Farming Equipment
Li Wei was at a loss for words regarding this shameless fat man. However, Li Wei knew that although the fat man appeared cunning, he wasn't a bad person at heart, because his former best friend was the same.
After paying 100 points, Li Wei received the magician's handbook. However, the fat man then dragged him to a very famous bar in Shadow Street under the guise of thanking him.
"Hey buddy, order whatever you want, it's all on my tab," Fatty said, patting his chest as he sat down.
"Forget it, don't wait until we've almost finished eating and you slip away to pee. That would be a huge mess for me!" Li Wei said, flipping through the Mage's Handbook without even looking up.
The fat man was taken aback, then gave an awkward laugh and said repeatedly, "How could that be? I, Jin Biao, am not that kind of person." However, the cold sweat on his forehead betrayed him.
In the end, the two ordered some food. Li Wei was quite interested in the fat man; he really wanted to know how this fat man would deal with the troublesome Lord Wang. In addition, Li Wei also wanted to look at the Mage's Handbook here and learn some basic knowledge about magic.
The fat man ate while chattering on about his experiences, while Li Wei listened only intermittently, focusing most of his attention on the notebook in his hands. It was indeed a book of knowledge, and the contents were quite profound. On each page of the book was a magical portrait drawn by a magician named Ge Fei.
Once the pages are opened, the portrait begins to ramble on about basic magical theories and his own heroic tales.
Li Wei didn't show much interest in this magical phenomenon at first glance.
It can leave portraits and voices on paper, and every time you turn the page, it will repeat them again. It is indeed quite amazing. Li Wei listened quietly to the long speech by this guy named Ge Fei, and turned to the next page.
There was no portrait at the end, only dense text, the font of which was very beautiful and shimmered with a certain luster.
"This book is amazing, isn't it?" The chubby boy grabbed a chicken leg and began to devour it, mumbling between chews, "I've read it several times, but this kind of book isn't like Skill Book. You can't learn it in one go, and the language inside is difficult to understand. That's why I'm planning to sell it." Li Wei believed this. Indeed, as the chubby boy said, the language in the notebook was very difficult to understand. Even Li Wei only managed to finish the first page after the chubby boy had eaten all the food on the table.
At this moment, the fat man finally revealed the reason why he had brought Li Wei here. "Young man, since you've already done this once, why not pretend to be my teammate again?" the fat man pleaded.
"Why should I help you?" Li Wei sneered, opened his mouth and spat out a stream of light that enveloped the magic book. Then, with a breath, the light and the book returned to Li Wei's mouth.
This was the Mouth Storage Technique Li Wei had learned from the Blood Demon; it was incredibly convenient. The fat man opposite him was completely stunned; he had never seen such a technique before. This only strengthened his resolve to get Li Wei to help him.
In reality, the fat man didn't have any mission team. His item reservation service was just a scam. Of course, it was one thing for lower-level reincarnators to be fooled, but this time he really messed with a brick wall. It was none other than Lord Ding Wang, the city lord who had been treated like a lamb by the fat man. After the fat man's smooth talk, Lord Ding Wang paid a deposit of 5,000 points to get him a set of mage armor from the mission world. The set included weapons, armor, and accessories, totaling more than a dozen pieces, which would be very difficult to collect under normal circumstances. However, Lord Ding Wang somehow obtained a list of items for the set, which contained a complete list of all the equipment and detailed information on where each item came from. With that list, he could simply obtain each item one by one from the mission world.
The fat man, who originally intended to scam a quick buck and disappear, could only fool reincarnators without any background. When he encountered a city lord-level reincarnator who controlled a city in the real world, he was at a loss.
But the deposit has already been received, and if the other party finds out that I was lying to him, the consequences are unimaginable.
"Brother, I'm begging you, please help me! I'll repay you handsomely!" Fatty was practically kneeling and kowtowing. "Stop with the formalities, tell me, if I help you, how do you plan to thank me?" Li Wei said calmly. To reach the master level of water magic, he really needed to consult some high-level mages. Coincidentally, the mage set that Lord Wang needed could be obtained from several magic quest worlds, which didn't conflict with his goals. Besides, although this fat guy was sleazy, he was quite to his liking, so helping him wouldn't hurt.
Li Wei had no expectation of getting anything useful from the fat man, but after hearing Li Wei's words, the fat man seemed to have made up his mind and took something out of his storage space.
There were only a few torn pages. Just as Li Wei was wondering about this, he heard the fat man say with an embarrassed expression, "I have a habit of taking a little something out of everything when I sell things. These few pages are torn from the armor I sold you." In the end, Li Wei agreed to the fat man's request, but what happened next was what made Li Wei speechless.
