Chapter 72: Getting Started

When I walked out of the "Tianxia Auction House", I thought about what Zhang San said before leaving, and I thought about it.

Zhang San said that the game company will hold a "World Martial Fighting Meeting" at the end of December in the game. It is said to be a "Warrior Fighting Meeting", but in fact it includes competitions in various profession fields. Whether it is a combat profession or a life profession, you can participate.

In the Eastern Continent, the battle profession competition is divided into seven major categories: warrior, archer, thief, Taoist, monk, hunter and other professions. The first six professions are easy to say, but the "other profession" behind the latter is inexplicable. Are there any other professions? It seems that there are no profession categories given by the game company.

But the game company will never be aimless. Thinking of the previous few wizard-specific equipment, a brand new combat profession appears in the mind - wizard. Yes, it must be a wizard, and there are even some other rare professions. Because if there is only the new profession of wizard, then the term "other profession" will not be used.

Similarly, there is an additional category of "other profession" in the combat profession competition categories in the Western continent, in addition to swordsmen, archers, knights, thieves, magicians, priests, undead mages and summoners.

In the competition category of life professions, there are nine major categories of blacksmiths, doctors, tailors, woodcutters, fishermen, merchants, chefs, appraisers and "other professions"; while in the Western continent, they replaced doctors with alchemists, a profession that specializes in creating jewelry, extended by blacksmiths.

In addition to these small categories of competitions, players can also participate in the "comprehensive ability competition" regardless of profession category. In addition to the twenty-four players who are themselves won by the knockout round, there are also the top three in each single-event combat professional competition in the East and West continents. These players will conduct a round-robin competition, and the players with the top four points will then participate in the knockout round, so that the first, second and third places will be decided.

Of course, this world competition has a lot of prizes. It is said that there will be a fairy weapon, three dark gold equipment, more than one hundred gold equipment and more than five hundred top-level silver equipment to be unveiled. Other rewards, such as reputation, gold coins, etc., are very considerable, and the scale is absolutely shocking! Zhang San only mentioned it briefly when the senior executive of the game company talked to him a few days ago.

After hearing this news, the first thing I thought of was not whether to participate in the competition, but the changes brought about by this competition. First of all, if players want to participate in the competition, the demand for weapons, equipment and medicines will definitely increase greatly, and there are a lot of business opportunities here. And just so, in terms of weapons and equipment, I do not lack them. There are also a lot of gold equipment collected from secret stores in the twelve cities, and various wonderful pills are even more varied.

Although I just make a difference, as long as these stores are not discovered by many people, I can make a fortune. In fact, even if everyone knows that these stores have nothing to do with them, I signed an agreement with them. Now, thinking about it, this move was really long-term. Now, even if the possibility of the good things you want to find in those stores is very slim, because most of them have entered my "Longhuxuan".

Therefore, from the day the competition is announced until the end of the competition, the equipment demand will be a fanatical opportunity during this period, and this is also a good opportunity for me to make a lot of money.

However, after the end of the "World Fighting Meeting", this situation will change rapidly. First of all, a large number of top-quality equipment poured into the market. Although it is not worth mentioning compared to hundreds of millions of players around the world, it will still have a great impact on the equipment market.

Of course, I cannot judge the specific performance of this impact at present. One possibility is that a large number of top-quality equipment enters the hands of players, greatly enhancing their strength, attracting others to jealousy, which will inspire the equipment market and increase the price of equipment; of course, there is another possibility, that is, because there are too many top-quality equipment, players' enthusiasm for top-quality equipment has decreased, especially the appearance of that "immortal weapon", which has caused the price of gold equipment and worse equipment to decline. As for dark gold equipment, although it has an impact, it will definitely not be too many. After all, there are only a few dark gold equipment in the world at present.

