spider Silk for the Two-Handed Greatsword."

"If you have the Pyroblast or Flame Shield skill books, I can also trade them for the dagger and helmet I have."

Xiong Ba and Old Twilight exchanged amused glances at the list. They both had the skill books, and they both had the materials, but a solo player wanting so many materials made them suspicious.

"Bro, a stack of Glimmering Element is 30. You want 600 stacks, which is like asking our guild of 30,000 people to work for you for free for a day," Xiong Ba probed.

Lu Yang smiled but said nothing.

Glimmering Element was a special product from the level 1 monster, Mana Wyrm, with a drop rate of about 1%. Xiong Ba, with 30,000 players, occupied all the Mana Wyrm spawn points in Magic Town, so farming 600 stacks of Glimmering Element wasn't too difficult.

As for Darkwater Spider Silk, it was produced by the level 3 monster, Darkwater Spider, and was a rare item. Although the drop rate was extremely low, Lu Yang believed that Old Twilight and Xiong Ba could quickly gather enough if they wanted the Wyrm Battle Shield.

"Little brother, can you tell me what you need so many rare materials for?" Old Twilight asked.

"Sorry, I can't say," Lu Yang said.

"Can you give us a discount?" Xiong Ba asked.

Lu Yang shrugged and said, "Sorry, I urgently need these items."

Lu Yang's unyielding yet polite demeanor left Xiong Ba and Old Twilight helpless. Xia Yuwei wanted to interject, but she realized that she couldn't prepare any of the items Lu Yang wanted. Hei Xue was in the same boat. His guild organization was still very loose. Arranging monster farming and clearing the area was possible, but he didn't have the ability to have his subordinates collect these rare items.

The other players were in the same situation, and everyone stood there awkwardly for a moment.

Seeing this situation, Xiong Ba tentatively said, "How about this, I have the Flame Shield skill. I'll trade it with you for the Ox-Horn Dagger first."

One of his subordinates was a very skilled rogue, and this dagger would double his damage output.

"Okay," Lu Yang handed the Ox-Horn Dagger to Xiong Ba.

"I happen to have a Pyroblast skill book. I'll trade it for the Black Iron Helmet," Old Twilight said.

"Okay," Lu Yang traded the Black Iron Helmet to Old Twilight.

"I want the Two-Handed Greatsword. I've already farmed the Glimmering Element. We can trade now," Xiong Ba asked.

Lu Yang tossed the Two-Handed Greatsword to Xiong Ba, who had his subordinate take 600 stacks of spider silk from the warehouse and give them to Lu Yang.

Old Twilight said, "I want the Wyrm Battle Shield, but the Darkwater Spider Silk you want isn't easy to get. I'll need two days to gather enough."

Lu Yang replied, "No problem. I believe you're a trustworthy person. I can wait."

Lu Yang trusted the words of the leader of a 30,000-player guild.

"Then it's settled," Old Twilight secretly breathed a sigh of relief. There were many guilds present that were capable of farming these items, and Old Twilight didn't have any advantage at the moment.

"Little brother, how about the Wild Bee Longbow? How much are you selling it for?" Xiong Ba asked.

Lu Yang had already gathered all the materials he needed. He hadn't really thought about how to sell the Wild Bee Longbow. If he sold it for Gold Coins, these people couldn't afford it, and he wasn't willing to sell it cheaply. Exchanging it for materials wasn't an option either since he didn't have anything to trade for.

Just as he was worrying about it, Xiong Ba suddenly said, "1000, little brother. How about I offer 1000 credits for your Wild Bee Longbow?"

"1000?" Lu Yang didn't expect Xiong Ba to be so generous, using so many credits for a level 5 weapon.

"That works. We can trade on an external platform," Lu Yang said.

"Then it's settled. Give me your account information, and I'll transfer the money to you through the platform," Xiong Ba said.

Second World didn't have internal exchange services and didn't encourage players to trade offline, but there were many such trading platforms online with good reputations, fast speeds, and no transaction fees.