"Hey Fatty, how many people are in your squad?" Li Wei put the torn pages back into the notebook and glanced at the sleazy-looking fat man.
Two fat men stretched out two chubby fingers.
What?! Li Wei almost dropped a few more pages. This fat guy is too clever; he's got a free lunch! No need to ask, one of the two is the fat guy, and the other is himself.
Although they had only known each other for less than two hours, the overly friendly fat man had already put his arm around Li Wei's shoulder, practically begging to become sworn brothers. Seeing the other man's enthusiasm, Li Wei felt embarrassed to get angry. After thinking it over, Li Wei decided not to hold a grudge against the fat man. Many people in Three Heroes City were interested in magic, and his companions were undoubtedly strong and of good character; he believed many would join him. This trip would also be a way to farm some equipment for his people.
That's right. In the mouths of the reincarnators, the act of using points to enter the mission world is called farming equipment, and farming equipment is very popular. Many reincarnators have done this.
After agreeing on a meeting time with the fat man, Li Wei opened the portal and returned to the real world.
Upon returning to Three Heroes City, Li Wei discovered that he couldn't find anyone suitable to go with him. Zheng Yutong, Nina, and Xue Yan were nowhere to be found, and even An Hei was hiding in her house researching the Six Paths Golem. Amakusa and Green Conch had gone to the Illusion Realm. The others either lacked the combat power or shook their heads, indicating their unwillingness to go. Helpless, Li Wei had no choice but to slink back to Shadow Street.
Upon meeting the fat man, I was met with a harsh scornful look. I said, "Brother Li, this is where you're wrong. You started off so confidently, but in the end, you didn't find a single person. What were you bragging about? We're all in this together now. But Brother Li, you're quite the conman; you even fooled me?"
Li Wei wanted to explain but said nothing. No matter how much he said now, the fat man would misunderstand, so it was better to say nothing at all, leaving the other man with nothing to say.
Sure enough, after a long verbal battle, the fat man looked worried. "The two of us definitely can't fool Lord Wang. What should we do?"
The fat man's expression changed faster than flipping through a book. Zhouzhou was still laughing heartily, but then he thought of his current predicament and became worried again. Li Wei really had no way to deal with this kind of personality.
Li Wei, feeling helpless, suggested that if he could temporarily recruit some reincarnators and offered better treatment, it would attract many people.
The fat man's eyes lit up, but he chuckled and said, "Brother Li, you're so smart! You came up with such a good idea. Since you're the one who came up with this idea, then you should go and do it." Looking at the fat man's smug face, Li Wei knew exactly what he was thinking. He didn't want to spend any money, after all, recruiting team members wouldn't work without offering decent compensation.
Given Li Wei's current wealth, he no longer cares about Skill Book below grade B. He has countless weapons, Skill Book, and armor, and his points have reached 500,000 after several missions. Recruiting a few experts with these resources should be a piece of cake. Fatty, fearing Li Wei might change his mind, left first under the pretext of preparing equipment and medicine. Li Wei smiled and headed directly towards the Shadow Street Mercenary Plaza, where a large group of unemployed Reincarnators regularly gathered. As long as the price was right, he could make these Reincarnators kill and commit arson.
Of course, this place is a mixed bag, and those who are not strong enough in combat would not dare to come here alone.
Those who come here for reincarnation usually come in groups of three or five, and some even have more than a dozen followers. People like Li Wei, who come alone, are very rare.
Therefore, as soon as Li Wei entered the mercenary plaza, he immediately became the focus of everyone's attention.
The Insight Technique has become a common commodity, with a single copy available for just over ten thousand points. Under the Insight Technique, the combat strength of reincarnators below the same level cannot be concealed at all. Although someone recently discovered a special skill that can hide combat strength, combat strength is not something that can be hidden from others, and most reincarnators will not deliberately conceal it.
Those unfriendly reincarnators stared at Li Wei, who was alone, and activated their Insight Technique, but only saw an unknown prompt.
"That's strange, this person is actually hiding their combat strength," a Q-level reincarnator whispered to his companion.
"It's possible that this guy's combat power is even higher than yours. Let me take a look," his companion laughed. The former thought about it and realized that this guy's combat power was B-level, which could be considered as high-level among the reincarnators.
However, the Sun-level Reincarnator glanced at Li Wei and scratched his head, thinking, "This kid is indeed using a hidden technique. I couldn't even see through his combat strength."