But no matter which one it is, I, who now has four top-quality equipment, can definitely gain huge benefits in this grand event. However, the most beneficial thing to me is to take that immortal weapon into my own hands. As long as I master the immortal weapon, I can limit the current player strength to a certain level, and at the same time control a large part of the equipment market. However, if I want to get immortal weapons, this also means I need to participate in the competition.

It's nothing to participate in the competition. Anyway, there are many people who know me now. The previous low-key principle is no longer applicable, and it's okay to participate in it in the true face. However, it is very difficult to get first. First of all, in terms of the rules of the competition, although the upper level of the company did not say it clearly, it revealed in words that it is impossible to rely on external objects to compete, which means that pets may not be allowed to appear in the competition.

Although my strength is still good, the level 37 hunter has at least 40 attribute values, but he lacks skills. Even if I can break through the bottleneck this time, it is still not worth mentioning for the "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" game world. Look at the current "Comprehensive Ability Ranking", my ranking has changed from the original third to the current eighth place, which means that seven players in terms of data alone surpass me, let alone other players with special skills.

Therefore, if you want to win the first place in the "World Martial Fighting Conference", you must improve your strength as soon as possible. It is very simple to improve your strength, as long as you are willing to spend time. It is now the 13th day of the 10th month of the world, and there are more than two months left before the end of December. It is enough for me to improve my strength at this time.

But the problem is that I am now learning the art of sword making with me. I have only learned the most basic skill of "iron-smashing". If I want to truly learn his skills, according to the huge amount of water contained in the previous "ten days", the old guy's "one month" may not be possible in less than two or three months.

What should I do? Thinking in my mind, I returned to the "blacksmith shop" I unknowingly.

Looking at meditating and silent after listening to my words, I was filled with expectation. Although I have always been concerned about Qu Yezi, I know that just the "formula" has already benefited me endlessly. What's more, now he has passed on my sword-making skills. Perhaps one day in the future, the artifact can be born in my hands.

With this kindness alone, I should work hard to learn. However, this "World Martial Arts Fighting Meeting" is indeed a good opportunity, and I don't want to give up - ", what do you think?" I looked at my serious face and said carefully: "I can guarantee that I have three hours a day to practice the blacksmith skills you gave me. You also said that after finishing the basics, everything needs to be realized by yourself. So, I think three hours a day should be enough."

After waiting for a while, I saw that there was still no change. I said again: "Let's do this. As long as you agree, I will give you twenty jars of fine wine every week. What do you think of this condition?"

It turned out that there were only two jars of fine wine every day, which means that there were fourteen jars of fine wine in a week, and now there are six more jars, so I should be moved. Sure enough, when I heard my conditions, my serious face turned to me and said, "There are only twenty jars of fine wine that I want to send you and me, but I have no way."

Just talk. I quickly said, "You don't know that each jar of wine costs 2,000 gold coins, twenty jars will be a total of 40,000 gold coins, and one month will be 160,000 gold coins. Although my disciples now have many gold coins, they cannot afford such a huge consumption!"

"Tsk, don't cry for me!" He curled his lips and said, "Don't I know this yet? Every week, you take seven pieces of equipment from me, each piece worth at least more than 10,000 gold coins, and a month is 300,000 gold coins, which is nearly twice your 160,000 yuan. How do you deal with this difference, disciple?"

After saying that, the old guy regained his "old fox" face, and it was a variety that had been extinct for thousands of years. You should know that although the equipment he made could be sold for more than 10,000, if I had not had the vigorous publicity I had done for "Longhuxuan" before, I would not have sold such a good price. After all the expenses, the remaining one would be about 100,000 gold coins. If I hadn't been interested in this long-term business, I wouldn't have spent so much effort.

However, for this long-term meal ticket, I still asked humbly: "What do you think is the most appropriate number?"

"Thirty jars are just a carefree one." He took a sip of wine and said.

"Thirty jars are too many, and I still have several guys to raise. A little less, twenty-one jars."

"Twenty-one jars are not enough, but depending on the fact that you want to support a friend, just twenty-nine jars." He waved his hand very generously.

