Troubled by Money

Although Haoyue City was merely a small city within the Human Federation, this Government Office still looked rather grand in Yue Shen's eyes.

Before long, Yue Shen, Long Haochen, and the others were led by Li Aoxiao to a Treasure Vault on the top floor of the Haoyue Government Office.

Rather than a treasure vault, it was actually just a relatively spacious room. There was no excessive decoration or furniture inside the room; instead, there were only a few long wooden tables, each neatly laid out with various types of equipment.

Looking at the pieces of equipment radiating magical auras before them, and then thinking about how he would immediately be able to pick out a set to take away.

Several people in the team instantly found it hard to sit still, especially the two brothers from the Warrior Temple, whose eyes went straight.

As for Li Xin and Lin Jialu standing nearby, they showed no particular reaction at all.

After all, one of them was the daughter of the Military Commander-in-Chief, while the other was the daughter of the Governing Official. They still possessed a few fine pieces of magic equipment, so naturally they had no need to choose anything here.

On the other hand, looking at Long Haochen, his current equipment configuration was relatively poor, unable to even piece together a complete set of equipment.

Therefore, he was naturally extremely covetous of these pieces of equipment, only he did not show it.

However, Yue Shen was suffering.

He clearly wanted to take these pieces of equipment to sell... to use as spare equipment, but he could not show it, and even had to put on a look of total indifference.

"These pieces of equipment were all collected by our Haoyue City from various places." Lin Yinjia smiled gently. "Although these equipment pieces are merely magic equipment, they are still much better than those common goods on the market.

Moreover, most of the enhancements attached to these equipment pieces are amplification-type magic, so they will naturally be of greater help to you. Now you can freely choose the equipment you are satisfied with, and I hope they can shine brilliantly in your hands."

After Lin Yinjia finished speaking, Lin Jialu finally stepped out of the formation.

She shook her head slightly and said, "I have my own equipment, so I won't choose."

"Neither will I." Li Xin shook her head and did not step forward to select equipment either.

However, the brothers Chen Si and Chen Chen nearby were not so polite, as they themselves lacked handy equipment.

Upon receiving Lin Yinjia's instruction, they immediately crowded up to the tables and began picking out equipment.

Li Xin secretly nudged Long Haochen, signaling him to step forward and select equipment as well, lest all the good things be picked away by others.

Seeing that everyone else had stepped forward to choose equipment, Yue Shen no longer hesitated and followed them over.

Yet he did not touch or examine those pieces of equipment, simply circling around the tables.

This action of Yue Shen's happened to be seen by everyone else, and they all assumed Yue Shen was ceding the priority of picking equipment to the others, intending to choose from what they left behind.

Not only that, Lin Yinjia even felt that the reason Yue Shen agreed to select magic equipment here was purely out of consideration for his own face, and he had only reluctantly agreed.

He would never imagine that Yue Shen actually needed these magic equipment pieces.

However.

Yue Shen, who was currently circling the long tables, was using his Identification Tool to continuously scan the equipment displayed on the table surfaces.

Since he already possessed a very fine set of equipment, he was not picking what suited him best or what was most practical here, but rather picking the most expensive ones.

Before long, the brothers Chen Si and Chen Chen had finished selecting their equipment and retreated to the side with full satisfaction.

After scanning the equipment, Yue Shen reached out and directly took several pieces.

Among them was a light-attribute Knight Heavy Sword, and the effects attached to it were also quite good.

Yet because Yue Shen already possessed a pair of Spirit-Magic Grade Knight Light Swords, his selection of this heavy sword was actually intended to be sold for money.

Then came a fire-attribute Warrior Universal Full-Body Armor.

There was nothing much to say about this piece; as long as Yue Shen found a suitable opportunity, he would sell it directly.

As for why he chose a fire-attribute full-body armor instead of a light-attribute one.

It was because there was only one light-attribute armor placed on these long tables, and that one had already been taken by Long Haochen, leaving Yue Shen with no choice but to pick something else.

Finally, there was a dark-gold round shield with a diameter of about two chi five cun (approximately 83 centimeters), belonging to a Medium Shield.

Yue Shen did not plan to sell this shield.

After all, this gadget looked quite sturdy, and perhaps it would have a chance to come in handy later on.

Furthermore, judging from the data on the equipment panel obtained through the Identification Tool's scan, this shield was also a rare boutique among magic equipment.

First of all, this shield itself could defend against impacts below four hundred points of Spiritual Power, and its defensive power could also be enhanced through the infusion of Spiritual Power.

Not only that, but a rhombic gemstone emitting a faint blue light was also embedded in the shield.

The Spirit-Concentrating Stone could amplify the user's Spiritual Power output, making the Spiritual Power reinforcement effect on the equipment even better and its defense even stronger.

"I have chosen." Yue Shen bowed slightly and retreated back into the formation. "Many thanks to all the seniors for bestowing the equipment."

Lin Yinjia smiled warmly. "You are too courteous."

"We will be setting off early tomorrow morning, so once you return, you must seize the time to familiarize yourselves with your new equipment."

Seeing that the time was getting late, Li Aoxiao urged briskly, "Tomorrow, the Inspector will lead you to the Alliance, and we also have designated personnel responsible for all your tournament-related matters over there.

Little brother, if you have any needs, you can also tell the people on that side." Li Aoxiao turned to look at Yue Shen. "Although entering the preliminaries is a matter of equal importance, your lives are the most important thing. Once you encounter an unresolvable crisis, you would rather forfeit your qualification to participate than seek help from the Inspector.

Remember that you are still young and have the next Demon Hunt Squad Selection Tournament to participate in." Nalan Shu added from the side.

Although Yue Shen was somewhat dazed, he still nodded in acknowledgement.

After explaining the tournament matters, Li Aoxiao had everyone return to their quarters.

On the return journey, Long Haochen was surprised to discover that Yue Shen actually also lived in the Haoyue Branch Hall, and he secretly noted down the location of Yue Shen's dormitory.

Upon returning to his quarters, Li Xin simply gave him a few brief reminders to rest well before heading back.

Long Haochen first took out the dried fish he had previously promised to bring for Haoyue from his Storage Ring, then cautiously opened the door to check if anyone else was passing by.

"Haoyue, I'm heading out for a moment." Long Haochen stroked Haoyue's two heads and whispered softly, "I'll be right back."

Haoyue's two heads nodded in unison, then buried their heads to eat their dried fish.

Yue Shen stretched lazily back in his dormitory, feeling immensely expectant at the thought that starting tomorrow would be a brand new chapter in his life.

Glancing at Sol, who was napping coiled around the clothes rack, Yue Shen instantly felt that both his mood and his wallet had eased up considerably.

Fortunately, because Sol possessed an Astral Spirit Body, it had no need for food-or rather, the things it wanted to eat were currently beyond Yue Shen's ability to procure for it.

Yet whenever he thought in this direction, he inexplicably felt like he was not a qualified pet owner, even though Sol had nothing for him to clean up after.