After Lu Yang and Xiong Ba reached an agreement on the external platform, 1000 credits appeared in his account, and the weapon went to Xiong Ba.

"Brother, pleasant trading," Xiong Ba said with a laugh.

"Pleasant trading," Lu Yang said.

The surrounding players were dumbfounded. They thought Lu Yang only wanted Gold Coins and materials, but they didn't expect him to want money as well.

"How much for this staff?" a player suddenly asked.

The wealthy players around them realized that since they could buy it with money, no one was short of a little money.

Xia Yuwei immediately asked, "How much for this staff? We'd also like to buy it."

Lan Yu also said, "Expert, sell it to us."

Lu Yang looked at Lan Yu and was about to speak when suddenly, a sharp voice drowned out everyone else's questions.

"I thought he was some kind of expert, but he's just a pauper. Name your price, I'll give it to you."

Everyone: "…"

Lu Yang frowned and looked at the source of the voice, finding Zheng Yuan looking at him with a haughty expression, his face full of contempt.

Lu Yang felt a wave of disgust and said, "Not for sale."

The Focus Staff's stats were quite good for a guild's priest player, especially in the early stages of the game. This equipment could increase the priest's healing spells by more health, which was extremely important when clearing bosses.

Originally, Xiong Ba and Old Twilight saw that someone in Xia Yuwei's team knew Lu Yang, and Lu Yang was likely to sell the equipment to them. They didn't expect such a freak to appear in the other party's team, actually daring to talk to Lu Yang like that.

They were both extremely excited, believing that Lu Yang would definitely not sell the equipment to Xia Yuwei and the others. They both said at the same time, "Sell the equipment to us."

Xia Yuwei was already exasperated by Zheng Yuan's words. She finally had a chance to obtain a piece of equipment, but she never expected Zheng Yuan to speak to Lu Yang like that.

Lu Yang had already helped them twice, but this wasn't the time to argue. Xia Yuwei quickly apologized to Lu Yang with regret, "Sir, I apologize to you on behalf of my teammate. He shouldn't have spoken to you like that. It was his fault. I hope you don't mind."

Zheng Yuan hadn't expected Xia Yuwei to say that and angrily said, "Yuwei, why are you apologizing to him? Isn't this guy just after money? He's still pretending to be noble. I don't believe that if I give him more money, he won't sell me the equipment."

"Five thousand, will you sell it or not?" Zheng Yuan asked disdainfully.

"Sss." The surrounding players were astonished. 5,000 credits was not a small sum, and this price far exceeded the equipment's actual value. Xiong Ba and Old Twilight also stopped bidding and looked at Lu Yang.

Seeing that he had become the center of attention, Zheng Yuan became even more excited, as if he wanted to prove something in front of Xia Yuwei and Lan Yu. He arrogantly said to Lu Yang, "How about it? You'll sell it this time, right? Pretending to be noble when you have no money. Hurry up, don't waste my time. I don't have time to dawdle with you here."

Just when everyone thought Lu Yang would sell, the mocking sneer remained on his face as he said, "I won't sell."

"You..." Zheng Yuan was dumbfounded. He had offered a price five times higher than the Wild Bee Longbow, but Lu Yang wouldn't accept it.

Zheng Yuan angrily said, "What do you mean?"

Lu Yang said with a smile, "It doesn't mean anything. I just don't like you, so I won't sell it to you."

Zheng Yuan was furious. He didn't expect Lu Yang to say that. It was like slapping him in the face in front of everyone.

Seeing that Zheng Yuan was about to reveal his spoiled rich kid temper, Xia Yuwei quickly gave Zhang Zibo a meaningful look. Zhang Zibo understood and pulled Zheng Yuan aside with two other people to stop him from speaking.

Lan Yu said pleadingly, "Expert, can you sell this staff to us? We really need this Focus Staff."

Lu Yang looked at Lan Yu's pitiful appearance, a smile appearing on the corner of his mouth, and still said, "I won't sell."