"It's still too much. I need to pay a 10% commercial tax, a little less, twenty-two should be enough." After the system was upgraded, the tax revenue changed from 5% to 10%, saying that it was because the virtual shops also had to pay national tax. Fortunately, I had the status of "Guardian of Pangu City" and could have a 10% discount. Just tax revenue would make me drink a pot. It's easy for me!

"Then it's twenty-eight..."

"Let's get less, twenty-three is good..."

In the end, the number was set at twenty-five jars. Although it was difficult to talk, Master District was not in a difficult situation, as if he was interested in the number twenty-five. Although he paid 40,000 more gold coins every month, it was still worth it overall. Perhaps the game company didn't want me to make too much money from them. Although after the system was upgraded, the game company guaranteed that all the things in the game would be handed over to the rules of the game itself, that is, in addition to some specially stated punishments (such as malicious destruction of the game rules, maliciously disrupting the game order, etc.), the game company could only exercise its power through the calendar in the game, and GM now only provides consulting services.

But who knows if the game company will be upset when I see me and make a secret stir. After all, some of my current business methods are completely profiting from the game company. Although the game company itself makes a big profit, if someone in their senior management thinks that my method has hindered the interests of the game company, I will be miserable.

Therefore, the requirement for this twenty-five jars of fine wine every week is not an exaggeration.

In the following days, in addition to practicing the blacksmith skills I taught me for three hours every day, I focused all my energy on improving my strength.

First of all, on October 16th, I set up an advanced formation in the trap - the flame formation. This five-element fire formation requires 108 yellow-level "Zhurong War Souls", which fully exerts the destructive characteristics of the fire-type magic power; although it is not as powerful as the "Dragon Trap", it is definitely comparable to the "Dragon Trap" in pure flame attacks.

The completion of this trap containing the "fire array" finally made my trap technique break through the bottleneck limit and rise to the master level, increasing its power several times. In addition to the use of the formation, my "trap technique" can now trap monsters of monster level like "Buld Demon King" for twenty minutes. And these twenty minutes not only allowed me to obtain more than twenty "night pearls" left in the cave last time, but also obtained a large number of top-quality ores, allowing me to use them to exercise my blacksmith skills.

Relying on these ores, I not only raised the "iron-thrust" to a bottleneck state, but also raised the new skills of the professor's blacksmith, "casting" and "transformation" to advanced level (proficiency level 99/100). Among them, "creation" relies entirely on hand-made iron, and then knocking iron embryos and other irons into equipment models with iron hammers. This method of manufacturing equipment, after hundreds of repeated knocks, the metal particles become very tight, and the flexibility and hardness will be greatly improved.

Of course, some metals are not suitable for repeated knocking or their tightness is enough. Such metals can be a good piece of equipment by pouring the melted juice into the prepared mold and waiting for it to cool down and then processing it a little.

"Transformation" is the most complicated of the three basic skills of the blacksmith. For example, before, inlaid with the "Dragon Ball" on the "Fire Dragon Battle Boots" I have formed, it is extremely difficult to maximize the wind-type magic of the "Dragon Ball" without destroying the original structure of the combat boots. Even this sword-casting master spent a whole day, which was more than ten times the time it took to build this pair of "Fire Dragon Battle Boots".

From the modified "Fire Dragon Battle Boots" to the "Wind Fire Battle Boots", the attributes have been greatly improved, from the original "Defense + 8, Speed ​​+ 12, Durability 200/200; Weight Bearing 9" to the current "Defense + 12, Speed ​​+ 25, Durability 300/300; Weight Bearing 8", the defense is not enough to be mentioned, but the speed has increased by thirteen points, more than twice the original, which is a super skill that people have to admire.

I know that I added a "wind gathering array" on it, and used eight yellow-level "Zhurong Battle Soul" as the basis point of the formation to achieve such an effect.

