All In Is a Kind of Wisdom!

Yang Shan did not put the remaining Body Tempering Pills back up on the Auction House.

Having roughly gauged the current market, Yang Shan needed to whet people's appetites.

As for the Gathering Yuan Pills, Yang Shan set them to be automatically listed on the Auction House at a rate of one every minute.

The unit price remained two hundred Spirit Stones.

Gathering Yuan Pills should appear on the market at the start of the next version, but Yang Shan could not clearly remember when Body Tempering Pills would show up.

But it definitely would not be in the launch version.

So Yang Shan had to hold tight to this huge fortune! After finishing the settings, Yang Shan returned directly to the alchemy room.

During his earlier shopping spree on the Auction House, Yang Shan had gathered enough ingredients for thirty batches of Body Tempering Pills and two hundred batches of Gathering Yuan Pills.

Materials were piled all over the floor.

Yang Shan took out the mutated magic core.

Cloud Leopard Flame ignited.

This time, Yang Shan brought out the boldness befitting the server's number one Player! (At least, he was number one at this stage.) He started by refining Body Tempering Pills! Gathering Yuan Pills sold in volume, but Body Tempering Pills were where the real obscene profits lay!

What Player would not want four extra attribute points out of thin air? Want them?

Then look at your wallet.

If you have money, buy them! Start refining!

Ding! Body Tempering Pill refinement failed.

Ding! Body Tempering Pill refinement failed.

Ding! Body Tempering Pill refinement failed.

Yang Shan looked as though some competitive game's "Elo" matchmaking system had singled him out.

He went straight into a streak of seven losses.

That fucking 30% success rate looked like it was just for decoration.

Yang Shan immediately pulled up the Game Forum.

The forum had more than just discussions about the game. Plenty of female Players had also transformed into living bodhisattvas, bestowing benefits upon their fellow male compatriots.

He looked at a few more pictures to lift his spirits.

After closing the forum, Yang Shan forced a smile. "You have to play games with a smile. You have to smile while playing. Hehe."

Ding! Body Tempering Pill refinement failed.

Ding! Body Tempering Pill refinement failed.

"Fuck this!"

Yang Shan leaped up and kicked the Cauldron flying.

This scene seemed to have happened before.

But Yang Shan had no intention of stopping now.

There had once been a popular saying online:

All in is a kind of wisdom! All in!

Ding! Body Tempering Pill refinement failed.

Ding! Body Tempering Pill refinement failed.

"I'm fucking seeing this through today!"

Ding! Body Tempering Pill refinement failed.

Ding! Body Tempering Pill refinement failed.

One had to know that even at thirty thousand RMB per Body Tempering Pill, with three pills per batch, every failed attempt meant losing ninety thousand! Yang Shan went straight into an eleven-loss streak!

That was one million! One million!

His heart hurt so badly his balls shriveled. Still, Yang Shan was quite good at handling pressure.

Even at this point, Yang Shan continued comforting himself. "At most, I blame my bad luck. I've never doubted the system's rates. Nüwa, I'll give you an excellent rating next version too!"

Ding! Congratulations, Player! You have successfully refined a batch of Body Tempering Pills (three pills).

Ninety thousand in hand!

Ding! Congratulations, Player! You have successfully refined a batch of Body Tempering Pills (three pills).

Ding! Congratulations, Player! You have successfully refined a batch of Body Tempering Pills (three pills).

After hitting rock bottom, he rebounded with three consecutive successes, setting Yang Shan's eyes ablaze once more.

For the young models at the club, charge!

Success!

Failure!

Failure!

Success!

Yang Shan had truly experienced what it meant to soar high and crash hard.

After eleven straight losses came four straight successes! The success rate of the subsequent refinements was also clearly higher than the last time he made pills.

From thirty sets of ingredients, he forcibly refined twelve batches! A 40% success rate, far exceeding the standard rate! Twelve batches, thirty-six pills.

At thirty thousand each, that was 1.08 million!

And Yang Shan's total cost did not even exceed twenty thousand.

Do this one more time, and buying a top-spec Game Pod would be easy.

Struggle for twenty days, and a villa by the sea! But what Yang Shan needed to do now was log off.

Alchemy also consumed a lot of time. Yang Shan had spent another three days in the game, while nearly fifteen hours had passed in reality.

He needed rest.

Besides, the Auction House still needed time for things to ferment.

While Yang Shan quietly ate and took a nap.

The game world had already become turbulent.

Jin Shankao: "Where are the Body Tempering Pills? Why haven't they been listed yet?"

Ye Suifeng: "Boss, could it be there were only those two?"

Jin Shankao: "The second one already got bid up to forty-two thousand. It's all because my men didn't tell me sooner!"

Ye Suifeng said softly:

"We were having such a great time at Celestial Paradise back then. Who would have dared disturb us?"

Jin Shankao: "."

