The Legacy of Appraisal

"Do you have time this afternoon? There's a big quest we can do together."

After sending the message to Yi Qing in his friends list, the young man quickly received a reply.

"Sorry, I'm busy... Are you in a hurry?"

"Sort of, it's a pretty big quest..."

"Okay, where? I'll come."

"Lone Star City, Main Street, Blood Rose Tavern."

"Got it."

Closing the friend chat panel, Li Xunsheng bared his teeth.

She was as straightforward and efficient as ever, without any intention of chatting further.

He glanced at the four stacks of recovery items he had listed on the auction house and was shocked to find that half of them were gone. Xunsheng shook his head secretly and canceled the consignment for the other half.

If they were going to form a team to tackle that legion quest, supplies would be necessary.

However, just as he took the items down, the young man received a private message.

This private message was different and thus not blocked.

"[Ten Copper Coins] Big Shot Golden Shovel, why are the recovery items gone! I was just about to gather the money!"

Huh? Did the other party send ten Copper Coins?

Accepting the attachment in the mail, Xunsheng replied.

"Sorry, I took on a quest, and it requires a lot of recovery items, so I need them myself."

"Ah... I wish I could have gathered more currency... Wait, Big Shot Golden Shovel, why are you trading item for item?"

"Trading with items? What do you have?"

Li Xunsheng was quite interested since the other party had come to him with ten Copper Coins to ask for directions.

"This!"

The player, nicknamed [Bounty Hunter], sent over an item description.

[Unknown Converter: One-time use item, effect unknown, please appraise first. Rarity: Rare! (Green!)]

"I got this item from a quest, and I don't know what it does, but it's green, so could you trade it for a stack of mana-replenishing fries... Please."

Hmm? A green item?

Li Xunsheng's eyes narrowed as he saw the detailed information of the item.

[Attribute Converter: One-time use item, capable of transferring the attributes from any equipment of the same rarity to another piece of equipment of the same rarity. Rarity: Rare! (Green)]

It's for rerolling attributes!

Xunsheng's eyes lit up, and he immediately became interested.

This was a rare find.

"Appraisal in the city is too expensive, otherwise I would have just listed it on the auction house to sell for currency and then go shopping, but now the items that need appraisal can't be sold, so can you just trade it?"

The player didn't want to sell it cheap, but no one was willing to pay a high price for a green item with an unknown purpose. Coupled with the pressure to level up, he could only grit his teeth and choose to trade it this way.

"Fine, I'll reluctantly agree."

The young man, who had gotten the better end of the deal and was acting as if he was doing the other party a favor, said nonchalantly on the surface, but he was overjoyed inwardly.

The value of this rare item was even greater than that of ordinary green equipment! After all, it had no level restrictions! It could reroll attributes on any rare equipment!

By saving useful attributes and equipping them on future green equipment with higher stats, even though it could only be used once, it was still incredibly useful!

The value of such an item was definitely ten Gold Coins or more! No, as players leveled up, the value of such an item would only increase!

And a stack of french fries was practically worthless to Xunsheng; it just took a bit of time.

Under the system's prompt, the two soon completed the agreement and finished the trade of one stack of fries for a green item.

After receiving the cylindrical, metallic Attribute Converter and examining the description, Xunsheng had only one question.

How do I use this thing?

[Usable after appraisal]

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???

The useless information provided by the Eye of God made Xunsheng's eyes widen.

What the heck, he already knew what this thing was and what it did, but he still had to appraise it?

Doesn't his Eye of God come with appraisal effects???

[Requires Appraisal Skill to remove special magical concealment on the item's surface before it can be used.]

"There's such a thing?"

After putting away his items and finding that he still had plenty of time, Li Xunsheng had a thought.

Since he had to wait for a while anyway, he might as well go check out the appraisal shop.

His Eye of God was really too weak; it didn't even have the Appraisal Skill.

He'd go take a look, maybe he could get his hands on the Appraisal Skill.

After sending messages to Zhao Jun and Yi Qing, Xunsheng headed straight for the appraisal shop in the city...

"The appraisal fee is one Gold Coin. No exceptions."

As soon as he stepped through the door, the young man, who smelled the scent of ink and books filling the room, heard a voice drift over.

"Hm?"

Seeing that the newcomer wasn't scared off and had instead approached the counter, the shop owner, an old woman with white hair, looked over curiously.

"Young man, do you have a Gold Coin?"

She had some impression of the adventurers in Lone Star City, but she didn't recognize this young fellow.

Could it be that he was also an outsider?

"N-no, not yet."

Upon hearing the old woman's outrageous price, Li Xunsheng, who had been inwardly sighing about being ripped off, also considered turning to leave.

But then he thought, since he was already here, why not probe around and see if there were any quests?

"Could you tell me how to use the Appraisal Skill? I want to learn it."

"Hmph, another ignorant outsider..."

The old woman narrowed her eyes, muttering to herself, seemingly lamenting the ignorance of these outsiders.

"The Appraisal Skill isn't something you can just learn and use. It requires a lot of practice, and mere effort isn't enough. To master it, you also need superhuman eyesight. That's the key, and the talent that ordinary people lack!"

The old woman sighed slightly and looked at the young man who had entered the shop. For some reason, she found herself chatting with him.

If it had been any of the other outsiders who came asking questions before, she wouldn't have bothered saying anything and would have just kicked them out.

Perhaps this young man was lucky, and she was just in a good mood today.

"If you want to learn the Appraisal Skill, you can..."

Suddenly inspired, the old woman no longer felt the urge to rush him out. Instead, she took out a piece of paper with strange writing on it and placed it in front of Li Xunsheng.

"If you can figure out what this paper means, or find any clues, I'll teach you the Appraisal Skill. I'm telling you upfront, this old woman isn't trying to make things difficult for you; this is the most basic requirement for an appraiser."

[Hidden Quest 'The Legacy of Appraisal' has been triggered!]

[Complete the quest by deciphering the story of this note through observation alone. Reward: Skill: Appraisal Skill!]

Slapping her thigh rhythmically, the old woman's lips curled. It seemed she was reminiscing about her own apprenticeship days.

"A master appraiser can understand an item's information even without using the Appraisal Skill. Try it first. If you really can't do it, there's no shame in backing down."

"You know, the Appraisal Skill isn't always successful. Appraisal proficiency is certainly important, but this skill depends on the person. It yields different results depending on who uses it."

"So, young man, don't be too arrogant. Some things are impossible no matter how hard you try, just like..."

"Huh?!"

The chattering old woman's eyes widened. Staring at the paper on the counter glowing with golden light, she shouted, her voice cracking:

"How did you do that!!!"