The attributes of the two Skill Books quickly appeared before Lin Yi.
The first was a Skill Book that shimmered with faint blue light.
[Skill Book: Explosive Arrow] [Type: Skill Book (Tome)] [Profession: Archer] [Learnable Level: Level 30] [Tier: Tier 2] [Effect: After use, there is a 70% chance for you to learn the skill: Explosive Arrow.]
Lin Yi's eyes lit up.
Archer Skill Books weren't cheap either!
And this was even a Tier 2 Skill Book.
Its value was probably several times greater than the Wind Blade Skill Book dropped by the Tiger King he had killed earlier!
But Lin Yi had only just learned this.
Aside from Beginner Skill Books, Skill Books that directly taught higher-tier skills only had a chance of being learned.
They did not guarantee success.
He finally seemed to understand the hardships of those with Common Professions.
Someone might painstakingly save money for years to buy a High-Tier Skill Book.
Only to fail to learn it in the end.
That would truly shatter their mentality.
Fortunately, Lin Yi would never have such worries.
Moreover, he only needed to look for and buy Beginner Skill Books.
Lin Yi turned his gaze toward the other Skill Book, whose black cover radiated a dense aura of death.
Its detailed information soon appeared, instantly exciting Lin Yi.
[Skill Book: Summon: Skeleton Soldier] [Type: Skill Book (Tome)] [Profession: Necromancer Knight, Summoner, Dark Priest (requires Breakthrough Magic Crystal), Mage (requires Breakthrough Magic Crystal)] [Learnable Level: LV.5] [Tier: Tier 1] [Effect: After use, you will learn the skill: Summon: Skeleton Soldier.]
Holy shit, his luck had truly exploded this time!
A Necromancy Skill Book!
And Mage was among the professions that could learn it!
Necromancy skills were among the rarest of all Mage specializations.
They should rank second only to the Gravity System.
Necromancy spells combined the highly advantageous traits of summons and soul attacks.
Spells that could directly attack an enemy's soul could sometimes produce extraordinarily exaggerated effects. Defeating the strong while weak was no problem at all!
Lin Yi chose to use it.
However, a cold notification sounded.
[Learning failed! Your profession is not part of this skill's Primary Class. To learn it, you must additionally consume the material: Breakthrough Magic Crystal!]
Damn it!
He couldn't learn it!
What the hell was this Breakthrough Magic Crystal?
Lin Yi searched his memory but found no relevant information.
However, he had learned about the concepts of Primary Classes and Secondary Classes.
Simply put, after Blue Star's mutation, the various professions were not completely separate parallel lines that would never intersect. Occasionally, there were connections between them.
Take Mage skills as an example.
The Tier 6 Molten Flame Demon was a skill that both Fire Mages and Summoners could learn.
But for a Fire Mage, this skill could be learned after advancing in rank. Fire Mage was the skill's Primary Class.
For Summoners, however, they needed the corresponding Skill Book to learn it.
Summoner was the skill's Secondary Class.
Besides that, the Tier 6 Wind-type Swift Wind Flash could likewise be learned by professions such as Swordsmen, Blademasters, Warriors, and Ninjas.
But from the looks of it, unlocking skills from a Secondary Class not only required consuming a Skill Book, but also this material called a Breakthrough Magic Crystal.
Forget it. There was no need to rush.
Even if he learned a Necromancy skill now, he did not have enough Skill Points to raise it to a high tier.
After all, his Ice Element skills and Mana Shield, the key Passive Skill that provided survivability, were still crying out to be upgraded.
If he was going to upgrade anything, he would first raise those two skills to a high tier.
Lin Yi took a Black Card from his pocket.
As well as a Business Card.
"Treasure Pavilion Jiangcheng Base City Main Store Manager, Zhang Dafu. Contact information: XXX..."
Right, it was time for the full package: sell loot, fence goods, spend money, and add points!
More than half an hour later.
Inside the VIP reception room of Jiangcheng Treasure Pavilion.
"Please, have a seat!"
"Hehehe, Brother Lin, your presence honors this humble establishment!"
"I wonder what fortuitous encounter you've had recently, Brother Lin. Do you have anything you would like to sell?"
Lin Yi sat on the sofa.
Zhang Dafu served Lin Yi a cup of fine hot tea, his smiling face crumpling like a chrysanthemum.
Pot-bellied and greasy-faced—those were Lin Yi's first impressions of Zhang Dafu.
He was the most standard sort of businessman.
Everything was about money.
In its own way, that was a kind of purity.
Lin Yi did not dislike Zhang Dafu.
And he immediately demonstrated his sincerity.
He took out four or five rare materials dropped by the BOSS Death Knight Ravenardale from his inventory space.
Lin Yi had carefully selected all these materials.
They were materials that could drop randomly in the wild and could not be traced back to any specific monster.
That way, no one would grow suspicious or trace the clues back to uncover his past.
As Lin Yi placed these rare materials on the table one after another.
He could see the flesh on Zhang Dafu's fat face trembling slightly.
These items were obviously all extremely rare!
Moreover, Lin Yi had done his homework beforehand and had a general understanding of their prices at the Trading House.
"Brother Lin, allow me to call you brother!"
"These... are all for sale?"
Lin Yi nodded.
The next moment, Zhang Dafu produced a Silver Abacus from somewhere. His fat fingers rapidly and deftly flicked the beads, producing a series of crisp clatters.
Lin Yi had thought he would need to wait a while.
But in less than five seconds.
The result was ready.
"Brother, I can offer 440,000 Great Xia Coins for these materials and buy them all!"
"And to be honest with you, I can provide an itemized list for every material here, with their unit prices marked. You definitely won't lose out!"
"Uh, 440,000 isn't a very auspicious number. I'll round it up to 450,000 for you!"
When Lin Yi heard the offer, he was already nodding to himself.
He had previously checked these materials at the Trading House. Multiplying every unit price by the quantity, he had arrived at a total of 390,000.
By coming to Zhang Dafu, he had gained an extra 60,000 out of thin air.
That was good enough.
"Fine."
"Also, Boss, do you buy equipment here?"
Zhang Dafu's face twitched again.
He narrowed his eyes and looked at Lin Yi in surprise.
"Brother, are you...?"
Of course Lin Yi understood what he meant.
And judging by that expression, Zhang Dafu was probably testing him as well.
Perhaps if Lin Yi really said he had equipment above Silver Grade to sell, Zhang Dafu would actually take the deal.
But Lin Yi would not be stupid enough to take that risk.
"Don't worry, they're all Silver Grade equipment. I can't be bothered going to the Trading House again, so I'm just checking whether you buy them. If not, I'll find another shop."
Upon hearing that, Zhang Dafu immediately replied decisively, "We do! We buy everything!"
"It's just that if the Silver Grade equipment you're selling isn't high-level, Brother, my offer won't be much higher than market price. Some might even be at market price, since the authorities regulate these items strictly, and our acquisition prices are already high!"
Lin Yi nodded. "No matter."
Afterward, Lin Yi took out the six Silver Grade pieces of equipment he had carefully selected from the BOSS drops.
Although these pieces of equipment were only Silver Grade, they were generally between levels 40 and 60, so Lin Yi earned another hundred thousand.
Just as Zhang Dafu thought today's transaction was about to end.
Lin Yi threw out another bombshell.
"Boss, do you sell Breakthrough Magic Crystals here?"
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