Over at War Soul Hall, Tang Baizhan had also sent people to keep a close eye on the Auction House.

The moment a Body Tempering Pill appeared, they had to take it as long as it did not exceed fifty thousand! At the Tian Hao Alliance, Wang Tianhao was still smug. "Good thing I got one for thirty-two thousand. I saved ten thousand!"

As he spoke, Wang Tianhao patted Xiao Ji on the shoulder.

"If there are any more Body Tempering Pills, and the price is right, I'll get you one."

Xiao Ji immediately nodded and bowed.

"Thank you, Wang Shao, thank you, Wang Shao! Can I get the cash instead?"

"Cash my ass!"

Wang Tianhao jumped up and delivered a flying kick.

He kicked Xiao Ji into the wall so hard that he could not get down for a long while.

Just then, one of his lackeys ran over.

"Wang Shao, a Body Tempering Pill has been listed on the Auction House! It's already been bid up to thirty-two thousand!"

Wang Tianhao snorted. "No rush. I don't need a second one yet!"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Ji regretted it so much his guts turned green.

Why could he never keep his mouth shut? Meanwhile, Yang Shan, the instigator behind it all, watched the Body Tempering Pill's bid rise every second, and he felt utterly delighted! More Body Tempering Pills would continue being listed.

Once the wealthiest group of Players had all bought theirs, he could consider lowering the price.

Just as Yang Shan was adjusting the listing settings for the Body Tempering Pills, a Maidservant approached him.

"Young Master Yang? Young Master Yang?"

Yang Shan turned around. "What is it?"

The Maidservant said politely, "Young Master Yang, Master Yao requests your presence!"

"Could the equipment be finished already?"

Yang Shan immediately collected the Spirit Stones earned from the Gathering Yuan Pills he had listed earlier.

Three hundred and sixty Gathering Yuan Pills.

After the transaction fees were deducted, Yang Shan had gained a total of: 71280 Spirit Stones!

Yang Shan said, "Lead the way!"

The Maidservant led Yang Shan to the reception hall, poured him a cup of tea, then immediately went to inform Master Yao.

This time, Yang Shan waited rather long.

His tea had been refilled three times before Master Yao finally rushed in.

"Young Master Yang, sorry to keep you waiting."

"You're too polite, Master Yao. Is the equipment finished?"

"The equipment can wait!"

Master Yao lowered his voice mysteriously.

"Young Master Yang, you've really struck it lucky this time. A very important person from our Auction House wishes to meet you."

"Oh? An important person?"

Yang Shan guessed:

"Could it be the manager of the Cloud Frost City branch?"

Yang Shan remembered that the Cloud Frost City branch manager was called Yun Jie, a direct descendant of the Mite'er Family.

Though he was only from a collateral branch, he indeed held considerable power.

If Yang Shan could establish a connection with him, there would certainly be many benefits.

At the very least, Yang Shan would be able to gain greater advantages through the Cloud Frost City branch in the next version.

Master Yao led Yang Shan all the way to the fourth floor of the Auction House.

One had to know that the fourth floor was not open to the public!

Only core Auction House personnel could enter.

Perfect!

It had to be to meet that manager, Yun Jie! "Young Master Yang, that important person is inside. It wouldn't be appropriate for me to enter."

Yang Shan was taken aback.

Master Yao was, after all, the branch's appraisal manager, only one rank below Yun Jie. He should at least have been qualified to stand by and assist.

With a trace of curiosity, Yang Shan pushed the door open.

The room was decorated in an antique style, with a faint scent of sandalwood in the air.

He went around the partition screen.

A woman sat in the chair directly ahead of him.

A seductive smile rested upon her lovely face.

Memories from Yang Shan's previous life were immediately stirred! This woman was no ordinary NPC.

The original work's descriptions of her had been far too proper.

If Yang Shan had to describe her, it would be much simpler: a red dress with gold trim, like a stepmother's gown, her broad hips and long legs showing off her lush figure.

Long hair draped over her shoulders, towering peaks before her chest, and a tent on his head as a sign of respect! Two words:

Top tier!

Although he had seen plenty of pictures of this woman on the forums in his previous life, this was truly his first time getting up close and personal.

This old pervert, Yang Shan, could already feel a wicked fire surging up from below! After holding it in for a long while, Yang Shan silently uttered two words in his heart: WTF.

Who knew whether those two words were an exclamation or a verb.

A saying had circulated on the forums in his previous life:

There was an unparalleled beauty among NPCs who could make countless Players spend heaps of Spirit Stones on junk at the Auction House with a single blink of her eyes!

She was: Mite'er Ya Fei!

PS: A report for all Battle Emperor Lords: regarding character images, Sky wants to match the 99% realism of the game world described in the story, so I will try to use semi-realistic images whenever possible. If I really cannot find a suitable one, then I'll use anime-style images.

And now, the picture!

Mite'er Ya Fei AI image—provided by a reader!