Chapter 27 Equipment

"It's 2 o'clock, I'll log off first then?" Su Mucheng said.

"How did you level up your account?" Ye Xiu asked her. Logically, Su Mucheng wouldn't have that much time to level up a smurf account. But right now, her account, Feng Shuyanmu, was stubbornly chasing after Lord Grim's level, not a step behind.

"That's none of your business!" Su Mucheng hummed a little tune and logged off.

"Still doing dungeons?" Tang Rou asked. Now that they were level 30, Ice Frost Forest was completely unnecessary, but Burial Grounds could still give them some experience. Besides that, there was a new dungeon they could enter at level 30, the level 30-33 dungeon, Fjord Canyon.

This dungeon was still a five-person dungeon, and like Loulan Land, they could only go three times a day. Yesterday, after leveling up to 30, Ye Xiu and the others had already gone to explore it. The unfamiliarity of the first three times naturally made Tang Rou feel challenged, and she was quite interested in going to Fjord Canyon at this time.

"Don't worry, let's go shopping," Ye Xiu said.

"Shopping?" Tang Rou was stunned.

"Now that you're level 30, you should pay attention to your equipment," Ye Xiu said. "Equipment isn't necessarily better just because it's a higher level. Real experts know how to choose equipment that suits their own tactical style. Movement speed and attack speed aren't necessarily better the faster they are. Too much speed is often unmanageable, which can backfire. For experts, equipment shouldn't be about being the best, but the most suitable. Why is self-made equipment so powerful? It's not just because its stats are a higher level than orange equipment, but more importantly, it's custom-made and specifically adapted to the player's style. Take my Myriad Manifestations Umbrella for example. Without enough gaming experience, it's impossible to fully utilize the power of this weapon."

"For weapons, ordinary players naturally prioritize the weapon's attack power. But for experts, attack power is just a number and doesn't affect how the player uses the weapon. The attributes that really affect a player's ability to use the weapon are attack speed, length, weight, and so on. These attributes, whether they have data or not, will be reflected in actual combat. Now, if I give you a battle lance with twice the attack of your current one, but the length is reduced by a third, do you think your strength will be enhanced or weakened?" Ye Xiu asked Tang Rou while explaining.

Tang Rou was stunned after hearing this. She couldn't judge whether it was stronger or weaker for the time being, but at least she understood what Ye Xiu was trying to say.

"The more of an expert you are, the more sensitive you'll be to the differences between different types of weapons in your hands. From an observer's point of view, I can only give you some suggestions. How to choose specifically requires you to experience and consider it yourselves. Trying out a large number of weapons is essential. Whether you're looking for the most suitable equipment to arm yourself with, or changing your style to adapt to a set of equipment, it's ultimately up to you to decide."

They walked and talked along the way, and finally, the three characters arrived at Congee City.

Congee City was much larger than Bulls Town. This was one of the official main cities on the Glory continent. It was also the first main city that players would come into contact with as they leveled up. It was the first gathering place for low- and mid-level players.

Starting at level 30, players started to pay attention to equipment, and the trading market gradually opened up at this time. There were many shouts of buying and selling on the world channel. From the moment you entered Congee City, you could see players setting up stalls everywhere to sell things.

However, the prices of many things were too high. There were many new players in the new server, and although the newbies didn't understand, they weren't stupid. There were very few fools who sold good things as garbage, and most people would observe, visit the market, and inquire before understanding the value of things. Tang Rou and Steamed Bun Invasion were both shocked when they saw these prices.

They hadn't made a fortune after leveling up to 30. Apart from quest rewards, they only had monster drops, which were all loose change. They had no more than 10 gold coins in their accounts. They usually bought medicine in silver coins. In the novice village, the lowest-level health and mana potions were sold for 1 silver coin per bottle. 1 gold coin was equal to 100 silver coins, and 10 gold coins could buy these potions for a long time, but these lowest-level potions were really outdated for level 30 players.

It wasn't easy for Tang Rou and Steamed Bun Invasion to accumulate this small amount of money along the way. Their skills were good, and they could rely on their skills to complete most of the attacks and dodges in actual combat. Otherwise, if they were replaced by ordinary newbies, the small amount of money they had accumulated through quests and medicine drops would basically be spent on medicine. Without doing some equipment reselling business, they would basically not be able to get rich. 10 gold coins was already considered a petty bourgeois class among the crowd.

Ye Xiu looked at a few stalls. He found that although this transaction had gradually begun to form, there were still few markets above level 30. The only reason was that level 30 was still a small area for a small number of people, and most players were still working hard to reach this level. There were many stalls at this time, but many were still level 30 players learning from others to set up stalls. Most of the equipment they sold was not above level 30. Except for individual equipment with unique attributes, other equipment would not be valued by players.

Tang Rou and Steamed Bun Invasion would at least look at equipment according to their level, ignoring anything below level 30 and taking a few more glances at anything above level 30.

"So expensive!!" Both of them sighed as they looked at the prices of these equipment.

