E-rank Magic Scroll, Limited-Time Discount Coupon!

Normally, walking back to Cloudside Town from Medicine Valley would have taken at least a dozen minutes.

Although he had lost 320 EXP,

it had saved Lin Mo quite a bit of time...

"Hmm, not bad. Worth it."

"Shame about that ring, though!"

A chill flashed through Lin Mo's eyes. "I just don't have time to play with you right now. Once I finish everything here in the beginner village, I'll give you all the attention you deserve."

Fortunately, the evolved gold Flowing Light Sword and orange leg guards were bound to him.

If he had dropped those two pieces of equipment, the loss would have been devastating!

As he spoke, Lin Mo arrived at the potion shop.

He found the owner, Jasmine, and turned in the quest.

[Ding! Congratulations on completing the quest: Collect Medicinal Herbs. Rewards: EXP +200, copper coins +12, reputation +1, Jasmine's affection +1. Equipment acquired: Brave Warrior's Trench Coat!]

Lin Mo had a full 100 medicinal flower cores in his inventory.

Each quest turn-in only required ten.

So Lin Mo repeatedly accepted and turned in the quest ten times.

He received ten sets of rewards!

Besides earning ten times the basic quest rewards,

the chance of receiving equipment with each turn-in was halved from the previous one.

In other words, the first turn-in guaranteed a piece of equipment.

The second had a 50% chance, the third 25%, the fourth 12.5%, and so on...

After turning in the quest ten times,

Lin Mo stared at the lone [Brave Warrior's Trench Coat] in his inventory, his face darkening. He fell silent for a full three seconds.

Only then did he blurt out, "Goddamn... all I got was the guaranteed first drop?"

"Unbelievable..."

For Lin Mo, however, those rewards were actually secondary.

What he had looked forward to most was the system notification that rang in his ears-

[Ding! Your affection with Jasmine has reached 10 points. Jasmine's affection level toward you has reached level 1!]

He closed the affection level-up notification panel before him.

Lin Mo said to Jasmine, "Ma'am, I collected so many medicinal herbs for you. Don't I get a little extra reward?"

"Of course you do, handsome!" Jasmine smiled at Lin Mo with open admiration, then pulled a faintly fragrant scroll from her pale cleavage and held it out to him.

Her eyes were alluring as she said, "Here, this is your reward. There's only one-one of a kind!"

Lin Mo excitedly accepted the scroll. "Thank you, ma'am!"

That was right!

It worked much like the way he had triggered Cloudside Town's only hidden quest through Auntie Li.

In Oracle World, most opportunities were closely tied to affection between players and NPCs.

The opportunity hidden with Jasmine, which could earn him a large amount of gold coins quickly, also required a player to raise their affection level with her to level 1 before it could be triggered!

And that opportunity was the magic scroll now in Lin Mo's hand-

[Limited-Time Discount Coupon] (E-rank magic scroll):

Description: For half an hour after use, the player can purchase potions at Cloudside Town's potion shop at 90% off.

Note: This magic scroll can only be used at the potion shop in Cloudside Town, Beginner Village No. 116...

"Only the first player in Cloudside Town to reach affection level 1 with Jasmine can get this magic scroll."

"In my previous life, some idiot discovered this opportunity and bragged about it on the forums. He said he bought an inventory full of cheap potions that lasted him several days and saved him a lot of money..."

"But if I use the 90% discount to buy potions in bulk, then resell them at a markup, I can make a huge amount of copper coins from the difference in no time!"

As he spoke,

Lin Mo crushed the magic scroll on the spot!

[Ding! E-rank magic scroll, Limited-Time Discount Coupon, has taken effect. For the next half hour, you receive 90% off potion purchases at the potion shop!]

Time was limited.

Without another word, Lin Mo rushed to the potion shop counter to buy potions.

Now, the level 1 health and mana potions that normally cost 10 copper coins per bottle were priced at just 1 copper coin each for Lin Mo!

Lin Mo spent 3.8 silver coins in one go, buying 38 stacks of health potions!

With ten bottles per stack, that made 380 bottles in total!

It wasn't that Lin Mo didn't want to buy more. His inventory space was simply limited.

Players started with only 40 inventory slots.

After accounting for the E-rank magic scroll Poisoning and his newly rewarded Brave Warrior's Trench Coat, Lin Mo had only 38 slots left, all of which were now filled with potions!

With his inventory packed with potions, Lin Mo immediately left the shop and headed straight for the auction house directly across from it!

He listed each stack of potions for 50 copper coins.

Then he opened the regional chat channel and anonymously sent a message he had prepared in advance.

[Anonymous Player]: "Half-price potions at the auction house! Come get them!"

This wasn't the time to chase high unit prices.

As the saying went, small margins, high volume.

The discount only lasts half an hour, and every player starts with just ten listing slots at the auction house. I need to make sure every stack sells as quickly as possible to increase my sales volume!

As he thought this,

it was ten in the evening, the busiest time of day.

According to the system's real-time statistics, Cloudside Town had a staggering 97,658 players online!

And so, with a single shout from Lin Mo,

players across the chat channel began buzzing.

[Dream Is to Marry Xiaomi Su] (level 3, male): "Half-price potions? Seriously? Can there really be a deal like that? I'm heading back to the village to check right now. If you're lying, may your whole family drop dead!"

[Flowers Bloom, Wealth Arrives] (level 1, male): "It's real, everyone! It's real! Ten potions for just 50 copper coins! But I don't have enough copper to buy any. Anyone with money, hurry over! There are only ten stacks here!"

[Zihan's Mom] (level 2, female): "It's fake. Don't believe it! I'm at the auction house right now, and there aren't any cheap potions here! Don't come over, everyone. You'll just waste a trip!"

[Zihan's Mom] (level 2, female): "Also, I'm buying some copper coins at one point above the system's cash-out rate, 1.1:1! Does anyone have spare copper coins they can sell me? Just send them by mail!"

Meanwhile, shortly after Lin Mo listed his potions, he received sale notifications:

[Ding! The item you listed at the auction house, Health Potion, has been purchased by player Zihan's Mom. After deducting a 3% transaction fee, you received 48.5 copper coins!]

[Ding! The item you listed at the auction house, Health Potion, has been purchased by player Zihan's Mom. After deducting a 3% transaction fee, you received 48.5 copper coins!]

[Ding...]

Lin Mo had seriously underestimated the purchasing power of the players in this beginner village.

The ten stacks he had just listed sold out in less than half a minute!

Once his listing slots were empty, Lin Mo immediately put up another ten stacks, still priced at 50 copper coins each!

As more and more players actually bought half-price potions,

the news was confirmed.

Zihan's Mom received so many abusive private messages from players that she logged off in tears.

Meanwhile, more and more players came to the auction house to buy potions.

As a result, the second batch sold out just ten seconds after being listed!

After all, a single potion at the shop cost 10 copper coins.

At the system's 1:1 exchange rate, that was equivalent to ten yuan!

Here, however, each bottle cost just five yuan!

Even ordinary players who couldn't afford to use potions at five yuan apiece could stock up while prices were low, then resell them to the big spenders for seven or eight yuan a bottle, earning two or three yuan on each sale!

Only an idiot would pass up free money!

And so, Lin Mo's potions sold faster and faster!

All 38 stacks in his inventory sold out in no time!

He earned a total of 1,843 copper coins.

Subtracting his cost of 380,

his net profit was 1,463!

In just about a minute, he had earned over fourteen hundred yuan!

Lin Mo couldn't help exclaiming, "This feels amazing!"

Thrilled, Lin Mo ran back to the potion shop across the street to buy another bulk load of potions at 90% off...