Because this transformation is too difficult to learn, it took me a whole month and a half to successfully practice this skill to a bottleneck state. Of course, this was when I spent almost all the top-quality ores I snatched from the "Bul Demon King".

Fortunately, my blacksmith skills have improved now, and the ores have not been wasted much. Most of them have been preserved by me, and some of them have been made into equipment by me practicing three basic skills. Good materials are good materials. Even the simple equipment created by me, a novice, are all good bronze equipment. I guess I can earn back the cost of these ores.

Of course, archery has also been practiced with the cooperation of wind magic and internal force, and the advanced skill of archery "guiding arrows". Now I am "judging wherever I point to", and even the name of "arrower" is not an exaggeration to me. After "archery" breaks through the bottleneck and reaches the master level, the simple "archery" now has almost half the probability of "punching" some monsters who are almost defensive. I finally realized what the real "archery" is.

At the same time, the past two months have greatly improved my strength and level. My level has changed from the original level of 37 (3%) to 41 (17%), and the attribute points have increased by 18 points, including strength +6, agility +8, and physical strength +4. And because I successfully killed the two large and small "Red Refining King Snakes" guarding the snow lotus, after I took their inner alchemy, although the "non-invasion of all poisons" did not change, almost all the toxins below the intermediate level were invalid for me afterwards, which is also an evolution.

I looked at my own attribute bar (listing important information):

Life: 1780, Attack: 134, Defense: 85+153, Speed: 119+25, Weight: 60/420 Strength: 67, Agility: 56, Physical strength: 42; Enlightenment: Hidden, Charm: Hidden, Luck: Hidden; Mana: 53, Internal strength: 67, Hunger degree: 4, Fatigue degree: 9, Reputation: 48212, Gang: None; Hunter Skills: Guide Arrow, Intermediate, Proficiency 31/100 Subjugation Technique, Intermediate, Proficiency 19/100 Three Arrows Attached, Advanced, Proficiency 69/1 million Arrows Attached, Advanced, Proficiency 71/1

00 Archery, Master level, Proficiency 4/100 Trap Technology, Master level, Proficiency 3/100 Thieves Skills: Reconnaissance, Advanced, Proficiency 99/100 Swordsman Skills: Basic Sword Technique, Advanced, Proficiency 99/100 Blacksmith Skills: Iron Strike, Advanced, Proficiency 99/100 Build, Advanced, Proficiency 99/100 Casting, Advanced, Proficiency 99/100 Transformation, Advanced, Proficiency 99/100 Formation Master Skills: Formation, Advanced, Proficiency 37/100 Internal Power Mind Method: Seven Star Mantis Heart Sutra, Intermediate, Proficiency 31/100

Common equipment: Fire Dragon Battle Helmet: Defense + 9, Durability 200/200; Weight-bearing 4 Fire Dragon Armor: Defense + 110, Durability 350/350; Weight-bearing water and wood systems, metal attacks 20%, automatically launches the "Tiangang Formation" to attack when subjected to physical attacks, fire attack power + 400; Weight-bearing 120 Fire Dragon Wristguard: Defense + 12, Durability 200/200; Weight-bearing 2 Fire Dragon Knee: Defense + 10, Durability 200/200; Weight-bearing 6 Wind Fire Battle Boots: Defense + 12, Speed ​​+ 25, Durability 300/300; Weight-bearing 8 Gold Hunting Bow: Attack + 36, Speed ​​+ 7, 30% wear

Target. Equipment conditions: Speed ​​50. Special skills: Guide arrows, changing their route within a certain range after the arrow is released, it will cost 30 internal strength; 18 weight-bearing golden sword, attack +100, durability 200/200; 10% chance to ignore equipment defense; 25 weight-bearing most of the important skills now have reached a bottleneck state, especially my weakness - the "basic sword technique" in melee ability. It took me a lot of effort but could not break through the bottleneck, which made people very upset. Since I want to participate in the "World Martial Fighting Meeting", I will definitely face various types of combat professions, and the melee warriors actually pose a great threat to me.