Ordinary blue equipment at level 30 cost 10 gold, which was all of their savings. Professional set equipment was even more expensive, ranging from 20 gold to 40 gold per piece. Why was there a difference? Because although the 24 classes in Glory were very balanced, some classes were more popular among players due to their characteristics. For example, Swordsman and Sharpshooter were the two classes with the largest number of players in Glory, and the same was true in the new server. With more players, the demand for equipment was greater, and the equipment would naturally be more expensive.

Equipment was already like this, not to mention weapons. A level 30 blue weapon basically cost 30 to 50 gold, also because of the difference in classes. As for purple weapons, they couldn't be bought for 100 gold, and some with excellent stats went straight to 200 gold coins.

Most of these prices were fair, after all, most of those who could reach level 30 now were old players from major guilds. With their guidance in the market, those newbies who went crazy and rushed to level 30 also followed suit, and few people were randomly pricing.

"How long will it take to save up to buy a weapon?" Tang Rou said.

"I think it's better to go to the arena to exchange for points!" Steamed Bun Invasion was currently using the level 25 purple claws that he had exchanged for in the arena.

"Hehe, if you don't apply for binding, the equipment can be sold later!" Ye Xiu said.

In Glory, the equipment in the ordinary area could be applied for binding. Bound equipment would not drop upon death, but it could not be traded. The binding application could not be unbound after being applied, so basically no players would apply for binding to their equipment during the leveling stage. Everyone would think about selling it in the trading market after they were eliminated. However, because of this, low-level equipment had output and no consumption, and the price would plummet after flooding the market. Like in the ancient first server, the equipment that surprised Tang Rou and Steamed Bun Invasion now was ten times cheaper, and many people were too lazy to sell it, so they just threw it in the system store.

"Then what do we need to buy now?" Tang Rou asked.

"Weapons," Ye Xiu said. After observing Maple Fall's performance three times, Ye Xiu didn't want to put all his hopes on the improvement of this extra, so he finally decided to invest in equipment to be safer.

"Where's the money?" Tang Rou said. She had already spotted a purple battle lance, priced at 120 gold coins. The blue battle lances were much cheaper, around 40 gold coins. But the blue lances were about the same level as the level 25 purple lance in her hand, so there was no need to replace them. If she wanted to replace them, it had to be a purple lance priced over 100.

"Money is not a problem. Choose a weapon carefully! If you think the one you have now is very handy, you can choose the level 30 Crimson Moon Spear. It's basically the same length and weight as the one you have now," Ye Xiu said.

"Oh? Then I'll go take a look. I'll pay you back later," Tang Rou said.

"Just buy me a pack of cigarettes," Ye Xiu said.

"After I get paid..." Tang Rou said depressedly. She had no money now. She had lost all her money to Ye Xiu.

"Steamed Bun, go pick a weapon, I'll give it to you!" Ye Xiu turned to Steamed Bun Invasion and said.

"Ah ah, I have one too!!" Steamed Bun Invasion said in surprise.

"Of course."

"Then I'll go take a look." Steamed Bun Invasion wasn't polite. He had game experience. Although it wasn't Glory, he could infer many things from one instance. In his eyes, Ye Xiu was not on the same level as him at all. This was an expert, a god. It was still common for experts to give newbies equipment, so what was there to be polite about?

Steamed Bun Invasion came back in a short while, saying that he had found the weapon he wanted. Ye Xiu followed him and couldn't help but sigh, "Steamed Bun, you really aren't polite at all!"

"Hehe!" Steamed Bun Invasion laughed. What he had set his sights on was a orange weapon. Ye Xiu had been wandering around for a long time and this was the first time he had seen orange equipment. What kind of keen sense of smell did this Steamed Bun Invasion have? He could find it in less than a minute after hearing that he was getting equipment.

The level 30 orange weapon, Blood-Sucking Claw, was priced at 800 gold coins. The price of an orange weapon was not the same as blue or purple.

"Can I?" Steamed Bun Invasion asked.

"Of course not! I only have 15 gold coins on me now, and I have to sell something to buy you weapons. 800 gold coins, you want me to sell myself too!!" Ye Xiu said. The only reason he had 5 more gold coins than Tang Rou and Steamed Bun Invasion was that he had basically had little consumption from the beginning and used less food and medicine than the two of them.

"Is that so? Then I'll take another look." Steamed Bun Invasion ran off.

"Orange ones won't do!!" Ye Xiu emphasized.

"Got it!" Steamed Bun Invasion's voice came from afar.

Ye Xiu shook his head and then had Lord Grim walk towards a corner of the market. He had already seen the sign of the stall there: Buying rare materials.

"How do you buy strong spider silk?" Ye Xiu asked as Lord Grim stepped forward.

The other party turned his gaze to look at the person who had come, and after being speechless for a moment, he opened his mouth, "Lord Grim... you didn't earn this strong spider silk from us, did you, and now you want to sell it back to us?"