Chapter 5: Solo Grinding an Elite

"Phew..."

If someone had seen this, their jaw would probably have dropped.

A level 2 player solo grinding a level 3 elite monster—could this be the same game?

Jiang Bai exhaled deeply, his heart still pounding fiercely.

"Thrilling enough! Exciting enough!"

The reason he didn't use that healing potion was because Jiang Bai noticed that the wild dog's attack speed was just a bit slower than his own. It was this tiny difference that saved him the healing potion worth 10 copper coins!

"Earning money is not easy!"

"Save whenever you can."

Jiang Bai carefully put the potion back and then looked at the drop from the wild dog.

"Indeed! Elite monsters are amazing!"

Beneath the corpse of the wild dog, a faint white glow was so dazzling that Jiang Bai first picked up the 11 copper coins that the wild dog had dropped, and then picked up a piece of equipment from the white light.

Wild Dog Dagger (Common)

Attack: 3

"Having such a piece of equipment is enough! Indeed, hard work pays off!"

This piece of equipment was enough to fulfill Jiang Bai's "boar-killing" plan.

Before he could finish laughing, Jiang Bai's heart skipped a beat again.

"Whoa! There's even a skill book!?"

Jiang Bai picked up the skill book that was pressed under the equipment with great joy.

Vibration Shot (D-Rank)

Enhancement Level: 0

Skill Description: The next attack deals 110% damage, slows the target's movement speed by 20%, has a 3% chance to stun the target for 2 seconds, range 5-35 yards, cooldown time: 12 seconds.

"Awesome!"

"An amazing skill!"

Jiang Bai was so excited that tears streamed down his face. He didn't expect that if it was going to appear, it would be a D-rank skill!

In Genesis, skills are ranked from SSS to E, with E being the lowest. The Basic Archery he had seen on the trading market before was the most basic E-rank skill.

Not only are skills extremely rare at this stage of the game, but the vast majority are E-rank skills. He didn't expect this wild dog to drop a D-rank skill!

"Please let the system write this wild dog into my Jiang Bai's family tree!"

"This thing is just too amazing!"

"It has a slow effect, long range, damage increase, and even a chance to stun!"

Jiang Bai immediately opened the trading market and searched for the Vibration Shot skill. As expected, there were no search results.

And the other D-rank skills were only a handful, with no fixed prices. Sellers had set the starting bid at 1 gold coin directly!

"1 gold coin is ten thousand, and these D-rank skills have already been bid up to more than 10 gold coins at the lowest!"

"That's one hundred thousand!"

Jiang Bai's eyes immediately lit up. This was too crazy.

But after thinking it through, Jiang Bai didn't plan to sell this skill book. Such an amazing skill, and it was for his own class—why not learn it?

The starting benefits this skill would bring were far beyond what 10 gold coins could compare to.

After quickly learning the skill, Jiang Bai happily reviewed the skill description several more times before reluctantly closing the skill menu and then opening the equipment trading market.

The equipment market was getting hotter and hotter. The lowest price for other classes' weapons with 3 attack had already risen to over 6,000 copper coins. Jiang Bai urgently needed some cash at the moment, so he didn't expect to sell it at a high price. Instead, he set a rather modest price of 5,999 copper coins.

Because of the rules of the Genesis trading market, the lowest-priced items of the same kind are always listed first.

Sure enough, less than two minutes after the dagger was listed, the mailbox icon lit up.

Wild Dog Dagger sold successfully. After deducting a 10% handling fee, you received 5,399 copper coins. "So greedy, really greedy!"

"10% handling fee, this fee alone is enough to consume a huge amount of currency!"

By this time, Jiang Bai had already returned to the village. After receiving the copper coins, he set up a small stall and shouted loudly in the public channel.

"Buying system-given initial equipment at a high price! 10 copper coins per piece! Come quickly if you want to sell. Once this opportunity is gone, it won't come again!"

10 copper coins was a price Jiang Bai had thought of long ago. It's not too high and not too low. At this starting stage, the demand for healing potions is astonishing, and one piece of newbie equipment for 10 copper coins is just enough to buy a bottle of potion.

The initial newbie equipment that was replaced was worthless, with no place to go but to be destroyed. Now it can be exchanged for a bottle of potion, why not?

Jiang Bai's shouting quickly attracted a lot of attention.

"No, bro, are you saying you want to buy the newbie equipment given by the system? You must be crazy. This stuff has no resale value, it can't be sold to the store."

"Yes, that's what I'm buying." Jiang Bai nodded, without further explanation.

"This guy must be crazy. Has too much money to burn?"

"Do you really buy?"

Some people still didn't believe it.

"Really buying." Jiang Bai nodded, "I said, what are you guys afraid of? Throwing away newbie equipment is just throwing it away. Exchanging it for 10 copper coins for a bottle of potion, isn't that great?"

"Isn't this the latest scam?"

A girl player with a suspicious look stared at Jiang Bai.

"If it's a scam or not, just try it and you'll know."

"I'll try. Here, one newbie weapon and one newbie cloth armor for twenty copper coins!"

A bearded man pushed his way forward and opened the trading interface with Jiang Bai.

A few seconds later, the man's furrowed brows slowly relaxed, "Oh my god, it's really true, bro? You really gave twenty copper coins!"

"Damn it, let me try too!"

With the first one, there came the second, and gradually more and more people joined the trading queue.

"It's really given, twenty copper coins, go buy potions, go buy potions!"

But some people regretted it.

"Damn it! If I had known, I wouldn't have thrown away the equipment I replaced. I just threw it in the wild. I don't know if it has respawned now!"

"What a weirdo, what does this guy want to buy so many newbie equipment for?"

In the corner of the crowd, several players stared at Jiang Bai thoughtfully, with puzzled looks on their faces.

"Could this guy have triggered a hidden quest?"

The player with the ID [Yuncheng Gutianle], a fair-faced young man, turned to his teammate and asked.

"I think it's very likely. Otherwise, why would he spend so much money buying so many worthless newbie equipment?"

His teammate [Yuncheng Wuyanzu] quickly replied.

"Keep an eye on him. If there really is a hidden quest, this is not to be taken lightly?"

...

At this moment, Jiang Bai was already laughing so hard that he couldn't close his mouth. After spending 480 copper coins, Jiang Bai had collected more than twenty pieces of newbie weapons and cloth armor. Combined with the two blue pieces of equipment he had, it was more than enough to synthesize a purple piece of equipment. However, Jiang Bai didn't plan to throw away the extra equipment. In case the Heart of Genesis was upgraded, he could even synthesize pink equipment in the future.

"Enough, enough! That's it for today!"

Jiang Bai got up, patted his butt, and closed the stall.

"Brothers, see you next time. I'm out of money today, not buying anymore."

"Don't go, bro. My roommate is on his way here. Can you buy a little more..."

"Buy a little more, bro..."

...

Jiang Bai found a secluded corner, took a deep breath, and then opened the fusion interface.

"Purple equipment, here I come!"