You should know that for hunters, hiding in the dark to watch the enemy drop traps, or killing the enemy through bows and arrows is the best choice. If I cannot kill the enemy at a distance and become the greatest extent, once approached by melee warriors, I will lose these two most powerful attack methods and have to rely on the "basic sword technique" that is not very powerful to fight against the enemy.

Compared with real warriors, my "basic sword technique" and a little internal force cannot pose too much threat to them. Relying on the sharpness of the "Golden Sword" will not play much role at all.

Therefore, in the past two months, after breaking through the bottlenecks of "archery" and "trap technique", I made breaking through the bottleneck of "basic sword technique" as a key point. But unfortunately, no matter how hard I tried, I did not make any achievements in this regard. I wasted a lot of time and even once again put myself in a dilemma.

Alas, after ending my chaotic thoughts, I shook my head, and I put the iron bladder clip in the mold out, put it on the iron upset and knocked it quickly. The sound of jingling iron sounded throughout the alley. Seven minutes later, I heated the iron bladder again, this time I hit it more carefully, and the iron bladder gradually turned into a dagger that was about one foot long according to my wishes.

Looking at the formed dagger, I smiled slightly and threw it into the cold pond water. After a burst of white smoke, a dark brown dagger appeared in front of me. Apart from the lack of a sharp edge, the dagger had no decoration and the surface was also very rough. So far, it can only be regarded as an unfinished item.

The next processing work is very simple. On the water grinding wheel, I polished the dagger, opened the edge, and carved a spiral pattern on the handle for easy mastery and was not easy to slip. The last step was to carve your name near the dagger, which was also the tradition of blacksmiths to create equipment.

Looking at the words "ink" engraved on this cold dagger, I felt proud. In just two months, I was able to create good bronze equipment. Moreover, this dagger is completely made of ordinary ore and is no longer the low-grade product made of top-quality ore.

Just as I was admiring my work alone, a voice came from behind: "Not bad, not bad! Now you can use ordinary ore to make bronze equipment, and you can be considered a master."

Yes. I turned my head happily and asked, "Really? I've already gotten out of the army?"

As soon as he finished speaking, a chestnut was touched on his head, and he said with a serious expression: "I heard clearly, I said you have become a master. Your level is far from being a real master!" Since one day this old guy smashed me on my head, he seemed to be addicted. When he saw me disliked, he would give me a message, which made me scold him in my heart. He really dared to be angry but dare not speak out!

In my low eyebrows, I continued, "Although my level is not enough, because you are going to participate in that 'martial meeting', I will allow you to go to the army for the time being. After the 'martial meeting' is over, I will come back immediately to continue to make a blacksmith. At that time, I will teach you the real skill of making swords. From today on, you can prepare for that 'martial meeting', and you don't have to come here. By the way, remember to ask your friend to give me 'dragon meat' every day. Don't forget!"

It turned out that I was just a temporary teacher; not only that, I didn't let go of the little "dragon meat" left in my "Qiankun Ring". I was really a greedy old guy. Although I was dissatisfied, I still answered respectfully: "Yes,." Then I quickly left the narrow "iron shop" and ignored the old guy's criticism of "urgent and impatient, without any calmness".

After leaving the "iron shop", I quickly returned to "Longhuxuan" and started my own plan to make money.

Since the "Tianxia Dynasty" representing the game company posted notices of "Tianxia Martial Arts Fighting Meeting" in various parts of the Eastern Continent two days ago, players lined up in front of the official offices of various cities to register. To this day, more than 40 million players have signed up. The registration fee of 100 gold coins for each player participating in the "Tianxia Martial Arts Fighting Meeting" has completely regained the money on this item alone and made a huge profit. Therefore, I was secretly sighing about the players' unwiseness, and admired the far-sighted vision of the game company. Not only has it expanded the reputation of the game company, but it has also made a lot of money. It is really a model for our generation to learn.

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